Who is the most famous person you have ever met - Page 4

taminga16 (Greg) · #61 03-04-2007, 08:40 PM

My son is the scuba dive master on board one of Paul Allen's private yachts (310 ft, more of a ship really). The list starts at Allen and finishes at Yeltsin with Gates, Clinton, Kidman, U2 etc filling the gaps. Greg.

DobDobDob (Ron) · #62 03-04-2007, 08:57 PM

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Originally Posted by CometGuy

Mark Mitchell who was walking around doing his 'Con the Fruiterer' impersonation (seriously!!).

Terry

Hey I met him as well, he came to a gym opening in Sydney and spent over an hour trying every bit of equipment and improvising all the way, no script, just in at the deep end. He is a true talent.

I also forgot to mention that I once met Andre the Giant in Kings Cross, a long long time ago, he was the largest person I ever saw

Bobj · #63 03-04-2007, 10:32 PM

My mum.....Next year she will receive a congratulation telegram from HM Queen Elizabeth for attaining 100 years of age. Also, She and dad were invited on the HMS Ajax for a soiree, in Calcutta, India. Then she danced with the Captain. A couple of hours later came the order for all civilians to go ashore because the Captain had received orders to proceed with all due haste to the River Plate, and engage the "Graf Spee". And the rest is history.

Met Primo Carnera."The Ambling Alp" I believe he fought for the world heavyweight boxing championship.

DobDobDob (Ron) · #64 03-04-2007, 10:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Bobj

My mum.....Next year she will receive a congratulation telegram from HM Queen Elizabeth for attaining 100 years of age.

Tell your Mum hello from Tailwag <woof>

Blue Skies (Jacquie) · #65 03-04-2007, 11:33 PM

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Originally Posted by avandonk

I met someone who was in Rome at the same time as Ken and he overheard an Italian say "who is that guy in white up there on the balcony with Ken?"
Bert

Hmmm...you forgot the rest of the joke. I heard it not long ago, but can't quite remember how it goes. But a big LOL for it anyway.

DobDobDob (Ron) · #66 04-04-2007, 08:12 AM

We all know he was talking about Michael Jackson

toetoe (Peter) · #67 04-04-2007, 11:02 AM

I'm a bugger for dates but i am sure it was the late 1980's when i meet Gordon Jackson while he was making a film in Chiltern ( north east Victoria) and around the same time or may have been early 1990 in Yackandandah (north east Victoria) i meet Michale York and Sigrid Thorton while they were doing a film. Chatted with Brian Cadd some time back when i was playing in a band, we were the support band. Mark Hunter (RIP) and the the boys from the band Dragon. Strange how the years have gone by when you think back to good old memories.

ving (David) · #68 04-04-2007, 12:25 PM

a friend of mine went to school with that jamie dury guy (you know the gardening/manpower one). she recons he was a right royal knob!

I was singing in teh shower this morning and cheryl said i sounded like Tom Jones and I probably get that from all teh girls... I told its not unusual...

ballaratdragons (Ken) · #69 04-04-2007, 12:40 PM

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Originally Posted by CometGuy

Haven't met a lot of famous People myself.

Terry

Look in the mirror Terry!!!!

Hint: Comet Lovejoy!

ballaratdragons (Ken) · #70 04-04-2007, 01:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Astroman

and now you know ME!

Oh yeah, how could I forget. I met Andrew Wall and spent 4 nights at Camp with him sharing Astro photo techniques!!!!!!!!!

taminga16 (Greg) · #71 04-04-2007, 08:13 PM

I met Captain Mark Phillips at a horse event in the Yarra Valley some years ago and he seemed like a nice bloke, but he had something in his mouth and I couln't understand much of what he said. Well done on the thread Ron, good fun. Greg.

GrahamL · #72 04-04-2007, 10:14 PM

The wife got groped by this weird smelling old guy once but we could never decide who he was ??

DobDobDob (Ron) · #73 04-04-2007, 11:08 PM

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Originally Posted by nightstalker

The wife got groped by this weird smelling old guy once but we could never decide who he was ??

Hey watch it, I resemble that remark

Sonia · #74 05-04-2007, 02:44 AM

Ive met Bradley walsh who plays danny baldwin in a famous soap Coronation street that is popular here..http://www.itv.com/page.asp?partid=3971

nightsky · #75 05-04-2007, 12:57 PM

G'Day,
I didn't actually meet this person as in shake hands or talk to him, but I had the privilege of being on the Guard of Honor when the late President John F Kennedy made a official visit to Eire (Ireland) a few months before his death in 1963 I will never forget it,only inches away from me.
Cheers
Arthur

DobDobDob (Ron) · #76 05-04-2007, 12:58 PM

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Originally Posted by nightsky

the late President John F Kennedy made a official visit to Eire (Ireland) a few months before his death in 1963 I will never forget it,only inches away from me.
Cheers
Arthur

Impressive

Sausageman (Mike Boggan) · #77 05-04-2007, 05:21 PM

I met Sean Connery, when I was about 10. Sang in a competition with Spike Milligan as a judge.
Then when I was a big boy, I worked for the Royal Family for 5 years, and was part of the crew that took them on holidays and official functions all over the UK and overseas.
I have met the Heads of State from many Countries, dined with Ambassadors,
and met Richard Attenborough, who got off one of our planes one night with Prince Phillip.
I have travelled with almost every Royal, and have the photo's.
Been to a party at Kensington Palace.
My favourite was the Princess Michael of Kent, who always made time to sit and talk to the crew. Diana came a very close second, and provided me with my funniest sight. The poor dear was suffering from morning sickness really bad and came to visit us during a flight, during the chat she took off like a scalded cat to the crew toilet and spent 10 minutes throwing her heart up with her bum in the air. It wasn't funny at the time, but we all laugh about it now.
Poor dear, may she rest in peace.
The Queen Mum once complained that there was a fly in the aircraft, the reply from the Crew Chief was, "Yes Ma'am, and it's not on the passenger manifest". She burst out laughing.

Mike

matt · #78 05-04-2007, 06:02 PM

Steve and Mark Waugh (separately), Mark Taylor, Jimmy Barnes, John Farnham, Slim Dusty, Iva Davies, Nick Faldo, Valentino Rossi, Kostya Tzu, the late (and great) Johnny Warren, Ross Wilson, Stevie Wright (Easybeats), Bryce Courtney.

That's just off the top of my head.

There would be dozens more. All guests on the various radio programs I have hosted over the years.

And to a person... all wonderful and decent human beings.

There have been a few who have behaved less than nicely. I won't name names. We all have bad days

wavelandscott (Scott) · #79 05-04-2007, 06:42 PM

Famous is a relative term...but for this exercise I'll pick a bit more obscure...

Several years ago as a recently married man I accompanied my new wife with her parents on holiday to Iceland were we stayed at the US embassy, my Father-in-law was university room mates with the then Ambassader.

You get through customs/immigration much faster when an Ambassador picks you up...but that is another story...

We had just arrived tired and a bit jet lagged and the Ambassador was taking us on a walking tour of the capital and the area near the embassy...a big Mercedes pulls up and a well dressed gentleman and lady emerge from the car and begin to talk to the Ambassador and we are introduced...with the usual "how do you like our country?" questions...unshaven, in jeans and a bit jet lagged we respond it seems nice etc. The gentleman and lady get back in the car and drive on...

It is then explained to me that I have met the then President of Iceland!

It was prety cool for a farm boy from middle America...

avandonk · #80 06-04-2007, 01:53 PM

I've been really enthralled by everybodies experiences. The fly not on the passenger manifest really did it for me.
In my previous life at CSIRO I have met more than six Nobel Prize winners. But they don't count as they are not famous.

One thing that is a trend that I can detect is that the more accomplished the person the more ordinary or humbly they behave. It is only the twits who demand special priviledges.

Bert