My name is Dean Martin
which sucks when i was younger i had people singing songs to me i barely knew existed, oh i know a guy called James Dean as well, our parents truely hated us........
(Jenovaschild, Fri 25 Feb 2005, 17:08, Reply)

claims to fame
one of my friends mums lost her virginity to a certain beatle when they were both 14. best friend was on kids tv program lowdown. She managed to get her cleavage on tele with out realising.
Oh have met Mike Pattern from FNM years ago outside Rock City
(singalonggirl, Fri 25 Feb 2005, 16:55, Reply)

I was Molly Sugden's bridesmaid.

( Noit happy baby orangutan, Fri 25 Feb 2005, 16:50, Reply)

I've mentioned some of this before.
that soldier that's been in all the papers for taking his "holiday snaps" from iraq to the local max speilman? I went to school with him. His parents run the shop (and are pretty decent folks) over the road from Polesworth High school, and his nickname has been "maggie" from about year dot.He was never the brightest button in the box, bless 'im, but I never thought he was that stupid. Still,with multiple fractures from senior officers behind him (*funny* isn't it, how that didn't get in the papers?)and two years of prison in front of him, I'm sure he's learned his lesson.
The dude from led zeppelin, Robert Plant, runs the music course at the college in the town where I live now,
and my mom was married to a man who enbalmed a Rolling Stone.Apparently they did him to last a good thousand years, so If anyone wants to dig him up,he's probably still there.
apparently,my dad and his brother used to take the piss out of Lenny Henry,back when he still lived in the good old black cuntroi.
I tripped up one of the BB one contestants on a train in New Street.
My mum went to school with lesley whittle,whose dad owned the Go Whittle buses and coaches, she was kidnapped and killed in the seventies (i think).
The guy who lives over the road from me is some sort of famous newsreader apparently,But I've never seen him on TV..a woman i know dated a member of Duran Duran.
I met James Marsters (aka spike from Buffy) at the Coventry Coleseum when he played with his band Ghost of the robot. My mate vikki yelled at him in a very scary brummy accent "JAMES, GIZ US A KISS!" And he did. Which was nice, but he was absolutely STONKERED, which probably explains why he was out the back with us fans instead of in the tour bus. He said, in his sexeh voice "god I love this rock star shit!" and then fell over, ha ha.
Welcome to teh midlands,try not to trip over the sleeping celebrities...
*apologies for girth*
(Skarlett_nailz, Fri 25 Feb 2005, 16:47, Reply)

Sorry it's crap
My mum once had Emu bite her breast. Nice old Rod Hull.
( heyrudi has just found this setting, Fri 25 Feb 2005, 16:47, Reply)

my mate rob
used to live next door to a guy in the late seventies who was trying to become an actor. one day he came round to my mate's house to say he was moving away; he'd got a part in a new sci-fi film. that bloke was peter mayhew. rrrraaaaarrrrrr.
(Jazz Bloke Music has charms to soothe the savage breast, Fri 25 Feb 2005, 16:46, Reply)

Tiny claim
I met Rolf Harris at crufts once when dragged along by my mum. He told me to come under the rope surrounding him because otherwise I was going to be crushed in the rush towards him for an autograph 'like an ant'. Had nightmares for years afterwards.
(lolaphallas, Fri 25 Feb 2005, 16:44, Reply)

really crappy claims to fame
*patrick moore once trod on my toe at the national science exhibition

*i have shagged pete doherty and kate moss...by PROXY

*my sister once asked Boy Geroge if he was a fairy when he was eating in the same restaurant as us (she was only about 4)...he told her that he was the fairy queen

*i once had my hair cut next to 'H' from steps - he is a compete cock

*i was in a clarinet exam when i was 8 and the adjudicator was called michael ball - you know, just like that singer bloke and i went to school with someone called michael jackson and someone called mark morrison

*my mum once saw bob geldoff in ireland and got a bit excited. she flung her arm out whilst exclaiming 'ooh, look it's bob geldoff!' unforntunately she was eating a sandwich at the time and forgot to put in down before pointing at him...the sandwich narrowly missed his head, he wasn't too impressed - she should have tried fucking harder!
(Nos coeurs cocaine Montparnasse Le mix de gelée vodka et le beat, Fri 25 Feb 2005, 16:41, Reply)

fame claims
my mum went to school with tosh out of the bill, the one who is dead.

i have been on 15-1 twice.
(Jazz Bloke Music has charms to soothe the savage breast, Fri 25 Feb 2005, 16:40, Reply)

My claim to fame
Met the the killers met the killers met the killers!Went a bit hysterical and demanded that branden flowers spoke to me brother on the fone. He promptly told me to fuck off.

Billy Connelly told me i had the prettiest eyes in the world when i met him in a petrol station when i was 4. Years later, my mum said he was actully of his tits on drugs, but Hey its the thought that counts.

Has EVERYone in the uk met billy connelly? Seems like it.....
(StrangeKristine, Fri 25 Feb 2005, 16:39, Reply)

I have a relative who once met a minor celebrity
I know that's not the question, but I so want to join in.
( Beve The Spaniard broke off his horse's head, Fri 25 Feb 2005, 16:35, Reply)

Rob Manuel stuck his cock up my arse. While I sucked off Jonti.
( Laughing Boy, Fri 25 Feb 2005, 16:18, Reply)

OK - this one is so SAD....
So - I run a fanpage for my favourite comic book artist and author - Bryan Talbot at www.bryan-talbot.com (which is two conclusive proofs of arch-geekdom in one sentence....)

And I run it as Bryan's been my hero for MANY years: ever read a book or seen a film that has literally changed your worldview overnight? - THAT'S what this man's comics did for me....

So - I volunteered to run his website for him (in 1995 no less - 10 years ago: egad!) and then as a result finally got to meet him - and surprisingly enough where your heroes are concerned he is a genuinely bice bloke... in fact we became mates and I even went round to his house a few times and got legless and merry.

At one of these sessions, we got to talking about his latest comic - Heart of Empire... and being drunk I adopted a wheedling tone and said: "Bryan - you know how you like to use real people now and then in your comics as models? - well is there any chance I could be in Heart of Empire as a background character...?"

Indeed there was - and he not only made me a background character but I also became an anti-royalist, anti-fascist freedom fighter!!! - check the pic of me in the comic on the site at http://www.bryan-talbot.com/picture_of_me - I am the one in the panel on the right in the middle with the goatee beard....

No apolgies for length; occasional apologies for girth...
(chairman_of_the_peoples_democratic_republic_of_birmingham, Fri 25 Feb 2005, 16:18, Reply)

Suffragette...
...my wife is related to famed suffragette Emily Pankhurst and she is no raging feminist at all.
She does like bondage with chains though. (I wish...)
(emadex thinks the world will end on, Fri 25 Feb 2005, 16:18, Reply)

Ooooo
I got offered a chocolate from Chasey Chaos, obviously i took it coz it was at leeds festy and i was starvin. Seeing as everyone is talkin about what their mums is, my mum snook into the set of that red velvet or summit about horses with me grandma pretendin they were reporters. They even stood right next to Anthony Hopkins.
(grey.squirrel, Fri 25 Feb 2005, 16:12, Reply)

Met Jesus (Jones)
When i was younger the woman who used to look after me and my sister was going out with a member of jesus jones. The band stood in our hall and marvelled at the size of our Great Dane dog, giggled a bit, then shuffled out again.
(droopy, Fri 25 Feb 2005, 16:10, Reply)

Here we go..
My grandfather designed something that looked suspiciously like a Strimmer (I've seen the original drawings), sent the design to Black & Decker, and they ripped him off, putting it on the shelves 2 years later. Did he get a look in? Did he bollocks.

My friend used to have an obsession with the Guinness book of records. He went through the whole book, trying to figure out the easiest way to get in. This turned out to be by making the world's largest milkshake. He hired one of those portable swimming pool thingys, bought an entire milk float of milk, and gallons of ice cream. He did it for a sponsored chaaridee kind of thing. Unfortunately, about 2 months later, he was beaten by some French people, about 2 months before publication, so didn't get in (though I think he got a footnote somewhere or something). We did, however, enjoy diving repeatedly into the milkshake. So it wasn't all bad.

Oh - one last one. I got a placement (work experience) with Sky News, shadowing Tim Marshall and his crew for a day. Halfway through the day, we heard that there had been a train crash at Hatfield. We were dispatched to the nearby hospital to report on casualties. We were stood (along with several other crews) near the entrance. It was very boring, waiting to go 'on the air', and we were just hanging around & talking. I didn't realise we were live and the camera was panning round, and was stood in the wrong place, just as someone cracked a joke. Cue me going out live, during a report on the Hatfield train crash tragedy, standing centre screen, outside the Hospital, pissing myself laughing. (FYI - Tim Marshall is a very nice man - although a bit of a bible basher)
(8-Ball, Fri 25 Feb 2005, 16:10, Reply)

haha
Alice Cooper looked at my mom once.
(pk, Fri 25 Feb 2005, 16:05, Reply)

I might be clutching at straws with this one.
My ex-wife's work colleague is the mum of the blokes from Hue and Cry.

God they were shit wern't they?
(Billy Sastard, Fri 25 Feb 2005, 15:59, Reply)

Oh Ive just remembered a couple
Ive said most of these b4 in other questions, but what the heck.

Non of you may know him, but last year I went to a presentation of artwork presented by the holland font graphic designer Max Kisman.
I managed to ask him a few questions on illusration before runing to the buffet and bar.
A while later he was looking for me and gave me one of his new books worth quite abit signed and illustrated, as well as another autograph on a leaflet. I was chuffed.
( Blobcat Less Jaffacakes this year, Fri 25 Feb 2005, 15:58, Reply)

My grandad used to tell me before he died
that we were related to the pirates of penzants....
Did they exist in real life?
( Blobcat Less Jaffacakes this year, Fri 25 Feb 2005, 15:46, Reply)

ooo i have one!
I may ALREADY be the winner of 1 of 50 instant cash prizes in this months readers digest prize draw.
(well its not going to suck itself yadda yadda yadda, Fri 25 Feb 2005, 15:46, Reply)

Draculame.
I drank from Bram Stoker's mug.
( browser still relating boring anecdotes into a void on, Fri 25 Feb 2005, 15:44, Reply)

I dont really have any claims to fame but my mum does!
-went to school/college (cant remember where) in the same group of friends as Julie Walters
-has met Paul Macartney and his brother
-was sitting in the pub once when all 4 of the Beetles walked in.
-Babysat for david frost's kids
-met lots of authors and writers and stuff who i cant remember.

BTW Snollock Biffer, my mum is very jelous
( Blobcat Less Jaffacakes this year, Fri 25 Feb 2005, 15:40, Reply)

I sang with The Boss
Wembley arena early 90's, Springsteen comes to the front row, and shares the mic with me. Darlington County was the song, in my starstruck glow of sudden celebrity, I forget the words.

I managed to mumble the "nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah" bit.

Springsteen left quickly after.
( Snollock Biffer I don't really sniff Bollocks, Fri 25 Feb 2005, 15:38, Reply)

Dr. Bunhead on fire
I did a science demonstration with Dr. Bunhead - before he'd made it to Sky One's Brainiac - and he proceeded to set his head ablaze.

We were out after dark in Wester Hailes, a Trainspotting-ish part of Edinburgh, at a well-appointed youth club to entertain some local kids. Bunhead was doing some fire-breathing as a lark, but due to an unfortunate windshift his head became doused in flaming paraffin. After a precious few seconds of indecision he ran indoors, stuck his burning head under a running tap and was then taken to hospital.

The kids loved it. The grown-ups affected sympathy and concern the best we could, but to be honest it was bloody funny.

Of course, if you haven't seen Brainiac all this will be as dry dust on the breeze to you, but as usual I offer NO APOLOGIES.

And all the best to Tom Bunhead, who is a super bloke and burns well.
(Monty Pulciano, Fri 25 Feb 2005, 15:37, Reply)

Shirley Crabtree
Once years n years ago I happened to bump into Big Daddy (not literaly, he would have squeeshed me) while on holiday in Bridlington. He was there for a wrestling do-da that night. So we went and never have I been so scared of grannies with handbags in my life. They take it a bit serious.

That is all.
(Billy Sastard, Fri 25 Feb 2005, 15:37, Reply)

Ok
more...

I work with Sid James' daughter.
I've met the bloke that drew the Bash Street Kids in the Beano.
The husband of the owner of the company where I work was responsible for bringing Baywatch to the UK.
I know the director of photography for Little Britain.
I'm currently working with the bloke who was the Production Designer for the film Alexander.
My mate used to get regularly stoned with Colin Farrell.
I know the bloke who writes the "Murderous Maths" series of books (like "Horrible Histories").
La la is a personal friend.
I've met Timmy Mallet.
I've been out drinking with the blokes who made King Rollo.
I've met Tony Robinson.
My neighbor was Gary Linekar's kids' nanny.
And my mum went to school with J K Rowling.

Erm... think that's about it for the moment.
( icezebra *insert large monkey*, Fri 25 Feb 2005, 15:26, Reply)

Oh, and another tenuous fame connection
My girlfriends dad was in "some mothers do have 'em". He was meant to walk along a railway platform in the background but he tripped and fell over a briefcase, and made it into the aired episode! (Anyone have a clip of this? He was wearing a bowler hat...)

I think he was also in doctor who at some point...

edit: I once met billy connoly in an airport (heathrow I think), one of my mates approached him and asked for a signature, to which he was promnptly told to "fuck off", but got his signature in the end.
(El Burro, Fri 25 Feb 2005, 15:19, Reply)

Busking
Paul Daniels gave me 50p while I was busking outside the St. Nicholas Centre in Aberdeen. This prompted the quip when I returned to Uni that day: "He liked you, but not a lot".

My Dad once shared a dressing room with Billy Connolly, before he was famous.

Before Billy was famous, I mean, not my Dad. If my Dad was famous I wouldn't be telling you shit stories about Paul fucking Daniels.
(weedom, Fri 25 Feb 2005, 15:17, Reply)