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First Prime-Time TV Characters You Loved
And now, here's something I think you'll really like...
QUESTION: Who were your first TV sex symbols?
These will depend, of course, upon your age, sex, sexual orientation and imagination. I shall say no more than this (though, perhaps, even this says way too much):
I hit puberty in the mid-1960s, just in time to be entranced by, among others, Diana Rigg as Emma Peel on ABC's The Avengers, Julie Newmar as the original Catwoman on ABC's Batman, and Barbara Eden as Jeannie's evil sister, Jeannie II, on NBC's I Dream of Jeannie.
Make of that what you will. My therapist certainly has.
So who were yours?
Marlo Thomas in "That Girl." Closely followed by Meredith Baxter in
"Bridget Loves Bernie."
My first sex symbol was definitely Annette Funicello! I loved watching
'Mickey Mouse Club' and then the serials 'Spin & Marty' and 'Annette' just to watch
her grow. I even watched 'Make Room for Daddy' when she guested as an Italian
exchange student.
Favorite/First TV Sex Symbol:
Yvonne Craig (Batgirl).
Yvonne Craig (Batgirl).
Yvonne Craig (Batgirl).
The blood just rushed from my head. Have to sit down. Feeling. Faint.
Who were your first TV sex symbols?
You're not gonna believe this, but... Mighty Mouse. An animated character. I know,
it's really weird, but I was three, and I thought he was swell, despite (or maybe
because of) his singing. Not long after, I started to appreciate non-animated
members of my own species, notably James Garner in Maverick, and Vic Morrow in
Combat.
FIrst female sex symbol I remember after I first started noticing girls,
Peggy Lipton. "The Mod Squad" gave three very unlikely crime fighters. Don't
remember how much she did but she looked good doing it. As I got older and looked
back before that time there were plenty of lovely ladies but she hit me at the right
time.
Wow. Richard Greico in 21 Jump Street. All the other girls were in love with Johnny Depp, but I could see right through him. He was just a flash in the pan; my Richard was not just awesome looking, but awesomely talented! (Remembering the 80's is so painful.)
(That's very funny, especially the parenthetical. -- David B.)
Gilligan he was hot! Thats a man baby, Skipper was OK also. (I've heard of the Ginger vs. Mary Ann debate, but Gilligan vs. Skipper? I'm pretty sure when I know my leg is being pulled. little buddy... -- David B.)
Well, Bob remembered Gilligan - That took me further back to Maynard G. Krebs. From Manyard you go to Dobie Gillis (The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis) - From there to "Thalia Menninger" Now there was a vision for a 13 year old. Who was and is "Tuesday Weld".
For the girls beyond Dobie there was "Milton Armitage" or Warren Beatty... (I'm right there with you with Tuesday Weld! -- David B.)
In last night's "Supernatural" season finale, Dean kills a cop who really is a demon. They have to hide his patrol car, number 54, on the roof. At some point dispatch will be asking Car 54 Where Are You? (Ooooh! Ooooh! That's a good one! Nice catch! -- David B.)
Gotta go with David's picks- Jeannie, Catwoman (Julie Newmar) and Diana Rigg, but adding Maryann into the mix. What that girl could do with her coconuts...
At an early age, Rory Calhoun in those fabulous westerns, Richard Chamberlin in Dr. Kildare and Ben Casey. Later on, definitely William Shatner from Star Trek fame.
I'm coming late to this site (thank you Terry Gross for having David on for his best of 2008 list)
I would start with Anne Francis as Honey West, then it was Diana Rigg as Emma Peel, Yvonne Craig as Batgirl, (I guess I like the women who seek action!)
and so on until Gillian Anderson as Dana Scully and Pauly Perrette as Abby Sciuto... sigh, be still my heart!
I'm not entirely sure who was 'First' but I know the general Time Frame and think I narrowed it down to:
Joanna Cameron from "The Secrets of Isis" - the Captain Marvel spin-off.
There was something 'exotic' or a twinkle in her eye that even as a young boy before I knew what 'Being HOT' was - I was entranced.
Others were probably:
The Pink Bugaloo - From "The Bugaloos" I loved her British accent!
Marcia Brady - "Brady Bunch"
Princess Ardala from "Buck Rogers" played by Pamela Hensley.