Re: Have you met someone famous?
Okay I'm an old guy and not somewhat in tune with today's rap scene, so a few years back when I-94 and KHVH was sharing office space on Queen street I was sitting in the green room prepping for another fun day of talk radio when this large black dude with chains hanging off his neck came in with an entourage of other similarly dressed individuals.
I asked him if he was a contestant with Brown Bags and he laughed then walked into the studios of I-94
Well as it turns out this well dressed man was in fact Baby Face the hip hop record producer being interviewed at the station. When reminded I still didn't know who the heck he was.
Then there was City Councilwoman Ann Kobayashi coming in for an interview at KHVH with Rick Hamada. It was a Saturday morning and she had dressed in shorts, tee shirt, sneakers and no make up.
I thought she was the cleaning lady and told her where the garbage cans were. yeah right Craig, you tell her to go clean up the city and throw out the garbage within!!!
Then I was at Waikiki Theater's two and three where I saw Tom Selleck talking to one of the ushers. I went up and asked for his autograph and he replied that he was Sellecks double. I walked away somewhat embarrassed, then a few days later the photo of Selleck's double appeared in the paper and it didn't even look like Selleck.
Then way back in the late 60's I was building a sand castle at Kahala Beach when this young man with big ears jogging accidently ran into it. He stopped to help me rebuild it when he asked me what he thought of castles? I told him I like to build sand castles. He told me he lived in one, finished helping me fix my sand creation and jogged off.
That night the channel 9 news reported of the Royal family arriving at the then Kahala Hilton (now the Kahala Manderin) and showed a clip of the young man that fixed my sandcastle. His name: Prince Charles.
But the most memorable moment in my life was when the presidential motorcade drove past my Mom and myself along Nimitz Highway before the viaduct was built and I waved at the president. He looked directly in my eyes, pointed at me and smiled. My Mom got all excited and told me to wave back at President John F. Kennedy and I did!
Okay I'm an old guy and not somewhat in tune with today's rap scene, so a few years back when I-94 and KHVH was sharing office space on Queen street I was sitting in the green room prepping for another fun day of talk radio when this large black dude with chains hanging off his neck came in with an entourage of other similarly dressed individuals.
I asked him if he was a contestant with Brown Bags and he laughed then walked into the studios of I-94
Well as it turns out this well dressed man was in fact Baby Face the hip hop record producer being interviewed at the station. When reminded I still didn't know who the heck he was.
Then there was City Councilwoman Ann Kobayashi coming in for an interview at KHVH with Rick Hamada. It was a Saturday morning and she had dressed in shorts, tee shirt, sneakers and no make up.
I thought she was the cleaning lady and told her where the garbage cans were. yeah right Craig, you tell her to go clean up the city and throw out the garbage within!!!
Then I was at Waikiki Theater's two and three where I saw Tom Selleck talking to one of the ushers. I went up and asked for his autograph and he replied that he was Sellecks double. I walked away somewhat embarrassed, then a few days later the photo of Selleck's double appeared in the paper and it didn't even look like Selleck.
Then way back in the late 60's I was building a sand castle at Kahala Beach when this young man with big ears jogging accidently ran into it. He stopped to help me rebuild it when he asked me what he thought of castles? I told him I like to build sand castles. He told me he lived in one, finished helping me fix my sand creation and jogged off.
That night the channel 9 news reported of the Royal family arriving at the then Kahala Hilton (now the Kahala Manderin) and showed a clip of the young man that fixed my sandcastle. His name: Prince Charles.
But the most memorable moment in my life was when the presidential motorcade drove past my Mom and myself along Nimitz Highway before the viaduct was built and I waved at the president. He looked directly in my eyes, pointed at me and smiled. My Mom got all excited and told me to wave back at President John F. Kennedy and I did!
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