I Admit It!

When I was a little girl, I had a crush on Bob Barker.*

And James Garner.

Edit: And Randolph Mantooth.

Your turn. Spill.

*I mention this because I caught the tail end of the prime time special.

Comments

[Calista]

John Wayne and Yul Brynner. And Hoss from Bonanza.

Yes, we watched lots of Westerns :-)

[bhd]

Oh for frick's sake. Bobby Sherman. Gah! Now I have to wash my brain out with soap!

[Melissa]

Chuck Woolery. (SP?) I was addicted to Love Connection because of him.

[Beth]

Oh, how fun.

Bernie Kopell from "The Love Boat" and Ricardo Montalban from "Fantasty Island."

Saturday nights were HEAVEN for me.

[Lori-Lyn]

Yeah, Rockford Files was hot stuff. To this day, I love the hear that theme song.

[plain jane]

Opie (Ron Howard) in Andy Griffith.

[Michael C]

Rudolph Mantooth was awesome. In fact, I made an 'Emergency' reference just today.

I had/have a thing for Mary Tyler Moore on the 'Dick Van Dyke Show.' And Erin Grey on Buck Rogers and Silver Spoons, and...I think I've already shared too much ;-)

[elizabet]

Bobby Sherman...and if it will make bhd feel any better - I'll admit to a life sized fold out poster hanging in my bedroom (then, not now). And Little Joe from Bonanza. And Heath from Big Valley. Thinking about this is almost (really) embarassing!

[Karan]

You will be able to tell that I'm old by my lusty girlish loves: I too loved Opie. I also had the hots for the Rifleman's son and Jay North. My sisters and I each picked a Beatle, a Monkee and a Here Comes the Brides Bolt brother to love. Mine were John Lennon, Mike Nesmith and Jason.

[Aimee]

I had a crush on MacGyver. I just watched an old episode dubbed in French last weekend and say there thinking what did I see in that frosted, feather haired man?

I also was into Scarecrow from Scarecrow and Mrs. King. Bruce Boxleitner. Why? I have no clue. I was young and I remember hurryin to get my homework done so I could watch the show with my parents.

And as a little girl I had a girl crush on Lynda Carter. I even had Wonder Woman undies and tank top. IN preschool I stripped down to my undies to play Wonder Woman and got in trouble.

[Doc]

David Hasselhoff in Knight Rider
(Did I just admit that? It just feels gross somehow))
And that Harry Anderson guy from Night Court.
And Chevy Chase and (ugh) Harold Ramus.

I think I'm going to go barf now...

[Chris]

I can honestly admit, I never had a crush on Bob Barker. Maybe some of his hot assistants, but never Bob.

[token]

Charlton Heston, Sam Groom, Sidney Pottier,
James Francisco, Yul Brenner, William Shatner, Scott Jacoby, Michael Douglas, David Soul, Eric Idle---it's an endless list, you know!

[Emil]

I second Michael's Erin Grey--especially from the Buck Rogers days.
I don't remember the actress' name, but I had a big crush on Athena (Adama, I think) on the original Battlestar Galactica. Now I have a crush on Grace Park, who plays Athena on the new Battlestar Galactica.
Then there was Kate Jackson and Olivia Newton-John. Actually, ONJ is the first crush I can remember.

[sizzle]

Shawn Cassidy
MacGyver
Michael J. Fox (I'm still enamored of him)

[cassie-b]

I can go with James Garner too. And there must be more, I'll just have to think.

My mother had crushes on Walter Cronkite, and Hugh Downs. I remember her talking about them.

[Denise]

Leif Garrett, Scott Baio and Shaun Cassidy. There. I feel better already.

Oh, and in 9th grade I was head over heels for Nick Rhodes of Duran Duran, who had pink hair and wore more makeup than I did.

Ahem. We won't even get into my 18-year-old Jim Morrison obsession. Unfortunately, you know that one firsthand. ;-)

[sandra]

Peter Jennings, Pat Sajak.

[Suzanne]

James Garner rules! Since I was 13 and saw Maverick - the series NOT the movie! LOL!

[Anica]

I had a crush on Burt Convey of Tattle Tales. HUGE! and Tim Conway on the Carol Burnett Show and Dean Martin.

[Margaret]

I thought Randolph was sexy--and I watched that Emergency show all the time. James Garner has always had a certain charm or twinkle that I am attracted to. Of course, I also fully intended to be Mrs. George Harrison. Never worked out.

[Another Aligator]

Mmmm. I still <3 James Garner... *especially* as Cash McCall. ;-)

I had a MAJOR crush on Harrison Ford, as Han Solo, between the ages of 5 and 20. Not my first crush, though. That honor belongs to Batman.

The current raging crushes are *slightly* more age appropriate: Nathan Fillion, Jensen Ackles and Bruce Willis (for 20 years... ACK!).
^_^

[panthergirl]

I used to make out with Paul Newman (my pillow).

I loved Richard Chaimberlain as Dr. Kildaire, and I would hide behind the couch when I changed into my PJs because I thought he might see me. (As if he would care, but I didn't know that then!)

I loved James Garner too. And Steve McQueen! Yum!

[AlisonM]

Randy Mantooth here, too. And William Shatner. Jeff Goldblum and Huey Lewis (I developed a taste for the more geeky older guy as I grew up. My taste for them rather than the pretty boys distinguished me from my peers, I thought, as somehow more sophisticated. BWAHAHAHAHA!!!)

[winter]

Lynda Carter as Wonder Woman - she's still gorgeous, in fact. Also Patricia McPherson on "Knight Rider".

[kim]

Ricky Schroeder from silver spoons...and the blonde from real people..does anyone remember that show??

[GarnerGirl]

James Garner is the handsomest man who ever walked the planet Earth!

[Teresa]

OHMYGAWD! I thought I was the only one with a Hoss Cartwright (Dan Blocker) crush! And Adam Cartwright, when he wasn't being all dark and brooding and mean.

Adn sticking with Westerns for a moment, I loved Nick Barkley. Never Heath and Jerred, only Nick.

And I loved Michael Jackson... and for a short time Marlon Jackson, after he grew out of that ackward stage and became the handsomest one of the lot.

Oh, yes, I loved William Shatner, too. I loved him for the longest time - until I saw him as T.J. Hooker. To my young addled brain, I thought Star Trek was still in production. Silly me.

[Suzy]

I am totally with you on the James Garner thing! Still!

[meredith]

I loved Randolph Mantooth!!!!!

[Catheroo]

Randolph Mantooth was HAWT. I also loved Dirk Benedict, and...uhm...ohmigod I'm going to admit this...Fred Grandy. Yes, Gopher from the Love Boat.

[gina]

Kenny Rogers and Michael Jackson. Go ahead and laugh. I know you wanna. ;)

[lori houlihan]

1. Donny Osmond
2. Jack Wild
3. David Cassidy
4. All of the Monkees
5. Glen Campbell
6. Dean Martin
7. The good looking guy on the Carol Burnett show
Shall I go on? Obviously age was never an issue for me.

[lori houlihan]

OMG! I left out William Shatner. I ADORED him.

[lori houlihan]

OMG! I left out William Shatner. I ADORED him. Keep in mind that these are just my preteen crushes and it's a short list at that. There are more. I was boy crazy from the moment I came out of the womb

[AndreAnna]

Someone already mentioned this, but MacGuyver made my special place tingle. ;)

I guess he's not on the embarassing crush side, so if it helps, I also had a thing for David Hasslehoff when Baywatch was aplenty.

[Edie]

Randolph Mantooth here also. I was really little, watching Emergency. I had my doll propped up on my little table so she could see "Daddy" on TV. It was an episode where he got bit by a rattlesnake. I cried and carried on.. OMG don't die! Dont dieeeeeee! Comforted the doll and all. Later when I was older it was Rick Springfield. Sigh.

[azmum]

Peter Tork from the Monkees and later on Tom Selleck, who still does it for me.

[Lusty]

Speed Racer
Million Dollar Man
All of Lassie's Timmys

[Catherine]

Uh, Denise....Nick Rhodes?!?!?!?! YACK!!!! Simon Lebon and/or John Taylor...THAT'S understandable!! But Nick Rhodes?!?!?!?! He's ugly!!