Do you know anyone famous?

[Aisling]

My grandfather is famous in a few circles... amoung the older crowd. LOL He plays trumpet/saxophone with Merle Haggard.

I have met lots of people as I lived in LA for awhile.

My mom LOVES Merle Haggard.

 

[SaraJayne]

I am friends with several best-selling authors (southern female authors). They are my mentors (because I am trying to get published).

Dot Frank? Anne Rivers Siddons? Mary Alice Monroe?

LOVE all of them!

 

[mrsv98]

DDad is in television so I met tons of famous people growing up. He used to do Soundstage and we would go watch. Oak Ridge Boys, very nice, Doobie Brothers ditto. Gordon Lightfoot was a jerk. Jesse Jackson was smooth to the point of being oily. We used to tease Dad that he had an FBI file. One year back in the 70's, there was a Presidential debate at the station so he had to have a thorough security check. His biggest claim to fame was hanging out of a helicopter shooting Cheap Trick in concert, that was way cool.

I am famous because I was on Romper Room as a child... I was a stand in, whenever there was a sick kid, they would call my dad and ask him to bring me in. I remember getting a box of cereal as a reward once...

DDad also went to school with Harrison Ford. "Harry" was an AV nerd! Dad's old yearbooks are a hoot. There is the very dashing (now) Harrison in a checked shirt buttoned all the way up to the neck!

 

[Aisling]

Originally Posted by Nature Mom View Post
I am friends with several best-selling authors (southern female authors). They are my mentors (because I am trying to get published)

We can all say we "know" you when you get published!

I'm loving all these famous people. I'm a very star-struck kind of person.

 

[Jeafl]

I am friends with several best-selling authors (southern female authors). They are my mentors (because I am trying to get published).

If one of them is Celia Rivenbark I want to be your new best friend! I worship her!

 

[Nature Mom]

Dot Frank? Anne Rivers Siddons? Mary Alice Monroe?

LOVE all of them!

No, lol. Mary Kay Andrews, Hollis Gillespie, Lauretta Hannon, Karen White, Wendy Wax and Iris Johansen. They are fabulous ladies and wonderful mentors!

 

[SaraJayne]

No, lol. Mary Kay Andrews, Hollis Gillespie, Lauretta Hannon, Karen White, Wendy Wax and Iris Johansen. They are fabulous ladies and wonderful mentors!

Hmmm, I will definitely be checking these ladies out. Thanks!

 

[lemondog]

Morten Harket is my 1st cousin. I know, he's not famous anymore (well, not here in the US), but he used to be Remember the group a-ha?

Ya know...he truly is a beautiful man! BTW a-ha was my very first concert I ever attended...I think I was 13 or 14.

 

[Nature Mom]

We can all say we "know" you when you get published!

I'm loving all these famous people. I'm a very star-struck kind of person.

Of course. When I get published you all get a book (at a discount, lol)!

If one of them is Celia Rivenbark I want to be your new best friend! I worship her!

I wish...she is great to read though, isn't she?! I love her.

 

[Nature Mom]

Hmmm, I will definitely be checking these ladies out. Thanks!

Definitely do, they are all really great writers.

Mary Kay writes fiction. Very funny fiction. Karen White and Wendy Wax also write fiction and are very, very close friends to one another. They live near me and we meet often at the local book store or library. Hollis and Lauretta are non-fiction, very funny too, and are also on NPR. They are also very close friends to each other like Karen and Wendy are. Hollis has a show in development for Showtime. Iris has been an author for ages. She was the first 'real' author I knew. She also writes fiction, crime thriller fiction mostly although she did write romance novels in her early career.

My first published book will have a dedication to these ladies, because they help me so much.

 

[dngnb8]

Ive met

John Ritter
Joyce DeWitt
Rock Hudson
Phil Silvers and his daughter Cathy
Metallica
Iron Maiden
Blue Oyster Cult
Jethro Tull
Alice Cooper
Insane Clown Posse
3 Doors Down
GWAR
Misfits
Type O-

There are others that I just cant remember

 

[bonoriffic]

My college roommate was John Melloncamp's neighbor. A grade school friend's sister is married to Robert Downey Jr. One friend from high school was a designer on Trading Spaces, While You Were Out, and a couple other TLC shows. My brother-in-law won a World Series ring with the Anaheim Angels.

 

[ashley0139]

Yes.

 

[tvguy]

Yes, but as part of my job. Over the last 36 years, it's hard to remember all the ones I've interviewed.


Bob Hope
Dr. Joyce Brothers
Guy Fieri
Mitzi Gaynor
Ronald Reagan
Debbie Reynolds
Don Rickles
Jay Leno
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Jerry Brown
Raymond Burr
Martin Milner
Norm Crosby
The Fifth Dimension
Shields and Yarnell
Jack Jones
Henry Winkler
Tina Cole
Shaun Cassidy
Yaphet Kotto
Bill Baldwin
Dean Butler (is a fraternity brother, played Almanzo Wilder on Little House)
Alison Armgrim

 

[funhouse8]

Nope.

 

[LIDisneyFan]

We hung out a few times with the Lohans (except Michael) when Lindsay was younger.

 

[disneyismyname]

I don't know any famous people. My life is boring...

 

[JaneBanks]

My Uncle was in a pretty well known rock band.

 

[PigletsPal2]

Former Pirates/Twins/Orioles pitcher Tim Drummond is my nephew (only diehard baseball fans will even vaguely remember him LOL!)

Queen Colleen

 

[h518may]

I was in several college classes and worked on several plays with Michael Rosenbaum, played Lex Luther on Smallville.