I just met George Bush!
Tjames Madison
>I saw Danny DeVito and Vic Tayback on a picket line once! Does anyone
>else know someone famous, or know someone who does?
My dad worked on Tito Jackson's car in the 70s. My teacher's assistant
for Science class in eight grade was Dana Plato. Another eerie "Diff'rent
Strokes" coincidence is that I lived a block from Todd "Willis" Bridges
and I once threw a dirt clod at him that him in the forehead.
I saw Telly Savalas, Richard Pryor, Dick Van Patten and Willie Mays *all
on the same day* in 1986 at Hollywood Park racetrack.
I ate at Ship's diner in Los Angeles at the booth next to Max "Wojo" Gail.
I spilled a beer on Molly Ringwald once. I went and looked at Bob Dylan's
house in Malibu once and he came out and yelled at me to get the hell off
his property. I once shook hands with Timothy Leary.
I guess you could day I've had a full and rewarding life.
tj "body contact with celebrities builds karma" m
"I do not understand this languages" - "Jesse Garon"
http://www.arlington.com/~tjames/pig/pigdog.html
Daniel Gordon Frank
Ted Frank <th...@midway.uchicago.edu> wrote:
>I saw Danny DeVito and Vic Tayback on a picket line once! Does anyone
>else know someone famous, or know someone who does?
So what? I've performed stand-up comedy for Rue Mclanahan, Tone Loc _and_ Butch
Patrick (not on the same evening). And the person who played Punky Brewster
(she's 18 and all grown-up now) came in just when I had finished my act.
To my knowledge, she was not forewarned by any of the other three celebrities.
--
danf...@cs.utexas.edu Daniel Frank
We have a saying back in Tennessee:
Be a mensch, not a schmendrick. -- _The Critic_
Ted Frank
Kolodziejski Michael Den <kol...@server.uwindsor.ca> wrote:
>On 22 Mar 1995, Mike Curry wrote:
>
>> Date: 22 MAR 1995 23:01:17 GMT
>> From: Mike Curry <mcu...@gpu2.srv.ualberta.ca>
>> Newgroups: alt.college.fraternities
>> Subject: Re: I just met George Bush!
>>
>> nlet...@gpu2.srv.ualberta.ca (Nicole Letawsky) writes:
>>
>> >Michael Bayrak (mba...@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca) wrote:
>> >: He was coming out of the MacDonald hotel in Edmonton, Alberta where a
>> >: bunch of us Dekes were there to welcome him, and we got pictures and
>> >: handshakes and conversation. He's a nice guy and I'm proud to say that
>> >: he's a Deke and a Brother.
>>
>> >: Hey Dekes, chalk another one up for us for the Lion Trophy!
>> >: Mike Bayrak
>> >: Delta Phi of DKE
>>
>>
>> > Sure you did!!! I thought George was a Phi Delt...
>>
>> Nope, we would never associate with a man who chose Dan Quayle (yet
>> another Deke) as his running-mate...
>>
>> Mike Curry
>> Alberta Alpha of Phi Delta Theta
>>
>> P.S. Mr. Bush was actually a Zate at first but they blackballed him.
>>
>> Michael Kolodziejski (kol...@server.uwindsor.ca)
>
> Now you say you met bush eh...hummm...interesting, but he in Canada,
>well to say the least...he is just like the father of your buddy nextt
>door. Like Mr. Wilson to Dennis. You see him everyday on the T.V. and
>he doesn't seem to be so big...Now if you met Michael Jordan...Like my
>room mate did...Now that is something. You see sure he was big (Jordan
>I mean) but he was off the "Air" for a couple of years and to meet him
>or even see him is a real thrill. My buddy was a Marshal at a golf
>tournament that Michael was in and got him to sign his hat and exchange
>a few words. Now Jordan may not be a Phi Theta of the like bud he is
>still the world's all around good guy and one hell o an athelet.
>
> Just a little Canadian point o' view "eh"...
>
> Michael Kolodziejski (nick = DEX)
>
> Kappa Mu Chapter of Sigma Chi (Windsor Ontario)
>
I saw Danny DeVito and Vic Tayback on a picket line once! Does anyone
else know someone famous, or know someone who does?
--
ted frank "Why don't people realize that if they're unlucky enough to be
stranded on a desert island, they're probably also going to be
unlucky enough to be standed there with a bunch of books by
Norman Vincent Peale?" -- Joe Queenan
Elisabeth Higgins
Frank) writes:
>I saw Danny DeVito and Vic Tayback on a picket line once! Does anyone
>else know someone famous, or know someone who does?
No. Haven't you heard the theory of seven degrees of seperation? Nobody
has ever actually met or seen anyone famous, but we all know somebody
who knows somebody...etc. who does.
Yours,
Dr. Eli "Fame Magnet" Higginz
PS: I *have* gotten email from "Jesse Garon," though.
PPS: I once got this magazine with a reader survey in it where one of
the questions in it was "Do you know someone who knows James Taylor?"
PPPS: I know someone who, like, had phone sex with Patty Smith.
PPPPS: I will not mention coffee with John Hinckley, getting kissed by
David Bowie, Joe "King" Carrasco recognizing me at a concert,
discussing the F word with Allen Ginsberg, or Peter Orlovsky showering
me with gifts and trying to sneak me into bars when I was 15, because it
disproves my theory. And I, if nothing else, am consistent.
--
"I can wear big kid pants, too!"
Andrew C Bulhak
: PPPS: I know someone who, like, had phone sex with Patty Smith.
: PPPPS: I will not mention coffee with John Hinckley, getting kissed by
: David Bowie, Joe "King" Carrasco recognizing me at a concert,
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
You misspelled ``Roger "David" Carasso''.
Have a nice day.
--
A n d r e w B u l h a k
a...@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au "Sanity is for the masses who don't know how
a...@cs.monash.edu.au to handle insanity."
a...@zikzak.net -- Tim Sailer
Michael Bayrak
: th...@kimbark.uchicago.edu (Ted Frank) wrote:
[snip]
Get a life will ya! Living in Edmonton, Alberta, you don't get to meet a
lot of important people here. So take your Vic Tayback back to wherever
you came from [Mars perhaps?]
Michael Bayrak
: In article <D5vpD...@midway.uchicago.edu>,
: Ted Frank <th...@midway.uchicago.edu> wrote:
[snip, again]
You people have no lives!!!!!
Jesse Garon
> Haven't you heard the theory of seven degrees of seperation? Nobody
> has ever actually met or seen anyone famous, but we all know somebody
> who knows somebody...etc. who does.
> PS: I *have* gotten email from "Jesse Garon," though.
Hey. By a wild coincidence, I happen to BE "Jesse Garon".
> PPS: I once got this magazine with a reader survey in it where one of
> the questions in it was "Do you know someone who knows James Taylor?"
I don't. Bummer.
> PPPS: I know someone who, like, had phone sex with Patty Smith.
The one who was roommates with Mapplethorpe or the one who sang
about shooting at the walls of heartache, who I see every once in
a while buying kids books?
> PPPPS: I will not mention coffee with John Hinckley, getting kissed by
> David Bowie, Joe "King" Carrasco recognizing me at a concert,
> discussing the F word with Allen Ginsberg, or Peter Orlovsky showering
> me with gifts and trying to sneak me into bars when I was 15, because it
> disproves my theory. And I, if nothing else, am consistent.
Then by God, I am not going to mention hitting on Julia Sweeney in a
bar last month, standing next to the kid who co-starred on GROWING PAINS
with Kurt Cameron in a cafeteria, or hanging out with James "Mad Dog"
Ellroy. Or sitting in on Mike Davis' 'Natural History of Los Angeles'
class, or fending off passes from Andrea Martin.
I still haven't met Angelyne yet, though, which makes me sad.
__________________
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:class, or fending off passes from Andrea Martin.
Why on earth would a Redblooded MRKN Male *want* to fend off passes
from Andrea Martin? Surely she is one of the beautifulest wymmin
on earth.
Woodily,
Bruce Ediger
Michele Tepper
>Ted Frank <th...@midway.uchicago.edu> wrote:
>>I saw Danny DeVito and Vic Tayback on a picket line once! Does anyone
>>else know someone famous, or know someone who does?
>
>So what? I've performed stand-up comedy for Rue Mclanahan, Tone Loc _and_ Butch
>Patrick (not on the same evening). And the person who played Punky Brewster
>(she's 18 and all grown-up now) came in just when I had finished my act.
>To my knowledge, she was not forewarned by any of the other three celebrities.
I don't know, Daniel -- should my respect for you as a hip young swingin'
Comedian of Today be wholly negated by the fact that you don't remember
Soleil Moon Frye's name, or should I just let it go? And what the hell
was Butch Patrick doing in Austin?
I've never performed standup comedy for anyone, but I tripped over Kurt
Vonnegut once. Has anyone else ever had a major American author blicking
their path, or know someone who has?
--
Michele Tepper <mi...@umich.edu>
"Wake me when the pigs start flying." -Tim Pierce
Bruce Ediger
:I don't know, Daniel -- should my respect for you as a hip young swingin'
:Soleil Moon Frye's name, or should I just let it go? And what the hell
:was Butch Patrick doing in Austin?
Cruising for Sorority Chicks?
Is Daniel Frank a TKE or what?
Ted Frank
Michele Tepper <mi...@umich.edu> wrote:
>Daniel Gordon Frank <danf...@cs.utexas.edu> wrote:
>>>I saw Danny DeVito and Vic Tayback on a picket line once! Does anyone
>>>else know someone famous, or know someone who does?
>>
>>So what? I've performed stand-up comedy for Rue Mclanahan, Tone Loc _and_ Butch
>>Patrick (not on the same evening). And the person who played Punky Brewster
>>(she's 18 and all grown-up now) came in just when I had finished my act.
>>To my knowledge, she was not forewarned by any of the other three celebrities.
>
>I don't know, Daniel -- should my respect for you as a hip young swingin'
>Comedian of Today be wholly negated by the fact that you don't remember
>Soleil Moon Frye's name, or should I just let it go? And what the hell
>was Butch Patrick doing in Austin?
>
>I've never performed standup comedy for anyone, but I tripped over Kurt
>Vonnegut once.
You, too? Not directly tripped, mind you, but I saw Kurt Vonnegut trip
over a bottle in the street, and then get whisked into a bookstore as
he was trying to pick it up. It was the same date my girlfriend and I
were walking through Central Park and were made an offer to be extras
in the ice-skating scene in "The January Man" with Kevin Kline, but
decided it would be more fun to say that we were asked to be extras than
to stand around an ice rink all day just to say that we were extras.
Besides, I would've upstaged Kline, and they would've had to cut my
scenes.
>Has anyone else ever had a major American author blicking
>their path, or know someone who has?
I got trampled by Jesse Jackson once. Does that count?
--
ted frank "You cannot know unless you have experienced it the shame
of being 16 and having to admit that, yeah, you accidentally
set your head on fire."
-- Michele Tepper
Daniel Gordon Frank
>>So what? I've performed stand-up comedy for Rue Mclanahan, Tone Loc _and_
>>Butch
>>Patrick (not on the same evening). And the person who played Punky Brewster
>>(she's 18 and all grown-up now) came in just when I had finished my act.
>>To my knowledge, she was not forewarned by any of the other three celebrities
>I don't know, Daniel -- should my respect for you as a hip young swingin'
>Comedian of Today be wholly negated by the fact that you don't remember
>Soleil Moon Frye's name, or should I just let it go?
Sorry. In addition to preparing for a job interview in San Diego, I was also
working on a senior thesis in addition to a musical one-man show about the
life of Joe Besser. The name slipped my mind and I don't own the proper
reference material.
>And what the hell was Butch Patrick doing in Austin?
He lives here. What he does here is appear at Halloween/costume parties for
a few grand and drink your liquor.
Mr. Woof Woof is also in Austin since it (in addditon to M. Patrick) appeared
in the local movie, _Scary Movie_. Does anyone else live in the same city
as a doll that was on television or know some who has?
Ted Frank
Daniel Gordon Frank <danf...@cs.utexas.edu> wrote:
>In article <3l5e72$9...@lastactionhero.rs.itd.umich.edu>,
>Michele Tepper <mi...@umich.edu> wrote:
>>>So what? I've performed stand-up comedy for Rue Mclanahan, Tone Loc _and_
>>>Butch
>>>Patrick (not on the same evening). And the person who played Punky Brewster
>>>(she's 18 and all grown-up now) came in just when I had finished my act.
>>>To my knowledge, she was not forewarned by any of the other three celebrities
>
>>I don't know, Daniel -- should my respect for you as a hip young swingin'
>>Comedian of Today be wholly negated by the fact that you don't remember
>>Soleil Moon Frye's name, or should I just let it go?
>
>Sorry. In addition to preparing for a job interview in San Diego, I was also
>working on a senior thesis in addition to a musical one-man show about the
>life of Joe Besser. The name slipped my mind and I don't own the proper
>reference material.
>
>>And what the hell was Butch Patrick doing in Austin?
>
>He lives here. What he does here is appear at Halloween/costume parties for
>a few grand and drink your liquor.
>
>Mr. Woof Woof is also in Austin since it (in addditon to M. Patrick) appeared
>in the local movie, _Scary Movie_. Does anyone else live in the same city
>as a doll that was on television or know some who has?
I went to the same high school as the guy who invented Mr. Bill. Also,
I sat across from Kibo and his talking Matt McIrvin-sidekick doll at a
Greenwich Village pizzaria, but I wasn't living in New York at the time.
Jim Jewett
In article <3l5e72$9...@lastactionhero.rs.itd.umich.edu>,
Michele Tepper <mi...@umich.edu> wrote:
>I tripped over Kurt Vonnegut once. Has anyone else ever had a
>major American author blicking their path, or know someone who has?
No, but I did put the Death of a Salesman guy (Arthur Miller?)
on hold when he called my house.
He had a really gravelly voice, but he was calling for a housemate
who worked for the Daily, so I just figured it was one of the
12th-year undergrads, and didn't realize it might be long distance.
Gil was in the shower, so after the minute or three it took me to
discover this, I took a message, and found out who it was.
I was actually quite pleased, though I don't think it makes up for
my having had to read the play.
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Michele Tepper
Ted Frank <th...@midway.uchicago.edu> wrote:
>[quoting me]
>
>>Has anyone else ever had a major American author blicking
>>their path, or know someone who has?
>
>I got trampled by Jesse Jackson once. Does that count?
>--
>ted frank "You cannot know unless you have experienced it the shame
> of being 16 and having to admit that, yeah, you accidentally
> set your head on fire."
> -- Michele Tepper
I do not know whether to be more embarrassed about the "bl{o|i}cking"
typo or the knowledge that this quote is being spread all over Usenet.
I could of course retaliate but I choose not to. I will simply content
myself to note that since Jesse Jackson is not a major American author,
we have some lovely parting gifts for you, Ted.
Michele "Usenet: the home game" Tepper
--
Michele Tepper "Geez. Wake me when the pigs start flying."
mi...@umich.edu -- Tim Pierce
http://www.umich.edu/~misha
Michele Tepper
>>I wasn't going to do this, really I wasn't, but I think having to watch
>>Tom Hanks gibber incomprehensibly *two years in a row* made something
>>snap....
>
>And if you were watching from the beginning, I don't know how anything
>can compare to the "Make 'Em Laugh" production number starring
>Tim Curry, Kathy Najimy, and Mara Wilson. (I guess Tim Conway and
>Anson Williams were booked.) You think maybe they decided to give
>the guy who organized the Rob Lowe-Snow White thing one more chance
>or something?
Sadly, I missed the beginning of the show because I was stuck in a
seminar having perhaps the dullest conversation ever had about the
pornographic writings of Aubrey Beardsley, the 1890s illustrator.
What I appreciated was the way the show could not quite decide if it was
the Academy Awards or the Late Show. Why bring on *one* Stupid Pet
Trick?
>>Tell us more about the musical one-man show about the life of Joe Besser,
>>Daniel.
>
>What part of "musical one-man show about the life of Joe Besser" confuses
>you?
If I were a properly cynical Gen-Xer, I'd say "all of it," but instead
I'll say truthfully that I wasn't confused, but rather that I wanted to
know more about it.
>It examines the public and private life of Joe Besser, the proverbial
>"tears of a clown" if you will.
>
>The fact that he's had a rich, full career both before and after his stint
>w/the Stooges, but yet is a vulnerable shell of a man like all comedians
I could make a joke here, but that might prove painful to you.
Michele "send in _I Pagliacci_" Tepper
Jay C Jachimiak
lis...@ix.netcom.com (Elisabeth Higgins) wrote:
>
> No. Haven't you heard the theory of seven degrees of seperation? Nobody
> has ever actually met or seen anyone famous, but we all know somebody
> who knows somebody...etc. who does.
>
Ha! I've *forged* email from "Jesse Garon" !!!
> PPPPS: I will not mention coffee with John Hinckley, getting kissed by
> David Bowie, Joe "King" Carrasco recognizing me at a concert,
> discussing the F word with Allen Ginsberg, or Peter Orlovsky showering
> me with gifts and trying to sneak me into bars when I was 15, because it
> disproves my theory. And I, if nothing else, am consistent.
And since I don't want to disprove your theory either, I won't mention
drinking beer with Cesar Chavez, getting kissed by Lisa Germano, Neil
Young recognizing me at a concert, or discussing sex in a dumpster with
Bill Kunstler (we weren't discussing it in a dumpster, by the way, we
were in a rental car). But the only person trying to sneak me into bars
when I was 15 was my dad.
-Jay
jay...@panix.com in NYC
the "c" stands for "connected"
Michele Tepper
>
>Sorry. In addition to preparing for a job interview in San Diego, I was also
>working on a senior thesis in addition to a musical one-man show about the
>life of Joe Besser.
I wasn't going to do this, really I wasn't, but I think having to watch
Tom Hanks gibber incomprehensibly *two years in a row* made something
snap....
Tell us more about the musical one-man show about the life of Joe Besser,
Daniel.
Michele Tepper
>Daniel Gordon Frank <danf...@cs.utexas.edu> wrote:
>>Mr. Woof Woof is also in Austin since it (in addditon to M. Patrick) appeared
>>in the local movie, _Scary Movie_. Does anyone else live in the same city
>>as a doll that was on television or know some who has?
>
>I went to the same high school as the guy who invented Mr. Bill. Also,
>I sat across from Kibo and his talking Matt McIrvin-sidekick doll at a
>Greenwich Village pizzaria, but I wasn't living in New York at the time.
I sat next to Matt McIrvin and his Kibo AI program at John's Pizza in
Greenwich Village, but I wasn't living in New York at the time --
although I was staying at my mother's house.
I went to high school with the Beastie Boys.
Doctor Science
>>I wasn't going to do this, really I wasn't, but I think having to watch
>>Tom Hanks gibber incomprehensibly *two years in a row* made something
>>snap....
>Well, geez, the man only won an ACADEMY AWARD. Maybe to you cynical
>Gen-X'er types it means nothing but it is sorta of a big deal.
Ever wish Tom Hanks was a hardcore method actor? I mean, the guy would
have gone out and gotten AIDS for the part, then been lobotomized for _Gump_
and would have a bit of an excuse for that speech. But he was really
cool as Batman, though.
--
Sincerely,
Joe Bay
PS I am not a crackpot.
Daniel Gordon Frank
Michele Tepper <mi...@umich.edu> wrote:
>Daniel Gordon Frank <danf...@cs.utexas.edu> wrote:
>>Sorry. In addition to preparing for a job interview in San Diego, I was also
>>working on a senior thesis in addition to a musical one-man show about the
>>life of Joe Besser.
>I wasn't going to do this, really I wasn't, but I think having to watch
>Tom Hanks gibber incomprehensibly *two years in a row* made something
>snap....
Well, geez, the man only won an ACADEMY AWARD. Maybe to you cynical
Gen-X'er types it means nothing but it is sorta of a big deal.
And if you were watching from the beginning, I don't know how anything
can compare to the "Make 'Em Laugh" production number starring
Tim Curry, Kathy Najimy, and Mara Wilson. (I guess Tim Conway and
Anson Williams were booked.) You think maybe they decided to give
the guy who organized the Rob Lowe-Snow White thing one more chance
or something?
>Tell us more about the musical one-man show about the life of Joe Besser,
>Daniel.
What part of "musical one-man show about the life of Joe Besser" confuses
you? It examines the public and private life of Joe Besser, the proverbial
"tears of a clown" if you will.
The fact that he's had a rich, full career both before and after his stint
w/the Stooges, but yet is a vulnerable shell of a man like all comedians
is beautifully examined in the song "More Than a Stooge, Less Than a Man"
(which was originally "Less Than a Man, More Than a Stooge" but there
aren't any really good rhymes for "Stooge"). Just based on an informal
rehearsal, the _Austin Apartment Finders Guide_ has already declared it
"Besser-rific!!!!"