As far as cooking goes, I did tableside carved turkey for Art Garfunkel last year and offered to do dinner for Gregory Hines in '94 after kitchen closing (he politely declined). Had breakfast once next to John Lithgow. I was staying at the Omni Berkshire in NYC back when SNL used to put up their hosts there. Watched the show the night before, had breakfast next to him the following morning. Also, met John Denver at one of my Dad's company parties once; he was nice, but seemed really burned out. As far as celebrities that I've met, he was the one I really wanted to talk to; one of my favorite memories of my childhood was sitting in my Father's lap driving down the Ventura Highway listening to a tape of John's album "Aerie". My Dad had borrowed the car from a friend who was also a friend of John Denver, who had given him the tape. I think the most important thing to remember about celeberities is that they are still just people; I could tell stories about John Denver that wouldn't portray him as the sunshine boy most would believe him to be, but why speak ill of the (unfortunately) dead.
Also, Tony Shalhoub (from Wings and Stark Raving Mad) and his brother Mike grew up with my Dad in Green Bay. One of my Dad's first jobs was working in the Shalhoub family grocery store.
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