Posted on 08/26/2016 7:27:58 AM PDT by gigster
My most famous or influential people include Red Skelton, B. B. King, Tim Allen at a party, and Tom Gale, The designer and collaborator with Bob Lutz on the Dodge Viper and variants.
Corrie ten Boom
Mitsuo Fuchida (Japanese commander who led the attack on Pearl Harbor, later became a Christian, amazing testimony)
Brother Andrew, God’s Smuggler
Got groped by Stein Erickson at a Deer Valley function when he was in his late 70s. My boyfriend introduced me to him, and he tried to cop a feel. Cocky, that one!
All jokes aside, what did you think when meeting Glenn Beck? No need to weigh your feelings. Be honest. And was this before or after he got a very big, heavy head and went off the deep end? He was once seen as a man who might lead this country through a dark valley. Sidetracked when the waters became too deep.
The most famous person I met was Danny D. Vito.
He wasn’t Danny DeVito. But just some guy who had a first name Danny and middle initial D. and last name of Vito.
*Steward should be Stewart
Worked in sports and media so I will name a few of my favorites and least favorites. There will be some surprises.
Sports Favorites
Tony Dungy(everything you’d expect; amazing guy)
Bobby Richardson
Bob Knight
Yogi Berra
Drew Brees
Gene Chizik
Benjamin Watson (can be POTUS one day if he chooses)
Joe Gibbs
Emmitt Smith
Deanna Favre (Brett’s wife is awesome)
Sports Least Favorites
Nick Saban
Urban Meyer
Glen Mason
Media Favorites
Alan Colmes - just a really nice guy regardless of his politics
Jay Leno
Hoda Kotb
Robin Roberts
Mike Golic
Sage Steele
Marv Albert
Brooke Baldwin
Brian Kilmeade
Elisabeth Hasselbeck
Media Least Favorites
Ann Coulter - wasn’t rude but off the air she’s just like she is on the air and it’s exhausting. She’s crude too.
Matt Lauer
Tamron Hall
David Letterman - aloof
My Sister flew coach from Washington DC to London. She was seated next to John Kenneth Galbreath. He held her baby and played with her for much of the trip.
Where do I start?
Admiral Richard Byrd (first to fly to South Pole)
John Glenn (dad’s fishing buddy)
Gus Grissom (dad’s fishing buddy)
Alan Shepard (dad’s fishing buddy)
Sarah Lee (my father’s 1st cousin)
Martin Denny (Jazz musician buddy of my dad)
Dave Brubeck (Jazz musician buddy of my dad)
I have a friend who has had repeated professional dealings with Yeager and says he's the biggest SOB he's ever had the misfortune to deal with. Glad your dad's experience was better.
Another Ben Dover. huh?
My Grandfather
Ann Coulter - wasn’t rude but off the air she’s just like she is on the air and it’s exhausting. She’s crude too.
Met Andrew Breitbart same day I met Ann Coulter. He was fantastic. Couldn’t have been nicer. I didn’t know who he was and he came over and introduce himself. Really cool.
Not sure of the details but I am related to Admiral Byrd. Actually to a lot of the Byrd’s of Virginia.
I met all the members of Third World and spent a couple of hours with them after a concert in 1991 in Charleston, SC. I knew a former girlfriend of the bass player.
About a year ago I met Ramsey Lewis. Extreme professional and a true gentleman who doesn’t suffer fools lightly. Sat in for a sound check and then was with him while he listened to a combo play in a nearby classroom. The combo didn’t even play one bar before he stopped them and critiqued them. They tried again and again but he continually stopped them critical of their play. I don’t think they played more than a few bars before he asked them why he should be there if they were not prepared. He walked out, albeit politely.
Donald Trump
Condoleezza Rice
Rudy Giuliani
Jack Nicklaus
Gary Player
Billy Casper
Whitey Ford
Larry Nelson
Tommy Aaron
Stewart Cink
Davis Love III
John Smoltz
“...almost killed Jay walking.”
You just jogged my memory on another anecdote.
As a young messenger driver in the mid seventies, I was once making an afternoon delivery in Century City, Los Angeles.
As I turned off of the main drag into the City, a man stepped off the curb right in front of my car. Through some miracle of reaction time and supernatural control, I stopped the car before killing him.
I’ll never forget the look of horror on that guy’s face. It was Alex Haley, the author of “Roots”.
He showed me his drivers and that’s what it was.
I shook hands, well, paws, with Lassie.
She gave me a photo with her paw print on it.
Had her phone number on the back with “Call me!”. Kind of freaked me out.
Victoria Principle, in the first year of Dallas TV show. She actually smiled at me and gave me a come hither look.
You know, I don’t think I’ve ever actually met anyone famous or influential at all!
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