Brushes With Celebrity Part 45
I lived in Los Angeles so had plenty of minor brushes with celebrities, including playing football at various times against Rod Stewart, Steve Jones and Vinnie Jones (he was sent off in the match for kicking a buddy of mine!) but my favorite was when I was a student and worked as a driver for ABC-TV during the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics. I was bringing a videotape(that dates this reference right there!) back from the volleyball venue in Long Beach to ABC's then studios in Hollywood and as I was in the studio's hallway making a left, around the blind corner was Howard Cosell who coughed right in my face. I said "Excuse me!" quite loudly and kept going on my way as I was told to get the tape to the broadcast studio in a rush. Just then it dawned on me that was Howard Cosell (a noted but polemical US TV broadcaster from the 1960s-90s) who just coughed on me. I was by now about 6 steps beyond him but I turned around and looked back and Cosell was staring at me. "Cover your mouth next time" I shouted to him then quickly walked away!
I lived in Los Angeles so had plenty of minor brushes with celebrities, including playing football at various times against Rod Stewart, Steve Jones and Vinnie Jones (he was sent off in the match for kicking a buddy of mine!) but my favorite was when I was a student and worked as a driver for ABC-TV during the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics. I was bringing a videotape(that dates this reference right there!) back from the volleyball venue in Long Beach to ABC's then studios in Hollywood and as I was in the studio's hallway making a left, around the blind corner was Howard Cosell who coughed right in my face. I said "Excuse me!" quite loudly and kept going on my way as I was told to get the tape to the broadcast studio in a rush. Just then it dawned on me that was Howard Cosell (a noted but polemical US TV broadcaster from the 1960s-90s) who just coughed on me. I was by now about 6 steps beyond him but I turned around and looked back and Cosell was staring at me. "Cover your mouth next time" I shouted to him then quickly walked away!
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