I met Moe Howard from the Three Stooges. That was back in the mid-1960s.
It’s been pretty much downhill since then.
I always heard that Moe stayed in character when he met fans.
Pop took me and my friends to see the Three Stooges live (some theater in Newark, IIRC, back in the 60s). We met them before the show - they were just walking down the street to get dinner in their long winter coats.
They did the “Niagara Falls” and “Maha - Aha” skits, along with plenty of other bits.
Highlight of our young lives.