dwight in philly Posted November 14, 2018 Share Posted November 14, 2018 O J.. assuming he still is a fan which i believe he is. ran into him lots at mulligans on hertel back in the day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Wiz Posted November 14, 2018 Share Posted November 14, 2018 15 minutes ago, PetermanThrew5Picks said: So far Shooter Gavin (a fictional villian I don't even remember the actor's name) is the best known Bills celebrity fan?? I can dig it, that's pretty cool Christopher mcdonald Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RochesterRob Posted November 14, 2018 Share Posted November 14, 2018 8 hours ago, Buffalo716 said: I believe they were an English rock band from the late 70s and 80s ? Tawny Kitaen was the girlfriend. She who appeared in a few videos and played a vapid girlfriend on a Seinfeld episode. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bing Bong Posted November 14, 2018 Share Posted November 14, 2018 I saw Whitney Houston. She played an insanely long halftime show after we were crushing it first half. so I saw the most famous Bills hater. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Crowing Rooster Posted November 14, 2018 Share Posted November 14, 2018 4 hours ago, Buffalo Barbarian said: Takes me back to my younger days. always felt their singer could have filled in for Robert Plant for Led Zepplin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Like A Mofo Posted November 14, 2018 Share Posted November 14, 2018 Most famous Bills fan I ever met? Two. 2005 Home Opener tailgate vs Houston JP Losman's debut. R.Rich who is a legend here and also the one and only SDS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thurst44 Posted November 14, 2018 Share Posted November 14, 2018 After I came back to NYC after going to college at UB, I was struggling to find a job and wound up working a couple weeks of retail in the Greenwich Village Tower Records jazz dept. -- an area that covered a lot of other mini-sections, including soundtracks. This stringy-haired, 30-something guy comes in with a beautiful girl hanging off him -- I recognize him instantly. He coyly asks me "do you have this soundtrack...it's really sweet, the director wrote all this interstitial music, etc...Buffalo 66." Thankfully, the soundtrack had come in earlier in the day and since I loved the movie, I had displayed it prominently on an endcap. Halfway to the display, I decided to gently bust his ruse, but with a compliment: "I loved your film, Mr. Gallo." He then launched into the classic "did you know this guy and that girl?" but he is over a decade older than me, so I mostly did not; however, in contrast to his reputation, Vincent Gallo was an exceptionally nice person, at least for the span of that conversation. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vorpma Posted November 14, 2018 Share Posted November 14, 2018 11 hours ago, Buffalo716 said: I thought this would be a good lighthearted thread that could potentially be good... who is the most famous Bills fan you ever met and how did it happen? Me: I was at the Bills home opener about 3-4 years ago and I’m stumbling up the street and I look up and who do I see?!? Mother effing Shooter McGavin from Happy Gilmore !! ?? I gave him a good shooooter! Followed by a Damn you people , go back to your shanties! he liked that ? About 15 years ago in Honolulu Hawaii, Bob Seeger and Chris Berhman were getting trashed at one of the end of Pier Bars, both were easy going, friendly and very talkative. Seeger reminded those around him that he played Buffalo right after Bills beat the Dolphins ending the losing streak in September 1980 and the city was crazy! Good times and two great fans! 2 hours ago, plenzmd1 said: Russert..by far!!! Thanksgiving Eve 1994. DC was empty. Wife and I walk to this African BBQ place in Adams Morgan and plop down the corner of the bar, Tim and his wife walk in and sit ar other end. We are the only 4 people in the place. I get all excited and want to go say hi, wife says let the guy have his drink in peace, he does not need a chucklehead Bills fan ruining his evening. I got an idea.I wore a Niagara Purple Eagles shell to the place, and told my wife,,I am going to put this on like we are leaving and walk past him towards the head and see what he says. As soon as I started to pull that thing on..that voice of his booms across the bar"hey.did you go to Niagara? Starts the conversation and we move over and spend the next 40 minutes talking Bills and having drinks, explaining DTV as he was still going to the studio to watch games and I had Sunday Ticket . Both wives were talking chit on us for geeking over Buffalo and the Bills..it was just a great night! Course Bills get stomped the next day on Thanksgiving Know people personally not from Buffalo who met and loved Tim Russert! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhoTom Posted November 14, 2018 Share Posted November 14, 2018 1 hour ago, BillsFanNC said: I met John Wayne Bobbitt at a Bills game in the mid 90s. Did he throw anything onto the field? ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thurst44 Posted November 14, 2018 Share Posted November 14, 2018 1 hour ago, BillsFanNC said: I met John Wayne Bobbitt at a Bills game in the mid 90s. Ha, when I was writing for UB's paper, one of the editors had just come from the airport where she had shared a cab with a mother and son. At one point, she claimed, the woman had leaned over to her, conspiratorially, as if trying to set up her son. "He's famous...he's John Wayne Bobbitt." This would have been shortly after his "incident" making him the center of news, yet I had zero idea he had any connection to Buffalo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not at the table Karlos Posted November 14, 2018 Share Posted November 14, 2018 8 hours ago, Buffalo716 said: Yea I wouldn’t recognize him either lol but the name is familiar I didn't have a clue who he was and never heard of the show he was on. Was just another couple walking on the same trail we were. They both seemed pretty cool tho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not at the table Karlos Posted November 14, 2018 Share Posted November 14, 2018 1 hour ago, BillsFanNC said: I met John Wayne Bobbitt at a Bills game in the mid 90s. He used to frequent the Taco bell near my job. People would come back from lunch all excited they met him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plenzmd1 Posted November 14, 2018 Share Posted November 14, 2018 I also met Isiah Robertson. Bills stayed at Hotel Niagra for a while when they help training camp at Niagra. My sister was the late night controller or some such thing. Long story, she got to know Isiah and they actually went out on a date! Father insisted he pick her up at the house..and he did! So I met him in our house for about 5 minutes ! After the date, they came back and had Sara Lee cheesecake and coffee..but I was not allowed in kitchen !!!!! Always thought it was cool my Dad, who was 60 at the time, had no issue with his daughter going on a date with a black guy..certainly not the norm in 1980 for his peer group. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoHuddleKelly12 Posted November 14, 2018 Share Posted November 14, 2018 11 hours ago, keepthefaith said: Well since I met him after his football career was over and he's definitely a Bills fan, Don Beebe. He runs a top notch football camp in our area and he and his staff coached one of my sons for 4 years. Spoke to him on a few occasions and since my wife and I had season tickets while he played in Buffalo, we had some things to talk about. Terrific guy and a terrific coach. He works pretty closely with a lot of the kids. Never met "Steeler Killer" but always seemed like a good guy (from a fan's perspective). Also had a poignant moment in the "Four Falls of Buffalo" biopic, where he talked about (I'm seriously paraphrasing here off of memory) winning a SB with Green Bay in '96 after leaving Buffalo, and how Favre handed him the ball at the end and tells him this is for him, he deserves it--but that at that moment all he could think about was how special that moment would have been in a Bills uniform instead--anyway, always liked him, thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stony Posted November 14, 2018 Share Posted November 14, 2018 2 hours ago, The Wiz said: Christopher mcdonald My high school english teacher was his drama "coach." She used to get mad when all of us would yell out Happy Gilmore quotes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IDBillzFan Posted November 14, 2018 Share Posted November 14, 2018 (edited) 10 hours ago, Circlethewagon8404 said: you must be super young to not know who whitesnake is. I was kind of being a little facetious (I'm 56). I barely knew the band when I met him, and beyond a couple of radio hits, really don't know their stuff. Was always more of a Sinatra guy than anything else. Edited November 14, 2018 by LABillzFan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollars 2 donuts Posted November 14, 2018 Share Posted November 14, 2018 2 hours ago, The Wiz said: Christopher mcdonald been good a lot times, but doesn't get enough credit for the brief run as Robert DeNiro's character in the TV movie versions/sequels of Midnight Run Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billsfan_34 Posted November 14, 2018 Share Posted November 14, 2018 11 hours ago, dlonce said: Leon Spinx and Rick James ,beotch. Obviously, James was a Bills fan and surprisingly so was Leon. Sat next to them In the stands behind Bills bench,during the Chuck Knox era. Yes they were in the stands for the experience. Those were great season tickets. We bought each other beers. They had some big old body guards around them. Both had fur coats on. Star struck fans bothered the hell out of them. That’s one thing that doesn’t impress me, being in the public eye. Rick James had seasons by ours when I was young- always decked out in leather with a girl on each arm. He was always very polite to everyone and truly loved the Bills. We were on the aisle when he would walk past would always say hi to me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Real Buffalo Joe Posted November 14, 2018 Share Posted November 14, 2018 Haven't met either of them, but I've read rumors that Meatloaf and Eddie Van Halen are Bills fans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gugny Posted November 14, 2018 Share Posted November 14, 2018 2 hours ago, BillsFanNC said: I met John Wayne Bobbitt at a Bills game in the mid 90s. Did he lose his head when the Bills scored? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve O Posted November 14, 2018 Share Posted November 14, 2018 Met Van Miller at my uncle's 50th wedding anniversary. During Van's last year of broadcasting Bills' games he shared a memory every week. One of them his stories was about a spotter who was in the booth with him. The spotter, who had had a little too much to drink, disagreed with the ref's spot and started cursing on the air. That was my uncle. Since he had season tickets since the Bills inaugural year, my uncle was also asked to be one of the fans to accept the 12th man induction to the wall of fame. He had been dead for six years at the time, but we still had tickets in his name. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Darragh Posted November 14, 2018 Share Posted November 14, 2018 I met Marv Levy on a street in downtown Buffalo the day before the 2016 opener (he was in town for Bruce's number retirement) Got a nice selfie And I actually had the presence of mind to say "there's no place I'd rather be then right here, right now" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buffalobillswin Posted November 14, 2018 Share Posted November 14, 2018 Chris Berman if he counts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jobot Posted November 14, 2018 Share Posted November 14, 2018 John Fina my cousin! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulletprooftiger Posted November 14, 2018 Share Posted November 14, 2018 Met William Pitcher at the Benihana in Encino and the again at the Bills/Raiders game in Oakland. He sat right in front of me and bought his entire row hot dogs and sodas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Real Buffalo Joe Posted November 14, 2018 Share Posted November 14, 2018 47 minutes ago, Dan Darragh said: I met Marv Levy on a street in downtown Buffalo the day before the 2016 opener (he was in town for Bruce's number retirement) Got a nice selfie And I actually had the presence of mind to say "there's no place I'd rather be then right here, right now" I'm sure he's never had a fan say that to him before. He was probably honored and surprised that someone remembered that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickrage Posted November 14, 2018 Share Posted November 14, 2018 Does Tasker count? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweats Posted November 14, 2018 Share Posted November 14, 2018 Most famous would have to be Two Tone Tony......most wont know him but he’s a big deal in my neighbourhood Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toledo Bill Posted November 14, 2018 Share Posted November 14, 2018 Went to high school with Mark Murphy (Redskins all pro and current president of Packers). Spoke to him a couple of years ago... still a Bill’s fan! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boyst Posted November 14, 2018 Share Posted November 14, 2018 I want to meet Jordan Burroughs, and I'm pretty sure he's posted here before Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
major Posted November 14, 2018 Share Posted November 14, 2018 Elvis (John) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo Barbarian Posted November 14, 2018 Share Posted November 14, 2018 4 hours ago, The Crowing Rooster said: Me too, 1987 wrestling practice. I wanted Metallica but they was just to heavy for those pansies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Misterbluesky Posted November 14, 2018 Share Posted November 14, 2018 8 hours ago, The Process said: William (Billy) Fichtner used to come over and go swimming in our pool. Wasn't famous until later. You must have went to Maryvale? When he comes home,he can be found at Mr.Bill's on Cleveland Dr... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyBatty is alive Posted November 14, 2018 Share Posted November 14, 2018 14 hours ago, Doc Brown said: I don't know if he's a Bills fan but on a family trip we met Jack Kemp in his office in DC when he was a Congressman back in the 80's. Pretty cool experience. Nice guy. Is this a joke? Yeah it is safe to say Kemp was a Bills fan. 2 hours ago, Toledo Bill said: Went to high school with Mark Murphy (Redskins all pro and current president of Packers). Spoke to him a couple of years ago... still a Bill’s fan! I went to college around the same time as Mark Murphy, he was a few years ahead of me but the football star talked to the freshman, was always s a very nice down to earth guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo716 Posted November 14, 2018 Author Share Posted November 14, 2018 11 hours ago, Buffalo Barbarian said: Me never heard of Shooter His character was Shooter McGavin in Happy Gilmore . The main antagonist his real name is Christopher McDonald 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Crowing Rooster Posted November 14, 2018 Share Posted November 14, 2018 2 hours ago, Buffalo Barbarian said: Me too, 1987 wrestling practice. I wanted Metallica but they was just to heavy for those pansies The first concert I went to was Ozzy and Metallica at the old War Memorial in Rochester NY back in 1986 and it was great. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve O Posted November 14, 2018 Share Posted November 14, 2018 3 hours ago, Sweats said: Most famous would have to be Two Tone Tony......most wont know him but he’s a big deal in my neighbourhood Two Ton Tony the pizza guy? Everyone in my neighborhood knows him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aristocrat Posted November 14, 2018 Share Posted November 14, 2018 tim russert at canisius. William Fichtner at his nephews house while in high school. marv on a plane back from chicago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JÂy RÛßeÒ Posted November 14, 2018 Share Posted November 14, 2018 Met Chris Berman at a taping of the Jim Kelly Show at the NFL media hotel a couple of days before Super Bowl XXV. We mentioned we were heading to Sanibel Island, and he gave us the name of a restaurant there that he liked. We tried it and it was very good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IDBillzFan Posted November 14, 2018 Share Posted November 14, 2018 2 minutes ago, JÂy RÛßeÒ said: Met Chris Berman at a taping of the Jim Kelly Show at the NFL media hotel a couple of days before Super Bowl XXV. We mentioned we were heading to Sanibel Island, and he gave us the name of a restaurant there that he liked. We tried it and it was very good. Berman looks like he knows where ALL the good restaurants are. I saw him in 2003 speak at John Butler's memorial. His left was messed up and he was walking with a cane. A lot of names there, actually, but I didn't actually 'meet them' as it wasn't the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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