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   On Feb 10, 2026 at 8:57:25 AM PST, "anim8rfsk"  wrote:   
      
   > BTR1701  wrote:   
   >>  On Feb 9, 2026 at 8:02:06 AM PST, "Rhino"    
   >>  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>>  On 2026-02-08 4:35 p.m., BTR1701 wrote:   
   >>>>  On Feb 8, 2026 at 12:33:51 PM PST, "Rhino"    
   >>>>  wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>>  On 2026-02-08 2:12 p.m., BTR1701 wrote:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>>  So the girlfriend and I went to see Don "American Pie" McLean at the   
   Saban   
   >>>>>>  Theatre last night and who should end up sitting next to me?   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>  Gary Cole - aka Bill Lumbergh from OFFICE SPACE. Also TALLADEGA NIGHTS,   
   >>>>>>  VEEP,   
   >>>>>>  DODGEBALL, TRUE BLOOD, and literally hundreds of other stuff you've   
   >>>>>>  probably seen him in.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>  I had to resist making a joke about having to get the TPS reports   
   >>>>>>  finished.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>  What is "L.A. protocol" for such situations? In other words, if you   
   >>>>>  happen to recognize someone like Cole (or perhaps someone of much   
   >>>>>  greater or less familiarity) in close proximity is it considered rude to   
   >>>>>  approach them, speak to them, ask for autographs, etc? Or are you   
   >>>>>  supposed to keep your distance and wait for them to approach you?   
   >>>>   
   >>>>  Some people did approach him during intermission and asked for a picture,   
   >>>>  which he allowed with good humor. I personally tend to just behave toward   
   >>>>  celebrities as I would toward anyone else.   
   >>>   
   >>>  Yeah, that sounds like exactly the way to be: they're human beings just   
   >>>  like you; they just happen to have higher visibility than most of us.   
   >>>   
   >>>>  Unless it's John Williams. If I   
   >>>>  ended up sitting next to John Williams at a concert or something, I'd   
   >>>>  probably   
   >>>>  fan-boy out to the extent I'd get kicked out and slapped with a   
   restraining   
   >>>>  order. I'd also probably ask the Daddario for a picture with her if I   
   ever   
   >>>>  saw her.   
   >>>>   
   >>>  I think we all have people we'd really be excited to meet.   
   >>   
   >>  Speaking of the maestro, he just turned 94 yesterday. Sill going strong.   
   >> Has a   
   >>  new film score coming out this year to Spielberg's DISCLOSURE DAY.   
   >>   
   > I still want to find that Disney bitch that wouldn’t let him play to a big   
   > screen and slap her until my hands fall off   
      
   LOL! Well, I'll take over when your hands fall off.   
      
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