Who was your first celebrity crush as a kid. or teen. Mine was David Cassidy. How about you????

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[OLDMDDEM]

1. Karen Carpenter

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2. Thank you very much, OLDMDDEM.

[Walleye]

3. Probably Ricky Nelson

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5. Thank you very much. Walleye.

[beveeheart]

161. Ricky Nelson for me too. Loved him!!!

[rainy]

4. Paul McCarthy then Bob Dylan

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8. Great. Thank you very much , rainy.

[Deep State Witch]

6. Donny Osmond

Then I saw Star Wars in 1977. I crushed on Mark Hamill the first time I saw it, but my hormones must have kicked in by the second time and I noticed how hot Harrison Ford was. He's been my crush ever since.

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11. AGREE! Thank you very much Deep State Witch.

[CrispyQ]

7. Neil Daimond.

I bought a promo album off the back of a cereal box. One side was Neil Diamond & the other side was Diana Ross & The Supremes. Shilo & Solitary Man were both on it.

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13. That's great. Thank you very much CrispyQ.

[blm]

95. Solitary Man was one of Johnny Cash's favorite songs.

He was a fan of Neil Diamond, too.

[generalbetrayus]

9. Susan Dey on the Partridge Family.

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15. Thank you very much generalbetrayus and thank you for sharing with us.

[marble falls]

10. Twiggy. One of the very few pictures of a personality I hung on my wall.

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16. Thank you very much marble falls. I loved her style.

[RoadRunner]

12. Annette Funichello

I had it bad.

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17. HAHAHHAHAHAHHAH. Thank you very much RoadRunner. I liked cubby.

[Permanut]

14. Annette Funicello..

Yeah, I'm that old.

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18. You are only as old as you feel. Cubby was my favorite.

[Permanut]

21. Fun fact: Cubby later played drums for the Carpenters.

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24. Thank you Permanut. I didn't know that.

[Bayard]

19. All members of, "The Monkees."

Well, maybe not Peter York.

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22. Oh no, he was my favorite Monkee, Thank you Bayard

[Bayard]

106. I just remembered--not York, it was Tork

[Squeaky41]

20. Early Fave

Ernie Kovacs

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23. Thank you very much, Squeaky41.

[Diamond_Dog]

25. Paul McCartney

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29. Thank you very much Diamond_Dog. Though my favorite was George.

[rsdsharp]

26. Dawn Wells -- Mary Ann on Gilligan's Island.

I just saw her last week on a 1968 episode of Bonanza — as an Indian maiden!

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30. Thank you rsdsharp. Mary Ann was very pretty.

[maptap22]

27. Donnie Osmond

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33. Thank you very much maptap22 for sharing with us.

[woodsprite]

28. Definitely David Cassidy, but also Randy Mantooth and Tony Orlando!

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34. Thank you very much woodsprite for sharing with us.

[SWBTATTReg]

31. Bobby Sherman?

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37. Thank you very much, SWBTATTReg. He was hot.

[Xavier Breath]

32. Farrah Fawcett.

I had the poster of her. My mom was not a fan of it, but after much pleading on my part, she reluctantly allowed me to keep it on my wall.

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38. Thank you very much Xavier Breath. When I was in college all the guys had the red bathing suit one on their wall.

[Xavier Breath]

51. Forget Teddy Roosevelt, that poster should be on Mt. Rushmore.

[markodochartaigh]

35. Tommy Kirk

in "Swiss Family Robinson".

He died four years ago at the age of 79.

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39. Thank you very much. markodochartaigh. I think he was in Old Yeller too.

[markodochartaigh]

64. Yes he was a go to for

Disney when they needed a wholesome young male actor. Ironically he actually was gay. I wonder if my gaydar subconsciously allowed me to know that he was gay even before I knew that I was gay.

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175. Thanks

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[livetohike]

36. James Garner in Maverick.

https://i.postimg.cc/HWtCqV20/IMG-9290.webp

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40. Thank you livetohike. He was hot,

[sakabatou]

41. Amy Jo Johnson, I think

She played the Pink Ranger on MMPR.

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45. Thank you very much, sakabatou. My son grew up during the Power Rangers. One Halloween, I dressed as the Pink Ranger and

he was the Green Ranger. I made both outfits.

[sakabatou]

67. RIP, JDF

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177. Oh, I didn;t know he died.

[underpants]

42. Dorothy Hamel and Squeaky Fromme and the younger daughter on the Partridge family

What can I say? I like redheads (not Dorothy)

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46. Thank you very much underpants. I always wait for your words of wisdom.

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57. Underpants. Did you like Ginger more then Mary Ann?????

[underpants]

89. Oh yes. Not even close.

Mary Ann was a farm girl who won the cruise on a radio station.
Gibger was not only gorgeous she was a desperate starlet. A perfect combination.

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125. HAHAHAHAH. Thank you underpants.

[RB77]

109. Squeaky Fromme, - Wow !!

Oh well, I guess that’s cool if you love redheads. Mine is Grace Slick, - and I also had a crush on Mary Ann, - Ginger was too pretentious.

[MayReasonRule]

43. Mary Ann - Gilligan's Island

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56. Thank you very much. MayReasonRule, I liked her more then Ginger.

[Shermann]

59. Beat me to it

I always liked her more than Ginger. But Ginger wasn't hard on the eyes either.

Gilligan's Island, Twilight Zone, and Star Trek and the only 60's shows I ever got into.

[Brother Buzz]

44. Penny (Gloria Winters), Sky King's niece

... out of the clear blue of the Western sky comes ... Sky King

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50. Thank you very much. What a cutey. Brother Buzz, did you have her poster on your wall?

[Brother Buzz]

55. No! I was a nerd and had road maps plastered on my walls

[CanonRay]

47. Annette Funicello

Italian girl, of course lol

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63. Thank you very much, CanonRay. She was very beautiful.

[Phoenix61]

48. Davy Jones of the Monkees! nt

[kimbutgar]

54. Mine also but I didn't know then how short he was!

Mike Nesmith was my second favorite Monkee!

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66. Thank you very much. kimbutgar. I liked Peter.

[Phoenix61]

97. He was going to be a jockey. nt

[Ritabert]

49. I'd say Peter Noone of Herman's Hermits

[dickthegrouch]

96. I entirely agree

And he still has the sexiest voice on the planet.
Closely followed by Andy McCluskey of OMD.

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226. Thank you very much, Ritabert.

[MuseRider]

52. This is SO embarrassing but if it makes someone laugh......

Alfalfa on the Little Rascals......bad to a little better.......Mr. Green Jeans on Captain Kangaroo THEN I fell hard and seemingly forever for Tim Matheson on Bonanza, he is still cute.

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61. Thank you MuseRider. I liked Mr. Green Jeans better then the Captain.

[MuseRider]

68. He was a musician AND

he had animals! Now I am a musician and I have a farm. Still, those were awfully odd crushes.

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75. HAHAHHAHAH, my odd crush was Zeb on Green Acres.

[MuseRider]

163. Oooooo,

He did kinda have a cute face but, thanks I do not feel so bad.

I was sitting here laughing but started to get flashes of Alfalfa so....we can share the crazy spot together.

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176. HAHAHAHHAHA

[BootinUp]

53. Probably Yeoman Rand.

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178. Wow. Thank you BootinUp. How old were you????

[BootinUp]

191. Pre-teen watching reruns.

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193. HAHAHAHA. Thank you BootinUp.

[MiHale]

58. Annette Funicello...

When she was on the Mickey Mouse Show. Actually went up and kissed her through the tv screen.

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179. Thank you MiHale. That is so sweet.

[Upthevibe]

60. debm55.............

Jim Morrison. I had three older siblings who had great taste in rock and roll music. I was very fortunate.

I had a poster of Jim Morrison on my wall.

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180. Oh yes, thank you Upthevibe, He was eye candy for sure.

[karynnj]

62. Paul McCartney

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182. Thank you very much, karynnj. He was a looker

[TlalocW]

65. Maria from Sesame Street

Was one of the reasons one of my degrees is Spanish.

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183. Wow. Thank you very much, TlalocW. True love

[PJMcK]

69. Olivia Newton John

I am so embarrassed!


ETA: My wife said Cher and all of the Monkees!

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184. That is great. Thank you Mr and Mrs. PJMck

[Mollyann]

70. Michael Landon

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185. I agree, especially in Little House. Thank you Mollyann. Be still my heart.

[3catwoman3]

71. David McCallum as Illya Kuryakin...

...in The Man From U.N.C.L.E. I fantasized about being his younger sister and accompanying him on missions.

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74. Be still my heart. Loved him. and the show.

[Hey Joe]

72. Agent 99

From Get Smart 😍

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186. Thank you very much, Hey Joe. I think she was from the Pittsburgh area.

[FirstLight]

73. 1977-78 I was in 2nd grade... and LOVED Shawn Cassidy

My first record album was "Born Late"... My mom thought it was a cute play on words cuz I was the youngest.

I'll never forget that christmas!

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208. Thank you very much, FirstLight, for sharing your memories.

[RandySF]

76. Yvonne Craig as Batgirl.

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210. Thank you very much, RandySF. She was hot.

[Niagara]

77. Harry was sexy AF

[LuckyCharms]

174. Oooooh!

I wish I had his hair!

I can see why you think he is sexy, Niagara! I mean, who wouldn't think that! He kind of stirs something in me too, to be honest!

[Niagara]

181. It's the police siren noises that Harry makes, Lucky!

wooooooooo-ooooooooooooooooo-wooooooooooo

[LuckyCharms]

271. Niagara, I'm not very proud of this...

but that's the sound I make when I snore.

I think it's a hereditary condition.

Wooooooooo Wooooooooo!

Woooooooo.....oooooooooooo!

[Niagara]

272. LOL!

Wooooooooo Wooooooooo! Woooooooo.....oooooooooooo!

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212. HAHAHAHAHHAHHAHAHHA.

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211. HAHAHAHAHHA. Thank you very much , Niagara. Agree

[Niagara]

232. Hahaha! You're welcome, Debbie!

It's always a good time in your threads!

[DelMar dem]

78. Tony Dow.

Such a cutie!

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214. Thank you very much, DelMar. He had beautiful eyes.

[Jrose]

79. In the movies -- Paul Newman... In music -- Paul McCartney...

P. S. Paul McCartney continues to be one of my few celebrity 'idols'!

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215. Thank you very much, Jrose. Both fantastic choices.

[chicoescuela]

80. What about Diana Rigg (Emma Peel)? oh my

[Paladin]

88. Me and the rest of my horny junior high guy pals thought the world of Emma Peel. (nt)

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216. Thank you Paladin. She was hot in the catsuit.

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217. Thank you chicoescuela. I used to watch the Avengers and I loved her.

[gay texan]

81. Rick Springfield

The "Mission Magic" cartoon

[Mad_Dem_X]

92. He was my heartthrob when I was a teen

I wanted to marry him. LOL

[gay texan]

93. That long hair he had!!! N/t

[Mad_Dem_X]

119. I loved him on General Hospital

Such a hottie!

[gay texan]

165. Lief Garrett was another. N/t

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218. Thank you gay texan. He was a heart throb when I was young. Be still my heart.

[skylucy]

82. That is an easy one! PAUL MCCARTNEY!

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224. Thank you very much skylucy. George was my first choice and Paul was my second.

[yankee87]

83. Kristy McNichols

I thought she was so cool in both her movies and Family, I believe the sitcom was called.

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225. Thank you so much, yankee87 for sharing with us.

[Mister Ed]

84. Barbra Streisand, Teri Garr, and Betty Aberlin (of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood)

Good Heavens, I almost died right there in my theater seat watching Streisand sing the finale in "Funny Girl".

Teri Garr and Lady Aberlin had faces and voices that melted my heart into a puddle.

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157. Wonderful choices. Mister Ed. All of them.

[Wiz Imp]

85. Valerie Bertinelli

Second was Kristy McNichol

[yourout]

108. Valerie B was high on my list as well.

And obviously Farrah fawcett was pretty high on my list.
😁

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154. Thank you very much, yourout. Both terrific choices.

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155. Thank you very much, Wiz Imp. I saw here on a baking show. Still beautiful

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229. Thank you Wiz Imp. Great choices.

[Bmoboy]

86. Julie Andrews

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153. Agree. Thank you very much Bmoboy. Loved her in Mary Poppins and The Sound of Music.

[No Vested Interest]

87. Loved Eddie Fisher, the singer...

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152. Thank you very No Vested Interest.

[Mad_Dem_X]

90. Tom Jones

He had a TV variety show that I would watch every week. Saw him in concert a few years ago...he's still got it!

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146. Thank you very much, Mad_Dem_X, It brings back memories of watching his show with my Grandmother. I remember when

women threw their panties on stage.

[Mad_Dem_X]

268. Yes! LOL

[LiberalLoner]

91. Lead singer of

Herman’s Hermits
I was five
Peter Noone I think is his name?

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145. Thank you very much, LiberalLoner. I liked Herman's Hermits too.

[choie]

94. Walt "Clyde" Frazier of the Knicks

I was ten yrs old.https://photostore.nba.com/featured/new-york-knicks-walt-frazier-ken-regan.html

Then I moved on to Willie Ames and Shaun Cassidy.

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143. Great choices choie.

[FM123]

98. Me too!

I had a poster of David Cassidy on my bedroom wall lol.

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142. Me too. Thank you FM123.

[catbyte]

99. George Harrison

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141. AGREE. Thank you catbyte. He is my favorite Beatle.

[ArnoldLayne]

100. Angilique from the 1960's Dark Shadows tv show.

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140. Thank you very much ArnoldLayne for your choice.

[LoisB]

101. Roberto Clemente and Johnny Unitas.

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139. Thank you LoisB. Being from Pittsburgh all my life, Roberto was an icon here. Handsome man, great baseball player and a

person with a heart of gold.

[LoisB]

148. He was all those things. I lived in Williamsport, PA (middle of the state) but I adored

him. It was a sad day when he died.

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150. Yes it was. It was the day after Christmas.

[LoisB]

166. Thought it was New Year' Eve.

[Cloudhopper]

102. Kurt Russell after watching the movie "The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes"

I was 8 or 9.

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138. Great choice Cloudhopper. He is still going strong.

[KT2000]

103. Richard Chamberlain

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137. Oh yes, what a heart throb. Thank you very much KT2000. Loved him in The Thorn Birds.

[KitFox]

104. Hi Deb, Hope your physical therapy is doing well! Ricky Nelson

on “The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet” when he would play his guitar and sing at the end of an episode. He had those dreamy eyes and smile. I cut out his picture from my sister’s movie magazine and pinned it on my wall. Also Tim Considine on “The Adventures of Spin and Marty”. 😊

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136. Thank you very much, KitFox. Ricky Nelson had those dreamy eyes.

[TommyT139]

105. Yes, David Cassidy!

Started with the Partridge Family, of course...but it was his solo album "Rock Me Baby" that clinched it.

Followed a couple years later by Robert Conrad. Not just Wild Wild West, but the good (Baa Baa Black Sheep) and the bad (High Mountain Rangers) -- I have been faithful through it all.

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135. Thank you very much TommyT139. I agree with all your choices.

[niyad]

107. Richard Chamberlain

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134. Thank you very much, niyad. I agree. He was hot.

[Ocelot II]

251. Me, too!

Imagine my surprise when many years later, he came out...

[electricmonk]

110. Linda Blair

I saw her in those made for tv movies where she was always a teenager in trouble and I guess early on I had a thing for the bad girls. Funny now that my folks let me watch those movies. Guess they figured it's on tv how bad could it be.

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132. Yes, I liked her, Thank you electricmonk. After the Exorcist, she got typecast. That's a shame.

[LogDog75]

111. Barbara Feldon

Who played Agent 99 on Get Smart.

[murielm99]

113. She is why I am murielm99.

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130. HAHAHAH. I loved her on that show as Agent 99, Thank you LogDog75

[MichMan]

112. Marlo Thomas

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126. Thank you very much, MichMan. I always watched her as Ann Marie on That Girl.

[pansypoo53219]

114. somebody named fisher stevens was a big name, but i was huh? meh. prefered stevenson(?). the only guy i liked as a kid

was the professor on gilligan's island repeats. i didn't watch those shows. prefered alistair cooke + vincent price on PBS. tho, patrick stewart was in i claudius + ooh, who dat.

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124. Thank you very much for your choices pansypoo53219

[Figarosmom]

115. Nick Adams

From an old TV series The Rebel. I must have been around 10.

[debm55]

123. Thank you very much, Figarosmom. I remember Nick Adams and I agree with you.

[Dulcinea]

116. Andy Gibb!

I thought he was the cutest thing ever when I was in junior high school! I had several of his 45s!

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122. Thank you Dulcinea. I thought he was the cutest of the Bee Gees.

[Emile]

117. Donna Douglas and Barbara Eden

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121. Thank you very much, Emile. both lovely.

[OldBaldy1701E]

118. Well, being gay, I usually did not 'crush' over people in public.

But, I would have to say Jack Wild, Luke Halpin, and Leif Garrett.

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120. Thank you OldBaldy1701E. Love your choices.

[NCgayguy]

239. I get that!

I had to keep my crushes hidden too!

[displacedvermoter]

127. Gloria Winters (Penny)

On Sky King!

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128. Thank you displacedvermoter. Penny was a cutey.

[displacedvermoter]

129. Fun show, too!

[boonecreek]

131. Original Mouseketeer Cheryl Holdridge.

She later played Wally's girlfriend Julie Foster on "Leave it to Beaver" and was on a hilarious
episode of the "Dick Van Dyke Show" as a young dancer who has a crush on Rob.

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133. Thank you very much boonecreek. I remember her. Good choice.

[SARose]

144. Ringo Starr

Yep. All my girlfriends were either Paulies or Johnies. A few Georgies.

I fell in love with him Feb 9, 1964 - first appearance on Ed Sullivan.
🥰

I'd like to be
Under the sea
In an octopus's garden
In the shade

He'd let us in
Knows where we've been
In his octopus's garden
In the shade

I'd ask my friends to come and see
An octopus's garden with me

I'd like to be under the sea
In an octopus's garden
In the shade

Ringo Starr 1969 Abby Road

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149. Thank you very much, SARose, I think you are the first Ringo. Good for you!!!!! I was a George.

[fargone]

147. Hopalong Cassidy

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151. Thank you very much, fargone.

[calimary]

156. Paul McCartney!!!

Three of my best friends in school each liked a different Beatle so every recess was always fun. We referred to each other as Mrs. (preferred Beatle here). So I was Mrs. McCartney.




Sigh…

There were a couple more. Herman of Herman’s Hermits (real name Peter Noone), and Richard Chamberlain as Dr. Kildare.

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158. HAHAHAHAHAH. Thank you calimary. We played a jump rope game at recess. The girls turning the rope would say John, Paul,

George, Ringo. Whoever you stopped on, you would marry.

[calimary]

159. I guess we were too lazy for jump rope.

Especially if one of us sneaked one of the fan magazines into school. I liked “Dig!” and “16”!

[Groundhawg]

160. Farrah Faucett

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222. Agree. Thank you very much, Groundhawg.

[Littlered]

162. Lynda Carter

Then again, I believe it was a toss up between her and Loretta Swit.

[debm55]

228. Thank you very much, Littlered. Excellent choices.

[maccafan]

164. Paul McCartney

He is still my guy!!

[debm55]

230. Thank you maccafan. I knew from your name you were going to pick Paul. He was my number two to George"s number one.

[beaglelover]

167. Tom Selleck

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231. Thank you beaglelover. He was a knock out on his first show. Be still my heart.

[Jeebo]

168. Lori Martin, or Hayley Mills

Not sure which one was first. Lori Martin starred in a TV show about Velvet Brown, not sure if the name of the TV show was the same as the Elizabeth Taylor movie National Velvet. Lori Martin was said to look very much like Elizabeth Taylor. This was around 1960 and I was about 10. At about the same time the movie The Parent Trap came out starring Hayley Mills in a dual role as identical twin sisters Susan and Sharon. I was equally smitten by both Lori Martin and Hayley Mills. Those movies National Velvet and The Parent Trap are still among my favorites, but the TV show starring Lori Martin didn't last very long and now it almost no longer exists. I just did a search on YouTube and was able to find only snippets of that TV show, except for one apparently full episode that has been colorized. As for The Parent Trap, it's a Disney movie and I don't think I would be able to provide a link to the full movie for free, only snippets. The Parent Trap shows up all the time on TV, but it's always the remake with Lindsey Lohan in the dual role. Why does nobody ever show the original? That Lindsey Lohan remake is pretty good too, but the original of these classics is always the best version.

-- Ron

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235. Thank you very much, Jeebo. Two cuties or should I say three?

[chowmama]

169. Paladin (Richard Boone)

And there was a game when we were young - essentially, it was 'tell me which Cartwright and I'll tell you who you are'. Mine was Adam for fun and Hoss for keeps.

Even at that age, I knew Adam would be a real pain in the ass in the long term.

[debm55]

223. That's funny. Thank you so much, chowmama

[Emile]

170. Jane Fonda when I was 17.

Barbarella was hot.

[debm55]

202. Thank you Emile. And she is still hot.

[Codifer]

171. Veronica Lake.

Instantly the first time I saw "I Married a Witch" which was made sometime in the forties. She had that strand-of-hair-over-the-eye thing way before Lauren Bacall. I loved Bacall too (I was easy).

[debm55]

201. HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAH. Thank you very much, Codifer.

[UTUSN]

172. My father's and mine: Doris DAY

And in my late age, when I should have long before achieved "maturity," I was still crushed to discover she was a wingnut. Thank Zeus Dad
didn't live to find that out.

[debm55]

200. Oh my, I didn't know that either. Thank you very much UTUSN. I liked her movies. Very perky actress.

[Rastapopoulos]

173. Karen Valentine

from Room 222

[debm55]

198. I remember that quite well. She was so cute.Thank you Rastapopoulos.

[global1]

187. Haley Mills......

in the original Parent Trap movie and then on to other Disney pics.

[debm55]

196. Thank you very much global1. Last week I watched her in PollyAnna. It was my favorite movie with Haley in it.

[Danmel]

188. Paul McCartney

Of course, I was 6 and he was 24.
Ironically his current wife is my age, lol.

[debm55]

195. Thank you very much.Danmel. Does it feel strange being around his wife that is the same age as you?

[milestogo]

189. Davy Jones

Oh, and Glen Campbell when I matured.

[debm55]

194. Thank you very much milestogo.

[TommieMommy]

190. Kurt Russell

[debm55]

192. Thank you very much, TommieMommy.

[buzzycrumbhunger]

197. Thanks to my older brother's influence...

It was a tie between Jim Morrison and Jimi Hendrix. I think he got me into Zappa first, but he made me laugh more than anything (still does).

[debm55]

199. Thank you very much, buzzycrumbhunger. Three great choices.

[Skittles]

203. the posters on my wall were Jimmy Page and Jimi Hendrix

no David Cassidy or Donnie Osmond for me!

[debm55]

204. Thank you very much Skittles. I had a Jim Morrison poster.

[Skittles]

238. he was pretty yummy too

oh those were the days my friend

[NewDayOranges]

205. Steve McQueen... He was the coolest of the COOL!

[debm55]

206. Damn right. Thank you NewDayOranges.

[rickyhall]

207. Patty Duke

[debm55]

221. I loved Patty Duke also. Thank you very much rickyhall. May she RIP

[lastlib]

209. Emma Peel!

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IRL, Diana Rigg



she could turn me into a puddle when she smiled!

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220. Thank you very much, Lastlib. What a beautiful and strong woman.

[Bobstandard]

213. Betty Page

When I was 10 or something my Dad took me along on a shopping spree related to a big party he and my Mom were throwing. He took me in to the liquor store where the transaction took way too long for a kid just discovering the joys of adhd. Wandering around I found an early issue of Playboy among the other magazines. Thumbing through it I was a little surprised—though not titillated—by the photographic revelations of ‘lady stuff’ that I wouldn’t become interested in for a few more years. But then I saw the center spread. She was nude, of course, and she didn’t have nipples or a bush. Her image was, in a way, almost chaste. But those eyes! Not only was she super cute, her eyes were both playful and challenging. Love at first sight. I got busted by my dad and the clerk as I was standing there mesmerized, holding the magazine up over my head, staring at her face, the foldout touching the floor. The clerk said something like, “I see trouble ahead!” He was right. I’ve been a sucker for Betty Page types ever since.

[debm55]

219. Oh Bobstandard. what a great and funny post. Thank you for sharing with us.

[applegrove]

227. I liked Johnny, the paramedic on the show "Emergency".

I also like the man from Glad in his white suit.

[debm55]

237. Thank you very much, applegrove for your choices. I liked the Logger from Brawny paper towels.

[MIButterfly]

233. Herman of Herman's Hermits.

I was around 10. I subsequently threw him over for Mark Lindsay of Paul Revere and the Raiders. My entire bedroom wall was plastered with pictures of him. Wow, was he cute. ❤️

David Cassidy was a cutie too, but I was already committed to Mark by the time he came along.

[debm55]

241. HAHAHAHHAHAHAHHA. That is funny. MIButterfly. I played the field.

[MIButterfly]

246. A few years ago, Mark Lindsay was with the Happy Together Tour

but then he dropped out. I was so disappointed. Now he's auctioning off almost all of his possessions and moving to Hawaii, so my dream of seeing him in concert one more time before one of us is gone is over. Sigh.

[debm55]

247. Sorry, MIButterfly, Yes, Mark Lindsay was on my list as a teen , also.

[Buzz cook]

234. The Bradley sisters from Petticoat Junction

Didn't matter if it was the originals or the replacements. Three nude girls in a water tower stirred things that hadn't been stirred before.

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[debm55]

240. Wow. Thank you very much Buzz cook. I love it.

[NCgayguy]

236. Levi Stubbs

I was very young, 5 or 6. The Four Tops appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show. The sound of his voice caught my attention and I was mesmerized. Even at that age I knew my parents were racist. I am surprised that they even let us watch them. I knew the feelings I had for Levi were so different than anything I had ever felt and those feelings never went away. Years later I realized that was the moment I knew I was gay, I just didn't know it!

Thanks for asking and allowing me to share a beautiful memory!

May You Be Healthy, Safe and Happy....AND LOVED!
Reis

[debm55]

242. Thank you very much, NCgayguy. Love you, Debbie

[NCgayguy]

244. Hi Debbie!

This is getting WAY OFF TOPIC but here goes! lol

About 2 months ago I heard a song and it brought back that connection to my youth, to Levi and most importantly to Janis Ian. The song was "At Seventeen". SO, I wrote Janis and told her how her song affected me then and how Levi was my first crush. Isn't that silly? WELL, JANIS EMAILED ME BACK! She shared a personal story with me (that I want to keep private). I was blown away! I can't believe I've shared my first crush story twice this year since it's been decades that I've given it any thought and two amazing people responded! Janis and YOU! Makes me feel loved!

Thank you!
Reis

[debm55]

249. That's great, NCgayguy. Always remember you are loved and you love. You are strong. You are brave. And you are Loved

[The Blue Flower]

243. Clayton Moore

The Lone Ranger. Loved his voice.

[debm55]

248. Thank you very much, The Blue Flower.

[JMCKUSICK]

245. I thought Gabriella Sabatini was the most beautiful woman alive for years and years.

[debm55]

250. Thank you very much, John.

[surfered]

252. Claudine Longet until she shot and killed her Olympic snow skier boy friend.

[debm55]

253. Thank you surfered. Wasn't she married to Andy Williams? Did she go to jail?

[surfered]

266. Yes and yes. Ours was a doomed relationship. She was married, I didn't want to be shot.

[debm55]

267. Hahahaha.Thank you. TThat was a close one there

[BeyondGeography]

254. Barbara Eden

It’s embarrassing but, fortunately for us both we never got together.

[debm55]

257. So sorry BeyondGeography.

[GreatShakes66]

255. Sandy Duncan

then Olivia Newton-John circa 1975.

[debm55]

259. Thank you very much for sharing your choices. GreatShakes66.

[ScoutHikerDad]

256. How About His Sister?

Susan Dey as Laurie on The Partridge Family. She was a goddess to this little boy, as was later Mary Ellen Walton and Laura Ingalls on Little House on the Prairie.

[debm55]

260. Great choices there ScoutHikerDad. Thank you for sharing. I see you liked to play the field too.

[Luciferous]

258. Ralph Macchio from the Karate Kid 😀

I had his poster on my wall...

[debm55]

261. Thank you very much, Luciferous.

[pdxflyboy]

262. Raquel Welch....,,

OMG……She was soooo hot to this 5th grader in 1965.

[debm55]

263. hahahhahhahahhhahahah, Thank you very much pdxflyboy.

[GReedDiamond]

264. Grace Slick of Jefferson Airplane...nt

[debm55]

265. GReedDiamond, thank you. You are so right. Grace had the sultry voice and the looks.

[cloudbase]

269. Susan Cowsill.

[debm55]

270. Oh yes, thank you very much, cloudbase.

[MustLoveBeagles]

273. Randolph Mantooth

I was 4. David Cassidy was my second.

[debm55]

275. Thank you very much, MustLoveBeagles.

[yellowdogintexas]

274. Paul Anka, I think.

I saw him on Bandstand; Dick Clark interviewed him and he showed how he could take the same melody and rework it in different modes. I was captivated. I also liked his music

[debm55]

276. Thank you very much,yellowdogintexas.