One question, of many, that I'm always asked when someone finds out that I live in Las Vegas is "Have you met any celebrities yet?" I usually look back at the person with a look of deep thought thinking to myself if I have. Because I have the memory of an 87 year old it usually takes me a few minutes to answer back, "No, no I haven't." Well I can say after my experience a couple days ago that's all changed.
I was at work doing my best Danny McCoy impression. If you have never seen his character in the TV show Las Vegas all I was basically doing was just walking around the casino trying to look important. When all of a sudden my "celebdar" goes off. I turn around and try to sift through the crowd to find out who would've caused the disturbance. I had been looking around for a while and to no avail and thought maybe the "celebdar" needed tweaked, when I saw him. For the life of me I could not remember what his name was so I couldn't approach him as a fan, I would make a fool out of myself. Plus he was sitting down on a bench talking to a woman I presumed he was macking on and I didn't want to ruin his game. But I realized I couldn't let this opportunity pass me by so I began approaching him with nothing planned, just relying on quick wit and charm to get me by. Well so much for that. By the time I got over there I had nothing to say and was awkwardly standing right in from of him and this unidentified woman. Trying my best to save face and at the same time make him look important in front of this girl I asked him,
Me: "Sir is everything OK? Is there anything I can do for you?"
Him: (Looked up at me, shook his head no, went back to convo with woman)
He was using what is called the cold shoulder technique. I'm very familiar with this style so I began to walk away when i stopped and realized what he just did. Even though he didn't say any words to me I saw in his face what he was trying to say. See the face paints a thousand pictures I always say. Anyway what he said in his face was,
Him: "Dude, thanks for making me look important. I don't want to be rude but I am a celebrity trying to put in some work with this broad here but thank you anyway. Oh and P.S. could you do me a favor and call me by my name. I would appreciate it because I think this chick knows I'm famous but I don't think she knows my name and that might help. Thanks dude your the man."
Now he just put me in a tougher spot. I was pretty sure of his name and it was on the tippy of my tounge but a case of mistaken identity is not a laughing matter. I needed to say something and fast, so I used that quick wit that I lacked earlier,
Me: "Have a good night, sir. Oh, I loved your work in Friday Night Lights, one of my favorite movies."
Him: "Thank you."
Me: "That Boobies quite a handful I bet, huh?"
Him: "(Turned and gave me a look of disapointment. Probably for either not calling him by his name or for saying the word "Boobie" in front of his chick)
And that was it. I couldn't remember his name but I gave him props for his performance in the only movie of his that I could remember seeing. Like I said earlier I have terrible memory and I just hope by not remembering his name and for saying the word "Boobie" I didn't ruin his chances. Your probably thinking why would he care if you said "Boobie"? There are a lot of worse words you could say around girls these days. True. But this woman was not from these days. She and the celebrity were from back in the day, way back in the day. So Mr. Grover Coulson if your reading this let me apologize for my actions and I hope to see you and your lady back in Las Vegas soon.
I was at work doing my best Danny McCoy impression. If you have never seen his character in the TV show Las Vegas all I was basically doing was just walking around the casino trying to look important. When all of a sudden my "celebdar" goes off. I turn around and try to sift through the crowd to find out who would've caused the disturbance. I had been looking around for a while and to no avail and thought maybe the "celebdar" needed tweaked, when I saw him. For the life of me I could not remember what his name was so I couldn't approach him as a fan, I would make a fool out of myself. Plus he was sitting down on a bench talking to a woman I presumed he was macking on and I didn't want to ruin his game. But I realized I couldn't let this opportunity pass me by so I began approaching him with nothing planned, just relying on quick wit and charm to get me by. Well so much for that. By the time I got over there I had nothing to say and was awkwardly standing right in from of him and this unidentified woman. Trying my best to save face and at the same time make him look important in front of this girl I asked him,
Me: "Sir is everything OK? Is there anything I can do for you?"
Him: (Looked up at me, shook his head no, went back to convo with woman)
He was using what is called the cold shoulder technique. I'm very familiar with this style so I began to walk away when i stopped and realized what he just did. Even though he didn't say any words to me I saw in his face what he was trying to say. See the face paints a thousand pictures I always say. Anyway what he said in his face was,
Him: "Dude, thanks for making me look important. I don't want to be rude but I am a celebrity trying to put in some work with this broad here but thank you anyway. Oh and P.S. could you do me a favor and call me by my name. I would appreciate it because I think this chick knows I'm famous but I don't think she knows my name and that might help. Thanks dude your the man."
Now he just put me in a tougher spot. I was pretty sure of his name and it was on the tippy of my tounge but a case of mistaken identity is not a laughing matter. I needed to say something and fast, so I used that quick wit that I lacked earlier,
Me: "Have a good night, sir. Oh, I loved your work in Friday Night Lights, one of my favorite movies."
Him: "Thank you."
Me: "That Boobies quite a handful I bet, huh?"
Him: "(Turned and gave me a look of disapointment. Probably for either not calling him by his name or for saying the word "Boobie" in front of his chick)
And that was it. I couldn't remember his name but I gave him props for his performance in the only movie of his that I could remember seeing. Like I said earlier I have terrible memory and I just hope by not remembering his name and for saying the word "Boobie" I didn't ruin his chances. Your probably thinking why would he care if you said "Boobie"? There are a lot of worse words you could say around girls these days. True. But this woman was not from these days. She and the celebrity were from back in the day, way back in the day. So Mr. Grover Coulson if your reading this let me apologize for my actions and I hope to see you and your lady back in Las Vegas soon.
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