So This week has been a big one in the Celebrity Sightings Arena for Jeri and I, and it's only half way through the week. So far we've seen 6 celebrities, which is about 6 more than we've seen in the past month.
Monday night we went to Burbank to see a screening of Super Bad. After the movie Jeri ran to the restroom and I as I was coming out of the theater I made eye contact with some guy, who I quickly realized was Hank Azaria (The Simpsons, Huff) so I gave him the head nod and walked away very quickly, because I didn't want to seem like I was starring.
Then as I stood waiting for Jeri in the lobby I noticed Seth Rogen (Writer and Star of Super Bad and Judd Apatow (Writer and Director of The 40 Year Old Virgin & Knocked Up) standing around talking to various people. I'm a big fan of both of these guys work. Both worked on one of my favorite TV Shows ever, Freaks & Geeks (Seth was an Actor, Judd was the co-creator) and although both The 40 Year old Virgin & Knocked Up (Seth also acted in these) have a lot of bad language and some questionable content they have really good messages, and an underlying sweetness that I just really loved. So since Jeri wasn't around to discourage me I walked up to Seth Rogen and told him I was a big fan and that they had done a terrific job on Super Bad and that I'd seen a sneak preview of Knocked Up and that he was really good in it. He shook my hand, said thanks, and I went on my way. Then I decided to walk over to Judd Apatow and do the same. So I walked over, said I was sorry to interrupt but that I was a big fan, gave him my name, and shook his hand and said I had seen Knocked Up, which he seemed surprised by, and that I'd loved it, and he said thanks. I told him that Freaks & Geeks was one of my favorite shows and he said "And Undeclared?" and I said "of Course Undeclared I have them both on DVD." He laughed, shook my hand again and said thanks, and I walked away.
Then as I continued to wait for Jeri I kept looking around to see who else was standing around, and that's when I saw one of the coolest celebrities I've seen in the year and a half we've been out here. Edward Norton. Yes Edward Norton was there for the screening of Super Bad and was standing around in the lobby.
Jeri came back to the Lobby, having just missed Hank Azaria, but I pointed out Edward Norton to her so she could look as we passed him, and I told her I had said something to Seth Rogen and Judd Apatow.
Last Night for Valentine's day we went to The Arclight Theater in Hollywood. As we entered the courtyard area in front of the Arclight I noticed a guy wearing a leather motorcycle jacket and holding a helmet and very quickly Jeri and I both realized it was Giovanni Ribisi. So that was pretty cool as he's another actor that I really like.
Then after the movie, on our way home Jeri & I had to stop at the Albertson's Grocery Store in Calabasas. On our way out at about 10:00pm on Valentine's Day we saw Howie Mandel walking into the store. It was pretty random, as we've never seen anyone at that grocery store, but there was another guy coming out right behind us, and his reaction was pretty funny. When he saw him he said "Hi, Howie" and I think Howie responded in turn (I couldn't hear him) and the guy just got the biggest smile on his face and it was plan to see that Howie Mandel had made his entire night.
Updated: One new one from today (Friday), we went to the Topanga Canyon Mall in Woodland Hills this afternoon and while we were walking around Jeri recognized this guy, she just wasn't sure from where at first. But then she realized, it was Keith from One Tree Hill, or Craig Sheffer (Into the West) to the rest of the world. He was at the Hair Extension/Wig kiosk with a woman. So that's it for this week.
