I met Gary Oldman, got drunk with his sister, had thanksgiving dinner with Dennis Hopper and some San Fran Ballet chic he was engaged to at the time while dateing a producer of the movie CHATAHOOCHIE,,,worst film I have ever seen,,,oh...and that character actor M. Emmit Walsh..he;s been in everything...I was only in the producer...lol
Actor/singer Kevin Bacon and his composer brother Michael. One degree of separation! Shared an office with the late novelist W. O. Mitchell and prolific American novelist Joyce Carol Oates for two years when I was an instructor at the University of Windsor. Alistair MacLeod, and Margaret Atwood, too. Many other dead and still living Canadian authors and poets (I was the organizer of the guest speaker panel at university). Late historian Pierre Berton. Jian Ghomeshi of CBC Newsworld's PLAY is a very dear friend. Luba Goy of the Royal Canadian Air Farce. Lots of Canadian musicians and bands too numerous to mention (Barenaked Ladies, Great Big Sea, Moxy Fruvous, Hawksley Workman, Our Lady Peace). Comedians Mike Bullard and John Wing Jr. Jay Leno. Actors Leslie Nielsen, Paul Gross, Molly Parker, Jed Rees, Peter Outerbridge (my son and I were extras in the movie "Men with Brooms"). I have no problem walking up to celebrities or performers major or minor and starting a conversation with them (in Toronto where so many movies are filmed, it's easy to do); they often turn out to be very pleasant and more often than not, not a little shy!!!
Years ago I met Marlo Thomas (That Girl) at a scout jamboree and then last year I went to what was called FanzillaCon in Worchester Mass where I met Richard Hatch of the original tv series Battlestar Galactica.
One of my school friends was Johnny Cash, My cousin is Jeff Chandler, Robin Hoods brother cut my hair, Paul Revere lived here when I was a kid. Micheal Jackson's grandmother lived here when I was a kid. There are a few more locals here with famous names. Do these count?
Oh Yeah!, I meet Bozo in the flesh (no make up), a local Bozo (not a politician) the one in Little Rock at TV station (friend had an interveiw for Zoo Day). MY friend and I had Ronald McDonald ride to a magic meeting with us.
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