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13. I loved Annette too when I was about four or five in the 1950s

Mon Apr 8, 2013, 05:58 PM

Apr 2013

and I'm sad we lost her but I must admit that Cheryl ruled my little heart on the Mickey Mouse club.

My very first crush though was on the lovely lady in the old Flash Gordon serials from the 1930s which they aired on TV in the early 1950s when I was about three. Jean Rogers played Flash Gordon’s girlfriend Dale Arden. My parents bought me a set of Flash Gordon action figures and I loved handling the Dale Arden one. I would always get excited when I touched it and I didn’t really understand why.

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Annette Funicello was my first celebrity crush---who was yours? [View all] trumad Apr 2013 OP

The same! ohiosmith Apr 2013 #1

Sean Connery TrogL Apr 2013 #2

I had to think about it... Fabian Forte! Sekhmets Daughter Apr 2013 #3

Ann Margret, still is. Downwinder Apr 2013 #4

I've met her, briefly, a couple of times over the years. Moondog Apr 2013 #8

I can't believe that she didn't make the New Trier Downwinder Apr 2013 #14

Different values - different list. Moondog Apr 2013 #15

My first crush ... In_The_Wind Apr 2013 #5

I had three. At about the same time - Moondog Apr 2013 #6

I was a Mary Ann guy back then. trumad Apr 2013 #9

And she was very cute too. Moondog Apr 2013 #11

I don't remember the absolute first. Dr. Strange Apr 2013 #7

Tony Dow ("Leave It to Beaver") Glorfindel Apr 2013 #10

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