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Originally Posted by BigRedChief
I've met many a "celebrity" types over the course of my life. Never even once thought to ask for an autograph.
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Met several celebrities....some were gracious, others were stand off-ish.....a few were downright jerks.
I have only asked for the autographs of a couple of celebrities....Mickey Mantle who despite the problems he had personally, was still my all time favorite player....and Buck Buchanan. Got both of them when I was working at King Louie International.
I actually met George Foreman when I worked at Salton in Columbia Mo....they were the owners of the Foreman grill and had asked George to come into town to be the Grand Marshal for the Missouri Special Olympics being held in Columbia. Was introduced to him by my boss who was the CFO....when he shook my hand I thought....man that is the softest handshake I have ever had for a man like him. Found out later that he had to be taught to shake hands like that because he had such a normally firm grip that he would hurt people just shaking hands. One of the nicest guys I ever met.