A friend of mine, oh let’s call her Liiska, recently sat next to a celebrity on a plane from Milwaukee to New York.  For our age group, this particular celebrity will always bear a special place in our hearts, even though his acting career has completely fizzled, unless you count the odd pornographic movie and terrible standup routine.

Liiska was not sitting in first class.  She had a window seat back in coach.  That means that said celebrity was sitting in the middle seat of the row.  In coach.  That’s gotta be hard on the ego.

At this point, you may be wondering if I’m playing it fast and loose with the definition of “celebrity, and that is a fair question.  Indeed, this whole story may have seemed suspect if Liiska had not gotten photographic proof:

Yes, that’s right, it’s Dustin Diamond.  Better known as Screech to anyone who was alive during the 90′s.

If I was sitting next to Screech on a plane, I would be so excited, so excited, so….scared!