# Who were your big TV crushes from your youth? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 3, 2003, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-were-your-big-tv-crushes-from-your-youth/205325 "2003-10-03T13:23:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2003, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-were-your-big-tv-crushes-from-your-youth/205325/81 "2003-10-04T02:50:08Z")
Barbara Eden (“I Dream of Jeannie”) Barbara Feldon (“Get Smart”) Elizabeth Montgomey (“Bewitched”) Connie Booth (“Fawlty Towers”) Carol Cleveland (“Monty Python’s Flying Circus”) All in re-runs, of course. ---
**Author:** ![Another\_Primate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Another\_Primate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Another_Primate)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2003, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-were-your-big-tv-crushes-from-your-youth/205325/82 "2003-10-04T03:03:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by FairyChatMom \* > \*\*Micky Dolenz - he was so cute and funny and talented!! Even tho he’s now a balding, middle-aged, former Monkee, I’d still like to meet him. \*\* Ditto! Wow, I opened this thread thinking, “I wonder who FairChatMom had a crush on? Hope she’s posted something.” And, somehow, I wasn’t even very surprised that you named the same person I would have named! ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2003, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-were-your-big-tv-crushes-from-your-youth/205325/83 "2003-10-04T03:15:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Bricker \* > \*\* > Lauren Tewes (Julie McCoy - and this illusion was cruelly spoiled years later when I met Ms. Tewes in L.A.) > \*\* Um, why? For me, it would be Colonel Wilma Deering. In a form-fitting jumpsuit. ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2003, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-were-your-big-tv-crushes-from-your-youth/205325/84 "2003-10-04T03:22:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Bricker \* > \*\*Oh… not a crush, but every time I see Leelee Sobieski I stare at her as if I were a mental patient, but that’s not out of lust or crushiness of any kind, but because I am fascinated with how much she looks like Helen Hunt. \*\* Cloning. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Obvious](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dbc845/32.png) [@Mr.Obvious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Obvious)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2003, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-were-your-big-tv-crushes-from-your-youth/205325/85 "2003-10-04T03:27:10Z")
Daphine from Scooby Doo. To this day she’s the sole reason I have a thing for redheads. OK…I’m not being 100% truthful…that redhead my sophomore year who could suck the chrome…HEY…what am I typing?..you get the picture. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Nader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Darth\_Nader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Nader)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2003, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-were-your-big-tv-crushes-from-your-youth/205325/86 "2003-10-04T04:31:47Z")
Sarah Sutton, as [Nyssa](http://www.shillpages.com/dw/suttos16.jpg). I even got her autograph at a con back in the early '80, and she _touched my hand_ at one point. From that moment on, I knew what lust was. Yes, I was a **serious** geek in 6th grade… [sub]I met Anthony Ainley there too. Nice guy.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2003, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-were-your-big-tv-crushes-from-your-youth/205325/87 "2003-10-04T04:45:08Z")
**Dooku** It’s about time _someone_ mentioned **Julie Newmar** as Catwoman. (She was also lovely as the robot AF709 in “My Living Doll”). I’m surprised no one has mentioned **Anne Francis** the delicious detective on the show “Honey West”. And I’ll agree with the great many people who also had a crush on **Diana Rigg and Barbara Feldon**. mmmmmmmmmmmm ---
**Author:** ![KarlGauss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karlgauss/32/3713_2.png) [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2003, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-were-your-big-tv-crushes-from-your-youth/205325/88 "2003-10-04T04:57:55Z")
Well, when I was really little I had this thing for [Annette Funicello](http://www.mousestars.com/steve/annette/afmouse1.htm). Seriously. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2003, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-were-your-big-tv-crushes-from-your-youth/205325/89 "2003-10-04T05:05:52Z")
Jeeze, I think I had a crush on every guy mentioned in this thread. I was just a sad, sad little girl. Thought of another, more obscure one - Michael Nouri from the Cliffhanger series where he was a vampire. (I would like to say I “had” a crush on Mr. Spock, but when I watch those old reruns, it ain’t a past tense. He was and is the coolest being alive.) ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2003, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-were-your-big-tv-crushes-from-your-youth/205325/90 "2003-10-04T05:18:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Anonymous Coward \* > **The princess from Voltron and Lisa Hayes from Robotech.** Your list is scarily similar to mine. (I agree with Bailey, too…and several of the TCDToT girls were NIFTY - I was also terribly fond of one of the fellows…) Albiet shorter. Just expanding on Robotech… Lisa. All three Bridge Bunnies. Minmei. Max, Mirya and Dana Sterling. Breetai. (He’s an odd man out on the list…) Annie. Lancer/Yellow Dancer. And, reliving it now, through novels and DVDs, everyone but Minmei and Dana are holding on. (Yes…even Annie… ::Hangs head:: ) ---
**Author:** ![Raymond\_Luxury\_Yacht](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raymond_luxury_yacht/32/4099_2.png) [@Raymond\_Luxury\_Yacht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raymond_Luxury_Yacht)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2003, 10:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-were-your-big-tv-crushes-from-your-youth/205325/91 "2003-10-04T10:00:50Z")
Daphne from Scooby Doo Bailey Quarters Daisy Duke Maryann The older sister on Good Times is absolutely #1 ---
**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2003, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-were-your-big-tv-crushes-from-your-youth/205325/92 "2003-10-04T11:03:56Z")
[Jo Polniaczek](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001529/) [Kate Summers](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001292/) ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2003, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-were-your-big-tv-crushes-from-your-youth/205325/93 "2003-10-04T11:09:34Z")
Mary Tyler Moore and Elizabeth Montgomery. ---
**Author:** ![Crusoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Crusoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crusoe)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2003, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-were-your-big-tv-crushes-from-your-youth/205325/94 "2003-10-04T11:12:28Z")
I forgot Michaela Strachan. ---
**Author:** ![widdershins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f0a364/32.png) [@widdershins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/widdershins)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2003, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-were-your-big-tv-crushes-from-your-youth/205325/95 "2003-10-04T13:12:58Z")
early memories: Maria from _Sesame Street_. Rita Moreno from _The Electric Company_. I think she’s the reason I’m a leg man. I remember staring at them quite often. Bailey from _WKRP_. I even developed a crush on a girl in second grade with glasses and the same color hair who reminded me of her. Then the girl moved to Texas in the middle of the year, I was heartbroken. Lynda Carter/Wonder Woman. I remember being aware that she was very curvy and how this was a good thing (or rather things), and getting excited when she did the spin to change into her costume. Melaine Chartoff from _Fridays_. pre-teen and early teen years: Martha Quinn (although looking back Nina Blackwood was way hotter) Marisol from _Remote Control_ (I love dark hair) Both Julie Browns on MTV. “Downtown” was hotter overall, but “comedy” Julie Brown had the cleavage. I blame all of the MTV babes, except for Martha, for my fetish for babes in 80s fashions like Body Glove spandex dresses, day-glo colored leather/vinyl, etc. _Club MTV_ was like soft core porn for me. Leela, Peri, and Nyssa from _Dr. Who_. Although I’m a Sarah Jane Smith fan now. Joan Collins on _Dynasty_. This show was also major fix for the fine art of the catfight. Teen years: Nicole Eggert from _Charles In Charge_. Later shifted to Josie Davis as she matured. Jesse from _Saved By The Bell_. Heather Langencamp and Jamie Lunier from _Just The Ten Of Us_. Maria from _Head Of The Class_. Probably explains why I’m drawn to headcases and drama queens in real life. Some VJ girl from Z Music (Christian style MTV clone) that looked like a prettier version of Moon Unit Zappa to me. ---
**Author:** ![VernWinterbottom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c67d28/32.png) [@VernWinterbottom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VernWinterbottom)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2003, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-were-your-big-tv-crushes-from-your-youth/205325/96 "2003-10-04T19:15:35Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Cartooniverse \* > \*\* > The daughter from \*\* My World And Welcome To It_\* Nobody I know remembers this show existed. I was eleven. I wore the same kind of braces on my teeth! She was no doubt my first TV crush. Somewhat later, Jan Brady, Joanie Cunningham, Mallory Keaton ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2003, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-were-your-big-tv-crushes-from-your-youth/205325/97 "2003-10-05T00:41:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Libertarian \* > **Mary Tyler Moore** Oh, I forgot about her. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Kallessa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7993a0/32.png) [@Kallessa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kallessa)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2003, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-were-your-big-tv-crushes-from-your-youth/205325/98 "2003-10-05T00:52:34Z")
I’ve been trying to remember the actors’ names the whole time I was reading this thread, but I’ve come up blank, so forgive me for just using the characters’ names: I was in love with Artemis Gordon and James West from _Wild, Wild West_. And DeForest Kelly (Dr. McCoy from _Star Trek_). I was also somewhat taken by Robert Blake in _Baretta_, and Mickey Dolenz was my favorite Monkey. But I didn’t really fall in love until I read _The Lord of the Rings_–then Strider took my heart, and thirty years later, thanks in part to Viggo Mortenson, he still has a part of it. \ ---
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Another child of the 80’s here. My big crush was on Ari Meyers, who played the brunette daughter on _Kate & Allie_. Believe me, she was the only reason I watched _Kate & Allie_ as a 14-year old boy, I can tell you that. Looking at her IMdB page, I see the last thing she did was a voice-over on Tony Hawk Pro Skater 3. Kinda sad, but hey, it’s work. I think I heard that’s how she makes her living these days; mostly doing books-on-tape and other voice-overs. I’ve played THPS3 a gabillion times and had no idea she was one of the voices. ---
**Author:** ![ddgryphon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8c91f0/32.png) [@ddgryphon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ddgryphon)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2003, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-were-your-big-tv-crushes-from-your-youth/205325/100 "2003-10-05T01:59:40Z")
Okay: I’ll admit that from the mid to late sixties until the mid to late 70’s I had several TV lustings (That aren’t much different from those listed): Barbara Eden Lynda Carter Elizabeth Montgomery Jan Smithers Maria (from Sesame Street – teach me, Maria, teach me) Joy ( [The Bugaloos](http://www.bugaloos.com/) ) Lara Parker (Angelique on Dark Shadows) Katherine Lee Scott (Maggie on Dark Shadows) Kate Jackson (Daphne Herrige on Dark Shadows and later Charlie’s Angel) Susan Dey (Laurie Partridge) Dawn Welles (Mary Ann) Yvonne DeCarlo (Batgirl, but she was all woman to me) Julie Newmar (who put the Supifying into Stupifying Jones before she was Catwoman) Mary Tyler Moore (as Lara Petrie – oo–oh Rooo-oo–ob!) Plus Terri Garr (who caught my eye as an extra on Sonny and Cher) And in the I bought Skippy Penut Butter just because she said so department: Annette Funicello [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-were-your-big-tv-crushes-from-your-youth/205325.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-were-your-big-tv-crushes-from-your-youth/205325.md?page=6)