# 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:** 2
**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, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confess-your-obscure-and-geeky-crushes-from-tv/443772/21 "2008-04-03T16:33:04Z")
[QUOTE=BrainGlutton] If animated characters count, my choice is Kim Possible! [/QUOTE] I’ve said this before, but in my dreams, Ron totally gets to hit that. ---
**Author:** ![Jayn\_Newell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Jayn\_Newell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jayn_Newell)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2008, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confess-your-obscure-and-geeky-crushes-from-tv/443772/22 "2008-04-03T16:33:53Z")
In high school I had a crush on Snake from Degrassi High. He’s good-looking in the new series too. ---
**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, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confess-your-obscure-and-geeky-crushes-from-tv/443772/23 "2008-04-03T16:35:38Z")
[QUOTE=BrainGlutton] I once heard a rumor – absolutely no substantiation – that he only got the part by being the director’s bum-boy. [/QUOTE] I wouldn’t doubt it. :rolleyes: Even for “Doctor Who” standards, he was a lame actor. Lemme also add Grant Goodeve from “Eight is Enough”, real cute even though at the ripe old age of 9, I winced whenever he sang that soppy song. ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2008, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confess-your-obscure-and-geeky-crushes-from-tv/443772/24 "2008-04-03T16:40:37Z")
Gloria Dinallo from _The Misfits of Science_ ---
**Author:** ![3waygeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/e95f7d/32.png) [@3waygeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3waygeek)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2008, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confess-your-obscure-and-geeky-crushes-from-tv/443772/25 "2008-04-03T16:44:11Z")
Sarah Jessica Parker from _Square Pegs_; not so much from _Sex and the City_. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2008, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confess-your-obscure-and-geeky-crushes-from-tv/443772/26 "2008-04-03T17:11:48Z")
[QUOTE=Bayard] 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! [/QUOTE] World News now was (is?) on ABC. They were great. When they had their financial reporter come on from London, they kept a count at the bottom of the screen of the number of double-decker buses that went by behind her. One night they gave the hockey scores multiplied by _pi_. And every Friday there was the World News Polka. I must not have watched during Thalia Assuras’ time on the show. I remember her from the news segments on the morning show on CBS, which may have led to your confusion. You’re right, though, major babe. The thread about the _Anne of Green Gables_ prequel reminded me that **Megan Follows** was wicked cute. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2008, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confess-your-obscure-and-geeky-crushes-from-tv/443772/27 "2008-04-03T17:38:39Z")
Who me? Geeky? erin the e-surance babe ---
**Author:** ![Autumn\_Almanac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d26b3c/32.png) [@Autumn\_Almanac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autumn_Almanac)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2008, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confess-your-obscure-and-geeky-crushes-from-tv/443772/28 "2008-04-03T17:39:44Z")
[Myndy Crist](http://imdb.com/name/nm0188041/). I don’t think she’s ever had a lead role but she’s done one-off guest spots on seemingly every popular prime time drama (most memorably, for me anyway, as a heart patient on _ER_ and a cheating wife on _House_). ---
**Author:** ![Ol\_Gaffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Ol\_Gaffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ol_Gaffer)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2008, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confess-your-obscure-and-geeky-crushes-from-tv/443772/29 "2008-04-03T17:47:26Z")
Old school [Janine Turner](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janine_Turner) - i.e. Maggie O’Connell on _Northern Exposure_ and not the current actress of the same name who has had some mind-numbingly bad plastic surgery. ---
**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, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confess-your-obscure-and-geeky-crushes-from-tv/443772/30 "2008-04-03T17:48:15Z")
[QUOTE=Robot Arm] World News now was (is?) on ABC. [/QUOTE] Ah, you’re right. I remember now that they announced the ABC News motto as “More insomniacs\* get their news from ABC News than from any other source.” They would put up a watermark-type image of two huge, wide awake eyes behind the logo sometimes. \*for those on unseen foreign shores, the actual motto at the time was “More Americans get their news…” ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2008, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confess-your-obscure-and-geeky-crushes-from-tv/443772/31 "2008-04-03T17:48:39Z")
[Flight Cpl. Rigel](http://www.battlestargalactica.com/classicdocs/rigel.gif) on the original **Battlestar Galactica**. [Hawt!](http://www.waynescomics.com/images/Cards/B/bsgcw%20a18.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2008, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confess-your-obscure-and-geeky-crushes-from-tv/443772/32 "2008-04-03T17:59:45Z")
You want obscure? How about [Roma Torre](http://www.ny1.com/ny1/content/index.jsp?stid=37&aid=338) from NY1 News in NYC? I don’t live there anymore; but when I did, she could read off my Teleprompter anytime she wanted. ---
**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2008, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confess-your-obscure-and-geeky-crushes-from-tv/443772/33 "2008-04-03T18:08:03Z")
[QUOTE=silenus] [Flight Cpl. Rigel](http://www.battlestargalactica.com/classicdocs/rigel.gif) on the original **Battlestar Galactica**. [Hawt!](http://www.waynescomics.com/images/Cards/B/bsgcw%20a18.jpg) [/QUOTE] Me too. “Incoming…12 centons…incoming…11 centons…” Such sexy authority imparted to such simple phrases… ---
**Author:** ![justrob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a9adbd/32.png) [@justrob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justrob)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2008, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confess-your-obscure-and-geeky-crushes-from-tv/443772/34 "2008-04-03T18:10:43Z")
She’s been in a bunch of stuff but I always liked Shawnee Smith. I remember her best from “Who’s Harry Crumb?” Looking her up on Google she is still quite hot. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2008, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confess-your-obscure-and-geeky-crushes-from-tv/443772/35 "2008-04-03T18:20:39Z")
[http://www.donnareedshow.com/intro.html](http://www.donnareedshow.com/intro.html) I wanted to have my way with Donna Reed and her daughter Shelly Fabares on the same show. ---
**Author:** ![Jolly\_Roger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/91b2a8/32.png) [@Jolly\_Roger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jolly_Roger)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2008, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confess-your-obscure-and-geeky-crushes-from-tv/443772/36 "2008-04-03T18:24:50Z")
The chick from “Just Shoot me”. Though I never really watched the show. The original pink power ranger. and Jessica Love Hewitt. ---
**Author:** ![Flander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8c91f0/32.png) [@Flander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flander)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2008, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confess-your-obscure-and-geeky-crushes-from-tv/443772/37 "2008-04-03T19:07:34Z")
[QUOTE=Zebra] erin the e-surance babe [/QUOTE] I came in here to mention her. Holy crap is she hot! Oh, and for another animated one, Harley Quinn from Batman: TAS. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2008, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confess-your-obscure-and-geeky-crushes-from-tv/443772/38 "2008-04-03T19:19:22Z")
Saw a blonde on CNN yesterday afternoon I’d never seen before. Holy smokin’ teleprompters was she hot. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2008, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confess-your-obscure-and-geeky-crushes-from-tv/443772/39 "2008-04-03T19:24:36Z")
[QUOTE=Jolly Roger] The original pink power ranger. [/QUOTE] Hell, it’s my belief that _every guy_ around the age of 25 had a crush on the original pink Power Ranger. Oh Amy Jo Johnson, we would have been so happy together… ---
**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, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confess-your-obscure-and-geeky-crushes-from-tv/443772/40 "2008-04-03T19:26:11Z")
[QUOTE=OneCentStamp] I’ve said this before, but in my dreams, Ron totally gets to hit that. [/QUOTE] Pffft! You have boring dreams! Think Kim and **Shego!** 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confess-your-obscure-and-geeky-crushes-from-tv/443772.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confess-your-obscure-and-geeky-crushes-from-tv/443772.md?page=3)