hmmm, id say it would have to be president bush.

My vote goes for Alfred Hitchcock - would love to talk to him about his films.

I'd love to have Che Guevara sitting next to me- we'd talk about today's politics and the anti-globalization movement!

<BR>I would be very happy to 'share' my seat with Brittney Spears.

Michael Caine on the way over; Sting on the way back. I might have chosen Steve Martin, but I think he would decline to talk.

This is hilarious! <BR>Its like listening to my sister and her mates talk after an afternoon at the pub. <BR>You guys have some serious hormones happening! <BR>I'll pay more attention to the woman beside me on my next flight! <BR>pity I dont look like Tom Cruise.

<BR>The Invisible Man

If I was in the fantasy middle seat of a 747, I would surround myself (just for pure charisma) with Robert Redford, Paul Newman, Clark Gable (revived of course), Pierce Brosnan, Paul McCartney, and Ewan McGreggor. On the return for some very interesting conversation & laughs I would sit with Oprah, Whoopie, Robin Williams, Jerry Hall (wouldn't she have some stories), Kevin Kline & David Niven (revived also). I would put the Clintons in the back of the plane next to the restrooms.

Bono! And it had better be a long flight!

The author DOMINICK DUNNE, I adore his writing and I would love to be able to take him hostage as my seat mate on a very long flight....and pick his brains about the OJ thing and Michael Skakels chances of getting out of his current murder charge...I would be in heaven...good ?

Neil Diamond -- over and back -- maybe he will sing to me!

David Lee Roth: To keep me awake (he's got ADD for petes sake)with his great humor and concert backstage stories.<BR><BR>Antonio Banderas: To lull me to sleep from staring into those gorgeous expresso brown eyes.<BR><BR>Alec Baldwin: To read me a story with his wonderful raspy voice.<BR><BR>James Earl Jones: Just because.<BR><BR>

Maggie Thatcher on one side and Ronald Reagan on the other. Two of the folks that helped save the world in one place, it doesn't get any better than that!

Ronald Reagan? You of all people, Uncle Sam, would not like to see him as he is today. The man doesn't know his own name, and he's probably in diapers. <BR>

Chris Rock there, but 100 different people in one seat on the way back. Only Robin Williams would do.

Oh, fun thread ... hmmm. I think that it would be Joyce Carol Oates, Mark Helprin, or William Hurt. And, I would hope that they'd be willing to share the armrest.

Eddie Izzard.<BR><BR>Britney Spears for joining the MHC.<BR><BR>James Earl Jones for cabin announcements.<BR><BR>Paul Prudhome or Wolfgang Puck in the kitchen.

Someone mentioned Johnette Napolitano earlier in the thread. Good choice, especially now that Concrete Blonde is touring again!!<BR><BR>I wouldn't want to be seatmates with Oprah. She never lets anyone finish a sentence before she chimes in.<BR><BR>Wouldn't want to listen to Jerry Hall moan all day about Mick, either. Girl, you knew what you were getting into!! (whine!whine!whine! I just didn't notice all the red flags)<BR><BR>And Heather, I second your suggestion of William Hurt! I am a long-time fan. He's so very droll and intelligent.<BR><BR>But would also love to sit next to Ewan MacGregor (wicked gleam in his eye), Johnny Depp (quirky sense of everything), and Robert Smith of the Cure (he used to read Grimm's FairyTales to his girlfriend/wife before bedtime - I certainly wouldn't mind listening to his storytelling - sigh!).<BR><BR>Yeah, Ger, it must be the accents!!!

I think Australians are shamefully underrepresented on this thread, so I will have to pick Russell Crowe and Guy Pearce on either side. Just call it "BA Confidential"!<BR><BR>If I'm feeling more cerebral, I'd probably enjoy talking to Thomas Friedman of the New York Times, Tom Stoppard, or Bill Bryson.

Nurse Betty,<BR><BR>You're right about President Reagan.<BR><BR>So I'll jetison Maggie as well and substitute Bono and the Edge of U2 just so I can ask them how they, along with Larry Mullen Jr, manage to get all those Biblical and Christian references into their lyrics.<BR><BR>Great band, great songs and great messages!