HoustonHawk82":1yaeajit said:
Met TV once, and he struck me as a bit full of himself, and not very nice.
Not like he was in the middle of anything either; no cameras or mics, just waiting in line for a coffee behind me. I wasn't causing a scene and/or being starstruck either, only a smile and a nod that he responded to with a "how ya doin?" and then 100% ignored my "love your stuff" response. Seemed to have a "I'm just a few pegs higher on the list than you" vibe to him.
Just an observation, but no matter how cool you are when performing in front of a camera, somebody has a good reason for thinking you're an ass when you're not. A shame, because he missed an oppotunity to be cool. I certainly was.
Still, I wish him the best.
Okay, so I'm not the only one who has been face to face with this guy and thought he was a pompous a-hole. The only difference between your story and mine is I was around 10 or 11 years old when I ran in to the man. I was at a Mariners game in the Kingdome (probably '92 or '93) and my friend and I were walking around the empty seats in the second level. We were walking in the front row, moving from section to section, watching the game and overall just having a great time just being little kids at a ballgame.
Well, eventually I ran into a man who was standing there, in the front row who I recognized. It was TV and even though I was just a little kid I still told him that I liked his work on King 5 or something to that effect. His reaction, was to call me a little M-blank'er and told me to blank-off because he was too busy to be bothered by little kids and that I would have to go back up the steps and around him. I understand now that he had a job to do and/or that he was probably about to go on air, but to talk to a little kid like that always made me think he was just a jerk or even a little crazy. Even the camera guy at the top of the stairs, who was walking down, said sorry to me or something like that.
