Comments on: The Fame Blame http://www.coddlepot.com/2009/08/14/the-fame-blame/ Craic agus Ceol (warning: ceol not available. Craic may vary) Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:45:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Penelope_CA http://www.coddlepot.com/2009/08/14/the-fame-blame/comment-page-1/#comment-991 Penelope_CA Wed, 19 Aug 2009 04:44:59 +0000 http://www.coddlepot.com/?p=944#comment-991 I grew up in a posh LA suburb. My Lithuanian immigrant parents worked hard (dad was a chemical engineer) and bought into the area before the real estate market exploded in the 1970's. We were like the east euro Beverly Hillbillies by the sea. Leif Garrent and I shared the same dentist, I saw him in the waiting room a few times but was too terrified to say anything. The tennis player Tracy Austin was 2 years ahead of me in school. All the press at the time went on and on how sweet and down to earth she was but at school she was cruel and blanked me like the rest of them. A boy I dated in high school lived next door to The Sylvers, a 1970's disco pop sibling act ala Jackson Five. We got high with the youngest a few times. I once sat next to John Ashton "Gomez" of Addams Family fame in a vegetarian restaurant in San Diego. I grew up in a posh LA suburb. My Lithuanian immigrant parents worked hard (dad was a chemical engineer) and bought into the area before the real estate market exploded in the 1970’s. We were like the east euro Beverly Hillbillies by the sea.

Leif Garrent and I shared the same dentist, I saw him in the waiting room a few times but was too terrified to say anything.

The tennis player Tracy Austin was 2 years ahead of me in school. All the press at the time went on and on how sweet and down to earth she was but at school she was cruel and blanked me like the rest of them.

A boy I dated in high school lived next door to The Sylvers, a 1970’s disco pop sibling act ala Jackson Five. We got high with the youngest a few times.

I once sat next to John Ashton “Gomez” of Addams Family fame in a vegetarian restaurant in San Diego.

]]> By: Niamh http://www.coddlepot.com/2009/08/14/the-fame-blame/comment-page-1/#comment-926 Niamh Sun, 16 Aug 2009 13:52:29 +0000 http://www.coddlepot.com/?p=944#comment-926 Brenda Fricker's sister saw my bare ass. Was renting a house off her for ma holidays in Connemara and the cheeky blurt peeped thru the winda. Brenda Fricker’s sister saw my bare ass. Was renting a house off her for ma holidays in Connemara and the cheeky blurt peeped thru the winda.

]]> By: MaryAnn McCarra-Fitzpatrick http://www.coddlepot.com/2009/08/14/the-fame-blame/comment-page-1/#comment-924 MaryAnn McCarra-Fitzpatrick Sun, 16 Aug 2009 01:25:30 +0000 http://www.coddlepot.com/?p=944#comment-924 Now that my system has been properly infused with caffeine, I remember some others.... George Plimpton (Paris Review) I remember his shoes were falling apart at the seams... John Updike (just barely...he scurried away from me when I started to speak to him) Isaac Asimov (writer) David Lehman (poet) The eighties and nineties were a busy time....these days are much quieter.... and...for my DH..... Keith Hernandez of the NY Mets Kathy Bates (actress) Keith Gallagher (owner of the Dublin restaurant Peacock Alley) but less famous than infamous, I'm afraid..... Now that my system has been properly infused with caffeine, I remember some others….

George Plimpton (Paris Review) I remember his shoes were falling apart at the seams…

John Updike (just barely…he scurried away from me when I started to speak to him)

Isaac Asimov (writer)

David Lehman (poet)

The eighties and nineties were a busy time….these days are much quieter….

and…for my DH…..

Keith Hernandez of the NY Mets
Kathy Bates (actress)
Keith Gallagher (owner of the Dublin restaurant Peacock Alley) but less famous than infamous, I’m afraid…..

]]> By: Fat Sparrow http://www.coddlepot.com/2009/08/14/the-fame-blame/comment-page-1/#comment-917 Fat Sparrow Fri, 14 Aug 2009 18:37:55 +0000 http://www.coddlepot.com/?p=944#comment-917 Living in SoCal, it's impossible to go into LA without running across (or nearly running down) some person who looks vaguely familiar and you might have seen on that TV show, or was it a commercial? E Listers galore, there's no avoiding them, but I'm crap at remembering names; I wouldn't even remember the Spouse Sparrow's were it not tattooed on my left arse cheek. I did meet and converse with Ray Bradbury a few times, back in the day, and got several books autographed, and I tried not to fawn too much. So, your blood test results... Was there any blood in your alcohol system? Or did the vials that they drew out evaporate before they could test them? Did they have to mark "FLAMMABLE" on them before they sent them to the lab? Keep us posted, enquiring minds want to know. Living in SoCal, it’s impossible to go into LA without running across (or nearly running down) some person who looks vaguely familiar and you might have seen on that TV show, or was it a commercial? E Listers galore, there’s no avoiding them, but I’m crap at remembering names; I wouldn’t even remember the Spouse Sparrow’s were it not tattooed on my left arse cheek.

I did meet and converse with Ray Bradbury a few times, back in the day, and got several books autographed, and I tried not to fawn too much.

So, your blood test results… Was there any blood in your alcohol system? Or did the vials that they drew out evaporate before they could test them? Did they have to mark “FLAMMABLE” on them before they sent them to the lab? Keep us posted, enquiring minds want to know.

]]> By: B http://www.coddlepot.com/2009/08/14/the-fame-blame/comment-page-1/#comment-915 B Fri, 14 Aug 2009 15:14:40 +0000 http://www.coddlepot.com/?p=944#comment-915 My uncle is friends with Declan Nerney's manager, beat that! My uncle is friends with Declan Nerney’s manager, beat that!

]]> By: 50footqueenie http://www.coddlepot.com/2009/08/14/the-fame-blame/comment-page-1/#comment-914 50footqueenie Fri, 14 Aug 2009 13:18:54 +0000 http://www.coddlepot.com/?p=944#comment-914 Working in the business what I do, I get close to lots of the famous and infamous: Henry Kelly Kelly Jones Paul Jones David Byrne Barbara Dickson Lea Delaria Rupert Everett Eddie Izzard Sophie Ellis Bextor yadayadayada every day another star They were all crap in bed and never wrote, never called.... Working in the business what I do, I get close to lots of the famous and infamous:

Henry Kelly
Kelly Jones
Paul Jones
David Byrne
Barbara Dickson
Lea Delaria
Rupert Everett
Eddie Izzard
Sophie Ellis Bextor
yadayadayada every day another star

They were all crap in bed and never wrote, never called….

]]> By: MaryAnn McCarra-Fitzpatrick http://www.coddlepot.com/2009/08/14/the-fame-blame/comment-page-1/#comment-913 MaryAnn McCarra-Fitzpatrick Fri, 14 Aug 2009 12:16:33 +0000 http://www.coddlepot.com/?p=944#comment-913 P.S. My list is not nearly as impressive as my husband's (used to work in a swanky hotel).... Martin Sheen (what a dish!) Ed Koch (former Mayor of NYC) Bill Clinton Elton John Celine Dion There are probably more but I can't remember them....still have to get my morning coffee....... P.P.S. Also, I haven't met anyone (celebrity-wise) since being buried in the wilds of Westchester County, so things kind of balance out..... P.S.

My list is not nearly as impressive as my husband’s (used to work in a swanky hotel)….

Martin Sheen (what a dish!)
Ed Koch (former Mayor of NYC)
Bill Clinton
Elton John
Celine Dion

There are probably more but I can’t remember them….still have to get my morning coffee…….

P.P.S.

Also, I haven’t met anyone (celebrity-wise) since being buried in the wilds of Westchester County, so things kind of balance out…..

]]> By: White Rabbit http://www.coddlepot.com/2009/08/14/the-fame-blame/comment-page-1/#comment-912 White Rabbit Fri, 14 Aug 2009 12:08:31 +0000 http://www.coddlepot.com/?p=944#comment-912 sneezed* sneezed*

]]> By: White Rabbit http://www.coddlepot.com/2009/08/14/the-fame-blame/comment-page-1/#comment-911 White Rabbit Fri, 14 Aug 2009 12:08:15 +0000 http://www.coddlepot.com/?p=944#comment-911 If it makes you feel better I once sneeze in Dylan Moran's face? If it makes you feel better I once sneeze in Dylan Moran’s face?

]]> By: MaryAnn McCarra-Fitzpatrick http://www.coddlepot.com/2009/08/14/the-fame-blame/comment-page-1/#comment-910 MaryAnn McCarra-Fitzpatrick Fri, 14 Aug 2009 12:03:41 +0000 http://www.coddlepot.com/?p=944#comment-910 Ho ho ho. Nope, not in their bedrooms... Mainly at parties, galleries, readings, fundraisers, through mutual friends, happening to sit at the next table in a restaurant, in an elevator...all manner of places and situations. all best, MaryAnn Ho ho ho.

Nope, not in their bedrooms…

Mainly at parties, galleries, readings, fundraisers, through mutual friends, happening to sit at the next table in a restaurant, in an elevator…all manner of places and situations.

all best,

MaryAnn

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