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Posted: 3/8/2010 3:40:15 PM EDT
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Related to Jesse James. Not a direct Descendant though, my connection came from his aunt or uncle or something, I don't have a copy of the tree to verify.
One of my parents knew Janis Joplin growing up, she was a bit older than my parents though. And my grandfather knew the family of, and G.W. Bailey pretty well from what i've been told, I've been by the house he grew up in, but never met him or any of his family. G.W. Bailey (Harris from Police Academy) on a side note..WTF? Police Academy 8???? listed as announced / rumored on IMDB.com |
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Posted: 3/8/2010 3:40:48 PM EDT
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I got fucked up with Matt Eversman a couple of years back at a local bar in Sackets Harbor. He used to live next door to my cousin.
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Posted: 3/8/2010 3:41:07 PM EDT
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My mom has been, for decades, best friends with the ex wife of Jeff Lynne, lead singer of E.L.O. and member of The Travelling Wilburrys.
When I was an infant, Jeff Lynne and Tom Petty sang me a lullaby at Jeff's house... |
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Posted: 3/8/2010 3:41:54 PM EDT
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Where do I start?
Chris Rock Jenny McCarthy Alan Greenspan Donald Rumsfeld Kobe Bryant A. Rod Derek Jeter CC Sabathia Tommy Lee Lynard Skynard Glenn Close Ted Danson Tiger Woods Kate Hudson Rob Dyrdek Wilmer Valderama John Travolta Seth Green Robin Williams Phil Ivey Daniel Negraneau Hulk Hogan Sammy Hagar I'll think of more later |
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Posted: 3/8/2010 3:42:36 PM EDT
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I dated Chet Baker's daughter a few times back in college. She was an alcoholic wacko just like her dad.
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Posted: 3/8/2010 3:42:37 PM EDT
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There's a street named after my family in Budapest. I guess we're related to a Duke or some shit.
That's as close as I've got. |
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Posted: 3/8/2010 3:43:04 PM EDT
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my father used to be the announcer for the New Britain Red Sox (now the Rock Cats) here in CT back in the early 80's.
my father befriended Roger Clemens and often times had him over the house for bbq's, birthday partyies, pretty much anything to make him feel at home when he was away from his. They still speak to this day. |
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Posted: 3/8/2010 3:43:48 PM EDT
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Jen is my cousin
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Posted: 3/8/2010 3:44:16 PM EDT
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i shook bill clintons hand as a child. i have met rick flair twice and gotten his autograph twice. i have an autographed hustler from when i worked at the pornshop.
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Posted: 3/8/2010 3:44:51 PM EDT
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My dad knows Bruce Springsteen personally and I had 4 or 5 hour conversation with Jack Kevorkian. Very nice man and a true intellectual.
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Posted: 3/8/2010 3:45:06 PM EDT
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I once ate at a subway next to HHH. The wrestler? Yes, the wrestle. I went to Columbus and he was at the Arnold Classic. I'm not really into wrestling, but I sat down with my sub and he sat down at the table next to me. We tlked for a minute and i let the man eat. |
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Posted: 3/8/2010 3:45:20 PM EDT
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Wayne Newton was in love with my mother in the early 70's. She worked on his horse ranch in northern california. I have a record signed "all my love, Wayne Newton"
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Posted: 3/8/2010 3:45:20 PM EDT
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eta-so did mine
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Posted: 3/8/2010 3:45:58 PM EDT
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My several times great uncle was William Jones Elliot Heard. He was the 1st Lt. in Company F, Texas Regiment of Volunteers at San Jacinto.
http://www.sanjacinto-museum.org/Herzstein_Library/Veteran_Biographies/San_Jacinto_Bios/biographies/default.asp?action=bio&id=3223 |
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Posted: 3/8/2010 3:47:28 PM EDT
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ETA: post showed up twice.
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Posted: 3/8/2010 3:47:29 PM EDT
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I've met Cal Ripken on a few occaisions. I Wasnt to impressed he's definitely an arrogant fucker.
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Posted: 3/8/2010 3:48:27 PM EDT
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I once helped Michael Jackson when I worked in K Mart... H wanted to know what department had BOYS PANTS HALF OFF!
Seriously, I know Ted Nugent , and occasionally hang out with him when he's got a concert close by. 
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Posted: 3/8/2010 3:49:35 PM EDT
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My great-great grandfather was a twin brother to President Nixon's grandfather. One of my deceased great Uncles lived in a VA Hospital near Nixon's Cali. Place. When he was President hand went to visit he would not allow the Press to follow him there. We have family photo's of the two of them at the hospital, taken by family members. President Nixon was a very private man. I know he visited the VA hospitals a lot and did not want publicity for that.. In case of someone want to call BS or rain hate down on Nixon my Mothers maiden name is Nixon.
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Posted: 3/8/2010 3:51:01 PM EDT
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My mom has been, for decades, best friends with the ex wife of Jeff Lynne, lead singer of E.L.O. and member of The Travelling Wilburrys. When I was an infant, Jeff Lynne and Tom Petty sang me a lullaby at Jeff's house... Wow, way cool! I'm a big fan of Jeff Lynne's work. |
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Posted: 3/8/2010 3:51:38 PM EDT
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Back when i was working at the dealership, i changed the front brake pads on Sen Sam Brownbacks minivan.
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Posted: 3/8/2010 3:52:17 PM EDT
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I shot this guy's national commercial announcement that he was running for president: When does it air? |
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Posted: 3/8/2010 3:53:21 PM EDT
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Kenny Price of Hee Haw fame was married to my third cousin. Big boy who could eat a chicken leg.
Rutherford B Hayes is my fifth great grandfather. Terry Clark hit on me at a bar in Birmingham, Michigan. My wife was not amused. Roy Acuff is a distant cousin. My neice is a whore. |
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Posted: 3/8/2010 3:54:49 PM EDT
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I took care of Bill Ruger Sr. in the hospital. It was an interesting experience. 
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Posted: 3/8/2010 3:56:00 PM EDT
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I watched the infamous holyfield/tyson ear bite fight with keanu reeves. Buddy of mine was on his road crew for his band they were in town that night and we all went to my place to watch the fight.
ironically enough met both fighters a year apart after that. holyfield in la,tyson in vegas. Drank with cuba gooding jr in a pool in vegas,chatted for an hour,he sent drinks to my table that night in the restaurant. Have met numerous nhl players through an old business venture. Celebrities i have met at work- danny devito and rhea perhlman snoop steve tyler and joe perry shannon elizabeth britanny spears janet jackson queen latifa david douchavony glenn danzig marilyn manson peter greene bunch others i have forgotten over the years. Some were super cool,some i wish i could of hit over the head for being pompous rich assholes. |
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Posted: 3/8/2010 3:57:58 PM EDT
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Met Jimmy Buffet on a boat in Maine. I was hung over at the time and almost didn't recognize him.
My old man met Chuck Yeager; I would have as well if I had gone to the airshow with my dad. My dad also saw Mr. Rogers at the Pittsburgh airport. I asked him if he was changing his shoes. Had lunch with Allen Ginsberg. Saw Hootie & the Blowfish at a bar in San Diego- they were all pricks. Met John Mcinroe (sp) at my friends wedding. |
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Posted: 3/8/2010 3:59:51 PM EDT
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I have met some famous people,I would not say I have any connection though.I met Bruce Campell,Mike tyson,Kevin Nash,Robert Englund,not the coolest list of people(exept for Campell),but thats my CSB.
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Posted: 3/8/2010 4:01:46 PM EDT
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I pumped gas in Sammy Hagar's red Ferrari. He was pretty cool. His woman friend was a beyotch. I sat in and rode around in that ferrari and his matching black ferrari. Sammy purchased them legally in the late 70's. The importer tried to smuggle them into the US without bringing them up to emission standards. He had those two cars, a few maserati's, porsche's, lambroghini's and a host of other exotic cars all driven through the border station in the small Maine town I grew up in. All the cars came across the border late at night, an hour apart and had Mass. plates. Needless to say, the border guards knew something was up when the third $100k+ car came through in the dead of the night. Sammy had to sue the USBP/Customs to get his Ferrari's back. In the meantime, a good friend of the family was the head of the Customs station. He let us sit in the cars and go for rides in them with other officers. I was 8 or 9 at the time. Well, we're practically related. One of my buddies almost certainly brought those cars across the border. |
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Posted: 3/8/2010 4:04:25 PM EDT
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I'm related by marriage to the Osmonds. My son is Donny and Marie's 3rd cousin. We were once invited to their family reunion but had to pass.
My niece (brother's daughter) dated Billy Ray Cyrus' nephew (Miley's cousin) for a while. I used to have Slash's home phone number back around 1988. Met him and his wife/girlfriend and their kid. Really nice guy. Watched a Red Wings game in a suite at Joe Louis Arena sitting next to and talking with Gordie Howe. 
My son briefly appears in the background of one shot in Gran Torino, it was filmed in our neighborhood, and at my church. |
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Posted: 3/8/2010 4:06:18 PM EDT
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Clint Eastwood, Noah Webster, Queen Elizabeth are just a few of my cousins. My 10th GGF is William Bradford(Mayflower) and my line is being proven to Isaac Allerton(Mayflower) also.
My family were the ones who bought Nantucket Island from the Indians. Just some of my Great Grandfathers are Charles(The Hammer) Martel, William I (The Conquerer) , King David, Solomon. Over 300 Kings that I am a direct Blood Line from. My first and last name mean "Royalty" But if you come from Royal lin es you can't say it on ARFCOM because people get butthurt over it. 
For those doubters out there......THE LINE OF KINGS DIDN'T END WHEN THEY DIED!!!! 
Carry on!!! Oh and.... GO ISRAEL!!!!! 
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Posted: 3/8/2010 4:06:54 PM EDT
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I once ate at a subway next to HHH. The wrestler? Yes, the wrestle. I went to Columbus and he was at the Arnold Classic. I'm not really into wrestling, but I sat down with my sub and he sat down at the table next to me. We tlked for a minute and i let the man eat. I saw him at a strip club in Austin years ago. On a side note, I once worked on Julia Roberts' Cadillac. |
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Posted: 3/8/2010 4:07:47 PM EDT
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Met Jimmy Buffet on a boat in Maine. I was hung over at the time and almost didn't recognize him. My old man met Chuck Yeager; I would have as well if I had gone to the airshow with my dad. My dad also saw Mr. Rogers at the Pittsburgh airport. I asked him if he was changing his shoes. Had lunch with Allen Ginsberg. Saw Hootie & the Blowfish at a bar in San Diego- they were all pricks. Met John Mcinroe (sp) at my friends wedding. Gen Yeager is my cousin by marriage. |
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Posted: 3/8/2010 4:09:51 PM EDT
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i met kevin bacon at a charity event (bacon brothers :( )
so by default i know everyone in show biz |
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Posted: 3/8/2010 4:16:27 PM EDT
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Kenny Price of Hee Haw fame was married to my third cousin. Big boy who could eat a chicken leg. Rutherford B Hayes is my fifth great grandfather. Terry Clark hit on me at a bar in Birmingham, Michigan. My wife was not amused. Roy Acuff is a distant cousin. My neice is a whore. LOL
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Posted: 3/8/2010 4:18:42 PM EDT
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oh yeah lol i id carded rvd in a porn shop in des moines iowa
ETA i have butterbeans autograph. he came into a stripclub i was a bouncer at
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Posted: 3/8/2010 4:20:32 PM EDT
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I was on Lorena Bobbit's jury . . .
. . . seriously . . . . . . fortunately, on the day the trial was supposed to start, I showed up and was told to go home and I was released from jury duty - the trial had been delayed so she could undergo "further psychiatric evaluation".
Side story: there was a fire at the hotel closest to the courthouse within a couple of days and it was filled with reporters. It was probably the best covered fire in Manassas ever! |
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Posted: 3/8/2010 4:21:34 PM EDT
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I've met Alton Brown, Vanna White and my godmother is a tour manager for the 60s band the Buckinghams
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Posted: 3/8/2010 4:23:32 PM EDT
[#37]
I know Jack Shit....
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Posted: 3/8/2010 4:24:58 PM EDT
[#38]
Armand Hammer taught me to make a scotch and soda without killing the fizz.....when I was 7. That same evening, I asked him why he was named after baking soda.
My mom and Cybill Sheppard's mom had a mutual friend. Played with Cybill many times as a little girl, but we were never friends. Smoked one with Muddy Waters....before I realized who it was. I was at some social function my mom made me attend at the Pink Palace Museum in Memphis as a teenager and I had just exited Debbie Reynolds' dressing room where she had grilled me on my talents and lectured me to go into showbiz. She was really very sweet, I just wasn't up for it. I stepped outside and sat on the museum's steps. There was some old black dude plinkin' on a guitar on the other end of the steps. He pulled a joint out of his pocket and gestured. I was rather amazed when I realized who it was. Guess that's why he wasn't shooed off the steps. Al Green used to crash at a friend's place now and then. He'd get up in the morning and find him on the couch. Think he had a little 'fun' with one of my friend's friends when he was in town. Dated a guy who lived across the street from Issac Hayes. We used to go over there, now and then. Kind of a weird guy. But he was nice enough to put up with a couple of teenagers, so..... Played spades with the Elvin Bishop group on a plane back from LA. Delivered flowers to Elvis when he was in the hospital after being shipped home from Las Vegas. Creeped me out. He looked dead. Actually, the flowers went to the room across the hall where Priscilla, Col.Parker, George Klein and a bunch of others were. But, I was in Elvis' room before I realized that. Met B.B. King in Tupelo, Ms. when the a/c broke in his tour bus.....in August. That was one miserably hot dude. I gave him a folding chair and a Coke. He was absolutely delightful. Memphis was an interesting place to grow up.......and leave. |
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Posted: 3/8/2010 4:25:52 PM EDT
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Famous or "infamous?" 
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Posted: 3/8/2010 4:27:08 PM EDT
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Told this one here before...
My EX worked as a promo person at a major record label. She constantly had these stupid meet and greet things where artists were forced to meet all the ass kissers in the industry. I fucking hated it because she always wanted me to go ( security/driver) but she didn't want me talking/ mingling. Well one night we go to one, and I at once assume the position ( beer in hand, hiding in corner) when up strolls this smokin hot and I mean smokin little blond chick. She tells me I look like a fish out of water and starts playfully bustin my balls like a union pipefitter. Without flinching I gave it back and pretty soon we're both laughing our asses off. About 20 minutes go by and I start to notice stink eye from the wife, come to think of it, everybody is kind of looking at us. The smokin blond says something like " Oh I forgot, I gotta meet all these people. I'm shy and hate this crap, will you take me around to meet everybody?" She wrapped her arm in mine and dragged me around the room to meet everybody. At some point in the night she started introducing me as " the man she was going to marry" Needless to say the wife unit was not happy. Oh yeah, the chick was Liz Phair. Do your eyes a favor and google her. |
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Posted: 3/8/2010 4:28:52 PM EDT
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Pat Miletich is one of my best friends, he's a big AR-15 fan and I know for a fact he's been on here (but not registered that I know of). Hey, you ever go to his school in Iowa? Not as much as I used to, been training with him since '99 but the last couple years I haven't got in as much. Now mostly we just talk guns, and my business does a lot of work for him. ETA: one of my all time favorite guys to train with there was from NC, Spencer Fisher. |
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Posted: 3/8/2010 4:30:37 PM EDT
[#42]
My cousin is actor Jon Voight.
The other side of my family is redneck cousins in Medford, Oregon, the one place on Earth I would love to live...if it were not for them. My wife's "uncle" is Sen. Orin Hatch; she has an autographed photo on her desk. |
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Posted: 3/8/2010 4:31:27 PM EDT
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My uncle (mother's brother) once made it on Dick Clark's Bloopers show back in the early 80s. He was a news anchor at a local TV station and slipped up with a comment.
To see the clip, click HERE and then click on the 1st video link. |
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Posted: 3/8/2010 4:33:16 PM EDT
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i also know the writers/producers of "human target".
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Posted: 3/8/2010 4:33:19 PM EDT
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Quoted: Quoted: My mom has been, for decades, best friends with the ex wife of Jeff Lynne, lead singer of E.L.O. and member of The Travelling Wilburrys. When I was an infant, Jeff Lynne and Tom Petty sang me a lullaby at Jeff's house... Wow, way cool! I'm a big fan of Jeff Lynne's work. His ex wife and their daughter both say he is a 110% total douchebag. He's also got some serious OCD issues... |
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Posted: 3/8/2010 4:33:56 PM EDT
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My great great great uncle is William Wallace. My wife says "thats why you look like Mel Gibson" she's blond and all.
I'm also related to Hugh Williamson one of the signers of our constitution. |
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Posted: 3/8/2010 4:35:20 PM EDT
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And I had beers in Reagan National airport in 1988 with Adam Ant who I must admit was about as cool as it gets. I was in Marine Corps dress uniform Alpha sitting at the bar waiting on a flt. he came up asked if he could buy me a beer. Nice to hear this about A. Ant. And thanks for your service. |
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Posted: 3/8/2010 4:37:45 PM EDT
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My cousin is actor Jon Voight. The other side of my family is redneck cousins in Medford, Oregon, the one place on Earth I would love to live...if it were not for them. My wife's "uncle" is Sen. Orin Hatch; she has an autographed photo on her desk. I knew a guy who bought his Chrysler LeBaron.... |
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Posted: 3/8/2010 4:40:55 PM EDT
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Working in TV for the last 30 some odd years, I have a head start.
I’ll just pop over a few: Michael Jackson, as I filmed the Jackson 5 Farewell Tour, I had to go backstage and talk with him as he explained to me where the pyrotechnics were going to go off. Monica Lewinsky, I ran into her in a coffee shop just outside of New Orleans in Mandeville, LA where I live. I have a picture of us together but I don’t recall where it is at the moment. Paul & Linda McCartney, working on a documentary, I spent about 6 hours with them. Paul gave me a ticket to their show in the Superdome that was about to go on. I keep it and went home because they were making the audience watch an animal rights video before the show went on. I still have the ticket, but I should have gotten it signed!!! I'll be seeing McCartney on the 3 of April as we return from a BEATLES CRUISE on that day in Miami. Trent Resnor, Mr NIN,I have worked with him a lot. I am on IMDB.com as a result of his DVD on which I shot all the interviews and videos for the segways. Also I shot TV commercials for them as well as edited a MTV special for them. Billy Crystal, just shot the HBO Comic Relief special for New Orleans with him. Nice guy. I think the fat guy I worked with was somebody named Harry Anderson? Many of the others through the years; Merv Griffien Burt Reynolds Rita Colledge Jessie Jackson Sean Conerry Jeff Daniels Meleine Griffen Billy Crystal Alexander Haig Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Barry Goldwater John Goodman Tom Arnold Ophra Winfrey Pat Sejack Vanna White Regis Phillbin Kelly Rippa Kathy Lee Gifford Terry Bradshaw John Madden Jimmy The Greek A lot of sports announcers and players…such as Chris Meyers Ted Nugent Harry Connick Jr. Aaron Neville Bruce Johnson (The Beach Boys) BB King AC/DC Joe Cocker Larry King Bob Barker Various Playboy Playmates
Widespread Panic A bunch of WWF dudes, Angle or something like that. He won an Olympic Gold medal. I spent the day with him This can’t even be a fourth of it. One day I’ll try to write then all down. Good Luck Bill |
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Posted: 3/8/2010 4:42:00 PM EDT
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Quoted: Quoted: I shot this guy's national commercial announcement that he was running for president: When does it air? It aired some time ago. |
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