Thursday 20 August 2009

Our celebrity encounters

We are friends with more than a few famous people and have worked quite with a few of them. So here's a few we're going to mention:


  • June 5th 1982- my brother and I met the great comedian John Candy and spent the day with him. Very historic day, a lot like in that first song parody we wrote.
  • 8th April 1985- hung out with Dan Akyroyd.
  • 6th May 1987- met Eugene Levy.
  • June 1st 1991- attended the Dangerous tour concert by singer Michael Jackson. Got to chill out with him later after the show.
  • May 1st 1992- the first of many great encounters with Jay Leno.
  • June 3rd 1993- Saw parody singer Weird Al Yankovich at a cofee shop, got his autograph.
  • July 10th 1994- meet director Tim Burton.
  • May 29th 1995- My brother and I appear as audience members for a taping of Jay Leno's first day of hosting the tonight show. Get to meet Jay afterwards.
  • August 3rd 1996- another great Jay Leno encounter. Plus, spot Jim Carrey filming a scene for The Cable Guy.
  • September 12th 1997- same.
  • June 6th 1998- spotted Jim Carrey filming a scene for the Truman Show.
  • Mid november 1999- spot Jim Carrey again, this time filming a scene for Me, Myself and Irene.
  • December 2000, spot Jim Carrey again this time filming a scene for how the grinch stole christmas. Couldn't reconise him at first because of the grinch makeup he was wearing.
  • April 2001- another great Jay Leno encounter plus spotted Jim once again.
  • May 2002- met Bruce Campbell at comic con
  • Mid summer 2003 - spot Jim Carrey once again, this time filming a scene for Bruce Almighty.
  • Summer 2004- Another great Jay Leno encounter.
  • Fall 2005- our friend Tyrone The Terrible introduces us to actor Tim Curry. We had a blast working with him. He really did a great job of voicing Morlock in the rock opera episode of Millitary Koalas.
  • Summer 2006- Another great Jay Leno encounter.
  • Spring 2007- met makeup artist Rick Baker.
  • Summer 2008- another great Jay Leno encounter, this time during the filming of the film version of Leno.
  • Fall 2008- another Jim Carrey sighting.
  • Spring 2009- another great Jay Leno encounter. Also give him a special goodbye present on his last day of hosting the Tonight Show.
  • Early summer 2009- the train tour for Disney's A Christmas Carol starring Jim Carrey stops by our town more than 3 times. We spot Jim yet again and take pictures.

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