Brush with greatness

KSUViolet06 · #1 01-18-2009, 11:13 PM

Jay-Z
LeBron James (quite a few times as we are from the same town)
Josh Cribbs (Cleveland Browns) He went to Kent and we had several classes together

AKA_Monet · #2 01-18-2009, 11:32 PM

My grandfather was "semi famous" during his time.

He shook the hand of Franklin Delano Roosevelt and met Eleanor Roosevelt
He worked for Mary McLeod Bethune
He has a picture of President Gerald Ford and him together.
I was told Aretha Franklin sang what is now BCU...

Yes, he spoke to MLK and that whole crew...

As for me... Let's up that ante a little, who have you seriously kissed that's famous...

At the time, he was on his way "down", lol... Stanley Richard, FS, broke a UT Austin record, was called the Sheriff...

Yeah, I use to roll like that...

SWTXBelle · #3 01-18-2009, 11:38 PM

Kissed? Andy Fickman, director of the new "Escape to Witch Mountain", "She's the Man", among others.

(He's a Sig Ep from TX Tech, btw)

DaemonSeid · #4 01-19-2009, 06:04 AM

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Originally Posted by AKA_Monet

My grandfather was "semi famous" during his time.

He shook the hand of Franklin Delano Roosevelt and met Eleanor Roosevelt
He worked for Mary McLeod Bethune
He has a picture of President Gerald Ford and him together.
I was told Aretha Franklin sang what is now BCU...

Yes, he spoke to MLK and that whole crew...

As for me... Let's up that ante a little, who have you seriously kissed that's famous...

At the time, he was on his way "down", lol... Stanley Richard, FS, broke a UT Austin record, was called the Sheriff...

Yeah, I use to roll like that...

Damn..I forgot to add in:

- Sam Cassell and I lived in the same neighborhood and went to Dunbar Sr. High. We both graduated in 88.

- before he went to the School of the Arts, Tupac Shakur attended Dunbar in 86, he and my cousin were in the same homeroom, and no...he wasn't the deep thinking 'intelligent thug' that most people know and love...if you ever saw Juice, you can almost get an idea of how we was minus the toughness....hehe just imagine he ran around with a Gumby high top fade and a rat tail.

- Curly Neal from teh harlem Globetrotters also visted our school and gave a pep rally speech to our basketball team.

- I met Al Gore back in 1992 when he was still a senator as he stopped at Morgan State Univ. I got his pics some of which were published in our yearbook and I still have his autograph

SWTXBelle · #5 01-19-2009, 09:01 AM

I was on in 1992 - OUCH. My game sometimes shows on the gameshow network (if you see a blonde in a blue wool dress with Gamma Phi and Sigma Chi pins on - that's me!) - my WBSM episode was apparently on last month. As to dish, Tippie - I took the test in Houston. Out of 300 people, 12 passed the test. The Jeopardy! people then had us play mock games with bells. Out of those 12, 3 eventually were on the show.

They do NOT fly you out (because that would qualify as a prize), so my parents got me tickets with their frequent flier miles. We stayed with a friend for most of the time - stayed at a hotel (not paid for by the show) the night before. Had a great time at Disneyland with then-2 yr. old gypsyboots. THE SHOW - went into make-up, and were prepped. The studio is FREEZING. The pen to write your name with weighs a ton - that's why everyone's name looks so odd. I played against a Californian and a Floridian. I got two daily doubles - missed one, got the other. It films in real time, so when it is time for a commercial, studio goons come and stare at you so you won't cheat. Alex was over in the corner getting primped and practicing being condescending. The difference between playing along at home and being in the studio is that at home if you know the answer you shout it out. In the game, even if you know it, if you don't time your buzzer just right you are TOL. It's very frustrating. Final Jeopardy - I'm leading, but not by enough to win for sure. Category - Business and Industry. Answer - "This Montreal-based company is listed on the New York Stock Exchange as VO". Cue music - the other two players got it - Seagram's (no longer true, though). I did not. I studied in college instead of drinking. Watching at home, the husband of one of my sorority sisters said "She'll get it." Lisa wisely said, "No, she won't."

Someone in the studio said "I was mentally sending you the answer!" I replied "There's my problem - I was asking God!". Sony security hustles you out of the studio - I had to beg to be allowed to make a phone call to get my husband to come pick me up.

(He stayed in the hotel with gypsboots). Guy who won later was arrested for embezzling, and the Californian who was super nice gave me Universal Studios tickets which I gave to our Californian friend since we had to return home.

I got a home version of the game which no one would play with me, a case of Rice A Roni (all the same flavour!), a stereo system, cold medicine, and Silver Centrum which I refused because I didn't want to pay the taxes on vitamins I couldn't take. I came home and discovered I was pregnant with daughter #2 - yes, her middle name is Alexandra, but it has nothing to do with Alex, I swear!