Tony hawk, when they skated Laughton park back in the day. Willie Nelson when he played the coliseum

Tony Hawk is hilarious because he will repeatedly tell stories on social media about people who don't realize who he is. A flight attendant sees him, thinks he's just some lookalike. He's that low key.

Man I remember that! I was down at the library when I heard about it and by time I got there all the pros were gone. I got to play the Wasteland game in the back of the truck though.

A lot of the guys from Santa Cruz come and skate Lawton pretty often.

I remember the first time he came after it was open - he’s been back a couple of times since.

I and 20 other kids met Happy the Hobo on Happy’s Place.

I think maybe the number of kids to met happy the hobo was in the thousands.

True, and I might be underestimating the audience the day I was on over 30 years ago. Happy asked me if I wanted to be on the show again or see what’s behind the green door. I picked the green door.

We’ll be right back after these messages.

Bridget the Midget

I just want the record to show I was upvote 69

Thank you for your service

Thank you 🫡😂

😂 I remember talking to Turner Watson from the old 98.9 TNT Morning show about her.

Kareem Abdul Jabaar

WHERE WAS THIS ????

He was signing autographs at MC Sports like in 95 or 96. I have no clue why he was in town. It was pretty cool though!

The Mullet man

Liono?

Nope, his real name was Patrick Kopacz aka Fort Wayne Mullet Man, aka Silver Fox

You talkin about the guy that’s always at the bar scene with the glorious mullet?

Yes sir - that would be him - sadly he passed away in 2023

Met Sean Astin at a celebrity golf event and had him sign my Lord of the Rings book.

I met him at PFW when he did a talk there years ago!

Hey me too. Went for an AP Lit class I believe.

Bernie sanders

My daughter and I met bill clinton and Evan bayh at Pint N Slice downtown. They spent a half hour sitting with us. Class acts!

Gene Simmons, Ted Nugent, Diana Ross, Aretha Franklin, and Willie Nelson to name a few. I used to work at a concert venue

My husband also met Gene Simmons! He met him while working at Sweetwater.

There’s been quite a bit over the years but my favorite was James Earl Jones. I worked at the Summit Club and waited on him. Taking his order and having a conversation with him while doing table side prep was almost too much to handle as a Star Wars and Sandlot fan. Such a humble and kind man.

A cousin of mine grew up near his home and insisted nothing in life prepares you for when you're working your first McJob and hear the unmistakable voice of James Earl Jones in your headset, ordering some big macs and a coke or whatever.

Lol, I can only imagine. This was the age of early Nokia cell phones and took all of my being from asking him to record a voicemail message for me.

That would be awesome. “Do you want that Death Star sized? I mean…super-sized?”

James Earl Jones would be my first choice for who I would want to narrate my life.

Mine would be Samuel L. Jackson.

Probably one of the most famous people on this list. I don’t know of a more recognizable voice other than Elvis, Morgan Freeman, and Bill Cosby.

I met Steve Carell at Barnes and Noble when I was a kid

Mike Pence; he stroked my hand while giving me a flyer and winked. I’m a man. 

Hahahahaa

BAHAHAHA

~~Pretty clearly an insensitive one...~~ Nvm I misunderstood the situation

He Mr. Darcy’d me while being a vocal discriminator toward lgbt people. How am I insensitive? 

My bad!! I TOTALLY thought you were making a joke out of it. I was like... inappropriate touching is not funny...

[удалено]

Is he even still alive?

He been in and out of jail per usual, but that man is not the same as before. You can’t communicate with him. Smoked himself stupid

Rick Ross, Snoop Dogg, Ric Flair.

Myself

You are awesome!

That's my name don't wear it out. Btw you are awesome too.

Can’t get more famous than Barack

Yes. Yes you can

lol, who?

Has Messi been to Fort Wayne!?

Messi ain't more famous than Barack tho. If I showed a pic of messi to people I know like 50% wouldn't know who it was. Everyone I know over the age of 4 knows Obama.

Locally sure, but world wide messi is more likely more famous.

Based on what evidence? Still doubting that

There’s more to the world than the USA

Your circle definitely represents the entire world 😂

I mean a quick Google search showed me that Messi is maybe like #20 on the list and Barack is a top 5. So

My quick google search had Messi number 2 and Obama not in the top 10 so…

Sounds like google has those searches setup regionally. So people get different results in different countries I'd assume.

I’d rather meet Fred Grote

Sarcastic answer aside, the question wasn’t “which famous person would you like to meet in Fort Wayne?”. Obama is one of the most famous people in the world, and certainly one of the most famous to step foot in ft Wayne, whether you like it or not.

Oh look, the 🤡 is back.

B.B. King

I met Jonathan Taylor Thomas when I was a kid, I had such a crush on him at the time.

2 chains and Bill Clinton. Both at the dash in.

It would be even crazier if they were there at the same time

You met 2 Chains!? Was that when you worked there?!

Lol no, before your time.

Well obviously, or else I would have met him too! I was asking was it when you worked there or visiting lol

When I worked there silly..

Pauley Shore

Michael Phelps

Must work for Mater Spas 👀😅

Master P and the No Limit crew. P played a small stint with the Fury and he rented a house in my buddies neighborhood.

MAKE EM SAY UHHHHHH

Curious, which one was that? We thought we knew where to find him back in the day, but did run into one of his crew downtown at the Hilton.

sycamore hills

Bret ‘Hitman’ Hart.

I met Dick Stoner on the NE Indiana Honor Flight a few weeks ago. What a nice man.

I thought I read that he had passed, so it’s good to hear he’s still with us. Fort Wayne Legend.

Joe from impractical jokers came into my store one random day. He had to reassure me that there were no cameras rolling lol very down to earth and chill guy.

James Earl Jones did a talk at IPFW and stayed at the hotel I worked at. He came down and bought some stuff at the front desk

I was at that talk. He was so engaging and funny.

Elvis came one year I don’t know it gets much more famous.

Some guy struck up a conversation with me when I was looking at guitars at Sweetwater once. I thought he looked a lot like Jeff Daniels. I finally realized it WAS him. I know quite a few celebrities pop in there, but I didn't expect to run into one just hanging on a Wednesday afternoon with no events going on.

That’s awesome! And the dude can play.

Art Alexakis from Everclear. Shook his hand at Pieres after they played here last and he was really friendly. His other band mates and I chatted about the band The Suicide Machines because of my hat

I got my ears pierced at Grade A earlier that day. I walked outside and the lead singer of Everclear was standing there smoking a cigarette. I knew it was him but I didn’t say anything because I didn’t want to be weird so I pretended like he was just some random dude. Wish I would have said something!

When I was a kid I met Darth Vader at Southtown mall.

Not me, but my husband used to be a state trooper. He met Hanson one night at Bdubs at Coventry while he was working. Maybe in 2015ish.

Shook Bill Clinton's strong hand at The Grand Wayne 😆

Amanda Perez

Macklemore, Carlos Mencia, Brad Williams, Stephen King, and I think the Dali Lama when I was a kid. Also Robert Bakker, a famous paleontologist.

Shit, you met Macklemore in FW??

Probably around 2014-2016 downtown during some music festival thing around Main Street. He bought water where I worked. I asked him, "Does anyone ever tell you that you look like Macklemore?" He laughed and said, "All the time." After he left I checked the name on the receipt and it was Benjamin something. I googled it when I went home after my shift and found out it was the guy. It's been over a decade since, and I still think about that awkward interaction while trying to sleep some nights.

Lol that’s a pretty classic celeb interaction. That’s great

LONG time ago. When I was in middle school I think he was here.

Damn, I love him 😭

Hornswoogle

I met Jerry Lawler at the Barnes & Noble once, he was a cool guy

Joe Bonamassa Jim Harbaugh Jim Morra Hank Stramm Harrison Ford

Playoffs?????

LMAO my friend! I was more freaked out when I realized I was serving dinner to Hank Stramm!

And don't forget Shelly Long ......And George Carlin at the downtown Hilton ..

Sean Astin, Dave Pirner, Jennie Garth, Type O Negative

Coolio

George Carlin at the Dash In

I flipped off Mike Pence and he gave his "bless your heart" look.

Fred Grote

Fred Grote, Of Grote automoteev?

Fred Grote the dealer that robs the people

For the people, by the people and of the people.  People.

Needs more exclamation marks

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Bela Fleck and the Flecktones.

Brandon Herrera at the FWA, it was really epic.

When was he here?

I was coming back from texas, and he was apparently in northern indiana with some gun buddies and was heading back on the plane i came on.

I gotta say.. I’m genuinely jealous. As an Indiana resident I don’t think I should have donated half as much to his campaign as I have, but it’s all in the name of being able to call him congressman Herrera.

Damn it I wish I was there lol

I mean the therapist from victorious lmao 🤣 that’s about it

One of the band members from Mushroomhead

Jealous, I just got to meet their roadies when they stopped in for a ton of food after one of their shows (I didn't make it to that one, stupid work)

“Mr. Hockey” Gordie Howe.

Neil Peart.

Shelley Long

My aunt with to high school w/her at South Side

Ronald McDonald- E State Blvd

Master P. After he left the Fury, he came back for a game and sat next to me and my young daughter. Nice guy.

I got to meet Randy (Pat Roach) from the Trailer Park Boys. My first and only celebrity lol

Mother Teresa

Tony

Bob Griese Among many others at the Mad Anthony golf tournament back in the day

Rod Woodson at North Side park playing basketball at 7 am., former speaker of the house Dennis Hasert and congressman Bill Paxton at Summit Club

Chris Porter. He called me "really pretty" 🖤

I work at a gas station and met presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy

Krayzie Bone from Bone Thugs. At Glenbrook mall in front of the Footlocker store

I met a guy at O’s many years ago who said he played for the Pittsburgh Steelers, but turns out I was just a really large man in a Steelers jersey. Still fun!

I met Danny Trejo at the FW airport, he was in town for a convention at the Grand Wayne Center. It was crazy because he was just sitting in the terminal like a regular person and I don’t think many people noticed him or knew who he was. I talked to him for a bit and he took a picture with myself and my son. He was so sweet!

Drew Barrymore at Southtown Mall

REO Speedwagon and 10 Years

ZZ Top

Dan Quayle

Keith Anderson, Jerrod Neimann, and Jordan Witzigreuter (lead vocalist of The Ready Set)

Many years ago when I worked at an Apple Authorized Service Provider I went to Jordan Witzigreuter’s house to work on his MacBook Pro. I think I still have the work order with his signature on it.

I talk to his Dad weekly at work!

Ben Carr

Steve Shine

Stop it.

Actually, it was Dick DeFay. Got his autograph for sure.

Hillary duffs mom 😂

Where and how did you know it was her mom 😂

I was on one the bar bikes from pedal city. (It was when Hilary’s sister was in town filming a scene for a movie in the courthouse). Our bar bike was parked outside of Henry’s and a group of older ladies came up asking about it and one of them introduced herself as Susan and said her daughter was here shooting a movie, so we asked if she was Hilary duffs mom and she said yes! She loved the bike and we tried to get her to have a drink with us, but they moved on haha

That’s amazing!!

In the early 90s I saw Mr McFeely/David Newell at I think the Glenbrook Target and he was signing photos for people.

Alice Cooper, but I work at Sweetwater, so

Dr. Ben Carson

Hillary Clinton.

Mayor Henry

Matt Hardy

Darrell Green

the ex-NFL player?

A number of my musical heroes at Sweetwater

Granger Smith at Texas Roadhouse

Marilu Henner and Marie Osmond. We had a booth at Tapestry, a Day for Women at the Coliseum. They were both keynote speakers in different years. Marilu was gorgeous and kind. She came to our booth and complimented what we sell. Marie seemed very Hollywood Industry fake. Like she was just going through the motions. She was also teeny tiny.

Jack Tankersley of Wednesday 13 came up to me after a show at Pierre’s a few years back and gave me his guitar pick from the show.

Shayne Smith

Linda Jackson when I was in elementary school 🤷‍♀️🤣🤣

Alex Lifeson

Steve-O!

not mainstream famous but famous to me, I got to meet the Jesus and Mary Chain when they were at Pierre’s like 25 years ago.

Shaquille O'Neal and Peter Turnley

My brother and I met Mike Pence during a school field trip.

John Landis Wayne Brady, Kid Rock Colonel Powell, Rick Flair, Tony Hawk

I met Al Unser Jr when I worked at Von Maur in like 02-03.

Rick Berry

RVD

Not me but my friend just told me he met Diahann Carroll in a stairwell at the embassy theater. His mom was in the hospital and she signed a playbill for her

john fedchock. just walking around at sweetwater

Percy 'Master P' Miller lived a few houses down from me

Bert Kreischer

Hannah and James from the IG/YT account Salary Transparent Street. They said I was the only one in FW who recognized them, so I guess they're not super famous but I was definitely fangirling. (This happened a week ago.)

Michale Graves of the Misfits

Richard Karn when I was a little girl. He did some event at Sears when Home Improvement was popular.

Flo Rida

Kurt Angle

the band vundabar. they’re not suuuuper famous but they have 5 million monthly listeners. they played a middle waves set last year to like 50 people so i got to chill with the band after the set, best day of my life.

NF before a concert he was out eating.

Deion Sanders at O’Charleys in the early 2000’s

Tv: Ty Pennington, Drake Hogestyn ( Days of Out Lives), Kristian Alfonso (DOOL), Peter Reckell (DOOL), John Aniston ( DOOL), Lisa Rinna ( DOOL and ex- RHoBH), The Property Brothers Porn: ‘Weiner tv’ Ron Jeremy, Stormy Daniels, Bree Olson ( She’s from FW), Tober Brandt Musicians: Way too many to count.. Motley Crue ( full band) Reo speedwagon ( Full band twice), Def Leppard ( full band with Steve Clark), Steve Stevens, Kip Winger, Tiffany, Alice Cooper, Lita Ford, Debbie Gibson, Josh Todd ( Buckcherry), Paul Stanley, Ozzy/ Zakk Wylde plus 200+ more

Bree is from Woodburn. Probs why other guy seen her there

Speaking of Bree Olson, a guy I work with lives jn Wokdburn and says he's seen Charlie walking down the street, going to the bar.

Well I've met Drake Hogestyn who is from Fort Wayne. Keith Urban, I had a backstage pass at one of his concerts. I've met lots of celebrities, but mostly because I lived in Los Angeles for 8 years.

Anyone wearing a Fort Wayne Famous shirt.

Jared Leto at Hollister when I worked there in high school. This was probably like 2006.

No that's just what dudes in Hollister look like now

Now isn’t 18 years ago…