ooh, just remembered another one!
Back in my commuting days, I was on a train on my way home from London. After a bit of a doze, I woke up to find Rich Hall, the comedian sitting opposite me. He was in Otis Lee Crenshaw guise, and chatting to another chap who I sort of recognised, but couldn't put a name to.

As per usual, the train stopped for some reason; much tutting and sighing ensued around the carriage. During this I caught Rich's eye and he nodded & said hello. He asked his friend what time they had to be in Birmingham, then asked me if the trains always stopped like this and how long the delay was likely to be. We chatted for a bit, he introduced himself and so did his friend. I didn't quite hear what he said when he shook my hand as the train had started again by then (I didn't ask him to repeat it, thought it might be a little offensive if I didn't know who he was when I'd clearly recognised Rich Hall). They were both thoroughly nice guys though; transpired they were on the way to Birmingham to do a gig, but were travelling by (Silverlink!) train as it was cheap... don't think they'll have made that mistake again :)

Anyway, the claim to fame here isn't mine - as most of my stories so far this week have been, they're more "encounter with someone famous" rather than "claim to fame" - it's Rich Hall's friend's, who was (possibly) someone I'd seen on the TV, looked vaguely familiar, but not enough for me to know who he was, even after he'd told me his name...
(Professor Kenny Martin Hmm? What?, Fri 21 Sep 2012, 12:44, Reply)