# Wow -- they used to be hot! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 26, 2008, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-they-used-to-be-hot/439210 "2008-02-26T13:03:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![shy\_guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a6a055/32.png) [@shy\_guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shy_guy)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2008, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-they-used-to-be-hot/439210/101 "2008-02-29T17:56:43Z")
[QUOTE=Unintentionally Blank] Lindsay Lohan will be an interesting test case…question being: will it take 10 years, 5 years, or 6 months for us to say ‘wow, she used to be hot!’ [/QUOTE] A lot of people are _already_ saying that. Check out the thread about her Marilyn Monroe-inspired photo shoot. Thanks to drugs, cigarettes, and alcohol, Lohan is not nearly as gorgeous as she was just a few years ago. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2008, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-they-used-to-be-hot/439210/102 "2008-02-29T18:23:25Z")
[QUOTE=Unintentionally Blank] Lindsay Lohan will be an interesting test case…question being: will it take 10 years, 5 years, or 6 months for us to say ‘wow, she used to be hot!’ [/QUOTE] Wanna know what cigarettes, drugs & alcohol are gonna do to a stunning brunette over the course of time? Check out [Grace Slick](http://i.a.cnn.net/money/galleries/2007/moneymag/0702/gallery.pop_icons.moneymag/images/grace_slick.gi.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![mlees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@mlees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mlees)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2008, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-they-used-to-be-hot/439210/103 "2008-02-29T18:28:37Z")
Katherine Hepburn when young: [Katharine Hepburn](http://www.imdb.com/media/rm679319552/nm0000031) ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2008, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-they-used-to-be-hot/439210/104 "2008-02-29T19:00:37Z")
[http://www.daz.com/tracks/Linda%20Ronstadt/Birds.html](http://www.daz.com/tracks/Linda%20Ronstadt/Birds.html) Linda Ronsstadt was smoking when young. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2008, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-they-used-to-be-hot/439210/105 "2008-02-29T19:01:42Z")
[QUOTE=The New and Improved Superman] Wanna know what cigarettes, drugs & alcohol are gonna do to a stunning brunette over the course of time? Check out [Grace Slick](http://i.a.cnn.net/money/galleries/2007/moneymag/0702/gallery.pop_icons.moneymag/images/grace_slick.gi.jpg). [/QUOTE] Good god! She looks like she’s 68 years old! ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2008, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-they-used-to-be-hot/439210/106 "2008-02-29T19:06:22Z")
I think you folks are a bit harsh, here. I mean, heck, I don’t look as good as I used to, and I don’t even use drugs! And a lot of those “Princess Bride – After” pictures seem deliberatielty chosen to be unflattering. Especially that Cary Elwes shot. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2008, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-they-used-to-be-hot/439210/107 "2008-03-01T02:20:30Z")
[QUOTE=Guinastasia] [Jane Russell](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Russell). [/QUOTE] (To be fair, this was the opposite-I was shocked when I saw her at the Oscars) How about Al Pacino? [Then](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Al_Pacino_and_Robert_Duvall_in_the_Godfather.jpg) [Now](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Alfredo_James_Pacino.jpg) To be fair, he’s not fugly, but he hasn’t aged well. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2008, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-they-used-to-be-hot/439210/108 "2008-03-01T02:34:58Z")
Or Prince Phillip: [Now](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Prince_Philip_NASA_cropped.jpg) [Then](http://worldroots.com/brigitte/gifs/queenelizabeth150.jpg) [Or then again](http://worldroots.com/brigitte/gifs/queenelizabeth149.jpg) [What about here?](http://worldroots.com/brigitte/gifs12/philipmountbatten1921-9.jpg) Then there’s Queen Victoria. We’re so used to seeing her look like [this](http://worldroots.com/brigitte/gifs3/victoriabritain1819i.jpg), that we forget she once looked like [this](http://worldroots.com/brigitte/gifs3/victoriabritain1819j.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2008, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-they-used-to-be-hot/439210/109 "2008-03-01T15:13:44Z")
[QUOTE=mlees] Katherine Hepburn when young: [http://www.imdb.com/media/rm679319552/nm0000031](http://www.imdb.com/media/rm679319552/nm0000031) [/QUOTE] Not much meat on her, but what’s there is cherce. Doesn’t really do it for me, actually, but I love that quote. ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Mapp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miss_mapp/32/369_2.png) [@Miss\_Mapp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Mapp)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2008, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-they-used-to-be-hot/439210/110 "2008-03-01T15:24:40Z")
[QUOTE=porcupine] It was pretty obvious Gregory Peck was good looking at any age, but I didn’t realize how hot he was when he was young til recently. [pic1](http://www.cinematical.com/media/2006/04/lg_peck_paracs.jpg) [pic2](http://www.noblepr.co.uk/Press_Releases/fox/images/peck_tierney_power/ss1.jpg) [/QUOTE] Yes, pre-craggy Gregory Peck was quite good looking. In “Spellbound,” he’s almost as lovely as the always-lovely Ingrid Bergman. For another grand-old-actor who was surprisingly cute early on, check out Henry Fonda as the nerdy snake-fancier in “The Lady Eve.” ---
**Author:** ![Surbey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@Surbey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surbey)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2008, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-they-used-to-be-hot/439210/111 "2008-03-01T15:41:53Z")
[QUOTE=Little Nemo] An early (and work-safe) picture of [Ron Jeremy](http://www.metroxxxstars.com/images/ron_jeremy1.jpg). [/QUOTE] …woah ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2008, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-they-used-to-be-hot/439210/112 "2008-03-01T16:01:01Z")
[QUOTE=CalMeacham] And a lot of those “Princess Bride – After” pictures seem deliberatielty chosen to be unflattering. Especially that Cary Elwes shot. [/QUOTE] No kidding! I’ve seen Elwes in a few movies recently and he was nowhere near that puffy. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2008, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-they-used-to-be-hot/439210/113 "2008-03-01T18:06:57Z")
[QUOTE=The New and Improved Superman] Wanna know what cigarettes, drugs & alcohol are gonna do to a stunning brunette over the course of time? Check out [Grace Slick](http://i.a.cnn.net/money/galleries/2007/moneymag/0702/gallery.pop_icons.moneymag/images/grace_slick.gi.jpg). [/QUOTE] Dear Christ, don’t do that! She looks like she’s on the verge of death. ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2008, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-they-used-to-be-hot/439210/114 "2008-03-01T18:23:30Z")
Daisy Duke! (Catherine Bach.) [![](https://www.strangecelebrities.com/images/content/11088.jpg) ](https://www.strangecelebrities.com/images/content/11088.jpg) All that country cook’n must have caught up with her. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2008, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-they-used-to-be-hot/439210/115 "2008-03-01T18:33:40Z")
Ralph Carter, [Michael](http://valdefierro.com/times009b.jpg), the younger brother from _Good Times_, was quite the cutie in his teen years, but [he](http://valdefierro.com/times05.html) did not age well. It seems though that in his current life, he lives in Brooklyn and does good works throughout the community. ---
**Author:** ![Kneepants\_Erasmus\_the\_Humanist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/54ee81/32.png) [@Kneepants\_Erasmus\_the\_Humanist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kneepants_Erasmus_the_Humanist)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2008, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-they-used-to-be-hot/439210/116 "2008-03-01T18:58:02Z")
[QUOTE=Guinastasia] Or Prince Phillip: [Now](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Prince_Philip_NASA_cropped.jpg) [Then](http://worldroots.com/brigitte/gifs/queenelizabeth150.jpg) [Or then again](http://worldroots.com/brigitte/gifs/queenelizabeth149.jpg) [What about here?](http://worldroots.com/brigitte/gifs12/philipmountbatten1921-9.jpg) [/QUOTE] Wow! Look at Liz in those pics! I know it was mentioned before…but…wow! ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2008, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-they-used-to-be-hot/439210/117 "2008-03-13T00:49:14Z")
Sorry to resurrect a zombie thread but… as my girlfriend said the other day upon seeing [this picture](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:John_McCain_interview_on_April_24%2C_1974.jpg) on Wikipedia, “John McCain was HOT!” I’d have to agree. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2008, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-they-used-to-be-hot/439210/118 "2008-03-13T01:19:55Z")
[David Hemmings](http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=David+Hemmings&gbv=2), who starred in **Blow-Up** , then blew up, before dying while on the **Gladiator** set. But he will be oggled, er, enjoyed forever for his performance as that scopophilic photographer… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-they-used-to-be-hot/439210.md?page=5)