Brush With Fame

I forgot that when I was in High School we had Artists come to the school and Mark Medoff who wrote "Children of a Lesser God" and "City of Joy" came and directed us in a show...for about 15 years after that we would correspond and he would tell me what he was up to. When he was filming City of Joy in India he would tell me what it was like to work with Patrick Swayze...the coolest thing though is we did an original play for him and since we were the first to perform it when it was published into a script and sold in New York our names have to be in the front of the book as the original cast...so my name is on broadway wooohoo

I forgot that when I was in High School we had Artists come to the school and Mark Medoff who wrote "Children of a Lesser God" and "City of Joy" came and directed us in a show...for about 15 years after that we would correspond and he would tell me what he was up to. When he was filming City of Joy in India he would tell me what it was like to work with Patrick Swayze...the coolest thing though is we did an original play for him and since we were the first to perform it when it was published into a script and sold in New York our names have to be in the front of the book as the original cast...so my name is on broadway wooohoo

That's cool!  I'd love to know a playwright. 

Some of my high school friends rode in an elevator with Christopher Walken.  I was always so jealous of that one! They say he is a giant and looked very intimidating, though he smiled and said hello and seemed nice enough.    Oh, and they said he had red hair.  I never noticed. 

My car is in "Girl, Interrupted".  I mixed the ink they bought to use in "Little Women", so Wynona Ryder maybe handled it... not sure, as I've tried to watch the movie, but have never seen the ink-spilling scene.  I already said I was scouted to be the youngest girl in "Partridge Family".. but mom said 'no'.

My mom met Joe Paterno (Penn State's football coach) when his mother was staying at the nursing home where my mom worked.

Some of my high school friends rode in an elevator with Christopher Walken.  I was always so jealous of that one! They say he is a giant and looked very intimidating, though he smiled and said hello and seemed nice enough.  :P  Oh, and they said he had red hair.  I never noticed. 

Oh that reminds me! I met Too Short (5 minute wonder rapper) in a hotel elevator while I was under the influence of too much alcohol; he made the mistake of asking where I was from which prompted me to sit on the floor and bore him with my entire life story. Luckily I was just 17 so it was over in minutes, but still a cringy memory.

Oh that reminds me! I met Too Short (5 minute wonder rapper) in a hotel elevator while I was under the influence of too much alcohol;

My mother once got stuck in an elevator with Bel Biv Devoe!

My mother once got stuck in an elevator with Bel Biv Devoe!

LOL! Did your mother enjoy that?

LOL! Did your mother enjoy that?

I don't believe she did, as a matter of fact!

My mother was very British and looked like the love child of Angela Lansbury, Maggie Thatcher and Julia Child. So picture that.

Oh bless! Well at least Bel Biv Devoe was pretty much PG rated. That's priceless.

Back in the early 80s when i was in college. I was doing my student teaching in one of the local primary schools and Evin Cosby(youngest of the cosby kids) was a student in the class and I met both Bill Cosby and his wife. I remember being amazed at how tall he seemed in real life and his wife was absolutely beautiful. I also have his autograph. 

Back in the early 80s when i was in college. I was doing my student teaching in one of the local primary schools and Evin Cosby(youngest of the cosby kids) was a student in the class and I met both Bill Cosby and his wife. I remember being amazed at how tall he seemed in real life and his wife was absolutely beautiful. I also have his autograph. 

I'm jealous of that!

It reminded me that I had Hamilton Jordan's (Carter's chief of staff) daughter in my class one year when I taught kindergarten.  They invited me to a party at their house once, and they had a nice collection of framed historical signatures.

Oh! I can't believe I forgot!

My music theory teacher in undergad is Mr Roger's nephew (Mr Rogerswas an alum of the university, too). One day we were all sitting in music theory class but who pops his head in but Mr Rogers?! We all sat there in stunned silence as he looked around, smiled and said 'You should all know you've got a terrific teacher here.'

There was a collective OMG amongst the class, and the poor prof couldn't get us to pay attention after that!

Not sure if it counts as "famous", but I met Joan and Walter Mondale when I was in 5th grade.  I was hanging out at the service station where my stepfather worked and they came in to get their car fixed.  I've always been a politics geek and for me, it was like meeting a rock star.  I went to their house once and spent an afternoon playing with their dog Digger.  For my 10th birthday, Mrs. Mondale sent me an advance copy of a family cookbook she was publishing and it was autographed by both of them.  It was my most prized possession until my ex-husband's dog got a hold of it and chewed it to pieces. 

I also met the late Senator Paul Wellstone twice.  He was my idol.  George Stephanopolous gave a speech at my college.  He's much tinier in person, and better looking.

In the late 80's, when I was 8, I did a thing called the Multiple Sclerosis Read-A-Thon, and was the 3rd top money raiser in the state of Minnesota, and got to meet a bunch of local sports celebrities (Vikings, Twins and North Stars players) and was in a commercial with a few.  I had no idea who any of them were and my mom had to point people out to me to get autographs.  I had a professional portrait done of me and Matt Blair (Vikings player) and it was matted and framed by the team with the Vikings logo.  I gave it to my dad, and he had to show it off to anyone that ever came into his house lol.

Oh! I can't believe I forgot!

My music theory teacher in undergad is Mr Roger's nephew (Mr Rogerswas an alum of the university, too). One day we were all sitting in music theory class but who pops his head in but Mr Rogers?! We all sat there in stunned silence as he looked around, smiled and said 'You should all know you've got a terrific teacher here.'

There was a collective OMG amongst the class, and the poor prof couldn't get us to pay attention after that!

You are so lucky! I would've loved to meet Mr. Rogers, and I would've been totally starstruck, too! I keep meaning to get that book of his "wisdoms" but never got around to it.