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Who was your first childhood TV "crush?"
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As long as we're on Little House on the Prairie, Alison Arngrim as Nellie Oleson was a love/hate
attraction/repulsion object for many, including me.
Awful attitude, but there was something attractive beyond the blonde curls,
more interesting than just mere pretty. Trouble, to be sure, but interesting if you could just get past the surface.
BigDave said:
As long as we're on Little House on the Prairie, Alison Arngrim as Nellie Oleson was a love/hate
attraction/repulsion object for many, including me.
Awful attitude, but there was something attractive beyond the blonde curls,
more interesting than just mere pretty. Trouble, to be sure, but interesting if you could just get past the surface.
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Arngrim was a great actor; you were reading the depth and complexity she successfully built in the Nellie character. A great example of characters with depth would be nearly all of the cast of M*A*S*H. Not all performers can do this, especially TV actors. Many of those fall shallow.Tom Wells said:As long as we're on Little House on the Prairie, Alison Arngrim as Nellie Oleson was a love/hateBigDave said:
attraction/repulsion object for many, including me.
Awful attitude, but there was something attractive beyond the blonde curls,
more interesting than just mere pretty. Trouble, to be sure, but interesting if you could just get past the surface.
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She was also Millicent in an episode of The Brady Bunch. It wasn't until I saw that episode (in reruns, of course!) that I realized that she was closer (in age) to the Brady kids than I ever would have otherwise believed.BigDave said:
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I would have to say my first grade teacher Mrs. Jarvais - she was young, French, and pretty. Oh -TV- then I'd have to say the "Kathy" version of Patty Duke. It must be something about the accents. My other crush was on my childhood friend's mother - who was Irish - I was enthralled with her even though she was ancient - maybe 38 or 40 years old.
I would have to say my first grade teacher Mrs. Jarvais - she was young, French, and pretty. Oh -TV- then I'd have to say the "Kathy" version of Patty Duke. It must be something about the accents. My other crush was on my childhood friend's mother - who was Irish - I was enthralled with her even though she was ancient - maybe 38 or 40 years old.
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I have two:
Cynthia Pepper as "Margie Clayton" on the 1961-62 series - "Margie".
Tina Cole as "Katie Miller-Douglas" on "My Three Sons".
Interestingly, Cynthia Pepper was in the first season (1960-61) of "My Three Sons" as "Jean Pearson" the girl next door who played the love interest of oldest son, "Mike Douglas" played by Tim Considine.
I have two:
Cynthia Pepper as "Margie Clayton" on the 1961-62 series - "Margie".
Tina Cole as "Katie Miller-Douglas" on "My Three Sons".
Interestingly, Cynthia Pepper was in the first season (1960-61) of "My Three Sons" as "Jean Pearson" the girl next door who played the love interest of oldest son, "Mike Douglas" played by Tim Considine.
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Darth_vader
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Xuxa. And if you didn't dig her, you were into either (or both!) of the two original female Power Rangers.
Xuxa. And if you didn't dig her, you were into either (or both!) of the two original female Power Rangers.
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BigDave
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Re: Who was your first childhood TV \
Miss Crabtree did a lot of movies in Europe in the 20's and 30's
Tom Wells said:
Miss Crabtree did a lot of movies in Europe in the 20's and 30's
Re: Who was your first childhood TV \
When I was a kid, we moved to a larger city that had THREE stations. Wow - a station for each network, and I discovered the shows that ABC carried prime time. One of those was Hawaiian Eye which I always watched - not for the show, but for "Cricket".
Connie Stevens made my heart warm. She also taught me to appreciate blondes. Talk about a crush!
Many years later, I married my first wife - a blonde who wasn't anything like Connie Stevens. She made my heart burn.
I prefer to remember Cricket. :-*
When I was a kid, we moved to a larger city that had THREE stations. Wow - a station for each network, and I discovered the shows that ABC carried prime time. One of those was Hawaiian Eye which I always watched - not for the show, but for "Cricket".
Connie Stevens made my heart warm. She also taught me to appreciate blondes. Talk about a crush!
Many years later, I married my first wife - a blonde who wasn't anything like Connie Stevens. She made my heart burn.
I prefer to remember Cricket. :-*
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Although I can't say I had a crush on her, Miss Crabtree was a looker. One of my favorites from the '40s, although again I can't say I've ever had a crush on her but do think she was what used to be called an "all-American girl," was Joan Leslie. You may know her best as Gary Cooper's wife in "Sergeant York," or as one of the members of George M. Cohan's family in "Yankee Doodle Dandy." The only time I disliked her was as the young girl with the club foot in "High Sierra"; Humphrey Bogart's character pays for an operation to correct it, finds himself wanting to marry her, then learns her boyfriend is coming out to California to marry her. I don't even think she thanked Bogie for finally being able to walk normally. (Bogie had to settle for Ida Lupino, herself a pretty good consolation prize.) June Allyson also had that "all-American girl" appeal and a wonderful chemistry with Jimmy Stewart.
And one of the most incredible faces I've ever seen belongs to Virginia O'Brien, whose completely deadpan rendition of "Rock-A-Bye Baby" in swing (almost rock) time is the only thing I like about the Marx Brothers' "The Big Store." She really could sing (even recorded a CD in the '80s, I believe), but developed her trademark deadpan style accidentally, when she suffered a case of stage fright, sang her song completely expressionless, and broke up the audience. Ms. O'Brien was used sparingly in the movies (audiences would have gotten tired of her deadpan routine quickly), but what a face!
BigDave said:
Although I can't say I had a crush on her, Miss Crabtree was a looker. One of my favorites from the '40s, although again I can't say I've ever had a crush on her but do think she was what used to be called an "all-American girl," was Joan Leslie. You may know her best as Gary Cooper's wife in "Sergeant York," or as one of the members of George M. Cohan's family in "Yankee Doodle Dandy." The only time I disliked her was as the young girl with the club foot in "High Sierra"; Humphrey Bogart's character pays for an operation to correct it, finds himself wanting to marry her, then learns her boyfriend is coming out to California to marry her. I don't even think she thanked Bogie for finally being able to walk normally. (Bogie had to settle for Ida Lupino, herself a pretty good consolation prize.) June Allyson also had that "all-American girl" appeal and a wonderful chemistry with Jimmy Stewart.
And one of the most incredible faces I've ever seen belongs to Virginia O'Brien, whose completely deadpan rendition of "Rock-A-Bye Baby" in swing (almost rock) time is the only thing I like about the Marx Brothers' "The Big Store." She really could sing (even recorded a CD in the '80s, I believe), but developed her trademark deadpan style accidentally, when she suffered a case of stage fright, sang her song completely expressionless, and broke up the audience. Ms. O'Brien was used sparingly in the movies (audiences would have gotten tired of her deadpan routine quickly), but what a face!
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FreddyE1977
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If we're going back as far as the WW II era, Barbara Stanwyck was a mighty fine looking bit o' stuff in
the 30's/early 40's.
If we're going back as far as the WW II era, Barbara Stanwyck was a mighty fine looking bit o' stuff in
the 30's/early 40's.
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And as I recall, you weren't alone-- The Beav himself was kinda smitten w/ Miss Landers too.Tom Wells said:
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Childhood TV crush?
Heather O'Rourke from Poltergeist then after she died. A couple of years older than I was back then.
Danica McKellar from the Wonder Years (OMG look at her now, ick.) Once again single BTW according to Wikipedia but no thanks.
Childhood TV crush?
Heather O'Rourke from Poltergeist then after she died. A couple of years older than I was back then.
Danica McKellar from the Wonder Years (OMG look at her now, ick.) Once again single BTW according to Wikipedia but no thanks.
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EZway2go
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Joanna Frank. She played the Queen Bee woman in the "ZZZZZ" episode of The Outer Limits.
Joanna Frank. She played the Queen Bee woman in the "ZZZZZ" episode of The Outer Limits.
Yep, and so was Angela Lansbury about a decade later.FreddyE1977 said:
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