famous people we may have met

[Mulletino]

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I've met loads of famous hip hop artists.
Although they're only famous if you're interested in hip hop (which most of you aren't).
I also know a fair few people in well known punk bands (but most of you seem to dislike punk too).

I'd be interested, are they new Hip Hop artists or old school ones?

I've met a couple of old schoolers from the late 80s/early 90s.

I suppose i'd best add some different ones seeing as my last one will probably be erased from history now.....

These are ones i've spoken to:

Tom Baker
Michael Sheard
Frank Skinner
Zoe Ball
Smiley (from Smiley's people and Spaced)
Zammo
Roland Browning
Dave Prowse (he was judging a Star Wars fancy dress compo at a toy shop)
Buster Bloodvessel (and some of the band - a mate used to guest for them sometimes)
Stereo MCs (jumped out on the skinny bloke when we were recording at a studio)
PM Dawn
There are more but my memory is fading.

I have met quite a few "modern" celebs too through my Mrs' work, they're all Australian ones so you wouldn't know many, maybe Gotye? the guy who sang "Somebody You Used to Know", but my Mrs has met far more than me, including Danni Minogue, Ed Sheeran, The twins from Good Charlotte, tripod, are just some of them.

[john h]

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I met The Seekers in Sheffield after their 25th Reunion show in 1995, met Al Martino on his final UK tour in 2008, also met Esther Rantzen and Anita Harris at a Matt Monro book launch in 2011 and had my photo taken with both, and also Buddy Greco at the same event.

[Jedi Knight]

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Dave Prowse (Darth Vader).

Met him, shook his hand, quick chat etc. Have a photo of it somewhere...Legend!

Anthony Daniels (C-3PO)

Ray Park (Darth Maul)

Also bumped into Jenson Button at Heathrow airport in 2009, we were taking the same flight to Japan, although I was not in first class! (he won the championship that year).

[xmark1234]

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oh ive met some off the stars off eastenders if walking past them down london counts

[victorbrunswick]

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Tom Hanks
I took this pic in November 1995 during the filming of "That Thing You Do." A few days before I had walked right by him and didn't realise who it was.

[DemonEyeX]

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I've met loads of famous hip hop artists.
Although they're only famous if you're interested in hip hop (which most of you aren't).
I also know a fair few people in well known punk bands (but most of you seem to dislike punk too).
I have also met quite a few famous pro wrestlers (again, not popular on here).
Also a few more well known musicians, but again, only in various circles.
I know, I know, i'm not impressing anybody.

I have friends who know some incredibly famous people who you will all have heard of, but I myself am still a link in the chain away.

OK, how about Dave Prowse aka Darth Vader, he's famous, i've met him.
But considering that he visited thousands of schools as the Green Cross Code man that's probably even less impressive.
OK, i'm shutting up.

[victorbrunswick]

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My Mum met Jimmy Saville when she was in hospital at Stoke Manderville, he used to visit the patients and chat with them...

That was a narrow escape if all he did was chat.

[xmark1234]

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ive met freddie star and my all time best fishing person john wilson got a pic of me and him somewhere it was great talking to him than watching on the tv

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Impressive list,
You've got two thirds of the Goodies, One Brooke-Taylor & you get the hat trick.

Yes, I was thinking something like that when I was typing it all out... I'll post it here if I do ever catch sight of the man.

My Dads seen:

Roy Castle - smiled at my Dad as he was coming out of a chemists in Maidenhead my Dad was going into (proves he was a nice guy),
Kenneth Moore - Dad saluted him as he was driving his Rolls Royce and he did likewise!
Prince Phillip - he clocked my Dad as he was in my Town and smiled at him,
Dean Martin - he was in his Cadillac and its number plate was 'DRUNKY' - He also saluted my Dad and Dad did likewise....lol, this was in Los Angeles in the early 1980s,
My Dad literally met Patrick McNee of the Avengers - found the autograph in an old autograph book....,

My Mum met Jimmy Saville when she was in hospital at Stoke Manderville, he used to visit the patients and chat with them...

[DemonEyeX]

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The nastiest (great place to start!) we're Jim Davison

No surprises there then, what a horrible excuse for a human being, horrible !

Tom Baker (chatting on his phone as I walked by him),
Katie Puchtrick (got off my tube train),
Clive Anderson,
Anthony Stuart Head (same carriage, sat opposite me on the Tube he is big and tall!),
Alan Yentob (walking down the train aisle),
Siobhan Redmond (kept seeing her on my trains from work and in Liberty's of London),
Kate O Mara (post recent plastic surgery),
Natalie Imbruglia (with her minders),
Bill Oddie (munching a baguette bought from Regents St Pret A Manger),
Graham Garden (smoking a fag when he'd been making Body Matters around the same time advocating quitting lol),
Paul Young, (singing a song loudly - seemed like he wanted attention),
Martin Freeman, (he's shorter in real life),
Diana Coupland,
Sinead Cusack (walked past me on Regents St),
Denise Van Outen (same as above, she was dressed in really casual clothes, this was shortly after Jay Kay from Jammiroqual dumped her, she looked unhappy too),
Leslie Philips (on the other train going to Bristol Temple Meads as mine was going to London, he was chatting to himself - he was sat alone!),
Jeff Banks (stood by the buffet area on the train I was on),
Dale Winton (he made me laugh - he hailed a London Cab in the most dramatic fashion possible),
Rob Brydon (walking into a voice recording/pr studio type place, very short man too),
Diane Parish (Denise in Eastenders, shes really, really short too! She was with this very tall fella - in a clothes shop off Regents St I was in),
Amita Dhiri (was in This Life and The Bill, she was with her kids and a friend crossing the road in London as I was on my way back to work),

Impressive list,
You've got two thirds of the Goodies, One Brooke-Taylor & you get the hat trick.

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Oh, people I've seen (as I never really like to disturb them) have been:

Tom Baker (chatting on his phone as I walked by him),
Katie Puchtrick (got off my tube train),
Clive Anderson,
Anthony Stuart Head (same carriage, sat opposite me on the Tube he is big and tall!),
Alan Yentob (walking down the train aisle),
Siobhan Redmond (kept seeing her on my trains from work and in Liberty's of London),
Kate O Mara (post recent plastic surgery),
Natalie Imbruglia (with her minders),
Bill Oddie (munching a baguette bought from Regents St Pret A Manger),
Graham Garden (smoking a fag when he'd been making Body Matters around the same time advocating quitting lol),
Paul Young, (singing a song loudly - seemed like he wanted attention),
Martin Freeman, (he's shorter in real life),
Diana Coupland,
Sinead Cusack (walked past me on Regents St),
Denise Van Outen (same as above, she was dressed in really casual clothes, this was shortly after Jay Kay from Jammiroqual dumped her, she looked unhappy too),
Leslie Philips (on the other train going to Bristol Temple Meads as mine was going to London, he was chatting to himself - he was sat alone!),
Jeff Banks (stood by the buffet area on the train I was on),
Dale Winton (he made me laugh - he hailed a London Cab in the most dramatic fashion possible),
Rob Brydon (walking into a voice recording/pr studio type place, very short man too),
Diane Parish (Denise in Eastenders, shes really, really short too! She was with this very tall fella - in a clothes shop off Regents St I was in),
Amita Dhiri (was in This Life and The Bill, she was with her kids and a friend crossing the road in London as I was on my way back to work),

They stuck in my mind...I'd clock them and think, thats so and so etc but never want to chat to them, you never know the reaction you may get so I don't risk it.

I do recall seeing Sally Knyvette from Blakes 7/Emmerdale many years after her fame had passed in the Regent St French Connection (my Uni was nearby so I was always about that area) and she was being really pre-maddonnaish with a put upon sales girl and I really didn't like that - the salesgirl was very upset by her manner. Its one of the main reasons I don't really talk to famous or famousish folk.

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Forgot to say it's actually quite scary looking back as a number of our visitors have been done for pedophilia! Fortunately my parents were knowledgeable about such things and wouldn't let us kids go off with anyone. Many victims of celebs seem to have been procured from parents impressed by celebs who think that a day out to the zoo or a drive in the country with a celeb would be a great thing for their youngster to experience :/

Can you tell us who? If thats okay? And how did Davidson and Hawtrey behave so nastily to you? Did you ever meet mega famous actors like Clint Eastwood or Richard Burton or Roger Moore?

[Rail Rider]

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i have met David Bellany who is a personal friend of mine also chris packham, bill oddie, janet sumner, mike dilger,jonny kingdom, simon king, kate humble, andy williams, katie hill from blue peter and richard bacon, howie watkins from really wild show, iolo williams . probably forgotten one or two more but guess this is enough!

[Retrogames]

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Forgot to say it's actually quite scary looking back as a number of our visitors have been done for pedophilia! Fortunately my parents were knowledgeable about such things and wouldn't let us kids go off with anyone. Many victims of celebs seem to have been procured from parents impressed by celebs who think that a day out to the zoo or a drive in the country with a celeb would be a great thing for their youngster to experience :/

[Retrogames]

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My Dad and Grandad worked in TV and on films so I met loads of people during childhood. The nastiest (great place to start!) we're Jim Davison and Charles Hawtry, both absolutely disgusting to kids. The nicest were Anita Harris, Mickey Dolenz, and Jane Seymour, all three read me stories and happily took me around sets. My Dad got really friendly with Richard Thomas aka John Boy Walton and we used to go to LA for holidays and stay with him and his family. Back in the early 80s he was mega famous in the US, going to Disneyland with him was an incredible experience, mobbed all day with people saying lovely things to him. It was a great time, when American stars were over here filming they'd get lonely and bored so Dad would invite them over for tea or up for the weekend, I got serious kudos from my mates and we were always getting amazing 'thank you' packages sent from the US.