I would have loved to see 98* in person!, you lucky duck!Originally Posted by katspixiedust
I've also met all of the members of 98*. My friend had won backstage passes to a concert of theirs so it was a much quicker encounter than with Nick. We talked to them for about a minute and got autographs and a picture, then had to go back to our seats.
That's about it.
Oh wow! I wouldn't imagine they enjoy giving out their licenses. Good of him to send it anyway though I suppose. I have no problem admitting that I have been a Backstreet Boys fan for 8 years now, and still going strong.Originally Posted by Sooz123
I put an Unclaimed Property claim through for Nick Carter. An employee beneath me didn't recognize the name and originally sent his claim back because it was missing a copy of his ID. We could've made an exception had he known (not too many celebs happy to give out copies of their driver's license I'd guess), but he sent it in anywayI have to check the guy's work who did it, and was a little taken aback when it came across my desk.
Hehe yeah it was pretty neat! The other cool part was that with the backstage passes came "reserved seating" and they were doing two shows that day (both at Seaworld in Orlando, one in the afternoon, one at night) so we sat 2nd row for the first and 1st row for the second! We were 16 at the time so we were really flipping out. While we were waiting to meet them I was staring at the guy Jeff in the group and he saw me and winked at me. My 16 year old heart nearly stopped haha!
Actually just about any celeb you can think of that has a Florida connection (aka Disney) has an account with us. Britney Spears has one, I sent a claim form to her but her "peeps" never sent it back. Someone told me all the Backstreet Boys have claims in, but that was the only one I saw. Gloria Estefan had a claim in a few years back. I also processed a claim for Tammy Wynette's estate, which was about $30k if memory serves me. Apparently there's been quite the contest over her estate (her real name was Virginia something) so we sent it to our legal dept. to make sure the right people got it!Originally Posted by katspixiedust
Oh wow! I wouldn't imagine they enjoy giving out their licenses. Good of him to send it anyway though I suppose. I have no problem admitting that I have been a Backstreet Boys fan for 8 years now, and still going strong.
*gasp* ALL of the Backstreet Boys! I would die if I worked somewhere that they all had accounts at. I'm a giant dweeb when it comes to them! Just saw them last week in Tampa actually so I'm on super Backstreet mode right now.
Originally Posted by katspixiedust
*gasp* ALL of the Backstreet Boys! I would die if I worked somewhere that they all had accounts at. I'm a giant dweeb when it comes to them! Just saw them last week in Tampa actually so I'm on super Backstreet mode right now.
I have to say that I was very pleased with Nick's attitude when I met him. He may get into some silly troubles, but I think a lot of that has to do with his age and kind of trying to find himself. As a whole I think he's a very decent person, and I'm glad he (and his "people") were not ones to give you hell!
Where in TN? A friend of mine is the founder of a band originally called Big Fish, then Flipside Runner, and now Pimpin' Ain't Easy. They were making a big splash as Flipside Runner in that area... but they "grew up" in a manner of speaking so they moved on.Originally Posted by mferr84
Dont know if family counts... and I am not sure if you would call him famous (yet-but maybe someday!) my cousin Eric is the lead singer for the rock group ShadowWax.
People in and around Tennessee may be familiar with them.
I believe the release date for their CD is the 8-2.
I LOVE LOVE LOVE Dead Poet's. I think it's a classic, he should be so proud to have been in it! I don't care if he played a relatively small role... maybe you could get him to autograph a copy for me? LOL... and buy it, too, since I recently sold my VHS at a yard sale thinking I'd FOR SURE buy the DVD but haven't yet. I made sure to watch it before the sale though... I knew it'd be a while before I remembered to get it again!
*looks all bashful* I have been to several Xena conventions back in the hayday..and i met him at several of them...tehehehe...i LOVED him as Caesar....he was the whole reason i went to the cons...he knew me by name and everything i felt so special.Originally Posted by Kiwideus
Met John Schneider recently at a Dukesfest, and met Catherine Bach last year.
In February, I was in New Orleans for the Mardi Gras and Jake and I went to a cafe and there was this weird man walking around stealing newspaper and I sat at a table, told Jake to hold it while I made the lunch order. I told the lady where my table was - I couldnt see it from where I was ordering and she brought it to the table. After ordering, I walked to the table and this fella was sitting there, he had stolen it from Jake and my coffee was on the table - so I just grabbed it and sat down! I got horrified looks from other people and I couldnt figure out why. This man seemed not to care.I sat down at the table next to him and ate my lunch - he brought his own. He seemed sooo weird and kept talking to himself and reading emails that he had printed out. And he kept looking over at me and the more he looked at me, the more familiar he was.
Then it hit me, it was Sir Ian McKellen (Gandalf of LOTR!!!) He certainly is weird.
We also saw Sean Astin and Elijah Wood in New Orleans and Sean is the friendlier one of the two. Personally, I thought Elijah was gay.
Scamperfarms, how did you meet Karl Urban??? I've met and worked with a few kiwi celebrities but no one that famous.
Oooh how exciting! I'd be happy to provide you with names! The other 4 are Brian Littrell, AJ McLean, Kevin Richardson, and Howie Dorough! Can't wait to find out!!!Originally Posted by Sooz123
Then you probably don't want to know that I have access to his proven authentic signature as he signed our claim form... much less his photo ID. Not that I'd do anything with it... I'd be fired! Since we're a State agency and it IS a Florida license, we also have access to his driving record but as a *professional* I won't even look. I'll look Monday to see if I can find the other claims, butyou'll have to remind me of their names.
Oh yeah, I was entirely suprised we didn't get a call from a rep wanting to know why the $*&# we wanted his license... but they sent it without complaint, which is a lot more than I can say for a lot of the general public!
