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Celebrity Sightings on US Airways

PITOCC71 said:
Can't remember all the details, but back at AWA in the pre-merger days fitness guru Richard Simmons made some headlines in the PHX area by slapping another passenger in the customer service line in PHX. I believe he got a day or two in sheriff Joe's celebrity jail (the same one Dougie spent 24 hrs in after his DWI). If I remember right the passenger he slapped was either a pro or semi-pro wrestler. I'm wondering if anyone has further details as I read this in the AZ Republic and wasn't actually there.
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His dance studio is a few doors down from the Amanda Foundation, so I get the pleasure of eavesdropping on his dancercize classes when I am walking the doggies on Saturday mornings.
 
During the presidential campaign of 2004 I was working a DCABOS shuttle flight. I noticed a man waiting to board the plane that looked a lot like John Kerry. As he enplaned I told him that he looked liked the senator. He replied: "He's my brother." I said too him laughing "yeah right. I bet you get that all of the time." Well, he laughingly pulled out his Massachusetts driver's license and low and behold, he WAS John Kerry's brother. Embarrassed, I felt about as small as the undersized pretzels that we were serving in first class. Btw he sat in coach.
 
Flew LAS - LAX last year. Had some hair band, rock singer headed to an appearance on Larry King. He was across the isle from Tommy Lasorda. On the return trip to Vegas, we had Viggo Mortensen and Joe Rogan (Fear Factor). Three of them pretty much ignored everybody, but when Viggo got off the plane he made a point about looking up into the cockpit and saying, "That was a nice flight. Thank you".

Last week I had Yogi Berra (It's like deja-vu, all over again) on EWR-PHX . He was a real class act, no sarcasm implied.
 
In 1989, had Mike Tyson, almost thru him off, Larry Bird, Lou Holtz, Lou Rawles good folks.
 
N965VJ said:
"Hey, my name is… Eugene."
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OMG I can't believe you found Crazy Joe and the Variable Speed Band! I knew those guys! Freakin Maniac!

For me? Bill Clinton, Ted Dansen and his wife Mary S., Brian Williams (PIA) Terri Hatcher (absolute sweetheart!) Kati Couric (another sweetie) Stewart Copeland (clueless) Charlie Gibson and many more mostly on the LGA/DCA Shuttle.
 
Do you folks realize that we now have a thread that is gathering more posts, more quickly than the broken record known as the Pilot Labor Thread?

I should have done this months ago
 
The ones I presently recall in alpha order...

Linda Blair
Daisy Fuentes
Carlos Gutierrez (was Secretary of Commerce at the time)
Maggie Gyllenhaal
Florence Henderson
Larry Johnson
Janet Napolitano
Robert Picardo
Thomas F. Wilson
 
LAX-PIT circa 2002 or 2003, I was in the first row of Y, and Melody Thomas Scott from Young & The Restless was in F.

CLT-LAX circa 2003 or 2004, I was in 1C and Bob "Gilligan" Denver was in 1F.
 
few years ago i was on a flight from clt-alb with wade boggs he was in first.
my dad was on a flight few years ago clt-fll with chuck lidel
 
Over the years I saw:

Leonard Nimoy
Don Knotts
Andy Griffith
George Bush
Strom Thurmond
John Davidson
Rae Dawn Chong-sent her to the Prez suite and they did not know who she was and denied her entry. I was so embarrassed but she was gracious.
Arnold Schwarzenegger-jerk, rudely refused autographs, back before his political days
Maria Shriver
Mick Fleetwood
Rick Flair
Fantasia
McClean Stevenson, got to go to his house and hang out with his family back when he was the Peidmont spokesman.
Pierce Brosnan
Sissy Spacek
Jody Foster, very nice but all business.
Leslie Nielson
Mike Tyson
Roger Staubach
Terry Bradshaw
Donna Douglas who was still dressed like Elly Mae and pushing 60!!!
Vanna White
Fred Decordova from the tonight show back in the Johnny Carson days.
Hootie and the Blowfish used to fly through CLT all the time
John Mayer
Andre the Giant- got pissed because he was told he would have to buy 2 seats on a full flight. He tried to tear up his frequent flyer card with his freakisly large hands and could not do it
Matthew Broderick
Christopher Atkins
Jocelyn Gildenstern "The Cat Lady"
Various sports stars, wrestlers and Nascar people.
Ice-T and his big boobed wife.
Ted Kennedy
Edwin Colodny
Tom Davis

There are more but that is all that comes to mind right now.

Fun thread!!!!
 
nycbusdriver said:
Did you recall them in alpha order, too?
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No 🙂

I had originally had the intro sentence read "in no particular order", but then I thought someone would try to psycho analyze me by who I remembered, or listed, from first to last. So I changed the sentence and cut and pasted the names into alpha order.

I did get the alpha order correct, didn't I?
 
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