Logan D. Hurricanes Posted February 5, 2022 Report Share Posted February 5, 2022 So this is going around Twitter right now... List 5 famous people you've either met or have been within a few feet of, but ONE is a lie. Then let your friends guess which one they think is a lie. Lou Ferrigno Mclean Stevenson Eddie Money Christina Applegate Joe Staton Certified 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted February 5, 2022 Report Share Posted February 5, 2022 That's hard. I tend not to think about or categorize people merely via their fame, especially in the popular-media sense of fame. I also feel like I should omit personal friends and professional colleagues who happen to have some fame (e.g., two astronomers who are also astronauts). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starlord Posted February 5, 2022 Report Share Posted February 5, 2022 Christina Applegate is the lie. 1. Lou Ferrigno 2. Michael Jordan 3. President James A. Garfield 4. Ozzy Osbourne 5. Marc Singer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted February 6, 2022 Report Share Posted February 6, 2022 I'm willing to believe you've been to Garfield's tomb. As nothing more than a wild guess, I'll guess Jordan is the untruth. Dan Doornink Stephen Weinberg Hans Bethe Paul Allen Warren Moon The question is: how many of those 5 are individuals whom people are going to have to look up. My guess is 4 of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted February 6, 2022 Report Share Posted February 6, 2022 You fool, I majored in physics. The lie is Warren Moon. My list: 1. Carl Sagan, astrophysicist 2. Grant Imahara, Mythbuster 3. Jon Heder, Napoleon Dynamite 4. Grace Park, Hawaii Five-O 5. Dale Chihuly, glassblowing artist Certified 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starlord Posted February 6, 2022 Report Share Posted February 6, 2022 7 minutes ago, Cancer said: I'm willing to believe you've been to Garfield's tomb. As nothing more than a wild guess, I'll guess Jordan is the untruth. Dan Doornink Stephen Weinberg Hans Bethe Paul Allen Warren Moon The question is: how many of those 5 are individuals whom people are going to have to look up. My guess is 4 of them. I passed by Michael Jordan in St Thomas while visiting on a cruise in 1995. I've heard of Paul Allen and Warren Moon, I'll guess Hans Bethe just because. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted February 6, 2022 Report Share Posted February 6, 2022 Believe it or not, Old Man is incorrect. I was an undergrad at Washington when the Huskies with Moon at QB won the Rose Bowl. He wasn't on my dorm floor, but he hung out with some other football players who were. EDIT: The guy I was never in proximity to is Paul Allen. Doornink was my father's doctor the last few years of his life, and I conversations (fairly long ones) with him twice. Bethe was at a nuclear theory workshop that I also participated in, since I was interested in stellar nucleosynthesis. Weinberg had a joint appointment both in Physics and Astronomy at Texas, and though he more or less never showed up in Astronomy-land, the department had a tradition of taking faculty members out for beer at intervals and one Friday afternoon about fifteen of us took Stephen Weinberg out for beer. Interesting conversation; it took him a quarter hour to loosen up and figure out we weren't trying to attach ourselves to him, merely that we wanted to hear what felt like saying. Old Man 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tjack Posted February 6, 2022 Report Share Posted February 6, 2022 The middle three you can meet at a Sci-Fi convention. And the last name is a little too specific a category to impress the masses. So I’ll say Carl Sagan, he passed a while ago so the chances are diminished. 4 minutes ago, Old Man said: You fool, I majored in physics. The lie is Warren Moon. My list: 1. Carl Sagan, astrophysicist 2. Grant Imahara, Mythbuster 3. Jon Heder, Napoleon Dynamite 4. Grace Park, Hawaii Five-O 5. Dale Chihuly, glassblowing artist Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. MID-Nite Posted February 6, 2022 Report Share Posted February 6, 2022 1) John Landis, director 2) Akira Takarada, actor 3) Ultimate Warrior, wrestler 4) Don Frye, UFC fighter 5) Wiliam Shatner, actor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tjack Posted February 6, 2022 Report Share Posted February 6, 2022 My list. 1) Leonard Nimoy 2) Stephen Wright 3) Bob Hope 4)Jay Leno 5) Harlan Ellison Fair Warning!!! This is a trick question. 4 minutes ago, Dr. MID-Nite said: 1) John Landis, director 2) Akira Takarada, actor 3) Ultimate Warrior, wrestler 4) Don Frye, UFC fighter 5) Wiliam Shatner, actor I’ll guess John Landis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. MID-Nite Posted February 6, 2022 Report Share Posted February 6, 2022 2 minutes ago, Tjack said: My list. 1) Leonard Nimoy 2) Stephen Wright 3) Bob Hope 4)Jay Leno 5) Harlan Ellison Fair Warning!!! This is a trick question. I’ll guess John Landis. A logical guess, but I actually met John Landis a number of years ago. His son was a kaiju fan (as am I) and he was at a convention I was attending (as a participant...not a guest). We talked a bit about the stuff we had bought and kaiju films in general. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted February 6, 2022 Report Share Posted February 6, 2022 Chuck Jones (Warner Bros/Looney Tunes) James Doohan Pat Metheny Garrison Keillor (Prairie Home Companion) Ed Greenwood (aka Elminster) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmjalund Posted February 6, 2022 Report Share Posted February 6, 2022 Larry Niven Kathleen Turner Amy Acker Tyler Hoechlin Michael Rosenbaum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan D. Hurricanes Posted February 6, 2022 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2022 2 hours ago, Starlord said: Christina Applegate is the lie. Damn, that was too easy! 😂 As to the others, Lou Ferrigno stood behind me in line to get a muffin at GenCon. I decided not to go fanboy on him. Mclean Stevenson (Col. Henry Blake) I helped him pick out an RC car for his grandkid. Eddie Money I sold diapers. Joe Staton (comic artist) I got to interview for a local magazine. Starlord 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke Bushido Posted February 6, 2022 Report Share Posted February 6, 2022 This might be amusing. Pick 5? 1) Jim Henson 2) Daniel Inouye 3) Neil Armstong 4) Clint Eastwood 5)Ru Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke Bushido Posted February 6, 2022 Report Share Posted February 6, 2022 1 hour ago, dmjalund said: Larry Niven Kathleen Turner Amy Acker Tyler Hoechlin Michael Rosenbaum For your sake, I really hope the lie is not Kathleen Turner. I'm going to guess Tyler Hoechlin, simply because I know who the other people are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starlord Posted February 6, 2022 Report Share Posted February 6, 2022 52 minutes ago, Duke Bushido said: This might be amusing. Pick 5? 1) Jim Henson 2) Daniel Inouye 3) Neil Armstong 4) Clint Eastwood 5)Ru Paul Clint Eastwood, damnit! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmjalund Posted February 6, 2022 Report Share Posted February 6, 2022 30 minutes ago, Duke Bushido said: For your sake, I really hope the lie is not Kathleen Turner. I'm going to guess Tyler Hoechlin, simply because I know who the other people are. Tyler Hoechlin is the guy who plays Superman in the current Superman & Lois TV series and he's very good. the answer is Amy Acker Duke Bushido 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted February 6, 2022 Report Share Posted February 6, 2022 Okay, here's mine: Shawn Bradley Ty Detmer Karl Malone Ted Nugent Donny Osmond Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke Bushido Posted February 6, 2022 Report Share Posted February 6, 2022 1 hour ago, Starlord said: Clint Eastwood, damnit! Nope. Met him when he was directing a movie in Savannah. Sorry. Met Jim Henson completely by accident while taking a sponsored tour (won a contest) of Congress, on which I met Daniel Inouye. Met Neil Armstrong on that same trip-- after the sponsored tour, I _really_ wanted to see at least a tiny part of the Smithsonian. Guess who happened to be there for some event? Rupaul. I have never met Rupaul. Cancer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aylwin13 Posted February 6, 2022 Report Share Posted February 6, 2022 Reggie Miller (former pro basketball player) Cheryl Miller (former pro basketball player) Susanna Hoffs (Vocals/guitars for the Bangles) Dennis Johnson (former pro basketball player) Steve Monroe (Tabasco ad – exploding mosquito) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoloOfEarth Posted February 6, 2022 Report Share Posted February 6, 2022 I'm guessing Reggie Miller, based on my highly refined and unerringly accurate "Eenie Meanie Miney Moe" algorithm. EDIT TO ADD: Though it might also be Steve Monroe when factoring in the "My Mother Told Me" variant. My list: Walter Mondale (former VP and presidential candidate) Nichelle Nichols (Uhura from Star Trek TOS) Gene Rodenberry (Creator of Star Trek) Kirk Gibson (former Detroit Tigers baseball player) Marina Sirtis (Counselor Troi from Star Trek: TNG) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted February 6, 2022 Report Share Posted February 6, 2022 2 hours ago, Pariah said: Okay, here's mine: Shawn Bradley Ty Detmer Karl Malone Ted Nugent Donny Osmond Hopefully Ted Nugent? Is his dad Ted Oldgent? Duke Bushido 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted February 6, 2022 Report Share Posted February 6, 2022 No to both. I met Ted Nugent back when I was working for an archery company. He was one of our spokespersons. Same with Yy Detmer. Shawn Bradley spoke in an assembly at my school 8 or 10 years ago. I stand 191 cm, and he absolutely dwarfs me. I almost ran over Donny Osmond in the stairwell of a parking garage. He is not nearly as tall as he looks. The one I have never met is Karl Malone. Although I did meet Andre Kirilenko once. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DShomshak Posted February 6, 2022 Report Share Posted February 6, 2022 Tough challenge, as I have spent most of my life in near isolation. But stretching my memory back to my old college days... 1) Ursula K. LeGuin 2) Larry Niven 3) Jerry Pournelle 4) J. Michael Straczynski 5) Benoit Mandelbrot (does the discoverer of fractals count as famous?) I am quite sure I've never met anyone who'd be "famous" to the general public. Dean Shomshak Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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