Surprise in-person autos!

[David Atkatz]

Originally Posted by shelly

I love to shoot crabs and I went to a casino that was owned by Sleep Out Louie Levineson.

I'm sure the hookers gave you a nice dose of crabs to shoot.

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by David Atkatz

I'm sure the hookers gave you a nice dose of crabs to shoot.

Good one, David.
I actually thought exactly the same thing when I first read Shelly's post, FWIW.

[shelly]

Now with a nine hundred in my hand I was able to buy blue ointment

[RichardSimon]

If you live in NYC you will see lots of celebs.
Here are a few I have seen in addition to my earlier post.

Robert Redford - theatre at Doubt
Peter Strauss - walking down Bway at 79th St
Art Garfunkel and son - walking up 79th St to Central Pk at 5th Ave
Walt Frazier - leaving Eli's at 80th and 3rd
Morley Safer - walking up Lex Ave at 78th St
Leonard Nimoy - theatre at Woman Under A Glass
Tracy Pollan - walking out of Eli's
Anthony Edwards - in Central Pk
Dennis Farina - Loews theatre 72nd St
Michael Strahan - sitting at Eli's cafe
Alec Baldwin - 98th St CPW after leaving Dr. W's office
Carl Bernstein - 79th St betw Lex and 3rd
Ted McGinley - at MSG hockey gm
James Lipton - at MSG hockey gm
Peter Strauss - at Trip to Bountiful
Catherine Zeta Jones - Central Park at Hernshead
Curtis Sliwa - 84th and 2nd
Eileen Atkins - Central Park at bird feeders
Howard Stern - jogging in Central Park
Marvin Hamlisch - near turtle pond in Central Park
Ted Turner - 46th St and 7th Ave
Michael Cervais - theatre at Waters Edge
Carol Kane - theatre at Waters Edge
Tom Berenger - theatre at Chorus Line
Abe Vigoda - 72nd and 3rd
Gov. Spitzer - 79th St entrance to Central Pk.
Stephanie March - stage door at Talk Radio
Kathleen Turner -deli across street from theatre where she was directing Crimes
Sara Ramirez - going into theatre for The Homecoming
Eliot Spitzer and wife - outside Central Pk
Timothy Busfield - 79th St and 3rd Av
Kirk Douglas - theatre at Osage
David Brooks - corner of 42/8
Angela Bassett - theatre for Thurgood
Courtney Vance - theatre for Thurgood
Audra McDonald - theatre for Hair
Tamara Tumie - theatre for Norman Conquest
John Malkovich - 79th St
Stephanie March - 14th St and 6th Av
Ted Koppel - 78th St and Lex
Richard Ravitch - Papaya King
Dominic Furmusa - A Normal Heart
Zeljko Ivanek - A Normal Heart
Andrea Martin - A Normal Heart
Bill Madden - Lombardi
David Duchovny - crossing 3rd Ave at 79 ST.
Lombardi cast - theatre for Bengal Tiger
Dylan Baker - theatre for Good People
Sam Rockwell - theatre for Sweet and Sad
Michael McKeon - theatre for Sweet and Sad
David Duchovny - theater at Sports Abridged
William Goldman - Barnes & Noble at Leonard Elmore's interview with Mike Lupica
Tom Brokaw - 79th St and 3rd Ave
Eli Wallach - Bway bus, getting off with us at Lincoln Ctr. big smile from him when I told him how I really liked his work.
Cynthia Nixon - 47th St heading into Stage Door entrance at Wit
Jackie Mason - 60th & Bway after doctor appt.
Dana Ivey - 79th St crosstown bus
Sara Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick - theater for My Children MyAfrica
Sam Shepard - lobby of Signature Theater
David Duchovny - 3rd Ave betw 81-82 St
Glenn Close and George Lucas - outside Beacon Theatre as we were exiting from a John Fogerty concert.

In addition, in a different life , I used to own a retail sweets shop on Madison Ave and 91 St. I was visited there by Diane Keaton, Paul Simon, Paul Sorvino, Robert Redford, Diana Ross, Carol Kane, Madeline Kahn, Gwyneth Paltrow (she was a very young child) with her mother Blythe Danner and Jade Jagger who went to Spence School which was around the corner from my shop.
Woody Allen and Mia Farrow used to walk past often but never came in. Vladimir Horowitz also walked past often but did not come in.

[Runscott]

Almost forgot my most interesting brush with a celebrity. In 1978 I was working at a Pizza Inn in a suburb of Denver. One weeknight, very near closing, two men walked in and I was the only guy working. They discussed the order over by the door, one of them sat down and looked toward the door, and the other guy ordered the pizza. The next morning I told my Dad that I had made a pizza for a guy who was a dead ringer for Jack Nicklaus (the guy basically hiding by the door). My Dad said, "well it was probably him - he's playing golf down the street at Cherry Hills."

[HOFautosChris]

As a in person autograph collector most of my encounters are of the planned variety. In the early 90s I had planned a trip to Arizona to try for autographs of some of the local teams. The best autograph of the trip turned out to be a chance encounter while we were returning our rental car. I got out of the car and there standing a foot away is Willie Mays! I reached in my bag pulled out a baseball and Mr. Mays was gracious enough to sign the ball for me.

[MVSNYC]

Fun thread...I too have lived/worked in NYC for 15+ years.

Many run-ins...Clapton, Springsteen, Steve Jobs (the day the iPhone was launched), Joe Pesci, Keanu Reeves, Joey Buttafucco (yes, that guy), Ivanka Trump (I see her all the time, about 6'3" in heels), Donna Karan, Calvin Klein, Ralph Lauren, Eli Manning, Artie Lange, Joe Pantoliano, Ken Griffey Jr...and on and on. I almost never ask for autos, sometimes a handshake, and the "big fan" comment. I think they appreciate the subtle hello.

Sidenote- where I did ask for a ton of autos, was at Nazareth Speedway in PA circa 1988-1994. my dad & I used to get pit passes for the IndyCar races, and got sigs of pretty much every top driver...Andretti, Foyt, Mears, Fittipaldi, Rahal, Unser, etc, etc...fun times.