Who's the most famous person you know personally? - Page 3

SackAttack · 04-24-2009, 03:37 PM

Er, wait, I guess that would be Jason Mumpower, whom Williams defeated to sit as speaker of the Tennessee State House.

Samdari · 04-24-2009, 04:01 PM

The woman featured on tonight's 20/20 for murdering two husbands, and then trying to blame her daughter for doing so, was in my brother's high school class, and had a sister in mine.

Closest I can come.

Kodos · 04-24-2009, 04:05 PM

My brother was a casual acquaintance of Philip Seymour Hoffman. I was a year behind Kirk Herbstreit, but never met him.

Sun Tzu · 04-24-2009, 04:17 PM

Phil Mickelson. Marc Calcevicchia. Billy Mayfair.

I've even had thanksgiving dinner with #1 and #3.

JediKooter · 04-24-2009, 04:47 PM

My oldest step daughter is friends with the daughter of the bassist for Megadeth. Not the original bassist, but, the current bassist.

Julio Riddols · 04-25-2009, 06:25 AM

I like to think that in the future, all my friends will become famous.. Then I can post something more substantial here.

WVUFAN · 04-25-2009, 06:44 AM

I played video games with Chad Pennington when I was in Marshall, but I doubt he'd know me.

I took a chair shot from Lance Storm (pro wrestler) during my very short stint trying to be a wrestler.

lighthousekeeper · 04-25-2009, 11:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Samdari

The woman featured on tonight's 20/20 for murdering two husbands, and then trying to blame her daughter for doing so, was in my brother's high school class, and had a sister in mine.

Closest I can come.

saw that show last night - that women was a cold hearted sociopath

sterlingice · 04-25-2009, 12:28 PM

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Originally Posted by WVUFAN

I took a chair shot from Lance Storm (pro wrestler) during my very short stint trying to be a wrestler.

Oh, this deserves its own thread! Not the Lance Storm part but the "my very short stint trying to be a wrestler". You can't just leave us hanging like that.

SI

dubb93 · 04-26-2009, 10:23 PM

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Originally Posted by sterlingice

Oh, this deserves its own thread! Not the Lance Storm part but the "my very short stint trying to be a wrestler". You can't just leave us hanging like that.

SI

I agree, this could be classic in a car crash kinda way.

Chief Rum · 04-26-2009, 10:28 PM

Heh, agreed, WVU, that would be a lot of fun to hear about.

For me, probably the closest to a "famous" person (or people) I know is two guys in the band Zebrahead (for alt rock fans, particularly those on the club level). I went to school with the lead "rapper" and we were somewhere between acquaintances and friends. And the bassist was a friend who I played ball after school with for years, and who my bro played roller hockey with as well (my bro also played ball with him).

Good guys, both, saw them at some shows later on, too, and they put on a good show.

DeToxRox · 04-26-2009, 10:32 PM

Bump for WVUFan.

For me it's Matt Hunwick on the Bruins. I also, because of this friendship, played in a pickup game with Jack Johnson, Bobby Ryan and a few other guys while they were in Junior/College.

I was abused and humiliated and they weren't trying at all.

Flasch186 · 04-26-2009, 10:34 PM

I play(ed) basketball with Jeff Chandler K of Florida Gator fame.

Passacaglia · 04-26-2009, 10:42 PM

People have misunderstood this thread all over the place.

EagleFan · 04-26-2009, 10:54 PM

Have met a lot of B-listers and a few A-listers thanks to working in Casinos but I can't think of any that would really fit this thread.

kcchief19 · 04-26-2009, 10:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Passacaglia

People have misunderstood this thread all over the place.

You're surprised by that?

Then again, it appears quite possible that Lathum is actually in fact Todd Benzinger.

Buccaneer · 04-26-2009, 11:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Passacaglia

People have misunderstood this thread all over the place.

That is very true but then the thread would only be 4 posts long.

Passacaglia · 04-26-2009, 11:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Buccaneer

That is very true but then the thread would only be 4 posts long.

I don't think so -- they'd just be more boring. For example, in my case, the best I can think of is that I knew someone featured on Jay Leno's Headlines. Her last name was Weiner, so naturally her wedding was announced there. "It's the Weiner-Whipple wedding!"

duff88 · 04-26-2009, 11:36 PM

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Originally Posted by JediKooter

My oldest step daughter is friends with the daughter of the bassist for Megadeth. Not the original bassist, but, the current bassist.

Coolest one I've read in the whole thread!

Chief Rum · 04-27-2009, 01:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Passacaglia

People have misunderstood this thread all over the place.

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Originally Posted by Dark Cloud

By personally, I mean "if you saw you someplace without a ton of people, they'd recognize you and seek you out, to talk about old times."

I don't really know..so I was trying to figure it out for myself. They don't have to be TV famous per se, famous these days is just a sliding scale anyway.

To Pass:

Well, the two I named would certainly recognize me and come talk to me, assuming there weren't a ton of fans between me and them, or other people they know a lot better they saw at the same time.

AZSpeechCoach · 04-27-2009, 01:09 AM

Chunk from The Goonies is a friend of mine.

Passacaglia · 04-27-2009, 09:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Chief Rum

To Pass:

Well, the two I named would certainly recognize me and come talk to me, assuming there weren't a ton of fans between me and them, or other people they know a lot better they saw at the same time.

By 'all over the place' I didn't mean absolutely everyone. No need to defend yourselves -- if you misunderstood the thread, you know who you are!

JeeberD · 04-27-2009, 11:04 AM

Not that they're anyone that the vast majority (all?) of FOFCers have ever heard of, but...

I've been friends for a long time with a former El Paso Herald Post/El Paso Times sportswriter named Darren Hunt, who now works for an El Paso tv station and just had his 15 minutes of national fame last week when he was taken down by a cop for trying to interview people about a semi that turned over on I-10.

YouTube - KVIA Darren Hunt Arrested on I-10 El Paso Raw Footage

My best friend growing up, Bobby Chitwood, is an aspiring country artist who tours the western part of the US quite a bit and apparently has a decent following in those areas.

My cousin Paula had HER 15 minutes last week as well, as she's a Victim's Advocate in the Boston area and is currently the advocate for the family of the "Craigslist killing" victim. Her picture was in a Yahoo News slideshow about the arraignment...

Craigslist Killing - Yahoo! News Photos

Honolulu_Blue · 04-27-2009, 11:50 AM

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Originally Posted by AZSpeechCoach

Chunk from The Goonies is a friend of mine.

Can he still do the Truffle Shuffle?

Chubby · 04-27-2009, 11:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Samdari

The woman featured on tonight's 20/20 for murdering two husbands, and then trying to blame her daughter for doing so, was in my brother's high school class, and had a sister in mine.

Closest I can come.

Eww, I'm sorry.

You live in Cicero now? Weren't you on the west coast?

JediKooter · 04-27-2009, 12:54 PM

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Originally Posted by duff88

Coolest one I've read in the whole thread!

I haven't met the guy yet, but, my wife did when he came by to pick his daughter up from our house. She says he seems like a nice guy.

WVUFAN · 04-27-2009, 05:07 PM

When I was at Huntington the second time working for Amazon.com, the local wrestling outfit ran a wrestling school, and I stupidly decided I could be one and tried out. Well, "tried out" isn't really the right word, since anyone who showed up and had the money got in the school.

Anyway, I lasted all of two weeks. Physically, I sucked too much to do it, and realized very quickly how much dedication it took.

Anyway, the guy who ran the school knew Storm, who was in the area (I think he was in KY for some reason), and he came in and gave a pep talk. One of the idiots students asked for "EXTREME" lessons, so him and the school owner gave a quick talk about taking chairshots the "right way"(here's a secret: they hurt no matter how you're hit). We wasn't even to the point to taking a simple bump right, so the chairshots were way, waaay too much for us at the time.

A few days later, I quit. I've been through basic training, football spring practices, and AIT, and this is by far the hardest training I went through.

AZSpeechCoach · 04-27-2009, 09:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Honolulu_Blue

Can he still do the Truffle Shuffle?

Jeff doesn't have the belly anymore. He played football in high school and got buff.

Crim · 04-27-2009, 10:52 PM

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Originally Posted by WVUFAN

When I was at Huntington the second time working for Amazon.com, the local wrestling outfit ran a wrestling school, and I stupidly decided I could be one and tried out. Well, "tried out" isn't really the right word, since anyone who showed up and had the money got in the school.

Anyway, I lasted all of two weeks. Physically, I sucked too much to do it, and realized very quickly how much dedication it took.

Anyway, the guy who ran the school knew Storm, who was in the area (I think he was in KY for some reason), and he came in and gave a pep talk. One of the idiots students asked for "EXTREME" lessons, so him and the school owner gave a quick talk about taking chairshots the "right way"(here's a secret: they hurt no matter how you're hit). We wasn't even to the point to taking a simple bump right, so the chairshots were way, waaay too much for us at the time.

A few days later, I quit. I've been through basic training, football spring practices, and AIT, and this is by far the hardest training I went through.

Okay, so, we're gonna need a lot less honesty, and a lot more hyperbole, k thx.

sterlingice · 04-28-2009, 08:42 AM

Yeah, what he said. Tell us about the time you fell off the turnbuckle, face first onto the canvas. Or the time you faced a bear in the ring

SI

Autumn · 04-28-2009, 09:20 AM

Or about how they ran you out of the circuit because you were too good and wouldn't take a fall.

04-24-2009, 04:01 PM	#102
Samdari Roster Filler Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Cicero	The woman featured on tonight's 20/20 for murdering two husbands, and then trying to blame her daughter for doing so, was in my brother's high school class, and had a sister in mine. Closest I can come. __________________ http://www.nateandellie.net Now featuring twice the babies for the same low price!

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04-25-2009, 06:25 AM	#106
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04-24-2009, 03:37 PM	#101
SackAttack Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Green Bay, WI	Er, wait, I guess that would be Jason Mumpower, whom Williams defeated to sit as speaker of the Tennessee State House.

04-25-2009, 06:44 AM	#107
WVUFAN College Starter Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Huntington, WV	I played video games with Chad Pennington when I was in Marshall, but I doubt he'd know me. I took a chair shot from Lance Storm (pro wrestler) during my very short stint trying to be a wrestler. __________________ Last edited by WVUFAN : 04-25-2009 at 06:44 AM.

04-26-2009, 10:28 PM	#111
Chief Rum Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Where Hip Hop lives	Heh, agreed, WVU, that would be a lot of fun to hear about. For me, probably the closest to a "famous" person (or people) I know is two guys in the band Zebrahead (for alt rock fans, particularly those on the club level). I went to school with the lead "rapper" and we were somewhere between acquaintances and friends. And the bassist was a friend who I played ball after school with for years, and who my bro played roller hockey with as well (my bro also played ball with him). Good guys, both, saw them at some shows later on, too, and they put on a good show. __________________ . . I would rather be wrong...Than live in the shadows of your song...My mind is open wide...And now I'm ready to start...You're not sure...You open the door...And step out into the dark...Now I'm ready. Last edited by Chief Rum : 04-26-2009 at 10:28 PM.

04-26-2009, 10:32 PM	#112
DeToxRox Head Coach Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Michigan	Bump for WVUFan. For me it's Matt Hunwick on the Bruins. I also, because of this friendship, played in a pickup game with Jack Johnson, Bobby Ryan and a few other guys while they were in Junior/College. I was abused and humiliated and they weren't trying at all.

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Passacaglia Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Big Ten Country	People have misunderstood this thread all over the place.

04-26-2009, 10:54 PM	#115
EagleFan Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Mays Landing, NJ USA	Have met a lot of B-listers and a few A-listers thanks to working in Casinos but I can't think of any that would really fit this thread.

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04-27-2009, 05:07 PM	#127
WVUFAN College Starter Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Huntington, WV	When I was at Huntington the second time working for Amazon.com, the local wrestling outfit ran a wrestling school, and I stupidly decided I could be one and tried out. Well, "tried out" isn't really the right word, since anyone who showed up and had the money got in the school. Anyway, I lasted all of two weeks. Physically, I sucked too much to do it, and realized very quickly how much dedication it took. Anyway, the guy who ran the school knew Storm, who was in the area (I think he was in KY for some reason), and he came in and gave a pep talk. One of the idiots students asked for "EXTREME" lessons, so him and the school owner gave a quick talk about taking chairshots the "right way"(here's a secret: they hurt no matter how you're hit). We wasn't even to the point to taking a simple bump right, so the chairshots were way, waaay too much for us at the time. A few days later, I quit. I've been through basic training, football spring practices, and AIT, and this is by far the hardest training I went through. __________________

04-28-2009, 08:42 AM	#130
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