My Brushes With Greatness
For lack of anything productive to do i have decided to document my meeting/spotting/performing with various celebrities.

Brush With Greatness
On A Scale of 1-10
- Picture with President Carter
I was like 4
1
-Meeting Hulk Hogan and the Junkyard Dog
Some kid in my class was terminal and the make-a-wish foundation sent them as his wish
1
-Meeting Senator Rockefeller
actually he was merely govenor at the time and i performed at his innaguration
1
-Running into Dennis Miller at the Empire State Building
i was in town at a junior comedy showcase and he was stepping out of an elevator
3
-Performing with Ellen DeGeneres
She MC'd the junior comedy showcase (which i won by the way) in NYC 1987
5
-Opening for Styx
1991 Dallas TX very weird to say the least but they were very generous with their alcohol
7
-Performing with the Canadian Brass
several times 94-97
10
-Performing with STOMP!
Avery Fischer Hall NYC out side in the plaza
10
-Hanging out at John Cougar Mellencamp's House
several times between 93-97
10
-Performing with Blue Man Group
Boston (Worchester actually)95
6
-Dining several times with then Gov. Evan Blyh
94 and 95
3
-Meeting Madonna after one of our shows
Lincoln Center 94
6
-Lunching with Paul Schaffer
We did an outside concert at Avery Fischer before our Lincoln Center debut that night and he stopped by and i bought him lunch at a place right across the street. Very kewl cat.
10
-Playing the ponies with Martin Sheen
vacation in Atlantic City 97 he was playing the ponies and we bet....i lost. He looked REALLY old up close.
4
-Meeting Jonathan Frakes
Once in Baltimore then in LA
7
-Hitting Little Richard with a bolt of China Silk
Garmet District LA 95, then he autographed some book of inspirational messages he was handing out.
8
-Performing under the conduction of John Williams
NYC and Toronto 96
10
-Meeting Bruce Willis
While filming Striking Distance
5
-Being on a episode of Tales of the Highway Patrol
As a theatre major in college they used us. my scene got cut
1
-Meeting William Shatner
Portraying a medic (myself) in Rescue 911 1990
4
-Hanging with the sensei from the Karate Kid Movies
had the unceremonious honor of handing out bando awards at a stupid marching band festival with him in 88
1
-Meeting Richard Dryfuss
At bands of America at the Hoosier Dome right after mr. Holland's Anus, uh, Opus
6
-Meeting the great Neil Peart
He was riding his bike around the Civic Arene years ago before a concert
10
-Cast of the West Wing
two weeks ago
8
-Asked Richard Gere for directions
while running a mutual aid call for a neighboring boro, we got lost and asked a guy for directions, he happened to be on break from a shoot. He didn't know where the hell we were going either. Not a help.
1
-Asked John Ritter for directions
Is this a theme? This was in Cincinasty OH in 99. He was getting out of a car at a hotel and we asked for directions he turned around and then we saw who it was. He was no help either.
1
-Saw Bruce Boxleitner and Kate Jackson
location shoot in DC for SMK
7
-Met Davey Jones
Accidentally walked in on him rhearsing lines in his dressing room when i did theare at WVU. The real live Brady Bunch was in town doing that episode 1992 i think.
3
-Ran through Nick Nolte's yard
We were drunk and just running in Charleston WV and we jumped a fence. Turns out it was his yard and we, in turn, were too drunk to jump back over. We were arrested for disorderly conduct, trespassing, public intox, and underage drinking. Charges were later dropped.
7
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actually approached him once, the rest were merely sightings
Priceless
I know i'm missing some but i think these are the hi-lites of the  lo-lights. Some were omitted due to, how should we say, delicate nature of the meeting and or sighting.