Name Dropping

BigV · 10-13-2006, 06:07 PM

MrsV flew to Los Angeles yesterday and spent the day in the company of Jamie Lee Curtis.

Played tennis together, had lunch, talked about kids, etc. Permit me to quote from her email.

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Originally Posted by MrsV

...talked kids, husbands, timing kids on games......played games with her. yada yada yada. She was awesome.

Where are the : proud : and :jealous: smilies?

breakingnews · 10-13-2006, 08:39 PM

What does mrsv do to enjoy such a privilege?

lumberjim · 10-13-2006, 08:46 PM

bah. i'm one step from kevin bacon. jinx went swimming with him as a kid.

AND, my former boss's wife was baby sat by George Thoroughgood.

AND, a former coworker was next door neighbors with Randy White.

bluecuracao · 10-13-2006, 10:15 PM

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Originally Posted by lumberjim

bah. i'm one step from kevin bacon. jinx went swimming with him as a kid.

Isn't that what they call "two degrees of separation?" If so, me too...a friend of mine was friends with him in high school.

Undertoad · 10-13-2006, 08:52 PM

I love Jamie Lee Curtis and she just announced the other day that she will no longer be acting.

I would like to ask her what it's like to be married to that Christopher Guest.

lumberjim · 10-13-2006, 08:52 PM

ok, i guess that's not even close.

Undertoad · 10-13-2006, 09:11 PM

huh?

lumberjim · 10-13-2006, 10:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Undertoad

huh?

what?

Guyute · 10-13-2006, 09:54 PM

Ms. Curtis had the nicest rack in pictures, IMHO...

When 17, I worked with "Randy" and "Julian" of Trailer Park Boys fame. I also played soccer against "Ricky" for years.

I went to school with Ollie the goalie, Olaf Kolzig.

I once escorted Courtney Love down the aisle- during a funeral that I was ushering.

I shook the hand of Jean Beliveau during a wake.

I met Shawn Murray and spouse (I think it was shawn, definitely a Murray) who played for the Canadiens in '95. His wife was an absolute knockout.

I held the door for the traitorous bastard Lucien Bouchard.

and last but not least, I met Dexter Yager.

SteveDallas · 10-13-2006, 10:16 PM

My greatest brush with greatness: I once walked past a stage where Ed Rendell* was addressing a crowd for German-American Pride Day or something like that. Pretty lame, eh?

*At the time Mayor of Philadelphia, now Governor of Pennsylvania.

Ibby · 10-13-2006, 10:23 PM

I've been onstage with Mr. President. Unfortunately, the current one.

Pie · 10-13-2006, 10:48 PM

My grandmother is the Telugu novelist Dwivedula Visalakshi. A character in one of her novels is named after me.

lumberjim · 10-14-2006, 11:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Pie

My grandmother is the Telugu novelist Dwivedula Visalakshi. A character in one of her novels is named after me.

i am impressed. I assume you read the novel that contained this character. did you like the character? how many novels has she written? what does Telugu mean? are any of her books available on audible dot com? is she a celebrity in india? abar.

Elspode · 10-14-2006, 11:36 PM

Met Len Dawson (Chiefs QB of their glory years) when I was in sixth grade. I know Russell Buddy Helm, who was briefly a drummer for Frank Zappa but worked with Tim Buckley for years. Went to junior high and high school with Rich Ruth, bassist for the Rainmakers. Went to junior high and high school with Mark Pender, horn player in The Max Weinberg 7, Conan's band.

I'm pretty sure there's more, but honestly, I am so non-impressed with celebrity *as* celebrity, I've probably forgotten.

Pie · 10-22-2006, 11:11 PM

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Originally Posted by lumberjim

i am impressed. I assume you read the novel that contained this character. did you like the character? how many novels has she written? what does Telugu mean? are any of her books available on audible dot com? is she a celebrity in india? abar.

Sorry for the delay -- I was out of town without Internet access. Actually, I haven't read any of her books.

I know, it's criminal. I don't actually speak Telugu, only English. She has never authorized English translations of her works, though they have been translated to a variety of other languages. I believe she has published 22 novels, along with several books of short stories.

She is a celebrity; she routinely is honored for her work. She got an honarary Ph.D. from Andhra University; not bad for a woman who had to drop out of the fourth grade (because she was married, at the age of nine!) Sometimes, when I look at her life and compare it with what I've done with my own, I hang my head in shame.

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Guyute Gamehenge Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Halifax, NS Posts: 168	Ms. Curtis had the nicest rack in pictures, IMHO... When 17, I worked with "Randy" and "Julian" of Trailer Park Boys fame. I also played soccer against "Ricky" for years. I went to school with Ollie the goalie, Olaf Kolzig. I once escorted Courtney Love down the aisle- during a funeral that I was ushering. I shook the hand of Jean Beliveau during a wake. I met Shawn Murray and spouse (I think it was shawn, definitely a Murray) who played for the Canadiens in '95. His wife was an absolute knockout. I held the door for the traitorous bastard Lucien Bouchard. and last but not least, I met Dexter Yager. __________________ It's Really Plain and Easy To See, The Family grows like fungus on a tree.

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Ibby erika Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: "the high up north" Posts: 6,127	I've been onstage with Mr. President. Unfortunately, the current one. __________________ not really back, you didn't see me, i was never here shhhhhh

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Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	I love Jamie Lee Curtis and she just announced the other day that she will no longer be acting. I would like to ask her what it's like to be married to that Christopher Guest.

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Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	huh?

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SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	My greatest brush with greatness: I once walked past a stage where Ed Rendell* was addressing a crowd for German-American Pride Day or something like that. Pretty lame, eh? *At the time Mayor of Philadelphia, now Governor of Pennsylvania.

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Pie Gone and done Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 4,808	My grandmother is the Telugu novelist Dwivedula Visalakshi. A character in one of her novels is named after me. __________________ per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not.

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Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	Met Len Dawson (Chiefs QB of their glory years) when I was in sixth grade. I know Russell Buddy Helm, who was briefly a drummer for Frank Zappa but worked with Tim Buckley for years. Went to junior high and high school with Rich Ruth, bassist for the Rainmakers. Went to junior high and high school with Mark Pender, horn player in The Max Weinberg 7, Conan's band. I'm pretty sure there's more, but honestly, I am so non-impressed with celebrity as celebrity, I've probably forgotten. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

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