six degrees of separation to famous people

[mikizee]

Russhies thread inspired this one.

How are you strangely connected to famous people?

Example.

I know a chick here in adelaide who is best friends with the singer Sia Furler. Sia wrote a few tracks for Christina Aguilera's new album.

So I'm 2 (or 3) degrees away from Christina Aguilera.

Also Sia is dating JD Samson, DJ from Le Tigre. Adrock's missus is from Le Tigre. So I'm 5 degrees away from Adrock.

I'm sure I have others which I will remember in time.

Now its your turn! GO!



Or don't. I don't give a fuck.

[Dorothy Wood]

my dorm neighbor in college banged tom hanks' son, colin hanks.

my mom knew RHCP drummer chad smith's sister, growing up.

I'm related by marriage to one of the members of Interpol.

hmm, one of my friends went to high school with Katie Holmes.

ah, one of my friends dated Eric of Tim and Eric.


I know this lady in real life: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynthia_Plaster_Caster

[DipDipDive]

I've hung out with Harmar Superstar. He's from here and is friends with my friends. He's nice, but he's gross.

A former friend of mine is in the band thenewno2 with George Harrison's son. I always really liked him. We made out in his basement once when we were in high school. He's too famous to talk to me now.

John Hughes graduated from my high school. A bunch of the scenes in Ferris Bueller's Day Off and The Breakfast Club were filmed on my school's grounds.

I went to junior high and high school with Jim McMahon's daughter.

A friend of mine lived in London for a few months and dated the drummer from The Darkness.

I was on Jerry Springer as an audience member in like 2002. I sat in the front row and commented at the end of the show. lolz.

[Freebasser]

My dad used to work with a guy who once worked as a guard at Spandau Prison where Rudolf Hess, once deputy to Adolf Hitler, was imprisoned at the time.

[Drederick Tatum]

a friend of mine plays in the band the Black Seeds, which Brett from Flight of... is/was a member. they're both nice guys.

I used to play basketball a lot with Joe Dukie aka Dallas Tamaira aka the singer from Fat Freddy's Drop.

that's it I suppose. not very impressive. I used to meet lots of famous people through my former employment. these days not so much.

[Kid Presentable]

a friend of mine plays in the band the Black Seeds, which Brett from Flight of... is/was a member. they're both nice guys.



Is it Jarney Murphy (drummer)? I used to smoke weeds with J and my friends from the valley were tight with him.

[Nygel]

i collaborated on a track and directed a music video for MC Lars who did a track with mc chris who did a track with Talib Kweli who has done tracks with Jay-Z, Kanye West, Mos Def. 4 degrees from them. then Mos Def was in a film with Jack Black. 5 degrees. .... I'll say Adrien Brody for my 6th degree.

[MC Moot]

Ben Kingsley owns a villa bout a km away from my dad's...he cut down some beautiful palms when he built and pops has been pissed ever since...they played chess a couple of times before the massacre...

David Cronenbergs family was long time friends and cottage neighbors to my aunt and uncle...he used to show up to the lake in a red barchetta...

My Aunt dated Bobby Orr...

My mother worked for Gloria Steinem...

I played pick up basketball at the Y with John Cusack and Meki Phifer...

I'm not sure I'm playing this game right...

[b i o n i c]

this thread is a bad idear

[Nuzzolese]

My aunt knows a bunch of famous musician people. One degree. Done. I never hit her up for anything though. That would have just been low class. I never met anybody. But my brother did get to meet KISS. He said they were boring.

[Brother McDuff]

John Hughes graduated from my high school. A bunch of the scenes in Ferris Bueller's Day Off and The Breakfast Club were filmed on my school's grounds.

I went to junior high and high school with Jim McMahon's daughter.


wait a second, John Hughes went to my high school.

Ferris Bueller and Breakfast club were filmed at my high school.

I went to high school with Jim McMahon's son (and prolly daughter). Didn't know him, but he was a year younger.



Dip Dip Dive, are you from Northbrook? Sounds like you went to GBN.

[Brother McDuff]

I went to junior high school with Patrick Stumpf, lead singer from Fallout Boy. Sat next to him in Spanish class. Not really a fan of his music, but he was a really nice kid.

My uncle used to be friends with Michael Jordan's wife, before she divorced MJ.

Ted Williams used to be my grandpa's doubles tennis partner.

I ate pizza dinner with a couple members of Styx at my parents' house.

My dad has owned a small recording studio in the chicagoland area for over 30 years, so there are many many degrees to cats in the music industry.

[MC Moot]

I've hung out with Harmar Superstar. He's from here and is friends with my friends. He's nice, but he's gross.

This is absolute truth...he is nasty...:eek:

My dad used to work with a guy who once worked as a guard at Spandau Prison where Rudolf Hess, once deputy to Adolf Hitler, was imprisoned at the time.

that's the kind of thing I find really interesting…(y)

[DipDipDive]

Dip Dip Dive, are you from Northbrook? Sounds like you went to GBN.

Whoa dude. PM me.

[Echewta]

You all know me.

[skinnybutphat]

I met McDuff at the Jewel in Northbrook who went to the same school as DDD who knows all kinds of semi famous people.

[DipDipDive]

Does the Jewel in Northbrook still exist?? That shit is literally right down the street from my childhood home.

[skinnybutphat]

Does the Jewel in Northbrook still exist?? That shit is literally right down the street from my childhood home.

Yeah, I know. I've been on the DDD childhood bus tour. The Jewel is still there but the parking lot is all torn up. I used to work on Shermer right across the street from GNB. Had to keep an eye open for all those GBN kids speeding around in beamers and Range Rovers.

Were you there during the whole piss & shit fiasco?

[DipDipDive]

Are you referring to those dumb powderpuff bitches? I think that happened like 2 years after I graduated.

[skinnybutphat]

Are you referring to those dumb powderpuff bitches? I think that happened like 2 years after I graduated.

Yeah, the girls that were hazing by throwing piss & shit all over each other and decided to videotape it.

[DipDipDive]

Yeah I was done and gone the year of the expose, but stuff similar to that (although maybe not quite so extreme) had been going on every year for ages. I never participated. I wasn't one of the "cool girls." :rolleyes:

I fucking hated high school.

[Laver1969]

I think Stepan finally moved out of the school and moved up the road to the old GBC building.

[mickill]

Michael Bublé asked my wife out after they competed against each other at a talent show as teenagers. She declined. But he did win the contest.

My wife's also good friends with Reese Witherspoon's cousin.

My father-in-law was friends with Bryan Adam's manager. He's been to one of his recording sessions.

We were invited onto Sarah Brightman's tour bus for NACHOS.

I had a pleasant conversation with Xzibit after a show once, before he had a deal. He was cool, real down to earth. Later, he hit on my girlfriend at the time. It was all good.

A friend of mine lives across the street from Yoko Ono and Lauren Bacall.

I saw pre-meltdown Britney Spears outside of the TRL studios in Time Square.

I bagged Atlanta Hawks point guard Mike Bibby's groceries once, when he was a rookie. I helped him out to his car. He was cool. Tried to give me ten bucks. I refused it.

I also ate at one of Robert DeNiro's local restaurants. He wasn't there or anything. But still, he owned the place.

I've met some other famous people like Mike Myers, members of A Tribe Called Quest, both Gallaghers from Oasis, Method Man and Redman, Nelly Furtado, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Snoop Dogg, WWE Superstar Trish Stratus and some less notable people, but they weren't like conversations or like we hung out or anything.

I also got to see Jennifer Connelly running on the treadmill in the gym at my brother's building. I didn't stand there and watch for longer than 5 minutes or so, but that was big.

[Brother McDuff]

I met McDuff at the Jewel in Northbrook who went to the same school as DDD who knows all kinds of semi famous people.

Does the Jewel in Northbrook still exist?? That shit is literally right down the street from my childhood home.

Skinny is referring to the Jewel/Osco at Plaza del Prado, at Willow & Pfingsten. DDD, I think you're thinking of the Jewel that used to be on Cherry Ln. but is now Sunset Foods. That Jewel was lengendary.


I think Stepan finally moved out of the school and moved up the road to the old GBC building.


I think you're thinking of New Trier high school in Northfield. Stepan was right behind it next to the highway and just recently moved further north up Skokie Blvd.

[skinnybutphat]

Yeah I was done and gone the year of the expose, but stuff similar to that (although maybe not quite so extreme) had been going on every year for ages. I never participated. I wasn't one of the "cool girls." :rolleyes:

I fucking hated high school.

Crazy rich kids.

We CPS high schoolers just beat each up on our birthdays, piled into whoever had the most functional car and partied during school days.

I fucking loved high school.

I met Laver too who has met Beastie Boys.

[mickill]

I met DJ Hurricane. He has met the Beastie Boys too.

[skinnybutphat]

I sold basketballs to Doc Rivers, who played for the Knicks, DJ Hurricane was part of 'The Afros' and they're Knicks fans.

[MC Moot]

my brother stole a pair of gold framed Rayban's from Eric Bobo...

[funk63]

One of the anchors at fox had a book signing in the PX near my house.
We used the bathroom at the same time and he peed in the urinal next to me.

[DandyFop]

Famous people be all over Hollywood - who knew!? Most recently, Adam Corolla eating lunch. Last night, Roy from The Office at the bar.

The end.

[Gareth]

I used to play basketball a lot with Joe Dukie aka Dallas Tamaira aka the singer from Fat Freddy's Drop.

he's not bad, i've only played against him tho.
that one guy from shapeshifter can hit the 3.
and imon starr is just really damn tall.
i've played with two guys who played in world u19s and thus played against people who have played against seth curry aka stephen curry's brother.
therefore i have played against stephen curry.

[Kid Presentable]

I was in Richie McCaw's class at high school. And friends of mine opened for Mobb Deep in Christchurch. And I am a pathetic loser.

[Gareth]

do you know the wizard?

[Kid Presentable]

Not personally, but yeah.

[hpdrifter]

Wow, you guys have a lot of six degrees. I don't have any connections to any famous people which sucks because I am fascinated by famous people.

I've met a few but only like, for a second, can I have your autograph type shit.

[skra75]

jesus my list is so long... but if I spelled out all the celebs/famous/oddball ppl I had connections to the list itself would incriminate my IRL persona. :( Sucks being a quasi celebrity.

[hpdrifter]

I knew you were too good-looking to be a normal person!

Were you a child actor maybe on a famous show? The little brother in Mr. Belvedere? (Actually I know you're not him because I met him when I was in college).

Actually that reminds me, I slept with the guy who played the little brother in the Last Starfighter (when he was grown up, pervballs).

[mikizee]

I know a famous guy called skra75 on an internet message board.

I've been famous too, I was the face of a toilet paper brand on australian commercials in teh eighties.

[faz]

El-p and dj yoda have each retweeted a tweet from me, does that count? No? Oh.

[YoungRemy]

I HAD LOBSTER BISQUE WITH DOOGIE HOWSER AND URINATED NEXT TO KENNETH THE NBC PAGE.

I'm kind of a big deal...

People know me...

[mikizee]

I directed masta ace in a film clip a couple of years back.

[MC Moot]

I HAD LOBSTER BISQUE WITH DOOGIE HOWSER...'

my brother sold acid to "Parker Lewis"...

[checkyourprez]

i played soccer with and know yuri lavernako (sp), he went to my hs but is a several years older. he came over from Ukraine with dema kovelenko (sp) in the early 90s to go to hs in the rochester area. dema currently plays on the LA galaxy and is a teamate of david beckham. and well beckham knows everyone in the footy world. boom.

one of my professors in college was the vp of his class at georgetown when bill clinton was the president (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Clinton_at_Georgetown_1967.jpg)of the class. clinton knows everyone. boom.

[skra75]

I knew you were too good-looking to be a normal person!

Were you a child actor maybe on a famous show? The little brother in Mr. Belvedere? (Actually I know you're not him because I met him when I was in college).

hahahaha that's classic. but wow thanks for the compliment

Actually that reminds me, I slept with the guy who played the little brother in the Last Starfighter (when he was grown up, pervballs).

that kid was my hero back in the day! ftw Ko-dan armada