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pcwells wrote:I met Ridley Scott yesterday.

My life is now complete.

I'm so jealous, he's my favourite director! Where did you meet him?

He was in London to promote his new movie, American Gangster, and I was employed to shoot an interview with him. He's a nice guy and not much taller than me, so I like him even more for it.

have met quite a few. Went to see David Copperfield at the SECC in Glasgow, and sat next to Mel & Martina and Pat Sharpe from Fun House. David also picked the person sitting one person away from Pat Sharpe for a trick, so I was about 3 feet away from him.

Walked past Prince Nazeem with his wife and pushing a buggy outside the Cruicble in Sheffield, met Jimmy Logan (Scottish Comedien) on numerous occassions, Les Dennis, Gregor Fisher (Rab C Nesbitt), Jan Wilson (City Lights), and Gerard Kelly on numerous occcassions, as my cousin used to work in theatre.

I've also met Andy Gray, Grant Stott & Boogie (Forth One DJs), Walter Carr, Douglas Dunn (poet), Ian Rankin (Rebus author) and Paul Young (Hooked on Fishing and Still Game) again on several occassions. Also spent the day with Gordon Brown once, not long after he became Chancellor. Not a fan of his politics, but a very nice man in real life, or at least he was 10 years ago...

Have also spoke to Paul Daniels and Debbie McGee after seeing several of their shows, also Geoffry Durham.

Plus, don't know if it counts, but a Las Vegas magician (original Masked Magician?) by the name of Herbert Becker tried to sue me once...long story.

How have I only just spotted this thread?!

I'm the absolute king of Lames to Fame, with the odd half decent celeb thrown in. I'm related by marriage to Ally McCoist, I'm on nodding terms with the whole Winehouse/Docherty crowd through a mate that recently went out with Sadie Frost, Catherine Zeta Jones's auntie lives next to mine and we've had a few chats back in the day just after the Darling Buds of May era, I've met David Jason, have pictures of myself doing magic on Kelly Osbourne and that bloke out of Gym Class Heroes, Cherie Blair once nearly ran me over, Paul McCartney's coming to a media launch thing that I'm doing on thursday, and last but definitely best, one of my mates at school lived next door to the first person to die of BSE in the UK. Beat that.

Ok, the best man at my wedding lived in the room next to Darius at Edinburgh Uni, and I went out for drinks with him a couple of times, and I nearly ran over Prince William whilst at St Andrews Uni.

Finally, the biggest clanger of them all, while I was at St Andrews, the guy who plays Ken Barlow in Corrie brought his daughter up when she first started uni. I was looking after the new starts, and was under strict instructions not to open the halls of residence to after 12pm, or something like that.

Of course, Ken (Loache?) turns up about 11.45am, and enters the hall. I, doing as I was instructed, forcefully ejected him. To his credit, he didn't try the 'do you know who I am line', he just humoured me. The hall warden came round just after 12pm, and said to me, do you know who you just threw out of the hall? Ken Barlow! I went to apologise to him, and not knowing who he was, having never seen Corrie before, said,

'Sorry Mr Barlow, I didn't realise you were in Eastenders. If they had told me, I would have made you a cup of tea or something'...needless to say, he wasn't particularly chuffed with me, or the Halls of residence that his daughter was about to live in!

My dad saw Muhammad Ali's last fight, and met him that day, and another time.

I know your jealous... of my dad.

I have a paid part in Casualty, that count ??

I met Colin Calderwood once
Footballer many, many moons ago

Right then... I have a rather wonderful list of incredibly rubbish 'almost famous' and famous run ins

I once shared a lift with bungle from Rainbow
Derek Jameson did his radio 2 breakfast show from my school when I was 10
I have nearly knocked over (pedestrian collision)Bruce Forsyth and Jack Charlton
I used to work with one of the panel from That's Life with Esther Ranson
I once met the guy from the Prudential advert who said the famous line "I want to be a tree"
One of my best friends second cousins is Daniel O' Donnell
I worked closely with a girl who was one of the twins (Gemma I think) in Byker Grove.

Before you are all far too jealous of my obscure celeb run ins I will leave it at that.

greedoniz wrote:One of my best friends second cousins is Daniel O' Donnell

Well, my great-great uncles best friends ex roommate's girlfriend's mother's nephew's sister is Jerry Seinfeld

bronz wrote:.....have pictures of myself doing magic on Kelly Osbourne........

May want to rephrase that - LOL

I just thought of another one. I regularly go out with some people from work, one of which is married to Steve McKensie, the ex West Brom and Manchester City player. He's pretty cool!

moodini wrote:

bronz wrote:.....have pictures of myself doing magic on Kelly Osbourne........

May want to rephrase that - LOL

i was just thinking what to write as ive only encountered people like alan smith the footballer and thought id leave it out but then i read that comment about kelly, was about to point it out but you got there first...lol

greedoniz wrote:Right then... I have a rather wonderful list of incredibly rubbish 'almost famous' and famous run ins

I once shared a lift with bungle from Rainbow
Derek Jameson did his radio 2 breakfast show from my school when I was 10
I have nearly knocked over (pedestrian collision)Bruce Forsyth and Jack Charlton
I used to work with one of the panel from That's Life with Esther Ranson
I once met the guy from the Prudential advert who said the famous line "I want to be a tree"
One of my best friends second cousins is Daniel O' Donnell
I worked closely with a girl who was one of the twins (Gemma I think) in Byker Grove.

Before you are all far too jealous of my obscure celeb run ins I will leave it at that.

You forgot me !!!!

Tricky Ricky, I remember Steve McKenzie late 70's player. I tried to shake hands with Frank Skinner after West Brom were promoted to the Premier League. All he said was "You're missing the celebrations" miserable sod

I have also seen Adrian Chiles at a few away games