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    whats your claim to fame?

    well?? what is your claim to fame?? mine is getting an autograph off 'marlon' out of emmerdale farm,(a well loved soap in england),he was shopping in my home town.
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    Last fall, I was in a TV-series, met a well known swedish actor and met a even more well known (but despised) swedish artist. (Basshunter, he did a few crappy songs).

    I've also met an Irish soap-opera actor called Darragh or something like that. I can't remember which soap-opera he was in tho.

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    hehe got a few of em

    * i threw a boot at marilyn manson, and it hit him in the chest, causing him to stop a gig

    * my nan raised felicity kendal while her parents were on business, which is why her surname is "kendal" - thats where my nan lives.

    * i spilled cider on captain sensible from the damned

    * i sort of occasionally talk to edgar wright (shaun of the dead/hot fuzz), he gave me the heads up on the english premiere of land of the dead (top bloke)

    * me and a friend hurled abuse at sum 41, and they werent impressed (apart from the asian dude, who laughed and threw the horns)

    * i saw sean connery in an airport when i was 12 and shouted "BOND!" and he saluted me as he walked past

    * my band's old drummer has played on stage with the who (we mourn his loss badly)

    plus ive met a few random people from bands - i drank a bunch of orange goblin & solace's beer backstage in bristol, met pete from akercocke/gonga and chatted about star wars, met katie jane garside from daisy chainsaw/queen adreena and didnt really talk about much.
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    * i saw sean connery in an airport when i was 12 and shouted "BOND!" and he saluted me as he walked past
    I don't think any of us can top that.

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    I don't think so either lol
    The only thing I could claim,
    I went to the same high school
    as Corey Hart. Not at the same
    time though and sat at a
    desk where his name was
    craved in the top.

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    I've got a good one.
    When i was a student in Newcastle House of Pain were playing at one of the local venues. One of the guys i lived with was involved with the running of the club and invited the band and crew back to our house. I had been on a night out with my girlfriend and came back in the early hours of the morning to find the band and crew having a smoke and drink with my housemates. I don't think they were that big in England at the time but it has become a great story to tell people who are of a similar age to me. Great bunch of lads as well.
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    * Was a regular in the crowd at most World of Sport UK wrestling matches in the 80's. Met Big Daddy, Giant Haystacks, etc.

    * Met many, many celebrities at concerts (be it for 1 second or 1 minute): Slapped Mick Jagger's hand, Courtney Love sang in my face, had a quick chat with Mark Arm from Mudhoney, I sang the first verse of a song at a Filter concert when Richard Patrick passed me the mic...

    * Met many musicians while getting their signature after the show - too many to mention. Have spoken to Leslie West from Mountain a good few times (the man is a god) and actually, I'm pretty certain he'd recognise me and call me over instead of it being the other way around.

    * Had a 20 minute telephone conversation with Bianca Jagger when I used to work at a taxi firm. She was really nice.

    Quote Originally Posted by _liam_ View Post
    i threw a boot at marilyn manson, and it hit him in the chest, causing him to stop a gig
    And I was a witness to that. Top shot by the way, Leesham.
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    Saw Woody Allen in line at grocery store in Manhattan when I was 11.
    I told him I learned alot from "Everything you always wanted to know about Sex , but were afraid to ask".

    Met Tom Bosley & Mel Gibson at the Kennedy Center, where my mum had a gig with the big band for some fund raiser. Mel was not really as tall as he might seem on screen, but then again I wasnt tall either.

    In 2003, Micheal Winslow did a film with a Full Sail (Orlando Fl) grad friend of mine. They were shooting at the nearby high school football field.The film was called "Coming Attractions", he was playing a gym teacher that was like a neo-nazi.I havent been on too many sets, but my instinct was to keep my mouth shut and stay aways back as they were doing scenes.Got his autograph (he walked up to the bench was real cool shook his hand) on the script he was acting in that day
    I ended up acting in the film, doing a testimonial for a psychic , & some art on a pillow case ...James Hong (Matre de of the chinese restaurant on Sienfeld )was going to be the leader of a 'lazy cult' but I dont know if he ever did it .Jason Bunch the director & writer wanted me to do a portrait painting of James Hong as the cult leader wearing a wizard cap w/ fire around him.
    I still have the painting...
    Jason Bunch, lost touch with him & dont know if the film ever got finished.

    Tom Savini signed my Dawn hat at Full Sail , about May of '03...
    He was there to speak about the new era of cgi and practical makeup.
    He is a purist , totally intuitive master of the art .

    Dale Dye is decorated veteran ,an amazing writer , contributing acting roles in Platoon, Saving Pvt. Ryan, friend of a friend at AAA in Palm Bch Gardens Fl.

    enough .
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    Im locally famous for drinking....

    Ive met plenty of celebs, but MY claim to fame is I can drink 3 cans of beer in 12 seconds.

    I learned I could do this when I was about 15 and it was cool at parties and stuff...even in college it was cool to show off with once in awhile...but now I am 30 so I really dont go around bragging about it as much but if I am ever out people ask to see it. So I tell them buy the 3 beers and Ill do it.

    Funny thing is the CEO of the company I work for thinks it is the most amazing thing he has ever saw...he is a PhD.

    I can also drink a 40oz in 1 drink...I sometimes can drink a six pack in a minute, mosttimes I cant...

    We did a lot of competitive drinking when I was a kid.

    When I was 21 I drank over 40 beers...I was trying to drink 2 cases in 24 hours but feel short. I drank the first 18 in two hours in 17 different bars on foot.

    That and I guess my Dawn Tattoo!

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    Quote Originally Posted by flyboy View Post
    well?? what is your claim to fame?? mine is getting an autograph off 'marlon' out of emmerdale farm,(a well loved soap in england),he was shopping in my home town.
    I was getting an autograph at a beaseball game. and ended up on a baseball card,92 or 93 upperdeck Rickey Bones, I was in the 7th grade and and one day a teacher walked ito class and handed it to me. I milked that 15 minutes out for 20.
    Last edited by Tied2thetracks; 08-Jul-2007 at 08:42 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tied2thetracks View Post
    I was getting an autograph at a beaseball card. 92 or 93 upperdeck Rickey Bones, I was in the 7th grade and and one day a teacher walked ito class and handed it to me. I milked that 15 minutes out for 20.
    WTF does that mean

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    Quote Originally Posted by EvilNed View Post
    I don't think any of us can top that.
    Oh man no one can top that...

    I have a few...
    My dads golfing buddy sold his movie production company to Ted Turner... who I got to meet as a kid... interesting guy but most old people were to me back then...

    My ex step mom is friend with a Hollywood big wig and we went to a party where I found out Tom Cruise isn't hot and is frickin short and ugly...

    We used to live next door to a well known mystery writer

    I met Anna Kournikova and called her a malicious female slur word when she lost... as always friggin loser that she is

    My mom knew the origional Kolchak and was faily popular as a playboy model

    I met President Clinton and on a seperate occasion met Newt Gingrich... nothing special there to mention

    I have a few friends in bands that have finally come into popularity either yet again or for the first time

    I have a few actor friends and one porn star pal

    I was engaged to a financial analyst who's now on CNN headline news... occasionally... every time I need a swift kick in the ass to remember how stupid I am I watch him on the telly
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    * Saw Tiff Needell coming out of a mobile phone store in Cardiff.

    * Saw Philip Sco...Sco...field...the bloke next to Gordon the Gopher...at a mall when I was a kid.

    * Saw a fully decked out DeLorean in Manchester.

    * Met and filmed an interview with famous protester and member of the CND, Bruce Kent (though I'd never heard of him prior, hehe).

    * Sat in the audience of Trisha when it was still filmed in Norwich, with my hair dyed bright red, Trisha kept standing next to me so I got plenty of screen time...no doubt the director was saying "keep putting that idiot with the RED!!!!!! hair in the shot!

    * Saw Noddy Holder in a mall at a book signing.

    * Chad Ginsburg kept staring at me during a CKY gig at my University (for CKY know-nothings, it's a trait of his, he tends to pick one or two people to stare at incessantly throughout a gig) ... I was then able to see him twat an idiot who booed America over the head with a mic stand, was the talk of the university the next day, yet I seemed to be the only one talking about it who was actually there, so I was the fountain of knowledge in class the next day, hehe. F*cking great gig though.

    Can't think of anything else, nothing that big or "great" in comparison to some of you guys, geez...I'm gonna have to up my game here!

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