# Obscure Movie / TV crushes from your youth **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 5, 2007, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-movie-tv-crushes-from-your-youth/410579 "2007-07-05T10:46:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2007, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-movie-tv-crushes-from-your-youth/410579/81 "2007-07-07T04:11:58Z")
[Angelique Pettyjohn](http://memory-alpha.org/es/wiki/Angelique_Pettyjohn) from ST:TOS - The Gamesters of Triskelion. Apparently she did some porn too. Unfortunately, she passed away in 1992. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2007, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-movie-tv-crushes-from-your-youth/410579/82 "2007-07-07T09:37:41Z")
We’re up to page 2, and post #80, and no love for [Deborah Foreman](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0286033/) - especially her roles in Real Genius, and My Chauffer. (Yeah, I like grade-A Wisconsin in my 80’s movies.) Also from Real Genius: [Michelle Meyrink](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001534/) (And wasn’t that a movie for eyecandy, both male and female?) She’s not obscure, now, but I really started to dig this one actress I first saw in one of the Robocop sequels. (The best part of Robocop III, IIRC) I even made the point of staying to watch the credits to catch her name: Jill Hennessey. ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2007, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-movie-tv-crushes-from-your-youth/410579/83 "2007-07-07T09:54:26Z")
Oh, BTW, I refuse to humiliate myself by recounting various animated crushes I may have had. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2007, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-movie-tv-crushes-from-your-youth/410579/84 "2007-07-07T20:27:01Z")
[QUOTE=anyrose] Brandon Cruz _The Courtship of Eddie’s Father_ Peter Brady Danny, _not_ Keith Mickey, Mike, and Peter (in that order), but not Davy **Horschack** Pete Dixon, ever so compassionate teacher on _Room 222_ (btw - did you know Mark Hamill was in two episodes of that show?) eta: Det. Sgt. Ed Brown, Mr _Ironside_’s right hand man [/QUOTE] I was gonna mention Horschack, but I was . . . ashamed. ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2007, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-movie-tv-crushes-from-your-youth/410579/85 "2007-07-07T20:39:34Z")
Before the Dope timed me out and I couldn’t edit (I know, that could never happen _here_), I was gonna mention the fact that Vinnie was smoking hot but way outta my league. Horschack seemed, well, kinda like me. and **Gangster Octopus** , did you see Greta in _White Mischief_. She almost turned \*me \* straight, she was that beautiful and luscious, she was. ---
**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:** [July 7, 2007, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-movie-tv-crushes-from-your-youth/410579/86 "2007-07-07T22:30:09Z")
Add another vote for both: Randolph Mantooth from Emergency Paul Michael Glaser from Starkey and Hutch Also Jason David Frank as [Tommy Oliver](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Oliver), Best Power Ranger Ever! ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2007, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-movie-tv-crushes-from-your-youth/410579/87 "2007-07-08T00:40:03Z")
One of my earliest was Lara Parker who played the witch Angelique on “Dark Shadows”. [Lara Parker](http://www.laraparker.com/) More recently, Madchen Amick from “Twin Peaks” and more recently the horrible “Joey” Friends spin-off that I actually watched just for her! ---
**Author:** ![stanger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ba0ec/32.png) [@stanger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stanger)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2007, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-movie-tv-crushes-from-your-youth/410579/88 "2007-07-08T05:43:54Z")
Rhoda the Robot was the statuesque Julie Newmar on “My Living Doll”, the show that forever more made me believe that the sexiest thing a woman could wear is a simple lace full slip. I still think that Elizabeth Montgomery from “Bewitched” is one of the prettiest women to ever grace a television screen. ---
**Author:** ![choie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/choie/32/7829_2.png) [@choie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/choie)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2007, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-movie-tv-crushes-from-your-youth/410579/89 "2007-07-08T06:07:44Z")
> [@OtakuLoki](#): > > Oh, BTW, I refuse to humiliate myself by recounting various animated crushes I may have had. I have no such pride, so I will mention my first crush ever, which was on Brian Bedford’s voice as the foxy lead in Disney’s _Robin Hood_. I listened to that record a million times. And I still have it, by the way. 🙂 Even more obscure: Dave Debusschere, #22 on the NY Knicks. Hey, I watched the Knicks on TV, that’s gotta count! Helped 'em win two championships, later became head of the ABA, and was the youngest coach in NBA history. Also one of the few sports figures to play pro basketball _and_ baseball. (But as a 7-year-old I just thought he was cute.) ---
**Author:** ![mikeargo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/858c86/32.png) [@mikeargo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikeargo)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2007, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-movie-tv-crushes-from-your-youth/410579/90 "2007-07-08T15:16:49Z")
Karen Valentine in _Room 222_. I couldn’t wait to get to High School and have a teacher like her. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2007, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-movie-tv-crushes-from-your-youth/410579/91 "2007-07-08T15:41:29Z")
Anybody remember the short-lived American version of “That Was The Week That Was”? Remember the singer, Nancy Ames? I remember her. She floated my teenage boat every week. ---
**Author:** ![wonderlust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonderlust/32/7237_2.png) [@wonderlust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonderlust)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2007, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-movie-tv-crushes-from-your-youth/410579/92 "2007-07-08T16:04:26Z")
[QUOTE=Anaamika] Speed Racer. :smack: :smack: :smack: Now, _that’s_ embarrassing. [/QUOTE] Just as embarrassing: I had a big crush on Casper the Friendly Ghost. And Sidney Poitier from To Sir, With Love. ---
**Author:** ![Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swallowed_My_Cellphone)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2007, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-movie-tv-crushes-from-your-youth/410579/93 "2007-07-08T16:17:34Z")
I had a huge crush on Charmian Carr who played “Leisl” in the _Sound of Music_ movie. (Sh’es the one who sang 16 going on 17). And Tatum O’Neal from the original _Bad News Bears_. ETA: And Marianne NOT Ginger from _Giligan’s Island_. ---
**Author:** ![Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swallowed_My_Cellphone)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2007, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-movie-tv-crushes-from-your-youth/410579/94 "2007-07-08T16:39:10Z")
My sister’s picks: Jo from _Facts of Life_, Sabrina from _Charlie’s Angels_ and… A Martinez from _Santa barbara_ and _LA Law_. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2007, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-movie-tv-crushes-from-your-youth/410579/95 "2007-07-08T17:17:18Z")
Sandy Farina, who played Strawberry Fields in the film _Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band_. Lousy film, but an oh-so-pretty young lady to this then-teen. Jessica Harper, who played Phoenix in _Phantom of the Paradise_. When she sang the song “Old Souls” in the film, I melted. Still do, actually. ---
**Author:** ![Fuji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a9a28c/32.png) [@Fuji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fuji)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2007, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-movie-tv-crushes-from-your-youth/410579/96 "2007-07-08T18:43:23Z")
**Not-That-Obscure** Markie Post from _Night Court_, _Fall Guy_ and some _Love Boat_ guest appearances. Bebe Neuwirth from _Cheers_ Eve Plumb from _The Brady Bunch_ (the last season or two, not the early shows) **A-Little-More-Obscure** Randi Oakes from _CHiPs_ Hanna Schygulla from the movie _Delta Force_ Oh, and non-crush-related: [QUOTE=baileygrrrl] Jason Bateman on “It’s your move” or something like that. [/QUOTE] _It’s Your Move_ was an awesome little show. It had a touch of that amoral edginess that would later become mainstream in shows like _Seinfeld_, but was fairly “dangerous” for 1985. ---
**Author:** ![denquixote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9bd4f/32.png) [@denquixote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/denquixote)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2007, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-movie-tv-crushes-from-your-youth/410579/97 "2007-07-08T19:31:58Z")
[QUOTE=rjk] I certainly had a crush on Mrs. Peel, and found I still do, when I stumbled across an episode a few years back. My first TV crush, though, was on Annette of the Mickey Mouse Club. She was the only one that had tits. (At least she was starting to have them.) [/QUOTE] I thought she was going to be #1 and here she is finally coming in at #77, I cannot believe it. And still no Hayley Mills? ---
**Author:** ![wonderlust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonderlust/32/7237_2.png) [@wonderlust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonderlust)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2007, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-movie-tv-crushes-from-your-youth/410579/98 "2007-07-08T21:01:41Z")
Oh yeah. Girl crush on her! ---
**Author:** ![denquixote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9bd4f/32.png) [@denquixote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/denquixote)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2007, 9:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-movie-tv-crushes-from-your-youth/410579/99 "2007-07-09T09:53:45Z")
[QUOTE=kath94] .. …and add Dave Seville, from The Chipmunks. Now \*\*that’s \*\* obscure. [/QUOTE] I really think you have to vote that as the weirdest crush in history. (Did you know his real name was Ross Bagdasarian? Aren’t you glad you didn’t marry him now?) I can just see Alvin as the best man. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2007, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-movie-tv-crushes-from-your-youth/410579/100 "2007-07-09T09:57:57Z")
Elisabeth Shue in _Adventures in Babysitting_. First time I sported wood. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-movie-tv-crushes-from-your-youth/410579.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-movie-tv-crushes-from-your-youth/410579.md?page=6)