# Confess your obscure and geeky crushes from TV **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 3, 2008, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confess-your-obscure-and-geeky-crushes-from-tv/443772 "2008-04-03T06:46:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2008, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confess-your-obscure-and-geeky-crushes-from-tv/443772/1 "2008-04-03T06:46:09Z")
I have two to confess. Since I’m totally torqued about the return of the final season of BSG, that’s where I’m going. Crewman (and later Lt. ?) **Seelix** and (Gunnery?) Sgt. **Mathias**. I regret that I don’t post links to images, because they are, after all, obscure, and the ones that I can find aren’t so good. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2008, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confess-your-obscure-and-geeky-crushes-from-tv/443772/2 "2008-04-03T06:51:10Z")
Not sure how obscure or geeky this is, but [Kimmy Gibbler](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrea_Barber) from Full House. I really didn’t like the show, but her quirky characterisation really appealed to me. And I’m not talking about when she was 12 and I was 18, which is perhaps a little weird, but when I started to notice her from around the middle of the series’ run. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Shroud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/439d5e/32.png) [@The\_Shroud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Shroud)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2008, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confess-your-obscure-and-geeky-crushes-from-tv/443772/3 "2008-04-03T07:02:16Z")
How’s this for obscure? The other day I stumbled into the IMDB entry for the Disney Channel’s [Still the Beaver](http://imdb.com/title/tt0088616/) and flashed back to my 80s crush (age-appropriate!) on Kaleena Kiff, who played Wally Cleaver’s daughter. ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2008, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confess-your-obscure-and-geeky-crushes-from-tv/443772/4 "2008-04-03T14:25:22Z")
Not very obscure around here, but I’m in lust with Kari Byron from Mythbusters… I’d link, but there’s one NSFW image (finally!) on the google image page… http ://images.google.com/images?q=kari+byron&hl=en&sourceid=mozilla-search&start=0 Joe ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2008, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confess-your-obscure-and-geeky-crushes-from-tv/443772/5 "2008-04-03T14:45:32Z")
Susan Dey Maureen McCormick Jodie Foster ---
**Author:** ![shiftless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@shiftless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shiftless)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2008, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confess-your-obscure-and-geeky-crushes-from-tv/443772/6 "2008-04-03T14:50:54Z")
Penny, from Lost in Space. That would be Angela Cartwright Oh, so long ago. Don’t ask me why - I was very young and this was my favorite show. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2008, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confess-your-obscure-and-geeky-crushes-from-tv/443772/7 "2008-04-03T14:52:00Z")
In the last season of _L.A. Law_ they introduced a new lawyer, a Greek-American named Melina Paros, played by [Lisa Zane.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_Zane) Just for that reason I was heartbroken when the show was cancelled. **HAWT!** ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2008, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confess-your-obscure-and-geeky-crushes-from-tv/443772/8 "2008-04-03T14:59:39Z")
In the first season or two of _Babylon 5_ there was this really hot bridge officer – or whatever you call that station command center where Sinclair/Sheridan gives orders like Kirk in his chair – at any rate, she was always there and looked incredibly yummy in her form-fitting ass-hugging uniform – I think she had red hair – she only had lines on rare occasions and I never recall hearing her addressed by name, so I don’t even know how to begin finding out what actress played her. How obscure and geeky is **that?** 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2008, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confess-your-obscure-and-geeky-crushes-from-tv/443772/9 "2008-04-03T15:00:14Z")
Dr. Arcane (Mark Lindsay Chapman) from the old so-bad-it’s-good _Swamp Thing_ series in the early 90s. Not so obscure, but Methos (Peter Wingfield) from _Highlander_. Sarek (Mark Lenard) from _Star Trek: TOS_ ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2008, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confess-your-obscure-and-geeky-crushes-from-tv/443772/10 "2008-04-03T15:08:21Z")
In the mid-90s, whe she was ~45 and I was ~23, I had a torrid affair with [Thalia Assuras](http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/02/25/eveningnews/main502032.shtml) (in my mind), then an anchor of the late-night World News Now on CBS. Oh how I loved working nights, so I could catch glimpses of her delivering the news with the flair of someone who knows that almost no one is watching. I still fondly recall the time she and her co-anchor brought big recliners into the studio, popped popcorn, and reviewed movies based only on the trailer. They’d eat some popcorn and say things like, “Nah, I don’t think I’d like that one”. Oh, how I loved her! ---
**Author:** ![Wee\_Bairn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2008, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confess-your-obscure-and-geeky-crushes-from-tv/443772/11 "2008-04-03T15:14:08Z")
Kim Richards from [Hello Larry](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXroB-yhtfU), Lydia Cornell from Too Close for Comfort, and especially Tricia Cast from It’s Your Move. ---
**Author:** ![jools](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b3f665/32.png) [@jools](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jools)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2008, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confess-your-obscure-and-geeky-crushes-from-tv/443772/12 "2008-04-03T15:15:19Z")
Clark Brandon was covering my walls as a teenager with Leif Garrett, Andry Gibb and Robbie Benson. He used to be on the Facts of Life and the Fitzpatricks and on the cover of Tiger Beat for a couple of years. Looking at him now… meh! how tastes change! ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2008, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confess-your-obscure-and-geeky-crushes-from-tv/443772/13 "2008-04-03T15:20:31Z")
Not me, but a friend of mine (I swear!) tells me she had a crush on Optimus Prime when she was a kid. Hell, who can blame her? I mean, it’s Optimus FUCKING Prime! ---
**Author:** ![Walpurgis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7ea924/32.png) [@Walpurgis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walpurgis)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2008, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confess-your-obscure-and-geeky-crushes-from-tv/443772/14 "2008-04-03T16:06:29Z")
I had a crush on Vyvyan in _The Young Ones._ Ginger hair and metal studs in your forehead was strangely arousing to me as a teen. ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2008, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confess-your-obscure-and-geeky-crushes-from-tv/443772/15 "2008-04-03T16:13:10Z")
[Amanda Pays](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanda_Pays), the woman who played Theora Jones on the short-lived _Max Headroom_ TV show. She ensured that there was far less than max headroom…in my boxers. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2008, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confess-your-obscure-and-geeky-crushes-from-tv/443772/16 "2008-04-03T16:18:03Z")
Matthew Waterhouse, who played [Adric](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adric) on the original “Doctor Who.” ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2008, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confess-your-obscure-and-geeky-crushes-from-tv/443772/17 "2008-04-03T16:23:00Z")
Laurie Walters, Joannie of Eight is Enough. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2008, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confess-your-obscure-and-geeky-crushes-from-tv/443772/18 "2008-04-03T16:27:50Z")
[QUOTE=The New and Improved Superman] Matthew Waterhouse, who played [Adric](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adric) on the original “Doctor Who.” [/QUOTE] I once heard a rumor – absolutely no substantiation – that he only got the part by being the director’s bum-boy. ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Tyger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Silver\_Tyger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Tyger)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2008, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confess-your-obscure-and-geeky-crushes-from-tv/443772/19 "2008-04-03T16:27:52Z")
Tygra from Thundercats (okay, who saw that coming?) Bluegrass from Silverhawks Sam Beckett & Al Calavicci from Quantum Leap Riddler from Batman the Animated Series (not the latest one, the good one from the 90s) …yeah, I go for geeky guys. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2008, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confess-your-obscure-and-geeky-crushes-from-tv/443772/20 "2008-04-03T16:30:16Z")
[QUOTE=Silver Tyger Girl] Riddler from Batman the Animated Series (not the latest one, the good one from the 90s) [/QUOTE] If animated characters count, my choice is Kim Possible! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confess-your-obscure-and-geeky-crushes-from-tv/443772.md?page=2)