Celebrity Schmooze (brushes with fame)

[Dartgod]

A few years ago, I went out by myself to play a round of golf at Longview. It is very easy to get on a booked course if you are a single walk-on. This one particular day, the starter asked if I would mind playing with Fred Arbanas. He was already on the first tee and was playing alone. I said "sure that would be great". I got to play 18 holes with just him and me. He was a very nice guy, always telling me "nice shot, Bob" no matter how bad I hit the ball.

I am also possibly directly related to Judy Garland and Liza Minelli. Although we've never been able to confirm this. My Mom's grandfather was named Abraham Gumm. She has a lot of old pictures and stuff from this side of her family. Among some of the stuff she has are some old newspaper clippings about a local (Nebraska) singing group called the "Gumm Sisters". Well one of those sisters was Francis Gumm, who of course we all know better as Judy Garland.