Over the years I have had the opportunity to meet some celebrities. Some just happened and some due to my medical issues. I can remember most, if not all, the celebrities I've met. Here are three and what happened when I met them:
James Doohan.
James Doohan played Scotty on Star Trek and he was the first celebrity I met. I was in my junior year in high school. It wasa Saturday in March I was talking with my mother and she asked if there was any of the actors from Star Trek I wanted to meet. I was, and still am, a fan of Star Trek. I said that I would enjoy meeting Jimmy Doohan. From things I read he was very nice and really responsive to fans. Besides he played Scotty, my favorite character. The next day at church a friend handed me a
newspaper article and said that we were going. The article was about a guest speaker at Lehigh University, James Doohan.
When we arrived we saw people going in the hall where he was to speak. As we got closer I saw a man with a large set of keys on his belt and thought it the person responsible for the opening the hall. Then he turned around and it was Jimmy. We ware able to walk up to him and got a picture taken with him. He was just walking around meeting people. Afterwards he signed autographs. I brought along my Mr Scott's Guide to the Enterprise book and was able to have him sign it. I did get to see him at a few other Star Trek conventions I went to.
Tony Todd.
To Star Trek fans Tony Todd is know for Kurn, Worf's brother from Star Trek The Next Generation and also Jake Sisko as an adult from Star Trek Deep Space Nine. The convention he was at was run by a local Star Trek fan club that I was a member of. The fan club raised money for a local charity called Dream Come True. Dream Come True is an organization that fulfills the dreams of chronically,
seriously or terminally ill children. Due to my heart defect I qualified and they sent me to Walt Disney World and Kennedy Space Center. At the convention there was an auction and the proceeds was for Dream Come True. Tony was very interested in what this Dream Come True was all about. The organizers explained it all to him and he was fascinated and indicated that it would love to meet one of the kids.
I was there at the convention but only as a fan not an organizer. One of the them found me and said that they need me backstage. I was confused. They told me that Tony wanted to meet me. Me? Why? So I went back and my friend from church was there too and he went with me. Tony was very nice. He asked about me and what it was like for me and he wished me well. I got a picture with him and my friend videotaped it. Tony also signed my Klingon Dictonary. Marc Okrand, the writer of the Klingon Dictonary was back there too and he talked with us a bit and also signed the dictionary. That was a log of fun.
Brent Spiner.
I didn't actually meet him but I did interact with him a small bit, to my embarrassment. At the convention he was at, you had to pay to get his autograph and I didn't have the money. I was close by when he asked anyone who could hear if there was someone who knew anything about BlackBerries. At the time I worked for T-Mobile as BlackBerry tech support. I said I did. Then he asked a non-BlackBerry question and it threw me. He wanted to know how to save a voicemail without listening to it. Arrggh. I did know but I blanked. I was all ready for a BlackBerry question and....well someone else helped him. Normally I would be able to answer such a question for a customer and if I blanked I would have the info right there within seconds. Oh, well. I did get to talk to him.........
