Have tou ever seen any celebrities or met with/talked to the

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Musicians:
Seven Mary Three (used to help them out with promoting shows and also during shows, including videotaping shows and mixing it with the soundboard - was at the show where they got signed, which is where I revealed my 7M3 tattoo to them - that night we hung out at a friend's place in Orlando and talked about which Record Label to sign with - they chose Mammoth)
The Samples (used to help them out with promoting shows and also during shows, including videotaping shows and mixing it with the soundboard)
Guster (met through The Samples and filmed many of their shows)
2 Skinnee J's (met while at UVa. and filmed many of their shows)
Slackjaw (met while at UVa. and filmed many of their shows)
Reverend Horton Heat (met in Louisville at Thunder Dome before a show)
Live (before they were big my friend I used to hang out with them outside the Peppermint Beach Club in Virginia Beach)
Courtney Love and Frances Bean (after a Hole show at Thunder Dome)
The Refreshments (met before a show where they opened for Seven Mary Three)
Dave Matthews Band (after shows and delivered pizzas to Carter twice, who is very cool and tips very well)
The Gufs (met at Bogart's in Cincinnati while touring with The Samples and they were the opening act)
Poe (supplied copy of song "Anything" by Seven Mary Three with string arrangement prior to show at the 9:30 Club in DC so they could play along with Seven Mary Three during show, which was well received by the audience - never would have happened if I wasn't there with Seven Mary Three)
Mass and Flav Giorgini of Rattail Grenadier and now Squirtgun (sister dated Mass at Purdue and filmed and produced the first ever Rattail Grenadier video as her film school project)
Fighting Gravity (used to hang out after shows at UVa., including during a blizzard once where we had a wicked snowball fight)
Blues Traveler (The Samples gave me backstage passes to the H.O.R.D.E. Festival on year)
Big Head Todd & The Monsters (The Samples gave me backstage passes to the H.O.R.D.E. Festival on year)
Col. Bruce Hampton & The Aquarium Rescue Unit (The Samples gave me backstage passes to the H.O.R.D.E. Festival on year)
Allgood (The Samples gave me backstage passes to the H.O.R.D.E. Festival on year)
Widespread Panic (The Samples gave me backstage passes to the H.O.R.D.E. Festival on year)
Luther Campbell and 2 Live Crew (through my connections, and theirs, to Hurricane Football in the '80s and '90s)
3rd Bass (at a show in Miami, I saved MC Serch from falling on his head when he came into the crowd and stood up on the folding seat next to mine, which of course folded on him...I caught him)
Dropkick Murphys (every St. Patrick's Day weekend my friends and I convene in Boston for their shows and have backstage passes - they are really cool guys)
Gibb Droll Band (Gibb Droll actually went to high school at Bayside while I was at Green Run)
M-Lab (my brother-in-law is the drummer)

Celebrities:
Wolfman Jack (in the airport in Norfolk, VA after he appeared at an oldies convention)
River Phoenix (when his band played at the Rathskeller at the University of Miami)
Orlando Bloom (in Downtown Louisville while he was filming "Elizabethtown")
Elle Macpherson (at South Dade Mall in Miami promoting her swimsuit line)
James Best aka Roscoe P. Coltrane (he performed an opening act for a circus when I was kid called "Henrietta The Chicken")
David Prowse aka Darth Vader (friend worked on a film project with him and the writer/director of "Saving Star Wars")
Jeremy Bulloch aka Boba Fett (at a convention)
Chuck Norris (he let me punch him at Cub Scout gathering in Virginia Beach - my friend works for him in Houston now)
Justin Timberlake & Cameron Diaz (the lead singer of my brother-in-law's band is friends with Justin)
James Woods (outside Fenway Park at the 2004 World Series)
Jon Brennan aka "Kentucky" (came to Kentucky Kingdom while I worked there wearing a Real World t-shirt and asked me for directions - what a loser)

Athletes:
Jim Rice (stayed in same hotel with in Baltimore in 1988 and got autograph and pictures with)
Dwight Evans (stayed in same hotel with in Baltimore in 1988 and got autograph and pictures with)
Ellis Burks (stayed in same hotel with in Baltimore in 1988 and got autograph and pictures with)
Nick Esasky (stayed in same hotel with in Baltimore in 1988 and got autograph and pictures with)
Mike Greenwell (stayed in same hotel with in Baltimore in 1988 and got autograph and pictures with)
Jody Reed (stayed in same hotel with in Baltimore in 1988 and got autograph and pictures with)
Wade Boggs (stayed in same hotel with in Baltimore in 1988 and got autograph and pictures with)
Rich Gedman (stayed in same hotel with in Baltimore in 1988 and got autograph and pictures with)
Spike Owen (stayed in same hotel with in Baltimore in 1988 and got autograph and pictures with)
Marty Barrett (stayed in same hotel with in Baltimore in 1988 and got autograph and pictures with)
Bruce Hurst (stayed in same hotel with in Baltimore in 1988 and got autograph and pictures with)
"Oil Can" Boyd (stayed in same hotel with in Baltimore in 1988 and got autograph and pictures with)
Bob Stanley (stayed in same hotel with in Baltimore in 1988 and got autograph and pictures with)
Carlos Qunitana (stayed in same hotel with in Baltimore in 1988 and got autograph and pictures with)
Manny Ramirez (visited ticket line outside of Fenway Park during 2003 ALCS)
Rob Murphy (played scrimmage with in Miami and friend caught him during workouts while the players were locked out of Spring Training)
Dominiqe Wilkins (Celtics locker room in 1995)
Xavier McDaniel (Celtics locker room in 1995)
Pervis Ellison (Celtics locker room in 1995)
Eric Montross (Celtics locker room in 1995)
Greg Minor (room below dorm mate - got me into locker room at the Boston Garden after a Celtics loss where I met the four above Celtics)
Dwayne Morton (next door dorm mate)
Jim Palmer (friend was his personal catcher during his comeback attempt)
Luis Tiant (at grand opening of El Tiante's restaurant at Fenway Park prior to game)
Jerry Remy (outside RemDawgs at Fenway Park prior to game)
1995-96 Duke Basketball Team (after clock-error induced victory at U-Hall over UVa. I delivered them 20 pizzas - at least they tipped well)
Keith Gretzky (Wayne's brother)
Hal Gill (autograph session at FAO Schwartz in Boston)
Lamar Thomas (played pick-up basketball with at Miami)
"Tiger" Clark (played pick-up basketball with at Miami)
Warren Sapp (played pick-up basketball with at Miami)
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson (as a Freshman DL at Miami)
Alex Cora (played with at Miami)
Gino DiMare (played with at Miami)
Orlando Palmeiro (played with at Miami)
Charles Johnson (played with at Miami)
Alex Fernandez (played with at Miami)
Courtney Alexander (rehabbed together at UVa.)
Ray Callahan (great uncle)
Marc Bounicotti (classmate at Miami)
Howard Schnellenberger (second cousin)
Jim Kelly
Bernie Kosar
Vinny Testaverde
Steve Walsh
Gino Torretta
Dennis Erickson
Randy Shannon
Ron Fraser (played for...briefly, before getting cut just before the season started)
J.R. Reid (played against in Recreational League in Virginia Beach - an arrogant prick, to say the least)
Alonzo Mourning (played against in HS)
Robert Parish (at Club Penrod's in Miami Beach after a Celtics win over the Heat)
Reggie Lewis (at Club Penrod's in Miami Beach after a Celtics win over the Heat)
Kevin Gamble (at Club Penrod's in Miami Beach after a Celtics win over the Heat)
Ed Pickney (at Club Penrod's in Miami Beach after a Celtics win over the Heat)
Charles Smith (at Club Penrod's in Miami Beach after a Celtics win over the Heat)
John Bagley (at Club Penrod's in Miami Beach after a Celtics win over the Heat)
Dennis Johnson (at Club Penrod's in Miami Beach after a Celtics win over the Heat)
Kevin McHale (after a playoff win at Indiana when I snuck into the post-game news conference)
Howie Long (played pick-up basketball against him at a UVa. gym and stuffed him from behind once)
Ray Buchanan (he tackled me out of the blue outside my dorm when someone else, a teammate, had hit him with a snowball and he thought it was me - when I told him who I was, he was very nice and brushed me off)
Mark Tauscher (played poker with at the Ho Chunk Casino in the Wisconsin Dells this summer and took a bunch of money from him)
Olaf Kolzig (played pick-up hockey with him once when he was still in the minors, before he made it in the NHL)

Oops, forgot several members of the cast of SeaQuest DSV, who used to shop at the Barnes & Noble I worked at. Carey Lowell, Roy Scheider, Peter DeLuise... uhm... the hot black guy.... We caught the blond kid with a magazine under his jacket, but since he realized he had been noticed and dumped the mag before leaving the store, nobody did anything about it.

Also sold an astronomy book to Cary Elwes (the Dread Pirate Roberts!) once, years before he got doughy. One of the other booksellers got his autograph for his wife. He was totally adorkable and soft-spoken.

Hmm, other bookstore meetings: Robin Quivers, Bruce Feiler, Alan Dean Foster, Robert James Waller (who was just as much of a smarmy douchebag as you would expect from his crappy self-worshipping novels)

I've met Jamie Oliver, Billie Piper (doctor who), Billy boyd (Pippin from Lord of the rings), the local radio guy and Craig Charles (Lister from Red Dwarf.) My Grandma was friends with Bill Oddie's girlfriend and had him round to tea!

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yes raymond quinn out of brookside and xfactor got his autograph too

-Lewis Black
-Jim Breuer
-Dave Attell
-Jimmy Fallon
All after live performances

-Ron Jeremy (no joke)
....at a strip club

I've only run into a few celebrities, but the most memorable was seeing the basketball great, Wilt Chamberlain, in the Rome Airport. He was traveling by himself, and he wasn't rude, but you could tell he was really fed up with the Italians coming up to him and stretching their arms out, to express how big he was.