What Famous People have you met? - Page 2

Psycho Chicken · 20-01-2005, 12:51 AM

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Originally Posted by chief

I have met Sir Edmund Hillary (first man to climb Everest). I got a Mathamatics award presented to me by him in year 4. Inow suck at maths.

Perhaps you could say it was your peak?

I couldn't help myself!

dxr88u · 20-01-2005, 12:53 AM

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Originally Posted by EaGhIa

its obvious you forgot to put the main piece of ingredience.... the poision

LmAo

rofl

yeh now i think of it some of them could have done with it !!!

Aeron · 20-01-2005, 12:56 AM

Well, i found out today that Richie Benaud's mother lives over the road from me. And get this, she's 100 years old. I can just hear him now, "Ahh, she's had a marvellous innings" or what about, "well, she's got her 1st century, marvellous effort that".

RPO83 · 20-01-2005, 12:56 AM

Probably have met or know most of the Federal MP's and the PM, met George Bush for a quarter of a second...

From motorsport; Dick Johnson, Colin Bond, Peter Brock, Alan Moffatt, Craig Lowndes, Mark Skaife, Nigel Mansell, Mark Larkham, Alan Grice and probably a few others...

Famous people that I wish I never met...
Paul Morris, Alan Jones
Christopher Skase used to do business with my dad and lived next door to us :S

The Mighty Red · 20-01-2005, 01:10 AM

said gday to Glen McGrath in a carpark in carringbah. he was drivin a bmw with GM number plates. And i met steve irwin a couple weeks ago

Philbie · 20-01-2005, 01:23 AM

ok good or bad here goes

Worked with Kylie and Jason on Neighbours
Met Mark Knofler at a concert
Bert newton and his family at a BBQ
Made coffee mugs for the channel 10 news team
Brian Mannix at "skate ranch" Years ago
Still do engraving for Kylie Minogues manager
Merv hughes on a variety bash
John Farnham - many times, used to live near him

and lastly, rented a house with jo beth taylor for a few months many many years ago - pre her hey hey days.

Interestingly - a whole Australian Crew - it's amazing where my career has lead me with celeb's

XRated · 20-01-2005, 02:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Casper

Almost ran over Rex Hunt at the Gold Coast once, does that count?

Annnnnd what stopped you...... ? :evil_laug

Danny · 20-01-2005, 02:15 AM

I went to primary school with Anthony Callea and his brother, I've Met hugh jackman, his wife Deborra Lee, and I walked next to Nick Gainnopolous at the home show.

I was also at a club and said hello to Hung Le the comedian, who was standin on his own with a beer. I've met John Wood as well.

The lady who used to play Tom Croydons wife, and Pippa off home and away Came in to work once to buy a bottle of red wine. Quiet lady that, I didn't let on I knew her because I didn't think she'd like that so I kept quiet. She was very nice though.

Steven Kernahan also came to my school for a speech so I met him also. I sat and had dinner at the table next to shane crawford at the Portsea pub....

Thats about all i can think of... Oh, molly Meldrum as well, but i didn't meet him, he chucked me a glowstick when I was at heat nightclub.....

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xceler8shun · 20-01-2005, 09:03 AM

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Originally Posted by MotherNature

hahahhahahahah you think 5'4 is short :P

Im only 5'1 ;)

damn my gf is only 4'10, and i'm 5'11

xceler8shun · 20-01-2005, 09:12 AM

Met both Glen McGrath and Melinda Gainsford while i lived in Narromine, Glen knew my father, Melinda i met at a tennis competition with her family.
Saw Glen McGrath again at Crown Casion when i went down to watch the boxing day test a few years back.
Saw Cornelia Frances (Weakest Link Host - Home and Away actress) at Coles in Neutral Bay.

thats about it

Casper · 20-01-2005, 09:41 AM

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Originally Posted by XRated

Annnnnd what stopped you...... ? :evil_laug

The gutter. I sped up, made the fat bugger run too

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Missed the back of his fishing rod by mm's I think (yes, he had been surf fishing, had a rod - the long ones - and tackle box in hand)

MYVYSS · 20-01-2005, 09:41 AM

OK HERE IS MY LIST :

Elle McPherson spent 2 and a half hours with her...my wife has the photos and autographs to prove it...
Mark Webber on the day after his first race in Melbourne.
Numerous footballers
Glen Wheatley spent an hour with him at a John Farnham Concert. (also met John)
Jimmy Barnes.
Molly Meldrum dad is his plumber
Brian Taylor (afl) did his plumbing apprenticship with Dad.
MC Hammer (still in therapy over this one)
Jeff Fenech friend was his dietician
Michael Gudinski from Mushroom records was partying in the private room at Mercury Lounge
Flew to Sydney sitting next to Doc Neeson from the Angels (scary)
Chopper Read (Dont ask)
Mark Jacko Jackson
Mark Scud Phillapousis
Eddie Mcguire (does that count)
Paul Hogan
Warrick Capper (see McHammer)
Pat Rafter (top bloke and his wife whoo hoo)
Glenn Seaton, Mark Skaife, Brocky, Allan Moffat, Dick Johnson, Larry Perkins and most of the V8 supercar boys.
and was in the same room as Michael Schumacher and he just is incredible...
and numerous TV stars small screen..

I have been very lucky but mum used to be in the Prestige Car game so we got to see quite a few of them.

Danny · 20-01-2005, 10:12 AM

I also forgot to Mention that I met Mark "chopper" Read in shoppingtown Doncaster with his wife. He seemed like a good bloke, got him to sign my DVD cover and he saw my braces that I had at the time and said "better look after them chompers mate or you'll have no f*ckin teeth like me!"

Had a laugh, said nice to meet you, that was it.

Kenaz · 20-01-2005, 10:13 AM

I sat next to Terry Wallace (Richmond coach) at the footy once. It was actually 1 week before he quit the Bulldogs.

John Farnham's son Rob was in my year level at school.

I was at the Presidents Cup golf in Melbourne a few years back and was walking in the path of George Bush and his 7 or 8 bodyguards. I didn't know it was him and as I got closer one of them pushed me out of the way. I was about to turn around and say 'what the f...?' Then I realised it was him. He still didn't have to be so aggressive.

Ash

**Captain Stubing** · 20-01-2005, 10:24 AM

I don't know how I forgot this one... I had to meet Dick Johnson at his house about 8 years ago. He was a hard man to pin down to an appointment... had to squeeze in between him going to the gym at 5am and an 8am meeting he had. Very nice man, he is!

FNQracing · 20-01-2005, 10:43 AM

I was walking back from the pits at Bathurst last year and ran into Skaife and Brock. They were on their way back to the garage. Also met Brad Jones and John Bowe.

I have also met Ted Bullpit.

Discovery · 20-01-2005, 11:00 AM

I've been quite lucky. I know I will miss some here but my list includes:

Went to school with Guy Pearce and went to his birthday party.

Met Angry Anderson, Anthony Warlow, the Red Hot Chilli Peppers, had backstage passes to Pink Floyds Momentary Lapse of Reason tour concerts and went out with them to a nightclub in Melbourne, AFL Footballers (do they count?), all the Ford V8 Race team members over the last 6 years, and some retired racers, worked with Sarah Jane - the model who claims to be the most downloaded woman on the internet (she is a really nice person actually)the list goes on, I don't know where to draw the line at 'celebrity'.

Pearly · 20-01-2005, 11:04 AM

I sat next to David Hasselhoff on a plane trip from Miami to L.A when I was 9. I was a HUGE fan of Knight Rider at the time, and me being the shy character that I am, I didn't say a word!

Apart from that, I've met a couple of motorsporting legends, and I got to race against Glenn Seaton in go-karts at the last FF Raid!

XR6Gal · 20-01-2005, 11:49 AM

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Originally Posted by swanny

I've also seen a full screen shot of my butt on the six o'clock news

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hehehe, nice work swanny, I've seen you on TV too!

I've met Jon Bon Jovi, the 2004 Ford V8 supercar drivers (all of them), Peter Brock, John Farnham, Darryl Braithwaite, Paul Mecurio, 28 days (the band). Thats all I can think of at this stage.

rob_o · 20-01-2005, 12:51 PM

Just some local footy players. David Farleigh who played for the Bears and Knights before going international, he's actually my dads client at work (he was there yesterday). Greg Florimo (sp?) is also a client of dads.

big_pete · 20-01-2005, 01:11 PM

i also had dinner with a few of the early 90's Canberra Cannons basketball team. cant remember which players, but they were imports fromt he US.
and also did a few coaching clinics with steve carfino, hes a top bloke

fordchick · 20-01-2005, 01:20 PM

Russell Ingall and he family drove past me once at my local shopping centre!
Dick Johnson and his son steve drove past me in blueprint DJR320 once.

Meet one of the stone bros at the SBR stand. I went all shy lol.

At indy, i sold Greg Murphy and Rick Kelly plush (2 scoobys and tweety!) toys from my work lol. I did have to tell them how they had ruined my sunday (bathurst) a couple a weeks before indy!

The lady who was going to be my god mother got married to lee kernigan!

Laurie Lawerence came to my school and gave us a big speach about something... all i remember is he making us to the "do the 5" dance :S

In the scooby doo movie, this tool that went to my school (and his even bigger tool of a brother Regis was in my grade) Remi Broadway, is this guy that in the training video, he crushes a cup and says i will break your bones or something when a guy bumps into him, and then on the "how you should of reacted bit" they sound like homie G's :yeees:

Warrick Capper was at a night club i go to (The Party) the other week :S it was gross.. he was wearing tight black pants (he looked straight out of the 80's, the music on the sunday is old rock music but he has no excuse!!) :S and he was dirty dancing with some ugly chicks, i did get a photo lol!

My dad gets to meet more famous people, owning a music instrument shop and all. Millencolin, Paris Hilton ( she bought a pink fender strat... and then came in the next day to buy a matching blue one LOL!), The Eagles, that lead guy from JAG, john english... and the drummer from savage garden used to teach drums at his store in brissie, and andrew G from channel V used to work for him. Mark Larkam is a customer as well. Theres heaps more but i cant remember all of them. My uncle works for Bert Newton and The Panel as the head sound guy. So he meets alot of celebs! Cant wait till i visit him

Also when i was younger, i went to the ARIA awards when the where held at dreamworld! We are even in a mag sitting behind John Farnum! And i keep stalking this hot young guitarist guy one time lol. Bumper cars with celebs is fun

When i worked at Dreamworld, Marty from big brother was in my que line on the giant drop and it didnt even register who it was!

Craig Horner from Totally Wild and the movie Blurred came in to my work once.

I think thats it! Nothing really spectacular.

Kapn_Kiwi · 20-01-2005, 01:32 PM

One of my Dad's good mates was on our most popular Soap here, and in fact, he came and babysat me while he was on TV. The good thing about this is that while he was babysitting us he was on TV being a very bad babysitter.

masters24 · 20-01-2005, 01:38 PM

no-one... i have seen people, but not met them... depressing or what?

formerly · 20-01-2005, 02:05 PM

Met Kostya (the boxer, cant even think of how to spell his surname at the moment) when he first came to australia, near broke my hand!!

Have a fair few famous people through work, a fair bit get Pat Rafter through, absolute top bloke, just wish he'd bring Lara up more often!!

pauljh74 · 20-01-2005, 02:28 PM

Went on the Great Victorian Bike Ride 3 times in my teens. Our group came across 2 these girls - same age as us - 16 at the time. One of my mates was responsible for damaging their tent and they ended up sharing a tent for most of the ride with 2 of my mates (but they didn't get anywhere). One of the girls was Jennifer Adams (the newsreader) obviously well before she got into news.

neb · 20-01-2005, 03:02 PM

i once looked in the mirror and saw myself :-)

EB-maen · 20-01-2005, 04:01 PM

craig lowndes came and spoke to us at school for 2 hours, i forgot what he was originally there for but he basically recounted events from v8 events, and john howard came to open a new building and shook my hand (yes, the highlight of my life, i know :P) a friend and i hummed the imperial march as howard and his 'posse' walked past us down the red carpet. dad had dinner with harrison ford once in england, and dad himself is the kid, Sonny, from Skippy so, that counts as well i guess

flappist · 20-01-2005, 04:31 PM

I have met lots of different famous people over the year but a few of the best were the ones that I didn't know who they were until afterwards.

Got really ****ed once on rum with Lee Kernigan at a Xmas party in Brisbane, I had no idea who he was as I don't listen to country music.
Spent several hours chatting up Kirsten Travis (sex in the city) in the Admirals Lounge at AA in LAX (failed miserably) again, no idea until the barman told me.
Spent several hours chatting up Debora Hutton on Hamilton Island (until Harry M. Miller turned up)
Had lunch made for me by Pauline Hansen at a friend's place in the Gold Coast (during the political era)
Sold Bo Derek a packet of chips and a bottle of coke when I was about 14.

But the best one was I was a "single guy" at a friend's wedding so she set me up with a "single girl" so we both would not be lonely. Her name was Amanda and she was really nice and friendly but I was sure I had seen her before.
I asked my friend who she was the next day.
She was one of the "Breaka" girls (one of the twins)..... Yeh I know...In my Dreams...

It is real embarrassing when afterward someone says, so what do you think of whomever and I say "who is that". Doh!

Pursuit_chick · 20-01-2005, 04:39 PM

i havent really met many people :(, got tonnes of autographs but lol,half a dozen of sydney roosters playes :P but mostly NRL people ive met. Paul Green,met him when he was playing for NQ Cowboys, plays for broncos now, tim sheens (ex-coach NQ Cowboys), and went to school with Dean Payne who is about to make his debut with NQ Cowboys this year. Also when i was living in sydney i went to school with nathan cavelari, he was in my brothers class and his younger brother josh was in my class. And went to school with Sam Thaiday and corey parker (broncos players) a few years ago. umm thats about it i think lol :P