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Brush with Greatness... aka Celebrities at faire

Started by Capt Gabriela Fullpepper, July 01, 2008, 03:56:01 PM

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Count Adolfo

Quote from: Scotsman on July 02, 2008, 05:55:23 AM
I met Queen Bonnie at a couple faires ... also John & DeadBishop - does this count?  ;D

Does this Count... what?
;D

jinx

I can't say I've ever seen a celebrity at Faire.  'Course, we don't get too many celebrities in Ohio anyway.  xD

In fact, the only time I have met a celebrity was when I worked at King's Island.  Pretty minor, honestly.  Donovan Patton, who played Joe on Blue's Clues (really, really nice guy, in fact...hung out with him most of the day), Nick and Aaron Carter (a Backstreet Boy and his little brother...too bad I was 18 and waay over my boy band days by then), and...OH!  Ken Griffey Jr.  But, again, not Faire, so it doesn't really count.
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Valiss

I think you'd get more Celeb sightings at the Southern California faire, with it being so close to Hollywood and all.

Madge Estes

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Count Adolfo

I have never encountered a celebrity at Faire but I can tell you... I was at the grocery store and I had someone come up to me and say
"you're... you're that guy from the Renaissance Faire, aren't you?"

THAT is freaky
I can't even imagine what a celeb goes through with everyone knowing who they are.

PurpleDragon

Quote from: Count Adolfo on July 11, 2008, 12:10:22 PM
I have never encountered a celebrity at Faire but I can tell you... I was at the grocery store and I had someone come up to me and say
"you're... you're that guy from the Renaissance Faire, aren't you?"

THAT is freaky
I can't even imagine what a celeb goes through with everyone knowing who they are.

DITTO.  I can't tell you how many people come up and say "Don't you remember me, I came by your booth at TRF".  I'm always responding with "Do you know how many thousands of people a day come by that booth????"
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RumbaRue

For me, it's people who recognize me out of garb!

I've even been asked for my autograph - in fact I've signed several autograph books!

My problem? I have a face no one forgets....I can't even rob a bank!  :o
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CapnFayeCutler

Quote from: jinx on July 09, 2008, 06:07:24 PM
I can't say I've ever seen a celebrity at Faire.  'Course, we don't get too many celebrities in Ohio anyway.  xD

In fact, the only time I have met a celebrity was when I worked at King's Island.  Pretty minor, honestly.  Donovan Patton, who played Joe on Blue's Clues (really, really nice guy, in fact...hung out with him most of the day)

Is it wrong that I'm kinda jealous? Hehehe. Haven't seen any celebrities at faire (that I know of), but when I used to live in Nashville I saw quite a few all the time, including Lorrie Morgan and Sammy Kershaw a lot...they always came into the store I worked at and recruited me to help them shop. Nice folks actually. In fact, almost all of the celebrities I've met were nice with only one exception...but he shall remain nameless. :)
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Quote from: Count Adolfo on July 11, 2008, 12:10:22 PM
I have never encountered a celebrity at Faire but I can tell you... I was at the grocery store and I had someone come up to me and say
"you're... you're that guy from the Renaissance Faire, aren't you?"

THAT is freaky

I get that sometimes, too.  Every now and then someone approaches me and says "Aren't you Professor M?"  But I think it's kind of cool.  It's always been my goal for the character to be well-known, so I guess I'm well on my way.

I also get recognized as "Conductor Mike" from the Carnegie Science Center.  We have a large historical miniature railroad display, and I'm sort of an un-official ambassador for special events.  The character is popular enough that they now have a life-size cutout greeting visitors as they enter.  Sometimes someone approaches the cutout and says "Hey!  That's the Professor from the renfest!"

So, here's one of my brushes with the famous.  This is me as Conductor Mike, with Mr. McFeeley (from Mister Rogers neighborhood), and my cutout.  Freaky, huh?

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Count Adolfo

I'm not on cast at my local Faire, so I'm always amazed anyone remembers me.


As for celebs, though, I used to do bodyguard detail for some of them at the casino and I learned how screwed up most of them are.  That being said, I think I'd avoid them in most cases... if I saw one at Faire I might say hello but I'd not fawn over them.

groomporter

MNRF has several literary connections.

The Renfair scenes in the Sandman comic books by Neil Gaiman were inspired by MNRF.

Sci/fi writer Stephen Brust was a long time participant at MNRF

Fantasy writer Emma Bull (wife of Will Shetterly) was a member of the MNRF band Flash Girls.

Emma's partner in Flash Girls was Lorraine Garland who has worked as Neil Gaiman's personal assistant.

I think there's a couple more that I'm forgetting.
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dspotz

The last two weekends at Bristol, Dustin Diamond (aka Screech from Saved By The Bell) has been there.

PurpleDragon

Also, don't forget that a number of celebrities had gotten their start at the Faires.  Harry Anderson for one, and I think I heard somewhere that Penn & Teller also started out at Faires.
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groomporter

Yeah, Penn & Teller used to do MNRF as did the jugglers The Flying Karamozov Brothers
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Lady Rae

I knew a lady at the faires around Iowa who's husband Corey never came to faire because he was always on the road...

Wasn't till later that I found out that 'Corey' was Corey Taylor of Slipknot and Stone Sour