Anyone for tenuous ?

yossarin

Viz have this regular feature where people send in their obscure links to fame.

Inspired by this and the need to give me mate abuse thread, I think we should have one as well.

so, i'll start:

I know the guy who was the kid in the Hazlebrook farm ad ("I think you'll be quicker on your own"), also I once worked for Bonos brother.

Blub2k4

When I was a waiter years ago I served, Cliff Richard, Roger Whittaker, yer wan who owns the Rovers Return in Corrie, Darren Day and lots more famous people, oh yeah Barry From Hi-De-HI.
was working in the Imperial Hotel in Blackpool and saw tv people all the time.
tenuous to say the least.

Nuttzz

I flashed me Nuts and me Arse in braveheart, the film won an oscar thanks to it I sure.

Kêrmêttê

Brian Kerr (irish soccer manager) lives on my road and one of his daughters was in my class in school.
Laura Birmingham (model) used to be a neighbour of mine.

gogo

Nuttzz wrote:

I flashed me Nuts and me Arse in braveheart, the film won an oscar thanks to it I sure.

My boyfriend was in that as well, (don't know if he flashed)

I has breakfast with Sinead O'Connor after a charity walk in Kildare, midnight sing-song around a camp fire with Luke a bloom and Sinead O Connor (same charity walk).

I'm sure there are more,
My friend is a researcher on Podge and Rodge and therefore is alway playing one of the characters in the stories.

Oh yes,
I have Paul McGrath autograph

I live a sad life

impr0v

I was getting my coat out of the cloakroom in Tramco on saturday night and Drico walked past us, according my mate anyway, I didn't see him.

yossarin

gogo wrote:

My friend is a researcher on Podge and Rodge and therefore is alway playing one of the characters in the stories.

thats a rocking job.

GoneShootin

Michael Flately lives just 9 miles from my door

cajun_tiger

i worked on about 25 films in ireland over the past 10 years

my fave was the serpants kiss

i was a walk through in the when brendan met trudy film

my dad use to be a coach driver for the frames and u2

went to a party in guinness castle in leixip and rod stuwart was there

the list goes on

BolBill

I met Eddie Vedder, the lead singer of Pearl Jam, in a pub in Dalkey years ago. Nobody knew who he was. He was a nice bloke, got his autograph on a beer mat (classy guy that I am)

I met Eddie Vedder years ago when I was working in a garden in Kiliney. As a sad 15 year old grunger, I was beside myself when I saw him, I went up to him to say hello. He looked at me with derision, asked me did I work there, I said yes, and he told me to get the F**K back to work.
I guess I caught him on a bad day...

stevenmu

The year Jacques Villeneuve won the Formula 1 drivers world championship I bumped into him at a corporate do. Literally, after a few hours of free drinks (is there any better kind) we were up on the dance floor, one of the lads goes "look there's Jacques Villeneuve !", I turned around, caught him with my elbow (he's tiny and I was off balance) and knocked him flat on his ass.

karlh

I got stoned and watched the Sopranos with Matt Stone in his gaff this May and I once got a phone call from Duncan Stewart asking about the staircase where I worked.....

mycroft

Ever seen a film called "the most fertile man in Ireland"?

I was his body double.

Maximilian

Jerry Lee Lewis lived 2 doors down from me for 2 years. Also, I screwed Willy, from "Free Willy". The second one may not have been true.

BolBill

Papa Smut wrote:

I met Eddie Vedder years ago when I was working in a garden in Kiliney. As a sad 15 year old grunger, I was beside myself when I saw him, I went up to him to say hello. He looked at me with derision, asked me did I work there, I said yes, and he told me to get the F**K back to work.
I guess I caught him on a bad day...

He was probably hungover

Roddy23

when Im up in my local occasionaly Robbie Keane is up there.
Have seen him up there 5 times in last year witha apint of Guinness.
When I was at the U2 concert the day Diana died, Larry Mullen told me to get out of his f*cken way.
And here is a fairly tenuous but pretty cool link.
The auld lad when he was growing up, Gene Wilder was a lodger in Wicklow in one of the Houses he grew up in.

gimmick

I called Noel King a jerk.

My friend once gave Roddy Collins a bit of another buddies birthday cake.

A guy who tries to be my friend reads the news for a local radio station.

I once told Keith Curle where the toilets were.

I hung around with a young Shane Filan from Westlife while we were both student wasters in LIT in 1997.

Oh, and my friend gave Kate Moss a light. She siad thank you.

Another friend bumped into Kerry Katona, and knocked her over. She called him a stupid bastard. I was never so proud of him.

embee

My granny has often told me that our family is (very distantly) related to the Corrs.

In addition, I am a direct descendant of the inventor of Tarmacadam.

BolBill

gimmick wrote:

I called Noel King a jerk.

Noel King is an asswipe. I told him he shouldn't be on TV in Toners pub one afternoon

gimmick

Another time Keith Flint gave me a fright when he fell on top of me when The Prodigy were playing in Cork City Hall in 1994.

The Clown Man

embee wrote:

My granny has often told me that our family is (very distantly) related to the Corrs.

Actually, my granny tells me I'm their second cousin! :cool:

I went on the píss with Hughey Morgan and bodygaurd Biff who are both cool. (And Collin Farrell but pfft)

Went out with a Swedish model and Norwegian model for a time. (Seperately, unfortunately) Oh, and a girl on the Rotterdam Ladies Volleyball Team! But I was about 16 at the time so ...

I got elbowed in the eye by Packie Bonner. :cool:

Numbers in my phone include:

A Senior Cabinet Minister,
Members of "International" Coverband Bjorn Again. (!)
Joe Dolan (!!)
and an actor in Fair City.

Ok I'm done.

Dr. Loon

I met Faith No More. They all have large heads.

I walked past Bob Geldof in Stephens Green.

Waltons

I've got Lemmy and Phil's autographs on a homemade ace of spades.

Trojan

I am me.

woosaysdan

i called bertie a spanner before when he was out canvasing for votes!!! i was very small at the time!!!

Blisterman

Who's Phil?

Waltons

Blisterman wrote:

Who's Phil?

Phil Campbell from Motörhead.

samo

i went to school with rick astleys cousin!

i also bumped into bill murray (literally - sent him flying)! walking down south great georges streer one day.

Ph3n0m

Drunkenly walking down Grafton Street, saw yer man that played Curly in Coronation Street - something possesed me to scream at him that he was a sh*te actor - he didnt look happy

Met Samantha Mumba at a kids party

Appeared on "Who wants to be a Millonaire" and all I got was my picture taken with Gay Byrne and cheap ass bottle of champagne (that has possibly turned to vinegar)

Some months earlier was outside a pub having scooby and say Gay and his other half - we offered him some, he just said no thank you - class!

Noticed a RTE crew filming live outside the Westbury (while I was in Bruxelles) - so I ran outside and proceeded to do a walk-on

Audtioned for Weakest Link - met Dunphy - he smells like piss and vinegar

Got roasted by Ed Byrne during a break whilst taping Millionaire - told him to f**k off

samo

woosaysdan wrote:

i called bertie a spanner before when he was out canvasing for votes!!! i was very small at the time!!!

reminded me of two more 'tenuous' ones that i forgot about....

I hadnt been in ireland for V long and Bertie came into the shop where I was working in the blanch centre (had just opened) and was only a young thing and he handed me his flyer and started his big speech only to be cut off by me saying 'yes thankyou, am very busy can you come back'

2 weeks later the bloke was taioseach (sp!) and I still rue the wasted oppurtunity I had to this day.....

Also, a couple of years ago I worked in a travel agency and booked a flight for a guy dave duffy and had no idea it was leo from fair city and sat in front of gim while everyone else kept pointing and giggling making me well paranoid and nobody would tell me he was meant to be famous!!

Thats all my not very tenuous links!!

Roar

gimmick wrote:

My friend once gave Roddy Collins a bit of another buddies birthday cake.

heh heh heh.....

with the whole pub singing feed the dubs at him too.....

anyway, back on topic, Roy Keane told me to fcuk off when i asked for an autograph.

I know Trevor Welch.

i met steve davis. what a hero.

I stole Cyclefly's set list from the stage after their gig in the savoy in cork.

*edit* ooh ooh I met Stacey Kiebler in Grafton Street! a lot shorter in real life too

herobear

my uncle works in the movie business, so have met loads of actors; jared leto, christina ricci, colm meaney, gabriel byrne and others whose names escape right now.
i once went on a beach walk with my mum, my sister, my uncle, elijah wood, his mum, his dogs and our dogs(this was years ago, before lotr)
i met Andy Hallet and Mark lutz(actors from the tv show 'Angel') at a convention.
the band Relish played at my school when i was in 4th year, talked to them loads and got their autographs.
i was in the music video for a song called 'step on high' from the band 'revelino, it premiered on 'the den'
one of my best friends is Duncan stewart's son

Sarky

I stopped Morcheeba from going backstage one Witness. I didn't know who they were until after. And then, I was glad I did what I did...

I got within 1 foot of Keith Flint. He nearly spat on me.

My dog's great grandmother was the Irish setter used in the Bus Eireann ads.

I was on TG4 news, prodding seaweed with a scientific, uh, proddy thing...

I met (in)famous (in the right circles, at least) cartoonists John Kovalic and Greg Hyland. They signed absolutely everything I had.

Crucifix

My Grandfather is in the commitments. When the fella is drumming in the pawnshop, my Grandpappy looks in the window then chuckles or shrugs or something.
And my Mam's cousin is married to the voice of Shredder from the teenage mutant ninja turtles.
And when I was young I painted beds with the Sultan's of Ping.

Ba_barbaraAnne

Had a few drinks and played and sang in a session with Johnny Logan in my local pub a couple of years ago. Great night!

gimmick

Ive more, my God, Ive more.

My buddy is going out with Cathriona Devereaux, the co-presenter of that tv show SCOPE on RTE 2.

I also met Stacy. Unfortunatley no photo though.

My dad met the singer from Métisse. She gave him 3 CDs of hers (anyone who hasnt heard the album MY FAULT is missing out huge. HUGE!!!)

The singer from The Darkness was dancing to my buddys band cartoon at oxegen for 15 minutes.

And finally, I spat in or around the area where Bill Clinton gave some stupid speech.

BlitzKrieg

continueing on braveheart links (without the balls)

My aunt was Mel Gibson Phisiotheripist (sp?) for the time he was shooting the film in Ireland, my aunt being the absolute bimbo she is didnt know who he was (Studio rung, asked her to see an actor etc) he invited her and her family out to dinner she turned him down becuase her husband might get the wrong idea. Husband was in fact...HUGE GIBSON fan...its the shame of the family.

My mom was the doctor to the tipperary hurling team for a while (yes a family of doctors) not too famous but i saw many a cool injury in my time staying in the dug out with her.


distant one this. My aunts cousin (by marriage) is Brenden Gleeson. Not related to me but she did give me the audio tapes he used (i think) to improve his acting.


c'est la vie

aidan_dunne

I've gotten my ugly mug on the telly a couple of times while standing around watching rallies (mainly on 'RPM').

You could just about see me and my brother walking around the pitlane at Mondello Park during the 2001 round of the British Touring Car Championship race there (the shot was taken from the top of the control tower looking back down below). A friend of mine got his mug on the telly at this year's round. I was standing beside him....... all you could see was my elbow! Though, I did get close to Vicki Butler-Henderson in the pits this year. And when the BBC was covering the touring cars in 2001, their commentator Charlie Cox put his hand on my shoulder to get past the gate out into the pit lane and said, "Excuse me. Thanks." He's one bloody tall, lanky Aussie, I must say!

Got within a couple of feet of 1996 Formula 1 World Champion Damon Hill at the Pheonix Park Races that year, where he was attending as a guest. Was trying to get his autograph but never managed to get through the scrum of people surrounding him, unfortunately. Damn nice fella, though. Very polite.

Have lots of autographs of other racing and rally drivers: Steve Soper, Jason Plato, James Thompson, Yvan Muller (all former BTCC champions) amongst others; rally drivers including Denis Biggerstaff, Tommy Graham, RTE presenter Michael Lyster (he was competing in the Circuit of Ireland Rally) and the late, great Bertie Fisher.

My father met Trevor Welch a couple of years ago. Both my father and brother met Tracy Piggott a couple of times when she was supporting the Irish Prison Service Cycle of Ireland charity cycle. My grandmother and uncle met Mick McCarthy years ago when he was signing copies of his book, 'Captain Fantastic'

Dr. Dre

What a very interesting thread.

A few of the older generation will remember Eamonn Andrews, of "what's my line" and "this is your life" fame.
He was my cousin.

Er, I drink in the same quiet boozer that the Corrs dad does, eh, we're only on nodding terms

Met a load of crappy celebs; Twink, Joe lynch, Anneka Rice and the like, etc...

gimmick

Last one.

We were in the Horseshoe bar in Cork recently, and someone told my buddy that MOSS KEANE was in the bar. In he goes to give out about Roy Keane.

The buddy thought it was Moss Keane, former Irish Rugby International. It was in fact Roy Keanes dad.

samo

gimmick wrote:

Last one.

We were in the Horseshoe bar in Cork recently, and someone told my buddy that MOSS KEANE was in the bar. In he goes to give out about Roy Keane.

The buddy thought it was Moss Keane, former Irish Rugby International. It was in fact Roy Keanes dad.

thats classic, I like that!!

vibe666

I'm glad it's tenuous, I have a ton!

best one probably, is that my dad's partner is the sister of the ex wife of ex Scotland + Celtic goalkeeper (from the 80's) Alan Rough, so if my dad had re-married and Alan hadn't got divorced, he'd be my step uncle! how's that for tenuous!

my brother used to run a club in london called the limelight, anddanni minogue had been at her birthday party at the hippodrome, but hated it and came to his club round the corner, and wanted to get into the VIP room, but he told her to fvck off cos she wasn't famous (she'd only had one single at that time).

i met loads of people there too. i was only 13 or so at the time, but in the summer holidays i'd stay in london with him and act as a bus boy and general dogsbody, but on a good night of various promotions he'd let me do the cloakroom, so I'd meet everyone when they came in.

I tooks coats off and spoke to kenny everett, clive owen (with his boyfriend! all the girls were very upset) jeff bridges and robin williams at the after party of the fisher king premiere. I took drinks to quincy jones, joan armatrading, annie lennox, yazz (minus the plastic population) about 15 page 3 girls of the time, cleo rocas, nigel benn & chris eubanks. boy george (and his brother the totally insane drug dealer, strangely enough). so many, i can't even remember, and who aren't even famous any more.

my girlfriend had a coffee and a chat with arnie in his hotel while he was over for the special olympics. very charming apparently.

was at the stereophonics at the point and the english preist off ballyk was sat right near me. looking really rough too.

many more. few minor tv appearances on regional stuff. oh, and I slept with david gowers younger (by about 15 years, thankfully) sister when i was 18. seemed like a good idea at the time.

oh, and a guy i was at uni with used to live next door to matthew corbett, and although most of the props etc. got sold to a japanese collector, matthew GAVE him the sooty van when it was all over, knowing how much he wanted it (he was a proper stoner) and it's been driven all round europe and is now covered in little stickers from every country he's been to. met him in a pub a few years back and he said it was the best way to get free weed he'd ever known and he was never going to get rid of it.

Sarky

Also, my dad went to school with the drummer in Thin Lizzy.

pork99

I once sat in a chair in a pub that Bono had just vacated and it was still warm from his arse-warmth. I felt special. :rolleyes:

Sleepy

I got a tip from Shane McGowan. Didn't know what it was because he just slipped it into the palm of my hand when shaking it, t'was one hundred pounds Irish. Pays to be a barman at times!

I threatened to kick Kris Marshall (lead actor in "The Most Fertile Man In Ireland") out of a hotel I was working in if he didn't cop on to fúck. Was priceless because he was behaving like an up himself cúnt because the afore-mentioned film had just gone over brilliantly at the Galway Film Fleadh.

When I was a wee kid I once built sandcastles with Christy Moore's sons on a beach in Clare.

Miguel_Sanchez

Sleepy wrote:

I threatened to kick Kris Marshall (lead actor in "The Most Fertile Man In Ireland") out of a hotel I was working in if he didn't cop on to fúck. Was priceless because he was behaving like an up himself cúnt because the afore-mentioned film had just gone over brilliantly at the Galway Film Fleadh.

That film is such ****e. Bleurgh.

Anyway. I met Ardal O'Hanlon and John Lloyd (producer of Blackadder and Spitting Image). I have Jenny Kelly's mobile number in my phonebook - used to have Enda Kenny's mobile humber too but deleted it before I could do anything fun with it.

Some day you'll all be using me in one of these threads. (yeah sure)

Chinafoot

my uncle was Phil Lynotts mechanic.

my mam went to school with newsreader, ann cassin.

the guy who played "Darren Doyle" in Fair City (niall o'shea or something) was in my Hamlet class in 6th year and when asked where he wanted to go to college he said "Trinners, cos Trinners is for Winners"....as you can imagine he was SOOOOO popular!

John Rocha's daughter was in my history class.

my sister is mates with the guys from Warlords of Pez.

She is also mates with the two guys from The Chalets.

I was at a party in said sisters gaff and did the "Top of the world" scene from Titanic in her balcony with a member of The Revs.

a fella i went to school with spotted Louis Walsh around Lesson St, ran over to him, kicked him in the shin and said "thats for boyzone, ya príck". funniest thing i've ever seen!

have walked past.....Roy Keane, The Italian Rugby Team, The Irish Rugby Team later the same day, one of the knobheads from Blue, Mutya from the Sugababes.

in work i have served....Harry and Frank from Fair City, Lead singer of Aslan, Ronan Keating, Mikey Graham, Bryan McFadden.

oh also, when i worked in Flip in Temple Bar a few years ago Jonathon Rhys Myers came in and was admiring an ugly second hand Aaran-type jumper. it was £10 and he said "i'll give you £5" i said "sorry but the price is 10." and he uttered the immortal line "do you know who i am?" i said "yea arent you the guy who ratted out Michael Collins??" he threw me a look and said "fine, a tenner it is" and then the git handed me a £50 note!!! tight bastárd!

growler

On a school rugby weekend I stayed with Bob Geldof's sister's family , and got one of a stack of Bob autographs he supplied the with.

The lead singer from Therapy offered me a bag of speed if I gave him my spliff when the played in UL years ago, told him to f--k off.

My mate used to be in the Cranberries but left them to focus on study... bad move.

I had a pint with Brendan Grace in Lahinch.

Morrissey sat across from me in an airport lounge a while back , i ignored him.

Was out shark fishing with Derek Davis in Kinsale in the 80's.

vibe666

here's some more (shorter this time cos I've been know to waffle a bit) .

I went to school with the cousin of one of the spitting image animators/artists.

a friend of my mum's went to school with sting, and he asked her out when they were about 13 and she turned him down cos he was ugly.

I used to go out with the great, great, great, etc. etc. grand neice of brendan behan. strangely enough the only person to have red hair in her family for 3 generations. very rare apparently cos it's a recessive gene (there i go again, waffling).

ronan keating used to (apparently) work for my current girlfriends dad in (i think) some sort of factory/packing plant for fizzy drinks. <- someone might be able to confirm or deny that as her dad is a very odd man.

i used to be a karaoke/quiz dj (sorry) in tenerife and this bunch of lads came in one time in the quiet season, and wouldn't stop singing every night they were there. I made a point of repeatedly taking the piss out of them at every opportunity cos they were telling anyone who'd listen that they were going to be pop stars etc. etc. 3 months later I see them on MTV. turns out it was 3 of the lads from Blue. it was supposed to be their last week of freedom before they were famous or something like that.

my brother lent his car to a mate and it cam back with stilleto marks in the dashboard from where your man was humping the girl in the flake advert right there in the passenger seat. the one with short black hair, where her bath water runs over. he wasn't happy to say the least.

The_B_Man

phil lynott used to practice where me ma used to work. she said she was mates with him and he used to scab free smokes off her (back when they were sold individually). She also told me how me auntie (her sis) went out with him.
also, that aunties husband loaned thin lizzy his "Les Paul" guitar to record whiskey in the jar. (i still dont believe me ma about this though, even though that uncle is big into guitars etc)

me brothers mate used to be one of ronan keatings security guards but he sacked him so me & my brothers mates kept prank fone callin him sayin we were the real da of his kid etc. was funny. he changed his number soon after.

i have a mate whos been in a few ads (night saver ESB ad, Big als burgers etc) and a film with angela landsbury and cynthia nixon, aswell as joseph and the amazin technicolor dreamcoat with jason donovan or someone like that. same mate served shane mcgowan the other day. said hes very generous with tips.

Went to same school as Andy Reid. remember playin football in the school yard at lunchtime with him a good few times. Graham barrett lives up the road.

Was on the 77 home from school few years ago and sat across from damien duff. he was with sum1 i thought was his da but got off at walkinstown roundabout so thinkin it mighta been brian kerr. not sure though.

was in judge roy beans and saw the jesus in the house fella. we dared me mate to go over & ask for a foto on his camera phone and when ur man said "ok" me mate goes "no not u, ur bird!". he saw the funny side of it and posed for a foto anyway. same mate was in lillies bordello 2 saturday nights ago. talkin to louis walsh and 2 of the westlife boys.

saw numerous celebs around town durin the EMAs in dublin.
got me face on the news a few times.
All very tenuous unfortunately. other stuff to do with fair city. prob think of more later.