# Your childhood TV crushes **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 27, 2020, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-childhood-tv-crushes/921649 "2020-09-27T07:02:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2020, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-childhood-tv-crushes/921649/21 "2020-09-27T17:11:39Z")
Gadget Hackwrench, from Chip and Dale’s Rescue Rangers. Many of the folks others are mentioning, I found attractive, but I think that Gadget was the only full-on crush. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2020, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-childhood-tv-crushes/921649/22 "2020-09-27T17:13:45Z")
Talk of New Zoo Review is tickling my memory neurons— there was a live-action kid’s show right around the same time period as NZR that I think was on Saturday or Sunday mornings. It involved a group of youngsters ( teens or early 20’s ) who hung out at a beach having adventures or something. One of the female characters I swear was in a bikini every episode, all episode long. She was the only reason I watched the show. Anybody remember the show I’m referring to? ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2020, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-childhood-tv-crushes/921649/23 "2020-09-27T17:18:03Z")
Markie Post on Night Court and Allysa Milano or Who’s the Boss ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2020, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-childhood-tv-crushes/921649/24 "2020-09-27T17:26:27Z")
Monty Python’s [Carol Cleveland,](https://www.google.com/search?q=sexy+carol+cleveland&rlz=1C1CHBD_enCA835CA835&sxsrf=ALeKk03NrB6XAPaOfO3pYq96DZDoXauMpQ:1601226415172&tbm=isch&source=iu&ictx=1&fir=xrNkd48REtU-AM%252Cov2Z6K0Ku_Qs6M%252C_&vet=1&usg=AI4_-kRTmV34eN3JmeHVUJKUieoKpjxxpQ&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiTk7md6YnsAhX0oFsKHd5nCIEQ9QF6BAgKEAo#imgrc=b2JTCG9Csm3gRM) um, BY A LONGSHOT. As Arthur Peauty’s wife, or lip-syncing Cleese while vamping away on a bed, or getting groped by Brian Equator, or as a travel agent’s assistant wanting to go upstairs, CC was always setting the bar for tv hotties for this little’un. The quite eye-openingly hot Gloria, Felix’s ex-wife in _The Odd Couple_, Janice Hansen. Always had my radar out for her, but saddened to never see her materialize in anything much more. _Dayum_ Julie London from _Emergency!_ (already syndicated by the time I saw…) Yvonne DeCarlo (_Munsters_) and Carolyn Jones (_Addams Family_) ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2020, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-childhood-tv-crushes/921649/25 "2020-09-27T17:32:08Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > Catwoman Julie Newmar, Lee Meriwether or Eartha Kitt? I assume you were over 12 when Michelle Pfeiffer had her turn, and I won’t even mention the Halle Berry trainwreck… ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2020, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-childhood-tv-crushes/921649/26 "2020-09-27T19:43:47Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > Catwoman Oh God, yes! While I learned to appreciate Eartha Kitt’s charms later on, Catwoman was always Julie Newmar for me back then. Thanks largely to the costume department on the 60’s Batman series, Newmar and Yvonne Craig (Batgirl) were many a young boy’s first taste of what puberty was going to feel like. ---
**Author:** ![Didi44](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47c2d/32.png) [@Didi44](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Didi44)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2020, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-childhood-tv-crushes/921649/27 "2020-09-27T19:57:42Z")
Lee Meriwether for me. Looking back upon it, I really didn’t appreciate curves until I was well into puberty, which I hit rather late in hindsight. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2020, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-childhood-tv-crushes/921649/28 "2020-09-27T19:57:44Z")
At age twelve and under, the only crush I recall was Mary Ann on _ **GI** _. Of course, I realized there were lots of pretty women on TV and I appreciated them, but Mary Ann was the only one I was really hooked on. One possible rival: Ann Marie on _ **That Girl** _, just because I had a girlfriend in 5th and 6th grade who resembled her. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2020, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-childhood-tv-crushes/921649/29 "2020-09-27T20:03:44Z")
Honorable mentions: Carol Post Samantha Stephens Honey West Elly May Clampett Betty Jo Bradley Catwoman (Julie Newmar) Morticia Addams ---
**Author:** ![pudytat72](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@pudytat72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pudytat72)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2020, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-childhood-tv-crushes/921649/30 "2020-09-27T20:15:20Z")
David Hartman (The Bold Ones: the Doctors segment), Good Morning America ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2020, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-childhood-tv-crushes/921649/31 "2020-09-27T20:24:50Z")
Very attractive Toon. ---
**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:** [September 27, 2020, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-childhood-tv-crushes/921649/32 "2020-09-27T21:22:43Z")
Dianne Kay from “Eight Is Enough.” [https://images.app.goo.gl/78Mn6a2xn1VtwZna9](https://images.app.goo.gl/78Mn6a2xn1VtwZna9) ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2020, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-childhood-tv-crushes/921649/33 "2020-09-27T21:34:03Z")
I was so in love with Lt Uhura! Beautiful and techno-competent, smart, just a little sassy, and so self-confident (okay, when she wasn’t being scared. I never really believed those scenes. “Captain, I’m scared.” Who are you and what did you do with the real Lt. Uhura?) ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2020, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-childhood-tv-crushes/921649/34 "2020-09-27T21:34:51Z")
> [@mbh](#): > > Annette Funicello in _The Mickey Mouse Club_ . When I got older, I learned that the show was in syndicated re-runs, and she had children older than me. That was mine at age 5 or so. Probably during first run, but even then it got repeated over and over. I knew there was something different about her - wasn’t old enough to figure out what it was thought. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2020, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-childhood-tv-crushes/921649/35 "2020-09-27T21:39:05Z")
For those of you who had a crush on Marcia Brady, and those of you who had a crush on Martha Quinn, how did you react when [Martha Quinn became a Brady](http://verybradyblog.blogspot.com/2012/11/bobby-and-tracy-brady.html)? ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2020, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-childhood-tv-crushes/921649/36 "2020-09-27T23:11:39Z")
Yeoman Rand–something about that blonde bee-hive. Lisa Gerritsen from, “My World and Welcome to It,” and, later, “Mary Tyler Moore/Phyllis.” ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2020, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-childhood-tv-crushes/921649/37 "2020-09-28T00:54:27Z")
Oh, God! How could I have forgotten Joi “Mrs Superman” Lansing? I was enamored of her long before I ever even heard of Mary Ann! 🥰 [https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fpics.livejournal.com%2Fhumus%2Fpic%2F0012y79p&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fhumus.dreamwidth.org%2F174632.html&tbnid=OfayWj5\_cWfFtM&vet=12ahUKEwiN2r200IrsAhVNYK0KHWPTDEAQMyg6egQIARBH..i&docid=G0D53il\_w6UJRM&w=367&h=302&itg=1&q=joi%20lansing%20imdb&client=firefox-b-d&ved=2ahUKEwiN2r200IrsAhVNYK0KHWPTDEAQMyg6egQIARBH](https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fpics.livejournal.com%2Fhumus%2Fpic%2F0012y79p&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fhumus.dreamwidth.org%2F174632.html&tbnid=OfayWj5_cWfFtM&vet=12ahUKEwiN2r200IrsAhVNYK0KHWPTDEAQMyg6egQIARBH..i&docid=G0D53il_w6UJRM&w=367&h=302&itg=1&q=joi%20lansing%20imdb&client=firefox-b-d&ved=2ahUKEwiN2r200IrsAhVNYK0KHWPTDEAQMyg6egQIARBH) ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2020, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-childhood-tv-crushes/921649/38 "2020-09-28T01:32:45Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Oh, God! How could I have forgotten Joi “Mrs Superman” Lansing? I was enamored of her long before I ever even heard of Mary Ann! 🥰 Wow, she was indeed quite lovely! Looking through her credits, I think the only thing I ever saw her on was an episode of _The Beverly Hillbillies_ in which Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs visit the Clampetts, and despite each having a gorgeous wife, they’re both still pining over the one that got away - Jed’s cousin Pearl. Joi played Lester’s wife. Sad to see she passed at only 43. ---
**Author:** ![mikecurtis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikecurtis/32/3284_2.png) [@mikecurtis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikecurtis)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2020, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-childhood-tv-crushes/921649/39 "2020-09-28T01:37:46Z")
Get out of my mind! (but you forgot Elizabeth Montgomery!) ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2020, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-childhood-tv-crushes/921649/40 "2020-09-28T01:40:02Z")
I egregiously forgot Suzanne Pleshette in _The Bob Newhart Show_. Season one really stood out, in that it was way more lax - compared to the remaining seasons - with SP in surprisingly scant negligee in bedroom scenes. It seemed like each episode she was being showcased in either a short teddy, or long, diaphonous robe, or form-fitting nightgown with open, ruffly cleavage. Quite galvanizing for a kid. But then in successive seasons I was bummed to see her more conservatively attired. ☹ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-childhood-tv-crushes/921649.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-childhood-tv-crushes/921649.md?page=3)