What is your lame claim to fame?

Wolfman · Post by **Wolfman** » Thu Jul 24, 2014 10:12 pm

Barbara Streisand, Jeff Foxworthy, Kanye West, "Weird Al" Yankovic, and I all share a common ancestor.

mellow weasel · Post by **mellow weasel** » Thu Jul 24, 2014 10:14 pm

Wolfman wrote:Barbara Streisand, Jeff Foxworthy, Kanye West, "Weird Al" Yankovic, and I all share a common ancestor.

Don't we all?

Or was that the point?

JohnnyLurg · Post by **JohnnyLurg** » Thu Jul 24, 2014 10:57 pm

My mom's best friend's husband's brother is the gardener for Green Day.

Post by **Big Spoon** » Fri Jul 25, 2014 1:49 am

My "Bacon number" is two

Joe Jaffa
was in
Love Shack (2010) (V)
with
Mark Feuerstein (I)
was in
2000 Blockbuster Entertainment Awards (2000) (TV)
with
Kevin Bacon

MandatoryFun · Post by **MandatoryFun** » Fri Jul 25, 2014 2:12 am

Took a smurf in Roman Coppola's house

Post by **algonacchick** » Tue Jul 29, 2014 3:56 am

MandatoryFun - TMI
What I'm not understanding is, some of you are saying directly meeting someone famous is a lame claim to fame. Is it because you think the person is lame? The point of the song is, this person has never directly met someone famous. That being said, I went to high school with the current bass player for Elton John, and his brother, who plays drums for Ringo Starr. My own little lame claim to fame relating to my band - Someone at the grocery store recognized me and said "I know you! You're Problem Child!"

tomatochives · Post by **tomatochives** » Tue Jul 29, 2014 6:23 am

Wolfman wrote:Barbara Streisand, Jeff Foxworthy, Kanye West, "Weird Al" Yankovic, and I all share a common ancestor.

Is that a quote from Wedding Crashers there?

mrmeadows · Post by **mrmeadows** » Tue Jul 29, 2014 6:48 am

Can't believe I forgot about this one: before a screening of The Grand Budapest Hotel at the Arclight Cinema in Hollywood, (Mr.) Jonah Hill was in front of me in line at the concession counter.

I even snuck a photo: https://www.flickr.com/photos/69296793@N00/14587334347/

Tue Jul 29, 2014 8:14 am

Maybe apocryphal, but the family story was that my dad treated Ava Gardner for poison oak (he was the on-location physician for MGM, so it's very possible, giving me a Bacon number of 3). When I was 2 or 3 years old, the people next door knew Richard Basehart (also a Bacon Number of 3 for me). The guy who used to step forward and yell "Keep 'em separated!" during "Come Out And Play" at Offsprings concerts http://youtu.be/UWiEl924Jn0?t=10m19s does audio visual stuff for my church. And, lest we forget, I once went to a party at the home of William Shatner's tax attorney. :lame:

Eyeball Chair · Post by **Eyeball Chair** » Tue Jul 29, 2014 8:20 am

I have a few.

My family is personal friends with a very famous comic book artist. I won't say who it is but he created some of the Teen Titans.

My dad ate pizza with the guy who played Aragorn in lord of the rings when he was in college.

I own a square cut out of a jacket worn by Tiny Tim on the night he passed away.

A father of a kid in my high school I had talked to one time knew the guy who played Lurch from the Addams family (Not sure if movie or TV Lurch)

My brother had a conversation with Sarah Silverman while at the Friar's Club in NY (one of his films was to play that night)

Weird Al and I both have been in the same room on two occasions.

I asked a question to Colin Mochrie one time.

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