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TheCanadiandrome

01-28-2015, 11:01 PM

I have a few times

Fan Expo Canada in Toronto in 2013:

Hulk Hogan
David Hasselhoff
Colin Baker, Doctor #6 of Doctor Who fame

Fan Expo Regina in 2014:

Tia Carrere
Ray Park
Kevin Sorbo
Sean Schemmel US Goku VA
Vic Mignogna (got my pic with him)
Veronica Taylor of Pokemon fame
Megan Fahlenbock & Christian Potenza from 6Teen

also, i've meet David Hart Smith, Bret Hart, Adam Pearce, Jake Roberts, Colt Cabana, Ted Dibease and Little Guido/Nunzio

this year Fan Expo in Regina is happening again and i've got my ticket! can't wait to see who all I'll meet this year 8)

Super Goku

01-28-2015, 11:33 PM

That's very cool. I met a local news TV weather reporter once. He was at Toys R Us, so that was neat.

Supposedly I met Reba McEntire when I was a child. I don't remember that.

IndigoErth

01-28-2015, 11:58 PM

Not many and prob not anyone super big.

As a baby I met Shari Lewis (the Lamb Chop puppet/kids show lady), not that I remember at all. lol

Jason and Grant from Syfy's Ghost Hunters when they did a meet and greet the day before they were to do a live Halloween show not terribly far from me. (Then my friend and I casually stuck around for a little while and happened to see a lot of the other people plus with Josh Gates.)

Leo656

01-29-2015, 12:02 AM

Yes.......

Autbot_Benz

01-29-2015, 12:18 AM

I met at Ventura Comic Con last year

Karan Ashley 2nd MMPR yellow Ranger
Steve Cardenas 2nd Red MMPR Ranger
Jason Narvy who played Skull on Mighty Morphin Power Rangers.

DarkFell

01-29-2015, 01:04 AM

The OT Turtles voice actors.
Brent Spiner
First and second gen M.M.P.R's
Judith Hoag
Scott Shaw!
Neil Ross
Greg Berger
John Kassir
Nick Castle (he was the first Michael Myers)
Kevin Eastman
TEAM FOURSTAR.

Missed...Peter Cullen and Alan Oppenheimer. Both together at the same freaking convention. P**sed me off that I missed those two.

And other folks that I can't bring to mind. *I've been to lots of conventions.*

Powder

01-29-2015, 01:11 AM

http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/showthread.php?t=42922

Mayhem

01-29-2015, 05:33 AM

Not sure where to start... a LOT of people, both quite famous and not quite so famous. The most famous out of the bunch? Hmm... Carrie Fisher, Sean Astin, Hilary Swank, Lance Henrikson, and Leonard Nimoy.

Katie

01-29-2015, 06:11 AM

I used to live in Nashville, so I met / ran into a lot of Country Music stars and other musicians. Some before they got famous. Accidentally bumped into Cher once in a famous Honky Tonk. I thought her bodyguard was gonna stoke out.

Also have spent a lot of time in Vegas and I almost always meet some celebrity while there.

Creativemind

01-29-2015, 06:23 AM

Mostly bands. I met Flogging Molly on my 28th birthday. I met most of Killswitch Engage and we played guitar hero together at the Best Buy next to the venue. I also met the band's Nonpoint, Jackyl, The Veer Union and Jpop star Salia. As for non musical I met Michael Moore, Robert Axelrod ( voice of Lord Zedd and Finster from the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers) and author Max Brooks. Robert Axelrod said I had a great voice for voice acting :D he was holding a seminar that day and I got to read a script and he gave me pointers. Too bad I don't live in California.

B-Man

01-29-2015, 07:12 AM

Karl Urban
Temuera Morrison
Katee Sackoff
Johnny Knoxville
Steve-O
Greg Cipes
Paddy Considine
Giancarlo Esposito

Donnieangelo

01-29-2015, 07:35 AM

Well, I saw The Wiggles when I was younger. Technically, I didn't really meet them up close.

Currently been to three of their concerts. I remember the first one I've been to had Greg before he left because of his illness.

AT-Man

01-29-2015, 07:40 AM

Keno Don Rosa, who is an American Donald Duck artist. Also some obscure bands, Darkspace being the biggest one I think.

Icebot

01-29-2015, 07:42 AM

http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/showthread.php?t=42922

As I said in this thread, I met Miss America 1999 Nicole Johnson.

A long time after I posted in that thread, I met one of the contestants from season 10 of the TV show Food Network Star.

lindz247

01-29-2015, 03:09 PM

I had famous cartoonist as my teacher, I even got his autograph :tcool: Oh and these BMX bikers came to my school and I asked for their autograph too. Everyone wanted a copy of it lol.

Peanut

01-29-2015, 03:21 PM

Mostly wrestlers and hockey players. Had some family friends who worked the ACC and Skydome when I was a teenager, so I'd get into everything and then go backstage/to the locker room afterwards.

I also know Jackie Richardson very well. She's been my neighbor for years and I've known her since I was like...9. She's done a lot of stuff, mostly guest spots and things of that sort, because she focuses a lot on musicals. If anyone recognized her from TV/film it'd probably be as Mr. T's aunt in the show T and T. Anyways, that's how I met Mr. T.

Cure

01-29-2015, 03:41 PM

I'm jelly. I've only ever met Artie Lange outside of a pizza joint in Hoboken stuffing his face and stupid Julia Roberts at camp with her dumb mouth.

CaliperCat

01-29-2015, 05:04 PM

Does Brad Keselowski count?

This was back in 2011, I think, the year before he won a Sprint Cup championship. He'd won the Nationwide Series championship the year before, and since this was back before he got famous enough to have much for merchandise, I'd made a shirt with iron on's from Hobby Lobby. He was talking to the fan a couple of spaces in front of me when he caught sight of it, and he asked me if I'd made it. I don't know who was more excited, him or me, because he looked like he might start orbiting the moon! So not only did I get my hat signed, but I also got a high five from one of my favorite drivers. :3

TheCanadiandrome

01-29-2015, 05:17 PM

http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/showthread.php?t=42922

rofl! guess i didn't look hard enough! funny how doing a search for this kind of topic yielded no results? :ohwell:

Mew

01-29-2015, 05:22 PM

Saw Steve and Jo from Blue's Clues when I was five.
I wanna meat Stan Lee!

TheCanadiandrome

01-29-2015, 05:28 PM

yeah me to

pandaderek

01-30-2015, 05:42 AM

I've met many, but the most memorable, to me, is KRS-One.

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8591/16399952981_cac0e029ba.jpg

And, one of my favorite producer, Pete Rock.
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7366/16400784482_1eaea796f6.jpg

Blossombrooks

01-30-2015, 05:46 PM

Wow! I'm pretty jealous, especially of anyone who has gotten to meet Kevin Eastman, I really hope I get that opportunity one day.

I've mostly met F1 drivers, Jenson Button, Mark Webber, Nico Rosberg and a few others. I was also lucky enough to meet Jay K from Jamiroquai at a race day. Oh and last year Horny Mike from Counting Cars came into where I work (which was surreal, I'm in deep, rural, England!) that was great, he was super nice and I love his art.

Slade

01-30-2015, 06:21 PM

Ryan Hurst right after he his character gt killed off Sons
http://i893.photobucket.com/albums/ac134/kaleltheking/E14A54B5-B6D5-43EE-A7CB-FDB74F11962E.jpg (http://s893.photobucket.com/user/kaleltheking/media/E14A54B5-B6D5-43EE-A7CB-FDB74F11962E.jpg.html)

Mew

01-30-2015, 06:28 PM

That is a great show!
I've only watched season 1 on Netflix.

Metalwolf

01-30-2015, 07:54 PM

I met Armin Shimerman (Quark from Star Trek Deep Space Nine) and Marina Sirtis (Deanna Troy from ST: Next Generation)

My sister met John de Lancie (Q from Next Generation) and Jim Carrie. Oddly though, it's mostly been Star Trek folks we bump into.

Although looking through the Star Trek database, one person of TMNT fame had roles on some of the shows. James Avery placed the Klingon General K' Vagh. I thought that was kind of cool to mention ;)

Leo656

01-30-2015, 08:54 PM

shuriken

01-30-2015, 08:59 PM

^^OOOH What did he say? About Super Shredder?
I've just met a bunch of wrestlers and some actors at conventions. Simon Dean is freaking hilarious.

Ninjinister

01-30-2015, 09:07 PM

That's weird, I just read an article asking for "famous person stories" and now this. Anyway, I've never, ever, ever met anybody of noteriety. Like not even local-famous, like a newscaster. I'm sitting here wondering how in the hell all of these people have these encounters, even in places where they can't just walk out the door and trip over someone.

Closest I've ever come was having Tristan Jones (http://turtlepedia.wikia.com/wiki/Tristan_Huw_Jones) tell me he was disappointed that he wouldn't have the chance to meet me.

Powder

01-30-2015, 09:14 PM

Since we're using this new thread & not the old one, I'll copy/paste my original post & add in all the folks I've made since I made it.

Musicians (those I've done songs with have an * by their name though I haven't met them all, some I only worked with through other parties or online communication):
U-God & Masta Killa of Wu-tang Clan
Young Dirty Bastard (ODB's son)
Necro & virtually all artists from Psycho+Logical records
Cage (Did a show with him)
Killer Mike (Did a show with him)
Marky Ramone
Canibus*
Reef The Lost Cauze*
King Magnetic*
King Syze*
Celph Titled*
Block Mccloud*
Chief Kamachi*
Hell Razah*
Ill Bill*
Blaq Poet*
Young Buck*
Craig G*
Keith Murray*
Afu Ra*
Bubba Sparxxx*
Stoupe*
Snowgoons*
& numerous other producers with dope credits

Actors/Voice Actors/etc:
Donnell Rawlings (of Chappelle's Show)
Kristen Alderson (Starr Manning on One Life To Live)
Veronica Taylor (Ash Ketchum from Pokemon & April O'neil from the 4kids series)
Rachael Lillis (Misty from Pokemon)
Scott Williams (Baxter Stockman from the 4kids series)
Tom Wayland (Various Pokemon roles/Jammerhead from TMNT Fast Forward)
Caroll Spinney (Big Bird, Oscar The Grouch, etc)
David Newell (Mr. Mcfeely from Mister Rogers Neighborhood)
Michael Sinterniklaas (Leonardo from the 4kids series)
Greg Cipes (Mikey in the Nick series)
Joon Lee (Splinter in the Nick series)
Rob Paulsen (Raph in the OT -Don in the Nick series)
Ernie Hudson (Winston Zeddemore in Ghostbusters)
DMC (of RunDMC)
Jerry Only (of The Misfits)
John Oliver (of The Daily Show)

TMNT Artists:
Michael Dooney
James Silvani
Dan Duncan
Erik Larsen
Andy Kuhn
Keith Conroy
Scott Cohn
Rick Remender
Dezi Sienti
Khary Randolph
Emilio J Lopez
Andrew Pepoy
David Peterson
Richard Buckler
Chad Thomas
Kevin Eastman
Cory Smith
Dario Brizuela
Eric Talbot
Michael Dialynas
Simon Bisley
Gary Fields
Tristan Jones
Tyler Walpole
Brandon Auman & Ciro Nieli (Executive Producers/writer/concept artist of the Nick series)

I am quite certain there are others, not counting those I only saw at a distance or bumped shoulders with at conventions. Just can't remember at the moment.[/QUOTE]

Leo656

01-30-2015, 09:22 PM

^^OOOH What did he say? About Super Shredder?
I've just met a bunch of wrestlers and some actors at conventions. Simon Dean is freaking hilarious.

It's a lot. :lol: He must have had the biggest shark lawyer Turner's money could buy in 1991, because nobody in all three of those movies has pocketed as much as he has. And he had like three minutes of screen time and was on-set for two days. BUT, he gets a huge chunk of the DVDs. It's an ungodly sum. He was in hysterics just telling me the story. I mostly wanted to talk about movies, since everyone talks about wrestling with him. I thought he'd made a few grand because it was a small part, but either he had a terrific agent OR he renegotiated at some point since, because he is set for life JUST off of his Super-Shredder money.

He's a fun guy to be around. Like all life is a joke and he's the only one in on it. I wish I got to work with him more than once or twice a year at best. Just because he's such a Regular Guy for someone who's won so F'n hard at life. I've met people half as famous who were huge dicks for no reason. This guy makes ten grand walking to the mailbox, and he's sitting around BSing with job guys about the Red Wings. If I ever do "make it", that's the guy I wanna be.

And yeah, I met Simon Dean a couple times and he's a cool cat. I got a picture somewhere with him and Stevie and Meanie. Which is weird, because now I see Meanie ALL the time. Turns out he was buddies with my cousin in high school. Small world.

B-Man

01-30-2015, 10:15 PM

Powder, what were Canibus (one of my favourite rappers) & Ernie Hudson like?

Powder

01-30-2015, 10:23 PM

Ernie was very cool, super friendly. I didn't get to have too much of a chat with him as it was a brief signing/photograph thing at NYCC, but yeah, he couldn't have been more warm. All smiles.

Bis is freakin' awesome. Just what you'd expect of him if you're intimately familiar with his music. What he talks about on tracks is what he talks about in real life. We had a long conversation about all kinds of crazy sh*t pertaining the state of the world, hip-hop, etc. He was maaaad cool. He's been really supportive of my groups music & is helping us out with some business too, as we're set to have new albums on the same label this year, as well as a collaborative effort I'm getting to do some art/beats for. His music was very influential to me coming up so it was really awesome to not only get to work with him but chill with him & learn that he's an all around great dude. I've only hung out with him once so far but he's a close friend of my close friend, so pairing that with our musical history I'm confident in saying he's the genuine article. There are plenty of horror stories where fans meet artists & they turn out to be dicks, so it's always great when that's not the case (Thankfully, I've actually never had that problem). :trazz:

Leo656

01-30-2015, 10:25 PM

You never know with people. You hear about how some guys are awful, and they turn out to be awesome, and guys you'd never expect turn out to be douchebags. I guess a lot of it depends on the day. Everybody's got their Ups and Downs.

Dave Mustaine has a reputation for being a jagoff, and that reputation is well-earned and well-deserved. He's way up at the top of my "Celebrities I'd Love To Knock The F*ck Out" list.

snake

01-30-2015, 10:37 PM

B-Man

01-30-2015, 10:40 PM

Powder dude that is awesome. Had 2000 B.C. and Rip The Jacker on loop during art school. He seems like he could potentially be volatile or unapproachable so it's great to hear he's totally not.
Also, you should take the instrumental of Shell Shocked and put your own rhymes over it. Yes. We could have a good version of that track exclusive to the Drome :tgrin:

Leo656

01-30-2015, 10:42 PM

This is the shortest Leo656 post-er, blog entry I've read.

Missed my first post on Page 1, skip.

snake

01-30-2015, 10:59 PM

Missed my first post on Page 1, skip.

Looks like you're right! I have to say, I really enjoy your long posts! So don't take it as an insult.

Leo656

01-30-2015, 11:06 PM

Sometimes I just got a lot to say. :lol:

Since I've become aware that more people use their phone for interwebs nowadays I've been trying to be more careful. Can't help it sometimes though. :lol:

CyberCubed

01-30-2015, 11:46 PM

The only famous person I can think of is Akira Toriyama (creator of Dragonball) during a rare U.S. visit to New York back in...god...somewhere back in 2001 or 2002? I remember still being a teenager so it had to have been in the early 2000's when DBZ was still a huge fad in the U.S. And even then I didn't get to talk to him, just see him on stage in person.

Same for Chris Sabat (voice actor of Vegeta, Piccolo, etc. in dubbed Dragonball Z) who was there at the time.

Other than that can't think of anyone else. Never met any of the TMNT VA's or artists in person sadly, maybe one day I will.

MrPliggins

01-31-2015, 12:07 AM

I was on a movie set with Chris Evans, ScarJo, Tom Hiddleston, and Joss Whedon. Only exchanged words with Tom though. Cool guy.

Otherwise, Stan Lee, Mr. T, Adam West, Eastman and Laird.

MsMarvelDuckie

01-31-2015, 12:20 AM

I've never actually MET anyone famous. But I've seen William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy at a guest appearance (at an RV show, of all things- and this was when I was a kid), so I guess that sort of counts. Didn't get to talk tot hem, though. Oh, and I met the parents of the New Kids at a mall interview event once. You can guess how long ago that one was.

Mayhem

01-31-2015, 08:05 AM

I've mostly met F1 drivers, Jenson Button, Mark Webber, Nico Rosberg and a few others.
Which reminds me actually, I used to work for HP, and HP sponsored Williams in the early 2000s. I definitely recall Ralf Schumacher and... would have been Montoya given I didn't join the company until 2004, they were brought to the London office for a small meet-and-greet with us staff there. So that was nice. Fairly sure I have something signed by Ralf, but no clue where it might be!

Ashangelo

01-31-2015, 03:17 PM

Steve-O
Carlos Mencia
Jonas Brothers
Harland Williams
Jamie Kennedy
Rob Schnieder
Dog the Bounty Hunter and his wife, Beth
Loni Love

Amaranthus

01-31-2015, 03:37 PM

Don't know if it counts but my cousin is in a metal band that's starting to get well-known.

Slade

01-31-2015, 06:10 PM

No pics, but when I worked at the shoe store, I met Killa Kyleon and Dorough.

blindturtle02

01-31-2015, 07:38 PM

MsMarvelDuckie

01-31-2015, 10:39 PM

Anthony Daniels, the guy who played 3p0. Met him at Star Wars in Concert. Nice guy. My aunt and uncle live in Nashville so I met that Ronnie Milsap country singer dude at a Barnes and Noble bookstore quite a few years back. He actually recommended some great horror genre titles. He was also a nice guy. Haven't ever heard any of his music though.

You are a lucky b*$t@rd, BT. The closest I ever got to meeting Anthony Daniels was in a bizarre dream I had when Phantom Menace was released in theaters. In the dream, he, Peter Mayhew, and Warwick Davis came into the store I worked at to get snacks while they were in town for the premiere, and came through my check-out lane. The funny thing was they actually DID appear at the theater there for a signing that weekend, but I didn't get to go to it.

TheCanadiandrome

01-31-2015, 11:56 PM

Dog the Bounty Hunter and his wife, Beth

sh*t yeah i forgot about those two! i met them in Toronto in 2007 on one of his book signing tours

Mayhem

02-01-2015, 06:47 AM

You are a lucky b*$t@rd, BT. The closest I ever got to meeting Anthony Daniels was in a bizarre dream I had when Phantom Menace was released in theaters. In the dream, he, Peter Mayhew, and Warwick Davis came into the store I worked at to get snacks while they were in town for the premiere, and came through my check-out lane. The funny thing was they actually DID appear at the theater there for a signing that weekend, but I didn't get to go to it.
Heh, I've met all three of them actually. One of the minor benefits of being British is that so many of the original SW trilogy cast were British, and thus open and available for conventions to meet. In the old days (mid to late 90s), before the signing scene really took off, you could get autographs from many of the principle British actors for 2-3 GBP EACH. Yes, EACH! So less than $5 per autograph, whereas now it's $20 minimum for the smallest of parts. So I've got about 6-7 cards signed by Kenny Baker, Jeremy Bulloch, Peter Mayhew and more here...

I used to play the old Decipher Star Wars CCG game, and because signings were often held at the same conventions as tournaments here in the UK, I started getting my cards signed by the actors. Even though the game is now long dead, I still get all my autographs on the cards! If you want to see who I've got, follow the link!

https://www.flickr.com/photos/mayhemers/sets/72157603543346959/

The only one I wasn't there in person to get was Drewe Henley, I got his in a swap with another collector (who has about three times as many cards signed as myself, but missing a couple of people I have!) for John Hollis. Every other signature, even people such as Carrie Fisher and Mark Hamill, I was there and had it signed in person by them.

Commenter 42

02-01-2015, 07:12 AM

Yes. I've met many "Celebs".

Prowler

02-02-2015, 02:34 AM

Two Portuguese football/soccer players:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuno_Gomes
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lu%C3%ADs_Figo

Krutch

02-02-2015, 04:29 AM

I work in the film industry so I meet and talk to a lot actors and actresses. Instead of listing them all, I'll just say that my favorite person to work with is Erica Durance. What an absolute, good natured sweetheart.

And yknow, hot.

TheCanadiandrome

05-01-2015, 04:18 PM

ok, so i forgot to post that last weekend at Regina Fan Expo, i met Johnathon Frakes from Star Trek TNG fame as well as a VO for Gargoyles; Shannon Doherty of Beverly Hills 90210 and Charmed fame; Margo Kidder from the Vintage Superman films as well as Jeremy Bulloch better known as Bobba Fett

Prowler

05-02-2015, 03:25 AM

I guess I'm weird, but I've never had much desire to meet Eastman or Laird. Like, I love comics, but there's really only a couple creators I'd want to meet. I don't feel like we'd have much to talk about. With those two I feel like it'd be, "Hi, thanks for the Turtles, sign this please." I mean, they must get asked the EXACT same questions ALL the time. For 30 years. Like sometimes, when I'm working intermission at a show, and I'm near one of the "stars" and they're right next to me doing theirs, someone will ask them, like, the most banal and obvious questions. And they'll be polite in answering, of course, but sometimes, after the fan walks away, the guy will kinda wink at me or smirk, and be like, "Yeah, THAT one NEVER gets old..." That's why when I met Kevin Nash, everyone else was trying to ask him about Shawn Michaels or Scott Hall, and I'm like, "So HOW much did you get paid for playing Super-Shredder?" Just to be different.

Not sure at all what I'd talk to Kevin and Pete about. I mean, I love TMNT, but I've heard the stories and I've heard them tell those stories. All I think I'd ask is, "Be honest. You were high as balls, weren't you?" :lol: And even that one... kinda already know the answer, or at least I'm pretty sure. :lol:
I wouldn't mind meeting Eastman. Young in spirit and all. He seems like a chill dude. Laird however, I don't think I'd have much to talk to him about.

You never know with people. You hear about how some guys are awful, and they turn out to be awesome, and guys you'd never expect turn out to be douchebags. I guess a lot of it depends on the day. Everybody's got their Ups and Downs.

Dave Mustaine has a reputation for being a jagoff, and that reputation is well-earned and well-deserved. He's way up at the top of my "Celebrities I'd Love To Knock The F*ck Out" list.
Yea I don't think I could handle being famous. I'd have to stop goign to the supermarket at some point to avoid people bothering me. Fame sure does have a price.

As for Mustaine, I've never met him but just by reading his interviews you can tell that he's quite an asshole. I like Megadeth's older stuff but I don't like Mustaine at all except for his guitar play.

Now Phil Anselmo also has a reputation for being a dickhead, but I thinl it'd be interesting to exchange a few words with him.

Hamato Yoshi

05-10-2015, 02:58 PM

I've heard that Anthony Daniels can be a total p*ick (whatever you do don't argue about which pen he should use when signing......imo , fans should decide themselves what pens to use , after all they're paying for it)

X-files (Anderson , Pileggi , Davis , Krycek)

BTAS (Slater , Warner , Barbeau)

Batman '66 (West , Ward , Newmar...all nice)

Misc Batman :

Tracey Walter aka B89s Bob the Goon
Neal Adams (just talked with his buddy , not fun)

007 :

Lazenby
Rigg (she wasn't that talkative)
Mountain
stuntman Leech
Robinson
Kotto (ditto)
Hedison (grumpy the day I met him)
Blackman
Schell
d'Abo (seemed out of it , just texting.....she has had head problems though)

Ghostbusters : Ensign & Jovan

SW :

Baker (grumpy...got a lecture when I accidentaly pointed to where would be a nice spot to sign , I was nervous)
Mayhew (ditto)
Prowse (OK I guess , better than meeting the two above)
McDiarmid (very pleasent)

Melrose :

Markham aka Alisons pedo dad
Muldoon aka biz man Richard Hart (I think he was reliefed when he saw my MP book as he'd prolly only been signing Starship Troopers stuff , lol)

Both very nice.

Inosanto (he just didn't have time...rushed past me , busy schedule at his martial arts school so it felt anti-climatic)

William Russell (from Great Escape) and Morgan Woodward (Punk , classic Dallas)

Seen :

Walken (I think he snuck out another exit , never saw him)
Streep (she signed nothing at premiere , stood there 6 hrs......I knew the risk though)
Jackie Chan (he only sgd like 5 items at Norway premiere)
J-Lo
Streisand (waited 2 hrs outside hotel but just gave up , I just don't have the patience much anymore...lol ;)
Roger Moore (sped off after Wimbledon theatre talk)
Morricone (I prolly would not have gotten his sig anyway as he sped off like Elvis......this was in Verona)

About insisting on inscriptions : the item will end up being sold from collector to collector down the line anyway...also photo inscriptions can be removed with nail polish remover anyway (cough Adam West cough)

Mayhem

05-10-2015, 04:01 PM

Maybe it's different today now that the signature/autograph business is so huge compared to when I got a LOT of my Star Wars things signed. Many of these were in the late 90s, early 2000s, when you could pay 3-5 GBP to get a signature! I'd heard that Anthony Daniels was about as affable as Brent Spiner (another known convention grumpy nuts, and with good reason) but he was more than friendly when I met him.

Ditto Kenny Baker, Peter Mayhew (although he has had health problems last few years) and Dave Prowse. In fact, I can't recall any time meeting a notable Star Wars cast member and them being brusque, rude or snippy. When I met Ken Colley (Piett) in the late 90s, he had been on a late night film shoot and had come down from the north of England during the night for the signing in the morning. And he was an absolute star, chatting and signing stuff with a smile on his face.

I'd link to my SW album, but it's mentioned above ;)

Sahtori

05-11-2015, 09:44 AM

I met past weekend a guy at the Meir. He's an Belgian actor. I walked past him, but just seeing his back and hair made me think. "school? Old friend?" So by that time I'm walking next to him. He looked straight at me with disgust. I looked at him with ain a confused face: "Hey aren't you from "thuis"?"

He snarled "Yes!" and walked passed by me very rudely. He entered a book shop, I had to be in that book shop too. So to make it seem I wasn't following him I just walked straight. Had this very pale face of embarresment...

http://s7.img.humo.be/q100/w696/h/img_120/1201607.jpg

Toon from thuis

My mom used to drive for Celine Dion. When she was in Belgium. Never met her. I was very young. My mom owned a cab business that had many popular businesses and actors like Sven De Ridder.

I met Martiiiiiiiiin and Gabriel Iglesias. I talked to Shaun and Martiiiiiiiiin.

TheCanadiandrome

05-11-2015, 05:07 PM

so i notice i'm the only one to have mentioned thus far that i've met Bobba Fett from SW, guess I'm lucky. any ways he's super nice and his Q&A panel was awesome

Guitar_Raph

05-15-2015, 04:27 AM

From an earlier thread.

http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/showpost.php?p=625677&postcount=29

senpai

05-15-2015, 01:28 PM

I went to a convention and met Johnny Young Bosch and Troy Baker. Does that count? They signed my Persona stuff. :)

TheCanadiandrome

05-16-2015, 05:02 PM

From an earlier thread.

http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/showpost.php?p=625677&postcount=29

Cool cool dude

Candy Kappa

05-16-2015, 05:24 PM

I've met Kåre Willoch, he was Norway's Prime Minister in 1981-1986. I met him last summer, as he came into the store I work in and asked for directions to a specific manor his great grandfather had built.

I've also met Jim Zubkavich a couple of times, we exchanged artworks and I got a signed Skullkickers issue.

Also met Curtis Jobling.

Hamato Yoshi

05-26-2015, 01:07 PM

I *did* meet Bobba Fett , nice although I did not talk with him......sometimes you're stressed :ohwell:

mexichrist83

05-26-2015, 08:33 PM

I've met quite a few but I'll save the list for next time if anyone cares haha. This weekend I met Henry Winkler, Summer Glau, Rosario Dawson and George Takei and Houston's Comicpalooza. I also ran into Kevin Eastman and we chatted on the way to his Q&A session. Waiting for Froggy's Photos to send me JPEGs that I paid for since they sent the wrong ones. I don't have a scanner anymore so I won't be able to scan them.

If anyone here ever goes to a con and pays for photo ops be leery of Froggy's Photos. They suck! :tgrumble:

THGhost

05-31-2015, 06:09 PM

I've never actually met anyone famous in person, but I've spoken to a few on Twitter. Does that count? :lol:

Candy Kappa

06-01-2015, 01:39 AM

I've also met and talked to Susumu Matsushita when I was at Animex. I showed him my art and such, which he liked.

TheCanadiandrome

06-01-2015, 09:31 AM

That's too cool CK

Hamato Yoshi

10-05-2015, 11:00 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKZ_j_UacDA

I met Lonsdale aka Moonrakers Drax , it was his 1st autograph show ever :D

Also met Karin Dor (SPECTRE #11 in YOLT) , Moonraker girls & Vijay....got some amazing things sgd , check my YT channel.

PangolinFeets

10-05-2015, 11:54 PM

I've met a bunch of people at conventions, but the only ones I care about are the ones that matter to me, like when I got to hang out and drink with Roc Upchurch for a few hours (Prior to his criminal issues).

I guess one that counts is my old babysitter being Jodi Benson, who was the voice of the little mermaid. She was a really good friend of my family.

BubblyShell22

10-06-2015, 08:45 AM

That's cool that Jodi Benson was your baby-sitter and a family friend, PF. That had to be neat.

MsMarvelDuckie

10-06-2015, 11:25 AM

Not met in person, but I'm FB friends with several famous authors. Margaret Weis, R.A. Salvatore, Richard Lee Beyers, Elaine Cunningham, Erik Scott deBie, and Ed Greenwood. I've also chatted extensively with most of them on the main Forgotten Realms website, Candlekeep. Erik and Richard are both really cool guys, and Ed is the kind of person I'd want to have for a grandparent, lol!

GoldMutant

10-07-2015, 08:37 AM

Tony Collins, retired NFL football player came to my school today to give a speech.

TheCanadiandrome

10-19-2015, 02:42 AM

Cool stuff folks

Autbot_Benz

10-19-2015, 02:52 AM

I met at Ventura Comic Con last year

Karan Ashley 2nd MMPR yellow Ranger
Steve Cardenas 2nd Red MMPR Ranger
Jason Narvy who played Skull on Mighty Morphin Power Rangers.

to add to my list I also met

Mick Foley when he did his comedy act at the Ventura Harbor Comedy Club in 2014.
Rob Paulsen when he and Randy Rogel did Animaniacs live in Ventura. Rob is super nice I got my picture with him and got to tell him he is my favorite voice actor of all time. Best part of 2015 for me.

BubblyShell22

10-19-2015, 09:28 AM

So cool you got to meet Mick Foley and Rob, AB.

shuriken

10-26-2015, 12:40 PM

Backtrack attack
Mick Foley and Rikishi are awesome to talk to. Like I could legit see myself hanging out with Rikishi in an alternate dimension.

plastroncafe

10-26-2015, 12:45 PM

I asked Mick Foley for a picture once when I ran into him at a Con.
He said No, at first on account of the fact that he didn't like the shirt I was wearing.

"Republicans for Voldemort"

FluffySheep

10-26-2015, 01:03 PM

I'd say the most famous person I've ever met would be Warwick Davis. Met him at Manchester Comic Con last year. I also met Mark Millar at a book signing in Birmingham.

shuriken

10-26-2015, 06:27 PM

I asked Mick Foley for a picture once when I ran into him at a Con.
He said No, at first on account of the fact that he didn't like the shirt I was wearing.

"Republicans for Voldemort"

Yeah, that uh... Could rub people the wrong way. I dunno though Like Rikishi is just so damn chill and cool and he had some funny stories and just a jovial guy. Simon Dean is another fun one to talk to. I didn't speak to Foley as long because there was a longer line, but I do have his autograph somewhere.