OT: Hey, Padgett

[Mark Padgett]

Just to give you some background. I had Blackhawk season tickets for two seasons back in the Bobby Hull - Stan Mikita days. In one game, I saw Bobby's brother, Dennis Hull, take a slapshot from his side of the center ice red line and it shattered the glass behind the other team's goal. Now that's power.

When I was about 12, I got to meet Bobby when he was doing some promotions for the company my dad worked for. Mostly I remember shaking hands with him and noting how huge his hands were.

BTW, since this is an OT thread, here's some other celebrities I've shaken hands with:

Of course, I've met and shaken hands with tons of other athletes.

Show Business:
The Rat Pack including Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr. and Joey Bishop.
Rodney Dangerfield
Jerry Lewis (two different times)
The Smothers Brothers
Carol Burnett
Steve Lawrence
Jim Morrison
Joe Cocker

National Politicians:
Adlai Stevenson (was at a dinner with him when I was three)
Jimmy Carter
Eugene McCarthy
Bobby Kennedy
John Anderson
Hillary Clinton
tons of others, local and state

One guy I wish I had the chance to meet was Steve Allen. I never met him but my mom went to HS with him and Mel Torme.