# What TV Show Character Did You Have A Crush On When You Were A Kid? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 25, 2006, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-character-did-you-have-a-crush-on-when-you-were-a-kid/354163 "2006-04-25T17:14:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2006, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-character-did-you-have-a-crush-on-when-you-were-a-kid/354163/41 "2006-04-25T20:35:37Z")
Most of my adolescent fantasies have already been mentioned, so I’ll just add **Wrangler Jane** (Melody Patterson) from F-Troop. But Emma Peel is in a class by herself. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2006, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-character-did-you-have-a-crush-on-when-you-were-a-kid/354163/42 "2006-04-25T20:47:38Z")
One from the TMI File: I vividly remember my first woodie. DynaGirl, baby. ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2006, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-character-did-you-have-a-crush-on-when-you-were-a-kid/354163/43 "2006-04-25T21:11:06Z")
I can’t believe I forgot this in my last post- Leather Tuscadero. Oh man, what a fox. ---
**Author:** ![Jackie\_Blue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/22d042/32.png) [@Jackie\_Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackie_Blue)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2006, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-character-did-you-have-a-crush-on-when-you-were-a-kid/354163/44 "2006-04-25T21:21:12Z")
I quickly ran through the other posts and didn’t see my two crushes posted. Artemus Gordon on Wild, Wild West (Jim West - too pretty for my taste) Baretta (that’s right, I thought Robert Blake was one hot little man) ---
**Author:** ![E.Thorp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@E.Thorp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E.Thorp)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2006, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-character-did-you-have-a-crush-on-when-you-were-a-kid/354163/45 "2006-04-25T21:24:30Z")
My first TV crush was on Emily, a little blonde girl on **Zoom** , when I was about 4. (At least that’s what I remember. IMDB lists no Emily on **Zoom** , though there’s an Edith.) My last TV crush was on Liz Sagal, who played the “conservative” twin on the blessedly short-lived **Double Trouble** when I was about 17. ---
**Author:** ![Katriona](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/katriona/32/113_2.png) [@Katriona](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Katriona)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2006, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-character-did-you-have-a-crush-on-when-you-were-a-kid/354163/46 "2006-04-25T21:27:15Z")
Ricky Schroeder on “Silver Spoons.” I still have my 80’s duck phone, just like the one on the show. ---
**Author:** ![Greywolf73](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d9b06d/32.png) [@Greywolf73](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greywolf73)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2006, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-character-did-you-have-a-crush-on-when-you-were-a-kid/354163/47 "2006-04-25T21:39:44Z")
> [@Katriona](#): > > Ricky Schroeder on “Silver Spoons.” I still have my 80’s duck phone, just like the one on the show. Me too. I wasn’t lucky enough to have the duck phone though. Cool. I also had a huge crush on Jon-Eric Hexum from Voyagers. Even after all this time, I still think his death is one of the most tragic accidents I’ve ever heard of. I also had a girl-crush on Jo from Facts of Life. But I think everyone did. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2006, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-character-did-you-have-a-crush-on-when-you-were-a-kid/354163/48 "2006-04-25T21:45:26Z")
> [@LiveOnAPlane](#): > > Barbara Eden, from “I Dream of Jeanie,” and Mary Ann from “Gilligan’s Island.” Those are mine, along with Marcia, Marcia, Marcia. ---
**Author:** ![Interrobang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/interrobang/32/17463_2.png) [@Interrobang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Interrobang)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2006, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-character-did-you-have-a-crush-on-when-you-were-a-kid/354163/49 "2006-04-25T21:57:02Z")
First crush I can recall: Daphne from _Scooby-Doo_. Ginger from _Gilligan’s Island_ was the other redhead I was fond of. Speaking of _Buck Rogers_, while I did enjoy Col. Deering and the off-think episode, I was even more attracted to Princess Ardala. Yum! ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2006, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-character-did-you-have-a-crush-on-when-you-were-a-kid/354163/50 "2006-04-25T22:54:58Z")
My first TV crush was Tim Considine from Disney’s Spin and Marty. I think he was a Mouseketeer too, but we saw more of him on Spin & Marty. Take **that** , you whippersnappers! First post-pubescent crush was Michael Parks from Then Came Bronson. Hubba. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2006, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-character-did-you-have-a-crush-on-when-you-were-a-kid/354163/51 "2006-04-25T23:09:57Z")
[Guy Williams](http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.lismemories.com/lis/cast/cast/williams/other/williams4.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.lismemories.com/lis/cast/cast/williams/other/&h=486&w=450&sz=57&tbnid=G2drciQFkyLEMM:&tbnh=126&tbnw=116&hl=en&start=36&prev=/images%3Fq%3D%2522Guy-Williams%2522%26start%3D20%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26sa%3DN) from Lost in Space, and . . . [Foghorn Leghorn](http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.jwccpa.com/images/foghorn.gif&imgrefurl=http://www.jwccpa.com/testi.htm&h=262&w=192&sz=13&tbnid=bEuLwUTEE3yzMM:&tbnh=107&tbnw=78&hl=en&start=1&prev=/images%3Fq%3D%2522Foghorn-Leghorn%2522%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26sa%3DG). I dunno. Maybe it’s the accent. ---
**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2006, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-character-did-you-have-a-crush-on-when-you-were-a-kid/354163/52 "2006-04-25T23:35:47Z")
My first big crush was on Peter Tork of the Monkees. I was 6 or 7. I finally got to go see them at a 60’s revival concert in 1986, and renewed that crush all over again. I was 26. 😃 From about 6th grade on thru high school, I had crushes on David Cassidy, Shaun Cassidy, John Travolta, Parker Stevenson, Chris Knight (Peter Brady)… and Ron Palillo… Arnold Horshak from ‘Kotter’. Not quite sure how he got in there. ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2006, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-character-did-you-have-a-crush-on-when-you-were-a-kid/354163/53 "2006-04-26T01:24:29Z")
I was hopelesslessly hung up on Sally Field in _Gidget_. I was around 14 at the time - she was playing someone about 16 or 17. Three years age difference put her hopelessly out of reach! > [@Eve](#): > > Foghorn Leghorn. I dunno. Maybe it’s the accent. **Eve** - you like southern accents and a deep voice??? One of these days we _must_ meet! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2006, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-character-did-you-have-a-crush-on-when-you-were-a-kid/354163/54 "2006-04-26T01:29:34Z")
Judy Carne from Laugh-in. Goldie, too but Judy had the attitude. Gloria Stivic from All in the Family (about 100 lbs ago) Valerie Bertinelli from One Day at a Time Karen Wolek from One Life to Live Paula Prentiss from He and She ---
**Author:** ![VernWinterbottom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c67d28/32.png) [@VernWinterbottom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VernWinterbottom)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2006, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-character-did-you-have-a-crush-on-when-you-were-a-kid/354163/55 "2006-04-26T01:56:07Z")
**Lisa Gerritsen** , Lydia, _My World and Welcome to It_ **Susan Dey** , Laurie, _The Partridge Family_ **Dawn Wells** , Mary Ann, _Gilligan’s Island_ **Eve Plumb** , Jan, _The Brady Bunch_ and many more. . . ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2006, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-character-did-you-have-a-crush-on-when-you-were-a-kid/354163/56 "2006-04-26T02:07:22Z")
Well, the Professor, the Professor, and David Banner. You people now know every embarrassing crush in my life if you include previous revelations. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Goob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c77e96/32.png) [@Mr.Goob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Goob)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2006, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-character-did-you-have-a-crush-on-when-you-were-a-kid/354163/57 "2006-04-26T03:50:32Z")
Jan Smithers as Bailey from WKRP is a given. Dana Plato from facts of life was smokin’ then they had a young Janet Jackson. Man o man, those jeans looked painted on. Wow di she age poorly. _sigh_ Out of the biz, dead or a cartoon of herself. Can I pick them or what? ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2006, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-character-did-you-have-a-crush-on-when-you-were-a-kid/354163/58 "2006-04-26T03:59:09Z")
When I was 12-14ish, I had a huge crush on Melissa Joan Hart when she was on “Clarissa Explains It All”. Also around that time (and another Nickelodeon show), I had a crush on Larisa Oleynik who was “The Adventures of Pete and Pete” and then “Secret World of Alex Mack”. ---
**Author:** ![Roland\_Orzabal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c2a13f/32.png) [@Roland\_Orzabal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roland_Orzabal)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2006, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-character-did-you-have-a-crush-on-when-you-were-a-kid/354163/59 "2006-04-26T05:39:31Z")
> [@ISiddiqui](#): > > When I was 12-14ish, I had a huge crush on Melissa Joan Hart when she was on “Clarissa Explains It All”. Also around that time (and another Nickelodeon show), I had a crush on Larisa Oleynik who was “The Adventures of Pete and Pete” and then “Secret World of Alex Mack”. My 8-12 year old self concurs. Also, I started watching Mighty Morphin Power Rangers because I was 9 and it looked cool. I kept watching it for Amy Jo Johnson. And I kept watching it way, way longer than anyone rightfully should have for [Catherine Sutherland](http://thepics.ru/not-wallpapers/kino/catherine_sutherland/catherine_sutherland_1.jpg). Rowr. Hell, if she were still on it, I’d probably still watch it. God knows it wouldn’t be the worst thing I subject myself to. ---
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