# TV Stars/Celebrities you disliked when you were a child **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 11, 2018, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-stars-celebrities-you-disliked-when-you-were-a-child/806435 "2018-01-11T23:44:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Reecejackox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c68b51/32.png) [@Reecejackox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reecejackox)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2018, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-stars-celebrities-you-disliked-when-you-were-a-child/806435/1 "2018-01-11T23:44:37Z")
as the one about shows is popular , lets start one about tv stars or characters you disliked when you were younger i will start Justine of Tracy Beaker , didnt like her also Ronaldo when he played for man united , being a bolton fan , he wasnt my favourite person ---
**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:** [January 12, 2018, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-stars-celebrities-you-disliked-when-you-were-a-child/806435/2 "2018-01-12T00:11:05Z")
> [@Reecejackox](#): > > as the one about shows is popular , lets start one about tv stars or characters you disliked when you were younger > > i will start > > Justine of Tracy Beaker , didnt like her > also Ronaldo when he played for man united , being a bolton fan , he wasnt my favourite person So we’re including athletes? That should make things more interesting. This one isn’t an athlete but sports-related: [Woody Hayes.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woody_Hayes) He was longtime coach of **The** Ohio State University. I’ll grant as a coach, he was a first-rate tactical genius but that belligerent bespectacled Nazi was also a first-rate asshole with severe anger management problems who made Bobby Knight look like Gandhi. (For the record, I’m not from Michigan. I’m guessing a lot of Michigan fans and other Big 10 schools who watched college football during the 60s and 70s have even worse opinions about Hayes.) ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2018, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-stars-celebrities-you-disliked-when-you-were-a-child/806435/3 "2018-01-12T02:19:20Z")
[Topo Gigio](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/5b/Topo_Gigio.jpg); annoying fucking rat. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2018, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-stars-celebrities-you-disliked-when-you-were-a-child/806435/4 "2018-01-12T02:51:49Z")
Lucille Ball. I never found her particularly funny (though I suppose it was indifference rather than hate). ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2018, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-stars-celebrities-you-disliked-when-you-were-a-child/806435/5 "2018-01-12T14:55:45Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > Lucille Ball. I never found her particularly funny (though I suppose it was indifference rather than hate). William Frawley, who was also on “I Love Lucy”. But then, apparently everybody hated that guy in real life, so there’s that. Jimmy Dodd on the Mickey Mouse Club in the 50s. He may have been a nice guy, but more of him meant less of Annette. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2018, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-stars-celebrities-you-disliked-when-you-were-a-child/806435/6 "2018-01-12T15:50:17Z")
Carol Channing always annoyed me. She was on the ‘special guest star’ circuit in the 70’s when I was a kid and showed up everywhere and I had no idea why that creepy woman was even famous. ---
**Author:** ![jonesj2205](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecc23a/32.png) [@jonesj2205](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jonesj2205)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2018, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-stars-celebrities-you-disliked-when-you-were-a-child/806435/7 "2018-01-12T15:54:21Z")
Carol Channing (voice is so grating) Charo Mason Reese The last two were everywhere. Mike Douglas, Merv Griffin, Hollywood Squares, commercials, Love Boat, Fantasy Island. There were only three channels, they were hard to avoid. ---
**Author:** ![Eclipse\_Chaser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@Eclipse\_Chaser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eclipse_Chaser)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2018, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-stars-celebrities-you-disliked-when-you-were-a-child/806435/8 "2018-01-12T16:26:04Z")
These are all British ones from the 1960s which was when my parents first had a TV. Bruce Forsyth, Bob Monkhouse, Max Bygraves … they all had a similar smirking, arrogant look-at-me-aren’t-I-clever TV personality that I found really repellent. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2018, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-stars-celebrities-you-disliked-when-you-were-a-child/806435/9 "2018-01-12T16:31:58Z")
Charo - never understood her fame or popularity. Another vote for Lucille Ball - I never understood her appeal. Rodney Dangerfield - just ick. I’m sure there were more, but these are the first who came to mind. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2018, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-stars-celebrities-you-disliked-when-you-were-a-child/806435/10 "2018-01-12T16:47:02Z")
Never liked Kirk Cameron. His character on the painfully unfunny _Growing Pains_ was a smarmy little shit and as it turns out, it wasn’t really an act. ---
**Author:** ![jerseymule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jerseymule/32/3155_2.png) [@jerseymule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jerseymule)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2018, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-stars-celebrities-you-disliked-when-you-were-a-child/806435/11 "2018-01-12T16:52:53Z")
[Wayland and Madame.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayland_Flowers) ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2018, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-stars-celebrities-you-disliked-when-you-were-a-child/806435/12 "2018-01-12T17:07:42Z")
Bad ventriloquists. Edgar Bergen Buffalo Bob Smith and special mention to Señor Wences. It isn’t that hard to learn how to not move your lips. I learned it as a kid from reading a book. Arthur Godfrey. Why would anyone watch this jerk??? ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2018, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-stars-celebrities-you-disliked-when-you-were-a-child/806435/13 "2018-01-12T17:10:24Z")
Sonny Bono. He couldn’t sing, he wasn’t funny and he wasn’t even nice to look at. He was the part you had to put up with in order to see gorgeous Cher (though of course he’s the one that _got_ them the show) Aunt Bee. What an unpleasant old scold. I mean, I know she’s _supposed_ to be, but as a kid, at least, I didn’t see any humor in her character. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2018, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-stars-celebrities-you-disliked-when-you-were-a-child/806435/14 "2018-01-12T17:16:10Z")
Benny Hill. I only watched so I could _maybe_ see a 1.5 seconds worth of boob flash. All that pain for such little gain. ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2018, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-stars-celebrities-you-disliked-when-you-were-a-child/806435/15 "2018-01-12T17:39:06Z")
Gene Hackman. I know, I know! He’s a great actor. But the first place I saw him was as Lex Luthor. He was mean to Superman!! And I was 6 or 7 when that came out. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2018, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-stars-celebrities-you-disliked-when-you-were-a-child/806435/16 "2018-01-12T18:24:56Z")
There was a whole pantheon of people who appeared on Ed Sullivan that were annoying, including Sullivan himself. Comedians like Totie Fields, Jackie Mason, Buddy Hackett; singers like Anthony Newly and others. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2018, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-stars-celebrities-you-disliked-when-you-were-a-child/806435/17 "2018-01-13T00:38:29Z")
Burl Ives. Hate his voice, hate his _singing_ voice, hate his persona, hate that snowman on the Rudolph show. He always reminded me of a grandfather who didn’t like kids at all, would make you fetch his bourbon and then trip you after you fetched it and call you “clumsy.” ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2018, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-stars-celebrities-you-disliked-when-you-were-a-child/806435/18 "2018-01-13T01:23:10Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > Burl Ives. Hate his voice, hate his _singing_ voice, hate his persona, hate that snowman on the Rudolph show. He always reminded me of a grandfather who didn’t like kids at all, would make you fetch his bourbon and then trip you after you fetched it and call you “clumsy.” I still find “Have a Holly Jolly Christmas” to be a little creepy. ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2018, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-stars-celebrities-you-disliked-when-you-were-a-child/806435/19 "2018-01-13T02:45:01Z")
Captain Kangaroo, Mr. Moose, Grandfather Clock and Mr. Cream Cheese were all pretty cool. Dancing Bear? I always hoped he’d keel over during a dance marathon, clutching his chest with a massive MI. Bunny Rabbit!?! Road kill! With a dash of thyme, rosemary, basil and bay leaf, he’d make a nice stew. …but, I wouldn’t kick [Debbie](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/LOuaPK8F5HU/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEXCPYBEIoBSFryq4qpAwkIARUAAIhCGAE=&rs=AOn4CLCVr7v0EAUoG9b_a72cqDbpNMrOGg)out of bed for eatin’ crackers. * * * Mr. Rogers? Meh. [Lady Fairchild](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/MWapASlnglI/hqdefault.jpg)!?! What sort of orifices was that depraved birch-bitch sticking her nose in to stain her proboscis that dark brown color (_shudder_)? …but, I wouldn’t kick [Lady Aberlin](http://cdn.playbuzz.com/cdn/e3451756-8c6f-4875-81c7-e93e2d1a7b2b/bf887270-fd69-404a-84ef-7918e9e5e30f.jpg) out of bed for eatin’ crackers. Ok, maybe these aren’t celebrities in the strictest sense, but they were to me at the time. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2018, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-stars-celebrities-you-disliked-when-you-were-a-child/806435/20 "2018-01-13T03:11:21Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Buddy Hackett Interesting thing about Hackett was that he was a blue comedian. His uncensored acts were amazing, but on TV he lost all his edge. Here’s an example of his NSFW work: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5ElEgGZ7hg](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5ElEgGZ7hg) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-stars-celebrities-you-disliked-when-you-were-a-child/806435.md?page=2)