[luffyplayaz]

The Superbowl is in town this weekend and the entire city is nuts. I saw this on the local section of yahoo.

OH MY GOD, I AM ZIP LINING WITH SNOOP DOGG!
In Indianapolis, I once came upon Paul Shaffer, David Letterman's band leader, and hailed him from across a crowded hotel lobby. "Paul!" I said. Shaffer looked at me. His faced shriveled into a ferret's face, and he turned away impatiently. Don't think that didn't sting.

So that others may not suffer, Local Living has put together an etiquette guide for how to act around our most special guests in town for Super Bowl weekend.

We went straight to the experts: Jared Fogle and Rupert Boneham. They are uniquely qualified to advise on the topic because A) They know the Hoosier psyche, having been born and raised in Central Indiana; both still live here; and B) They are themselves recognized out in public.
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Follow their advice, and in the coming days you could find yourself zip-lining with Snoop Dogg, or horsing around over drinks with Alec Baldwin, or at least sharing an elevator with that guy who might have been one of those guys on "Welcome Back Kotter." Funny thing is that there are very few celebrities I wanted to meet. And even if I saw them on the street, I would probably just walk on by. Back in the 90s I was a huge fan of Juliana Hatfield. She walked right in front of me and I just smiled. My ex spent a while taking to band members of Letters to Cleo in the 90s mostly because they were all from Boston. They walked past us in Denver and the ex was all like, "Hey you guys are from Boston?"

[sbrpkkl]

My dad had a couple of chance meetings with Johnny Depp. He just said "hey, how's it going" and Depp said something along the lines of "fine" and shook my dad's hand. This happened twice in a week. When he told my sister, she was all like "WHY DIDN'T YOU GET AN AUTOGRAPH?????!!!". My dad isn't really one to ask for autographs by anyone, let alone Johnny Depp. Plus, he probably wasn't going to bother him anyway.

[BWJfEkOB]

entropy,
Indy is my birthplace and I wish I could have gone up and seen all the crazyness.
But now I live near Louisville and we, of course, have the Kentucky Derby every year and around that week seeing and sometimes getting autographs from celebrities is just the name of the game - almost a contest.
Seeing Anna Nicole Smith and Serena Williams were real highlights during derby.. and then a few of the lesser Kardashian sisters before they became superstars themselves.

I've met a lot of famous tennis players just from being involved with events and most of the people who approach them are business types wanting the players to invest in something. One time I was standing with Jim Courier at the RCA Championships and this man who had been following him from city to city brought an entire business proposal for him and it was like 96 degrees out and he was fumbling and sweating profusely over his paperwork and it was just too awkward.
Also I used to work at the Pan Am Plaza in Indy and when Champions on Ice came through town, we had two rinks where I worked, I got to meet skaters who practiced there before the event that night. I met a lot of pairs skaters I really looked up to, I talked to Michelle Kwan and Surya Bonaly who could not only backflip on the ice.. but would tumble extremely good with her skates off next to the ice.

I've done a few autograph requests when I was much younger and that is a big no, no almost 100% of the time. Ani Difranco will straight up not acknowledge you if you ask her for an autograph.

Willie Nelson came to Texas Roadhouse, I guess he is part owner of the chain, and seeing him in person was extremely cool. A month later that Roadhouse burnt down ah well.

But the best celebrity meeting for me was Chelsea Clinton because she was doing an event for her mother in Southern Indiana, surrounded by some serious Republicans, and she looked at me and for whatever reason (various reasons - maybe the buttons I was wearing) she gravitated to me and I got to hang out with her a lot longer than the others. It was just me and Chelsea kickin' it. lol
I thought she was super sweet, she said "Oh my gosh, Oh my gosh" a lot, which I thought was incredibly cute. Someone would ask her about something and she would start out by saying "Oh my gosh, well, ...." and then by the end it was a massively articulate answer.
I do think she will run for office some day in her future.. with less Oh My Gosh's hehe.

I've never met - got a chance for an autograph from an actor or actress.

[WUlcN1Rz]

eI've done a few autograph requests when I was much younger and that is a big no, no almost 100% of the time.

Really?

Ani Difranco will straight up not acknowledge you if you ask her for an autograph. What exactly is her problem?

[trettegeani]

I don't understand this thread.

[sttrqiss]

I've never heard anything like that about Ani. I've only heard stories about her being kind to fans, and I've heard many of them. She's supposedly a bit standoffish, but I've heard she's appreciative and nice, and will converse with people if approached.

[luffyplayaz]

I don't understand this thread.

haha! I thought the entire article was silly and I have never understood people's desire to met an OMG celebrity!

[Immarsecice]

I can't imagine just walking up to a celebrity on the street or while they're at a restaurant and talking to them or interrupting their day. it's fucking RUDE. I saw Mary Louise Parker in a restaurant with her kids. She's one of my favorite actresses and I was bowled over that she was two feet in front of me. However, I didn't go say hi to her, because she was in a restaurant. With her children. I don't imagine she wanted some spastic redheaded fan running up to her asking her to sign a piece of paper.

[enencephoth]

I've never heard anything like that about Ani. I've only heard stories about her being kind to fans, and I've heard many of them. She's supposedly a bit standoffish, but I've heard she's appreciative and nice, and will converse with people if approached.

I have read a couple of stories about her being hesitant over giving autographs. I remember one story in particular where she granted a fan's request for an autograph and sarcastically uttered something like "eh, I guess I"ll give you my john hancock."
Then I heard another fan-story which took place at some speaking engagement, and a fan walked up to her and quietly said "ani, i just wanted to say thank you for your music. It helped through some really hard times" to which she responded very graciously.

And as far as autograph no-nos, I would think that approaching a celebrity while they are with their families (like Kari brought up) is probably not a good idea.

[megatrendsZ]

My husband is a car rental agent and has rented to a few famous peeps. Of course, he's way too cool to admit to them that he knows who they are. Professionalism and all that noise.
My favorite interaction of his was when he waited on Bobcat Golthwait.
Bobcat: "Don't you need to look at my license?"
S: "No. I saw 'One Crazy Summer' this morning."
Bobcat has a hearty chuckle and walks away.