First crush
When I was about nine, my parents took me and my brother to a Vikings game. I hardly remember anything at all about the game itself, but I remember my dad taking me to get a souvenir. As I agonized over my choices, my eyes lit upon a Miami Dolphins mini pennant.
“Can I have that?” I asked shyly.
“That?” my dad asked. “But it’s not Vikings-related.”
“I know,” I said. “But I really like the Miami Dolphins.”
“Well, this is new. How come you like the Dolphins all of a sudden?”
“Because……(long pause)…………I think Dan Marino’s cute.”
Then I turned a violent shade of red and died of embarrassment. But that pennant stayed up in my room for YEARS.
And I still love Dan Marino.
Who was your first celebrity crush?
Shaun Cassiday from the Hardy Boys. And the Fonz. God I feel old.
Comment by Tina — July 16, 2008 @ 2:58 pm
ugh…Devon Sawa. I hang my head in shame now…
Comment by Sarah — July 16, 2008 @ 3:15 pm
Kirk Cameron. Yeah, not so much anymore.
Comment by Sara — July 16, 2008 @ 3:17 pm
I don’t remember. I kind of grew up under a rock. I wish I knew!
Comment by Jess — July 16, 2008 @ 3:29 pm
John Schneider from the Dukes of Hazard.
Comment by Shelly — July 16, 2008 @ 3:41 pm
Rick Springfield
Comment by Shelly — July 16, 2008 @ 3:44 pm
OMG, I was just thinking about this! They were doing something on Jon Bon Jovi on NRP… I was thinking how embarrassing that I had a poster up of him like FOREVER in my room as a kid and teenager! He was TOTALLY one of my first crushes (one of MANY, I was kind of shy as a kid and totally had crushes on these unobtainable people… that was sort of a set up for a huge disappointment in the real world
I also LOVED Johnny Depp on 21 Jump Street but I remember having a tough time deciding between he and the darker haired guy from that show whose name is totally escaping me and if I were not so lazy I would Google – Johnny usually won if I recall correctly! John Travolta in Grease!!! Kirk Cameron and a very young Leonardo on the show they were on together and I am totally spacing the name of… OH boy. George Clooney when he was on the Facts of Life. OH oh and the boy with the bushy eye brows & the blue blue eyes, Brian Bloom! I distinctly remember keeping a Tiger Beat magazine with Brian Bloom on the cover for years (crap did I just admit that!??!)
Comment by Christina — July 16, 2008 @ 3:58 pm
Mine was Shaun Cassidy too. Nothing says the 70s like feathered hair and a silk screen jacket!
Comment by deni — July 16, 2008 @ 4:07 pm
Haha… David Justice, and my brothers teased me mercilessly for collecting baseball cards with him on them.
Comment by seven — July 16, 2008 @ 4:23 pm
I have to go with KIRK CAMERON too, OMG. Horrors.
Comment by Tessie — July 16, 2008 @ 4:25 pm
The first one that I can really distinctly remember is from the movie “The Great Outdoors”. The one who played John Candy’s oldest son. What was his name? I cannot remember at all. OK imdb help a gal out…Oh yeah Chris Young. I was 14 when that movie came out. Does that make me a late bloomer or what?
Comment by Emily — July 16, 2008 @ 6:04 pm
It was Christian Bale (I say proudly, as he is STILL one of my celeb crushes.) He was in that Disney musical, The Newsies? Anyone? Anyone? And my gosh he was smokin’. For a singing, dancing, delivery boy in suspenders.
Comment by Sarah — July 16, 2008 @ 10:12 pm
Honest to god? John Elway of the Denver Broncos. I had a huge framd pster of him in my room for the longest time. After him, Corey Feldman. S E X Y
Comment by saly — July 16, 2008 @ 10:29 pm
Sting. LOVED him.
Comment by Fiona Picklebottom — July 17, 2008 @ 6:44 am
There may be no men reading this site, but since I am co-founder, and one time contributor, I’ll comment.
Catherine Bach of the Dukes of Hazzard and Heather Thomas from The Fall Guy. LOVED THEM. Still do, thanks to TV shows on DVD!
Comment by Jason — July 17, 2008 @ 7:38 am
@Sarah – My sisters and I watched Newsies ALL THE TIME when we were younger. We had it taped off the Disney channel. I have since bought it on DVD and listen to the soundtrack when I want to belt out the songs. “Open the gates and SEIZE the day…” I personally liked Mush, though (was that his name??). Or David. No idea what their actual names are, though.
Comment by Becky — July 17, 2008 @ 8:54 am
Mine was George Michael–I was a big fan of Wham. What was I thinking?
Comment by My Buddy Mimi — July 17, 2008 @ 8:06 pm
Ricky Schroder during Silver Spoons;)
Comment by mandy — July 20, 2008 @ 9:36 pm