# What's the first thing you think of when I say the name "Morgan Fairchild"? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 31, 2014, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-first-thing-you-think-of-when-i-say-the-name-morgan-fairchild/697054 "2014-08-31T16:19:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2014, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-first-thing-you-think-of-when-i-say-the-name-morgan-fairchild/697054/81 "2014-09-01T03:53:45Z")
> [@WhyNot](#): > > Yes, oddly enough. I agree with both your examples, and nominate Helen Mirren for inclusion into the club. Hmmmmm. Helen Mirren has been a hot older woman ever since she’s become an older woman _and_ Helen Mirren was hot when she was a younger woman but I’m not sure she was ever presenting that air of “hot older woman” before actually aging into it. [Here’s Helen Mirren at age 35.](http://img.spokeo.com/public/900-600/helen_mirren_1981_01_01.jpg) Same age at which I said Morgan Fairchild seemed like a hot older woman despite not really being old enough to be considered a hot older woman. I _might_ agree with you, but I’m not sure. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2014, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-first-thing-you-think-of-when-i-say-the-name-morgan-fairchild/697054/82 "2014-09-01T04:06:11Z")
> [@bienville](#): > > Hmmmmm. Helen Mirren has been a hot older woman ever since she’s become an older woman _and_ Helen Mirren was hot when she was a younger woman but I’m not sure she was ever presenting that air of “hot older woman” before actually aging into it. > > [Here’s Helen Mirren at age 35.](http://img.spokeo.com/public/900-600/helen_mirren_1981_01_01.jpg) Same age at which I said Morgan Fairchild seemed like a hot older woman despite not really being old enough to be considered a hot older woman. > I _might_ agree with you, but I’m not sure. Yes, but also this, [just a year later](http://www.pinterest.com/pin/136585801173843835/). \*Excalibur \*used make up, lighting, and an awful lot of soft focus to make her scenes dreamlike and youthful, which to me made them feel more creepy; I felt like they were trying to have a 40something play a 15 year old (although as you say, she was only 35 at the time.) ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2014, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-first-thing-you-think-of-when-i-say-the-name-morgan-fairchild/697054/83 "2014-09-01T05:06:20Z")
I thought of penguins, because I misread the subject as Morgan Freeman. Once it was clear that Morgan Fairchild was being discussed, I remember finding her really hot in the 1980s, and I seem to recall she played a hooker who got gang-raped in an early (possibly the first) episode of the TV series _Hotel_. ---
**Author:** ![kurtisokc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbce88/32.png) [@kurtisokc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kurtisokc)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2014, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-first-thing-you-think-of-when-i-say-the-name-morgan-fairchild/697054/84 "2014-09-01T23:44:20Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > It wasn’t a one liner, it was a character who lied. A lot. Morgan Fairchild was just his most remembered lie. The more famous line of this character, in my opinion, isn’t the Morgan Fairchild lline. It’s the one I mention in my post-- “Yeah, that’s the ticket!” > > Also, it wasn’t a joke at Morgan Fairchild’s expense. In fact it’s flattering, when you think about it. Part of the humor was that he would tell people that he had slept with her and/or seen her naked only AFTER telling them that she is his wife. And, yes, Jon Lovitz was the first thing that popped into my mind. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2014, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-first-thing-you-think-of-when-i-say-the-name-morgan-fairchild/697054/85 "2014-09-02T01:11:37Z")
First thought: Who is Morgan Fairchild? One of those names that is vaguely familiar, but no idea who she (he?) is. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2014, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-first-thing-you-think-of-when-i-say-the-name-morgan-fairchild/697054/86 "2014-09-02T01:11:50Z")
“Patsy McClenny”. Her mom taught at my high school, and Patsy once left me a very nice note on the chalkboard. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2014, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-first-thing-you-think-of-when-i-say-the-name-morgan-fairchild/697054/87 "2014-09-02T01:16:41Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > Her mom taught at my high school, and Patsy once left me a very nice note on the chalkboard. Yeah, that’s the ticket! ---
**Author:** ![Wolf333](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf333/32/3460_2.png) [@Wolf333](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolf333)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2014, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-first-thing-you-think-of-when-i-say-the-name-morgan-fairchild/697054/88 "2014-09-02T01:34:23Z")
> [@bienville](#): > > In a very weird way, she had the “hot older woman” thing going on before she was old enough to be categorized with older women. It’s hard for me to describe. In her 80s heyday, she was only in her 30s but she comes across as a woman in her 40s . . . who looks really hot _for a woman in her 40s_. > > [She’s 35 years old in _Pee-wee’s Big Adventure_](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CQvLsAP8L3M/Torg36AXt9I/AAAAAAAAIk8/BCQi9ihs_dk/s1600/PeeweesBigAdven_184Pyxurz.jpg), but I swear I watch her in that movie and think to myself “Damn, that 47 year old woman looks great! She looks like she’s only in her mid-30s! That is so hot!” I’m picking up what you’re laying down. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2014, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-first-thing-you-think-of-when-i-say-the-name-morgan-fairchild/697054/89 "2014-09-02T03:19:45Z")
I liked Kay Lenz, too. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2014, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-first-thing-you-think-of-when-i-say-the-name-morgan-fairchild/697054/90 "2014-09-02T15:52:17Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > Morgan le Fay; just because of the name. In Mark Rogers’ book _More Adventures of Samurai Cat_, Samurai Cat saves Camelot from the evil schemes of Mordred and his mother, Morgan Le Fairchild. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2014, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-first-thing-you-think-of-when-i-say-the-name-morgan-fairchild/697054/91 "2014-09-02T15:59:11Z")
I remember her, but almost nothing she actually appeared in. She was hyped for a short-liverds night-time soap opera whose name eludes me. _ **Pee Wee’s Big Adventure** _ and _ **Roseanne** _ are about all I’ve actually seen her in. ---
**Author:** ![tullsterx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@tullsterx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tullsterx)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2014, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-first-thing-you-think-of-when-i-say-the-name-morgan-fairchild/697054/92 "2014-09-02T16:04:21Z")
I totally forgot about the Jon Lovitz liar bit where he mentions Morgan Fairchild. So, yeah, I think of. . . Morgan Fairchild when you say the name Morgan Fairchild. ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2014, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-first-thing-you-think-of-when-i-say-the-name-morgan-fairchild/697054/93 "2014-09-02T17:24:25Z")
1. I think of the actress, Morgan Fairchild 2. I get the Jon Lovitz joke 3. My favorite Jon Lovitz character is Master Thespian 4. I agree that Morgan Fairchild has never seemed like a dumb blonde to me, either in person or in her roles. She has generally played a smart, manipulative blonde. 5. I nominate Glenn Close for the “always a hot older woman” club. In her first film (_The World According to Garp_) she played Robin Williams’ mother, although she was only 4 years older than him. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2014, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-first-thing-you-think-of-when-i-say-the-name-morgan-fairchild/697054/94 "2014-09-02T21:33:36Z")
> [@SpoilerVirgin](#): > > She has generally played a smart, manipulative blonde. I know she was in several episodes of _ **Mork and Mindy** _ as Mindy’s Paris Hilton–type friend Susan, but the only one I really remember is the Christmas one where the characters gave each other presents: **SUSAN:** _(Opening Mork’s present)_ A saucer? **MORK:** Mindy said you’d probably only appreciate something shallow! ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2014, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-first-thing-you-think-of-when-i-say-the-name-morgan-fairchild/697054/95 "2014-09-03T00:36:38Z")
My first thought: the Jon Lovitz bit. ---
**Author:** ![VarlosZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d78d45/32.png) [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2014, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-first-thing-you-think-of-when-i-say-the-name-morgan-fairchild/697054/96 "2014-09-03T01:26:22Z")
Honestly? Those Old Navy ads she did several years ago. She looked pretty good in those. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2014, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-first-thing-you-think-of-when-i-say-the-name-morgan-fairchild/697054/97 "2014-09-03T02:05:58Z")
> [@E-DUB](#): > > Did some great nude scenes in a movie I can’t remember the title of right now. The Seduction. First thing I thought of. Lovitz was second. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-first-thing-you-think-of-when-i-say-the-name-morgan-fairchild/697054.md?page=4)