Celebrity Sightings/Meetings

C0LLETTE · 01-15-2014, 10:57 AM

I met Oprah at a reception. All guests got individual photos taken with her. If I ever post the pic and you want to know which one she is, she's on my right.

QueenofSmirks · 01-16-2014, 08:39 PM

I forgot one! I played poker against Dan Harrington (famous pro poker player and author) at Caesar's in Atlantic City a few months after I started playing poker in casinos. I actually didn't know who he was, but other people at my table were talking about him, so I assumed he was a famous, professional poker player. When I got back home, I asked one of my buddies about him, and he told me who he was. Ironically, my buddy (also my poker mentor) later gave me his (Dan's) books to read to help improve my game. LOL

tapu · 01-16-2014, 08:55 PM

Excellent!!! And here's another one:

I know the woman who sang the song in the Rice-a-roni commercial: RICE-a-roni, The San Franciso Treat.

Her name is Jackie Ward and she's in her 80s now. I used to hang with her son Kevin (another story--one of the original Mc Donald's kids) when we both attended UC San Diego. Actually, we lived in this all-gay household in Del Mar in the 80s, and we're still in touch via Facebook now.

The Rice-a-Roni spot is the longest running commercial in history. Jackie made a fortune off that. She also sang for Dinah Shore in all the bank commercials, and for Shirley Jones in the Partridge Family.

The Wards, the whole lot of them, are music copyists, proving that the "hidden" people in The Industry is who really make the money--and keep it.

01-16-2014, 08:39 PM	#2
QueenofSmirks Member How Do You Identify?: Just Me Preferred Pronoun?: she/her Relationship Status: Busy Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Phoenix - Valley of the Sun Posts: 1,429 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,010 Thanked 2,916 Times in 880 Posts Rep Power: 21474853	I forgot one! I played poker against Dan Harrington (famous pro poker player and author) at Caesar's in Atlantic City a few months after I started playing poker in casinos. I actually didn't know who he was, but other people at my table were talking about him, so I assumed he was a famous, professional poker player. When I got back home, I asked one of my buddies about him, and he told me who he was. Ironically, my buddy (also my poker mentor) later gave me his (Dan's) books to read to help improve my game. LOL __________________ Stephanie "There is only one success - to be able to spend your life in your own way." Christopher Morley

01-16-2014, 08:55 PM	#3
tapu Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Understated butch. Preferred Pronoun?: I Relationship Status: Party of One Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Maine Posts: 1,654 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,324 Thanked 3,115 Times in 1,103 Posts Rep Power: 21474852	Excellent!!! And here's another one: I know the woman who sang the song in the Rice-a-roni commercial: RICE-a-roni, The San Franciso Treat. Her name is Jackie Ward and she's in her 80s now. I used to hang with her son Kevin (another story--one of the original Mc Donald's kids) when we both attended UC San Diego. Actually, we lived in this all-gay household in Del Mar in the 80s, and we're still in touch via Facebook now. The Rice-a-Roni spot is the longest running commercial in history. Jackie made a fortune off that. She also sang for Dinah Shore in all the bank commercials, and for Shirley Jones in the Partridge Family. The Wards, the whole lot of them, are music copyists, proving that the "hidden" people in The Industry is who really make the money--and keep it. __________________ Really? That's not funny to you?

01-15-2014, 10:57 AM	#1
C0LLETTE Practically Lives Here How Do You Identify?: Depends on the day. Preferred Pronoun?: "I" and "we" Relationship Status: Very good. Thank you for asking. Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Canada Posts: 11,501 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 16,676 Thanked 15,174 Times in 4,340 Posts Rep Power: 21474860	I met Oprah at a reception. All guests got individual photos taken with her. If I ever post the pic and you want to know which one she is, she's on my right.