# Who's your "Mary Ann?" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 20, 2002, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-mary-ann/109905 "2002-05-20T04:22:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2002, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-mary-ann/109905/21 "2002-05-20T20:47:54Z")
I’ll just lace up my running shoes right now, shall I? Ashley over Mary Kate. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2002, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-mary-ann/109905/22 "2002-05-20T22:53:33Z")
Maybe that’s why I liked **Sports Night** so much. It seems to me they made an effort to break the trend, and not do a Ginger/Mary Ann thing, but to have _two_ Mary Ann types. Or maybe it’s just me. At any rate, both of the female **Sports Night** leads were hot. ---
**Author:** ![Linus\_Van\_Pelt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ebca7d/32.png) [@Linus\_Van\_Pelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Linus_Van_Pelt)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2002, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-mary-ann/109905/23 "2002-05-20T23:31:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by kaylasdad99 \* > \*\* > Ashley over Mary Kate. \*\* Yeah, just _keep_ running… 😉 Bailey from WKRP was one of the ones I was expecting - there seems to be nearly 100% agreement on her over Loni/Jennifer, in my experience. So the next question would be, is there a reason? Is it the personality of the character that they portray? Is it (often) the sort of “girl next door” quality that they have that makes them seem more approachable and therefore more attractive? ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2002, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-mary-ann/109905/24 "2002-05-20T23:46:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by kaylasdad99 \* > \*\*I’ll just lace up my running shoes right now, shall I? > Ashley over Mary Kate. \*\* …and you’d better run for at least three years. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2002, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-mary-ann/109905/25 "2002-05-21T01:49:12Z")
**kaylasdad99** Wait for me! Sailor Mars! ---
**Author:** ![Big\_Kahuna\_Burger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Big\_Kahuna\_Burger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Big_Kahuna_Burger)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2002, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-mary-ann/109905/26 "2002-05-21T02:13:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by kaylasdad99 \* > \*\*I’ll just lace up my running shoes right now, shall I? > Ashley over Mary Kate. \*\* If you lived here in Connecticut it’d still be gross, but legal (they’re 16, right?). ---
**Author:** ![psiekier](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psiekier/32/116_2.png) [@psiekier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psiekier)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2002, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-mary-ann/109905/27 "2002-05-21T18:01:23Z")
**Denise Richards** over **Dina Meyer** in _Starship Troopers!_ No, wait, she’s the “Ginger…” **Denise Richards** over **Neve Campbell** in _Wild Things!_ No, that’s not it either… How about **Denise Richards** over **Sophie Marceau** in _The World is Not Enough?_ I’m no good at this… ---
**Author:** ![Tars\_Tarkas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tars\_Tarkas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tars_Tarkas)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2002, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-mary-ann/109905/28 "2002-05-21T19:12:19Z")
Hoshi!!! Cuz she’s Hoshi! ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2002, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-mary-ann/109905/29 "2002-05-21T19:45:06Z")
I’ll second the _Knight’s Tale_ reference (a comment I recently made while watching with Ms. D\_Odds). And I preferred Dina Meyer in _Starship Troopers_. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2002, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-mary-ann/109905/30 "2002-05-22T01:45:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by RealityChuck \* > However, for my money, the best looking of them all is the wonderful Tara Fitzgerald Absolutely. 😃 I don’t know how you’ll get hold of it, but several years ago the BBC ran a drama called ‘Hear my song’. It starred Ned Beatty as a legendary Irish tenor, with a young Tara as a romantic subplot. Very, very sweet. ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2002, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-mary-ann/109905/31 "2002-05-22T01:50:27Z")
Art Vandelay, Architect wrote, re: _Queer as Folk_: > [@](#): > > Haven’t seen too many episodes of either British or American versions, but I have the same opinion of BOTH series: The version they show in Great Britain is different than the one they show in the U.S.? Do they use different actors and different scripts, or do they just edit certain things out of one version or the other? ---
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2002, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-mary-ann/109905/32 "2002-05-22T04:08:09Z")
CUTE is better ---
**Author:** ![Weird\_AL\_Einstein](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c67d28/32.png) [@Weird\_AL\_Einstein](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weird_AL_Einstein)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2002, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-mary-ann/109905/33 "2002-05-22T10:39:10Z")
I would _definitely_ go for Willow over Buffy, from Buffy the Vampire Slayer. I’d take Good Willow, Evil Willow, Nerdy Willow, Witchy Willow, Straight Willow, Lesbian Willow, you name it :D. ---
**Author:** ![CaptMurdock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/captmurdock/32/11736_2.png) [@CaptMurdock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptMurdock)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2002, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-mary-ann/109905/34 "2002-05-22T16:34:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Weird\_AL\_Einstein \* > \*\*I would _definitely_ go for Willow over Buffy, from Buffy the Vampire Slayer. I’d take Good Willow, Evil Willow, Nerdy Willow, Witchy Willow, Straight Willow, Lesbian Willow, you name it :D. \*\* Abso-frilly-lutely, as Willow herself might say. And then, of course, they paired her with a “Mary Ann” of her own. Once Tara stopped dressing like a frump, her Inner Hottie came out – Bigtime! And then there’s Fred, on _Angel_. **Boo-Yah!** Both Anya and Cordelia are nice to look at (as is SMG) but none of them hold a candle to the Mary Ann Triad. _Motion from the floor to install Willow, Tara and Fred in the Bailey Quarters Hall of Fame…_ ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2002, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-mary-ann/109905/35 "2002-05-22T19:54:59Z")
Does anyone remember Barbie’s friend Midge? Midge was supposed to play the “cute girl’s homely friend” role, I suppose. She always had dark hair, freckles and looked un-made up. I always identified and sympathized more with Midge, because my best girlfriend was cuter than me and got more attention. ---
**Author:** ![Edwardina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Edwardina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edwardina)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2002, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-mary-ann/109905/36 "2002-05-22T20:57:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by psiekier \* > **Denise Richards over Dina Meyer in _Starship Troopers!_** Denise Richards over _Dina Meyer_??? Gak! I’d take dog vomit over Denise Richards any day of the week and twice on Sunday. Denise Richards = Blech! ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2002, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-mary-ann/109905/37 "2002-05-23T01:01:22Z")
Don’t mince words, **Edwardina** , tell us how you really feel. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![TN\_hippie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/858c86/32.png) [@TN\_hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TN_hippie)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2002, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-mary-ann/109905/38 "2002-05-23T04:29:58Z")
To **pugluvr** : Never seen it. But what’s wrong with freckles and dark hair? Especially freckles…YUM! * * * Love to All, TN\*hippie ---
**Author:** ![gex\_gex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/94ad74/32.png) [@gex\_gex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gex_gex)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2002, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-mary-ann/109905/39 "2002-05-23T15:41:19Z")
i’ll join the **kaylasdad99** fun run. but it doesn’t really count for me - i’m 18: there’s less than 3 years difference. next step, i must move to america. ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2002, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-mary-ann/109905/40 "2002-05-23T15:48:25Z")
Here’s the Midge doll I remember: [http://home.austin.rr.com/dsquared/brunmid.jpg](http://home.austin.rr.com/dsquared/brunmid.jpg) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-mary-ann/109905.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-mary-ann/109905.md?page=3)