# Your biggest, non-entertainment industry related crush? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 29, 2008, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-biggest-non-entertainment-industry-related-crush/451064 "2008-05-29T19:50:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2008, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-biggest-non-entertainment-industry-related-crush/451064/41 "2008-05-30T20:23:33Z")
[QUOTE=lobotomyboy63] Mrs. Fields—Jenni Fields When my energy was depleted from…well, you know, she could bake some cookies! [http://www.shsu.edu/~pin\_www/pics/Fields2.jpg](http://www.shsu.edu/~pin_www/pics/Fields2.jpg) [/QUOTE] You’d have more of a shot if: a) she weren’t married b) you knew that her first name was [Debbi](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debbi_Fields) ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2008, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-biggest-non-entertainment-industry-related-crush/451064/42 "2008-05-30T20:36:11Z")
Do writers count as entertainment related? If not, then [Neil Gaiman](http://www-news.uchicago.edu/releases/05/050317.gaiman.jpg). If they do, then I’ll go with [string physicist Brian Greene](http://cache.eb.com/eb/image?id=98306&rendTypeId=4). He’s brilliant, cute, self-effacing, plus I’ve always had kind of a weakness for Jewish guys (and English guys— Gaiman’s an English Jew, but straight alas; not sure which team Greene bats for and it’s not likely to be relevant). Back in the day I had a thing for George Stephanopolous but it went the way of the dodo. Also had the requisite Anderson Cooper crush but it ended due to 1) the fact he’s really given too much credit for the Katrina moments he had years ago- his show’s only a bit less tabloid as Larry King’s half the time 2) his refusal to come out\* 3) those damned restraining orders- they start to hurt my feelings after the first airport detention. I will mention Jon Stewart just in case you count him as journalist rather than as entertainment, though. 😉 \*I know I know, it’s his business and the other guys I mentioned are either straight or don’t speak to the issue, _but_ I agree with the logic by one gay blogger- that if a guy earning $20 million per year and at the top of his game professionally is seemingly afraid to come out then what message does that send to the 16 year old in Dubuque or Scranton or Monticello, Georgia who’s struggling with gay identity? And the fact he hides it under “I think journalists should not discuss their private lives to maintain objectivity” crap when he’s written a (strangely asexual) memoir about his life and his family and coping with grief over his brother’s suicide just makes it all the more insulting. ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2008, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-biggest-non-entertainment-industry-related-crush/451064/43 "2008-05-30T20:42:57Z")
[QUOTE=WormTheRed] Without a doubt, Princess [Madeleine Bernadotte](http://img120.imageshack.us/img120/8941/princessyk4.jpg) of Sweden! She da bomb! [/QUOTE] Ok…I couldn’t think of anybody on my own…but she’ll do. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2008, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-biggest-non-entertainment-industry-related-crush/451064/44 "2008-05-30T20:55:45Z")
Am I insane, or could this thread not been taken seriously without a mention of [Maureen Dowd](http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlny/original/1015dowd.jpg)? Aside from the physical, I’ve always thought of her as one of the celebrities most likely to be a closet Doper—which ratchets the attractiveness up to 11. (Sorry if it’s not the best pic, just one of the first I found. You’re very welcome (and encouraged) to post a better one 🙂 ) ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2008, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-biggest-non-entertainment-industry-related-crush/451064/45 "2008-05-30T20:57:54Z")
Does the new brainy phenom Larissa Kelly count? ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2008, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-biggest-non-entertainment-industry-related-crush/451064/46 "2008-05-30T21:00:08Z")
Janet Reno ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2008, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-biggest-non-entertainment-industry-related-crush/451064/47 "2008-05-30T21:16:13Z")
If **Sampiro** can have a writer and physicist, I want a cartoonist. I find _Boondocks_ creator, [Aaron McGruder](http://z.about.com/d/animatedtv/1/0/f/S/boondocksmcgruder500.jpg) very attactive in a funny looking-cute way, made even more so 'cause I know he’s smart and fun to spend time with. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2008, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-biggest-non-entertainment-industry-related-crush/451064/48 "2008-05-30T21:19:29Z")
[QUOTE=Loach] Janet Reno [/QUOTE] It’s her dance moves, isn’t it? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2008, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-biggest-non-entertainment-industry-related-crush/451064/49 "2008-05-30T21:22:01Z")
Tiny little crush on [Alison Starling](http://216.250.230.16/alison_starling.jpg), local TV newscaster. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2008, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-biggest-non-entertainment-industry-related-crush/451064/50 "2008-05-30T21:34:45Z")
[QUOTE=5-4-Fighting] If **Sampiro** can have a writer and physicist, I want a cartoonist. I find _Boondocks_ creator, [Aaron McGruder](http://z.about.com/d/animatedtv/1/0/f/S/boondocksmcgruder500.jpg) very attactive in a funny looking-cute way, made even more so 'cause I know he’s smart and fun to spend time with. [/QUOTE] Hmm. Having never seen a picture of him, I was expecting someone with dreads and thick Malcolm X glasses and in a T-shirt/jeans (basically Riley grown up). Never would have pegged him as a nice looking well groomed sharp dresser. (Total hijack: I hope it doesn’t make me racist, but Ruckus is the funniest damned character on TV in years; when he said he loved being around white people because “they smell like lemon juice and Pledge furniture cleaner and is just a joy to be around” I couldn’t breathe for about 2 minutes and missed that much of the episode.) ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2008, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-biggest-non-entertainment-industry-related-crush/451064/51 "2008-05-30T21:41:19Z")
[QUOTE=Rhythmdvl] It’s her dance moves, isn’t it? 😛 [/QUOTE] She can storm my compound anytime she wants. ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2008, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-biggest-non-entertainment-industry-related-crush/451064/52 "2008-05-30T23:15:35Z")
[QUOTE=Sternvogel] You’d have more of a shot if: a) she weren’t married b) you knew that her first name was [Debbi](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debbi_Fields) [/QUOTE] a) Oops, “World According to Garp” flashback, b) I didn’t know they had to be single. ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2008, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-biggest-non-entertainment-industry-related-crush/451064/53 "2008-05-31T01:32:44Z")
Depending on how we’re counting news people and whether or not certain shows count as news, strictly speaking, I have to admit I’d take on Keith Olbermann, Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert in any combination. With plenty of brains and looks, they’re a trifecta… Olbermann is a sneaker, though, because he looks so stuffy but definitely has a sense of humor. Plus I get moist whenever he chews up Dubya–it’s that sneer of disdain and the sesquipedalianism that is proving to be a lethal combination. I’d tear up [Scott Kleeb,](http://www.examiner.com/images/blog/entry/kleeb200.jpg) who’s running for US Senator in Nebraska. Mm-mm, corn fed goodness! Sure knows how to [rock the ten gallon hat,](http://pinkdome.com/archives/kleebhat101706.jpg) too. “Me too!” for Gaiman and Prince William. Oh, and if writers are allowed, then I gotta say [Eric Jerome Dickey](http://www.apbspeakers.com/resources/images/speakers/largeimages/LG1000743.jpg) is quite swoony aside from his writing, which is also fabulous. ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2008, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-biggest-non-entertainment-industry-related-crush/451064/54 "2008-05-31T01:42:15Z")
[QUOTE=Sampiro] Hmm. Having never seen a picture of him, I was expecting someone with dreads and thick Malcolm X glasses and in a T-shirt/jeans (basically Riley grown up). Never would have pegged him as a nice looking well groomed sharp dresser. [/QUOTE] [Aaron](http://media.collegepublisher.com/media/paper873/stills/451a1ec5a5886-12-1.jpg) has at times been a bit scruffier and, ahhh, revolutionary. [QUOTE=SmartAleq] Keith Olbermann, [/QUOTE] That is some nice, snarky goodness. When asked for second go-round though, he might say, “Mmmmmmmmmm-bushed!” [QUOTE=SmartAleq] I’d tear up [Scott Kleeb,](http://www.examiner.com/images/blog/entry/kleeb200.jpg) who’s running for US Senator in Nebraska. Mm-mm, corn fed goodness! [/QUOTE] Is that a corncob in his pocket or is he just happy to see you? ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2008, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-biggest-non-entertainment-industry-related-crush/451064/55 "2008-05-31T03:29:26Z")
[QUOTE=Bricker] Tiny little crush on [Alison Starling](http://216.250.230.16/alison_starling.jpg), local TV newscaster. [/QUOTE] I’ll be in my bunk… Ok, since we’ve more or less let TV newscasters in, I submit: [the lovely Anna](http://www.nbc5.com/meetthenewsteam/1189124/detail.html) while letting anyone not in the Chicago market know that this is NOT a good picture. Not even close. ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2008, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-biggest-non-entertainment-industry-related-crush/451064/56 "2008-05-31T04:20:10Z")
Yikes, it’s like they cartoonized her. I’ll admit that I’ve got a little bit of thing for both [Tera Williams](http://www.myfoxchicago.com/myfox/pages/InsideFox/Detail?contentId=2332777&version=4&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=5.3.1) and [Michelle Gielan](http://www.myfoxchicago.com/myfox/pages/InsideFox/Detail?contentId=386613&version=13&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=5.3.1) with our local Fox Affiliate. ---
**Author:** ![jk1245](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/49beb7/32.png) [@jk1245](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jk1245)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2008, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-biggest-non-entertainment-industry-related-crush/451064/57 "2008-05-31T04:20:35Z")
Well, crap, if you’re gonna allow newscasters, there’s French newsreader [Melissa Theuriau](http://images.askmen.com/galleries/model/melissa-theuriau/pictures/melissa-theuriau-picture-6.jpg) and then there’s the rest. She’s pretty much a celebrity by any definition though. Being French, there are of course NSFW pics of her if one were so inclined to search for them. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2008, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-biggest-non-entertainment-industry-related-crush/451064/58 "2008-05-31T04:39:49Z")
Setting aside newscasters (who I agree are often hired to look pretty as much as anything else), I have a total crush on Illinois Attorney General [Lisa Madigan](http://www.kidsindanger.org/aboutus/events/2006_6BFAward/AGmadigan.jpg). Not only cute, but wicked smart as well. ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2008, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-biggest-non-entertainment-industry-related-crush/451064/59 "2008-05-31T04:51:29Z")
[QUOTE=Jophiel] Setting aside newscasters (who I agree are often hired to look pretty as much as anything else), I have a total crush on Illinois Attorney General [Lisa Madigan](http://www.kidsindanger.org/aboutus/events/2006_6BFAward/AGmadigan.jpg). Not only cute, but wicked smart as well. [/QUOTE] Heeey, I forgot about Lisa Madigan. She can bust me any time, but she has to have the glasses on. ---
**Author:** ![Lakai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de0a6/32.png) [@Lakai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lakai)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2008, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-biggest-non-entertainment-industry-related-crush/451064/60 "2008-05-31T06:11:10Z")
Jennifer Hooper McCarty has to be the hottest materials scientist on the planet. She specializes in the analysis of historic materials. [Just listen to her talk about historical metals.](http://www.comedycentral.com/colbertreport/videos.jhtml?videoId=168448) Full Disclosure- This was the first time I was turned on by someone talking about historical materials. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-biggest-non-entertainment-industry-related-crush/451064.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-biggest-non-entertainment-industry-related-crush/451064.md?page=4)