re: Celebrity story you viewed first hand.

When I was a kid, Bob Hope did a show in Auburn. Me and a friend went down into the bowels of the Coliseum and found the dressing room and waited outside to get an autograph. Hope came out and told us he didn't give autographs before shows. I guess we looked disappointed, because he then asked us to walk with him to where he was supposed to wait to be introduced. He basically did a mini routine for us as we waited, asking if his tie was straight, telling us he was nervous, asking if we had any good jokes, and trying out some jokes on us, including one that only locals would get. We assured him that that one would be a hit, and it was. Then the announcer started his introduction, the spotlight hit him (and us), and he walked out to do his show.