# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confess-your-obscure-and-geeky-crushes-from-tv/443772/61 "2008-04-04T01:46:01Z")
[QUOTE=justrob] 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. [/QUOTE] My sentiments exactly! She’s the only reason I ever tuned into that stupid sitcom _Becker_ that Ted Danson did. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confess-your-obscure-and-geeky-crushes-from-tv/443772/62 "2008-04-04T01:49:42Z")
[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.! [/QUOTE] Before Thalia there was the original late night newscaster, [Linda Ellerbee.](http://www.christopher-cooke.com/ellerbeemedium.jpg) Believe me, that photo did NOT do her justice. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Excellent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confess-your-obscure-and-geeky-crushes-from-tv/443772/63 "2008-04-04T01:50:15Z")
Delenn, from Babylon Five. Drop-dead sexy, and not someone you’d want to be on the wrong side of. ---
**Author:** ![JpnDude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/838e76/32.png) [@JpnDude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JpnDude)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confess-your-obscure-and-geeky-crushes-from-tv/443772/64 "2008-04-04T02:11:51Z")
In the News department, - [Anjali Rao](http://www.cnn.com/CNN/anchors_reporters/rao.anjali.html) from **CNN International** - [Mélissa Theuriau](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A9lissa_Theuriau) from France’s **M6** (Métropole 6). In Entertainment, - [Lisa Edelstein](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_Edelstein) currently in **House, M.D.**. - [Jennifer Beals](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer_Beals) currently in **The L Word**. ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confess-your-obscure-and-geeky-crushes-from-tv/443772/65 "2008-04-04T03:04:03Z")
[QUOTE=Rhiannon8404] [Jason David Frank](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason_David_Frank) I had a crush on him during the original series even though I was in college and really too old to be watching Power Rangers at the time. Imagine my surprise when fast forward to 2004 my 6 yo son is watching Power Rangers: Dino Thunder and there is Tommy Oliver all grown up! Nice! Why yes, we have the whole series on DVD…why do you ask? [/QUOTE] Oh dear God yes! Tommy Oliver! Or Doctor O, as he’s known now! He teaches martial arts in LA, you know… but has a beautiful wife and about 100 kids… :smack: Let’s go way back- I swooned every time Johnny Whitaker was onscreen (Sigmund and the Sea Monsters, Napoleon & Samantha, Family Affair, Tom Sawyer). Mmmmmm mmmmmmm mmmmmmmm! ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confess-your-obscure-and-geeky-crushes-from-tv/443772/66 "2008-04-04T03:23:48Z")
[QUOTE=The Shroud] Kaleena Kiff, who played Wally Cleaver’s daughter. [/QUOTE] I call dibs on Wally Cleaver – young or old, either one. ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confess-your-obscure-and-geeky-crushes-from-tv/443772/67 "2008-04-04T04:04:50Z")
[Lois Griffin](http://ccinsider.comedycentral.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/08/08/416deb0vsdl_aa280_.jpg). Seriously. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confess-your-obscure-and-geeky-crushes-from-tv/443772/68 "2008-04-04T04:07:35Z")
[Bob](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0542994/). Such a short name for such a lot of sexy! ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confess-your-obscure-and-geeky-crushes-from-tv/443772/69 "2008-04-04T04:10:15Z")
[QUOTE=Rhiannon8404] [Jason David Frank](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason_David_Frank) I had a crush on him during the original series even though I was in college and really too old to be watching Power Rangers at the time. Imagine my surprise when fast forward to 2004 my 6 yo son is watching Power Rangers: Dino Thunder and there is Tommy Oliver all grown up! Nice! Why yes, we have the whole series on DVD…why do you ask? Oh, and [Peter Davison](http://peterdavison.s5.com/), the Fifth Doctor. [/QUOTE] I swooned for the White Ranger, too (though I liked him better when he was evil Green ranger). I have an excuse, as I was in 5th grade at the time. The Fifth Doctor is definitely a bit of all right. I sorta, also might think that Turlough is hot in his own way. ---
**Author:** ![Sefton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Sefton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sefton)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confess-your-obscure-and-geeky-crushes-from-tv/443772/70 "2008-04-04T04:17:57Z")
Bonnie on _Knight Rider_, played by the lovely Patricia McPherson. I felt so let down when none of my engineering classes had any women like Bonnie. Sniff… ---
**Author:** ![lokij](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/5e9695/32.png) [@lokij](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lokij)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confess-your-obscure-and-geeky-crushes-from-tv/443772/71 "2008-04-04T04:38:41Z")
Mary Alice Yeskey Fallon from Ace of Cakes. I wants her… ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confess-your-obscure-and-geeky-crushes-from-tv/443772/72 "2008-04-04T04:53:18Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] …Then there was Erin Gray as the tough-but-hawt pilot Wilma Deering in the 1970s _Buck Rogers_, and Maren Jensen as Adama’s daughter Athena in the original _Battlestar Galactica_… [/QUOTE] Erin Gray: [![](http://img3.mtime.com/up/709/744709/a7ed28b8-5ab9-4c68-be19-69c3036b3a5f_500.jpg) ](http://img3.mtime.com/up/709/744709/a7ed28b8-5ab9-4c68-be19-69c3036b3a5f_500.jpg) [http://www.robotsandwrestlers.com/wp-content/uploads/ErinGray.jpg](http://www.robotsandwrestlers.com/wp-content/uploads/ErinGray.jpg) [http://www.starland.com/sf-sc/images/Gray\_Erin.jpg](http://www.starland.com/sf-sc/images/Gray_Erin.jpg) [http://i.cnn.net/si/pr/subs/swimsuit/images/ult\_egray\_01.jpg](http://i.cnn.net/si/pr/subs/swimsuit/images/ult_egray_01.jpg) … and Maren Jensen: [![](https://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c347/cgtgraphics/BSG%20Screen%20Caps/Maren%20Jensen/maren_jensen_bio_pic.jpg) ](https://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c347/cgtgraphics/BSG%20Screen%20Caps/Maren%20Jensen/maren_jensen_bio_pic.jpg) > **[Answers - The Most Trusted Place for Answering Life's Questions](https://www.answers.com/redirectSearch?query=marenjensen-jpg-1)** > > Answers is the place to go to get the answers you need and to ask the questions you want > **[Yahoo | Mail, Weather, Search, Politics, News, Finance, Sports & Videos](https://www.yahoo.com/)** > > Latest news coverage, email, free stock quotes, live scores and video are just the beginning. Discover more every day at Yahoo! [http://www.hawaiiansabroad.com/images/KawehilaniJensen1.jpg](http://www.hawaiiansabroad.com/images/KawehilaniJensen1.jpg) … and what the hell, here’s Amanda Pays: [![](https://www.antoniogenna.net/doppiaggio/telefilm/maxheadroom.jpg) ](https://www.antoniogenna.net/doppiaggio/telefilm/maxheadroom.jpg) [http://web.ukonline.co.uk/amanda.pays/scansp/pays/amanda47.jpg](http://web.ukonline.co.uk/amanda.pays/scansp/pays/amanda47.jpg) [http://www.feoamante.com/Movies/Inter\_views/Brooks/images/amandapays01.jpg](http://www.feoamante.com/Movies/Inter_views/Brooks/images/amandapays01.jpg) > **[Yahoo | Mail, Weather, Search, Politics, News, Finance, Sports & Videos](https://www.yahoo.com/)** > > Latest news coverage, email, free stock quotes, live scores and video are just the beginning. Discover more every day at Yahoo! ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confess-your-obscure-and-geeky-crushes-from-tv/443772/73 "2008-04-04T04:54:14Z")
I almost forgot [Cover Girl](http://www.comicvine.com/cover-girl/11089/). ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confess-your-obscure-and-geeky-crushes-from-tv/443772/74 "2008-04-04T05:00:43Z")
Jenna Fischer as Pam Beesley on _The Office_, and Alyson Hannigan as Willow Rosenberg on _Buffy the Vampire Slayer_ are my two biggest TV geek-girl crushes. I adore both characters, Jenna seems like an awesome person in real life, and I don’t know much about the real Alyson but she is just so cute! ---
**Author:** ![CaerieD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@CaerieD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaerieD)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confess-your-obscure-and-geeky-crushes-from-tv/443772/75 "2008-04-04T05:00:46Z")
[QUOTE=interface2x] [Sutton Foster](http://youtube.com/watch?v=JT5AQIlmM0I) is so hot. She’s so flippin’ hot. She’s like a curry. I want to tell her how hot she is, but she’ll think I’m sexist. She’s so hot, she’s making me sexist … bitch! [/QUOTE] Which brings us to the poster boy of obscure geeky lusts, Figwit. Mm, Bret McKenzie. ---
**Author:** ![Polerius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d78d45/32.png) [@Polerius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polerius)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confess-your-obscure-and-geeky-crushes-from-tv/443772/76 "2008-04-04T05:01:29Z")
[QUOTE=wheresgeorge04] 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 [/QUOTE] It’s not her. ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confess-your-obscure-and-geeky-crushes-from-tv/443772/77 "2008-04-04T05:21:14Z")
[Alexandra Bastedo](http://www.alexandra-bastedo.com), a British actress who was in a miniseries called _The Aphrodite Inheritance_. I thought she was absolutely stunning. ---
**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 4, 2008, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confess-your-obscure-and-geeky-crushes-from-tv/443772/78 "2008-04-04T05:35:32Z")
[QUOTE=Polerius] It’s not her. [/QUOTE] That’s what my wife said. Bitch. You too! You’ve ruined my life! ☹☹☹😉 Joe ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confess-your-obscure-and-geeky-crushes-from-tv/443772/79 "2008-04-04T07:24:25Z")
[QUOTE=BubbaDog] I work in a business where the Weather Channel is on every morning. In my dreams [Nicole](http://www.weather.com/aboutus/television/ocms/mitchell.html) and [Heather](http://www.weather.com/aboutus/television/ocms/tesch.html) from the weather channel fight over me. Each morning I can tell that there is a little friction between the two. Most probably stemming from some comments one of them has made about adoring me. [/QUOTE] [Stephanie Abrams](http://www.weather.com/aboutus/television/ocms/sabrams.html) on the beach with a wet t-shirt from hurricane rains was the best of many good weather honeys for me. (And my wife probably wonders why I watch with her.) The eSurance honey is the sexiest animated cartoon I’ve ever seen, and not even jail bait. But my first crush was Annette Funnicello on the original Mickey Mouse Club, when I was about 6. I had good taste at an early age. ---
**Author:** ![Critical1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@Critical1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Critical1)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confess-your-obscure-and-geeky-crushes-from-tv/443772/80 "2008-04-04T11:40:34Z")
ok for seriously obscure how about the Solo Flex girl? some smoking hot dark haired girl in the commercials who was just HOT. and a bunch of stuff already mentioned [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confess-your-obscure-and-geeky-crushes-from-tv/443772.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confess-your-obscure-and-geeky-crushes-from-tv/443772.md?page=5)