Anyway, like I was saying, I was getting nostalgic and I'd forgotten that I actually MET John Mayer one night. And that led me to thinking of all the other celebrities I'd met in my lifetime, especially whilst living in NYC. It's not as common here in Chicago to meet as many celebrities as it is in NY.. or at least that's how it seems. So, I thought 'hey, you're really sucking at coming up with ideas to blog about, why not compose a list of cool people you've met over the past bunch of years?'. And then I thought 'hey, self, that's a great idea!'. So here we go.
1- Well, I guess we'll start with John Mayer then. I was probably around 18ish. My friend Alex and I were pretty hardcore JM fans. I'd seen him a few times in concert, the last being 2nd row center with Maroon 5. It was one of the most fun concerts I'd ever been to. So in the winter, John was playing a show with a few other musicians for Miracle on State Street and rather than get tickets, Alex and I just decided to go to see what would happen. We hung around the back entrance where you could hear absolutely everything. It was perfect. Cold, but perfect. But as John FINALLY got on stage to play after a bunch of other musicians I didn't give a good god damn about, one of the managers came out and asked us to leave. Told us to leave, rather. We pleaded with him to let us stay, reassuring him we were not casing the place or looking to harm anyone or anything. He eventually conceded and let us stay. Shortly thereafter, two ushers came out to empty trash into the dumpster. They were cool enough to sneak us in, so we got to watch the very end of John's set way up close. For free! It was amazing.
When he was done, we bolted out of the building to see if we could catch him before he left. And sure as shit, we did! It never seemed feasible to meet someone like John Mayer. Big time stuff, lots of security, etc. Last minute, we realized we had nothing for him to sign. So, like the classy lady that I am, I lent him my leg to sign my jeans. And he did. And like the shameless broad that I am, I asked him if I could touch his (post-Heavier Things, long, but not hobo long) hair. He said "absolutely", his security said "NO". These things sometimes happen. I still have the jeans in my boxes of stuff.
2- Daniel Radcliffe isn't really an entertaining story... except for how long it takes to get anywhere near the poor tiny man. I stagedoored How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying for like three weeks solid last August. It takes roughly about 4 1/2 hours of standing behind a barricade to meet DanRad for ten seconds. But I tell you what, he's a handsome motherfucker and I regret nothing.
3- Also while stagedooring How to Succeed, I met John Larroquette, who was lovely.
4- Stagedooring also led me to meeting the likes of Kelsey Grammer, Andrea Martin, Megan Mullally, Roger Bart, Nathan Lane, Matthew Broderick, Sutton and Hunter Foster, Donny Osmond (by accident - and then we harassed him all the way down the street. hilarious.), Martin Short, Tony Danza (who is an enormous asshole and talentless to boot), among others.
5- If you know me well enough, you know while living in NY I saw The Producers 75 times on the Broadways. And I saw lots of celebrititos. there too. Melanie Griffith and Antonio Banderas, the entire cast of The Sopranos sat behind me once, Brian Posehn, Fred Willard (who was not doing anything lewd, surprisingly.), Susan Sarandon, Cheno, among others.
6- The Producers also led me to meeting the one and only Mel Brooks on closing night of show. I'd lend you photo evidence, but my cousin was a total asshole and stole my moment and made me TAKE the picture instead of letting me be in it. Our time with Mel was SUPER brief, but it was very surreal and awesome.
see?!
7- I passed Mark Linn-Baker on the street on my lunch break in NYC once and almost shit my pants. Perfect Strangers WAS my childhood. To this day the only "celebrity" to render me speechless. Still regret not going to see the show he was in at the time.
8- My ex and I met Joel Hodgson of MST3K fame at a Cinematic Titanic adventure in Chicago. He was crabby and drunk as fuck and looks remarkably like my mom's boyfriend. Seriously. It's uncanny.
(top: Kevin & Joel Hodgson, bottom: My mom & her boyfriend)
9- I met all of The Whitest Kids U Know here in Chicago. Pictures are somewhere. Trevor Moore was possibly the nicest guy I've ever met ever.
10- I guess at this point you could call Adam Richman (of Man v Food fame) a friend of mine. Flingity fling fling.
11- Passed Nicki Minaj on the street last August. Can't really call that "meeting" her, but she was there and I was there and it was like 5am on 8th avenue in NYC. I was headed to a rush line, she was headed... elsewhere.
12- Megan Hilty, who is now on that show uhh... you know, the one.. fuck. What's it called? The one with Katharine McPhee... She's lovely.
13- Ralph Fiennes as not Voldemort. Receding hairline aside, he was beautiful. I must paint him.
14- I know I'm forgetting a bunch, but I have to leave it on the highest of high notes. If I remember more, I'll comment them below or maybe edit this and add 'em if I'm feeling not as particularly lazy as I imagine I will. So by now you're like "shut up, who's number fourteen?!", right? No, probably not. But number 14 belongs to Betty White. I got to stand in front of her long enough for her to sign a book and say some sweet things and then leave. It was intense. I watched a lot of Golden Girls as a kid. When it was still airing. New. And I continue to watch it now. Not new. Three quarters of them are dead, you idiot.
SO there you have it. A semi-complete list of celebrities I've met. Hope this was fascinating for you cause I'm bored as fuck of it and I'm tired of typing.
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