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MistyMoppens · 06-04-2006, 11:07 PM

I was invited to meet news anchor Harry Reasoner at his "60 Minutes" Manhatten office in 1977 after he liked my fan letter and wrote back. It was the only one I had ever written. I had a crush on him for as long as I can remember. Anyway, while waiting for Mr. Reasoner Mike Wallace walked by & my 5 yr old daughter squealed, "Look Mommy!! There's the man from "60 Minutes!!" and he chuckled. I think he was shocked that a 5 yr old knew who he was. Sadly, Harry Reasoner passed away in 1991.

I met Justin Hayward of The Moody Blues at a concert. (YIKES! He must be the most gorgeous man in the entire history of mankind. He's charming, as well.)

OH! I knew Gordon for a while! I forgot all about that!! LoL! unbelievable....... geez... And Terry and Barry Keane who are awesome men and complete & total gentlemen. Both are devoted, rock-solid family men. Any woman who knows Terry would have to have a little, tiny innocent crush on him. What a delightful man! And Barry is one of the nicest, most caring, concerned persons I have ever met. Does everyone know that he's doing drums on most of Anne Murray's albums?

Oh. Yeah. I met Rick, too. *yawn*.....

I met singer/songwriter John Hartford and we had a nice long visit before a show at a coffee house in the late 1980's. Eveyone else was just "way too cool" to approach him. He looked so lonely just sitting there all by himself so I just plopped myself down next to him & told him that I was so in love with him in high school that I wanted to marry him... He was cracking up. He was super shy but very nice! He kept smiling & winking at me during the entire show. Hubby was all "WHAT did you SAY to that man???" Does anyone else remeber John playng banjo on "The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour"? I think he was also on "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour". Sadly, John passed away in 2001 at the age of 63 of non-Hodgkins Lymphoma. Six months later his wife, Marie, also passed away. John is perhaps best remembered for writing "Gentle On My Mind."

Pat Moraz - the former keyboard player of The Moody Blues - sat next to me at a Moody Blues concert. I kept thinking he looked familiar but couldn't place him because he had such short hair! I realized who he was when the band introduced him and he stood up. I loved the sound he brought to the band. I still miss him.

I met Elvis once. My boyfriend's best friends were the music reporters for a big newspaper & they were interviewing him so we went along to his hotel room. I just wasn't impressed.

I met Santana at a party given by their record company. I was with the same guy who had the reporter friends. I've never liked Santana or parties so I was bored silly. Besides, I was obsessed with Mason Williams, Harry Reasoner & Neil Diamond at the time. I've never been accused of being "cool." But that's OK.

I sat at a really long traffic light at some multi-street intersection in LA next to Michael McDonald. He's at least a million times more gorgeous in person so when we locked eyes I nearly had a heart attack. He has THE MOST AMAZING EYES! My daughter was ready to scream. We had a huge Mother/Daughter cross country adventure when she was 15. (over 8,000 miles) What a blast that was! BTW - he was driving a beat up 280-Z with grey primer all over it.

I was also at a red light with Robert Duvall. I think he was in a silver or white Mercedez.

I passed Don Johnson in a white Corvette in a quiet neighborhood...

We saw McKensie Phillips speeding on Mulholland
Drive. She appeared to be absolutely FURIOUS. (what a face!) Not a good road to speed on... unless you're trying to kill yourself. She was in a small red convertible.

We saw Swoozie Kurtz in Annapolis, MD not too long ago.

One of my life-long friends is a playwright & although I've never met him - one of his other best friends is the guy who wrote "The Prince Of Tides". (Pat Conroy) I love that film. Also, His niece is Margaret Reed who was a big soap opera star. She played the evil vamp, "Shannon" on "As The World Turns" from 1985-1990. More recently she's appeared on "Law and Order". I used to get all the big news before it hit the tabloids during her soap opera days. Juicy. lol... (I've never seen any of her performances, however.)

He was also close to legendary columnnist Herb Caen. (who would occassionally write about my dear friend in his column.) He was the first boss I ever had. We're still close 37 years later. Most of my friends are of the "Life-Long" variety.

In 1998 we saw Jo Beth Williams filming at the Minneapolis airport. It was called "A Chance Of Snow". The camera just doesn't do her justice. She's DDG. While I was busy raiding the shops my hubby managed to be filmed as part of a crowd in the film. LoL. So we had to get a copy. I think we saw Michael Onkean, too. He was also in it.

My sister was stuck in a traffic jam on a Calif. freeway once next to Farrah Fawcett & Ryan O'Neil. They were having a huge knock-down-drag-out fight. She was winning - hands down. Poor Ryan!

Hubby saw Chubby Checker putting gas in his T-Bird in Delaware. It was a strange car with tassels and fringe and fuzzy dice, etc...

We had a very famous neighbor for 11 years. Drew Lewis was a member of Ronald Reagan's cabinet as The Secretary Of Transportation. He had an incredible estate with an airport and Reagan would fly in & out in a helicopter and eat at Drew's lovely restaurant "The Bay Pony Inn" across the street from our house. He was incredibly handsome & very nice. Very well respected & admired by all who knew him. His wife, Marilyn, was in the State Legislature for many years. He was the man who made a success of Kelly Services. He was/is on the Board of Directors for:

American Express
AT&T
Lucent
Ford Motors
Union Pacific Railroad (Chairman & CEO)
Campbell Soup
Gannet Press

It's great to see a genuinely nice person in a position of power but I get the impression it stresses him out...

Here's a good one. I went to high school with Rocky ("Rock") Pamplin who was one of the more famous PlayGirl magazine foldouts. I think he was also "Man Of The Decade". (and rightly so) He was also the dark haired "Marlboro Man" back in the 1970s. And he was drafted by the Saints at one point. Then he was with The Beach Boys for a few years... kind of as a "keeper" of sorts to keep Brian Wilson off drugs. He had a steamy affair with Brian's wife in Brian's house. (not nice) There's a book called "Heros & Villains" by Steven Gaines about The Beach Boys and Rocky is discussed there. He once beat the stuffing out of Dennis Wilson for bringing drugs around Brian.

I have got to learn how to post pictures. Will check it out soon. He was really good looking. And he was very nice in high school even though he was THE Big Man On Campus.

[ June 05, 2006, 04:33: Message edited by: MistyMoppens ]

06-04-2006, 11:07 PM	#20
MistyMoppens Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 111	I was invited to meet news anchor Harry Reasoner at his "60 Minutes" Manhatten office in 1977 after he liked my fan letter and wrote back. It was the only one I had ever written. I had a crush on him for as long as I can remember. Anyway, while waiting for Mr. Reasoner Mike Wallace walked by & my 5 yr old daughter squealed, "Look Mommy!! There's the man from "60 Minutes!!" and he chuckled. I think he was shocked that a 5 yr old knew who he was. Sadly, Harry Reasoner passed away in 1991. I met Justin Hayward of The Moody Blues at a concert. (YIKES! He must be the most gorgeous man in the entire history of mankind. He's charming, as well.) OH! I knew Gordon for a while! I forgot all about that!! LoL! unbelievable....... geez... And Terry and Barry Keane who are awesome men and complete & total gentlemen. Both are devoted, rock-solid family men. Any woman who knows Terry would have to have a little, tiny innocent crush on him. What a delightful man! And Barry is one of the nicest, most caring, concerned persons I have ever met. Does everyone know that he's doing drums on most of Anne Murray's albums? Oh. Yeah. I met Rick, too. yawn..... I met singer/songwriter John Hartford and we had a nice long visit before a show at a coffee house in the late 1980's. Eveyone else was just "way too cool" to approach him. He looked so lonely just sitting there all by himself so I just plopped myself down next to him & told him that I was so in love with him in high school that I wanted to marry him... He was cracking up. He was super shy but very nice! He kept smiling & winking at me during the entire show. Hubby was all "WHAT did you SAY to that man???" Does anyone else remeber John playng banjo on "The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour"? I think he was also on "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour". Sadly, John passed away in 2001 at the age of 63 of non-Hodgkins Lymphoma. Six months later his wife, Marie, also passed away. John is perhaps best remembered for writing "Gentle On My Mind." Pat Moraz - the former keyboard player of The Moody Blues - sat next to me at a Moody Blues concert. I kept thinking he looked familiar but couldn't place him because he had such short hair! I realized who he was when the band introduced him and he stood up. I loved the sound he brought to the band. I still miss him. I met Elvis once. My boyfriend's best friends were the music reporters for a big newspaper & they were interviewing him so we went along to his hotel room. I just wasn't impressed. I met Santana at a party given by their record company. I was with the same guy who had the reporter friends. I've never liked Santana or parties so I was bored silly. Besides, I was obsessed with Mason Williams, Harry Reasoner & Neil Diamond at the time. I've never been accused of being "cool." But that's OK. I sat at a really long traffic light at some multi-street intersection in LA next to Michael McDonald. He's at least a million times more gorgeous in person so when we locked eyes I nearly had a heart attack. He has THE MOST AMAZING EYES! My daughter was ready to scream. We had a huge Mother/Daughter cross country adventure when she was 15. (over 8,000 miles) What a blast that was! BTW - he was driving a beat up 280-Z with grey primer all over it. I was also at a red light with Robert Duvall. I think he was in a silver or white Mercedez. I passed Don Johnson in a white Corvette in a quiet neighborhood... We saw McKensie Phillips speeding on Mulholland Drive. She appeared to be absolutely FURIOUS. (what a face!) Not a good road to speed on... unless you're trying to kill yourself. She was in a small red convertible. We saw Swoozie Kurtz in Annapolis, MD not too long ago. One of my life-long friends is a playwright & although I've never met him - one of his other best friends is the guy who wrote "The Prince Of Tides". (Pat Conroy) I love that film. Also, His niece is Margaret Reed who was a big soap opera star. She played the evil vamp, "Shannon" on "As The World Turns" from 1985-1990. More recently she's appeared on "Law and Order". I used to get all the big news before it hit the tabloids during her soap opera days. Juicy. lol... (I've never seen any of her performances, however.) He was also close to legendary columnnist Herb Caen. (who would occassionally write about my dear friend in his column.) He was the first boss I ever had. We're still close 37 years later. Most of my friends are of the "Life-Long" variety. In 1998 we saw Jo Beth Williams filming at the Minneapolis airport. It was called "A Chance Of Snow". The camera just doesn't do her justice. She's DDG. While I was busy raiding the shops my hubby managed to be filmed as part of a crowd in the film. LoL. So we had to get a copy. I think we saw Michael Onkean, too. He was also in it. My sister was stuck in a traffic jam on a Calif. freeway once next to Farrah Fawcett & Ryan O'Neil. They were having a huge knock-down-drag-out fight. She was winning - hands down. Poor Ryan! Hubby saw Chubby Checker putting gas in his T-Bird in Delaware. It was a strange car with tassels and fringe and fuzzy dice, etc... We had a very famous neighbor for 11 years. Drew Lewis was a member of Ronald Reagan's cabinet as The Secretary Of Transportation. He had an incredible estate with an airport and Reagan would fly in & out in a helicopter and eat at Drew's lovely restaurant "The Bay Pony Inn" across the street from our house. He was incredibly handsome & very nice. Very well respected & admired by all who knew him. His wife, Marilyn, was in the State Legislature for many years. He was the man who made a success of Kelly Services. He was/is on the Board of Directors for: American Express AT&T Lucent Ford Motors Union Pacific Railroad (Chairman & CEO) Campbell Soup Gannet Press It's great to see a genuinely nice person in a position of power but I get the impression it stresses him out... Here's a good one. I went to high school with Rocky ("Rock") Pamplin who was one of the more famous PlayGirl magazine foldouts. I think he was also "Man Of The Decade". (and rightly so) He was also the dark haired "Marlboro Man" back in the 1970s. And he was drafted by the Saints at one point. Then he was with The Beach Boys for a few years... kind of as a "keeper" of sorts to keep Brian Wilson off drugs. He had a steamy affair with Brian's wife in Brian's house. (not nice) There's a book called "Heros & Villains" by Steven Gaines about The Beach Boys and Rocky is discussed there. He once beat the stuffing out of Dennis Wilson for bringing drugs around Brian. I have got to learn how to post pictures. Will check it out soon. He was really good looking. And he was very nice in high school even though he was THE Big Man On Campus. [ June 05, 2006, 04:33: Message edited by: MistyMoppens ] Last edited by MistyMoppens; 08-20-2009 at 05:36 PM.