# 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:** 3
**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, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-childhood-tv-crushes/921649/41 "2020-09-28T01:41:13Z")
_ **The Beverly Hillbillies** _ is on CHCH in Toronto at 11:00 am on weekdays now. They showed that episode just a few days ago. I remember Joi best from the episode of _ **Superman** _ she was in, where she “married” George Reeves. I couldn’t have been any older than six when I saw it for the first time. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2020, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-childhood-tv-crushes/921649/42 "2020-09-28T02:14:55Z")
The 1970s Mickey Mouse Club had a couple of crushes for my 9 year old self. I can’t remember now, but I believe I liked Kelly and Allison. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2020, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-childhood-tv-crushes/921649/43 "2020-09-28T02:24:44Z")
Took me a long time to really notice girls, maybe because I have seven older sisters. I don’t remember crushing on anyone until the third season of “Three’s Company”, which puts me right at the OP’s cut off. There was another crush a few years later but that’s a different thread. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2020, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-childhood-tv-crushes/921649/44 "2020-09-28T02:38:12Z")
None that haven’t already been mentioned. I think my weirdest one would be that cougar that was always after Jack tripper in three’s company. ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2020, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-childhood-tv-crushes/921649/45 "2020-09-28T05:38:54Z")
Susan of “Susan’s Show”, when I was 6-7. ["Susan Heinkel" Pictures and Photos - Getty Images](https://www.gettyimages.com/photos/susan-heinkel?family=editorial&phrase=%22susan%20heinkel%22&sort=mostpopular#license) Mouseketeer Cheryl, “The Mickey Mouse Club”. Janet Lennon, of the Lennon Sisters. ---
**Author:** ![BigDfromLA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8491ac/32.png) [@BigDfromLA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigDfromLA)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2020, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-childhood-tv-crushes/921649/46 "2020-09-28T06:48:16Z")
Mary Ann from Gilligan’s Island when I was really young. Lynda Carter, Wonder Woman Donna Summer looked great in “Thank God It’s Friday” which got me through puberty in 1978. Singer Annabelle Lwin of Bow Wow Wow from the I Want Candy video when I was in high school. Betsy Russell looked great in a few films from the early 80’s (Private School, Tomboy, Avenging Angel and an A-Team episode!!) The best may have been Susannah Hoffs of the Bangles…she looked spectacular in the Eternal Flame video!!! [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/PSoOFn3wQV4/maxresdefault.jpg "The Bangles - Eternal Flame (Official Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSoOFn3wQV4) ---
**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:** [September 28, 2020, 9:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-childhood-tv-crushes/921649/47 "2020-09-28T09:05:58Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > I don’t remember crushing on anyone until the third season of “Three’s Company” Suzanne Somers was certainly nice. But I preferred **Lydia Cornell** who played Sara Rush on _Too Close for Comfort_. ---
**Author:** ![F.U.Shakespeare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aca169/32.png) [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2020, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-childhood-tv-crushes/921649/48 "2020-09-28T10:10:54Z")
Joi Lansing was amazing. Her appearances on _The Beverly Hillbillies_ were quite amusing, for the absurdity of a 50-something hillbilly (albeit legendary musician) with a wife that young and beautiful, and for a woman built like Lansing having the surname ‘Flatt’. She had another memorable appearance on Petticoat Junction as a rival to Betty Joe for husband Steve’s affections. ---
**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, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-childhood-tv-crushes/921649/49 "2020-09-28T13:05:28Z")
A close competitor to Joi was Sue Ane Langdon. I know I saw her on _ **Dick van Dyke** _ and _ **McHale’s Navy** _ in the '60s, but I remember her best as Herschel Bernardi’s wife in _ **Arnie** _ in the '70s. [https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.pinimg.com%2Foriginals%2Ff1%2Fcd%2F56%2Ff1cd563661f9696c0ce491fe06e57d54.jpg&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pinterest.com%2Fpin%2F574560864943200062%2F&tbnid=Sbeo6TQjI\_T3iM&vet=12ahUKEwjCv4Lj84vsAhXNSKwKHXALDocQMygyegQIARA2..i&docid=zBcbHDVumex6iM&w=487&h=640&q=sue%20ane%20langdon&client=firefox-b-d&ved=2ahUKEwjCv4Lj84vsAhXNSKwKHXALDocQMygyegQIARA2](https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.pinimg.com%2Foriginals%2Ff1%2Fcd%2F56%2Ff1cd563661f9696c0ce491fe06e57d54.jpg&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pinterest.com%2Fpin%2F574560864943200062%2F&tbnid=Sbeo6TQjI_T3iM&vet=12ahUKEwjCv4Lj84vsAhXNSKwKHXALDocQMygyegQIARA2..i&docid=zBcbHDVumex6iM&w=487&h=640&q=sue%20ane%20langdon&client=firefox-b-d&ved=2ahUKEwjCv4Lj84vsAhXNSKwKHXALDocQMygyegQIARA2) ---
**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, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-childhood-tv-crushes/921649/50 "2020-09-28T13:13:05Z")
“Lana Shields,” played by Ann Wedgeworth. I’m surprised to find she was 45 when she appeared in _ **Three’s Company** _. I always thought she was maybe ten years younger than that. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2020, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-childhood-tv-crushes/921649/51 "2020-09-28T14:09:19Z")
Marina from ‘Stingray’. Joan Collins. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2020, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-childhood-tv-crushes/921649/52 "2020-09-28T14:25:21Z")
Probably Marlo Thomas - That Girl, and Karen Valentine - Room 222. Honorable mentions to Joey Heatherton ([perfect sleeper, anyone?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7T__NOpOZQ)) and Ann-Margret (presumably from variety shows). I’m pretty sure cigar and mattress ads played a BIG part in my youthful appreciation for televised sports… ---
**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, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-childhood-tv-crushes/921649/53 "2020-09-28T14:30:33Z")
> [@BigDfromLA](#): > > The best may have been Susannah Hoffs of the Bangles…she looked spectacular in the Eternal Flame video!!! Though I was a young adult by the time the Bangles were around, I heartily agree with you! The 2:47 mark in this video is what drove home that crush for me. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Cv6tuzHUuuk/maxresdefault.jpg "The Bangles - Walk Like an Egyptian (Official Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cv6tuzHUuuk) ---
**Author:** ![TRC4941](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trc4941/32/6792_2.png) [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2020, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-childhood-tv-crushes/921649/54 "2020-09-28T14:38:00Z")
David Cassidy - The Partridge Family Davy Jones & Peter Tork - Monkees Randolph Mantooth - Emergency Alan Osmond (not Donny!) - The Osmond Family Burt Reynolds Michael Landon - Bonanza Ted Bessell - That Girl James Brolin - Marcus Welby Don Grady - My Three Sons Michael Cole - Mod Squad ---
**Author:** ![TRC4941](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trc4941/32/6792_2.png) [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2020, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-childhood-tv-crushes/921649/55 "2020-09-28T15:00:40Z")
I forgot - Michael Gray - Shazam Bill Hudson - The Hudson Brothers Razzle Dazzle Show Bert Convy - Various game shows I had a lot of crushes!! ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2020, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-childhood-tv-crushes/921649/56 "2020-09-28T15:07:46Z")
Burt Ward (Robin on Batman) Bobby Sherman (Here Come the Brides) Michael Landon (only on Bonanza, not later on) ---
**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:** [September 28, 2020, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-childhood-tv-crushes/921649/57 "2020-09-28T15:08:56Z")
I remember having a huge crush on Ann Jillian when “Jennifer Slept Here” was on the air. Looks as though I would have been 10 at the time. ---
**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, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-childhood-tv-crushes/921649/58 "2020-09-28T15:19:27Z")
In an episode of _ **MTM** _, Lou Grant confessed to having a crush on Joey Heatherton. I remember her from **this commercial** and an episode of _ **It Takes a Thief** _, in which (IIRC) she didn’t have much to do: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/2QCK7dw3PPo/hqdefault.jpg "16mm Royal Crown Cola commercial Joey Heatherton") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QCK7dw3PPo) Joey sounds a lot like Ann-Margaret in that clip from _ **Bye-Bye, Birdie** _ they showed on _ **Mad Men** _. Where cigar commercials are concerned, no one beats Edie Adams: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/RRqf7xK5Qkc/hqdefault.jpg "Edie Adams for Muriel Cigars") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRqf7xK5Qkc) I looked for the one where she sings “Hey, Big Spender!” in that red dress, but couldn’t find it anywhere. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2020, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-childhood-tv-crushes/921649/59 "2020-09-28T15:35:24Z")
ISTR Angie Dickinson typified SEX for me, but Police Woman didn’t come out until I was 13, and she was a tad long-in-the-tooth by then. ---
**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2020, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-childhood-tv-crushes/921649/60 "2020-09-28T15:38:05Z")
Susan Dey, as \_\_\_\_\_\_\_ Partridge. She was so pretty, I can’t remember her first name on _The Partridge Family_. My heart melts, even today. > **[r/OldSchoolCool - Susan Dey 1970](https://www.reddit.com/r/OldSchoolCool/comments/gp2tu2/susan_dey_1970/)** > > 424 votes and 20 comments so far on Reddit [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-childhood-tv-crushes/921649.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-childhood-tv-crushes/921649.md?page=4)