That's really cool. Those are the types of "celebrity" encounters one would like to have - where you actually get to interact on a personal level. I wouldn't really be too hyped to meet, say, Michael Jordon, for 5 seconds, get his autograph, and have him blow by. It'd be much neater to meet one of the assistant coaches for, say, the Bucks, and actually get to talk to him about real stuff for an hour or so.
I'm sure the celebrities probably prefer the occasional one-on-one meetings like that to the mob-meetings. Or at least I would...
Good story, though. And I agree - it's too bad you choked. That's okay, though. You probably would have recorded it on your cell phone and caused another week-long media frenzy
