# Your first celebrity crush . . . then and now **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 26, 2012, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-celebrity-crush-then-and-now/616851 "2012-03-26T15:26:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2012, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-celebrity-crush-then-and-now/616851/1 "2012-03-26T15:26:55Z")
When I was a kid, back in the '50s, I had a huge crush on [Jerry Lewis](http://www.google.com/imgres?um=1&hl=en&safe=off&client=firefox-a&sa=N&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&channel=s&biw=923&bih=932&tbm=isch&tbnid=chibnXj56Tt5RM:&imgrefurl=http://projects.latimes.com/hollywood/star-walk/jerry-lewis/&docid=jNwj8I461Sj1PM&imgurl=http://www.latimes.com/includes/projects/hollywood/portraits/jerry_lewis.jpg&w=280&h=350&ei=j4dwT765HonHsQKYsoX7BQ&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=337&vpy=568&dur=11&hovh=251&hovw=201&tx=113&ty=129&sig=115393832862358866273&page=2&tbnh=150&tbnw=117&start=20&ndsp=32&ved=1t:429,r:2,s:20). Well, not so much in more [recent](http://www.google.com/imgres?um=1&hl=en&safe=off&client=firefox-a&sa=N&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&channel=s&biw=923&bih=932&tbm=isch&tbnid=pRYq4WSxFz_9eM:&imgrefurl=http://jerry-lewis-telethon.edogo.com/index.php/tag/download-jerry-lewis-telethon-episodes/&docid=rmHEDYGkI-fJLM&imgurl=http://jerry-lewis-telethon.edogo.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/jerry-lewis.jpg&w=270&h=270&ei=j4dwT765HonHsQKYsoX7BQ&zoom=1) [years](http://www.google.com/imgres?um=1&hl=en&safe=off&client=firefox-a&sa=N&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&channel=s&biw=923&bih=932&tbm=isch&tbnid=z0hyYvhyz8aLnM:&imgrefurl=http://www.tmz.com/2008/10/25/jerry-lewis-flames-out-again/&docid=4oZqy53BEEkExM&imgurl=http://ll-media.tmz.com/2008/10/25/1025_jerry_lewis_ap-1.jpg&w=250&h=300&ei=j4dwT765HonHsQKYsoX7BQ&zoom=1&iact=rc&dur=313&sig=115393832862358866273&page=1&tbnh=164&tbnw=131&start=0&ndsp=20&ved=1t:429,r:6,s:0&tx=84&ty=32). How did yours turn out? ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2012, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-celebrity-crush-then-and-now/616851/2 "2012-03-26T15:33:30Z")
[Cheryl Ladd](http://www.celebscentral.net/user/picture/58250/) She is [looking great!](http://www.carreck.com/wallpaper/Jordan_Ladd/full/2.php) ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2012, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-celebrity-crush-then-and-now/616851/3 "2012-03-26T15:33:46Z")
Fred Rogers on [Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mister_Rogers'_Neighborhood). Never regretted it for an instant. Then Leonard Nimoy as Mr. Spock on _Star Trek_ (original series, of course). No afterthoughts about that either (to be honest, he still kind of does it for me ;)). ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2012, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-celebrity-crush-then-and-now/616851/4 "2012-03-26T15:38:39Z")
I think my first non-animated character crush was on[Noah Hathaway](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000441/), who played Atreyu in\* The Neverending Story\*. Mmmm…[he’s still yummy](http://artifact1066.tripod.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/newnoah.jpg). ETA: Er, I was 10, not a pedophile. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2012, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-celebrity-crush-then-and-now/616851/5 "2012-03-26T15:40:27Z")
Susan Dey is starting to show her age. Jodie Foster still looks amazing. ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2012, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-celebrity-crush-then-and-now/616851/6 "2012-03-26T15:46:38Z")
[Then.](http://topnews.in/files/marilyn-monroe_0.jpg) [Now.](http://therambler.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Corpse.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2012, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-celebrity-crush-then-and-now/616851/7 "2012-03-26T15:52:55Z")
> [@Kimstu](#): > > Then Leonard Nimoy as Mr. Spock on _Star Trek_ (original series, of course). No afterthoughts about that either (to be honest, he still kind of does it for me ;)). Yes, he will always do it for me too. ---
**Author:** ![StusBlues](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@StusBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StusBlues)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2012, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-celebrity-crush-then-and-now/616851/8 "2012-03-26T15:58:47Z")
My first was probably Elizabeth Sladen. She did pass away last year, but [was looking pretty all right](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sarah_Jane_Adventures_cast.jpg)up to the end. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2012, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-celebrity-crush-then-and-now/616851/9 "2012-03-26T16:00:55Z")
Maureen McCormick still looks pretty good. ---
**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:** [March 26, 2012, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-celebrity-crush-then-and-now/616851/10 "2012-03-26T16:06:11Z")
Hm, probably Dawn Wells (Mary Anne from _Gilligan’s Island_). She’s starting to show her age, but still hotter than Ginger ever was. ---
**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2012, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-celebrity-crush-then-and-now/616851/11 "2012-03-26T16:17:27Z")
Peter Tork, then: > **[The Monkees Image: Peter Tork](https://www.fanpop.com/clubs/the-monkees/images/18810100/title/peter-tork-screencap)** > > Image of Peter Tork for fans of The Monkees. And now: [http://www.parade.com/celebrity/personality-parade/2011/06/19/peter-tork.html](http://www.parade.com/celebrity/personality-parade/2011/06/19/peter-tork.html) Still hold a special place in my heart. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2012, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-celebrity-crush-then-and-now/616851/12 "2012-03-26T16:22:30Z")
Valerie Bertinelli. Still hot for someone my age. ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2012, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-celebrity-crush-then-and-now/616851/13 "2012-03-26T16:28:00Z")
Richard is a lucky man. [Then](http://www.stud-center.com/wallpaper/carey-lowell/4476.html) [Recent](http://www.celebrities.pl/carey_lowell/carey3.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2012, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-celebrity-crush-then-and-now/616851/14 "2012-03-26T16:34:41Z")
No “now” photo available, but my first TV crush was [Sue Randall](https://encrypted-tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQG-N5HDrm2CNTlO2yj-vSDuJ8f325lJ0cL6FbyJI_9R8f_AQTH). ---
**Author:** ![velvetjones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/5f9b8f/32.png) [@velvetjones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velvetjones)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2012, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-celebrity-crush-then-and-now/616851/15 "2012-03-26T16:43:39Z")
For me it was Bobby Sherman. [Then](http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://ospoetry.homestead.com/music2/Sherman/1/bobby-sherman.jpg&imgrefurl=http://ospoetry.homestead.com/music2/Sherman/Sherman.html&h=780&w=579&sz=75&tbnid=fxrYYWQIirNIwM:&tbnh=100&tbnw=74&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dbobby%2Bsherman%26tbm%3Disch%26tbo%3Du&zoom=1&q=bobby+sherman&docid=hTTVIbAlFoX3tM&hl=en&sa=X&ei=HpxwT965F8nr0gGLufXHBg&ved=0CE4Q9QEwBQ&dur=497) and [now](http://www.google.com/imgres?q=bobby+sherman&hl=en&sa=X&biw=1440&bih=781&tbm=isch&prmd=imvnso&tbnid=d2jRNhshbGLQHM:&imgrefurl=http://kool.radio.com/2011/01/07/bobby-sherman-then-and-now/&docid=oKfTXwXAME9HdM&img) Not sure how old the picture in the uniform is but he’s not looking too bad. ---
**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:** [March 26, 2012, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-celebrity-crush-then-and-now/616851/16 "2012-03-26T16:48:57Z")
Valerie Bertinelli for me too. I was 12 when \*One Day at a Time \*premiered, and she was 15. [Circa 1975](http://www.imdb.com/media/rm1375175936/nm0000933) [Circa 2012](http://www.imdb.com/media/rm2971709440/nm0000933) ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2012, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-celebrity-crush-then-and-now/616851/17 "2012-03-26T16:53:27Z")
Back in the 60s, when I was a kid, my Dad was a big fans of all the English spy shows. So, naturally, my first celeb crush was “Mrs. Peel”- Diana Rigg, of _ **The Avengers.** _ I now suspect my Dad wasn’t watching for Patrick Macnee, either. ---
**Author:** ![the\_Lady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bb73d2/32.png) [@the\_Lady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_Lady)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2012, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-celebrity-crush-then-and-now/616851/18 "2012-03-26T16:55:40Z")
Richard Dean Anderson has aged well. At least, I think so 😉 ---
**Author:** ![DianaG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@DianaG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DianaG)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2012, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-celebrity-crush-then-and-now/616851/19 "2012-03-26T16:55:46Z")
[Jason Bateman](http://www.popcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/jason-bateman.jpg), [then](http://celebritykids.name/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/bateman99.jpg) and [now](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/JasonBateman-adjusted.jpg/401px-JasonBateman-adjusted.jpg). No complaints here. ---
**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:** [March 26, 2012, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-celebrity-crush-then-and-now/616851/20 "2012-03-26T16:56:50Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > No “now” photo available, but my first TV crush was [Sue Randall](https://encrypted-tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQG-N5HDrm2CNTlO2yj-vSDuJ8f325lJ0cL6FbyJI_9R8f_AQTH). You probably don’t want to see a current photo since Sue Randall died in 1984. One of my earliest crushes was [Shari Lewis](http://classicshowbiz.blogspot.com/2009/12/hi-mom-starring-shari-lewis-christmas.html), who also looked pretty good when she was all dressed up for grownups. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-celebrity-crush-then-and-now/616851.md?page=2)