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Post #46898 by Tiki-bot on Fri, Aug 8, 2003 1:08 PM
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No A-listers here, which is odd for having grown up in SoCal. Guess I needed to get out more. I was, however, on both "Wonderama" and "The Banana Splits" shows as a tyke. Having worked at Lucasarts in the mid 90's, I've had a few George Lucas sightings, which were a bigger deal to me before those awful new movies came out. All Lucas company employees are under orders to not talk to or otherwise bother George - kinda like the Pope! But he's a pretty common sight around Marin. Incident #1: We had a moving party when Lucasarts moved to a new facility and George popped by to say a few words. I was dealing with a horrible computer crash and missed most of the party, so I raced outside to grab something from the food table. This being a games company, the food was nearly all gone, but there was one hot dog left. I searched quickly for a plate, and just as I reached for the dog, George literally grabbed it from under my hand and didn't even look up or say anything. #2: At the Lucasfilm 4th of July picnic, watched Robin Williams play a pick-up soccer game with a bunch of dudes. Man, he's hairy! Later in the beer line, saw George beaming while talking to Robin as a bunch of kids eyed the two. One kid sheepishly wanders over and George perks up, then deflates when the kid says, "Can I have your autograph, Mrs. Doubtfire?" George walked away in disgust as Robin cheerfully signed autographs for all the kids. Many friends report that Robin is a very nice guy. #3: My favorite. While having a drink with a friend in a Marin restaurant, which was about to close, in walks George with two hottie asian 20-somethings. They are led away to the curtained "Lucasfilm" booth in the back. Soon we see the bartender mixing a few elaborate, labor-intensive coffee drinks (after she had cleaned and shut down the bar area). We asked what the drinks were, she looked up, eyes rolled, and said with disgust, "They're for his-HIGHness". Strangely (or not), once also saw SF mayor Willie Brown at a table next to us with 2 hottie asian 20-somethings. During a "60 Minutes" segment on the new non-smoking laws (at Tosca, a bar in SF), my friend walks up and interupts interviewer Steve Croft by asking Willie Brown for a light. Willie laughs and smiles big and grabs his shoulders, "Somebody arrest this man!" While at Lucasarts, I did a number of tv interviews. The weirdest ever was for some nationally syndicated science magazine show that had Charles Fleischer as a "correspondent". He's an actor/comedian who voiced Roger Rabbit. A very smart guy, but also a horrible, whiny, destructive person. He messed with one of my artist's shelves in his office til the unit collapsed and broke everything on it. He just shrugged and walked away. His producer and cameraman openly bashed him (not in a friendly, kidding way) when he wasn't around, which was alot of the time. When they were ready for him to do the interview, they had to send out a search team to find him sleeping on a couch in a darked room on another floor that wasn't our space. A true weirdo. On the other hand, I was interviewed a couple years prior to that for a tech segment on Good Morning America by Spencer Christian. He was an absolute gentleman and sat with me and asked a LOT about what I did so he could ask intelligent questions on camera. I've never seen a more professional crew or air talent than those GMA folks. Other randomness: Had dinner with "hottie stripper" Jordan from Big Brother 1. Met and chatted with Daphne Zuniga ("Melrose Place") after the Vagina Monologues in SF. She was dating a childhood friend. Polite, but probably because my friend asked her to meet me. Seemed like she's probably kind of a bitch. Saw a totally trashed Goldie Hawn being carried by two men out of a private Soho club and down the street, her feet dragging on the ground. Music props: John Doe of "X" ordered a beer behind us at Edinburgh Castle just before a Knitters show. Roadied a SF show with Clarence Clemmons - truly bigger than life character, and very nice. |