Alright I gotta admit the celebrity draw kinda has me playing with twitter,
trying to see if I can get increasingly famous people to mention me.

Automated spambots don't count. It has to be a manual and personalized reply!

so far I have been mentioned by:

@harveylevintmz Harvey Levin - Founder of TMZ
@hypercrush Hyper Crush - Cali Pop / Electronica Band
@edwardjolmos Edward J. Olmos - Miami Vice / BSG star


Anyone can top that?

Twitter is not gay for the record.

4/12/2011 8:22:04 PM

WTH is Twitter?

4/12/2011 8:23:24 PM

I met Patrick Dempsy IRL. He's a nice gentleman.

4/12/2011 8:23:54 PM

im'a let you finish but twitter is the worst social networking advance of all time


of all time

4/12/2011 8:27:43 PM

I am not special.

4/12/2011 8:29:27 PM

Michelle Beadle sent me a direct message on twitter

4/12/2011 8:31:39 PM

no wai

4/12/2011 8:32:15 PM

i had donovan mcnabbs cell phone number for a couple of years

/one up

4/12/2011 8:35:12 PM

wait, what? via twitter or something else?

4/12/2011 8:36:32 PM

i met him one year at the terry holt golf tourney

we exchanged numbers and when he was in town (only for those two years, i guess he got a new phone after that...) we would get in touch and he'd tell me where he was going so i could bring an entourage of girls



[Edited on April 12, 2011 at 8:39 PM. Reason : not one sided]

4/12/2011 8:38:23 PM

ive been RTd by @AroundTheHorn twice, Horatio Sanz once, Julius Hodge a bajillion times

4/12/2011 8:41:35 PM

@shawnchrys - Shawn Chrystopher...rapper. He's hardly "famous" though. But definitely the most famous...

Edit: and @tsnmike - Mike Dccourcy...writer for the Sporting News. He sent me a direct message after I asked him a question about NC State's bball coaching search.

Neither are really famous.

[Edited on April 12, 2011 at 8:44 PM. Reason : ]

4/12/2011 8:42:41 PM

@SNOOPDOGG

4/12/2011 8:43:46 PM

and to top things off, this chick I know now has her facebook profile pic of her bouncing up and down next to Drew Carey from the Price is Right

Clearly these signs mean something



Most famous person I've ever seen in person: Obama

stategrad100's brush with fame thread

Most famous person I've ever had an extended conversation with? Vanilla Ice, not kidding. Talked to the dude for appx 5 mins solid, long story. Didn't actually know he was Vanilla Ice and he could tell which also played into it.

4/12/2011 8:43:57 PM

Hal Sparks tweeted me once

4/12/2011 8:44:30 PM

Quote :

"Edward J. Olmos"

epic win

4/12/2011 8:45:32 PM

vanilla ice = winner.

4/12/2011 8:46:10 PM

James Deen (the pr0n star) sent me a DM

4/12/2011 8:55:18 PM

i still have chris paul's im name... what makes me laugh is he still is on AIM...

otherwise.. famous tweets.. to me... i have 2 tweets total both during the coach search... hodge replied to one....

4/12/2011 8:56:15 PM

i don't have a twitter, but i've still had famous people tweet about me.

4/12/2011 8:57:09 PM

George Takei........oh my.

4/12/2011 8:58:53 PM

one time Duke basketball player Chris Melchioni accidentally AIM'd me some Gwen Stefani lyrics

4/12/2011 8:59:00 PM

Brett Erlich- host of Infomania on Current tv

BIG TIME CELEBRITY

[Edited on April 12, 2011 at 9:00 PM. Reason : and handful of tww'ers]

4/12/2011 8:59:15 PM

Quote :

"one time Duke basketball player Chris Melchioni accidentally AIM'd me some Gwen Stefani lyrics"

it's gems like these that keep me coming back for more Tdub - lol

4/12/2011 9:01:51 PM

@PFTompkins

4/12/2011 9:02:41 PM

@RonnyTuriaf14 - Ronny Turiaf/Center for the Knicks
A few of the Canadian Women's national soccer team (not sure if they're famous or not)
Ike Davis and Jose Reyes when they were answering questions on the NY mets account
@TaylorTwellman - Taylor Twellman/Former US National team soccer player and current ESPN soccer analyst

Bunch of sports people as you can see

4/12/2011 9:04:46 PM

actually I think his name was Lee Melchionni (google corrects me)

4/12/2011 9:07:21 PM

My ex was tweeted by Paula Poundstone. I am super jealous.

Quote :

"Edward J. Olmos"

That's pretty much a win right there.

4/12/2011 9:07:35 PM

Glad to get so much feedback on the EJ Olmos shoutout. The cool thing is that he actually responded because I was giving detailed tweets on Miami Vice, talking about the Daytona Spyder being destroyed by a Stinger Missile and just tweeting about some of the capabilities and limitations of the weapons and cars in some of the episodes because I think that stuff is cool, and the show was way ahead of its time. I guess that got his attention, so I got mentioned. It wasn't even because of BSG. I've got Miami Vice as a top priority on my DVR.

4/12/2011 9:10:14 PM

I met Mark Cuban and got a picture with him where I was holding like 40 something dollars

He's probably the richest person I've ever met

4/12/2011 9:10:37 PM

i always thought paula poundstone was a porn star.

needless to say, i was very disappointed

4/12/2011 9:17:15 PM

Excuse me, can someone pour me a glass of twatter? The twetter the better.

4/12/2011 9:22:16 PM

Daniel Tosh read one of my tweets on Tosh.0

i win

4/12/2011 9:25:36 PM

nice

4/12/2011 9:27:30 PM

@joeovies

4/12/2011 9:29:39 PM

since this thread has derailed, I've met daniel tosh twice, demetri martin once, norm macdonald (sp?), and american gladiator Ice

4/12/2011 9:29:57 PM

I tweeted myself...

...I win

4/12/2011 9:31:43 PM

People that can't follow directions, ITT.

4/12/2011 9:32:39 PM

Quote :

"George Takei........oh my. "

I met George Takei in middle school at a star trek convention....

4/12/2011 9:33:42 PM

Bret Hedican sent me a direct message once which was really just kind of creepy

4/12/2011 9:38:33 PM

SKATING TIPS WITH BRETICAN

4/12/2011 9:39:48 PM

^^
Haha, what did it say?

4/12/2011 9:41:04 PM

NCSU Alum and WRAL Meteorologist Nate Johnson is a good friend and we talk via DM regularly.
Britt Whitmire from the WZTK 101.1FM "Brad & Britt" Morning show is another good friend and we chat over twitter.
Various public safety folks (Wake Asst EMS Chief, some Police Sgts/Lts etc).

4/12/2011 9:45:40 PM

@questlove
@phontigallo

4/12/2011 9:50:35 PM

Greg Doyel.

4/12/2011 9:51:00 PM

Quote :

"i always thought paula poundstone was a porn star. needless to say, i was very disappointed"

Quote :

"......oh my."

But seriously though she is hella funny on Wait, Wait Don't Tell Me. Mo Rocca is also hilarious on there.

4/12/2011 9:57:03 PM

If twitter had been invented in the '80s, Edward J Olmos would have had a much easier time reaching theeese kiiiiiiiiids"

[Edited on April 12, 2011 at 10:20 PM. Reason : lame jokes make me horny]

4/12/2011 10:19:34 PM

Quote :

" BretHedican Hey thanks for the follow, are you sure you want to do this...? I've been hit in the head with a few pucks in my day! I'll try to make it worth your while! 1 Dec 09 at 02:50"

4/12/2011 10:44:05 PM

LOL, that's great.

4/12/2011 10:45:25 PM

^^Haha...hilarious.

Quote :

"@questlove @phontigallo"

woah...didn't realize phonte was on twitter. Now following him.

[Edited on April 12, 2011 at 10:49 PM. Reason : ]

4/12/2011 10:49:30 PM