What are the travel procedures for celebrities?

Chrissy Teigen let it slip about a special VIP boarding place

I fly a lot for work. I've seen a handful of celebrities on my flights in the last couple of years:

Fun, nice: Paula Abdul (fun but very tipsy and bouncing around in first class)

Sissy Spacek

Octavia Spencer

Obnoxious: Kathie Lee Gifford

Robert Plant

Chrissy Metz - Private crane.

why do you want to know? are you a STALKER?!

Billy Zane - he was in first class, was chatting with the pilots and crew before the plane took off. He seemed pleasant and nice.

Jack Lalanne - saw him sitting in his first class seat. I was surprised at how tiny he looked in real life. To be fair, he was in his 80s at the time. Had his head down the entire time, doing his best not to acknowledge anyone or make eye contact.

Huey Lewis - on a Southwest flight to LA, just sitting among the unwashed masses. Also seemed nice.

Stone Cold Steve Austin - in first class. Total asshole. Was rude to the flight attendants and was knockin' back the drinks one after another on a flight from SFO to San Antonio.

Celebrities can request "white glove service" when they fly commercial, getting a separate, private check- in and a place where they can cloister themselves away from the "dirty people" while waiting for the plane, then get priority boarding.

R3 Chrissy prefers to travel by 747

One time when I went to Tokyo, Rihanna was on the same flight. I was in business and she was in first. I saw her at customs when we landed and she didn’t seem to be getting any special treatment.

AA has an upgraded Flagship Lounge inside the Admirals Clubs at JFK, LAX, ORD and MIA which celebrities use with sit-down dining, shower suites, and a never-empty tub of Bollinger. AA also have an enhanced "Concierge Key" service which one must be invited to join that means an escort at the gate or on the tarmac, free Admirals Club membership, priority boarding, top upgrade priority, exclusive event invites and the like.

I'm AA Executive Platinum and while Flagship access is good, it ain't as good as Concierge Key - AA has to seriously like you to get invited to join. That said, I've met Queen Latifah, Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, Jeb Bush (ugh, but he wanted to read the Financial Times when I was done with it), John Kerry, and Cheyenne Jackson in Flagship lounges.

Jeff Bezo's security consultant Gavin de Becker also opened The Private Suite at LAX which is better than any of the airline's premium services - you are driven to the plane in a BMW. I've never been.

a lot of those amenities in VIP lounges wouldn’t be good enough for some celebrities. Goop, for example, would never drink from the glasses because they weren’t washed with spring water. Madonna only will eat very austere and expensive macrobiotic Kosher food, which all has to be specially prepared. Howie Mandel has severe OCD and germ phobia and can’t touch it sit on surfaces without them being extensively prepped beforehand. Jennifer Lopez won’t sit on surfaces that aren’t custom upholstered for her because she believe cheap or synthetic fibers cause rashes. etc

Lindsey Buckingham on an island hopper from Lanai to Honolulu so not a lot you can do for them, VIP-wise. I sat across the aisle from him and said hello (tight quarters!) and he said, How you doing? Took me a while to recognize him but he looked like a “somebody,” if you know what I mean. With a beautiful woman and a beautiful leather bag too.

That huge celebrity and beloved superstar, Howie Mandel, R9?

I was homebound to LAX from BKK about 4 yrs back & recognized Dermot Mulroney in First. He waited in same lounge and took same pre- and post-boarding shuttle as everyone else. Seemed nice and said hello in return.

I was in First Class with Henry Winkler from NY-LA. He was friendly but I thought it was highly inappropriate for the cabin crew to ask to take pics with him during the flight.

Lucile Ball, splashing her coffee in the flight attendant's face and demanding, "You call THIS hot?"

Sheryl Lee Ralph let me go in front of her during TSA screening because she had more stuff to put through the scanner than I did. Seemed like a sweet woman.

I think airline travel is the one place where everyone kinda gets the same treatment. Sure, a lot of these celebs will opt to fly first class, but anyone with the right amount of money can fly first class. For all the know, they could end up sitting next to Becky and Brad from Idaho who saved up just enough for a first class plane ticket for their anniversary. It's not like it's a celebs only section.

[QUOTE] Lucile Ball, splashing her coffee in the flight attendant's face and demanding, "You call THIS hot?"

The correct quote according to long-standing DL lore, was:

“Ya call this HOT?”

[quote] I think airline travel is the one place where everyone kinda gets the same treatment.

Oh honey, you made me shoot champagne out of my nose!

Teleporting is all the rage right now.

I once took a picture of Naomi in first class and she threw her rather large cellphone at me!

R17 me too! It’s one of the few places left where wealth inequality is shoved down your throat so unashamedly. And in such confined quarters too.

I was in front of Barry Manilow at LAX. We were going through security.

My TSA agent called out to the TSA agent at the next x-ray machine: "Oh, look! It's Barry Manilow."

The other TSA agent barely looked up and yelled back: "I could give a shit."

I had to really work at controlling the giggles.

[quote]It’s one of the few places left where wealth inequality is shoved down your throat so unashamedly.

I remember flying Air New Zealand and they wouldn't even let the people in Coach leave the cabin until EVERYONE in First and Business had gathered their belongings and deplaned.

And when we got into the terminal, First and Business luggage was marked as such and came down the conveyer first.

Once, I arrived late for a flight and they rushed me through so that I wouldn't miss it. I've arrived late a couple of other times, but that never happened. I imagine celebs get that treatment all the time and am genuinely jealous.

Waiting for my ride at LAX , Richard Simmons pranced by and got into a car with DIVA license plates.

I sat behind Jane Fonda on an ATL-LAX flight. Nobody said a word to her, She was wearing a ball cap and making notes on scripts the entire flight.

I sat next to Angela Lansbury on a NYC-LAX flight. She knitted most of the time. She said Hello. And I said, "This is such an odd coincidence as I listened the OCR of Mame last week." Her reply: "Well, that's a lot more recently than I have."

R8 - yeah, the Flagship Lounge at LAX is pretty sweet. Tends to get a bit crowded though. But the food is really good and lots of good wine (all free). I saw the free Bolly - but I'm not a champagne person.

It's another world in those lounges (the good ones - like Flagship or Cathay Pacific lounges). The vast majority of travelers will never be in one and that's a shame.

Once I was in the Path Train with Glenn Close, someone offered her their seat.

At the Atlanta Airport, if you are a celebrity, Delta drives you on the tarmac in a Porsche if you have a connection.

R22 that’s the way it should be done. People pay a premium price for those tickets and should get special treatment.

R27 People in Third Class can be so surprisingly polite.

I am, of course, speculating.

R29, not really. I find that first class passengers often take their time to deplane, gathering their belongings and chatting with the crew. You often see them up front still in the cabin when the poors are getting off. To demand that ALL of them disembark before coach is rather stupid.

If you're Doug Porter, the CEO of American Airlines, you ride in the back of coach on a Southwest flight. Reading "White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism," which leads to an emotional conversation with a young black FA. Blew my mind.

R22 - that's common that First and Business luggage comes down first. One of the perks - don't have to wait 5 extra minutes.

And usually the other perk is to deboard first. This is just standard.

I do hope these celebrities are paying for these extra perks.

R33 Agreed, and that 5 minutes when deplaning a 747 or A380 can mean an hour at passport control. First class passengers often pay 10x or more the cost of an international coach ticket and these benefits are part of the package -- these customers are an airline's most reliable money earners.

I was on a flight with Tom Daley. He was in coach but he was bumped up to first class after he presented hole.

R35 first class is a loss for airlines. It’s business class that brings in the big money. Most people sitting in first used points to upgrade. Airlines would love to eliminate first but it’s their halo product and used to show off what they can do. Today with lie flat beds in business and good food/wine, there isn’t the incentive to pay 2x the price to be up front.

I was in the Cape Air waiting area with Danny Glover and his wife while we were waiting to fly a prop plane to Lake Placid and they were waiting to fly to Martha's Vinyard last summer. He is very unassuming, so I didn't even know it was him until I walked past him to go to the bathroom and heard another passenger walk up to him and tell him how much the passenger enjoyed his work. They don't have a "first class" on these planes, since there are only nine or so seats altogether aside from the pilot and copilot.

[quote]Jeff Bezo's

Oh, dear.

Your Amazon Prime membership has been terminated.

He didn't beat anybody up, r24?

Pretty sure Lea Michelle was on my flight.

I was once on a business class flight with Amy Klobuchar. She sat next to me, looked me over, and politely asked the flight attendant for a stapler. Upon receiving it, she threw it at me. Then she relaxed and asked for it back. When I gave it to her, she growled, and then stapled me to my seat.

I saw Ryan Reynolds ar LAX. He was hanging with everyone else in the terminal although he was in a corner seat somewhat secluded. He caught me taking pics and got up and walked away. He is very tall.

I have said that when a person is born they should be given two sets of round trip tickets to anywhere with all expense paid vacations. It would show people what they could strive to achieve in their lives. If you don't know it exists or experience it you have no way of knowing.

My daughter worked for a company where she got free flights and hotel rooms anywhere on the continent. I got to go on a few trips with her and got spoiled with the rooms we were given but nothing prepared me for the one in Baltimore. We were told to take the last elevator because the others didn't go to our floor. When we stepped off the elevator we were standing in a 4' x 4' entry with a locked door in front of us. I thought, what a safe hotel, you have to have a key to get into the hallway. My daughter opened the door and I stood there with my mouth open. We had the entire 23rd floor. I was in my 50's at that time and had no perception that people actually lived like this. It was bigger than my house. I realized if people got to experience things like this they might strive in life to try to reach for these goals. But you can't reach for them if you don't know they are there. I read about singers staying and trashing places like this but until You get to stay in one you can't perceive it. Maybe it is wishful thinking but I think there would be far fewer poor people if they knew what could be there for them.

Oh, yes, R44, there would definitely be far fewer poor people if they could just go and few trips and strive harder.

I think you've beautifully grasped and articulated the one thing we've all learned in the past few fucking weeks.

Yeah, this special treatment of celebrities has to stop.

I sat next to Richard Gere on a flight from Milano to JFK. Pleasant enough but when the flight landed we all had to stay in our seas so Miss Gere could exit first. Ridiculous.

R24 DIVA was a car service company that went out of business. They had an office in Hollywood. Our company used to use them all the time.

[quote]Celebrities can request "white glove service" when they fly commercial, getting a separate, private check- in and a

I always wondered though, how do they get it? Is there a special # to call? IF so how do they get the #? And then other then their legal name, how does the rep on the phone know it's real?

Most "civilians" have to work their way up with mileage or $ spent to get the top tiers on United/AA etc. but if you're Rhianna for example, and maybe you can't be bothered to stick to one airline, so you for this trip she chooses Delta and she doesn't have the mileage or spend yet etc, how does she get the sepcial treatment?

Is it free?

And what about TSA? I know at EWR there's a special line for United Global Services (again for high spenders) but it still funnels into the overall 1K line. I assume the celebs go through that but they still would be "seen" by the other 1K types.

[quote] I always wondered though, how do they get it? Is there a special # to call? IF so how do they get the #? And then other then their legal name, how does the rep on the phone know it's real?

Don’t be ridiculous. Their people handle such things. And their people are known to the airlines.

[quote]nd their people are known to the airlines

The airlines know all the personal assistants for every celeb? The ones who turn over like every year?

I have a friend that used to be an airport greeter. If a celebrity is working on a project usually the production company arranges their transportation. They use various travel agencies that specialize in celebrity and other high profile client travel. You pay for the extra service such as a greeter. They can check you in for your flight & get bag tags before you arrive at the airport, whisk you through security, and stay with you in the airport lounge until it’s time to board. The greeters have special passes that they pay for for these privileges. Anybody can use these greeter services. Just know that they cost money.

My friend who was a greeter helped me at the airport before. I was running super late to catch a flight at LAX at Christmas time. I was waiting in a long TSA line when she happened to see me. I told her I was running late and she pulled me out of line and got me through security in about a minute and I made my flight. It was awesome!

r45 and I see that you have learned to be kinder to others

Every day, Miss R44 strives to reach new depths of shallowness.

I was sitting about 5 rows behind Lauren Bacall on the shuttle from DC to NYC. I'm sure she was in town visiting her friends Ben Bradley and Sally Quinn. When we landed, she got up from her seat before everyone else, turned around in a grande gesture to face the rest of the plane and stood there for about a minute scanning the other passengers. I couldn't take my eyes off of her, but it was clear that I was the only one who recognized her. No one else was paying any attention to her, or even knew who she was. This was in 1994 before she became big again with The Mirror Has Two Faces. I could tell that she was sad that nobody noticed her. I saw her sigh with resignation. It was evident that she wanted to be recognized and adored.

She had a black man meet her at the airport and she stood with him at the baggage carousel as he loaded her two Louis Vuitton suitcases onto a dolly. She did not speak to him. She walked passed me to exit and she had a glamorous aura about her, but she was intimidating and you knew not to approach her. She also had a mink coat that she was carrying.

Thanks R51 for a genuinely helpful reply! Very interesting. Any idea what those services might cost for a trip, ballpark? Don't want to email them now given the current travel sitch.

MintFirstClass on JetBlue = career on the skids

Cape Air next to John Waters.

Greyhound with Leah Michelle. Just kidding, it was just with her career!

I flew LAX-JFK in business class with Slash. He was on the opposite aisle next to a little old lady who looked ready to ask "where's the beef?" He was fully dressed as Slash, including sunglasses, minus the top hat. No one recognized him or acknowledged him on the flight. He had to wait at the baggage carrousel with the plebes, at which point someone from economy approached him for an autograph.

Also spotted Andy Richter in EWR in a booth at the Jersey Diner in terminal B, which felt appropriate.

I was on my way from San Francisco to Indianapolis to attend my brother's funeral. It was an unexpected death and I was really upset. I couldn't get a direct flight and had to go through LAX. It was in the middle of December and the holiday crowds were huge. I remember feeling so lonely and kept tearing up...anyway, I was at the top of the stairs right before security and a door popped open and out walked the Beckhams and their brood. I'd seen David before at an underwear signing (HA!) in SF and knew how small he was IRL but was shocked at how teeny tiny Posh was! At the time, I was a librarian at a design school and one of my coworkers just worshipped Posh for some reason and I texted her to know she was in front of me. Posh saw me texting and came over and started yelling at me-she thought I was letting the paparazzi know she was there. I was shocked, embarrassed, and didn't even know what to say or do. If I can do it all over again I'd spit at the bitch and pretend not to know who she is. Also, she had ugly shoes.

Naomi Campbell's travel procedure. Don't forget the antibacterial wipes to clean your seat before sitting down!

R55 probably around $150 for a departure. You can also use them to meet you upon arrival, which would be another $150. They assist with luggage, help with a porter if you need one. And if you use a car service they call your car around to meet you right in front of the terminal. It’s a really nice service if you want to treat yourself. It’s also a great service if you know of elderly people traveling. They might be offering deals because they’ve probably been really slow because nobody is flying right now.

I don’t know where you live so you can ask your local travel agent about these services. They might have one person that they use exclusively as an airport greeter.

When I traveled a lot for my previous company, we used concierge services for some overseas trips, where it was batshit crazy to deal with customs and security. No one stayed in line, and there were usually hundreds of people at a time waiting to go through. They’d greet you at the plane exit, take you to a nice room with booze, and did all your paperwork for you. Moscow was the worst airport. One time I decided to forego it. Never again after that. People would but in line in front of you if your line was moving faster, and if you said something, they ignored you. And no one came to your defense.

^ butt in line @r63.

I was once in business class on a flight from LA to NY, The person next to me was holding her baby, who howled. I couldn't take it and asked the flight attendant if I could switch seats. I could see an available seat across the plane. But the attendant said "Oh goodness, that seat is next to a movie star, I don't think you can have it." I said that being a movie star didn't seem to be important here, I really wanted a quiet seat. So reluctantly, she let me move. The movie "star" turned to to be Timothy Hutton,. He glared at me with such anger I actually thought he might physically attack me. He then spent the next five hours simmering and fuming. He also smelled terrible.

I swear I have never heard a good thing about Timothy Hutton.

Fuck these celebrities.

What is there to celebrate about people who are useless to us?

[quote]I sat next to Richard Gere on a flight from Milano to JFK. Pleasant enough but when the flight landed we all had to stay in our seas so Miss Gere could exit first. Ridiculous.

Why would you let that happen? I would just get up & go. I would let an older person or someone w special needs go 1st, but not a celeb. Everyone in 1st Class should have just gotten up and let the flight attendants try to stop them.

Richard Gere is elderly, I would have said it out loud too...something like, "it's OK, he's elderly, let him go first!"

R69. It happened so quickly. One wouldn't think for a moment we were instructed to remain seated for Richard fucking Gere.

Miss Gere’s gerbil was ready to come out.

[quote]I was once in business class on a flight from LA to NY, The person next to me was holding her baby, who howled. I couldn't take it and asked the flight attendant if I could switch seats. I could see an available seat across the plane. But the attendant said "Oh goodness, that seat is next to a movie star, I don't think you can have it." I said that being a movie star didn't seem to be important here, I really wanted a quiet seat. So reluctantly, she let me move. The movie "star" turned to to be Timothy Hutton,. He glared at me with such anger I actually thought he might physically attack me. He then spent the next five hours simmering and fuming. He also smelled terrible.

Buck never would've flown business class.

What a funny thread- celebrities fly pretty much like everyone else. Wealth is what determines how people fly for the most part. The very richest fly in charters or “friends” planes or their own. 40 years ago almost everyone flew commercial- not now. All the rich Daddies flying up to Nantucket On weekends in the 60s flew commercial. Now the private planes are lined up like the airport is a parking lot!

"I remember flying Air New Zealand and they wouldn't even let the people in Coach leave the cabin until EVERYONE in First and Business had gathered their belongings and deplaned.

And when we got into the terminal, First and Business luggage was marked as such and came down the conveyer first."

As it should. Or do you think we should wait for YOUR luggage to come out first?

R75 Honey, I was in First.

R75 there’s no need for EVERYONE to wait until every single person in Biz & 1st have deplaned. First class passengers on long haul flights are not quick to get off. Besides, when you are coming down the aisle to the door, you aren’t waiting for anyone else in front of you. They make way.

[quote] Posh saw me texting and came over and started yelling at me-she thought I was letting the paparazzi know she was there. I was shocked, embarrassed, and didn't even know what to say or do. If I can do it all over again I'd spit at the bitch and pretend not to know who she is. Also, she had ugly shoes.

R60, Victoria Beckham also has very fucked-up feet (to go with her ugly shoes).

Jon Voigt. American Airlines, Dallas Fort Worth airport (the hub). Lined up with the unwashed first class masses to board a plane before the economy passengers. He seemed tall, was well-groomed, and was wearing a gray suit. Actually seemed like he was alone as well. I don't think many people realized he was a celebrity. He was smiling and looking around. If I were so inclined, I would have felt comfortable asking him for an autograph or saying hello, I'm a huge fan, or whatever.

I’ve been seated with many pro athletes in first class traveling to places other than a game of course. And one memorable flight a recognized that this guy was an athlete and I was trying to figure out whether he was football or hockey. He bent over to pick something up and when I saw his ass I know he was a hockey player. I recognized him shortly there after and chuckled to myself as I pulled out the team hat for which he played. He just said hi and smiled when he saw the Ski hat.

American Airlines offers these services for celebrities, or for anyone really who wants to pay for them:

I fly (or did until recently) to/from Tokyo about 6 times a year, in addition to a lot of other international travel. The majority of my flights are on United and I have Global Services status. I usually book business class and due to my frequent flyer status, expect that United will upgrade me to first class about a week before departure. A couple of years ago I didn't get upgraded and when I checked in for my flight, the agent told me Gaga was on my flight. The agent had checked her in and she showed me a photo she took with her. Gaga was decked out in a hard to miss outfit. When we arrived at Narita, business class passengers deplaned from the same door as first class. Gaga emerged in a totally different (and equally extravagant) outfit as the one she was wearing when she departed. She was escorted by airport officials and United personnel. Turns out she and her entourage had booked the entire first class cabin. (I guess this gave her the space for the big wardrobe change.) Outside of Immigration and Customs in Tokyo, there were literally hundreds of screaming fans greeting her when she stepped through the doors.

Shannon to Boston some years back, Extreme were sitting in departure area with everyone else, and chatting to fans who looked for autographs.

Seemed like decent guys.

R82, I don't know if you have a choice, but I would prefer to fly into Haneda vs. Narita. Haneda is so much closer to downtown Tokyo locations. I believe China Air flies into Haneda.

[quote] Have you ever seen a celeb at an airport or on a plane and what are the travel procedures for celebs? Thanks!

Oh! Very tough question to answer, OP. Like the rest of us mere mortals or peons, they require a purchased ticket/boarding pass. They also need to present IDs. If they fly overseas, they need passports...I know...really!!! Wow! You would think they have the courtesy of the port...But, well! Times aren't what they once were.

Here's the big kicker, OP. When they fly overseas, they travel first class. And if they must use the lavatory...no matter the destination...the pilot must divert...absolutely must...course to the south Atlantic, so the celebrity can flush his or her urine or bowel movement into the south Atlantic Ocean.

Sorry, couldn't resist. Celebrity shit stinks just like the rest of ours!

A few years ago was on a flight to Las Vegas with Scott Baio. It was just a cheap southwest flight. This Mormon family just keep staring at him. Totally starstruck. They wouldn't leave him alone. He talked and took pics with them. He seemed nice. It was just embarrassing. I guess I would have been more star-struck if it been this 70s. I just wanted to get off the damn plane and get home.

The Diana Ross travel experience

If you’re Charlize Theron, you act irritated and annoyed at all times.

R82 this is Gaga and entourage giving a Venus de Milo runway show while exiting Athens airport

Mariah Carey actually seems super cool.

I like Mariah Carey, but I don't think she's that "cool." She was scheduled to have lunch (or dinner) in a town where I used to live. According to what I heard, she had all the female servers removed and wanted male servers only. It sounds like they might have closed off at least part of the restaurant.

I don't know about now, but she used to have only male background singers.

IMO, she's very insecure and doesn't want any other woman around who might be good-looking enough to detract attention from her.

R88 Good for her. I can't understand the mentality of "fans" who wait at airports or hotels. The very fact you know a celebrity will be at that place at that time means you've already crossed the line into stalker territory.

Martin Sheen on a Red and Tan Bus from Port Authority to Bergen County many years ago. I have no idea why. It was very bizarre. But a bunch of people were very excited and he was super friendly and happy to talk to them.

R79, Jon Voight was sitting right across from me in the puddle-jumper waiting area at Washington National a couple of years ago. People started to recognize him; he chatted and took selfies and was actually very pleasant. I couldn't bring myself to speak to him, though, because I would have had to ask him when and why he became such a right-wing douchebag.

[quote]I do hope these celebrities are paying for these extra perks.

That's adorable.

[quote]I do hope these celebrities are paying for these extra perks.

That's adorable.

R89 now THAT’S how you exit the airport when you’re a DIVA!

R88 I wouldn't want to talk to my best friend while getting out of an airport, let alone a fan. Airports are a necessary evil.

I’ve mentioned this before but I was across from Bernadette Peters on Jet Blue Mint last summer (NY/LA flight). We always talk about how much younger she looks and she didn’t look any less so in person. It’s truly a marvel.

I didn’t notice any kind of special treatment but she may have been waiting in a separate place, who knows. She’s also not exactly a big time celebrity.

I try to actively not notice anything or anyone at the airport but I did end up setting across from Jesse Eisenberg at the gate at Newark. We were both headed to TIFF. He noticed me notice him.

For TV nerds, I was across the aisle from Michael Ausiello once.

R99 - I was across from Bernadette Peters in first class on a flight to NYC. Late 90's. She looked mid 30's - I think she was actually 50 then.

Her husband was with her - and he was gorgeous. She kept standing up out of her seat so everyone could see she was on the flight. It was actually really annoying and cringey. The flight attendants were up in her ass asking for autographs. None of the passengers did - and I think that hurt her somewhat.

A few months later that gorgeous husband was killed - I believe in a plane crash. Very sad.

Who is Bernadette Peters?

Dear R102, that's what Google is for.

She starred in “Song of Bernadette.”

R102 - Mother of Evan Peters (dad Malcolm McDowell, but it's a secret)

Sky lounge.

App check in at curb (or assistant does this), they get baggage, and you get escorted to a private lounge. You get escorted to commercial flight or private plane when they are ready to board based on your requests.

They have VIP curb check in for people still for the tech illiterate.

Who gives a shit how celebs fly and why is this such a huge thread?

They board separately when flying commercial if they feel like it, or they fly privately, depending on who’s paying.

My parents once told me they saw Nipsey Russell in the Vegas airport while they were waiting for their flight. He kept walking back and forth through the terminal, hoping people would recognize him and talk to him. Nobody ever did.

I saw the guy who played Elvin, on Murphy Brown, at JFK. I was in the 10th grade and basically loved his dog; a small tan thing. He was also with a woman and they both were super nice. I had no idea who he was until weeks later. He was out of context.