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Joe Shlabotnik

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98. Teen crushes: Christina Applegate, and Phoebe Cates.

Thu Mar 12, 2015, 09:51 PM

Mar 2015

I was a hoodlum teen in the 80's and Applegate was my age, and her Married with children character was just my type. Phoebe... well fast times at Ridgemont High, say no more unless its Moving in Stereo.

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Oh yeah... PasadenaTrudy Mar 2015 #1

Exactly! Liberalynn Mar 2015 #2

Theo James. Ineeda Mar 2015 #3

Very handsome Liberalynn Mar 2015 #4

Elizabeth Taylor. trof Mar 2015 #5

She was gorgeous! Liberalynn Mar 2015 #6

I'm even older. RebelOne Mar 2015 #16

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Gregory Peck. Now that was a real man... wordpix Mar 2015 #189

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A great role model as well Liberalynn Mar 2015 #12

Eric Stoltz antiquie Mar 2015 #8

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Mariska Hargitay. Bertha Venation Mar 2015 #30

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Yes. alarimer Mar 2015 #40

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He does a lot of other things as well. alarimer Mar 2015 #48

He even got to drive the Bugatti Veyron SS hifiguy Mar 2015 #64

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She was truly beautiful Liberalynn Mar 2015 #75

I am idiotically, slobberingly stupid in love OriginalGeek Mar 2015 #56

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Valerie Bertinelli. hifiguy Mar 2015 #61

She's one of those Liberalynn Mar 2015 #77

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It's always a plus when they are a Democrat too. Liberalynn Mar 2015 #85

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Jodie Foster? Liberalynn Mar 2015 #150

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Richard Gere - from an Officer and a Gentlemen thru present. Iris Mar 2015 #177

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My present-day crush is Vin Diesel. RebelOne Mar 2015 #187

David Boreanaz kath Mar 2015 #188

Girlcrush on Taylor Swift wordpix Mar 2015 #190

Jessica Alba benld74 Mar 2015 #196

my first celebrity crush was Sajid Khan irisblue Mar 2015 #201