Who did everyone first fall in love with on TV when they were young? I can't tell mine because it's kind of silly.....

Originally posted by MaryRLPetrie
I can't tell mine because it's kind of silly.....

Now c'mon...
There's nothing to be ashamed of.
You're among friends here. I'm sure whoever it is, it's not silly.
I promise not to make fun of your first TV love.

I'm not ashamed to tell you my first TV love. Not ashamed to admit when I was a kid, I had a major thing for Cheryl Ladd.

I used to have a thing for Vera from Alice. Sometimes I still be dreamin'......

I kind of like Ted Danson from Cheers.

Either Mark-Paul Gosselaar from Saved By The Bell or John Stamos from Full House. I don't remember which. But they're still both hot. :D

My first TV crush was Bill Bixby in the Courtship of Eddie's father.

I'm sure whoever it is, it's not silly. I promise not to make fun of your first TV love.

OK, it was someone on The Love Boat :blush: :D I guess that is a little silly, hee hee. But I saw the E! TV Tales show on the Love Boat and I still think this person is cute and makes my heart beat fast. :blush: :eyes: :heart: :heart:

Captain Stubing?

Your ships Doctor, Bernie Kopel?

Mine was most definitely Scott Baio :)

Jodie Sweeten.. Stephanie on Full House.

It's a toss up between Loni Anderson(WKRP) and Marilu Henner(Taxi) :D:):D

Originally posted by MaryRLPetrie


OK, it was someone on The Love Boat :blush: :D I guess that is a little silly, hee hee. But I saw the E! TV Tales show on the Love Boat and I still think this person is cute and makes my heart beat fast. :blush: :eyes: :heart: :heart:

Fred Grandy, your yeoman pursor?

First one would have to be Potsie on Happy Days.....

boy I loved it when he sang....


~cara~

The first crush I ever had was on Kent McCord, who played Officer Jim Reed on Adam-12. I still love watching my tapes of Adam-12 just to watch him--although now that I'm older I also enjoy Martin Milner.
Then once I moved on to The Love Boat, Fred Grandy (Gopher) was a favorite of mine. He was just "cute" and funny. He was fun to watch.
I also enjoyed the actors from The Brady Bunch (Barry Williams in particular).::lol:

Originally posted by ABC1
The first crush I ever had was on Kent McCord, who played Officer Jim Reed on Adam-12. I still love watching my tapes of Adam-12 just to watch him--although now that I'm older I also enjoy Martin Milner.


Drool...:eyes: Those guys rock.

lol I was like 10 years old and I had a crush on Henry Winkler A.K.A. Fonzie... :lol: I was watching reruns of this show because I used to like watching it with my mom when I was younger and my mom was obsessed with Henry Winkler too. Desi Arnaz also used to be hotter than hell in the earlier episodes of I Love Lucy.

I found a picture of my first crush Bill Bixy.... This is when he got older and was on The Incredible Hulk.

He still makes my heart :heart: skip a beat.

Rest in Peace Bill............

heh, when i was little i loved geraldo (20/20 news show) and speed racer (he was so handsomely drawn)

<GGG>

no, this is not a JOKE!

Originally posted by JennyLee22
I found a picture of my first crush Bill Bixy.... This is when he got older and was on The Incredible Hulk.

He still makes my heart :heart: skip a beat.

Rest in Peace Bill............

Bill was definitely good looking. I think he was better looking on My Favorite Martian to me.

When I was about 5 years old, I had a big crush on Burt Ward. Yeah, Burt def. beats the professor. lol

Originally posted by Titania
First one would have to be Potsie on Happy Days.....

boy I loved it when he sang....


~cara~

Potsie was my first TV crush as well. I loved him. People used to tease me all the time about it. "Why do you like Potsie? He's a dork." I was soooooo sick of hearing that! Potsie was the best. Good looking, funny, and his voice was beautiful!

I guess Chachi was second. Scott Baio is really nice looking!!!!!:)

Potsie's a fox. I used to stay up and watch when he would be a guest host on the late shows.
People can be way too judgemental about stuff.

Originally posted by Jenny
Bill was definitely good looking. I think he was better looking on My Favorite Martian to me.


I agree. He was adorable on MFM.

My First was Juan Epstein, played by Robert Hegyes.

To this day, I still think he's hot.

My first "serious" crush was on Lee Majors when he played Heath Barkley on" The Big Valley". I had this thing for cowboys and Westerns when I was a young girl. I also liked Robert Conrad on Wild Wild West!:)

Oh Yeah PennyL......... Heath was **HOT**........

But as a young gal I was partial to Jarrod Barkley......... It was his beautiful eyes that swept me away. (AKA Richard Long).

Like I said before......... Now when I look at The Big Valley I'm ogling Nick Barkley he was a HUNK too but, I never noticed... Until now............ Woooooooo.... :lol: :eek: :eek: :eek: :lol:

I can't recall who was the first but i had a crush on the following:

Jason Bateman - It's your move
Michael J. Fox - Family Ties
Ted Danson - Cheers
Johnny Depp - 21 Jump Street
That cute guy from , The Fall Guy, not Lee Majors
and hands down, Bruce Willis as David Addison on Moonlighting. He was so funny and cute on the show.

Originally posted by JennyLee22
Oh Yeah PennyL......... Heath was **HOT**........

But as a young gal I was partial to Jarrod Barkley......... It was his beautiful eyes that swept me away. (AKA Richard Long).

Like I said before......... Now when I look at The Big Valley I'm ogling Nick Barkley he was a HUNK too but, I never noticed... Until now............ Woooooooo.... :lol: :eek: :eek: :eek: :lol:

Yes! I liked Nick a lot too! He was very cool. But my heart belonged to
Heath...........sigh...........

Here's a picture of Nick for you JennyLee!

Meredith Baxter Birney from Family Ties.

I say nothing more.

First TV love was a tie between:
Mary Tyler Moore as Laura Petrie on The Dick Van Dyke Show because of her tight capri straight leg pants plus she have the girl next door look about her.
Elizabeth Montgomery - Bewitched. Her natural beauty speaks for itself
From that point on my crushes were:
Meredith Baxter Birney - Bridget Loves Bernie, Family and Family Ties. She was the girl next door
Bonnie Franklin - One Day At A Time
Linda Lavin - Alice
Nancy Dussault - Too Close for Comfort
Anne Schedeen - ALF
Berlinda Tolbert - The Jeffersons
Valerie Harper - Rhoda, The MTM Show and The Hogan Family
Joyce DeWitt - Three's Company

Mike and Greg Brady on the Brady Bunch
Kevin Arnold on the Wonder Years
Tony Nelson on I Dream of Jeannie.

I never had a crush on sitcom actors until now for......

Jack Tripper on Three's Company :eyes:

Well, my first one doesn't count, as I first had a thing for Maculay Culkin. But anyway...

I don't exactly have a crush on these characters, I just happen to think they're cute in their own ways.

Frasier - (Cheers, Frasier)

Alex P. Keaton (Family Ties)

Skippy Handelman (Family Ties)

Jim Ignatowski (Taxi)

Re. the last one - okay, Jim's not an obvious choice, but I think he's kind of cute in his own way.

Freddie Prinze (Chico, Chico and the Man)
David Cassidy (Keith, The Partridge Family)
Alan Alda (Hawkeye, MASH)

And not sitcom actors, but OMG I had HUGE crushes on:
Bobby Sherman (Here Come the Brides)
Mitch Vogel (Bonanza and Little House on the Prairie)

I had a thing for David Cassidy too ;)

The first crush I had was Eve Plumb ( Jan Brady) from the Brady Bunch. After that I had crushes on Valerie Bertinelli, Jan Smithers (of WKRP) And Farrah Fawcett ( of Charlie's Angels) oh and Pamela Sue Martin of Dynasty. I had a lot. :lol:

Priscilla Barnes and Joyce DeWitt :D

I'm gonna have to go with Jon-Erik Hexum. :)

Well, my first one doesn't count, as I first had a thing for Maculay Culkin. But anyway...

lol...me too. He looked like my JH/HS crush. Then they both got kinda ugly.

I think my first was Alex P. Keaton from Family Ties. But my recent one and my favorite one of all time Jack Tripper from Three's Company.

Cheryl Ladd on "Charlies Angels"

Now that I've...let my other side come out of the closet, I also want to say that growing up, I thought Uncle Jesse from Full House was hotter than hell. I still look at that man today, with an urge to jump on him and lick him.

My first crush was Kevin Arnold from the wonder years, then Alex P. Keaton from Family Ties (still is... :blush: ).

Neil Patrick Harris...Doogie Howser. I remember I even wrote him a letter and he sent me an autographed picture and I was weirded out because I had never heard the name "Neil" and thought it was an ugly name...why would Doogie have a weird name like "Neil"? Screwed up logic of an 10 year old.

I had a "HUGE" crush on Ron Howard when he was Richie Cunningham on Happy Days when I was 9 years old..but my first real TV love was Dirk Benedict when he was Star Buck on Battlestar Galactica :eyes:

When I was about 12, I had a mad crush on Peter Duel, star of the tv Western, Alias Smith and Jones. He committed suicide, and I recall feeling devastated. I still have the newpaper page with the story of his death.

To this day, I feel a sense of sadness if I see his picture, and I'm not alone. There are many websites devoted to his memory. He's taken on somewhat of a legendary cult status.

Aunt Bee on "The Andy Griffith show"

Granny and Jane Hathaway on "The Beverly Hillbillies"

I had a "HUGE" crush on Ron Howard when he was Richie Cunningham on Happy Days when I was 9 years old

Oh me too! I never thought he was 'hot' in the sense of the word,but there was something cute and charming about him.He was also a terrific actor.

Mine was most definitely Scott Baio :)

Mine too. I realized I was gay one day when Chachi kissed Joanie and it made me jealous and made me with I was her.

I'm gonna have to go with Jon-Erik Hexum. :)

The first time I ever cried over a celebrity death was when I was in drama class in the 10th grade and heard he had died.

My first TV crush was Jameson Parker (the blond) on Simon and Simon. My biggest crush was on Mark-Paul Gosselaar from Saved by The Bell.

My biggest crush was on Mark-Paul Gosselaar from Saved by The Bell.


OMG I forgot him!! I loved him so much :kiss: . I like Alex P. Keaton better tho 'coz I've got a thing for the money-loving republican types. :p

Yes! I liked Nick a lot too! He was very cool. But my heart belonged to
Heath...........sigh...........

Here's a picture of Nick for you JennyLee!

What a HUNKY Fine Looking Man!!!! I love a good looking cowboy hunky man!

With those HUNKY leather gloves he wears....... YOWZA! :eyes: :kiss: :eyes:

What a HUNKY Fine Looking Man!!!! I love a good looking cowboy hunky man!

With those HUNKY leather gloves he wears....... YOWZA! :eyes: :kiss: :eyes:

Oh Yeah............ :lol:

First one would have to be Potsie on Happy Days.....

boy I loved it when he sang....


~cara~

Sorry, but.................... :barf: :smash:


:wave:

Sorry, but.................... :barf: :smash:


:wave:

:rofl: ............ That's for putting Potsie down and then waving. :lol:

:rofl: ............ That's for putting Potsie down and then waving. :lol:

He was so annoying! :rolleyes:

:wave:

Neil Patrick Harris...Doogie Howser. I remember I even wrote him a letter and he sent me an autographed picture and I was weirded out because I had never heard the name "Neil" and thought it was an ugly name...why would Doogie have a weird name like "Neil"? Screwed up logic of an 10 year old.

I don't understand why, but when I was about 10, I thought Doogie Howser was hot too... WHAT WAS I THINKING??

I also used to have a huge thing for Luke Perry and Jason Priestley on Beverly Hills 90210, my parents thought it was strange that I had 90210 posters on my wall, I always told them that it was because I thought Shannen Doherty was a babe :lol:

I also used to watch Simon And Simon reruns in the early 90's thinking Jameson Parker was so hot, until when I saw what he looked like after the show ended, not quite so pretty

He was so annoying! :rolleyes:

:wave:

I'm sure you have a "Pumps Your Blood" ringtone :lol:

I don't understand why, but when I was about 10, I thought Doogie Howser was hot too... WHAT WAS I THINKING??

I also used to have a huge thing for Luke Perry and Jason Priestley on Beverly Hills 90210, my parents thought it was strange that I had 90210 posters on my wall, I always told them that it was because I thought Shannen Doherty was a babe :lol:

I also used to watch Simon And Simon reruns in the early 90's thinking Jameson Parker was so hot, until when I saw what he looked like after the show ended, not quite so pretty
Oh I was more of a fan of the Melrose men. Grant Show...says it all. I thought Andrew Shue was effing gorgeous, and I even had feelings for GayMatt. And towards the end of the run, I started liking evil Michael as well. When Thomas Calabro isn't playing an evil character like Michael, he can be quite attractive. I saw him on a Spelling-themed ep of "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?" and he was looking very good, if you ask me.

When I was about 12, I had a mad crush on Pete Duel, star of the tv Western, Alias Smith and Jones. He committed suicide, and I recall feeling devastated. I still have the newpaper page with the story of his death.

To this day, I feel a sense of sadness if I see his picture, and I'm not alone. There are many websites devoted to his memory. He's taken on somewhat of a legendary cult status.

Peter Duel was really good looking. When I was a young girl I use to see the show Gidget with Sally Fields but I never really noticed him.

Then when the re-runs came out again (2 years ago) I started thinking to myself Hey....... He was a looker. Then I started reading up on him and I saw what eventually happen to him. :( So sad......... He was a fine looking man. I could see why you had a crush on him.

I'm sure you have a "Pumps Your Blood" ringtone :lol:


. :eek:

Peter Duel was really good looking. When I was a young girl I use to see the show Gidget with Sally Fields but I never really noticed him.

Then when the re-runs came out again (2 years ago) I started thinking to myself Hey....... He was a looker. Then I started reading up on him and I saw what eventually happen to him. :( So sad......... He was a fine looking man. I could see why you had a crush on him.
Yes, it was a terrible shame. Alcoholism did the poor guy in. He was only 31 when he died. Really, even today, 35 years after his death, I get sad if I think about it. It wasn't just a girlhood crush that passed. Maybe it would have been, had he lived. I'll never know that. I just know that I was in love with him, in my young mind. Those dimples, that twinkle in his eyes. Flipped me out when he died.

He was also on a tv series with Judy Carne....Love On A Rooftop.

Some of my early crushes were:

Mary Stone from "The Donna Reed Show" (I used to watch the show on Nick at Nite and always liked Mary.)

Stephanie Tanner from "Full House" (We were around the same age, so I liked watching the show mainly for her.)

Melodie (Christine Taylor) from "Hey Dude"

Kelly Kapowski from "Saved by the Bell"

Barbara Cooper from "One Day at a Time"

I don't understand why, but when I was about 10, I thought Doogie Howser was hot too... WHAT WAS I THINKING??


He's grown up to actually be decent looking. I just finished watching the first season dvd set and the new interview segment feature with Neil Patrick Harris. He has a chiseled face. And he's a lot less irritating now than he was back then.

Yeah Neil Patrick Harris looks fine now... have you not seen him in "Stark Raving Mad"? That was quite a funny show too.

Anyway, my tv crushes (and I mean insignificant crushes) were Ari Meyers from Kate & Allie.

uhh, nobody really. Although, Bebe Neuwirth was hot as Lilith Sternin on Cheers. Sure, there are attractive women on TV.... but the only celebrity I really find attractive, and would say I have a "crush" on would be Natalie Portman. And no, not just because I'm a "Star Wars" fan.

And he's a lot less irritating now than he was back then.

Not exactly the biggest feat, but god.... his voice was so annoying. Good show and all.... but what an irritating voice.

Yes, it was a terrible shame. Alcoholism did the poor guy in. He was only 31 when he died. Really, even today, 35 years after his death, I get sad if I think about it. It wasn't just a girlhood crush that passed. Maybe it would have been, had he lived. I'll never know that. I just know that I was in love with him, in my young mind. Those dimples, that twinkle in his eyes. Flipped me out when he died.

He was also on a tv series with Judy Carne....Love On A Rooftop.

I remember Love on a Rooftop. That was a really good show. I forgot that Judy Carne was in it. For some reason I thought it was another actress who played in her role.

I wish this show would come back on the air. Or at least on DVD. I remember they were newlyweds and their family or in laws were always around. He would get frustrated. :lol:

The only ones for me are John Ritter (Jack Tripper, "Three's Company") and Michael J. Fox (Alex P. Keaton, "Family Ties"). I knew Jack Tripper first, then I saw Alex, but I've always loved Jack Tripper much, much, more, and to this day he's STILL my favorite :D

Go Cassandra! I like MJF too. He's so cute with his blue eyes! Of course no one beats John's though! ;)

David Cassidy and I was 5 years old. :D

Not exactly the biggest feat, but god.... his voice was so annoying. Good show and all.... but what an irritating voice.

I feel exactly the same way. I loved the show when it was on the air, watched it all the time, and it was fun to see all the episodes again on dvd. I'm just wondering how did I ever take his voice.

And the character simply irritated me at times.

But Neil Patrick Harris seems to have turned out to be a cool guy. I hadn't watched his last sitcom, but I liked him in the movie Undercover Brother.

Russell Johnson(the professor Gilligan's island)
Bill Bixby(David Banner The Incredible Hulk)
John Travolta(Welcome Back Kotter)
Matthew Laborteau(Albert The Little House on the Prairie)
John Ritter(Jack Tripper Three's Compagny)
Fred Grandy(Gopher The Love Boat)

My first love was Rick Shroeder from Silver Spoons, then Kirk Cameron from Growing Pains

I forgot to mention John Travolta in his Welcome Back Kotter days.He was a hottie.

The first time I ever cried over a celebrity death was when I was in drama class in the 10th grade and heard he had died.

:(

When I heard he died, it was on the evening news and I started to cry. Could not believe that it was him. The next day at school, a few of the other girls were really upset and crying, too. :(

Mine was David Cassidy (Keith Partridge)
Fred Grandy as Gopher your Yeoman Purser on The Love Boat
Patrick Duffy as Bobby Ewing
Bruce the stud Willis as David Addison on Moonlighting.
Gary Sandy as Andy Travis in WKRP in Cincinnati

Davey Jones of The Monkees. After that, David Cassidy!

Oh me too! I never thought he was 'hot' in the sense of the word,but there was something cute and charming about him.He was also a terrific actor.
Oh thank goodness I was not the only one... :lol:

Davey Jones of The Monkees. After that, David Cassidy!


OMG I forgot about Davy! Actually I think I had a crush on each one of the Monkees at one time or another LOL!

And although he was not my first, I should take the opportunity to mention Freddie Prinze of "Chico and the Man". He will definitely be my last! There hasn't been anyone like him since.... :(