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Post #109260 by Tiki God Todd on Thu, Aug 19, 2004 10:49 PM

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When I skycapped in Orlando and Miami (87-91), I checked in bags for Ted Kennedy, he was actually very personable, lead singer of Simply Red, Robert Goulet (he had so many LV bags it looked like the scene in Coming To America) I got to know "Ruggs" from Third World, he lived in Orlando and when I moved to Miami he recognized me and gave me a hug, Sam Kinison, he was very cool, he was talkin alot about his feud with "Dice" his brother tipped me, and Sam came back and gave me more, that was very cool of him. Patrick Ewing stiffed me and was a jackass, I should have sent his Lousie Bags to Bangladesh.

Fast forward a few years later (94-95), I traveled in the seminar business and our team was having Thanksgiving dinner at The Beverly Hilton, George Burns, Carol Channing and a group sat next to us and Rodney Dangerfield and his wife sat on the other side of us, it was pretty trippy.

And one of my favorites was checking out of a hotel in New Orleans, I got in the elevator and there were a bunch of High School Band kids in the elevator and another man way in the back, I was hung over like a clown, and all of the sudden I hear this voice ask the kids what they were in town for, it was friggen George Carlin, the kids had absolutely no clue who he was. He knew by my re-action I knew who he was and he was very cool, he has always been a favorite of me and my brother, I couldnt wait to tell him about it.