They Say 'Never Meet Your Idols'......

[Arti]

.......I would like to add, try to avoid finding out what political party your 'idols' support. Clint Eastwood supporting Mitt Romney has disappointed me a tad. Have any of the famous people that you admire/admired ever disappointed you?

[dotty.]

Not yet,

[starone]

Yes - when I was much younger I paid a huge amount of money to see The Batchelors (a singing group of three young men). One of them didn't show because his wife had just had a baby (not batchelors then) and the other two didn't look a bit like they did on tv. They were wearing brightly coloured clothes which were too small for them and they were much fatter than I thought. Or that might have been the effect of the too-tight clothes. And of course the singing was not quite the same because there were only two of them.

[Mosaic]

yes - as an archaeology-mad kid I met Michael Wood and he wuz an a rse.

[Arti]

Made me laugh that, Starbucks :)

[gness]

Billy Connolly when he made the crack about the guy from Liverpool who was being held hostage.

Anthony Hopkins for being a drunk eejit when I went to see him in Antony and Cleopatra.

[dotty.]

con dec or the other one starbuck? i never liked the batchelors they wore shiny suits

[Psybbo]

Met the Dubliners and they were awesome, Luke Kelly will never forget him

[starone]

I think it was the other one dotty. He actually looked married. I think you can always tell don't you? It's always the nicest one.

[Arti]

Gness, I used to love Billy Connolly years ago when he was still in touch with his working class roots. He then changed into some 'tongue-up-Charles'-arse' fella who was no longer funny or in touch with Joe Public.

[Duncer]

I haste going to gigs where bands/singers preach politics at you. I paid to be entertained, not lectured.

[Duncer]

Arti, spot on about Connolly; he is now a buffoon.

[askyourgran]

I can forgive Billy Connelly because of his wildebeest scenario.

For all I liked, or should I say drooled over Clint Eastwood, I was disappointed with Sondra Locke, I didn't like her appearing in his films and as the OP above for supporting Mitt Romney, he is an a*se.

[sunny-dave]

I met Terry Pratchett at a dementia conference a couple of years ago - big hero of mine - turned out to be the nicest bloke you could ever want to meet - just great.

But I remember getting a 'ten minute interview slot' with Lou Reed (many many years ago when I was writing for a listings mag in B'ham) - possibly the scariest, most unpleasant man I have ever met ... I got about 4 minutes, which was about 3 too many ...

[Wharton]

I'll never forgive Connolly for pretending to be a Partick Thistle fan when he had not quite made his name. This was to ingratiate himself to both sides of "The Old Firm", he's a creep and always was.

[parkie]

In my teens, when I was living in Australia I went to a concert to see Eddie Calvert-the man with the golden trumpet. He arrived very late and was six sheets to the wind.
However, when he started to play, he was brilliant.

[tonyav]

You met Lou Reed, dave. Tell me more!

[ChuckFickens]

Terry Pratchett is also a hero of mine and I met him around 1990/1 (before the dementia) and I wholeheartedly agree, he was a absolutely lovely bloke (and very very funny)

[sunny-dave]

Backstage, Odeon B'ham around 1974/5

I was writing reviews for Grapevine and we got a couple of press tickets.

Mr Reed was not pleased to see me (I think the words "fluffing hippy" were about the least offensive he used in my three minutes). Bloody brilliant show though ... god knows how he even stood up given that he appeared to have ingested an entire pharmacy ...

[ChuckFickens]

I've also met Mark Knopfler... another hero of mine, he was also a really really nice bloke and very down to earth.

[naomi24]

I don't have any idols ..... but I'd make an exception for George Clooney. ;o)