I can't even come close to you in the celebrity game.I DID shake hands with Reagan at one of his campaign stops in 1966.I also shook hands and had a brief conversation with Dean Rusk at Univ.of Georgia in 1972.
Oh,and I shared a couple of beers with the Chambers Brothers at an after party at a motel at South Lake Tahoe in 1968!
As I've detailed on some old threads, I've had several run ins (mostly positive) with celebrities over the years. Even "acted" (non-speaking role) with Sara Jessica Parker and Mikhail Baryshinikov (sp) in an episode of "Sex in the City."
Oh, I shook GHW Bush's hand at a rally in Miami in 2000.