What kind of celebrity did you get crushes on as a kid?

[nolabear]

I hate to be so transparent about what turned me on when I was growing up, but it's absolutely clear what I was into from the people I got crushes on. Here are the two main categories as evidenced by who was in them:

Category 1: Vincent Price, Geoffrey Holder, (blush) Ed McMahon, and as an adult, Jeremy Irons.

Category 2: Ilya Kuriakin, Mr. Spock, Artemis Gordon, (blush) Ed McMahon.

So what were your childhood fetishes and how'd they play out in your crushes?

[Tikki]

1. Troy Donahue...I'd say now Scott Caan is looking very fine..

When I was young I had a crush on Troy Donahue...the big blond hair, blue eyes thing.
He was a little too tall for my taste, though.


This young actor, Scott Caan...just perfect.

Kinda like a young Mr. Tikki and all.


Tikki

[CBR]

2. Athletes... still the type I crush on.

Reggie Bush, Andy Roddick, Rafael Nadal, Shane Victorino

[Glorfindel]

3. Tony Dow (Wally Cleaver) who is almost exactly my age

and Fabian, Frankie Avalon, and Tommy Kirk, who are just a little older.

[MorningGlow]

4. Kiddie-pop musicians, mostly

David Cassidy, Donny Osmond, and later Shaun Cassidy. But NEVER Bobby Sherman. For some reason I found him a little skeevy--might have been the really deep tan.

[bigwillq]

5. Rap stars

mainly LL COOl J and Ice-T.

[CBR]

6. Ice-T is hot on Law and Order. nt

[mitchum]

7. Julie Newmar, Racquel Welch, Lara Parker (I was rather precocious)

[Cleanelec]

8. When I was 12 I had dreams of

tooling around in this..




with Laurie Partridge (Susan Dey) cuddled on the seat beside me

[Dr Morbius]

9. Diana Rigg.

[nolabear]

10. That woman was popular. Half the men I know had a crush on her.

[Dr Morbius]

12. In the 1960's, Diana Rigg defined sexy for many many men.

From then on, I always have had a weakness for British women.

Here's a more recent crush: Kaywinnit Lee Frye. She's actually Canadian Jewel Staite.

[siligut]

26. Jewel was amazing as Kaylee.

Her portrayal was spot on. If you haven't read Kaylee's biography on IMDB yet, it is obviously written with love, here is a link: http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0003812/bio

Kaywinnet Lee Frye "Kaylee" is the ever optimistic mechanic of the Firefly class transport "Serenity" from the TV show Firefly and the movie Serenity.

Always smiling and with a kind word for everyone, Kaylee believes in the goodness of people and has a willingness to give them the benefit of the doubt. Kaylee wears her heart on her sleeve and never hides her feelings from anyone. She has a fear of danger and guns, perhaps because she was shot once and almost died. She enjoys strawberries and is happier talking about ships and engines than anything else. Kaylee is often described as a genius mechanic and seems to have a magical gift for keeping the old Firefly in the air. But not everything goes so smoothly all the time.

Serenity is old and is barely kept together by Kaylee's skills. She takes everything about the ship personally and is almost like an extension of the ship itself. Once when the engine broke down and the ship was adrift in space she seemed to have enourmous feelings of guilt for being unable to repair the engine. She is also very sensual and has no inhibitions when it comes to sex. In fact, she got her job on Serenity when Captain Malcolm Reynolds discovered her having a tryst with his mechanic Bester in the engine room when the ship was grounded for repairs. When Kaylee managed to fix the engine, Reynolds fired Bester and gave her his job.

A continuing plot line throughout the TV show and movie is Kaylee's obvious atttraction to and maybe even love for Dr. Simon Tam, one of the passengers who ends up becoming a crew member. Unfortunately Simon is saddled with caring for his mentally scarred sister River and has no time for any romantic complications. Also he continually puts his foot in his mouth when talking with Kaylee so she gets very angry at him at times. For example, once Simon insulted Serenity and Kaylee, who loves the old Firefly, took expection to this and was very mad at the doctor. In the end though, as they seem to be about to die at the hands of the crazed Reavers, Simon finally confesses his true feelings for Kaylee and we see them engaged in some passionate kissing at the end of the movie. Kaylee is also like a sister to River and is very good friends with Inara Serra, a Companion (professional prostitute). Captain Reynolds treats her like a little sister and they seem to have a very sibling relationship.

Before she joined the ship little is known about Kaylee and one would guess her age is around 20. She mentions her parents at one point but it is unknown if she has any brothers or sisters or what planet she comes from.

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[Rhiannon12866]

11. Robert Stack

[Capn Sunshine]

13. Ann Margarock

And her inspiration, Ann-Margaret


And Sophia Loren

[nolabear]

23. I have a nephew who had a serious thing for Jessica Rabbit.

And he was only about three. And yeah, it's panned out into his tewnties.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

14. Julie Newmar as Catwoman. Barbara Eden as Jeannie. Mary Ann on Gilligan's Island.

[applegrove]

15. Robert Redford, Mel Gibson, Paul Newman, David Soul etc..when I was a young adult.

I didn't really crush much as a teen. I was too repressed.

[Bennyboy]

16. Annette...

Man oh man.

But I wanted to be the Beatles.

[Archae]

17. These three:

Oh, and you didn't? :P

[cherokeeprogressive]

18. Goldie Hawn, Mary Ann, and Elizabeth Montgomery.

[MilesColtrane]

19. The earliest I can remember...

"That Girl", Marlo Thomas



Heart meltingly sweet Laura Petrie (MTM)



Barbara Feldon as Agent 99



(I find it fascinating that there was a "type"of woman that I was attracted to years before puberty ever entered the scene.)

[OffWithTheirHeads]

20. O.K. I'm old. Carol Burnette and Anette Funiccelo (Sp?)

But now I have the hots for the chick on Burn Notice. I know, dirty old man. What other kind of old man is there?

[driver8]

21. Agent 99, Marsha Brady, Jeanie, and Bailey from WKRP...

Oh, and Elizabeth Montgomery when she put on the dark wig and played her cousin "Serena".

[Arkansas Granny]

22. I'm showing my age, for sure.

Edd Byrnes

Robert Mitchum

Lloyd Bridges

[Dr. Strange]

24. Some that I can remember...

The Sagal twins: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ld2lyIKc-G4
Kim Richards: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyj0RndlFzY
Heather Menzies: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZPPP7KhcPY

[KamaAina]

25. Usually the one who was supposed to be playing second fiddle to the femme fatale

Mary Ann on Gilligan's Island, Bailey on WKRP, Julie on Gimme a Break!, and anyone BUT Blair on Facts of Life. Yes, even Natalie. :loveya:

[nolabear]

28. You share that second fiddle thing with me, but for the other sex.

They were always smarter, you know...

[Brother Buzz]

27. Annette was bush league compared to Penny

[RFKHumphreyObama]

29. From what I can remember

My main one was on Sigourney Weaver after seeing her as Dana Barrett in Ghostbusters. I'm sure there were others -I just can't remember them off hand!

[mvd]

30. I remember the main ones were..

Debbie Gibson, Tiffany, Molly Ringwald, and Alyssa Milano (who still is a big crush). My crushes today remain pretty consistent for the amount on my list.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

31. Dignified handsome men.

It helped if they were British.

Very first crush: Gardner McKay of Adventures in Paradise (which came from Tales of the South Pacific by James Michener). I was probably 5 or 6 when that show was on.

Others: John Steed of The Avengers. Richard Chamberlain as Dr. Kildare.

From old movies, 1950s and before: Stewart Granger, Leslie Howard, Lord Laurence Olivier, Spencer Tracy.

Then The British Invasion of rock 'n' roll hit:
My opinion of The Beatles: Sexgod - Sexgod - Sexgod - Drummer (sorry Ringo)

I was prime teenybopper age when The Monkees hit. Again, Davy Jones was British but Mike Nesmith was cool too.

John Sebastian was cute and wore glasses and played the autoharp.

Ray Manzarek of the Doors: Nerdy, wore glasses and obviously part of the brains of the outfit.

60s movies: Dustin Hoffman, because he was weird. Paul Newman, because he was perfectly gorgeous as well as a good Democrat and a mensch. Robert Wagner.

I did NOT like blond, and/or bland guys like Kevin Costner, Robert Redford, Keanu Reeves.