# 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:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**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, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-stars-celebrities-you-disliked-when-you-were-a-child/806435/21 "2018-01-13T03:17:13Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > Lucille Ball. I never found her particularly funny (though I suppose it was indifference rather than hate). I agree Lucy and Ethel were most often tedious, sometimes cringe-worthy characters. I always appreciated Lucille Ball’s talent (e.g. her bit with Harpo Marx was inspired), but most of her skits never clicked with me. However, Ricky Ricardo always made me laugh, particularly his scenes with Fred Mertz. I believe Desi Arnez and Lucille Ball were a talented, powerful team in their time, but, Desi was the comedic (and business) powerhouse of the duo. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2018, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-stars-celebrities-you-disliked-when-you-were-a-child/806435/22 "2018-01-13T03:36:30Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUB](#): > > 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. Frances Bouvier was in an episode of the _Lone Ranger_ in which she played a woman who raised her nephews to be outlaws and masterminded their robberies. She was a mean, nasty woman who bossed her nephews around worse than she bossed Andy and Opie. Tonto said of her to the Lone Ranger after she and her nephews tried to kill them and were defeated, “Next time I take easy job, Kemosabe. I fight men, you fight woman.” ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2018, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-stars-celebrities-you-disliked-when-you-were-a-child/806435/23 "2018-01-13T04:30:16Z")
> [@Tibby or Not Tibby](#): > > 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. Memo to myself: Buy more crackers. > [@RealityChuck](#): > > Interesting thing about Hackett was that he was a blue comedian. His uncensored acts were amazing, but on TV he lost all his edge. [Not true](https://youtu.be/A2FHsLj1Zkc). ---
**Author:** ![bmoak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9dc877/32.png) [@bmoak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bmoak)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2018, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-stars-celebrities-you-disliked-when-you-were-a-child/806435/24 "2018-01-13T04:41:18Z")
Did anyone anywhere ever find Rip Taylor funny? ---
**Author:** ![syncrolecyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f08c70/32.png) [@syncrolecyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/syncrolecyne)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2018, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-stars-celebrities-you-disliked-when-you-were-a-child/806435/25 "2018-01-13T05:49:05Z")
Jason Hervey (Wonder Years, Pee Wee’s Big Adventure) was good at playing bullies and brats - when I was a kid, I just wanted to punch him so badly. So I suppose he did a good job there. I used to loathe Cheers episodes with Shelley Long, and preferred the broader comedy of the later seasons. Now I really appreciate her much more and love watching the first three seasons in particular. I think some of that is maturity on my part, and also being able to distinguish an actor from an unlikeable character. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2018, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-stars-celebrities-you-disliked-when-you-were-a-child/806435/26 "2018-01-13T06:27:16Z")
Ozzie and Harriet, they creeped me out. I always thought they were mean to their kids when we weren’t there watching. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-stars-celebrities-you-disliked-when-you-were-a-child/806435.md?page=1)