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  1. Jake

    Jake Well-Known Member

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    I for one have met Bob Irwin ( Steve Irwin’s father) and Tanya Beths ( volleyball champion ) when she worked as a teacher at my school.

    What are others that you have met?
     
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    Dassie rat Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    I've met comedians Michael Bentine, David Schneider and Spike Milligan, singers Feargal Sharkey and Barbara Dickson, footballers Pat Jennings, Mike England and Frank McLintock, actress Cathy Tyson, poet John Hegley and David Attenborough.
     
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    Spike Milligan and SIr David..! Quality.

    Many years ago I sold David Beckham a pager!:D:D:D
     
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    From an adult standpoint, none.
    However, I did meet Peter Weller as a freshman in HS, only a few years after Robocop.
     
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    When i worked at Waterstones in Edinburgh we hosted a book signing with David Attenborough who I managed to have quite a decent conversation with. Working in retail in London for a number of years also brought me into contact with a number of famous people but David Attenborough was definitely the best.
     
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    Jean Delacour
     
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    David Cameron, Nick Clegg, Nelson Mandela's prison guard, Roger Federer and Serena Williams.

    I played a few rallies against Roger, which was.... amazing.
     
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    Secretary of Defense Pat Shanahan, who used to work with my father. A couple other big aerospace/defense people as well but I don't remember who unfortunately.

    I met Emily Graslie aka The Brain Scoop during Members Night at the Field Museum this year.

    Zachary Quinto and Sir Ian McKellen while they were on Broadway. I've also met a few notable Broadway actors as well including Anthony Rapp.
     
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    I met Jeff Corwin, though he was kind of a jerk.
     
  10. Jake

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    Why?
     
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    He seemed not too interested to talk to me. He was basically going "uh-huh" in a dry tone.
     
  12. Jake

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    And Shane Rudken, (band singer / school teacher)
     
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    Mario Lopez (actor)
    Gilbert Gottfried (actor, comedian)
    Preacher Lawson (comedian)
    James Murray & Joe Gatto (comedians, from TV show Impractical Jokers)
     
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    ...Peter Scott.
     
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    Temple Grandin.
     
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    You lucky bastard...
     
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    Allan Ginsberg, Beat Poet
    Temple Grandin, Animal Behavior Professor
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    Joan Allen, John Malkovich, Soarse Ronan, Paul Newman, Dustin Hoffman, Colleen Dewhurst, Jason Robards, Campbell Scott, Theodore Mann, Nikos Saccharopolis, Blythe Danner, Annette Bening, Tim Daly, Jane Alexander, Frances McDormand, Aidan Quinn, Tony Kushner, Joe Mantello, Benicio Del Toro, Sean Kanan, Peter Gallagher, Ambassador Julius Walker
     
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    Byron Brown: mayor of Buffalo, NY
     
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    2016 and 2020 Democratic Party Presidential Candidate Bernie Sanders. I actually helped out at one of his events ahead of the Iowa Caucus.

    Caitlin Doughty, author of Smoke Gets in Your Eyes, From Here to Eternity, and Will my Cat Eat my Eyeballs and host of Ask a Mortician on YouTube. Also a personal hero of mine and many other weird kids.

    Former Mythbusters host and current Tested host Adam Savage. Another personal hero of mine, I’m so glad I didn’t cry lol because Mythbusters was a big part of my childhood.

    I’ve met a few well known people in the comic book industry/comic convention scene, Annie Wu is probably the most notable. I’m also friends with Landis Blair, illustrator of The Hunting Accident and author/illustrator of The Envious Siblings.
     
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    Conan O'Brian and Flula Borg while filming at Berlin Alexanderplatz, the backside of Rihanna's head while disappearing into the VIP section of a bar in Berlin, a few Austrian / German TV personalities...and I almost stepped on Angela Merkel (no kidding).
     
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