What living person would you be most likely to pester for an autograph?

[Exhibitman]

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]

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]

Van morrison

[bnorth]

Angus Young would be super cool.

[icollectDCsports]

I'd like Brian Wilson to sign my Pet Sounds album.

[RichardSimon]

Originally Posted by Econteachert205

Van morrison

+1
Van The Man, nobody better and an amazing live performer.

[71buc]

Ali

[yanksfan09]

Probably Eddie Vedder

[sbfinley]

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]

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]

Any or all of the members of the Rolling Stones.

[Bestdj777]

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]

The Queen of England,The Pope, All the living presidents, all the supreme court members last but not least J K Rowling

[baseball tourist]

Scarlett Johansson (could I linger a little while....?)
Pele
Ali

[Lordstan]

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]

I get both living Popes autographs on the sweet spot of a ball like maris and mantle used to do...

[mcgwirecom]

Stones was a good answer...

Dylan
Springsteen

[MacDice]

If they can thaw him out...Ted Williams

[sycks22]

A couple years ago I would've said Bob feller as he's a notorious tough signer

[Exhibitman]

Heh. The hardest thing to find in the hobby? An unsigned Feller picture.

[aaroncc]

Queen of England, Michael Jordan

[sam majors]

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]

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]

Jimmy Page

George Brett

[JeremyW]

Another vote for McCartney. Still need him & George to complete the Fab Four.

[Maddog]

Would go with McCartney and Ozzy!!!!

[HOF Auto Rookies]

Wow, what a question. I honestly don't know


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[quinnsryche]

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]

Originally Posted by quinnsryche

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]

Originally Posted by bnorth

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]

Originally Posted by quinnsryche

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]

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.

[GoCubsGo32]

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]

Originally Posted by sam majors

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)