Ever written to someone famous and got a reply?

Kevin Duffy

brummytom wrote: »

You're welcome. Remember, those photos are for your eyes only.

Eyes? I gouged them out with a spoon at first glance. Seriously dude, get a chick and empty those things!

WindSock

Wrote a letter to Bruce Springsteen when I was around 4/5. It included several original drawings of my Care Bear and an invitation over to my house.
I later found out that my mam gave it to her friend to post which she never did. I think they just kept it to laugh at

I have no doubt that had the letter been sent, he would have come over to Dublin, we would have married and he be arrested for paedophilia or marriage of a minor or bigamy or something. Just as well the letter wasn't sent then :eek:

Kevin Duffy

WindSock wrote: »

Wrote a letter to Bruce Springsteen when I was around 4/5. It included several original drawings of my Care Bear and an invitation over to my house.
:eek:

I genuinely have tears in my eyes and can't stop laughing at this, in the best possible way.

Nolanger

WindSock wrote: »

Wrote a letter to Bruce Springsteen when I was around 4/5. It included several original drawings of my Care Bear and an invitation over to my house.

Should have written to Michael Jackson instead.

To Alcohol

Sent Alex Ferguson an invitation to my sisters wedding. Got a response saying he'd be unable to attend due to prior commitments.

WindSock

Nolanger wrote: »

Should have written to Michael Jackson instead.

While I loved MJ too, I wasn't in love with him like I was The Boss.

saa

Fred from taking back sunday just sent a mail to his side project myspace back in the day twas nice

The Princess Bride

Fancied the (tight leather)pants off Rod Stewart when I was about 12/13, wrote him a letter c/o record company.......
Silly me, sure I was probably too old for him.:o

Gloomtastic!

gigino wrote: »

Gloomtastic! wrote: »

I started a thread in Business & Entreprenieur giving out about the Irish version of Dragons Den.
One of the Dragons responded!

I guess he / she defended the show - or did he/she criticize you for starting the thread giving out about the Irish version of Dragons Den ?
And did they reply by boards p.m. ? if so, how do you know they were real ?

Here's the thread. Someone accused Gavin Duffy of cheating and he replied. No reason to disbelieve it was genuine.
http://touch.boards.ie/thread/2056194327?page=1

AudreyHepburn

David Attenborough when I was 9....got a lovely letter back.

I'm still a huge fan!

Karona

Wrote to Bam Margera when I was about 15 and he wrote back with signed pictures.

Wrote to Jamie Heaslip and Cian Healy on twitter and they both replied. Delighted!!

StupidLikeAFox

Coming up to my 21st my mam sent Jack L an invitation to the party. I cringed when I heard about it but he sent back a birthday card and two signed albums so I dont mind now!

wilkie2006

Standard Toaster wrote: »

Helped out Graham Linehan once via twitter and he sent me a signed script from one of the IT Crowd episodes. What a top bloke.

How did you help him? Did you ask for a script or did he just contact you? That was really sound of him, though.

Unless making contact via Twitter, how do people find out celebrities' email/ postal addresses?

Really interesting thread, OP!

pragmatic1

AudreyHepburn wrote: »

David Attenborough when I was 9....got a lovely letter back.

I'm still a huge fan!

I think I'd be more impressed with that than a letter from any other celebrity. Massive respect for the man.

CaliforniaDream

My mother wrote to Ardal O'Hanlon during the Father Ted times.
No idea why she wrote or how she got an address.

Anyways, he sent back a 2 page letter and a signed photo of all the cast members.
Nice to have.

Jesus Wept

Must bash out some letters this year. Any targets?

I sent an email to Jennifer Harmen (poker player) about a poker hand she was involved in. She wrote back to me within a couple of hours. She's nice.

My name is URL wrote: »

Yeah, in primary school as part of some project I wrote to Princess Diana about her involvement in trying to bring to an end the use of land-mines around the world. Got a hand written letter and a load of photographs from her a few weeks later.

Nice touch of her to get someone send a hand written letter back to you

WindSock wrote: »

Wrote a letter to Bruce Springsteen when I was around 4/5. It included several original drawings of my Care Bear and an invitation over to my house.
I later found out that my mam gave it to her friend to post which she never did. I think they just kept it to laugh at

I have no doubt that had the letter been sent, he would have come over to Dublin, we would have married and he be arrested for paedophilia or marriage of a minor or bigamy or something. Just as well the letter wasn't sent then :eek:

Used to love carebears, watched their moves on repeat, vhs yo.

bmcc10

On Twitter got a PM from Kenny Florian.

AudreyHepburn

pragmatic1 wrote: »

I think I'd be more impressed with that than a letter from any other celebrity. Massive respect for the man.

Lol I thought I might come across as a snob if I said that but I feel the same.

Billy West, the voice of Zoidberg and others on futurama gave me a shout out on a podcast AS ZOIDBERG!!


I also have a signed picture of Laird Hamilton which he sent to me.

sparkthatbled

A friend of mine used to write to premiership clubs when they sacked their managers applying for the job, saying that as a life-long fan he knows exactly what needs to be done and will definitely have them winning the league within 3 years. As a result, he had a wall full of an impressive array of framed rejection letters. They might be generic style replies but i think the sheer volume qualifies a mention.