After listening to Myq's interview with Marc Maron, and listening about the Jamhole fiasco it got me pondering about this subject. I don't know where I stand on all this so I just wanted to put some stuff out there and see if I can start a dialogue.
There are a few occasions where I have found myself in the midst of someone more famous than me. My earliest memory of this was having a dialouge with Danny Bonaduce on Myspace many years ago. That was pretty exciting for me but sort of fell flat as there wasn't really anything there.
The next obvious occasion was Keith and Chemda. I'm so happy about their success that none of me would want a "piece" of that. I just enjoy them as people and going to events. I know I can separate myself from being friendly and being friends. Of course it would be nice to be the next Newsy, or another guy that is generally able to hang out at superbowl parties and stuff. However I know my place as a fan, and if EVERYONE was able to accomplish that, they wouldn't have enough room in their house!
There have been other occasions when I've interacted with comedians or other guests on KATG, most of which are quite friendly and I've never had a bad experience with.
The most recent person that comes to mind, and I hope he takes all this int he spirit of which it is intended, is the amazing Myq Kaplan. I first met him and Myka (also amazing) at the 100th show. I was in a room with him trying to come up with a name for his podcast but everyone was high and nothing was really getting done, haha. Then I found out that he was coming near where I lived so I decided to go see him. I Facebooked him and we ended up meeting up well before the show and hung out for a while. Myq was the kind of guy I knew I could really get along with. I all but started stalking him on facebook, just talking about stuff, asking him how his career was. I heard he might have been coming to a KATG Bingo so I talked to him on facebook and asked if he wanted to meet up. I knew I wasn't going to be online so I asked him if he wanted to exchange numbers or something and he declined, and I totally understand that. I wouldn't want that getting out either. But it was then that I knew exactly where I was placed. There were other events like this but I won't delve into them now.
So I just wanted to see if anyone else had similar experiences with celebrities on a level greater than meeting them at a restaurant and getting a signature. And what came of it. And where the lines between friendship, being friendly, and good
PR are. And how much of my fascination with people like Myq are truly a connection or just some sort of sick narcissism on my part.