# I had totally forgotten that {blank} was hot! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 24, 2009, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-totally-forgotten-that-blank-was-hot/500862 "2009-06-24T19:07:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2009, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-totally-forgotten-that-blank-was-hot/500862/61 "2009-06-26T15:56:45Z")
> [@Dinsdale](#): > > Several years back I was eating ribs in a dive in Cincinnati that had old cheesecake photos of starlets on the walls. It remains one of the stongest dissonances in my life, to realize that the old lady I knew from _Murder She Wrote_ had once looked like [THIS!](http://starletshowcase.blogspot.com/2008/03/low-fat-angela-lansbury.html) :eek: I have great respect for Ms. Lansbury - she was really able to go from sex kitten to matron in her career without struggling to keep up sex kitten. There has never seemed to be anything in her that apologized for getting old. I like that now about Diane Keaton as well. I’m not sure Ms. Keaton was ever “hot” - more cute. But she just transitioned as she aged without seeming to fuss about it. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2009, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-totally-forgotten-that-blank-was-hot/500862/62 "2009-06-26T16:17:00Z")
> [@Dangerosa](#): > > I like that now about Diane Keaton as well. I’m not sure Ms. Keaton was ever “hot” - more cute. But she just transitioned as she aged without seeming to fuss about it. Dear, Diane Keaton is **still** hot. ---
**Author:** ![Eugene\_of\_Sandwich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c37758/32.png) [@Eugene\_of\_Sandwich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eugene_of_Sandwich)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2009, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-totally-forgotten-that-blank-was-hot/500862/63 "2009-06-26T16:50:45Z")
Emily Peden. Emmy Jo from the New Zoo Revue. Obscure yes but damn that woman was hot! ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2009, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-totally-forgotten-that-blank-was-hot/500862/64 "2009-06-26T17:00:02Z")
> [@gonzomax](#): > > [http://snarkerati.com/galleries/index.php/Jane-Fonda/0010-Jane-Fonda.jpg?action=big&size=resize](http://snarkerati.com/galleries/index.php/Jane-Fonda/0010-Jane-Fonda.jpg?action=big&size=resize) > Jane Fonda was a fox. Oh god yes. I never forgot that. ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2009, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-totally-forgotten-that-blank-was-hot/500862/65 "2009-06-26T17:18:16Z")
> [@Dinsdale](#): > > Several years back I was eating ribs in a dive in Cincinnati that had old cheesecake photos of starlets on the walls. It remains one of the stongest dissonances in my life, to realize that the old lady I knew from _Murder She Wrote_ had once looked like [THIS!](http://starletshowcase.blogspot.com/2008/03/low-fat-angela-lansbury.html) :eek: I’ve said this on another board, but young Angela Lansbury very closely resembled Nicole Kidman. In fact, Lansbury could convincingly play Kidman’s grandmother without anyone having to suspend disbelief. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2009, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-totally-forgotten-that-blank-was-hot/500862/66 "2009-06-26T17:41:01Z")
As a kid, I only knew Barbara Stanwyck as the matriarch in _The Big Valley_ and _The Thorn Birds_. Then I saw some photos from earlier in her career. Yowza! A previous thread on this topic, started after **Evil Captor** saw one of Judi Dench’s earlier films: [Nice rack, M! (or strange movie moments)](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=356595) ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2009, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-totally-forgotten-that-blank-was-hot/500862/67 "2009-06-26T18:51:14Z")
I’ve only seen her recently as Shawn’s mother on _Psych_, but [Cybil Shephard in The Last Picture Show](http://imgcache.allposters.com/images/MMPH/171467.jpg) was one of the hottest things ever on screen. ---
**Author:** ![BaconAndEggs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f4b2a3/32.png) [@BaconAndEggs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BaconAndEggs)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2009, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-totally-forgotten-that-blank-was-hot/500862/68 "2009-06-26T19:29:38Z")
I thought Mark Harmon was hot in Summer School, but now on NCIS not so much. ---
**Author:** ![straggler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@straggler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/straggler)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2009, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-totally-forgotten-that-blank-was-hot/500862/69 "2009-06-26T19:33:39Z")
[Susanna Hoffs](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v515/bloodylamer/bastardly-photos/0505/album25/susanna-hoffs-07050604.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2009, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-totally-forgotten-that-blank-was-hot/500862/70 "2009-06-26T19:39:42Z")
> [@Dangerosa](#): > > I have great respect for Ms. Lansbury - she was really able to go from sex kitten to matron in her career without struggling to keep up sex kitten. There has never seemed to be anything in her that apologized for getting old. > > I like that now about Diane Keaton as well. I’m not sure Ms. Keaton was ever “hot” - more cute. But she just transitioned as she aged without seeming to fuss about it. what world are you from that Diane Keaton wasn’t hot back in the day? ---
**Author:** ![Erdosain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/erdosain/32/7284_2.png) [@Erdosain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Erdosain)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2009, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-totally-forgotten-that-blank-was-hot/500862/71 "2009-06-26T20:11:02Z")
Janice Dickinson. I’d only known her as the insane ANTM judge with bad plastic surgery and increasingly sad reality show wannabe. When I saw a picture of her back in the day, I was shocked. She should sue her plastic surgeon (well, all of them). ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2009, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-totally-forgotten-that-blank-was-hot/500862/72 "2009-06-26T20:14:13Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > what world are you from that Diane Keaton wasn’t hot back in the day? She always looked to me like she smelled like Pacino’s cologne, or Woody Allen’s sunburn medication. Just once, [Garbo laughed.](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031725/) And was human, and sexy as hell. Must have scared her, 'cause she quit the movies not long after. ---
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2009, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-totally-forgotten-that-blank-was-hot/500862/73 "2009-06-26T20:17:44Z")
If we’re talking witches, let’s not forget [Alyssa Milano](http://www.canmag.com/images/front/people2/alyssamilano.jpg)… ok, I never even partially forgot that she was hot, but this photo from her upcoming movie is… well… um… (struggling to make it to my bunk) ---
**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:** [June 26, 2009, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-totally-forgotten-that-blank-was-hot/500862/74 "2009-06-26T20:38:58Z")
> [@phungi](#): > > If we’re talking witches, let’s not forget [Alyssa Milano](http://www.canmag.com/images/front/people2/alyssamilano.jpg)… ok, I never even partially forgot that she was hot, but this photo from her upcoming movie is… well… um… > > (struggling to make it to my bunk) Wow, that only barely escapes being a [PhotoShop Disasters](http://photoshopdisasters.blogspot.com/) candidate. ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2009, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-totally-forgotten-that-blank-was-hot/500862/75 "2009-06-26T20:45:26Z")
> [@Dangerosa](#): > > I have great respect for Ms. Lansbury - she was really able to go from sex kitten to matron in her career without struggling to keep up sex kitten. There has never seemed to be anything in her that apologized for getting old. Plus, has there EVER been a more terrifying performance than Angela Lansbury as Mrs. Islin, Raymond Shaw’s mother? > [@BaconAndEggs](#): > > I thought Mark Harmon was hot in Summer School, but now on NCIS not so much. Hey, I think he’s hotter than ever - and I’m straight! ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2009, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-totally-forgotten-that-blank-was-hot/500862/76 "2009-06-26T20:52:05Z")
Hot Lips Houlihan v1.0, [Sally Kellerman](http://www.robertshaw-forallseasons.com/With%20Sally%20Kellerman%202%20wm.jpg). ---
**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:** [June 26, 2009, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-totally-forgotten-that-blank-was-hot/500862/77 "2009-06-26T20:53:43Z")
> [@BrotherCadfael](#): > > Plus, has there EVER been a more terrifying performance than Angela Lansbury as Mrs. Islin, Raymond Shaw’s mother? You’re getting a bit overwrought. Why not relax with a nice game of solitaire? ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2009, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-totally-forgotten-that-blank-was-hot/500862/78 "2009-06-26T21:06:43Z")
> [@BrotherCadfael](#): > > Plus, has there EVER been a more terrifying performance than Angela Lansbury as Mrs. Islin, Raymond Shaw’s mother? Angela Lansbury as Mrs. Lovett? 😃 > [@](#): > > Hey, I think [Mark Harmon is] hotter than ever - and I’m straight! Damn skippy! ---
**Author:** ![GoodOmens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@GoodOmens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GoodOmens)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2009, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-totally-forgotten-that-blank-was-hot/500862/79 "2009-06-26T23:28:21Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > Dear, Diane Keaton is **still** hot. You misspelled “Lane.” ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2009, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-totally-forgotten-that-blank-was-hot/500862/80 "2009-06-26T23:42:33Z")
> [@phungi](#): > > If we’re talking witches, let’s not forget [Alyssa Milano](http://www.canmag.com/images/front/people2/alyssamilano.jpg)… ok, I never even partially forgot that she was hot, but this photo from her upcoming movie is… well… um… > > (struggling to make it to my bunk) That is not a good picture at all. And what’s up with her nipple staring off into left field? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-totally-forgotten-that-blank-was-hot/500862.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-totally-forgotten-that-blank-was-hot/500862.md?page=5)