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Originally Posted by TimGall13
Quite an accomplishment. Carl Braun was very tough. When he was still living and lived near me in San Diego I befriended Ernie Vandweghe. Because of the Colgate & Knicks connection I once mentioned to Dr. Ernie how tough it was to get Braun's autograph for my personal collection. He said, "Oh, I'll get Carl to sign for you." NOPE!
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Tim, thanks for that personal account of Braun. It makes sense from what I've heard as well.
I've met many celebs and sports figures over the years and the only 2 that refused to sign for me were Jim Carrey (when he was filming Me Myself and Irene) and Bob Dylan. I was with my son at the time and saw Dylan fishing at a pond with his bodyguards near a very high end hotel in town. The hotel built the pond for guests to fish in and I saw Dylan's bus entourage so I knew he was clsoe by! Got lucky really that he was out in the open (with security of course).
Dylan was in town for a concert locally which was to take place the next day. Me and my son ambled over to him like we did not know who he was (my son was 4 years old or so and did not know who he was lol), Dylan said to his bodyguard "Let the boy fish", one bodyguard gave my son his fishing pole and with that minor distraction Dylan slithered away to his bus about 100 yards away. Absolute recluse and impossible autograph. We then waited by his bus for 15 minutes after and were escorted away by security. So much for Bob Dylan's auto. I wish I had at least taken a picture but I feel that his 2 bodyguards would have asked me to delete the pics. Fun stuff! "Let the boy fish" will always be in my memory when I think of Bob Dylan. Not gonna fib, he looked like a homeless guy. I knew exactly who he was but he does not like to stand out in a crowd or anywhere for that matter. Just my 2 cents
