IB次元官网网址檓 pretty sure it was the hair. The impossibly perfect smile, the lilting voice and, well, everything else probably had something to do with it, but it was that giant, tousled halo that set her apart.
My first, and really only, B次元官网网址榗elebrityB次元官网网址 crush was a familiar one to those of us of a certain vintage.
Like millions of other kids across North America, I was fascinated with all things Farrah Fawcett. (Of course, I was the only nine-year-old who actually had a shot).
The first non-sports poster that ever adorned the walls in my room was the iconic one-piece bathing suit pic of Farrah that sold approximately eleventy zillion copies. Somewhere, in a box in the crawlspace, is that very poster.
While over the decades IB次元官网网址檝e jettisoned a dizzying array of childhood memorabilia, the Farrah poster has survived every move and spring-cleaning purge.
It will never hang on my wall again. IB次元官网网址檒l probably never even take it out of the box ever again. But it will always be there.
ThereB次元官网网址檚 just something innocent and nostalgic about it that makes me smile, to this day.
IB次元官网网址檝e certainly cast an admiring eye at other celebs over the years, but thereB次元官网网址檚 only one Farrah. She passed away in 2009, but as long as that poster is around, a bit of my childhood will remain.
So who was your celebrity crush?
Did you have one? More than one? Have they spanned generations? Can you have them at any age? (My mom loved Elvis and later had a thing for Ray Parker, Jr., of B次元官网网址楪hostbustersB次元官网网址 song fame).
Mention B次元官网网址楽haun CassidyB次元官网网址 and my sister will still grin. (Feathered hair has magical powers over everyone, apparently).
She does deny, however, having any type of crush on Abe Vigoda. I donB次元官网网址檛 buy it.
I asked a few other friends on Facebook who were their childhood crushes, and got some great responses.
HereB次元官网网址檚 a few (names withheld in case of public shame):
B次元官网网址淐orey (Hart) and Bryan Adams were rivals and I always felt that CoreyB次元官网网址檚 vision was very different, therefore he was more of the underdog. I have always been an advocate for the underdog. Plus heB次元官网网址檚 super cute!B次元官网网址
B次元官网网址淒avid Cassidy (6/7 years old), Christopher Lambert (teenager), The Rock (adult).B次元官网网址
B次元官网网址淪haun Cassidy, Andy Gibb, Scott Baio, Leif Garrett and Bryan Adams. And donB次元官网网址檛 laugh, John Denver.B次元官网网址
(I apologized for chuckling at John Denver)
B次元官网网址淟arry Robinson, lol. HeB次元官网网址檚 such a hottie!B次元官网网址
(I had no response for that)
B次元官网网址淢ick Jagger. IB次元官网网址檓 so old that I used to go to the pub to see them play before they were famous.B次元官网网址
B次元官网网址淚 knew I didnB次元官网网址檛 have a chance with Farrah as she was older but Kristy (McNicol)? (sighs)B次元官网网址次元官网网址
(He knew he had no shot with Farrah because she was mine)
B次元官网网址淚 had a couple, Faith Hill, Topanga from Boy Meets World, and Kelly Kapowski from B次元官网网址楽aved by the BellB次元官网网址, among others. Also Beverly Mahood.B次元官网网址
B次元官网网址淒avid Cassidy, Davy Jones, Andy Gibb, James Dean and James Garner.B次元官网网址
B次元官网网址淒avid Cassidy (teenage years), David Bowie and Bryan Ferry (adulthood), and lots of movie stars: Richard Burton, Gary Cooper, Gregory Peck and more recently Gerard Butler (B次元官网网址300B次元官网网址, oh dear!), Javier Bardem, Daniel Craig. Who I donB次元官网网址檛 like might be a shorter list.B次元官网网址
What celeb made your heart flutter?
B次元官网网址 Philip Wolf is the managing editor of the VI Free Daily. He can be reached at philip.wolf@blackpress.ca.