# 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:** 5
**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 4, 2008, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confess-your-obscure-and-geeky-crushes-from-tv/443772/81 "2008-04-04T11:51:29Z")
[Julia Sawalha](http://images.google.com/images?q=Julia+Sawalha&rls=com.microsoft:*&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&um=1) I’ve had a crush on her ever since Abfab. ---
**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confess-your-obscure-and-geeky-crushes-from-tv/443772/82 "2008-04-04T11:53:37Z")
When I was what I assume was her age, I had a thing for Penny from Inspector Gadget, back in the 80s. ---
**Author:** ![Lilacs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Lilacs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lilacs)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confess-your-obscure-and-geeky-crushes-from-tv/443772/83 "2008-04-04T12:02:43Z")
Well Peter Davison was probably my first huge crush as a young teen. But I absolutely adored [Josh Bernstein](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1832290/) when he was on Digging for the Truth. Don’t watch it anymore because he’s not there. Oh…I do have an equitable love for Jamie and Adam on Mythbusters. And Grant. And Tori. ---
**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confess-your-obscure-and-geeky-crushes-from-tv/443772/84 "2008-04-04T14:32:53Z")
[Peri Gilpin](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004963/mediaindex) from Frasier. And not just because she was on [this](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0790767/) TV show in 2005. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confess-your-obscure-and-geeky-crushes-from-tv/443772/85 "2008-04-04T14:33:52Z")
[QUOTE=pepperlandgirl] The Fifth Doctor is definitely a bit of all right. I sorta, also might think that Turlough is hot in his own way. [/QUOTE] Ooh, Ok, then I can admit it, too? Something fascinating about him, definitely. ---
**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 4, 2008, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confess-your-obscure-and-geeky-crushes-from-tv/443772/86 "2008-04-04T15:06:23Z")
As long as we’re admitting to animated crushes, let me also add a few from the video game world: [Sephiroth](http://www.caffeinenebula.com/quizzes/quizFiles/ff7/sephiroth.jpg) , from Final Fantasy VII [Ghaleon](http://undine.8m.com/pics/GHALHALFDYNE.JPG) , from Lunar: Silver Star Prince Kael’thas Sunstrider, from WoW (both [pre-](http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/burningcrusade/images/wallpapers/bladesedgemountains/1024.jpg) and [post-defeat](http://images.wikia.com/wowwiki/images/d/d6/Kaelthasbroken.jpg) …yeah, I’m a little weird) ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confess-your-obscure-and-geeky-crushes-from-tv/443772/87 "2008-04-04T15:23:36Z")
No votes yet for [Brocktoon](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Belvedere#References_in_other_media)? ---
**Author:** ![whistlepig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/73ab20/32.png) [@whistlepig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whistlepig)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confess-your-obscure-and-geeky-crushes-from-tv/443772/88 "2008-04-04T15:47:01Z")
I was hoping someone else would mention this, but “Janice” from Friends. Whiny voiced, controlling, laugh like a hyena, blessed by the Hooter Fairy. Gotta have it. Weird thing is, when I mentioned this in a drinking session with the guys, about 70% said the same thing - she’d drive you absolutely batshit as a girlfriend or wife, but oh well. Maybe it’s because we’re all Montana boys and have had no exposure the the women that stereotype is based on. As for geek cred, the actress Maggie Wheeler was a long-time girlfriend of David Duchovony. ---
**Author:** ![BlinkingDuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eada6e/32.png) [@BlinkingDuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlinkingDuck)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confess-your-obscure-and-geeky-crushes-from-tv/443772/89 "2008-04-04T15:53:07Z")
[QUOTE=shiftless] 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. [/QUOTE] Penny was HAWT…to this 12 year old that watched her. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confess-your-obscure-and-geeky-crushes-from-tv/443772/90 "2008-04-04T15:56:42Z")
1. Honey West-she was HOT! 2. Ursula Andress (that White/Black bikini)HOT! 3. T’ffaul (or whatshername) from STARTREK -HOT! 4. Roseanneposeannaadana (From the old SNL)-oddly hot ---
**Author:** ![Dante](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dante/32/9673_2.png) [@Dante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dante)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confess-your-obscure-and-geeky-crushes-from-tv/443772/91 "2008-04-04T15:58:00Z")
Let’s see… **Khrystyne Haje** from _Head of the Class_ (all that red hair… yum!) Both **Ari Meyers** and **Allison Smith** from _Kate & Allie_ **Cynthia Gibb** from _Fame_ **Pam Dawber** from _Mork & Mindy_ **Louise Robey** from _Friday the 13th: The Series_ ---
**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, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confess-your-obscure-and-geeky-crushes-from-tv/443772/92 "2008-04-04T16:05:15Z")
Y’know, a lot of these women aren’t really what I’d call obscure. Peri Gilpin? Erin Gray? Allyson Hannigan? They’re pretty well known. ---
**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, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confess-your-obscure-and-geeky-crushes-from-tv/443772/93 "2008-04-04T16:09:35Z")
I was pretty sure I didn’t really have any obscure and geeky TV crushes, since I don’t _watch_ TV, but then I remembered [Rami Malek](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1785339/). The first time I watched _Night at the Museum_\* the whole movie was derailed for me the second the mummy pulled off his wrappings and I saw this stunning pair of [dark blue eyes](http://www.flickr.com/photos/49755861@N00/) . After that, I had to find out more about him, which led to me Netflixing the first season of _The War at Home_. Ah, Kenny, my love. A reoccurring guest star on a sitcom that was canceled after two seasons, that I’d never heard of until it was off the air, but it didn’t matter, did it? No, nothing could come between our love. Sure, Kenny is a gay teenager\*\* and I’m a woman in my twenties. Sure, Kenny is fictional and I’m not, but it doesn’t matter. Someday, my love, someday! - Yes, I’ve watched it multiple times. Shut up. \*\* But Rami Malek is only three years younger than me, so it’s okay and totally legal.\*\*\* \*\*\* Okay, some of the things I want to do to him may be illegal in Texas… ---
**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, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confess-your-obscure-and-geeky-crushes-from-tv/443772/94 "2008-04-04T16:59:02Z")
[QUOTE=Dante] **Louise Robey** from _Friday the 13th: The Series_ [/QUOTE] You know, the second I saw Debra Messing on _Will and Grace_, I thought of Micki! God, Ft13 was a fun show. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confess-your-obscure-and-geeky-crushes-from-tv/443772/95 "2008-04-04T17:40:27Z")
[QUOTE=Jayn\_Newell] In high school I had a crush on Snake from Degrassi High. He’s good-looking in the new series too. [/QUOTE] Seconded! Stefan Brogren in the new series of Degrassi is yummy. 😃 ---
**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 4, 2008, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confess-your-obscure-and-geeky-crushes-from-tv/443772/96 "2008-04-04T18:11:44Z")
[QUOTE=JThunder] Y’know, a lot of these women aren’t really what I’d call obscure. Peri Gilpin? Erin Gray? Allyson Hannigan? They’re pretty well known. [/QUOTE] They’re well known among geek circles (which wouldn’t make them very obscure for this board). But ask a random sampling of people who those actresses are and I imagine all you’d get are blank stares. ---
**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, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confess-your-obscure-and-geeky-crushes-from-tv/443772/97 "2008-04-04T18:37:04Z")
I disagree, **Justin**. Even non-geeks would know Peri Gilpin, for example. In fact, there’s nothing particularly geeky about her. As for Allyson Hannigan, she starred in one of the biggest hits among teen and young adults in recent years, not to mention a series of tasteless but popular movies. I think it’s safe to say that she’s well known even among a large number of non-geeks. And Erin Gray? She’s come up in conversation before, and even my non-geeky friends know who she is. ---
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confess-your-obscure-and-geeky-crushes-from-tv/443772/98 "2008-04-04T18:38:42Z")
[QUOTE=3waygeek] Sarah Jessica Parker from _Square Pegs_; not so much from _Sex and the City_. [/QUOTE] _DING DING DING DING!_ We have a winner! ---
**Author:** ![Kozmik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8dc957/32.png) [@Kozmik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kozmik)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2008, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confess-your-obscure-and-geeky-crushes-from-tv/443772/99 "2008-04-05T05:44:33Z")
Eve from _Out of This World_. It was an 80s sitcom about a girl who has a father that is really, well, you have to see it to understand it. I remember how she used her powers for all sorts of things, like driving, I remember one episode involving a taffata dress. She was just a cute 80s girl. _sigh_ ---
**Author:** ![Rachael\_Rage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71c47a/32.png) [@Rachael\_Rage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachael_Rage)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2008, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confess-your-obscure-and-geeky-crushes-from-tv/443772/100 "2008-04-05T07:10:07Z")
Back to animated characters, the first TV crush I remember was **Speed Racer** (I was six). I went so far as to write “I love Speed” on my notebook with a heart around it. That probably confused my teachers. More recently, since \*Fight Club \*I’ve had a bit of a thing for [**Holt McCallany**](http://heroeswiki.com/Holt_McCallany), who while not a TV crush, was certainly obscure. But now in looking for links I find out he’s been on Heroes! Holy cow! So now he’s both obscure _and_ geeky. I guess I’d better get around to watching that show one of these days… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confess-your-obscure-and-geeky-crushes-from-tv/443772.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confess-your-obscure-and-geeky-crushes-from-tv/443772.md?page=6)