I met Ed at a VERY small Pixar booth at a SIGGRAPH. This was when they were only doing animated shorts showing off of Renderman, and doing some commercials. This was before Toy Story hit.

But Ed was there with a few other people, manning the booth and selling VHS tapes of all their short films up to that time (Knick Knack being the latest). I was standing there in awe because it was Ed fricken Catmull, but my wife doesn't even remember it. Ed took my $20 and put the tape in a Pixar baggy and that was it.

My brief brush with greatness.