# Who do you have a crush on and when? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 27, 2013, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-have-a-crush-on-and-when/662001 "2013-06-27T01:12:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![tellyworth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/977dab/32.png) [@tellyworth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tellyworth)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2013, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-have-a-crush-on-and-when/662001/61 "2013-06-28T23:56:56Z")
Kari Byron anytime Mythbusters is on. PJ Harvey in [1994](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kK02kW1mKkk). Tori Amos around the same time. ---
**Author:** ![Silence\_Lenore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e56c9b/32.png) [@Silence\_Lenore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silence_Lenore)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2013, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-have-a-crush-on-and-when/662001/62 "2013-06-29T00:13:15Z")
Little Joe from Bonanza - use to watch the reruns every day when I got home from school. Mel Gibson back in his Mad Max days. Billy Idol early '80s- I thought he was crazy sexy, but probably had a std, or two. Harvey Keitel in the '90s - there is just something about him. Ewan McGregor Jude Law ---
**Author:** ![epbrown01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ba0ec/32.png) [@epbrown01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epbrown01)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2013, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-have-a-crush-on-and-when/662001/63 "2013-06-29T00:47:39Z")
My most lasting celebrity crush is Viveca Fox, and every sister I’ve ever met insists she’s only into thugs, like otherwise I’d have a shot. I can even remember when it started - in _Soul Food_, there’s a scene at a wedding where one sister’s husband is dancing inappropriately with an old girlfriend, and the sister wails “It’s my wedding day! I should be happy!” Vanessa Williams says “We are happy - aren’t we?” Viv gets this wicked little smile and says “Sure I"m happy - and I’ll be even happier when we go beat that ho down.” ---
**Author:** ![Saintly\_Loser](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saintly_loser/32/4045_2.png) [@Saintly\_Loser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saintly_Loser)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2013, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-have-a-crush-on-and-when/662001/64 "2013-06-29T03:50:04Z")
Jane Fonda, 1965 (_Cat Ballou_) through 1986 (_The Morning After_). If anything, she was even sexier in _The Morning After_ than she was in _Cat Ballou_ or _Barbarella_. Juliet Stevenson. Diana Rigg. Gorgeous, sexy women (at any age) and oh my god, their _voices_. Edie Falco (at least as Carmella Soprano – not sure I’ve ever seen her in anything else). Cathy Tyson. And, yes, I admit it, Jaye Davidson. They could be twin sisters, don’t you think? Except, well, Jaye wasn’t exactly Cathy’s _sister_. Sibel Kekilli, who I first saw in _Head On_ in 2004, and then lost track of (she apparently only recently learned to speak English, and never broke into English-language films) until I saw her on _Game of Thrones_ as Shae. She’s had a nose job, which was a terrible, terrible mistake. I hate it when women who are uniquely beautiful in unusual ways have surgery to make themselves look more conventional. It’s never an improvement. This woman I saw on the subway today. I think she was about 40 (grownups are way sexier) and gorgeous in an offbeat kind of way. Oh, well, I’ll never see her again, and anyway, I’m quite happily married. And about a thousand more. I could do this all night. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2013, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-have-a-crush-on-and-when/662001/65 "2013-06-29T07:26:26Z")
> [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](#): > > In 1966 I watched _The Dick Van Dyke Show_ on TV. > I developed a crush on Mary Tyler Moore. > I was 3 years old. > I had no idea what I wanted her **for** , \*\*\*but I wanted her! \*\*\* > I still have a crush on her. 🙂 And I always had a HUGE crush on Dick Van Dyke. ---
**Author:** ![Becky2844](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2013, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-have-a-crush-on-and-when/662001/66 "2013-06-29T07:56:53Z")
Paul Newman in every movie he ever made. Bobby Darin. That man exuded sex appeal. River Phoenix. (It was a _fantasy_ so it was okay that I was so much older.) Leonardo DiCaprio in _Titanic._ Same claim. John Candy. I would have left my family for that guy. ---
**Author:** ![Mattie\_Blue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71c47a/32.png) [@Mattie\_Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mattie_Blue)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2013, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-have-a-crush-on-and-when/662001/67 "2013-06-30T00:13:15Z")
Two more Greg Louganis - 1984 and 88 Olympics. Pinged my gaydar even then, but he was so sweet, shy and cute I didn’t care. Ira Glass - Started listening to This American Life podcasts a couple of years ago and I friggin’ absolutely adore everything about him. [http://www.buzzfeed.com/jessicamisener/21-reasons-ira-glass-is-the-most-perfect-man-alive](http://www.buzzfeed.com/jessicamisener/21-reasons-ira-glass-is-the-most-perfect-man-alive) ---
**Author:** ![panaccione](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/94ad74/32.png) [@panaccione](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panaccione)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2013, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-have-a-crush-on-and-when/662001/68 "2013-06-30T00:26:48Z")
Pretty much all of them… But, if I had to pick one. It would have to be Jennifer Love Hewitt early 90’s. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2013, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-have-a-crush-on-and-when/662001/69 "2013-06-30T01:28:31Z")
> [@tellyworth](#): > > Kari Byron anytime Mythbusters is on. > PJ Harvey in [1994](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kK02kW1mKkk). > Tori Amos around the same time. Man, 1994 was a big year for me. Maybe the biggest crush for me from around then was, and remains, [Hope Sandoval from Mazzy Star.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zpQu7zAZ44) Yikes… I also have a huge double crush on [Stuart Murdoch](http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/17155161.jpg) and [Isobel Campbell](http://25.media.tumblr.com/ae1adb4c4eff2bedcc1a74d17da0bcc4/tumblr_mgk91qawLl1s068pbo1_500.jpg) from [mid-to-late 1990’s Belle & Sebastian](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTAr-QtVIJ8). (Well, actually, Stuart is [still](http://dearscotland.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Belle-and-Sebastian-1.jpg) pretty darned [hot](http://dearscotland.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Stuart-Murdoch.jpg).) Oh, and 1980s [Morrissey](http://fxowen.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/morrissey.jpg). Holy cow. And 1960s [Anna](http://blogs.warwick.ac.uk/images/michaelwalford/2007/09/03/anna_karina_12_band_a_part.jpg?maxWidth=500) [Karina](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1MKUJN7vUk), big time. ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2013, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-have-a-crush-on-and-when/662001/70 "2013-06-30T01:52:29Z")
[Geena Davis circa Thelma and Louise.](http://pici.se/pictures/pdcVVOPrw.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2013, 9:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-have-a-crush-on-and-when/662001/71 "2013-06-30T09:17:48Z")
Shirley Maclaine, 1961. [http://www.google.com/imgres?q=shirley+maclaine+childrens+hour&safe=active&sa=X&rlz=1T4ADFA\_enUS408US409&tbm=isch&tbnid=KVcLj-LOkHlRbM:&imgrefurl=http://www.screenrush.co.uk/films/film-16259/photos/detail/%3Fcmediafile%3D19042164&docid=JlGMii2Gsyk1dM&imgurl=http://uk.web.img2.acsta.net/r\_640\_600/b\_1\_d6d6d6/medias/nmedia/18/62/91/02/19042164.jpg&w=600&h=400&ei=APfPUZn8OIOE9gSXsoGYDQ&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=340&vpy=284&dur=938&hovh=183&hovw=275&tx=135&ty=109&page=2&tbnh=141&tbnw=216&start=29&ndsp=38&ved=1t:429,r:47,s:0,i:229&biw=1280&bih=815](http://www.google.com/imgres?q=shirley+maclaine+childrens+hour&safe=active&sa=X&rlz=1T4ADFA_enUS408US409&tbm=isch&tbnid=KVcLj-LOkHlRbM:&imgrefurl=http://www.screenrush.co.uk/films/film-16259/photos/detail/%3Fcmediafile%3D19042164&docid=JlGMii2Gsyk1dM&imgurl=http://uk.web.img2.acsta.net/r_640_600/b_1_d6d6d6/medias/nmedia/18/62/91/02/19042164.jpg&w=600&h=400&ei=APfPUZn8OIOE9gSXsoGYDQ&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=340&vpy=284&dur=938&hovh=183&hovw=275&tx=135&ty=109&page=2&tbnh=141&tbnw=216&start=29&ndsp=38&ved=1t:429,r:47,s:0,i:229&biw=1280&bih=815) Since I saw her in the Children’s Hour, in 1968, I had had a crush on her until about 2005, when I saw that she had turned into my grandmother. Sigh. ---
**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2013, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-have-a-crush-on-and-when/662001/72 "2013-06-30T09:56:02Z")
Jan Smithers - entire run of original WKRP Donna Douglas - color episodes of the Beverly Hillbillies. She was pretty enough for Elvis, guess I can make do. Every woman recurring character in Firefly. Seriously, so beautiful, and so different. Also, Inara’s friend in Heart of Gold, played by Melinda Clarke. YoSaffBridge never did it for me though. Guess the crazy outweighs the hot. Gotta check Barney’s hot/crazy chart. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2013, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-have-a-crush-on-and-when/662001/73 "2013-06-30T10:19:29Z")
Lea Thompson circa _Howard the Duck_ (1986). Ally Sheedy circa _Short Circuit_ (also 1986). And an obscure one, Louisa Milwood-Haigh circa [mid 90s](http://www.aveleyman.com/ActorCredit.aspx?ActorID=29080), and [now](http://wooller.com/?page=11600&id=43101&offset=) too. ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2013, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-have-a-crush-on-and-when/662001/74 "2013-06-30T15:23:25Z")
Marilu Henner as Elaine Nardo on _Taxi_[Link](http://youtu.be/SD6ltc8sCRY) ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Girlfriend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.girlfriend/32/193_2.png) [@Dr.Girlfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Girlfriend)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2013, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-have-a-crush-on-and-when/662001/75 "2013-06-30T18:25:51Z")
> [@Mattie\_Blue](#): > > Greg Louganis - 1984 and 88 Olympics. Pinged my gaydar even then, but he was so sweet, shy and cute I didn’t care. You too, huh? I’m not sure I knew what gay was in 1988, but damn I thought he was cute! Oh and by the way, I will fight you for Colin Firth. 😃 I’d take him anytime… ---
**Author:** ![Lust4Life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@Lust4Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lust4Life)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2013, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-have-a-crush-on-and-when/662001/76 "2013-06-30T19:28:10Z")
Kaley Cucou, if you can call total, raging lust, a crush . ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2013, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-have-a-crush-on-and-when/662001/77 "2013-06-30T21:45:22Z")
Dr. Luka, on ER, and Noah Wylie, who is still cute as a speckled pup. Dr. House. Though his bad behavior would drive me straight to Dr. Chase (Jesse Spencer), but only in the early years of ‘House’ before he got uglified. I could watch ‘House’ with the sound off, just to watch Dr. Chase operating on someone’s intestines, with his glorious long blonde hair barely contained by a surgical cap… ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2013, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-have-a-crush-on-and-when/662001/78 "2013-07-01T00:57:17Z")
On a more contemporary note, I’ve recently been swooning a bit over the concentrated dose of male hotness that is multi-instrumentalist [Andrew Bird](http://cdn.stereogum.com/files/2008/11/andrew_bird-oh_no2.jpg) (whose knee-weakening effect has been [scientifically documented](http://www.thejoycollective.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/andrew.jpg)). So, needless to say, it got my pulse up when he hooked up with [St. Vincent](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ly7afg9sTx1qa1ucxo1_500.jpg), another minor crush of mine, and they filmed themselves alone in a bedroom (link in spoilers for the sensitive): [What? Don’t look at me like that, it’s perfectly SFW. And pretty gorgeous, actually.](http://vimeo.com/64786013) ---
**Author:** ![PandaBear77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@PandaBear77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PandaBear77)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2013, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-have-a-crush-on-and-when/662001/79 "2013-07-03T00:59:45Z")
My heart goes all aflutter when I see a WW2 vet. I just love 'em, they’re so adorable and such badasses. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-have-a-crush-on-and-when/662001.md?page=3)