# Totally Inappropriate Crushes on Children's TV Stars **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 10, 2006, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/totally-inappropriate-crushes-on-childrens-tv-stars/347817 "2006-03-10T13:17:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/totally-inappropriate-crushes-on-childrens-tv-stars/347817/1 "2006-03-10T13:17:09Z")
First of all, I’m not talking about crushes by current adults on CHILD TV stars. If you have one of those I don’t want to know about it. Seriously. I’m not too much older than the original “Saved By the Bell” cast, and had a major crush on Slater (Mario Lopez). Five times hotter than Zack was, and still is. I had a moment when I saw him in the Speedos in the Greg Louganis movie. I’m also currently nursing a major crush on [Donovan Patton](http://www.geocities.com/thunder29577/men_of_bc-donovan.html), who plays Joe on _Blue’s Clues_. It’s kind of embarassing to be caught watching a cartoon dog show aimed at 3-year-olds just to catch Donovan in action… What are your inappropriate crushes on children’s TV stars? ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/totally-inappropriate-crushes-on-childrens-tv-stars/347817/2 "2006-03-10T13:23:02Z")
“Inappropriate”? When I was three, I wanted to marry Mr. Green Jeans when I grew up. That was my first celebrity crush. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/totally-inappropriate-crushes-on-childrens-tv-stars/347817/3 "2006-03-10T13:24:30Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > “Inappropriate”? When I was three, I wanted to marry Mr. Green Jeans when I grew up. That was my first celebrity crush. Talk about being into older men! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Dragwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dragwyr/32/2855_2.png) [@Dragwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragwyr)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/totally-inappropriate-crushes-on-childrens-tv-stars/347817/4 "2006-03-10T13:40:39Z")
When I was 6 I had a brief crush on Lady Aberline from Mr. Rogers Neighborhood. Does that count? ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/totally-inappropriate-crushes-on-childrens-tv-stars/347817/5 "2006-03-10T13:51:03Z")
About eight years ago, there was a live-action series on the Disney channel called Adventures in Wonderland. I had a young child at the time, so that was my excuse for watching it every day. I was developing a serious obsession with the guy who played the Mad Hatter. Fortunately, the series went off the air before things evolved to the point that I was mailing him fan letters written on a pair of my panties or something. I also had a mild crush on Steve from Blue’s Clues. Possibly I was spending too much time without adult companionship at that point in my life. **twickster** , Mr. Green Jeans was HOT! ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/totally-inappropriate-crushes-on-childrens-tv-stars/347817/6 "2006-03-10T14:06:04Z")
One among the many good reasons for watching _Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego_ was the hotness of several of the members of Rockapella. Host Greg Lee wasn’t at all hard on the eyes either for that matter. I watched probably more episodes of _She-Ra_ than anyone my age should have because Bo was hot. And I have shame-facedly confessed my attraction before to Wakko Warner. But I dispute the notion that any of the above is inappropriate. ---
**Author:** ![DianaG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@DianaG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DianaG)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/totally-inappropriate-crushes-on-childrens-tv-stars/347817/7 "2006-03-10T14:19:07Z")
A friend of mine who has a three year old crushes on one of the Wiggles. Given the amount of time she’s forced to spend watching the Wiggles, I think she essentially was forced to find at least one of them attractive, just in self-defense. ---
**Author:** ![MissGypsy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8491ac/32.png) [@MissGypsy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissGypsy)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/totally-inappropriate-crushes-on-childrens-tv-stars/347817/8 "2006-03-10T14:33:04Z")
> [@DianaG](#): > > A friend of mine who has a three year old crushes on one of the Wiggles. Given the amount of time she’s forced to spend watching the Wiggles, I think she essentially was forced to find at least one of them attractive, just in self-defense. Me too! Anthony Wiggle is hot. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/totally-inappropriate-crushes-on-childrens-tv-stars/347817/9 "2006-03-10T14:40:15Z")
> [@Otto](#): > > And I have shame-facedly confessed my attraction before to Wakko Warner. I have a big crush on his voice actor, Rob Paulsen, at least just for the sheer talent. Mmmm. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/totally-inappropriate-crushes-on-childrens-tv-stars/347817/10 "2006-03-10T14:41:22Z")
I crushed on Steve before “Joe” came along on **Blue’s Clues**. At least at the time my son was a toddler and I had an excuse. I don’t know who he is or what he looks like, but the voice of the guy who does “Father” on the cartoon **Codename: Kids Next Door** always gets me moist. ---
**Author:** ![TommyTutone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c4cdca/32.png) [@TommyTutone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TommyTutone)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/totally-inappropriate-crushes-on-childrens-tv-stars/347817/11 "2006-03-10T14:41:44Z")
I had big crushes on both the little blonde dish from ‘The Bugaloos’(which was in rerun when I first watched it) and Dyna-Girl from ‘Electra Woman and Dyna Girl’. [http://www.bugaloos.com/gallery.html](http://www.bugaloos.com/gallery.html) [http://web.utk.edu/~lyle/ewdg/](http://web.utk.edu/~lyle/ewdg/) For some reason, even at my young age, I had fantasies about Dyna-Girl doing naughty naughty things when she was under the ‘mind control’. I’ll be back in my shame ridden hole now. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/totally-inappropriate-crushes-on-childrens-tv-stars/347817/12 "2006-03-10T14:50:22Z")
**Otto** , I’m an idiot. Mixing up my voice actors here - Paulsen voiced Yakko, not Wakko. Jess Harnell voices Wakko, and if you hit the Comedy Central network and find the Drawn Together video lists, you can see Harnell discuss his voicing of Captain Hero. > [@Homebrew](#): > > I don’t know who he is or what he looks like, but the voice of the guy who does “Father” on the cartoon **Codename: Kids Next Door** always gets me moist. Ooo, excellent choice - IMDb says that’s Maurice LaMarche, who has done nearly as much voice work as the aforementioned Rob Paulsen, often on projects with him - for instance, LaMarche voiced The Brain on Animaniacs. ---
**Author:** ![Tabula\_Rasa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a9adbd/32.png) [@Tabula\_Rasa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabula_Rasa)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/totally-inappropriate-crushes-on-childrens-tv-stars/347817/13 "2006-03-10T15:06:22Z")
When my daughter was little, I spent far too much time trying to decide which of the Kratt Brothers (from Kratt’s Creatures and Zaboomafoo) was the hottest. Where are thse guys now? They seem to have fallen into post-PBS obscurity, which is obscurity indeed. I am home with another round of kids and there are no Kratts to populate my imagination. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/totally-inappropriate-crushes-on-childrens-tv-stars/347817/14 "2006-03-10T15:06:37Z")
Well, any of it is kind of viscerally inappropriate because these people are your _kids’_ “friends”…regardless of their actual age, the entire milieu in which you see them all the time is playground/kindergarten/preschool type of stuff. That kind of unofficially makes _them_ 3 years old, and, well… ---
**Author:** ![jali](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecae2f/32.png) [@jali](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jali)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/totally-inappropriate-crushes-on-childrens-tv-stars/347817/15 "2006-03-10T15:21:53Z")
I had a crush on TopCat (I wanted to be a close friend and get to call him “TC”). I can’t believe I admitted that to you guys. ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/totally-inappropriate-crushes-on-childrens-tv-stars/347817/16 "2006-03-10T15:23:01Z")
Hey, the Kratt brothers are hot! [Kratt brothers](http://www.krattbrothers.com/) ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/totally-inappropriate-crushes-on-childrens-tv-stars/347817/17 "2006-03-10T15:23:34Z")
> [@jali](#): > > I had a crush on TopCat (I wanted to be a close friend and get to call him “TC”). I can’t believe I admitted that to you guys. Oh god, me too! ---
**Author:** ![js\_africanus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/87869e/32.png) [@js\_africanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/js_africanus)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/totally-inappropriate-crushes-on-childrens-tv-stars/347817/18 "2006-03-10T15:28:29Z")
> [@Homebrew](#): > > I don’t know who he is or what he looks like, but the voice of the guy who does “Father” on the cartoon **Codename: Kids Next Door** always gets me moist. Then you should watch the episode of _The Tick_ titled “The Tick vs. Reno, Nevada.” It’s the same voice that The Fin had. ---
**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/totally-inappropriate-crushes-on-childrens-tv-stars/347817/19 "2006-03-10T15:32:53Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > I’m also currently nursing a major crush on [Donovan Patton](http://www.geocities.com/thunder29577/men_of_bc-donovan.html), who plays Joe on _Blue’s Clues_. He looks like a young Jay Leno. ---
**Author:** ![DianaG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@DianaG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DianaG)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/totally-inappropriate-crushes-on-childrens-tv-stars/347817/20 "2006-03-10T16:01:26Z")
> [@Poysyn](#): > > Hey, the Kratt brothers are hot! > > [Kratt brothers](http://www.krattbrothers.com/) Ooh, that reminds me that I had a brief thing for [Jeff Corwin](http://animal.discovery.com/fansites/jeffcorwin/bio/bio_01.html) when my daughter was little. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/totally-inappropriate-crushes-on-childrens-tv-stars/347817.md?page=2)