Suppose you could win a casual dinner date and choose any celebrity? It would take place in a private setting at the restaurant of their choice. You would be provided with first class airfare, a chauffeur, all additional meals and luxury hotel accommodations including spa treatment during your stay.

The one time restaurant rendezvous would last as long as you both decide. Who would you want to get to know on a first name basis?

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I think I’d like to have dinner with Claudia Christian. It would be a blast to meet Commander Susan Ivanova. Never been able to attend a convention so it would be fun to chat with someone who has starred in a favorite series Babylon 5. I really enjoy those behind-the-scenes books and stories.

Col. Eileen Collins would be an interesting dinner guest–USAF officer, astronaut, and space shuttle pilot.  Another would be Dr. Sandy Magnus, another former astronaut but still active in aerospace as the AIAA’s Executive Director.

Another would be Dr. Joe Taylor K1JT, Nobel Prize winner and a well-known radio amateur.  There would be lots to talk about with him.

KeyMaster. Not brown-nosing, he is awesome.

I actually second that. So many things to be learned from a very wise man. I’m sure I am far from the only one here who would agree that his responses are not just whitty but also very informative and insightful on many many occasions

I saw the topic and was thinking if this were 1984-1988, I would want to meet Michael Jackson. I saw him live 4 times and he was just magic on stage. During Billie Jean , I swear I didn’t even blink once. I remember that back then. Just riveting. But it’s really a close call between him and Harrison Ford. When I was a kid, he was the ultimate hero. My best friend actually met him and sent me a photo to irritate the s~~~ out of me. I was so p~~~ed.

I did wait 3 hours to meet Christopher Lloyd at a 25th Anniversary of Back to The Future. That was extremely cool and I have a photo of that. And Lea Thompson. I walked up to her with my mobile phone, did a Crispin Glover imitation (from the movie) and said “Lorraine… you ….. are my density”. She threw her head back laughing and said she never heard that approach before. Then, there was the chick who played Marty McFly’s love interest “Jennifer” in the first movie. I forget her name. Lets just say the Wall™ was not good to her. BUT! I do have a “save the clock tower” flyer and she wrote “I love you 555-XXXX” (the phone number from the movie) on it.

As far as Hollywood hotties go, it would have to be Famke Janssen – circa “GoldenEye” (007) . Oh yeah.

We have a very similar cultural background and I passed her on a mountain hike once – walking withe her boyfriend. He’s a stringy f~~~er. In a scrap, I could take him. I would have NEVER placed this guy as her type. Shocked how tall she was. I strongly prefer petite women under 5’7″. Spoke to her in German to break the ice, quick chat about nothing really. She was very nice, but the dude looked like he wanted to kill me. If it were Julia Roberts, I wouldn’t have bothered but she is extremely easy on the eyes.

That’s the extent of my star gazing I would say.

Eminem is another one. I’m admittedly not the biggest follower of his music, but some of his ideas are fascinating to me. As KeyMaster said, Harrison Ford would be cool as well. I got more, but my brain is crashing and I can’t think of anything.