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Who's the Most Famous Person You Know or Knew?

icehorse

icehorse

......unaffiliated...... anti-dogmatist
Premium Member
I'm friends with Tim O'Reilly who is arguably the best computer book publisher in the world.

I spent an hour in a small discussion group (about 10 people), that included Jeff Bezos.
I spent an hour in a small group talking to Mickey Hart of the Grateful Dead.
 
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suncowiam

Well-Known Member
YmirGF said:
Cancer man from the X-Files was a client of mine before and during the shooting of the X-Files. Great guy and... a non-smoker.

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William B. Davis (@William_B_Davis) | Twitter

He was a regular client with our computer store for about 3 years. :)
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Spoiler concerning the X-Files.
Too bad he was shot dead in the recent finale.
 
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Axe Elf

Axe Elf

Prophet
YmirGF said:
The series had past its prime by then.
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There's no question of that, although I was actually pretty pleasantly surprised at how much I enjoyed this final season. I had gotten kind of turned off toward the end of the original run, just because there was so much going on, on so many levels, that you really had to work HARD to watch it, just to follow it. So I got to where I still wanted to see what happened, but I almost dreaded having to actually sit down and trudge through an episode. The movies they made that were supposed to tie things together were almost completely unwatchable; I still don't really understand what happened in them.

But it seemed like this last season--even more than the previous limited season a couple of years ago--kind of returned to the roots of having a lot of "fun" stuff going on, with just a thread of a storyline running in the background to tie the arc of the season together. There was a lot of that classic "Night Stalker" quality to this season, and I liked that.
 
Vouthon

Vouthon

Dominus Deus tuus ignis consumens est
Premium Member
A relative of mine is a friend of Theresa May, the UK Prime Minister.
 
metis

metis

aged ecumenical anthropologist
Three at least fairly well known men that I have had private conversations with are Cesar Chavaz, former head of the United Farm Workers, Frankie Valli of the Four Seasons, and Bob Woodward of Watergate fame. However, these conversations only happened once each.
 
Father Heathen

Father Heathen

Veteran Member
YmirGF said:
I know. The series had past its prime by then. Hopefully they won't try to bring it back again.
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I know I'm digressing, but my teenage self felt that the X Files was a lazy show that used being cryptic to create the illusion of depth without actually having any. The story to the "Half-Life" series used the same tactic.
 
Revoltingest

Revoltingest

Pragmatic Libertarian
Premium Member
While dining with family at a restaurant in Lake
Tahoe, the waitress asked if I were a movie star.

So everyone here can at least claim to know someone
who was once mistaken for someone famous,.
 
beenherebeforeagain

beenherebeforeagain

Rogue Animist
Premium Member
Revoltingest said:
While dining with family at a restaurant in Lake
Tahoe, the waitress asked if I were a movie star.

So everyone here can at least claim to know someone
who was once mistaken for someone famous,.
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maybe she asks that of everyone she serves...bigger tips, ya know, from people who feel flattered...
 
Riders

Riders

Well-Known Member
Ive got 2. My cousin Star shes dead now. There was an old clown show for kids on in Tx or maybe just Dallas Fortworth or it may have been all over the US in the early 70s not sure. Star was the assistant to BOBO the clown. She knew lots of famous people.

I also know a guy in Alcoholics Annonymous named Greg great friend of my MOms. Hes an actor. He did a lot of like work as an extra but did some does some stunt work and has had tiny parts. He and his wife has now moved to Hollywood to do bigger and more parts.
 
Riders

Riders

Well-Known Member
Before you correct me about Bobo Ill just say I was too young still young to know much about Bobo. I just read in Wiki he didnt have his own show but he was on The Ed Sullivan show. He was in 2 circuses so_One of them was The SHriners.
 
Skwim

Skwim

Veteran Member
Revoltingest said:
While dining with family at a restaurant in Lake
Tahoe, the waitress asked if I were a movie star.

So everyone here can at least claim to know someone
who was once mistaken for someone famous,.
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Evidently she was unaware that Lassie died years ago. Or, maybe that happened to you back in the 50s.

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suncowiam

Well-Known Member
Revoltingest said:
While dining with family at a restaurant in Lake
Tahoe, the waitress asked if I were a movie star.

So everyone here can at least claim to know someone
who was once mistaken for someone famous,.
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Did you tip her nicely for that? :)

You guys vacation in lake tahoe huh? Really nice area.
 
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