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     LilLB Citizen Username: Lillb Post Number: 417 Registered: 10-2002  |
In the late 80s, I had drinks on Christmas Eve with Captain Lou Albano (you know - the guy who wore rubber bands in his beard and hung out with Cyndi Lauper -- I think she was his niece or something -- and he sort of started the whole wrestling hype in the 80s). Very nice man. When I asked him why the rubber bands he said "if you got paid as much as I do just to put a couple of rubber bands in your beard, wouldn't you?" He lived nearby, so my friend (who was the one who had many jacuzzi parties) gave him her number and said to come by any time. He called her the next day and wished her a merry christmas. I sold a skirt to Colleen Duhurst and my sister graduated with her son, Campbell Scott( also son of George C. - actor - starred in Dying Young with Julia Roberts among other things). I ate dinner next to George Michael in the late 80s in a French restaurant (we knew the maitre-de (sp?) of the restaurant so we knew George was going to be dining there and he hooked us up with the best seats in the house). Went to high school with Stanley Tucci's sister, Christine. She is also an actress (possibly on some soap opera), but not as famous as Stan. She was always getting the lead in every play there was in school - but she was very talented. My sisters went to high school with Stanley... | ||
| maggie Citizen Username: Maggie Post Number: 130 Registered: 5-2001 |
casual encounters: art garfunkel in a diner in new paltz and don knotts on a train in scotland more-than-casual encounters: kareem abdul-jabar when he was still lou alcindor; john sebastian at a party in my house during college days; bill t. jones, percival borde, sonny terry and brownie mcghee, and nicholas ray also during my college years; roger grimsby in a bar around lincoln center guess you could say "up close and personal": mick moloney this is fun. maggie | ||
| Sgt. Pepper Citizen Username: Jjkatz Post Number: 690 Registered: 12-2003  |
People I waited on include: Joey Ramone (I'd also seen him and Johnny at Max's) Peter and Bridget Fonda (before she started making movies) Wendy (nee Walter) Carlos Ellen Barkin Goose Gossage (gave him a beer on the house) Ethan Hawke (very nice guy and not at all into the movie star thing) Bill Laswell (record producer) Jonathan Miller (former NBC journalist now involved in antiterrorism). He was great. I waited on him twice in two different bars. The second time he was with an armed bodyguard because he'd been reporting on the Gotti trial. Left me an $80 tip on a $40 check and we had a great time. Tim Curry (I was working in a t-shirt store and he came in to have some shirts made for his band -- this was in the "I Do the Rock" period). I also joked around with Dom DeLuise one night -- he was walking down Bleecker Street and it was one of those warm nights when everyone was hanging out outside because we had no customers, and we were clowning around with him for awhile. He was very funny. David Lee Roth poked his head into the bar one night but he didn't come in. I think I waited on Don McLean one night but I'm not positive. I hadn't seen a picture of him in a long time. Steve Buscemi was on the outer fringes of our circle of friends in the 80s. | ||
| Soda Supporter Username: Soda Post Number: 2591 Registered: 5-2001  |
Tulip: Maybe... -s. BTW: Elisabeth Bing Center for Parents 164 West 79th Street (212) 362-5304 The Elisabeth Bing New York City Chapter of Lamaze International hosted a celebration on Monday, June 21, 2004 at the Le Parker Meridien Hotel for, Elisabeth Bing’s 90th Birthday.  Ms. Bing was instrumental in bringing Lamaze Education to the United States, and is the author of "Six Practical Lessons for an Easier Childbirth," the classic book on the Lamaze Method for pregnant women and partners. The Elisabeth Bing Center offers a six session Lamaze class, as well as seminars for new parents on such topics as parenting, baby safety, and breastfeeding. | ||
| flugermongers Citizen Username: Flugermongers Post Number: 372 Registered: 5-2001 |
Oh, and Jim Belushi and Dan Aykroyd, the guy from Five For Fighting.. I know I'm still forgetting people. Ah well. | ||
| wendy Supporter Username: Wendy Post Number: 564 Registered: 5-2001 |
I absolutely adore this thread. Yeah, I've seen my share of celebrities. What with waitressing in high class restaurants (saw and spoke with Dustin Hoffman, Julie Christie and Warren Beatty) and seeing plenty of theatre, sometimes with people connected to the play. Met James Earl Jones backstage after a performance of "Of Mice and Men." Mr. Jones played an amazing Lennie and we spoke for several minutes since my friend and I had to give his co-star a ride home. Here's the funny part, though. I am the worst when it comes to actually recognizing these people. Well not when I have a play bill in front of me and am actually watching them. But you know what I mean: in the restaurant the other wait staff had to point out Dustin, Julie and Warren, for example. I just don't notice these things and am not recognizing them unless they're up there in big celloid or behind the proscenium. So....many years ago, my husband and I are in California. I had been to Malibu many years before and wanted to take him there so we could walk on the beach and see the fantastic homes there. (He was looking for Rockford's trailer.) As we're strolling on the beach, I'm constantly asking as some interesting or beautiful person passes by if they're famous. He has a much better eye than I do. After about the 5th time he finally says: "Wendy, we're more famous than anyone we've seen." I cracked up and just started enjoying the view after that. | ||
| Lizziecat Citizen Username: Lizziecat Post Number: 513 Registered: 5-2003 |
I saw LLoyd Lindsay Young and his son at the deli counter in Kings Livingston. And one of my relatives was Herb Sheldon (ne Sussman), who had a short-lived kiddie show on TV in the 50's. | ||
| tulip Citizen Username: Braveheart Post Number: 2027 Registered: 3-2004 |
Soda: She does look like the Elisabeth Bing I met, Rudolph Bing's daughter. | ||
| doublea Supporter Username: Doublea Post Number: 897 Registered: 3-2003 |
We have a very good friend who many many years ago met Harry Rheems at a party in New York. She took him home and I'm guessing she ploinked him. We didn't ask. | ||
| Cleve Dark Citizen Username: Clevedark Post Number: 1 Registered: 2-2005 |
I drunkenly vomited into one of Madeleine L'Engle's toilets fifteen years ago. | ||
| Soda Supporter Username: Soda Post Number: 2603 Registered: 5-2001 |
Tulip: Could be...  "Sir Rudolph Bing (January 9, 1902 - September 2, 1997) was an Austrian-born operatic impresario. Bing was general manager of the Metropolitan Opera in New York City for 22 years (1950 - 1972). Born in Vienna to a well-to-do and musical family, Bing studied at the University of Vienna and as a young man worked in theatrical and concert agencies. In 1927 he went to Berlin, Germany and subsequently served as general manager of opera houses in that city and in Darmstadt. In 1934, with the rise of Nazi Germany, Bing moved to Great Britain. There he helped to found the Glyndebourne Festival and, after the war, organized the Edinburgh Festival. In 1949 he came to the United States, where he was appointed general manager of the Met the following year. During his tenure, he opened the house to African Americans, with Leontyne Price as the most prominent example. He also supervised the move of the old Metropolitan to its new quarters in Lincoln Center. Knighted in 1983, Bing wrote two books, 5000 Nights at the Opera and A Knight at the Opera. He died of respiratory failure in Yonkers, New York, aged 95. January 9, 1987 in History: Sir Rudolph Bing marries Lady Carroll Douglass Lamaze Childbirth: Then and Now by Elisabeth Bing, RPT, LCCE A Lamaze pioneer tells why she believes in and promotes preparedness and family-centered maternity care. It must have been close to 30 years ago when my mother asked if she could observe one of my childbirth preparation classes. I was delighted to have her come. It was an opportunity for me to show her my work and to be able to discuss it with her at length afterwards. We were living on different continents at the time, and she had come to the United States for a visit. It turned out to be the last visit before her death in London. She herself was the mother of 5 children. As far as I know, we were all born at home in a suburb of Berlin, in a big rambling house by the river. That house was and still is for me the whole essence of my childhood. Because we had been separated for many years, due to the political circumstances in Germany and the Second World War, we had never talked about her own childbirth experiences. I often wondered what it must have been like to give birth at home in the house that I knew so well, in the bedroom with its white and blue drapes, with its white bedspreads and dark blue wallpaper. I knew that she had had the help of a midwife who lived in the same small suburb, as well as the help of the local general practitioner who was a life-long friend and frequent guest in my parents' house. While my mother was watching my class, she suddenly spoke up near the end of the session and said, "I wish someone had told me all about labor and delivery, and I wish they had taught me to use my body correctly. I did not know how to help myself. And I wish someone had shown me how to relax. Nobody told me anything beforehand," she added. "I was frightened and helpless and very lonely." To my knowledge, my father was not an active participant during his children's births, though he certainly made up for it later by being the most nurturing and caring father one can imagine. Since my mother gave birth two generations ago (almost three, in fact!), obstetrics has changed greatly." | ||
| tulip Citizen Username: Braveheart Post Number: 2028 Registered: 3-2004 |
Soda, Well, my overzealous mistake: I searched in my alumni directory. Her name was Harriet Bing. (Maybe a sister? One never knows.) | ||
| Tom Reingold Supporter Username: Noglider Post Number: 5542 Registered: 1-2003  |
We've gone from celebrities we've ploinked (none that we're admitting) to those we've had brief contact with to those we've spotted fleetingly! | ||
| algebra2 Supporter Username: Algebra2 Post Number: 2974 Registered: 5-2001  |
My husband likes to brag that I slept with Jeff Bagwell. Though, I'm sure I didn't. | ||
| wharfrat Citizen Username: Wharfrat Post Number: 1584 Registered: 6-2001 |
Sometimes we project our desires on others. | ||
| algebra2 Supporter Username: Algebra2 Post Number: 2975 Registered: 5-2001 |
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| extuscan Citizen Username: Extuscan Post Number: 431 Registered: 6-2001 |
Does ploinking porn stars count? It wasn't even on tape. I'm up to three, but funny thing is I never find out they were porn stars until later on. John | ||
| extuscan Citizen Username: Extuscan Post Number: 432 Registered: 6-2001 |
LOL nooo FOUR! I forgot about one entirely. --John Thank god I can delete these posts later! | ||
| mem Citizen Username: Mem Post Number: 4631 Registered: 5-2001  |
Oh - I forgot about George Wendt (Norm)! I stepped out of my sister's party to the White Horse Tavern to get some air and a quick shot of tequila (I was a bit younger), and there he was, in town for a Da Bears skit on SNL. He sent me a drink, then we ended up trading dirty jokes. He and his NBC body guard came back to my sister's party - that was a real hit, the party loved that (my sister worried that she'd have to order another keg) - and he hung out having a blast til 4:30 am. He tried to get me to go back to his hotel room  Nope, no ploinking - not exactly my type, but lots of fun. My family still teases me about me and "Norm". | ||
| happyman Citizen Username: Happyman Post Number: 249 Registered: 6-2001 |
Tom R: Where were all these stories during our party.  |
