RE: Got to attend Davey O'Brien Award dinners as a teen. Met lots of legends

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Apr 7, 2021
12:53:29pm

kansascougar All-American

RE: Got to attend Davey O'Brien Award dinners as a teen. Met lots of legends

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What are your best, I ran into (insert famous person here) at... Here's mine...

Adrielle Subjective Fact Checker

4/7/21 10:28am

I ran into Lindsey Lohan while she was in rehab in Utah. Her group of rehabbers

CougarTailDevourer

4/7/21 10:32am

Also, I sold LaVell Edwards a candy bar once when I was a cashier. He bought a

CougarTailDevourer

4/7/21 10:34am

It was probably Steve Young

Jericho

4/7/21 12:51pm

James Earl Jones and Martin Sheen at Electric Horseman premier after

relic

4/7/21 10:36am

Speaking of the Tree Room....

rockhound

4/7/21 11:36am

What! That is incredible. How was it?

Richard McCoy Jr.

4/7/21 11:49am

It was a very nice evening. Even though

rockhound

4/7/21 2:19pm

Billy Joel, Ice House... peeing in a wastebasket... Game Room had been shut down

relic

4/7/21 12:31pm

That's amazing!

doctorthunderpants

4/7/21 3:51pm

I got a story that also involves Willie Nelson

Venom

4/8/21 12:10pm

I heard that Willie gets pretty drunk before shows? Was this the case back then?

scottfunkel

4/8/21 12:31pm

Not a drop while we were there. After the show he was headed to the bus to

Venom

4/8/21 12:45pm

About 15 years ago, I got to go backstage with the Doobie Brothers, in Vegas...

4/8/21 6:02pm

Yikes

TNT

4/7/21 10:37am

Lohan needed rehab?

Penske Material

4/7/21 10:39am

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conetah

4/7/21 11:01am

Most of my celebrity run ins have been at Disneyland. I ran into Phil Mickleson

PhilPete

4/7/21 10:56am

I met and chatted with Don Hahn in Disneyland.

Cougarrr

4/7/21 11:12am

I turned around in line and there was Marcia Cross — between her Melrose Place

bluelands

4/7/21 11:12am

Wow. See TNT would never have guessed that

TNT

4/7/21 11:15am

Ran into John Lithgow in LA. Just outside of he Dorothy Chandler where I was

Cougarrr

4/7/21 10:32am

He used to walk around UCLA campus every morning (his wife was a prof.), so I...

UCLACoug

4/7/21 10:38am

The Jazz used to practice at East High so guys like that would be in the area on SLC's east side pretty frequently

Tokolosh

4/7/21 10:33am

Closer to state.

Adrielle

4/7/21 10:34am

Pierce Brosnan was right behind my family on our flight home from Kauai. I

Mikey

4/7/21 10:34am

I met him at Sundance when I was a kid. He was skiing with Bob.

Richard McCoy Jr.

4/7/21 10:38am

Mark Madsen at a singles dance in Island Park, ID, shortly after he won a ring

volleyjiver

4/7/21 10:35am

The Mack's Inn Stomp?!

ebv

4/7/21 10:39am

My neighbor (non-LDS, on the east coast) met Mark at a company party in LA.

4thand19

4/7/21 12:10pm

sounds about right. When I met him at the dance

volleyjiver

4/7/21 12:59pm

I ran into him at the country swing dancing in Provo. He was very friendly.

scottfunkel

4/7/21 5:05pm

I played ultimate with him in Provo. He was super nice and a great defender

Chasicle

4/8/21 8:50am

Robert Redford skiing at Sundance

JOPE

4/7/21 10:38am

Almost forgot, I sat by Michael Chiklis at a USC football game

JOPE

4/7/21 12:20pm

I walked out of the Motab Christmas concert next to Mitt Romney

v1k0u6

4/7/21 10:38am

I was putting ketchup on my hot dog at a college basketball game

hansel

4/7/21 10:39am

Why would anyone put ketchup on a hot dog?

ochobeeguy

4/7/21 11:09am

Steven Spielberg at Universal Studios.

DodgerMike

4/7/21 10:39am

Did you tell him the shark looked fake?

TNT

4/7/21 10:42am

You look fake, pal!

DodgerMike

4/7/21 10:53am

You told him that? That takes some stones

TNT

4/7/21 10:57am

RE: You told him that? That takes some stones

4/7/21 11:29am

I ran into Paul Giamatti at Universal getting off the Jurassic ride

pink22

4/7/21 10:44am

Was his skin blue or did he look more like John Adams?

wiffleboy

4/8/21 8:38am

I waited in line with Stanley Tucci and his kids at the Mummy ride at Universal.

griffincoug

4/7/21 11:24am

Was grocery shopping at Lin's in Cedar City and Guy Fieri was there.

Big Red Thunder

4/7/21 10:39am

I met Ryan Zinke last week in Montana. Very nice guy.

Penske Material

4/7/21 10:41am

Was in line behind Jerry Sloan at McDonalds

A_blue_car

4/7/21 10:41am

I wonder if celebrities tell stories of the dumbest things people say to them...

Penske Material

4/7/21 10:41am

Absolutely

TNT

4/7/21 10:43am

David Robinson getting a tour from the sisters at Temple Square

4/7/21 10:42am

One of my friends gave a tour of the Tabernacle to Gwen Stefani

Captain Rex

4/7/21 10:49am

Not mine, but my wife's. Recently graduated from BYU's Nursing program, she was working at UVRMC in the cardiac step-

durandal

4/7/21 10:42am

That's impressive

TNT

4/7/21 10:43am

HIPPA has infused more fear into the American public than the Cold War did.

4/7/21 10:51am

Ben Affleck approached me and my daughter in Hawaii once.

zephyr

4/7/21 10:43am

Lunch next to John Voigt in Bev Hills restaurant. Very normal guy.

Big Daddy D

4/7/21 10:44am

Was he driving his LeBaron?

pink22

4/7/21 10:45am

Did he let you drive his car? Or better yet buy it?

Mikey

4/7/21 10:45am

I sold a gun to Donnie, he is a little guy.

Penske Material

4/7/21 10:49am

My Dad asked me if I knew who Michael Pena was. I said ya, he's in a few movies.

Penske Material

4/7/21 10:47am

I served Diet Coke to Thomas Monson at a restaurant in Orem.

ReyOso

4/7/21 10:48am

Unpossible

pink22

4/7/21 10:52am

My religion professor at BYU told us that President Monson drank coke back

Chasicle

4/8/21 8:53am

He's the reason the Lion House & COB has been serving caffeinated soda far longer than BYU.

Soupie

4/8/21 9:06am

What was the clarification on soda?

4/8/21 8:58am

That the word of wisdom doesn’t explicitly prohibit caffeinated soda.

Chasicle

4/8/21 10:17am

A friend used to wait tables in Park City. One night, Valerie Burtinelli walked

wabluecoug

4/7/21 10:49am

John Wayne, I was probably 8 years old and he was filming in central Oregon...

cornellcoug

4/7/21 10:49am

I was driving through horrific traffic to get to a BYU football game. Sometimes

4/7/21 10:50am

You win. That's great

Adrielle

4/7/21 12:18pm

I was at a firm retreat staying in Deer Valley for the weekend

sanitarium

4/7/21 10:50am

Was this when he was married to Drago's wife?

wiffleboy

4/8/21 8:42am

When I worked at the Provo Marriott I drove Carrie Underwood to the nail salon

303coug

4/7/21 10:51am

RE: When I worked at the Provo Marriott I drove Carrie Underwood to the nail

CrashMcLarson

4/7/21 11:07am

Fabio, doctors lounge at a hospital

Devbo

4/7/21 10:51am

Joe Biden while waiting for the Acela on the train platform in Wilmington, DE

Doctor Rosenrosen

4/7/21 10:51am

Marie Osmond was a frequent customer at the Zions bank I worked at. Also sat

delux_247

4/7/21 10:51am

Right behind Ice T and CoCo in line at Disneyland....

mokelembembe

4/7/21 10:51am

Tore the artery of a lead singer of a top 10-20 band of all time..

cougfanz

4/7/21 10:51am

And that was????

pink22

4/7/21 10:55am

Nikki Sixx of Motley Crue right?

BYU Grounds

4/7/21 11:34am

I had a fun conversation with Gavin Rossdale on Spring Break around 2000

Medute

4/7/21 10:52am

That is a 'colorful word' fantastic story

pink22

4/7/21 10:54am

Wow. Xanadu

TNT

4/7/21 10:59am

I got food poisoning that hit during a BYU basketball game. I ran to the

wabluecoug

4/7/21 10:52am

Went to my brothers graduation from med school and ran in to Dikembe Mutombo,

Penske Material

4/7/21 10:53am

I met Benji Schwimmer (SYTYCD winner) at a backstage thing once.

Cougarclaw

4/7/21 10:57am

Circa 2018 I was sitting like two rows away from Hillary Clinton on my flight

spinner

4/7/21 10:58am

Waited for Patrick Stewart after a live show in NYC. That was fun.

Cougarclaw

4/7/21 10:58am

Met Rory Mcilroy at Riverside CC back in the early 2000’s

UVCoug

4/7/21 11:02am

I met/hung out wit Good Charlotte a few times in high school. My buddies and

Penske Material

4/7/21 11:03am

The whole cast of the movie Geronimo in the Moab grocery store — in costume.

Benfica1

4/7/21 11:03am

Bruce Willis outside of Planet Hollywood in NY in 1994 — he was nice, but not

Benfica1

4/7/21 11:04am

Craig T. Nelson outside a hotel in Hawaii.

Ham

4/7/21 11:05am

I was on the same flight as Craig T Nelson once

JOPE

4/7/21 12:25pm

My uncle made a cowboy/Indian movie that had Wes Studi and Russell Means in it,

Penske Material

4/7/21 11:07am

I made William H Macy snicker.

EtTuKalante

4/7/21 11:08am

Most bizarre was my brother and I seeing Jay Leno on Ventura Highway

bluelands

4/7/21 11:09am

Shane Battier and Kendrick Perkins at the SL Airport.

kansascougar

4/7/21 11:10am

Stephen Amell, Elisha Dushku, Karl Urban, and Simon Helberg in the green room

byujacob

4/7/21 11:15am

I once bought 4 cans of chewing tobacco for Greg Maddux at a convenience store

4/7/21 11:16am

My friends and I chased down Evander Holyfield at Hartsfield in 1998

Coop

4/7/21 11:17am

Fidel Castro, I was six feet away from him and his buddy guards 🙂

Los33

4/7/21 11:22am

Willie Mayes on the golf course in Scottsdale

Eggguy

4/7/21 11:24am

Sir mix a lot at Cheesecake Factory in seattle. Ended up at a table next to him and chatted for a good 20 minutes

TEXAS

4/7/21 11:24am

I met Iain Glen back in 1997. Lobby of a musical in London he was in, Martin Guerre. He's a good singer. He was cool.

4/7/21 11:25am

Jerry Robinson and Greg Townsend.

Jeffacka

4/7/21 11:25am

Joe Cocker and Red Skelton in a hotel lobby in Costa Mesa.

Eggguy

4/7/21 11:27am

I was doing security at Sundance and Selma Hayek didn’t want her boots wet so I

BYU Grounds

4/7/21 11:28am

She's 54, and still incredibly talented....

Penske Material

4/7/21 1:24pm

Elle Macpherson at a Starbucks in Boston

Greg Kite's 'stache

4/7/21 11:29am

Elle Macpherson vs. Ozzy Osbourne. You won.

spoxjox

8/31/23 7:20am

Ran into Clint Eastwood during a bank robbery. They were filming his worst movie ever (Bronco Billy) in

Soupie

4/7/21 11:30am

I sold Jack Weyland a pie when I worked at Frontier Pies.

4/7/21 11:32am

My MIL ran into Michael Jackson at a Target. He asked her not to

Faceman

4/7/21 11:32am

Tiger Woods at the Fred Meyer’s in Portland...in the checkout line together.

Housemartin

4/7/21 11:38am

Was on my mission in England and lived near one of the Royal Palaces

4/7/21 11:47am

Saw President Monson multiple times at the Dees on 7th E. 2100 S.

A_blue_car

4/7/21 11:49am

RE: Saw President Monson multiple times at the Dees on 7th E. 2100 S.

CrashMcLarson

4/7/21 1:05pm

We met Paul Shaffer at the Hello Deli in NYC. Posed for picture. He was getting

Incognito

4/7/21 11:49am

I went golfing by myself and got paired up with Frank Layden.

OPINIONS

4/7/21 11:58am

That would be fun through.

Adrielle

4/7/21 12:07pm

Met Howard Cosell (Denver airport) and Joe Theisman (Washington Dulles)

run26

4/7/21 12:18pm

Got to attend Davey O'Brien Award dinners as a teen. Met lots of legends there.

doctorthunderpants

4/7/21 12:31pm

I was also a missionary in SLC & met lots of apostles and other church "celebs"

doctorthunderpants

4/7/21 12:41pm

Does Hires Big H still exist?

wabluecoug

4/7/21 12:55pm

Yes. Still 3 locations in SLC, WVC, and Midvale

jreid191

4/7/21 12:57pm

I also watched a quarter-ish of a BYU football game w/Cleon Skousen on the mish

doctorthunderpants

4/7/21 1:01pm

Did you serve under Richard or Clark?

ebv

4/7/21 4:36pm

Richard in SLC mission in early 2000's

doctorthunderpants

4/7/21 4:45pm

Nice. I grew up with Clark's kids. What a great family.

ebv

4/8/21 9:23am

My wife almost smashed into Joseph Gordon Levitt after a concert in LA

doctorthunderpants

4/7/21 12:49pm

RE: Got to attend Davey O'Brien Award dinners as a teen. Met lots of legends

kansascougar

4/7/21 12:53pm

I'm me. My dad had connections to Ft. Worth socialites because of his job.

doctorthunderpants

4/7/21 12:56pm

Josh Gad in the lobby/theater watching Deadpool 2 in London's West End

Vincent's Picks

4/7/21 12:56pm

Sat near Lane Kiffin at a tiny restaurant in Costa Rica 2 years ago

mcnasty

4/7/21 2:48pm

Alice Cooper, Jenny McArthy, Pierce Brosnan, Cheryl Hines, Crystal Bernard

m0resn0w

4/8/21 4:43am

Oh yeah. One more. Denise Richards. Maui. Shortly after her spilt with Charlie

m0resn0w

4/8/21 4:46am

Molly Ringwald was in town filming the Stand and came to Movie Buffs on 400S

Belboz

4/8/21 11:05am

Pamela Anderson was stopped next to me at a traffic light in Newport Beach. The

Unfrozen Caveman

4/8/21 4:14pm

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