I thought I would have some fun today and list some of my crushes growing up. Women who I would watch every time they were on television, in movies, or look at when they were in magazines.
Growing up with Gilligans Island and that baffling question. Mary Ann or Ginger? I vote for Mary Ann every time. I met Dawn Wells in Nashville at a Jerry Lewis MD Telethon. I was 9 years old and I could hardly speak. She wasn’t too much taller than I was…and I never saw someone that tanned. My mom had to make me wash my hands after I shook hers.
One of the first then current celebrities I had a crush on was Kristy McNicol. Why I don’t know but when I was 10 years old she was the one I really zeroed in on. She is 5 years older than me and I noticed her on Battle of the Network Stars.
I moved up to mature women with this crush. Yeah, I liked Charlie’s Angels like every other 10-18-year-old at that time. Kate Jackson was the one for me for some reason…
I was smitten when I saw Debbie Harry in a video for Heart Of Glass at 12 years old. Probably my second blonde crush.
Suzanne Pleshette… that is one of the reasons I kept watching The Bob Newhart Show…and still do!
The ultimate girl next door… I saw her on the Midnight Special when I was 8 years old. So…Olivia Newton-John would be the first blonde crush.
I started watching sports in 1977…and she started to pop up on football telecasts. She made football much more interesting to this baseball fan.
Katherine Ross, I watched first in the Graduate. I liked everything she did.
When I was much older…in my twenties…Drew Barrymore was on my radar.
When I was in my teens I read a book on Clara Bow and I’ve been hooked to this day. Her looks, her drive, and the obstacles she had to overcome to be successful.
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