View Full Version : What living person would you be most likely to pester for an autograph?
Exhibitman
10-13-2014, 06:12 PM
Assume you were lucky enough to meet someone famous in a context when asking for an autograph would not be unsafe/ill-mannered/inconvenient, etc. Who would you most like that person to be?
I pretty much gotta go with Bruce Springsteen. 2nd place, Steven Spielberg. 3rd place, Paul McCartney. Honorable mentions: Mick Jagger, Jimmy Page, Harrison Ford, Pele.
Of course, if it was on a good day for him medically and I could pre-select the item to be signed, then Muhammad Ali would be up there too.
Runscott
10-13-2014, 07:01 PM
Intriguing question.
1. Tommy Thompson - would get him to sign a gold coin of some sort.
2. Larry Dierker - I have a '67 Astros ball that is only missing his signature.
3. Doug Hofstadter - just because he wrote me a very pleasant email once, and I love his books.
4. Paul McCartney - signed base-ball (because of the pun)
Econteachert205
10-13-2014, 07:10 PM
Van morrison
bnorth
10-13-2014, 07:13 PM
Angus Young would be super cool.
icollectDCsports
10-13-2014, 07:34 PM
I'd like Brian Wilson to sign my Pet Sounds album.
RichardSimon
10-13-2014, 08:06 PM
Van morrison
+1
Van The Man, nobody better and an amazing live performer.
71buc
10-13-2014, 08:33 PM
Ali
yanksfan09
10-13-2014, 08:37 PM
Probably Eddie Vedder
sbfinley
10-13-2014, 09:23 PM
Paul McCartney. A signed 1964 Topps Beatles BW 160 is one of my holy grails. Met him briefly in 2011 but even if I had it to sign it wouldn't have worked because the interaction was 45 seconds of me fumbling words and shaking like a Polaroid.
packs
10-14-2014, 07:47 AM
Would kill to get McCartney on my White album on white vinyl. It is a beautiful record and is just missing that 2K boost.
CamaroCPA
10-14-2014, 09:05 AM
Any or all of the members of the Rolling Stones. :cool:
Bestdj777
10-14-2014, 09:19 AM
I'd like to meet Yogi Berra, Nolan Ryan, and one of our former presidents whose name I won't mention, and get their autographs. I have a half dozen signed Nolan Ryan pieces (a ball, a rookie card, and a handful of other signed cards) but would love to get an in person autograph at some point.
shelly
10-14-2014, 11:49 AM
The Queen of England,The Pope, All the living presidents, all the supreme court members last but not least J K Rowling:)
baseball tourist
10-14-2014, 02:47 PM
Scarlett Johansson (could I linger a little while....?)
Pele
Ali
Lordstan
10-14-2014, 03:13 PM
Up until a couple years ago the choice of Mandela would've been easy for me, but since his passing I might go with the Dalai Lama, the Pope, Jordan, McCartney, or Elvis(He didn't really die)
w7imel
10-14-2014, 04:03 PM
I get both living Popes autographs on the sweet spot of a ball like maris and mantle used to do...
mcgwirecom
10-14-2014, 04:07 PM
Stones was a good answer...
Dylan
Springsteen
MacDice
10-14-2014, 05:41 PM
If they can thaw him out...Ted Williams
sycks22
10-15-2014, 07:53 AM
A couple years ago I would've said Bob feller as he's a notorious tough signer
Exhibitman
10-16-2014, 09:03 AM
Heh. The hardest thing to find in the hobby? An unsigned Feller picture.
aaroncc
10-16-2014, 10:20 AM
Queen of England, Michael Jordan
sam majors
10-16-2014, 10:47 AM
I'd like to talk to that young lady who just won the Nobel Peace Prize. If she did sign a picture or ball, I'd put them in an auction and donate the money to a charity of her choice. Sam Majors
Bigdaddy
10-16-2014, 06:26 PM
A couple of years ago, I would have said Neil Armstrong. Met him once and got a photo with him, but no auto.
Now, I'd go with Paul McCartney.
t206blogcom
10-16-2014, 07:00 PM
Jimmy Page
George Brett
JeremyW
10-17-2014, 02:19 PM
Another vote for McCartney. Still need him & George to complete the Fab Four.
Maddog
10-17-2014, 07:43 PM
Would go with McCartney and Ozzy!!!!
HOF Auto Rookies
10-18-2014, 06:02 PM
Wow, what a question. I honestly don't know :(
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quinnsryche
10-21-2014, 05:49 PM
Lemmy. I don't even think I would be able to talk if I met him. Just thinking about it makes me nervous even though he seems like a great guy.
bnorth
10-21-2014, 06:05 PM
Lemmy. I don't even think I would be able to talk if I met him. Just thinking about it makes me nervous even though he seems like a great guy.
Motorhead Lemmy?
I find it strange that a bunch of baseball card/autograph geeks like us mostly picked musicians.
Mr. Zipper
10-21-2014, 06:34 PM
Motorhead Lemmy?
I find it strange that a bunch of baseball card/autograph geeks like us mostly picked musicians.
Maybe because most ballplayers are accessible to some degree (even if it is for a price) whereas entertainers are a lot less accessible.
Now that Neil Armstrong is gone, I've been struggling to come up with someone I'd really like to meet. I've met 7 of the 12 men who walked on the moon and 4 of the Mercury 7.
clutch
10-22-2014, 12:06 AM
Lemmy. I don't even think I would be able to talk if I met him. Just thinking about it makes me nervous even though he seems like a great guy.
I've seen Motorhead live a few times. They were selling drum heads autographed by the band at the Motorhead merch table. I didn't get to officially meet him, but I was in the 1st row and I left the show with his autograph, so I guess that is as close as I'm going to get.
Mr. Zipper
10-22-2014, 04:17 AM
I saw Motörhead in the late 80s in a small club in Syracuse, NY... the Lost Horizon.
My ears still hurt thinking about how loud it was. :D
GoCubsGo32
10-22-2014, 01:06 PM
I have met Paul McCartney before and it was def something I will never forget.
I kinda want to met Ringo Starr..but then I kinda don't...lol
Metallica or Tom Hanks.
SmokyBurgess
10-23-2014, 07:59 AM
I'd like to talk to that young lady who just won the Nobel Peace Prize. If she did sign a picture or ball, I'd put them in an auction and donate the money to a charity of her choice. Sam Majors
+1 (Malala)