What's Your Claim to Fame?

This is not about your personal achievements, but just a brush with fame. My claim to fame is that Macadam, the inventor of the black top road is my great, great, great (I don't know how many) uncle. My mother was from Scotland, and Macadam is one of the family names.

When I was a teenager working in Atlantic City, I was filling in the address to send salt water taffy to a customer's home. We were so busy I had only glanced at the man until he spelled the name: Bennett Cerf. I had always enjoyed his column in the paper and seeing him on t.v. He was the publisher at Random House. Vic Damone, the singer, also came in for candy, but I didn't wait on him.

I had a part, as an extra, in truly awful TV movie: "Four Eyes and Six Guns". Also, I've appeared in a number of documentaries and TV commercials about Tombstone.

I have had a part in a made for tv movie 'The sound and the Silence' about Alexander Graham Bell. My granny always shows everyone the movie every chance she gets and its so embarrassing. I was only 15.

I went to school (elementary through high school) with Edward Norton (He was a year ahead of me). I have a hard time watching his movies-I remember him as a geeky fifth grader!

Edward Norton? I loved him as the catholic priest in Keeping the Faith!

Chris Carter (creater of the X-Files) went to my highschool.

I am is the Lion King parade video from Disneyland.

I am is the Electrical parade video from Disneyland.

Hmm...aside from the people I have met being in the radio biz?


Let me think....

My 6th cousin (I think it is the 6th) twice removed is Amelia Earhart. Also U. S. Grant from the the Civil War is like one of my distant cousins. Does that count?

Oh, I just remembered. My aunt and uncle were good friends with Rex Harrison and his wife, Lili Palmer, and often had them over for tea. He was Professor Higgins in My Fair Lady with Audrey Hepburn, and also played Dr. Dolittle in the older version of the movie. (This was before they came to America.)

I was in a Sears commercial once. I was part of the croud that rushes up to look at the appliances. I had my photo in the paper a few times as a kid. Mostly to do with the summer activities at the community center. I met Red Skelton in Hawaii at a meditiation garden.
I think that is all.

Mike Myers has reportedly bought a cottage property just on the same road as mine. He is there every summer because he has a good friend who has summer parties there and he liked it so much he bought the property. I have to go do surveillance there this summer. Maybe I can take Nakita and let her lose on his property and then all innocently walk by and say Have you seen my cat?


When I lived in downtown Toronto, I was in the centre of 'Hollywood North'. The University of Toronto is usually the backdrop to many hollywood films because it is cheaper to film here and in Vancouver. I saw many movies 'in production' including Cocktail, Good Will Hunting, and a couple of 'failed' FOX productions for TV.

Also when the 'stars' come to town many of them would go to the restaurants that were right beside my condo. Toronto is loaded with hollywood stars during the Toronto Film Festival and the summer months. To many people to name, but I've seen Ricky Martin, John Ritter, Arnold Schwarzenneger, Danny Devito, Michael Keaton, Sly Stallone, Goldie Hawn etc. Of course, when Mel Gibson and Bon Jovi were in a restaurant across the street from me I never saw them (I guess they used the back entrance)!!!

I have stood next to Martin Csokas who plays Yorgi in XXX (with Vin Diesel) - Martin is a New Zealander. He is also in LOTR.

Well, talking about ""famous"" people, I have recently met Lisa Welchel (Blair) from "Facts of Life" and have a personalized one-liner from her for my show. Also: Gwen Stefani, "Fingers" Taylor from Jimmy Buffet, Bobcat Goldthwait, and have exchanged personal emails and snail mail with Kevin Hagen (Dr. Baker) from Little House on the Prairie.

Well... NOT counting the people I have met as a photojournalist...
Jay Leno, and Morgan Freedman (sp?) were both at Quincy Market in Boston when I ran into them at the food court, rather food hallway.

I used to live about 7 mintes from Steven King and I'd see him joggign down my road (and various others) during the summer sometimes.

I've been on local tv & newspaper quiet a few times for various reasons in Maine, and on fox tv (in Virginia) once back in like 1999. And in a newspaper in VA.

I'm also related to King Bruce (Dutch).

I've mingled with many bands when I was younger, 98 Special, Jimmy's Chicken shack... the list goes on and on.

I'm sure there's more things/people, but this is what's off the top of my head.

Photojournalist - Angelz00, I wouldnt mind being one, is any of your work published? I would love to see it!
I have great respect for those who go out to dangerous places and take photos. But my major interest is different cultures as I was an anthropology major and I am fascinated with culture. Thats probably why I love National Geographic so much!

Kiwi: Some of it is still up on the net, newspapers, magazines..etc, but not all.

MIND YOU when you see these photos, my boss had me make them into horrible quality to save on server space, so the orginial ones are spactacular.

www.rockonline.com

That's where you can find a good majority of the recent stuff. It's all stuff dealing with bands, and a few porn stars (can I say that) and movies stars.

I was a journalist... not a reporter, there is a difference. The only thing dangerous about my job was knowing how to handle your words and not getting trampled in the middle of a mosh pit while trying to take photos.

I'm not a journalist anymore, have no desire to be one, I got sick of the music biz and left before it turned me into a biggot (like everyone else.) I'm still into photography, I love it! I did a lot of things in the music related field, but the photography was the major part.

I'd love to get into photographing REAL wild life, like going to south america after the Jaguars, along with additional studies of them.

My big claim to fame is that I was in the 3rd row when Nine Inch Nails filmed the video for "Hurt". You can see my hands if you know where to look.

When I was little the Broncos did their training camp at the university in our town, so we got to meet a lot of the players. They were much less worried about security and such back then. The biggest one I ever met (and probably the only one anyone would know) was Lyle Alzedo. He was really big (of course I was really small!) and a really nice guy. He signed stuff for my sister and I, but of course we were the only two little blonde girls there.

I've met quite a few rock bands too. I've met Skid Row, Anthrax, LA Guns, Slaughter and Firehouse.

My grandfather invented "running" xmas lights and the electric coffee pot, worked on one of the first computer systems (MANIAC, came shortly after ENIAC) and founded/or was head of Colorado State University's computer program. I never met him, he left my grandmother when my mother was only 7, and he died a couple years before I was born. I get my technological skills from him, but not his creativity. Oh, how I wish I could have met him!

I don't think I really have any claims to fame. The only thing I can think of is that I am related to Davy Crockett. My great-grandmother's great grandfather or great great grandfather was Davy Crockett.

Oh yeah, and another thing. This doesn't have to do with me though. Hubby's stepmom works in the White House as an aid to Laura Bush. So she's met the Pres on more than one occasion. 2 years ago, hubby's dad and stepmom even went to the Christmas dinner at the White House.(they sent us pictures of them with the Bushes) I wish I could meet the President!

One of my great aunts, who did extensive family research, says we are related to Queen Elizabeth, John F. Kennedy, and William Bradford (of the Plymouth Colony).

I saw Vinny Testaverde of the NY Jets dining at Carrabba's last year.

I think that's about it...

Mine is that I was the first female mechanic (that they recall) ever to be featured in an article in a 4x4 magazine. That was back in '99.

I was on the kids television show "Romper Room" when I was a child.

My picture was on the front page of the paper when I was a couple of days old. I'm really not sure why... just a cute picture, I guess.