Well, I met Marie Osmond and had my picture taken with her wa-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-ay back in 1982. And I pressed the flesh with Stan Lee at a convention many years ago, then, as now, he was an uber-cool guy. That's pretty much it.
Well, I met Marie Osmond and had my picture taken with her wa-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-ay back in 1982. And I pressed the flesh with Stan Lee at a convention many years ago, then, as now, he was an uber-cool guy. That's pretty much it.
Avatar: Here's to the late, great Steve Dillon. Best. Punisher. Artist. EVER!
Maya Angelou
Bob Wilkins
Michael T. Gilbert
Billy Mumy and Mr. Ferrere
The Leader of the Irish Republic 1997
Len Wein
Marv Wolfman
Berni Wrightson
The host of Hibernia Beach Live
"Donk" from Crocodile Dundee
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It was a long time ago, but my uncle was an off Broadway and traveling actor for lots of old touring productions (He traveled all over the world playing Mr. Cellophane in Chicago. I was a teenager so that's the only thing i remember seeing him in that stands out.) He was and understudy for Jerry Orbach in the Fantastix when it was on Broadway. When he died in 1996 Jerry Orbach was nice enough to come to the funeral and was very kind to our family. I also met Polly Holliday (Flo from the old Alice tv show) at the funeral and she was nice enough to bring humor to a sad time, going so far as to do her famous "Kiss my Grits" line for my brother and I.
I met Tyler Hoechlin from Teen Wolf/7th Heaven on vacation in Cabo and Vanessa Hudgins in Vegas. Celebrities that drive teenager girls crazy are apparently drawn to me.
Pharrell Williams & Chad Hugo
Nichelle Nichols
Bill Cosby
Nate Parker ( actor) Since he was little, his uncle is my best friend. ( granted he was 10 at the time..lol
The surviving pilots/instructors ( Tuskegee Airmen)
Levar Burton
Biz Markie
LL Cool J
Sherman Williams
Bruce Smith
Alonzo Mourning
Joe Smith (used to play ball against him. I can say..I played pick up basketball against an NBA number 1 pick)
Allen Iverson
Jerry West
Elgin Baylor
Michael Cooper
Dennis Johnson
A lot of Nba players from the 90's (when they were in college)
George Lynch
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Joel Hodgson
Trace Beaulieu
Frank Conniff
Mary Jo Phel
J. Elvis Weinstein
Take my dreams, childish and weak at the seams
Please don't analyze, please just be there for me
I've been to way too many conventions to list everyone I've met. I'll do the Reader's Digest version. Even that will be overly long and uninteresting.
Star Wars: Princess Leia, Darth Vader, Chewbacca, R2-D2, C-3PO, both Boba Fetts, Jango Fett, more glorified extras than you can shake a gaffi stick at, and Jake Lloyd
Firefly: Everyone in the main credits except Gina Torres
Superman, all of them: Noel Neill, Jack Larson, Tim Daly, Dana Delaney, Margot Kidder, Marc McClure, Helen Slater, Sarah Douglas, Michael Rosenbaum, John Glover, Allison Mack, Laura Vandervoort, Dean Cain
Batman: Adam West (douche), Burt Ward (super nice, making Adam West--sitting right next to him--look like an even bigger douche), Julie Newmar, Lee Meriwether, Yvonne Craig
Authors: Mickey Spillane, Max Allan Collins, Jim Butcher, Brad Meltzer, Joe Hill, a ton of Star Wars authors
Assorted famous people: Gene Simmons, Alice Cooper, Tom Morello, Gillian Anderson, John Barrowman, the Mythbusters Build Team, Felicia Day
And I saw Bob Costas in an airport men's room.
Only bad experiences were Adam West and Billy Dee Williams--who looked like they would rather be having Marathon Man dental surgery than be signing autographs at a convention--and Jason Mamoa (Stargate: Atlantis and Game of Thrones), who was talking to a co-star of his and acted like I was annoying him asking for his autograph.
There are more, of course. I have two 1.5" binders full of autographed pictures.
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Hope is not lost today. It is found.
Vincent Price, Seka, Steve Earle.
Comics pros I met somewhere other than a convention----Jill Thompson, Neil Gaiman, Julie Schwartz, Bob Rozakis, Marshall Rogers.
I've only meet comic writers and artists.
but my dad met John Wayne and bunch of other celebrities.
Celebrities... hmmm... thinking in chronological order...
Rocky (mascot, Denver Nuggets)
Jim Mora (former NFL coach)
Jim Mora Jr (former NFL coach, current college coach)
Ken Whisenhunt (former NFL coach)
Gary Kubiak (former NFL coach)
Chaka Khan (singer)
Demarius Thomas (Denver Broncos, NFL)
Andre Miller (Washington Wizards, NBA)
Ty Lawson (Denver Nuggets, NBA)
Dan Rooney (owner, Pittsburgh Steelers, NFL)
Mike Tomczak (former NFL player)
The entire cast of ESPN First Take (Stephen A. Smith, Skip Bayless, Cari Champion)
Kenneth Faried (Denver Nuggets, NBA)
Danilo Gallinari (Denver Nuggets, NBA)
LeVar Burton (Star Trek)
Gates McFadden (Star Trek)
Marina Sirtis (Star Trek)
Jonathan Frakes (Star Trek)
Richard Hatch (Battlestar Galactica)
Richard Kiel (a.k.a. "Jaws" from the James Bond movies, and the big guy with the nail in his head in Happy Gilmore)
Sylvester Williams (Denver Broncos, NFL)
Bubby Brister (former NFL player)