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re: a-hole celebrities and here are the rules:
Posted on 10/11/23 at 1:15 pm to SpotCheckBilly
Posted on 10/11/23 at 1:15 pm to SpotCheckBilly
As a kid, I found my way to Bob Hope's dressing room when he performed at Auburn. When he came out, I asked him for an autograph. He refused. I guess he saw how disappointed I was because he asked me and my friend to walk with him to where he was to wait to be introduced. We stood there for about five minutes, told us how nervous he was, and ran several jokes by us, "to see if they were any good." So we basically got a personal five-minute show. Would have lost the autograph anyway.
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That bob hope thing is a cool story .
A friend of mine went to high school in Houston , and one of his high school buddies was a lighting guy at the Summit in Houston. One day his buddy calls him and says “ the sixers are in town . Come on down and watch them practice “
So he gets to the Summit and watched them wrap up practice and then his buddy asks Dr J and Charles Barkley for a game of two on two . They agree and play to two baskets , so not a very long game .
I asked my friend if he got their autograph and his response was “ I was playing basketball with the Doctor and Sir Charles . I wasn’t worried about an autograph “
That was probably 30 years
ago and it just changed my whole perspective on autographs. Haven’t asked for an autograph from anyone since .
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That bob hope thing is a cool story .
A friend of mine went to high school in Houston , and one of his high school buddies was a lighting guy at the Summit in Houston. One day his buddy calls him and says “ the sixers are in town . Come on down and watch them practice “
So he gets to the Summit and watched them wrap up practice and then his buddy asks Dr J and Charles Barkley for a game of two on two . They agree and play to two baskets , so not a very long game .
I asked my friend if he got their autograph and his response was “ I was playing basketball with the Doctor and Sir Charles . I wasn’t worried about an autograph “
That was probably 30 years
ago and it just changed my whole perspective on autographs. Haven’t asked for an autograph from anyone since .
This post was edited on 10/11/23 at 1:22 pm
Posted on 10/11/23 at 1:21 pm to Heyes
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it just changed my whole perspective on autographs. Haven’t asked for an autograph from anyone since .
Memories last longer than autographs anyway.
Posted on 10/11/23 at 4:08 pm to Heyes
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That bob hope thing is a cool story .
A friend of mine went to high school in Houston , and one of his high school buddies was a lighting guy at the Summit in Houston. One day his buddy calls him and says “ the sixers are in town . Come on down and watch them practice “
So he gets to the Summit and watched them wrap up practice and then his buddy asks Dr J and Charles Barkley for a game of two on two . They agree and play to two baskets , so not a very long game .
I asked my friend if he got their autograph and his response was “ I was playing basketball with the Doctor and Sir Charles . I wasn’t worried about an autograph “
That was probably 30 years
ago and it just changed my whole perspective on autographs. Haven’t asked for an autograph from anyone since .
Also a cool story...Barkley and Dr J. Wow.
I wasn't into autographs, but my grandaddy loved Bob Hope and that's what prompted me to try. He and I used to stay up late during Christmas holidays watching old Bob Hope movies. I got to tell him a cool story anyway.
I covered Barkley in a pickup game when he was a sophomore at Auburn. Maybe "covered" is too strong a word. I did steal the ball from him once when he was not paying attention, but only once. Something that big should not be able to jump that high or run that fast.
He'd have made a great TE.
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