Claim to fame

pantsonfire321@aol.com · Sun Jan 08, 2006 8:37 am

Anyone got a claim to fame story .Do you know a celeb or did you go to school with one, anyone got a funny story however far removed .

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Sun Jan 08, 2006 8:50 am

I used to work in a bar in an airport, so I met quite a few famous people. Mario Andretti, (he was mad at me because I was closing the bar)

Lots & lots of football players. Mean Joe Green. Bob Griese, Roger Staubach etc etc. Elizabeth (the cute one from Eight is Enough)...she actually winked at me whoooooo !:)

Jack Lord's sidekick Dano, Vitas Guirelitis (?), George Kennedy, Burt Reynolds, Tony Danza (very short)

Theres more I just cant think of them all now.

pantsonfire321@aol.com · Sun Jan 08, 2006 9:08 am

I used to hang around with girl called Emily Lloyd when we were kids,she was in a really bad movie called wish you where here ,her father was Trigger in fools and horses only i was to young to know who he was .also my mum was house keeper and the guy she worked for had lots of famous friends one being a lady called Kathy Burke (from kevin and perry go large,gimme gimme gimme ) well kathy had this jumper she didnt know how to clean so my mother trying to be helpful says she`ll have it cleaned for her .......she did and shrunk it .

Bez · Post by **Bez** » Sun Jan 08, 2006 9:09 am

I once kissed Gerard Kenny...the guy who wrote 'New York NewYork, so good they named it twice' or something like that. We were back stage after a show he did here. He also wrote 'I should be so good for you' the sig tune to a programme with Dennis Waterman....

I've also met a couple of BBC news readers and the Duke of Kent

Bumped into Sally Gunnell Olympic gold medal hurdler, in the local supermarket.

Wolverine · Post by **Wolverine** » Sun Jan 08, 2006 9:14 am

OOoooooo.........

1999 the Field House in Iowa City. go to the mens room to take a leak.

Tim Dwight walks in. saunters up next to me and goes too.

I got to Pee with Tim Dwight.

pantsonfire321@aol.com · Sun Jan 08, 2006 9:14 am

Oh i forgot,years ago Gillian Taylforth and Nick Berry lived oppersite my mums house.

pantsonfire321@aol.com · Sun Jan 08, 2006 9:15 am

wolfy did yeh take a peek .

Rapunzel · Post by **Rapunzel** » Sun Jan 08, 2006 10:25 am

I used to be a nanny in London and saw lots of famous faces in the street. I stood in a queue behind Wendy Richards (Eastenders) in Boots, walked down the road behind Barbara Windsor, sat next to the dad in 'Butterflies' on the tube, sat at the next table to the bloke from Fresh Fields in a coffee shop.

One day I was crossing a road with my charges, a toddler and a baby in a pushchair. As I tried to step up onto the pavement, the pushchair got stuck as the kerb was higher than normal. I was pushing like mad, worried that a car would come around the corner when we were still stuck in the road. Suddenly someone grabbed the back of the pushchair and lifted it up onto the pavement for me. I looked up to say Thankyou...and looked straight into the eyes of Bob Geldof!

Also, my brother-in-law went with some mates to ask for a "penny for the guy" one bonfire night. He lived in St. John's Wood so went to Liam Gallaghers house (of Oasis). Liam gave him and his mates a tenner each. Then they went to his brother Noel Gallaghers house. He told them to "get lost" so they all jeered and said his brother had just given them a tenner each. After that, Noel gave them a Ã‚Â£20 each! Cheeky huh?

actionfigurestepho · Post by **actionfigurestepho** » Sun Jan 08, 2006 11:45 am

There was a kids' show called Barnaby on back in the early 80s...I'm related to him. He's my third cousin, I think.

Frederick · Post by **Frederick** » Sun Jan 08, 2006 11:55 am

My claim to fame was getting my head stuck in the bars at "Buck House" during the queen's coronation. I was screaming my head off and this horrible guard kept sniggering at me as he marched by. By now, a copper came to help out, but it didn't stop some bastard from picking up Mum's handbag and walking off with it, right under the nose of the law. He had to lend her the money to get home. I wasn't exactly flavour of the month when I got home!

The other claim to fame was having to sing on stage with Dicky Valentine at the Astoria in Finsbury Park, London.

Bez · Post by **Bez** » Sun Jan 08, 2006 12:06 pm

Frederick wrote: My claim to fame was getting my head stuck in the bars at "Buck House" during the queen's coronation. I was screaming my head off and this horrible guard kept sniggering at me as he marched by. By now, a copper came to help out, but it didn't stop some bastard from picking up Mum's handbag and walking off with it, right under the nose of the law. He had to lend her the money to get home. I wasn't exactly flavour of the month when I got home!

The other claim to fame was having to sing on stage with Dicky Valentine at the Astoria in Finsbury Park, London.

Well, at least you chose some famous railings to get your head stuck in...lucky you to actually be there.....I only saw it on a schooltrip to the cinema....I've still got the commemorative mugs...how about you ?

CARLA · Post by **CARLA** » Sun Jan 08, 2006 1:25 pm

I sat in the row across from CLINT EASTWOOD..!! on a flight out of LAX. :-4

SAMMY DAVIS JUNIOR. stood right beside me at the check in desk at the LANDMARK Casino/Hotel in Las Vegas..

But the biggest thrill for me was meeting the entire WOMENS NATIONAL SOCCER TEAM THAT WON GOLD IN THE OLYMPICS TWICE I felt like a kid, my Niece was pacticing with them at the Olympic training facility here in San Diego. I was standing right on the sideline with her..

I was asking for autographs like a school girl..

minks · Post by **minks** » Sun Jan 08, 2006 2:00 pm

When I did my volunteer work at Juvie, I got to meet one of the Hart Brothers, the entire Hart Family build Stampede wrestling and Bret the Hitman Hart, and Owen Hart were once very famous WWF wrestlers.

StupidCowboyTricks · Post by **StupidCowboyTricks** » Sun Jan 08, 2006 2:55 pm

I have a few, I stepped on Cary Grants foot when I was 13. Was running around Disneyland like a hooligan (first time there without adult supervision) We were at the station where the Monorail was at the hotel and were going back to the park.....this nice looking white haired gentleman with white hair and trench coat was there with some people....he had a briefcase and I said something about him being James Bond (I still had Bond fetish then) I stepped on his foot by accident, i heard someone ask the person working there if that was Cary Grant, they said yes, they ushered him past us.....our mouths were open and the Monorail left with him in the back (it was all glass) he waved to me (He realized I knew who he was then) I just stood there, with my mouth open......he was there to narrate the Disneyland parade.

Uncle Kram · Post by **Uncle Kram** » Sun Jan 08, 2006 3:24 pm

I once kissed Joni Mitchell but it didn't leave enough of a lasting impression for her to write a song about me :-1

Uncle Kram · Post by **Uncle Kram** » Sun Jan 08, 2006 3:34 pm

Danny La Rues poodle once got "friendly" with my right leg

I once helped Ian Gillan of Deep Purple change a wheel on his car.

Gareth Gates once dropped his mobile phone on my foot

Cher once said that my son was "The most beautiful little boy" she had ever seen

I once had to stand up and introduce myself at Namedroppers Anonymous

StupidCowboyTricks · Post by **StupidCowboyTricks** » Sun Jan 08, 2006 3:41 pm

Uncle Kram wrote: Danny La Rues poodle once got "friendly" with my right leg

I once helped Ian Gillan of Deep Purple change a wheel on his car.

Gareth Gates once dropped his mobile phone on my foot

Cher once said that my son was "The most beautiful little boy" she had ever seen

I once had to stand up and introduce myself at Namedroppers Anonymous

:) Who was there?

Uncle Kram · Post by **Uncle Kram** » Sun Jan 08, 2006 3:48 pm

StupidCowboyTricks wrote:

Who was there?

Pantsonfire321, Nomad, Bez, Wolverine, Rapunzel, Actionfigurestepho, Frederick, Carla, Minks & Snoozie.

Next meeting tomorrow at 7.30, see you there

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Sun Jan 08, 2006 3:50 pm

I once snitched Elvis's newspaper off the lawn..........and got chased by his butler.....................:wah:

Uncle Kram · Post by **Uncle Kram** » Sun Jan 08, 2006 3:50 pm

SnoozeControl wrote: I ran out of an elevator as a very small child and bumped into Victor Mature's leg. LMAO, how obscure it that?

I suppose the question which has to be asked is: Exactly how tall were you?

Post by **Betty Boop** » Sun Jan 08, 2006 3:54 pm

My only claim to fame is making a cuppa for Paddy Ashdown, he had a very limp handshake!!

CARLA · Post by **CARLA** » Sun Jan 08, 2006 3:56 pm

:yh_rotfl :yh_rotfl

Pantsonfire321, Nomad, Bez, Wolverine, Rapunzel, Actionfigurestepho, Frederick, Carla, Minks & Snoozie.

Next meeting tomorrow at 7.30, see you there

Uncle Kram · Post by **Uncle Kram** » Sun Jan 08, 2006 3:59 pm

[QUOTE=SnoozeControl]I ran out of an elevator as a very small child and bumped into Victor Mature's leg. LMAO, how obscure it that?

Victor Matures Claim to Fame is that once, he was nuts over Snoozie :wah: :yh_rotfl

Uncle Kram · Post by **Uncle Kram** » Sun Jan 08, 2006 4:04 pm

Ray from Dr Hook (the one with the eye-patch) once spoon-fed caviar to me.

I think I might try to get to that meeting for 7.15

Rapunzel · Post by **Rapunzel** » Sun Jan 08, 2006 8:34 pm

Ooh! and Gary Glitter used to use the same video rental store as me in Baker Street, and shakin Stevens and Eric Idle both lived at one time in the same block of flats my mother-in-law lived in. Posh flats, the outlaws were the caretakers! Hubby used to play with Eric Idle's son all the time...nooooooo! they were kids, nothing pervy! duh!

okay, see you guys about 7.15 tomorrow night! hehehehehe :wah:

valerie · Post by **valerie** » Sun Jan 08, 2006 8:59 pm

I'll tell my fave: (Can't believe I haven't already but a search came up with

nada!)

I used to work in the movie business. I worked on the movie "A River Runs

Through It". We worked weekends quite often. A co-worker asked me

to cover for him one Saturday as his wife was getting fed up with his

absence. So I agreed.

Early that morning, I went out to my garden and cut a huge bouquet of

sunflowers to take to work. I had left the sliding glass door open a bit

too much, and DH's cat came racing out. I turned to try and block her

(total inside kitty) and since I was barefoot and on the concrete, my foot

had traction and didn't move but my knee did so I twisted the heck out

of it. I was already covering for somebody, and there was nobody else

to call, so I HAD to go to work. Get to work, set-up, and then take a

Ziploc and load it with ice and put it on my knee propped up. Who

comes walking in but ROBERT REDFORD, comes over and asks me

"Say, what did you do to your knee?" and so I tell him (briefly) the story

and that was that. You can bet I picked up the phone and called DH

and told him about it, I was pretty shaky. DH says "Did he actually

TOUCH YOUR KNEE?" I said no, just lifted the corner of the Ziploc.

Thing about it was, there was nobody else to see it so I think people

thought I was fibbing until a few days later, we were in another room,

lots of people around, and RR calls out to me "Say, how's the knee?"

and I was saying "Thank you, thank you" to myself, because there were

a ton of witnesses, so people knew I hadn't been fibbin'!!

:-4

Robert Redford, handsome, handsome man. Nice, too!

Double :-4

StupidCowboyTricks · Post by **StupidCowboyTricks** » Sun Jan 08, 2006 9:05 pm

valerie wrote: I'll tell my fave: (Can't believe I haven't already but a search came up with

nada!)

I used to work in the movie business. I worked on the movie "A River Runs

Through It". We worked weekends quite often. A co-worker asked me

to cover for him one Saturday as his wife was getting fed up with his

absence. So I agreed.

Early that morning, I went out to my garden and cut a huge bouquet of

sunflowers to take to work. I had left the sliding glass door open a bit

too much, and DH's cat came racing out. I turned to try and block her

(total inside kitty) and since I was barefoot and on the concrete, my foot

had traction and didn't move but my knee did so I twisted the heck out

of it. I was already covering for somebody, and there was nobody else

to call, so I HAD to go to work. Get to work, set-up, and then take a

Ziploc and load it with ice and put it on my knee propped up. Who

comes walking in but ROBERT REDFORD, comes over and asks me

"Say, what did you do to your knee?" and so I tell him (briefly) the story

and that was that. You can bet I picked up the phone and called DH

and told him about it, I was pretty shaky. DH says "Did he actually

TOUCH YOUR KNEE?" I said no, just lifted the corner of the Ziploc.

Thing about it was, there was nobody else to see it so I think people

thought I was fibbing until a few days later, we were in another room,

lots of people around, and RR calls out to me "Say, how's the knee?"

and I was saying "Thank you, thank you" to myself, because there were

a ton of witnesses, so people knew I hadn't been fibbin'!!

:-4

Robert Redford, handsome, handsome man. Nice, too!

Double :-4

Did you keep the Ziploc? (To lock in the memory of course):-4

Bez · Post by **Bez** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 6:37 am

minks wrote: When I did my volunteer work at Juvie, I got to meet one of the Hart Brothers, the entire Hart Family build Stampede wrestling and Bret the Hitman Hart, and Owen Hart were once very famous WWF wrestlers.

I remember Minks...I used to shout at them on the telly....not that long ago surely ???;)

jennyswan · Post by **jennyswan** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 11:58 am

I had dinner with Dr. Ruth.

and

When I worked in a Hotel in Germany Tori Amos was a guest there. She is nice!!

Uncle Kram · Post by **Uncle Kram** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 12:49 pm

I was once grabbed and spun round 180Ã‚Â° in Selfridges in London, by Deputy Prime-Minister, John Prescott because I was in his way.

Given the subsequent antics of "Johnny Two-Jabs", I suppose I got off lightly

jennyswan · Post by **jennyswan** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 1:33 pm

Y'all got a claim to fame and ya dont know it!

Y'all know me!

__________________

We're not worthy, we're not worthy!!

:yh_worshp :yh_worshp

jennyswan · Post by **jennyswan** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 1:41 pm

oh gosh get up, im just a regular guy.. ahahah

Oh Far don't be bashful now

Bez · Post by **Bez** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 1:51 pm

Uncle Kram wrote: I was once grabbed and spun round 180Ã‚Â° in Selfridges in London, by Deputy Prime-Minister, John Prescott because I was in his way.

Given the subsequent antics of "Johnny Two-Jabs", I suppose I got off lightly

Were you the one that pelted him with eggs then ? revenge is sweet !!

orangesox1 · Post by **orangesox1** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 1:59 pm

Far Rider wrote: no no no im more like sleepy today! I might be doc to my kids tonight, or I could be goofy if they arent sick, sometimes im grumpy... you get the pic!:o

Multiple personalities eh

jennyswan · Post by **jennyswan** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 2:04 pm

no no no im more like sleepy today! I might be doc to my kids tonight, or I could be goofy if they arent sick, sometimes im grumpy... you get the pic!

Nope but here is an interesting fact:

Less than two percent of the Irish population have been bitten by poisonous snakes

Wolverine · Post by **Wolverine** » Sat Jan 14, 2006 9:02 pm

pantsonfire321@aol.com wrote: wolfy did yeh take a peek .
i don't think so. i was rather blitzed tho. so it's possible.

Uncle Kram · Post by **Uncle Kram** » Sun Jan 15, 2006 4:32 am

Actors

I once annoyed Charlotte Rampling, but made David Soul laugh

I once helped Angus Lennie (Ives in the Great Escape) across a busy road, but only held a door open for Wilfred Hyde White

Please note: This weeks meeting has been moved to Thursday

pompeygirl · Post by **pompeygirl** » Sun Jan 15, 2006 7:15 am

well im a distant relative to a singer called daniel o donell

also i was in a dance competition a few years back called the global rock challenge and was on the news a couple of times

Uncle Kram · Post by **Uncle Kram** » Sun Jan 15, 2006 7:26 am

I did some work for him last year but didn't get to meet him

lady cop · Post by **lady cop** » Sun Jan 15, 2006 7:31 am

well i'm a veritable forrest gump...was on the mall for MLK's i have a dream speech, and had dinner in the white house a few times, sat next to lyndon johnson, before he was pres. my dad told me that day to watch out for that evil bastard. also smoked some dope in the white house kitchen, but i'm not saying with whom. and ice-skated with bobby kennedy and his kids when the reflecting pond in front of the washington monument froze over.

Uncle Kram · Post by **Uncle Kram** » Sun Jan 15, 2006 7:40 am

Did you inhale?

lady cop · Post by **lady cop** » Sun Jan 15, 2006 7:43 am

Uncle Kram wrote: Did you inhale?of course.

Uncle Kram · Post by **Uncle Kram** » Sun Jan 15, 2006 7:45 am

That's some mighty impressive shoulder-rubbing