What weird celeb did you have a crush on as a kid?

[YellowRubberDuckie]

And now you're wondering why?
I had a huge crush on Scott Baio. Eww. My friend Mary Flood had a crush on Judith Light. And when she came out several years ago, I don't know why I was surprised. LOL I love ya Mary! LMAO
Duckie

[Beware the Beast Man]

1. Karen Valentine

From Room 222 reruns (shit, I must have been 3 at the time).

[Sequoia]

114. An old boyfriend like Karen Valentine too

and told me so after I told him how I would daydream at work when I worked at a sewing factory. I thought I would have a big estate with handsome male slave types to do my bidding...all fun of course...and have a couple of pet big cats and other assorted animals. I was in HS at the time. He got real mad (women aren't allowed to have those kinds of daydreams)and said how he thought KV was so hot, etc. I just laughed and said..."Oh, as if I could be jealous of her", and rolled my eyes.

[Lavender Brown]

2. I kind of had a crush on Scott Baio

He was Charles. He was in charge.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

4. LOL He was hot on that show...I gotta admit.

[Lavender Brown]

25. creepiest theme song ever?

A new boy in the neighborhood
Lives downstairs and it is understood.
He’s there just to take good care of me,
Like he’s one of the family.

Charles in Charge
Of our days and our nights
Charles in Charge
Of our wrongs and our rights

And I sing, I want,
I want Charge in Charge of me.

Charles in Charge
Of our days and our nights
Charles in Charge
Of our wrongs and our rights

And I sing, I want,
I want Charles in Charge of me.

[GOPisEvil]

47. LOL! Some friends and I are discussing the creepiness of this song now!

We've also noticed that both Nicole Eggert and Erika Eleniak went on to be in Baywatch.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

63. Erika Eleniak?

Who?
Duckie

[GOPisEvil]

74. She was in the first Under Siege movie.

Her character probably had a name, but she was the T&A.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

79. Oh, I thought you were talking about Charles in Charge still...

I was like, no. The only other girl on the show as Josie Davis and she was never on Baywatch.
Duckie

[GOPisEvil]

80. No, Erika was on Charles in Charge.

http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0086681/

I think she was his girlfriend for a couple seasons.

[JohnKleeb]

3. umm like how old

When I was 11-12 I had a crush on J-Lo and Christina Aguilera.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

6. I said weird celebs....

And I think this thread will make more sense to the people who grew up in the 80s. Christina Aguilera is just skanky...so I guess she qualifies? :shrug:
Duckie

[JohnKleeb]

10. I am ashamed of that crush now

It was before she turned in to a poodle, and this was before I heard J-Lo was a bitch and before I became a brunette and in turn a brunette over blonde guy. See, I got smarter as my hair darkened, my brother is still a dumb shit and he's blonde, concidence, I think not. Oh and for the 80's, I hardly remember the 80's.

[Magrittes Pipe]

5. Soleil Moon Frye.

:loveya:

[redqueen]

43. Nevermind

I think I'm remembering the wrong show. (What a shock!)

[Magrittes Pipe]

54. No, no, no.

You're thinking of "Small Wonder." Ms. Frye was Punky Brewster.

[redqueen]

55. That was it!

For some reason I remembered her crazy clothes and how cute she was, but not the show. Thanks. :)

[jedicord]

7. Oh Gawd - y'all will never respect me again -

I had a crush on Barry Manilow. My sister just reminded me last week.

:freak:

[YellowRubberDuckie]

13. Lots of older women find him very attractive.

Maybe you were just ahead of your time? :shrug:
Duckie

[BurtWorm]

8. Lady Aberlin from Mr. Rogers.

Weird because I was in my early teens at the time. What was I doing watching Mr. Rogers? Waiting for Lady Aberlin, that's what.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

11. *Grabs her chair and moves to the next room to get away from Burt.*

:scared: Just playing. Was that the brunette chick in the land of make believe?
Duckie

[BurtWorm]

14. Oh yeah!

:evilgrin:

PS: At least I wasn't hot for Henrietta Pussycat! (Meow meow meow meOW!)

[Chovexani]

107. Those kids grew up to be furries. (n/t)

[salvorhardin]

9. Does Valerie Harper count?

How about Julie Kavner?

For some odd reason I was always attracted to both of them.

[Lautremont]

12. Bailey from WKRP and Kotter's wife.

Or were they the same person? I suppose that's not terribly weird anyway - lots of people crushed on those two.

[regnaD kciN]

120. Not the same person...

Bailey was played by Jan Smithers, who basically vanished from acting after WKRP (she was married to James Brolin for a time, and is now an artist living in Nova Scotia).

Since I only saw WKRP when I was in my 30s, I was way too old for crushes. However, I found myself often marvelling at the idiocy of the American viewing public that decided that Loni Anderson was the attractive one on that show... :crazy:

[Lemonwurst]

15. Mackenzie Phillips

Hah !! Beat that !!

Also, Suzanne Pleshette from the old Bob Newhart Show.

But Mackenzie and I are the same age, so I figured I had a sliver of a chance(!)

Seeing her in her role in American Graffiti somehow started my pre-pubescent engines. Big-tent party indeed !!

[sniffa]

18. bijou phiLLips is my #1 crush

i wish she'd shave her head again.

[sniffa]

16. rainbow brite

does that count?

[Philostopher]

17. Showing my age, but ...

Bobby Sherman. I was only, like, eight or nine. Also, I had a thing for Lance Kerwin, who was on a series called 'James at 15/16' -- he's selling real estate in Hawaii, last I heard.

[Butterflies]

82. Lance Kerwin! I had forgotten him

I think he lost his virginity around his 16th birthday and that was the big change between "James at 15" and "James at 16".

[BigMcLargehuge]

19. Kathy Dennis

from the dance band D-Mob, and a short solo career. I still wonder what happened to her.

[Dogmudgeon]

52. She recorded a duet with a hip-hop artist

Currently climbing the charts.

BTW, I think it's "Cathy" with a C.

--bkl

[BigMcLargehuge]

86. I'll have to look for it

thanks for the info :)

[Dogmudgeon]

95. Quite a crushworthy talent, too

I like her music, too; and I never knew that she was better known as a songwriter than a singer. She certainly hasn't been idle. I love Too Many Walls. But I'm just a sentimental old fool.

Her recent stuff was on Janet Jackson's Damita Jo. She also works with and writes for Sporty Spice, Britney Spears, and some good musicians, too (like Squeeze).

Here's two of the better sources of info I was able to find:

http://www.irresistiblecathy.com/
Be careful not to faint over the picture. There's also a fairly big page of news.

http://www.emimusicpub.com/worldwide/artist_profile/cathy-dennis_profile.html
From her music company.

--bkl

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

101. she wrote 'can't get you out of my head'

for kylie minogue

[skypilot]

20. Had a crush on Richard Dreyfuss...

...after seeing "Jaws". Don't know why, exactly.

[Cheswick2.0]

76. I had a crush on Richard Dreyfuss too...........

but it was after The Goodbye Girl. He's intense, adorable and insanely smart and a smart ass with a great sense of humor. What else can you want from a man?
Straight girls and gay guys agree! :hi:

[skypilot]

83. I was attracted to what I'd now descibe as...

...the whole earthy, bearded, bespectacled post-grad thing that he had going in "Jaws". That crush actually lasted for several years.

[MuseRider]

84. He was great

in that movie and I loved him after seeing that. Liked him a lot before that too but it was just too cute.

[johnnie]

21. OK..this is funny (to me)

I just thought of this..when I was around 5 years old, my father got my sister a Jeanie C Riley album. My mother told him to get her a "rock" album, and my father being...well, not that hip, got her that.
On the cover she is sitting on a Harley and I was like....wow!
I stared at that cover for months..lol.
Does that count?

[YellowRubberDuckie]

22. Very Much so...

Who the heck is that?
Duckie

[johnnie]

28. She sang......

Harper valley PTA (some country singer). I told you it was a strange one. But hell..I was only 5, and I wasn't hip to Sesame Street (I don't even know if it was on TV yet)

[ploppy]

23. Kurt Russell

I thought he was just the best after seeing Follow Me Boys for the 3rd time.

An have I mentioned my Dino, Desi and Billy obsession? Fortunately is is over now. Want to buy the scrapbook I made?

[mark11727]

24. Barbara Feldon (Agent 99)

[Dogmudgeon]

126. Did you see her in Fitzwilly?

Fitzwilly was an hilarious Christmastime caper flick with Feldon and Dick Van Dyke. Van Dyke plays the house captain (the head butler) in the mansion of this charming old dowager (Dame Edith Evans) who's a very generous philanthropist. However, the money has run out, and Van Dyke and his crew pull off a series of heists to keep the household afloat.

The dowager hires Feldon to help her with her newest project, a dictionary organized by MIS-spellings. The introduction of a newcomer threatens to blow the cover of the scammers.

As you might expect, Barb and Dick fall in love, and then Dick and his crew pull off one last, glorious heist -- the robbery of Macy's on Christmas Eve.

It's out on video -- still only on VHS, but well worth the hassle of cleaning the heads on the old warhorse. Rent it -- along with The Ref -- this Christmas season.

--bkl

[Tikki]

26. Bruce Dern.....

n/t

[terrya]

27. Tommy Kirk.

A cute guy who was in several Disney movies...until Walt Disney himself found out Kirk was gay. And then, no more Disney movies for Tommy Kirk.

I had this crush on him growing up. I didn't know he was gay...then.

I think he's still alive.

[RandomKoolzip]

31. Tommy Kirk was gay?!

You're kidding. MST 3K "did" a couple of his movies and they always savaged Mr. Kirk for his wooden acting, especially in love scenes.

[RandomKoolzip]

35. No One specific, but....

every time a cartoon character (Woody Woodpecker, Bugs Bunny, etc.) was in a cartoon which featured a belly dancer, I always felt a stirring. I think I always knew I was heterosexual.

[JohnKleeb]

32. on a sidenote

isn't it ironic that Disney is now chastisted by the christian right for their gay days they have at their theme parks yet I've read that Disney himself was a Goldwater Republican and grumbled when President Johnson gave him the presidential medal of freedom, and I think wore a Goldwater button. Never heard of the guy honestly.

[salvorhardin]

33. You mean...

*the* Tommy Kirk of Mars Needs Women fame? :-)

[YellowRubberDuckie]

56. Kleeb is 17...This is why.

[TNDemo]

29. Luke Halpin from Flipper.

Whatever happened to him?

[tridim]

30. Samantha on 'Gimme a Break'

She was the youngest daughter on the show. I dreamed about her. :)

[KamaAina]

92. Julie (Lauri Hendler)

the only sane one in the whole bunch!

I once had a signed postcard from her. Meeeooooow!

She also used to go on game shows where she would routinely kick the tails of the grownup celebrities. Yeah!

[NewJeffCT]

34. Erin Grey - 'Wilma Deering' from Buck Rogers & Lynda Carter

I loved those shiny, skintight outfits. I also liked the woman that played Princess Ardala on that show, and Buck's hot g/f of the week.

But, my crushes changed weekly -
Lynda Carter from Wonder Woman;
the short-skirted ensign from the week's Star Trek episode;
a bikini clad beauty from an old Bond movie on TV;
Jennifer & Bailey on WKRP;
the "hot" guest of the week from "The Love Boat";
Joyce DeWitt from "3's Company";
Jacklyn Smith from "Charlie's Angels"; (never a big Farrah fan)

[GiovanniC]

36. Daphne From Scooby Doo

So hot... want to touch the hiney.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

37. Mike Connors ("Mannix")

:shrug: when I was in junior high.

[Commendatori]

38. Suzanne Sommers (n/t)

[DemWitch]

39. major "thing" for G. Gordon Liddy...

gawd... what an idiot I was...

[arwalden]

50. He Lives One Block Over From Me... I Frequently See Him Walking

through our neighborhood. It's kinda creepy.

-- Allen

[YellowRubberDuckie]

57. He's such a hateful hateful man...

Although he did make me laugh after 9-11 when I was only listening to talk radio
Duckie

[Cheswick2.0]

99. Get one of thoe huge water guns and hit him in the ear

next time he walks by.

[Jack_Dawson]

40. Catwoman

[Bog Frog]

41. Donny Osmond.

Had a huge poster of him on the wall right by my pillow. Kissed his teeth every night.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

59. Sweetie, I have his barbie doll.

And I met him in an airport once. He's such a nice guy.
Duckie

[Bog Frog]

69. Heh. Cool. . . .

I'm sure he's a terrific guy. I'd love to meet him and tell him I used to kiss his teeth. (Kinda shows the power that cultural expectations have on children -- I'm a lesbian.)

[Chovexani]

110. You're not the only lesbian who crushed on Donny Osmond

Ellen had him on her talk show a while back and was gushing about how when she was a little girl she was so in love with him.

He was so flustered and flattered, it was adorable. :)

[redqueen]

42. David Bowie. n/t

[arwalden]

44. Davy Jones, Michael Landon, Don Grady (Robbie Douglas), Burt Ward

[terrya]

46. There's nothing weird about having a crush on Don Grady.

He was so damned cute on "My Three Sons"

As for the Monkees, I had a big crush on Peter Tork.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

60. Skip's dad had Mike, I think, at the federal pen where he used to work.

HE was there on drug charges or something, and he said he was a really nice guy when he worked with him in the laundry. Of course he had a lot of mob guys too, and he said they were the nicest guys as well.
Duckie

[arwalden]

61. Don Grady Photos

THEN...




AND NOW...

[terrya]

64. My God...he's even more gorgeous now.

Wow.. Don Grady has aged VERY, VERY well.

What a hot man.

[TNDemo]

73. Me too. Everybody seemed to love Davy

so I chose Peter. My friend and I even wrote "please" over 200,000 times and asked them to come to our town for a concert. We just knew they were going to show up at our front door to meet us. They did, however, send us a letter with Mickey's signature (maybe).

And I was madly in love with Robbie on MTS.

[flamingyouth]

58. You have to read Burt Ward's autobiography

"My Life In Tights." It's insane.:crazy:

[arwalden]

65. Only Small Excerpts... It Sounds Like He Had A Wild Ride.

[flamingyouth]

45. Parker Stevenson - the "other" Hardy Boy

The one who was not Shaun Cassidy.;)

[arwalden]

67. He's The FIRST One That Comes To Mind For Me Too

When I hear "Hardy Boys", I think of Parker Stevenson. (Didn't he marry Kirstie Alley?)

-- Allen

[flamingyouth]

71. Yeah, he did, but I think they're divorced now

IMDB.com, here I come!

[sundog]

48. Kristy McNichol in "Little Darlings" & "The Pirate Movie"

--

[mac56]

49. Shari Lewis

But I've never wondered why. Shari Lewis is talented and attractive.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

62. Sadly, was...

She died of cancer a couple of years back. God, I loved Lambchop.
Duckie

[regnaD kciN]

119. I met her in the early '80s...

Her husband graduated from the same college I did, and they hosted an alumni association gathering at their (predictably spectacular) home in Beverly Hills.

Interestingly enough, she was introduced by her married name, and no mention was made of her "real" identity. Not having seen the show since I was a little kid, I only figured out who she was when I was on my way to the bathroom, and passed a second living room (I guess the house was big enough to have more than one) with one of her Emmys on the mantlepiece.

[GOPisEvil]

51. Dunno about weird, but Kristy McNichol and Valerie Bertinelli.

[GalleryGod]

91. Nice choices, Buddy!

:hi:

[SarahB]

53. Ed Begley Jr.

Remember St. Elsewhere? Yep, in my middle school years I had the hots for him.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

105. I did too, but I was already grown up by that time

:-)

[SarahB]

129. Good taste.

I guess I could spot 'em even as a wee one. Later I found out how progressive he was and swooned a little more. I did the same thing with Tim Robbins a few years later. It's my "progressive man 6th sense".

[guitar man]

66. Elvira

I had some juicy fantasies about her when I was a youngun'.

[Chovexani]

108. Nothing strange about that!

Elvira is a Goddess! :loveya:

And she's just as beautiful on the inside. She is a tireless fighter for animal rights issues and People With Aids.

[jus_the_facts]

68. John Travolta...aka Vinnie Babarino on Welcome Back Kotter.....

...and then o'course Danny in GREASE...and Sat. Night Fever...and also The Boy In The Plastic Bubble...my Dad hated him so much he deemed him John REVOLTING and still calls him that to this day....it was the long black hair he had back in the day...I guess 'cuz he is GROSS to me now LOL!!! :D

[mondo joe]

70. Bobby Sherman, Jesus and Ryan O'Neal

Bobby Sherman was the first - I had no freaking idea what sex was - just had a funny feeling when I looked at his picture.

That feeling was magnified years later in Catholic School by this one very sexy close up pic of Jesus, arms outstretched under some sort of red light.

But Ryan O'Neal distracted me from that blasphemy by appearing shirtless in What's Up Doc.

[Misunderestimator]

72. Bea Arthur

No, really. Something about that strength and power and not buying into stereotypes... And then there's Maude... Loved those tacky long vests and shoulderpads. (I also liked her daughter on the show, Adrienne Barbeau :evilgrin:)

[HughBeaumont]

75. Oh, you're a-gonna laugh at this one.

Chastity Bono.

SHUT UP, I was 4 freaking years old. How the hell was I supposed to know???? :dunce:

[slutticus]

77. Alanis Morissette when she was on..

...."You Can't Do That On Television" back in the 80's


But you know....I STILL have a crush on her.

Oh well.

[swag]

78. Susie Cowsill

I will never wonder why.

That's her in the orange dress, pulling the face:

[HughBeaumont]

88. Ever hear the Cowsill sons on TV nowadays?

They sound like the weird uncles at the reunion that are still suffering from the after-effects of WAY too much 70s pot/LSD abusage.

[swag]

90. No,, I don't get that channel

but I do go to www.cowsill.com occasionally to check in. There are one or two other DUers on those message boards whom I occasionally run into here.

They're having a big reunion concert in LA on Sept 13 as a medical benefit for Bill Cowsill, the eldest son. I'd go if I had any vacation time left.

[Dogmudgeon]

104. That's two of us

Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Susan Claire Cowsill:
http://www.robinrecords.com/cowsills/history/susan.html

She is one amazing rock chick! She never really went away; she played with Dwight Twilly for a while, covered Mohammed's Radio at 16, and has been part of the L.A. folk-rock scene from which the Bangles and Sheryl Crow came.

The Cowsills, of course, were one of the few examples of clean-cut acidheads. A family of acidheads (in spirit if not actually from familial LSD use).

She was married to dB's frontman Peter Holsapple for a while; she recently (re)married another member of the Continental Drifters, Russ Broussard. She frequently collaborates with Sheryl Crow and Vicki Peterson, now Vicki Peterson-Cowsill (she married John Cowsill, so that makes them related). Vicki and Susan had a band for a while, The Psycho Sisters.

She has a new album coming out ... I heard a track from it. It's beyond awesome. If there is any justice left in this universe, she will kick Britney's and Christina's skanky asses off the charts.

Time to re-activate that old Susie Cowsill crush, I guess ... :)

--bkl

[Butterflies]

81. Gilligan, of course

I wished I were shipwrecked with him.

Now I'd definitely go for the Professor!

[Carson]

85. Steve Martin (Yeah, I know)

As a child, I had a major crush on Steve. Loved him on SNL, especially when he played the banjo (what can I say? I AM from KY).

(He does an awesome version of "Foggy Mountain Breakdown", btw.)

[maveric]

87. Angela Cartwright. "Penny" from Lost in Space.

I had such a crush on her.

[CO Liberal]

89. I Got You Beat

I had a crush on her when she was on "Make Room for Daddy".

[GalleryGod]

93. Mine? Adrienne "Boom-Boom" Barbeau from "Maude"

Whatta a balcony section :loveya:

[peekaloo]

94. I saw Scott Baio on Jimmy Kimmel this week.

Is he a porn star now? Kinda creepy.

[AlienGirl]

96. Bob Barker, and later, Michael Jackson

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

97. It isn't weird to me..I STILL have a crush on Elizabeth Montgomery

[Zomby Woof]

116. good taste, my friend!

My first childhood TV crush! Wrinkle that nose and cast a spell already! :D

[Cheswick2.0]

98. Paul McCartney....not so weird

[seaglass]

100. Bob Crane - I loved Hogan! I wasn't wondering why until

a month or so ago when I saw the movie about him.

[kariatari]

102. Tom Brokaw.

And he's still a fox.

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

103. paula abdul

hanging my head in shame
i was 11 or 12 at the time

[Chovexani]

106. John Denver.

When I was little I used to lose my mind whenever he came on TV. :crazy:

I won't even try to explain that one. I'm not sure I can.

[trackfan]

109. Kay Lenz and Linda Blair n/t

[yvr girl]

111. This is a strange one

I liked Pernall Roberts, who played Adam on Bonanza. I was really little at the time, like 4 or 5. I think that the show was in reruns.

Another crush was Dirk Benedict, Starbuck from Battlestar Gallactica.

[Ramsey]

112. Bruce Boxleitner

In How the West Was Won.

I thought he was the bomb, had pictures of him in my locker and everything. Even though he was probably 30 at the time, no teeny bopper!

I also had a crush on Barry Bostwick in Rocky Horror Picture Show, which I used to go see every Saturday at midnight.

Hmmmm, both of those guys have double-B names.... coincidence??

[TheCentepedeShoes]

113. Captain Midnight

Do not know who played him. I was 5 years old. Back then (c. 1954) I was really into our new TV. Saw a TV version of "the Scottish play" and paraded around the living room with an embroidery hoop and a towel on my head playing Lady you-know-who. Go figure...

[bookfreak]

115. Melissa Sue Anderson

Yeah, I'm a geek but I loved her in "Little House on the Prarie". Of course she was in a few tv movies that were pretty bad (like "Happy Birthday to Me" and the like) but I thought she rocked anyway...

[Ediacara]

117. David Faustino

Ya know..... Bud Bundy.... I actually still have a crush on him :-)

[AbbeyRoad]

118. Prince Tuesday the puppet of Mr Rogers fame

Yeah, that's a bit weird.

I was also in love with Michael Jackson for a while in the mid-80's.

[regnaD kciN]

121. Andrea Dromm

I can hear most of you shouting "Who???"

She played the blond neighbor in The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming who falls in love with the Soviet sailor. (I understand she also appeared in a few early Star Trek episodes, but retired from acting soon afterward -- probably got married and "settled down.")

I'm not quite sure why she had such an impact on me, aside from being the standard 60s "cute California Girl" archetype. It was probably just the right time of my life, just having turned ten, to get the first jolt of "JDW, meet hormones." ;-) In any event, I have occasionally mentioned her to guys around my own age, and, after having jogged their memory of which movie she was in, get a reaction along the lines of "Oh my God...I remember her, all right...")

[Dogmudgeon]

124. Allison Palmer?

That's a great movie -- one of my own favorites. And it won't be remade, you can be sure of that!

--bkl

[SheWhoMustBeObeyed]

122. Victor Borge

I just loved his face. I think I was about ten years old.

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

123. Three of the Osmond brothers

I started with Jay, then switched to Merrill (writing him an angry letter when he got married; I think I was approximately 9-11 years old); then followed the inevitable course and switched to Donny. I also loved David Cassidy.

[lil-petunia]

125. brigit bardot

and of course, sophia loren, followed by
raquel welsh.

[enigmatic]

127. Cheryl Ladd, when I was 13...

and she was on "Charlie's Angels"; such strange stirrings she aroused in me!

[Beer Snob-50]

128. Yvonne Craig (Batgirl) and Valerie Bertinelli

(I heard she is available)