The DU Lounge
Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsWho was your first celebrity crush as a kid. or teen. Mine was David Cassidy. How about you????
= new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight:
NoneDon't highlight anything
5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
OLDMDDEM
(3,037 posts)
debm55
(55,617 posts)
Walleye
(43,807 posts)debm55
(55,617 posts)
beveeheart
(1,513 posts)
rainy
(6,313 posts)debm55
(55,617 posts)
Deep State Witch
(12,558 posts)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.
debm55
(55,617 posts) 
CrispyQ
(40,665 posts)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.
debm55
(55,617 posts) blm
(114,420 posts)He was a fan of Neil Diamond, too.
generalbetrayus
(1,497 posts)debm55
(55,617 posts) 
marble falls
(71,019 posts)debm55
(55,617 posts)
RoadRunner
(4,710 posts)I had it bad. 
debm55
(55,617 posts) 
Permanut
(7,973 posts)Yeah, I'm that old.
debm55
(55,617 posts)
Permanut
(7,973 posts)debm55
(55,617 posts)
Bayard
(28,531 posts)Well, maybe not Peter York.
debm55
(55,617 posts) Bayard
(28,531 posts)Squeaky41
(423 posts)Ernie Kovacs
debm55
(55,617 posts) 
Diamond_Dog
(39,757 posts)debm55
(55,617 posts) 
rsdsharp
(11,788 posts)I just saw her last week on a 1968 episode of Bonanza — as an Indian maiden!
debm55
(55,617 posts) maptap22
(247 posts)debm55
(55,617 posts) 
woodsprite
(12,541 posts)debm55
(55,617 posts) SWBTATTReg
(26,026 posts)debm55
(55,617 posts) 
Xavier Breath
(6,470 posts)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.
debm55
(55,617 posts) Xavier Breath
(6,470 posts)
markodochartaigh
(5,011 posts)in "Swiss Family Robinson".
He died four years ago at the age of 79.
debm55
(55,617 posts) markodochartaigh
(5,011 posts)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.
debm55
(55,617 posts) : 
livetohike
(23,974 posts)debm55
(55,617 posts) 
sakabatou
(45,767 posts)She played the Pink Ranger on MMPR.
debm55
(55,617 posts)he was the Green Ranger. I made both outfits.
sakabatou
(45,767 posts)
debm55
(55,617 posts)
underpants
(194,834 posts)What can I say? I like redheads (not Dorothy)
debm55
(55,617 posts) debm55
(55,617 posts) underpants
(194,834 posts)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.
debm55
(55,617 posts) RB77
(61 posts)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
(4,011 posts)
debm55
(55,617 posts) 
Shermann
(9,007 posts)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
(39,559 posts)
... out of the clear blue of the Western sky comes ... Sky King
debm55
(55,617 posts) Brother Buzz
(39,559 posts)
CanonRay
(15,942 posts)Italian girl, of course lol
debm55
(55,617 posts) 
Phoenix61
(18,702 posts)
kimbutgar
(26,792 posts)Mike Nesmith was my second favorite Monkee!
debm55
(55,617 posts) Phoenix61
(18,702 posts)Ritabert
(1,971 posts)
dickthegrouch
(4,296 posts)And he still has the sexiest voice on the planet.
Closely followed by Andy McCluskey of OMD.
debm55
(55,617 posts) 
MuseRider
(35,128 posts)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.
debm55
(55,617 posts) MuseRider
(35,128 posts)he had animals! Now I am a musician and I have a farm. Still, those were awfully odd crushes.
debm55
(55,617 posts)
MuseRider
(35,128 posts)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. 
debm55
(55,617 posts) BootinUp
(50,936 posts)
debm55
(55,617 posts)
BootinUp
(50,936 posts)debm55
(55,617 posts)
MiHale
(12,618 posts)When she was on the Mickey Mouse Show. Actually went up and kissed her through the tv screen.
debm55
(55,617 posts)
Upthevibe
(10,021 posts)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.
debm55
(55,617 posts) 
karynnj
(60,775 posts)debm55
(55,617 posts) 
TlalocW
(15,674 posts)Was one of the reasons one of my degrees is Spanish.
debm55
(55,617 posts) 
PJMcK
(24,735 posts)I am so embarrassed!
ETA: My wife said Cher and all of the Monkees!
debm55
(55,617 posts) 
Mollyann
(147 posts)debm55
(55,617 posts) 
3catwoman3
(28,575 posts)...in The Man From U.N.C.L.E. I fantasized about being his younger sister and accompanying him on missions.
debm55
(55,617 posts) Hey Joe
(403 posts)From Get Smart 😍
debm55
(55,617 posts) 
FirstLight
(15,764 posts)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!
debm55
(55,617 posts) RandySF
(81,076 posts)debm55
(55,617 posts) 
Niagara
(11,500 posts)
LuckyCharms
(21,708 posts)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
(11,500 posts)wooooooooo-ooooooooooooooooo-wooooooooooo
LuckyCharms
(21,708 posts)but that's the sound I make when I snore.
I think it's a hereditary condition.
Wooooooooo Wooooooooo!
Woooooooo.....oooooooooooo!
Niagara
(11,500 posts)
Wooooooooo Wooooooooo! Woooooooo.....oooooooooooo!
debm55
(55,617 posts)
debm55
(55,617 posts) Niagara
(11,500 posts)It's always a good time in your threads!
DelMar dem
(70 posts)Such a cutie!
debm55
(55,617 posts) Jrose
(1,515 posts)P. S. Paul McCartney continues to be one of my few celebrity 'idols'!
debm55
(55,617 posts) 
chicoescuela
(2,636 posts)Paladin
(32,266 posts)debm55
(55,617 posts) debm55
(55,617 posts) gay texan
(3,155 posts)The "Mission Magic" cartoon
Mad_Dem_X
(10,127 posts)I wanted to marry him. LOL
gay texan
(3,155 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,127 posts)Such a hottie!
gay texan
(3,155 posts)debm55
(55,617 posts) skylucy
(4,014 posts)
debm55
(55,617 posts) 
yankee87
(2,755 posts)I thought she was so cool in both her movies and Family, I believe the sitcom was called.
debm55
(55,617 posts) Mister Ed
(6,805 posts)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.
debm55
(55,617 posts) Wiz Imp
(8,906 posts)Second was Kristy McNichol
yourout
(8,720 posts)And obviously Farrah fawcett was pretty high on my list.
😁
debm55
(55,617 posts) debm55
(55,617 posts)Last edited Thu May 29, 2025, 09:03 PM - Edit history (1)
debm55
(55,617 posts) Bmoboy
(607 posts)debm55
(55,617 posts) 
No Vested Interest
(5,279 posts)debm55
(55,617 posts) Mad_Dem_X
(10,127 posts)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!
debm55
(55,617 posts)women threw their panties on stage.
Mad_Dem_X
(10,127 posts)
LiberalLoner
(11,467 posts)Herman’s Hermits
I was five
Peter Noone I think is his name?
debm55
(55,617 posts) 
choie
(6,599 posts)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.
debm55
(55,617 posts) 
FM123
(10,335 posts)I had a poster of David Cassidy on my bedroom wall lol.
debm55
(55,617 posts) 
catbyte
(38,646 posts) debm55
(55,617 posts) 
ArnoldLayne
(2,256 posts)debm55
(55,617 posts) LoisB
(12,353 posts)debm55
(55,617 posts)person with a heart of gold.
LoisB
(12,353 posts)him. It was a sad day when he died.
debm55
(55,617 posts)
LoisB
(12,353 posts)Cloudhopper
(165 posts)I was 8 or 9.
debm55
(55,617 posts) KT2000
(21,936 posts)debm55
(55,617 posts) 
KitFox
(506 posts)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”. 😊
debm55
(55,617 posts) 
TommyT139
(2,146 posts)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.
debm55
(55,617 posts) 
niyad
(129,505 posts)debm55
(55,617 posts) 
Ocelot II
(129,011 posts)Imagine my surprise when many years later, he came out...
electricmonk
(2,015 posts)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.
debm55
(55,617 posts) LogDog75
(1,100 posts)Who played Agent 99 on Get Smart.
murielm99
(32,689 posts)debm55
(55,617 posts) 
MichMan
(16,623 posts)debm55
(55,617 posts) 
pansypoo53219
(22,882 posts)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.
debm55
(55,617 posts) 
Figarosmom
(9,721 posts)From an old TV series The Rebel. I must have been around 10.
debm55
(55,617 posts) Dulcinea
(9,656 posts)I thought he was the cutest thing ever when I was in junior high school! I had several of his 45s!
debm55
(55,617 posts) 
Emile
(40,570 posts)debm55
(55,617 posts) 
OldBaldy1701E
(10,149 posts)But, I would have to say Jack Wild, Luke Halpin, and Leif Garrett. 
debm55
(55,617 posts) 
NCgayguy
(255 posts)I had to keep my crushes hidden too!
displacedvermoter
(4,128 posts)On Sky King!
debm55
(55,617 posts) displacedvermoter
(4,128 posts)
boonecreek
(1,388 posts)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.
debm55
(55,617 posts) 
SARose
(1,831 posts)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.
🥰
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
debm55
(55,617 posts) fargone
(547 posts)debm55
(55,617 posts) 
calimary
(89,028 posts)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.
debm55
(55,617 posts)George, Ringo. Whoever you stopped on, you would marry.
calimary
(89,028 posts)Especially if one of us sneaked one of the fan magazines into school. I liked “Dig!” and “16”!
Groundhawg
(1,201 posts)debm55
(55,617 posts) Littlered
(347 posts)Then again, I believe it was a toss up between her and Loretta Swit.
debm55
(55,617 posts) maccafan
(157 posts)He is still my guy!!
debm55
(55,617 posts) 
beaglelover
(4,422 posts)debm55
(55,617 posts) Jeebo
(2,551 posts)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
debm55
(55,617 posts) chowmama
(997 posts)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
(55,617 posts) Emile
(40,570 posts)Barbarella was hot.
debm55
(55,617 posts) Codifer
(1,145 posts)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
(55,617 posts) 
UTUSN
(76,859 posts)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
(55,617 posts) 
Rastapopoulos
(724 posts)from Room 222
debm55
(55,617 posts) 
global1
(26,390 posts)in the original Parent Trap movie and then on to other Disney pics.
debm55
(55,617 posts) Danmel
(5,684 posts)Of course, I was 6 and he was 24.
Ironically his current wife is my age, lol.
debm55
(55,617 posts) milestogo
(22,549 posts)Oh, and Glen Campbell when I matured.
debm55
(55,617 posts) 
TommieMommy
(2,655 posts)debm55
(55,617 posts) 
buzzycrumbhunger
(1,648 posts)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
(55,617 posts) 
Skittles
(169,489 posts)no David Cassidy or Donnie Osmond for me! 
debm55
(55,617 posts) Skittles
(169,489 posts)oh those were the days my friend
NewDayOranges
(748 posts) debm55
(55,617 posts) rickyhall
(5,506 posts)debm55
(55,617 posts) 
lastlib
(27,528 posts)Last edited Wed May 28, 2025, 09:13 PM - Edit history (1)
IRL, Diana Rigg
she could turn me into a puddle when she smiled!
debm55
(55,617 posts) Bobstandard
(2,181 posts)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
(55,617 posts) applegrove
(130,212 posts)I also like the man from Glad in his white suit.
debm55
(55,617 posts)
MIButterfly
(2,028 posts)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
(55,617 posts) MIButterfly
(2,028 posts)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
(55,617 posts)
Buzz cook
(2,830 posts)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.
debm55
(55,617 posts) NCgayguy
(255 posts)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
(55,617 posts) NCgayguy
(255 posts)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
(55,617 posts) 
The Blue Flower
(6,342 posts)The Lone Ranger. Loved his voice.
debm55
(55,617 posts) JMCKUSICK
(5,098 posts)debm55
(55,617 posts) 
surfered
(11,462 posts)debm55
(55,617 posts) surfered
(11,462 posts)debm55
(55,617 posts)
BeyondGeography
(40,807 posts)It’s embarrassing but, fortunately for us both we never got together.
debm55
(55,617 posts) 
GreatShakes66
(105 posts)then Olivia Newton-John circa 1975.
debm55
(55,617 posts) ScoutHikerDad
(89 posts)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
(55,617 posts) 
Luciferous
(6,550 posts)I had his poster on my wall...
debm55
(55,617 posts) pdxflyboy
(907 posts)OMG……She was soooo hot to this 5th grader in 1965.
debm55
(55,617 posts) 
GReedDiamond
(5,512 posts)debm55
(55,617 posts) 
cloudbase
(6,157 posts)debm55
(55,617 posts) MustLoveBeagles
(14,715 posts)I was 4. David Cassidy was my second.
debm55
(55,617 posts) 
yellowdogintexas
(23,595 posts)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
(55,617 posts) 
retread
(3,888 posts)
/debm55
(55,617 posts) 
txwhitedove
(4,328 posts)debm55
(55,617 posts) 
Harker
(17,400 posts)debm55
(55,617 posts) 
Borogove
(517 posts)
debm55
(55,617 posts) LudwigPastorius
(14,147 posts)
debm55
(55,617 posts)