Do You Know Any Fake Celebrities? (Ordinary People Who Have Famous Names?)

[arwalden]

When I was a kid, I used to live next door to Carol Burnett... and I'd sometimes mow her lawn.

My mother is friends with Marion Barry... but this Marion Barry is a white woman, not easily confused with the former DC mayor.

[JackBeck]

1. My one and only girlfriend's name was Mary Martin.

Pretty gay.

[Bullwinkle925]

48. My friend's name is Mary Martin - but I don't think she's the same one

who dated you!!





:hi:

[JackBeck]

59. Not only did I come out after we dated,

but so did her first boyfriend after me. So if your Mary had this experience, we have a match!

:toast:

[Bullwinkle925]

72. Nope - I know it's not my Mary - unless you grew up in Oakland CA.

However, the first boy I ever kissed came out after High School and is now an editor/owner of the SF Sentinel.
Small world, eh?



www.sanfranciscosentinel.com

[RevCheesehead]

2. I worked with Rev. Michael Jordan in NC.

Does that count?

[XemaSab]

3. I had Barbara Walters for my teacher in 6th grade

:D

[ghostsofgiants]

4. Myself.

And my mom.

[Crazy Dave]

5. I don't know them but there are...

...a few George Bush's that own businesses around here.

[Left Is Write]

6. A lot of people like that went on this show fifty years ago...

[IA_Seth]

7. I work with Barry White n/t

[TimeChaser]

8. I graduated with a Tom Cruise

[arwalden]

14. I Forgot One... I Went To High School With Charlie Daniels.

[nini]

9. Eddie Murphy and Andy Garcia

I went to school with both of those guys :D

[Rowdyboy]

10. I spent a wonderful weekend with Bill Murray.....

You know, the red headed one....

[gollygee]

11. Bruce Springsteen, Tanya Tucker

John Wagner.

[liberalitch]

12. Robert macnamara tends bar at the bistro the commie is a chef at....

and robert johnson is my assistant principal here at Phoebus High school....

[Blue_Tires]

64. Phoebus in Hampton, VA?

I'm in Va Beach!:hi:

[liberalitch]

73. Yup, I teach at lovely Pa-hoe-bus

Live in norfolk.....
sounds like we need a meet up.... I'm sure there are more of us

[u4ic]

13. I knew a Marc Lepine

same name as Canada's most infamous mass murderer. :scared:

He was a very nice guy.

[redwitch]

15. James Brown

He's a nine year old white boy with freckles on his nose. A total darling. And he got a brand new bag (backpack) in September. But a far cry from THE James Brown. :-)

[GoddessOfGuinness]

27. He was my uncle...

One of the greatest men I've known, really. :)

[redwitch]

31. I feeeeeeeel good, da da dadadadum

I knew that I would now
I feel nice
Like sugar and spice...

:-)

[Divameow77]

40. I knew a James Brown too

in High School.

[Alleycat]

16. John Kennedy

He's my new manager!

[ghostsofgiants]

21. And is also currently replying to your post.

:hi:

[Alleycat]

24. NO WAY

[Alleycat]

26. You freaked me out there for minute

until I check your profile :)

[ghostsofgiants]

28. Hahaha, you thought I was your manager?

[Alleycat]

29. Yes for a second

of maybe 10! He hasn't even started yet and here I am talking about him.

[BlueIris]

17. During the capaign I met a Dennis Miller and a Kenneth Starr (both Dems.)

Hee.

[Blue-Jay]

18. I once borrowed Jeremy's iron.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

19. I went to high school with Elizabeth Montgomery

[arwalden]

22. Oh How WONDERFUL!!! Lucky YOU!!!

:hi:

[Nikia]

20. Barbra Bush lived down the street from my grandparents

When I was little, I was rather confused about this. I had found out that then vice president Bush's wife was Barbra Bush. At that age, I didn't think that it would be that strange that she wasn't in Washington. What I was confused about is that might grandparents hated the man who I thought was her husband but they were always nice to her.

[Bucky]

23. I went to college with Fred Rogers

Hell, he even lived in my Neighborhood.

[El Supremo]

25. I used to work with a Howard Hughes.

He was about as strange.

[xmas74]

30. I went to high school w/ Jimmy Dean

and Jim Morrison.

On my daughter's soccer team last fall I coached a five year old Trent Reznor (turns out mom and dad picked that name for obvious reasons. The first two were named Jimmy and Jim and had the proper last names; my five year old has a different last name but parents named him Trent Reznor Y______).

[progmom]

32. Cindy Crawford and Michael Jordan used to work in the same department

Their out-of-office messages were always humorous. "Hi - this is Michael Jordan. I'm out of the office until Monday. If your need is urgent, please call Cimdy Crawford."

[Misunderestimator]

33. I dated Richard Fonda when I was 17.

On edit... ok, he must be the unknown relative of the famous ones. :)

[DBoon]

34. Merrill Lynch

Actually Merrill was his middle name.

[asthmaticeog]

35. Christopher Cross and John Wayne.

[Generic Brad]

36. Roger Moore

Used to deliver food to him. Always shaken, never stirred.

[PassingFair]

37. Courtney Love

My highschool age daughter's friend.

WHAT was her mother thinking?!!

[bluethruandthru]

38. I have a second cousin named Bud Weiser

and an ex-brother-in-law named Jack Kennedy...but my favorite was one of the doctors in a group practice my daughter goes to. The Dr's name is Wellington Hung. Wonder what they called him for short?
Ok..I know that's not a celeb...but I couldn't resist! :)

[Liberalynn]

39. My Science teacher in Highschool

was named Steve Austin- Lee Major's character in the Six Million Dollar Man.

We used to tease him all the time about being Bionic.

[elshiva]

41. I share the first and last name of a Democratic Congresswoman from NY.

But I ain't her.

[IronLionZion]

42. James Bond

That was his real name. He had to show his ID to everyone, everytime. He's a black guy.

Let's see, I know a Dave Thomas, and an Arthur Miller, and Ted Turner. But those are pretty common names.

[IronLionZion]

43. HOW could I forget Harry Potter!!!

He works in my office. He gets a lot of ribbing about being an IT "wizard".

[baldguy]

44. I went to high school with Ray Davies.

And John & Jackie Kennedy (brother & sister)

[Kat45]

45. My friend's brother-in-law was Charlie Brown

[Kat45]

46. My friend's partner's name is Randall Cobb (but no "Tex")

[IronLionZion]

47. Adam "Batman" West went to my college

And Fred Rodgers went to high school with me. Fred ROGERS is the Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood guy, from Pittsburgh. I met the real one once.

That's it, all these famously common names are making me tired. nite all

[grace0418]

49. My office is full of these names

including Tracy Ullman, Ann Taylor and Steve Martin.

[njdemocrat106]

50. My college class advisor was Joe Walsh

I went to school with an Eddie Murphy, Brian Williams, and Michael Scofield (Wentworth Miller's character on Fox's "Prison Break"), and the guy who worked behind the counter at my post office, Bill Bradley, was transferred to another post office and was replaced with George Carlin.

[bumblebee1]

51. I served in the Navy with a guy named Michael Jordan.

When I saw some of his mail, I said, "You've got to be kidding me." This guy was a white guy with blonde hair.

[mykpart]

52. I have a hispanic friend named Jesus.

[DanCa]

53. Our new interim preacher's last name is Moon.

I have to forcibly stop myself from laughing when people call him Rev. Moon. I am aslo good friends with a Adam West.

[Lorien]

54. Glen Miller n/t

[FuzzySlippers]

55. I took a class in college from Donald Sutherland.

[cedahlia]

56. Fred Durst

Poor guy...my dad knows him. But then, this Fred Durst is 50-something years old, so I'm not even sure if he is aware of the famous doofus by the same name.

[WI_DEM]

57. Yes I know Ronald Howard, but we call him Ron Howard

[imperialismispasse]

58. Michael Jordan-skinny white guy who was a TV reporter

[kwassa]

60. I sang with Diana Ross

Tall blond-haired blue-eyed white woman. We were in choir together.

[noonwitch]

61. My dad knew a guy named Paul Newman

From Rotary club.

[RebelOne]

62. There used to be a lady that worked at my company whose

name was Tina Turner.

[Saphire]

63. I lived next door to Elizabeth Taylor

[KamaAina]

69. Oh yeah? Well I went to college with Elizabeth Taylor, so there!

My Elizabeth Taylor was a heck of a lot cooler than that English starlet, too, let me tell you! In fact, meeting her was my first clue that New Orleanians were significantly cooler than the national average. Is that where you lived next door to her, by any chance?

I've been having a heck of a time trying to locate her since last August! For some reason, searching for "elizabeth taylor" yields reams and reams of stuff about that starlet. She must have some kind of a cult following or something. :-) Even "elizabeth taylor" "new orleans" turns up mostly the starlet's role in something called "Suddenly Last Summer", whatever that was...

[Blue_Tires]

65. let's see--

I knew a Bill Russell (in the irony of ironies, he was also from Boston)

[Dan-W]

67. Bill Russell was my uncle's name...

and a Larry Bird repaired my refridgerator back in '83.

[Rosie1223]

66. Roy Rogers n/t

[Spirochete]

68. i once went out with a Shirley Jones

who had a son named Dustin Hoffman

[Momgonepostal]

70. I went to school with a Garth Brooks nt

[last_texas_dem]

71. Michael Moore

I was on the drumline with a Michael Moore back in high school. This MM was a skinny little blond dude who loved Shrub and would never shut up. I'm pretty sure sharing his name with the Michael Moore annoyed him quite a bit, but I never asked him.

I also went to school with a Katie Holmes, a Natalie Wood, and a John Kennedy. And when I canvassed in Wisconsin I went to "Bob Novak"'s house!