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31 May 2013

Didja see the thread on the blue about your first popculture crush? So, who was it, bunnies?
post by: bearwife at: 14:14 | 26 comments
Elijah Wood.
posted by ThePinkSuperhero 31 May | 14:34
I dunno, but the first time pre-adolescent me saw an image that stirred something 'different' in his mind was a video in which some woman climbs a large contraption, hooks her knees into it and hangs off of it. Recently I think I've found what it was: Prince's "Cream" video. Damn you, Prince! Ruining kids since the 70s
posted by Firas 31 May | 14:50
Peter Tork.
posted by Senyar 31 May | 14:59
Lisa Bonet, for sure. Still, too.
posted by ufez 31 May | 15:12
Corinne Bohrer.
posted by Eideteker 31 May | 15:43
Grace Jones.

Much later, Patrick McGoohan.

Senyar, back when my mom and dad met, at Carleton College in Minnesota, there were two Peter Thorkelsons. The one everybody liked went by Peter, sans middle initial, and the standoffish, unpopular one was called "Peter H." Eventually Peter Halsten Thorkelson moved to Greenwich Village for the folk music scene and became Peter Tork.
posted by Hugh Janus 31 May | 15:57
Wow, that's fascinating, Hugh. I know his life after The Monkees wasn't great, he ended up in prison for a time. But when I was 8 years old The Monkees were everything. (This was, of course, pre-Donny Osmond, My One True Love...)
posted by Senyar 31 May | 16:47
I could never decide if I liked Peter Tork or Davy more. I was pretty nuts about both of them.

I had a crush on the young Al Pacino too.

And, as I said in the thread, my heart belonged for a bit to (young) David Cassidy, and to a long time to (young Dr. Spock) Leonard Nimoy.
posted by bearwife 31 May | 16:50
Shaun Cassidy and Tom Petty. I don't remember who was first.
posted by initapplette 31 May | 16:56
Angela Cartwright
posted by Ardiril 31 May | 17:10
Leif Garrett. Paul McCartney. Mike Nesmith.
posted by Miko 31 May | 17:12
Leif Garrett. Paul McCartney. Mike Nesmith.
posted by Miko 31 May | 17:12
Harrison Ford.
posted by occhiblu 31 May | 17:14
David Cassidy.
posted by JanetLand 31 May | 18:00
Chad Lowe and Jason Bateman. I liked the siblings of the more famous ones. :-)
posted by Stewriffic 31 May | 18:52
Not first exactly, but high school me would have really been happy go steady with Molly Ringwald.
posted by D.C. 31 May | 18:57
As i said in the thread, Morten from Aha. Add to that River Phoenix when he was in Stand By Me and ralph Macchio when he was in The Outsiders. Ah to be 10 again...(ok those films were 3 years apart but it's about right...)
posted by gaspode 31 May | 18:57
Raquel Welch in her leather bikini from One Million Years BC.

also Grace Jones from one of my brother's OUI magazines that had her in a boxing ring naked
posted by rollick 31 May | 19:41
Merlin Olsen, aka "Jonathan Garvey" on Little House On The Prairie. I was still pretty young watching that show in the 70s, but I was like... hrm. I think I'd like to live at Mr. Garvey's house. (I didn't even know Olsen was an NFL player until much later.)
posted by BoringPostcards 31 May | 21:06
Diana Rigg as Emma Peel in The Avengers (NOT MARVEL). Narrowly edging out Barbara Feldon as Agent 99 in Get Smart. Because kick-ass lady spies were perfect for 10-year-old me. (Seeing Diana Rigg doing kick-ass old lady roles in Game of Thrones and Doctor Who should've been devastating, but she did The Mrs. Bradley Mysteries 15 years ago, so I was prepared)
posted by oneswellfoop 31 May | 21:44
Joe McIntyre from NKOTB. It was the blue eyes.
posted by bluesapphires 31 May | 21:59
Grease/Saturday Night Fever era John Travolta.
posted by brujita 01 June | 00:49
Julie London, nurse Dixie McCall.
posted by arse_hat 01 June | 01:53
For me, it was Yvonne Craig as Batgirl. I recall her being the first one to ever make me somewhat uncomfortable watching her, as I recognized that my enjoyment was not entirely wholesome.
posted by Thorzdad 01 June | 06:47
Elizabeth Montgomery.

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posted by Doohickie 02 June | 00:51
Paula Wilcox as Chrissy on 'Man About the House'.
posted by dg 03 June | 04:18
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