I forgot to mention Conway Twitty. Grew up near him. Real name Herald Jenkins.

Larry Gatlin and Herschel Walker.

Lyle Lovett.

Just briefly but Ben Stein. It was at a hotel in Dallas about 10 years ago. I was walking into the bar and he was walking out with a much younger woman on each arm, one blonde and one brunette. He was all smiles as they headed to the elevator.

Having been a SAG Actor for better then 35 years I have met many nice foilks in that arena, however the true Nice Ones come to mind as Robert (Bobby) Phillips, Bill Williams, Lee Marvin and yahh the Duke.

Never met Conway Twitty, but I knew a guy that played high school football with him on Tallulah Trojans football team. Said he was a nice guy and kept a ducktail comb in his sock. Used it after he took off his helmet.

Wish I could meet Bobo. He tells me he is a big deal.

I met them both a couple times walking around campus. Super nice, genuine people. We had some policy differences, but I always got the feeling that he felt he was doing what was right for the country, not for himself. He talked about service a lot and seemed to genuinely believe in it. Great great guy and policies aside, DC today would be a lot better with more HUMANS like him.

And I met John Anderson in Arkansas at a restaurant once. We were both in town duck hunting. He's a huge duck hunter and a great guy.

I met Chris Kyle at a happy hour through mutual friends. This was before his book came out and I had never heard of him. He told me he was a retired SEAL and I told him I worked for Raytheon building the MTS systems that went on Predator and Reaper drones. He immediately started telling stories where they used the drones in Iraq. Spent a couple of hours drinking with him and Steven Young (CEO of Craft International). He was gregarious and fun as hell to chat with and kept joking about "choking people out".

Glen Campbell and John Wayne.

Chief Dan George



Just after the movie :
Outlaw Josey Wales came out...

Mike Rowe

Dont think Ive ever met a celebrity.

Tom Landry and Nancy Brinker. Met both at a fellowship of Christian athletes banquet at the old Rangers stadium years ago. Nancy Brinker was especially cordial and asked to sit at our table. What an outstanding lady.

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I've met a few over the years
Some of the nicest ones probably would be Willie Nelson, George Straight, and the Ice Man himself George Gervin back in about 1978 or 79 when he was at the top of his game and the NBA scoring champ several times. Also met the big dog Antoine Carr and of all places.....on Choke Canyon Lake one afternoon. He was an avid fisherman and a hell of a nice guy albeit a BIG intimidating looking fella. lol

Nolan Ryan

Wade Bourne. He was super nice to me as a young kid on a flight from Houston to Lubbock. He saw I had a DU magazine and sat next to me and we talked duck hunting for several hours. Gave me his business card and said if I was every in the area to call him and he'd take me hunting. Felt genuine, but who really knows. I was said to see when he passed a few years back.

Charlie Pride.

Bo Jackson at Sam Rayburn early 1990's. Big nice black Ranger and black Suburban. Wanted to talk fishing and was very friendly.

Have it met many but two come to mind. Bob Lilly- plate black jack in Reno waiting for a plane. Bob Lilly sat down and joined us for about an hour before we had to head to the airport. Very affable and enjoyed playing cards with him.
Greg Hackney-hangs out at the deer camp with us from time to time. He is fun at deer camp.

Ray Childress and his wife Kara are genuine people as well. She's also a smoke show.

Anna Nicole Smith but it was before she was a celebrity. The only other person that qualifies is Ann Richards, we were the only people in the elevator and we didn't talk.

Played poker a couple of times at Carl's Corner with Willie. Got to know George W Bush through a mutual friend. Really nice guy to hang around with, but I've got some issues with how he handled things while in office.

Funny Bush story (sort of). It was around 2002 or 2003 and President Bush was in DC, but there was still quite a bit of Secret Service hanging around. I was at the mutual friend's ranch, which is close to the Bush ranch, when a couple of Secret Service guys come rolling in hot. Turns out one of them had been driving Bush's pickup around the ranch and hit something with it and put a big dent in it. Bush was due back from DC in a few days and they needed to know where to get it fixed before he got back. I called my buddy that has a big body shop in Gatesville and asked him if he could get it done in time. Sure, bring it in and we'll make it happen. Earned some major points with the Secret Service over that deal.

Now I remember meetingTom Landry and his wife. Super nice. He was a big fellow. Later met Bum Phillips. He was short, and a great conversationist. He verified that he had said that after he retired “ he didn’t do nuthin, and didn’t start till noon”. Met Charlie Johnson, the old St Louis Cards football QB. Great guy to have beer with. He was a Chem Engr like me and was then teaching engineering at NM State. But most interesting were his answers on who he regarded as the toughest linebackers, CBs, and Safeties to play against. Unfortunately, I don’t remember those names.

Also met the old Houston Comets head coach. Forget his name. Nice guy. My wife was into the wine by then, and said “you look a lot taller on tv”. She was looking good, so he didn’t get offended.

Got a hug from miss USA at the vip cocktail party after the contest. I got clunked in the head by her crown. It was real heavy. A picture was taken and published in the Harrah’s Casino newsletter. The daughter said it went worldwide, in slightly less than a million copies. So maybe I was famous a little bit for a short while. Kept hoping somebody would ask whe that girl was with Kirk.

Met the previous miss Universe, the one Trump called fat. Her reign was over and she was at the buffet table eating with both hands. Best looking woman there was Michael Andretti’s GF. Son in law and I agreed she had the best butt on earth. He photographed it, but I don’t have a copy. Her dress was barely there. If she had sneezed, she’d surely have been naked. I’d have walked over glass and miss USA if that happened.

Sure am glad you caught that typo.