Odd Celebrity Connections

[Lou]

On 8/3/2019 at 5:12 PM, Vegas Halo Fan said:

Maybe not people you know, but - 

The man who I succeeded as editor of my high school newspaper, Bill Retherford, is an Emmy and Murrow Award winning writer and multimedia journalist living in New York.

Ryan Tredinnick, another classmate, is Vice President of Operations for the Game Show Network.

A former classmate at the University of Oklahoma, Glen Lewis, has been Mayor of Moore, OK for the past 22 years.

Mike McLarty, a band member at the University of Arkansas who I met while in college, became Press Secretary for President Bill Clinton.

Wow, talk about celebrities! 

Thank you for sharing

[Stradling]

I know the youngest female billionaire in the country.  She is kind of a pseudo celebrity.  Also she just bought a stake in something recently.  

[Lou]

You're not a celebrity if nobody would recognize either you or your name. 

[Stradling]

9 minutes ago, Lou said:

You're not a celebrity if nobody would recognize either you or your name. 

You obviously know who I am talking about.  

[cysomeawfulpitcher]

Jessica Alba went to junior high and high school same time as me but graduated two years early because of her career.  Don’t remember her but my cousin graduated there a year before me and says she was stuck up and full of herself.  Someone I graduated with was in a few indie bands and a comedy troupe called The Dickheads and even had an episode in United States of Tara.  He’s that guy in that Teleflora Super Bowl commercial with Faith Hill several years ago and a Taco Bell commercial from a year later.  Kevin Manwarren is his name.  He was in my freshman science class and econ an philosophy in our senior year.

 

Matt L Jones from Brightburn graduated from my high school a year later but I never knew him.

[Tank]

35 minutes ago, Stradling said:

I know the youngest female billionaire in the country.  She is kind of a pseudo celebrity.  Also she just bought a stake in something recently.  

YOU KNOW TAYLOR SWIFT?!?!? Bitchin’!!

[Stradling]

Just now, Tank said:

YOU KNOW TAYLOR SWIFT?!?!? Bitchin’!!

I wish. 

[Blarg]

On 8/3/2019 at 5:12 PM, Vegas Halo Fan said:

Maybe not people you know, but - 

The man who I succeeded as editor of my high school newspaper, Bill Retherford, is an Emmy and Murrow Award winning writer and multimedia journalist living in New York.

Ryan Tredinnick, another classmate, is Vice President of Operations for the Game Show Network.

A former classmate at the University of Oklahoma, Glen Lewis, has been Mayor of Moore, OK for the past 22 years.

Mike McLarty, a band member at the University of Arkansas who I met while in college, became Press Secretary for President Bill Clinton.

When they all remember you they ask, "does anyone know if he's still doing cavity searches at the prison?"

[cysomeawfulpitcher]

11 minutes ago, Stradling said:

I wish. 

My ex was obsessed with her.

Hence the prefix, EX.

[Lou]

44 minutes ago, Stradling said:

You obviously know who I am talking about.  

Don't know her name or what she looks like. 

She's rich, not famous 

[m0nkey]

27 minutes ago, cysomeawfulpitcher said:

My ex was obsessed with her.

Hence the prefix, EX.

Smart girl

[m0nkey]

Or guy, nothing wrong with either

[cysomeawfulpitcher]

22 minutes ago, m0nkey said:

Or guy, nothing wrong with either

My sister loves Taylor as well.  At least my mom agrees with me on how overrated she is.

 

[Lhalo]

I was at brunch in Santa Barbara when my wife noticed Paul Walker sitting a couple booths down from us. He was with his daughter and a bunch of her friends. He got the staff and some of us to join in singing her happy birthday. The car crash happened only a couple weeks later.

Another time I was in the Spokane airport when a leathery dude with a camouflage cowboy hat named Ted Nugent sat down next to me. We made eye contact so I asked him “Excuse me is your name Ted?” He smiled and said “Everyday.”

He was cool as hell. Nobody else was there at the gate except one other guy who had no idea who Nugent was so I had him take a picture of us while me and the motor city mad man shot the shit for about 15 minutes. He had just played a show and was taking a short flight to Montana to do a little hunting. It was weird seeing him all by himself after he had just got done playing in front of thousands of people. 

Edited August 8, 2019 by Lhalo

[Tank]

I was in the Houston airport three years ago getting ready to fly home. some big jerk rolls his carry on bag over my foot. I looked up and was about to say "hey buddy!" when I realized it was Lou Ferrigno. I decided I didn't need the publicity of having to teach him a few manors.

[Lou]

1 hour ago, Tank said:

I was in the Houston airport three years ago getting ready to fly home. some big jerk rolls his carry on bag over my foot. I looked up and was about to say "hey buddy!" when I realized it was Lou Ferrigno. I decided I didn't need the publicity of having to teach him a few manors.

You should have. In return he could have taught you how to spell

[Stradling]

7 hours ago, Tank said:

I was in the Houston airport three years ago getting ready to fly home. some big jerk rolls his carry on bag over my foot. I looked up and was about to say "hey buddy!" when I realized it was Lou Ferrigno. I decided I didn't need the publicity of having to teach him a few manors.

He wouldn’t have heard you.  

[Tank]

8 hours ago, Lou said:

You should have. In return he could have taught you how to spell

you know the old saying, you can take the history teacher out of the classroom, but you can't take the classroom out of the old history teacher.

[Tank]

8 hours ago, Lou said:

You should have. In return he could have taught you how to spell

I also didn't want to have to get medieval on him.

[yk9001]

14 hours ago, Lou said:

Wow, talk about celebrities! 

Thank you for sharing

I had to look up Moore, Oklahoma.  Population 61,000.

https://www.tripsavvy.com/things-to-do-in-moore-2516808

 

[Lou]

1 hour ago, yk9001 said:

I had to look up Moore, Oklahoma.  Population 61,000.

https://www.tripsavvy.com/things-to-do-in-moore-2516808

 

That's about 1/3 the size of Rancho Cucamonga

[cysomeawfulpitcher]

1 hour ago, Lou said:

That's about 1/3 the size of Rancho Cucamonga

Right where I am now on my work break for the lighting manufacturing warehouse I work at.

[cysomeawfulpitcher]

My step cousin from Simi Valley is friends with that opportunist Scientologist attention whore who once supported Bernie but now “supports” Trump just for publicity for her cult.  Ironically, my cousin is apolitical, truth be told.

Just hope she doesn’t get mutual brainwashing by this nutcase.

 

[yk9001]

2 hours ago, cysomeawfulpitcher said:

My step cousin from Simi Valley is friends with that opportunist Scientologist attention whore who once supported Bernie but now “supports” Trump just for publicity for her cult.  Ironically, my cousin is apolitical, truth be told.

This thread has lost its juice.

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