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Posted: 1/28/2015 9:17:28 PM EDT

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Interviewed two presidents two vice presidents, (one of which later became president),

and just about every federal department head you could name back in the seventies and

eighties.

Posted: 1/28/2015 9:17:45 PM EDT

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Picked up Jewel hitchiking , gave her a ride to her aunt's farm.

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Did you hit it?

Posted: 1/28/2015 9:18:01 PM EDT

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CW3 Michael Durant

Posted: 1/28/2015 9:18:04 PM EDT

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Lead guitarist from Cheap Trick Rick Neilson. He and his wife and kids sat right behing me at a Harlem Globetrotters game when I was 16. His wife randomly reached down to adjust my scewed collar (wearing collared shirt and collared jacket). Left game very early as soon as everyone around started to recognize him

When I was 10ish a bunch of Houston Oilers came to my dads restaurant.. Earl Cambell was HUGE. Legs seemed like they were bigger around than all of me. There were other players, but I remember him. I was a fanatical Oilers fan way back when.

Posted: 1/28/2015 9:18:07 PM EDT

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Bill Clinton
George Follmer
Corliss Williamson
Derek Fisher
Pete Rose
Cliff Burton
Kirk Hammett
James Hetfield
Jake E. Lee
bunch of other musicians

Posted: 1/28/2015 9:18:21 PM EDT

[#6]

Kenny Mane of ESPN Sportscenter fame.

He was very gracious at 3 AM.

I also met Bum Phillips.

Posted: 1/28/2015 9:18:39 PM EDT

[#7]

Seth Enslow

Posted: 1/28/2015 9:18:53 PM EDT

[#8]

Pat Quinn

Posted: 1/28/2015 9:18:57 PM EDT

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Toss-up between former Wings Captain Steve Yzerman and former Tigers great Al Kaline. The Yzerman meeting was cooler though, because I rode my bike to his house in 8th grade and he answered the door and signed a hockey card for me.

Posted: 1/28/2015 9:19:01 PM EDT

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Two Presidents and their wives, Chief Justice Rehnquist (while he was wearing his robes), couple dozen senators, too many CEO's, a few actors and many musicians.

Eta: Ron Jeremy, Ed Koch, Ari Shapiro, Ira Glass, Margret Thatcher...

Posted: 1/28/2015 9:19:22 PM EDT

[#11]

George C. Scott, Anne Baxter, Walter Matthau...

All when I was a kid, but remember the time spent with them pretty well.

Eric

Posted: 1/28/2015 9:19:39 PM EDT

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Probably a toss up between George Thoroughgood or Vivian Campbell. Maybe Rosario Dawson, wound up next to her in a catering line and exchanged a few pleasantries.

ETA: Have also met and chatted with Scott Walker as well as a few other top politicians in WI.

Posted: 1/28/2015 9:19:49 PM EDT

[#13]

Tommy Lee Jones.

Posted: 1/28/2015 9:20:33 PM EDT

[#14]

Mr October Reggie Jackson

Posted: 1/28/2015 9:20:38 PM EDT

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Tommy Lee Jones.

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Was he your roommate at Harvard?

Posted: 1/28/2015 9:20:44 PM EDT

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Ronald Reagan on the DMZ in Korea.

Posted: 1/28/2015 9:20:47 PM EDT

[#17]

Johnny Bench.

Very nice guy.

Posted: 1/28/2015 9:20:47 PM EDT

[#18]

George H.W. Bush.

Posted: 1/28/2015 9:21:33 PM EDT

[#19]

Bob Dole. Twice.

Posted: 1/28/2015 9:21:33 PM EDT

[#20]

Ossie Davis
Joe Satriani
Stuart Hamm
Ian Thornley

Posted: 1/28/2015 9:21:55 PM EDT

[#21]

Anthony Clark

Posted: 1/28/2015 9:22:10 PM EDT

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The cast of M.A.S.H. - on their set. Col. Potter, Hotlips (she gave me a nasty look), Radar, etc. My mom used to work for 20th Century Fox and got a private tour and took my wife and I with her. My wife met GWB and has a picture of her with her arm around his waist. She said he felt fit and muscular.

Posted: 1/28/2015 9:22:28 PM EDT

[#23]

Carlos Hathcock

Posted: 1/28/2015 9:22:54 PM EDT

[#24]

I shook hands and chatted with Darius Rucker and SecDef Cohen. Rucker was outside our tent at PSAB.

Came away with a challenge coin from the SecDef handshake.

Posted: 1/28/2015 9:22:55 PM EDT

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I worked for Jordan Belfort.

Pre or post awesomeness?

During the period between when he was caught and when he finally got convicted. On his boat.

Posted: 1/28/2015 9:23:05 PM EDT

[#26]

Ron Jeremy.

Posted: 1/28/2015 9:23:14 PM EDT

[#27]

Jay Leno...several times.

Posted: 1/28/2015 9:23:24 PM EDT

[#28]

Andre the Giant
James Best

Posted: 1/28/2015 9:23:32 PM EDT

[#29]

Wendy O. Williams

Roy Lichtenstein

Blanche Baker

Posted: 1/28/2015 9:24:15 PM EDT

[#30]

Joe Biden

Played laser tag with Will Smith

Lots of pro football players

Posted: 1/28/2015 9:24:43 PM EDT

[#31]

Mario Lemieux, Franco Harris, Mean Joe Green.

Posted: 1/28/2015 9:25:28 PM EDT

[#32]

I met Bush and Clinton. Guess they would be at the top of my list. Sports related I met Curt Schilling and some of the Red Sox. Also some of the Pats. They all used to eat at the restaurant I managed when I lived in Boston.

Posted: 1/28/2015 9:25:35 PM EDT

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Sonny Shroyer, John Schneider and Tom Wopat. I used to fish with Josh from Moonshiners. Out of that list I don't know who would be considered the most famous.

Posted: 1/28/2015 9:25:36 PM EDT

[#34]

Carlos Hathcock
He signed my range book

Tom Clancy

Gave him a hat from my CV and it was in the next book
I still like to think it was because of the hat

And
Phil Graham

Posted: 1/28/2015 9:25:37 PM EDT

[#35]

Lou Holtz
Former SecDef Rumsfeld

Posted: 1/28/2015 9:25:42 PM EDT

[#36]

Dolph Lundgren

No shit in a night club in San Antonio in the late 90s. Left shortly after I shook his hand. Started getting recognized. I kept my introduction short, to not draw attention. Seemed like a cool guy!

At Dallas Comic Con over the years
David Prowse - Darth Vader (man in the suit)
Erin Gray - Wilma Deering from Buck Rogers
Anthony Daniels (C3PO really nice and really thin)
Peter Mayhew - Chewbacca, really cool guy
Billy Dee Wiliams - Lando (was very self centered)
Julie Benz - Darla from Buffy fame. Very sweet and genuine.

Posted: 1/28/2015 9:25:44 PM EDT

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Was he your roommate at Harvard?

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Tommy Lee Jones.

Was he your roommate at Harvard?

Nope.

Posted: 1/28/2015 9:25:50 PM EDT

[#38]

Ronnie Van Zant

Posted: 1/28/2015 9:26:07 PM EDT

[#39]

OJ Simpson

Magic Johnson

Pete Rose

Vanilla Ice

Shannon Sharp

David Wells

Ricky Henderson

Posted: 1/28/2015 9:26:15 PM EDT

[#40]

how many of these people know you guys on a first name basis?

Posted: 1/28/2015 9:26:48 PM EDT

[#41]

Went to OCS with Erik Prince (Blackwater Security)....

Several Admirals.....

Posted: 1/28/2015 9:26:51 PM EDT

[#42]

Almost forgot. Jeff Gordon.

Posted: 1/28/2015 9:27:04 PM EDT

[#43]

Michael Jordan and several of the bulls circa 86
Jordan was actually pretty cool and took time to talk to a class of middle schoolers at the airport while we waited for a flight. He also signed several autographs and posed for pictures.

Posted: 1/28/2015 9:27:20 PM EDT

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A guy I know met him once and said that his head was enormous.

Like, freakishly huge.

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the late senator ted kennedy...

A guy I know met him once and said that his head was enormous.

Like, freakishly huge.

true - his whole body was huge... this was in the early 90's - I was working in a pharma company and he was on a tour with the CEO. we could not find a clean room gown big enough for him

probably the first time a guy with an MP5 was in the clean room (his body guard)..

Posted: 1/28/2015 9:27:21 PM EDT

[#45]

Olivia Dehaviland.

Posted: 1/28/2015 9:28:20 PM EDT

[#46]

Josh Brolin. I raced formula cars with & against him. He crashed into me in the corkscrew at Laguna seca.

Sheriff Joe swore me in as MCSO.

Posted: 1/28/2015 9:28:49 PM EDT

[#47]

Donald Rumsfeld

Posted: 1/28/2015 9:28:57 PM EDT

[#48]

Matt Eversmann

Posted: 1/28/2015 9:29:01 PM EDT

[#49]

Sam Elliot and Elisabeth Montgomery Had scenes from "Woman undone" filmed at my dads house. Used a plate I made in grade school in one scene. There were there for weeks.