Saturday, November 15, 2008

Little Known Facts: The Celebrity Edition



Probably little known to you (yes, you ... reading this at this very moment), Rupe's life's been a mass of mess of celebrities and actors and names. I've had the good fortun (if you want to call it that) to have known / bumped into / met / gotten a photo with or autograph of a bevy of personalities.

Here are fivesuch that will .... well .... who may do something for you:

#1: Seventh Inning Traffic Jam: I was attempting to extract myself from some function years ago at a ritzy hotel. I was caught in a logjam of traffic, nowhere to escape. An obviously angry motorist behind me had an important engagement and let me know in no uncertain terms he needed to be there ... and now. Honking excessively wasn't enough for the man, so he went as far as to get out of his car, cursing every step of the way, and march up to my window to give me a piece of his mind. Before reaching me, the traffic cleared and I sped off. I looked in my rearview mirror to see I was getting a final cussing out and the finger from none other than ...

....... Tommy Lasorda, Manager of The Los Angeles Dodgers .....




#2: Killed On Main Street, News At Eleven: While distributing flyers in the early morning hours before the day's Sundance Film Festival crowds descended on Main Street, a maroon Hummer skidded toward me in the snow, unable to stop. I leapt from the street onto the sidewalk, narrowly getting sideswiped. Whoever was driving was driving too fast in the wintery conditions and I recovered to approach the now stopped vehicle and give him a piece of my mind. The passanger door opened and a hulking figure emerged, came over to me and asked if I was all right. It was none other than The Last King Of Scotland, Forrest Whitaker ... and let me tell you, he's a big dude .....



#3: Help Me Ruprecht ... You're My Only Hope: I was in line. And she just kept staring at me. And staring. And staring. And staring. For almost forty-five minutes. It was eerily exciting and disturbing, all at once. I'll admit, I pictured her without her glasses, hair pulled back and in her slave outfit ala Return Of The Jedi.

Yes ... I was ogled uncomfortably by Princess Leia herself, Carrie Fisher.



#4: Yeah, That's The Ticket: I was leaving a Dodger game and there, in the exiting crowd, was Jon Lovitz. I went up to him. "Mr. Lovitz! I just realized - you don't have a picture of me!" We hugged while getting several goofy mugshots. Good times.



#5: Cowabunga: I waited for over an hour in a holding room at her private residence. Staff buzzed about and asked if I needed anything. No, thank you, I was fine. "Sorry she's late, but it's a bit frantic around here; we're throwing a surprise birthday luncheon for her. Her assistant will be out when she can to help you. Thanks!" That hour afforded me the opportunity and rare treat to peruse the many plaques, awards, framed salutations and more of Nancy Cartwright, the voice of Bart Simpson.




.................. Ruprecht ( STOP )

(This blog was the result of a game of tag from others .....)



12 comments:

Anonymous said...

Well, I am glad that neither any Dodger's type people nor Kings of Scotland have taken you out!

The Life of Rupe is truly larger than life!!

I love this!!

Marissa said...

That is so Rupetastic. Yes, a word made up, by me, in your honour. I have no reason to not believe you. However, for the record I am watching "CHARADE" starring Cary Grant and the adorable Audrey Hepburn.

Anonymous said...

What fun! I bet there are a ton more interesting sitings you're not telling us.

Anonymous said...

Wow, I may need to live a few days in the life of Rupe! Of course what girl my age didn't want to be Princess Leia?

Anonymous said...

I love the celebrity twist you did on this meme. I coulda shoulda woulda done that if I had thought of it first. All Hail, Rupe!

TopSurf said...

Rupe you never cease to amaze me. Great post!

Anonymous said...

Wow. And I thought my run-in with Leonard Nimoy made ME cool.

Anonymous said...

I am creating a new game called Six Degrees of Separupetion....Celebrity edition. It will blow Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon out of the water!

jaime said...

very cool Rupe...

JT said...

You met... Jon Lovitz? Yeah, that's the ticket...

Molly said...

Well, I am impressed. My brushes with celebrity include dining with Martin Luther King Jr. and Orville Redenbacher. Okay, I did not actually dine with either, but I did eat at a table next to Dr. King in 1964. And years later, I eat in the same restaurant as Orville Redenbacher.

bigdoc said...

I wonder if Nancy Cartwright's staff asked you if you like to have a cow. So, Nancy could come in and say, "Don't have a cow, man!"?