Thread: what famous person would you like to meet and why

thestrangequark wrote: ^I was fortunate enough to have met him. I saw him speak in Seattle when I was 16. The only event for which I ever purchased scalped tickets, the first night I wore my black leather mini-skirt, and the first time I've ever been called a "Physics Groupie." That sounds like a lovely night... for all the reasons you mentioned, actually. I had the opportunity to meet many excellent astrophysicists in...

Trekker4747 wrote: The only "famous person" I care to meet, I have met. Alton Brown. Met him, shook his hand, chatted with him, had him sign a copy of his book I had. AB is DA MAN! Is he as genuine and funny as he appears?

^^ Kirk doesn't do it for ya?! :-P

Nicholas Meyer-- Even more than his excellent work on Star Trek, I love his Sherlock Holmes novels. He's probably the most literate man I've ever seen. I keep hoping they'll lure him to the Phoenix Cactus ComicCon or perhaps to be a speaker at Changing Hands Bookstore one of these days. Immanuel Kant-- I've discovered that I tend to think in very Kantian terms. I'd like to hear his thoughts on some of the pressing...

Quote: Originally Posted by startrekrcks I would love to meet Chris Pine what about you Where's your 'why'?

Living - The Dalai Lama Dead - Pope John Paul II Maybe between the two of them, they can give me some hope that there is SOME frakkin' point to this whole thing.

^I was fortunate enough to have met him. I saw him speak in Seattle when I was 16. The only event for which I ever purchased scalped tickets, the first night I wore my black leather mini-skirt, and the first time I've ever been called a "Physics Groupie."

I would also like to meet Brandon Flowers the frontman from The Killers wonder what he is like around fans.

Kirby wrote: Trekker4747 wrote: The only "famous person" I care to meet, I have met. Alton Brown. Met him, shook his hand, chatted with him, had him sign a copy of his book I had. AB is DA MAN! Is he as genuine and funny as he appears? Very genuine and funny. When it was my turn to meet him he extended his hand and warmly said, "Hi I'm Alton Brown." as he was signing minor idle chit-chat about cooking...

I would also like to meet Kevin Millar . He seems like a really funny guy to be around. I'm sure he's a great teammate, really breaks the seriousness of the whole thing. Also: I always wanted to meet Mark Fidrych . "The Bird." Pitched for the Tigers when I was a kid. One of the comic geniuses of baseball. Died just this spring when he got crushed under a pickup truck...that he was working on at the time (on his farm).