Here are some of my favorites, don't be surprise if you find a pattern :) I know he's a puppet but imagine the real thing : Spectrum's Number 1, indestructible agent. Six hours under the control of the Mysterons has given him the power of retrometabolism. From UFO, Colonel Paul Foster : also abducted from aliens for a while then returned with powers. Do they qualify as unnatainable fantasies ? anyone notice similarities between the two (outside the obvious) ? Here's one, both series had the same creators, Sylvia and Gerry Anderson

There was a Tony something (don't know if that was his character or real name) in The Time Machine or something similar. He really got me going with his curly black hair and intense scenes each week. I also had this MAJOR crush on Andy Griffith as Sheriff Andy Taylor. I thought he was the smartest man on earth.

I had/have? a crush on Captain Gregg in The Ghost and Mrs. Muir show (which until a while ago aired on Channel fx in the USA on the weekend). Another suave but crabby Brit male (alla Darcy, Prof. Higgins...). I envied Hope Lange her ghostly friend. ;-)

crabby Brit male (alla Darcy, Prof. Higgins...) __ Cecily, help me understand what it is about the Higgins character that is so appealing. I find him so, too, but don't get it. Why like a curmudgeon?

Why like a curmudgeon? Maybe it's the challenge.

Well I am much young to remember anyone in the 60's, but my favorite show in the 80's was a British Show from the 60's. THE SAINT with Roger Moore. Now he was gorgeous.

Susan, there was James Darren who played Tony Newman in Time Tunnel, a 20th Century Fox TV series in 1966-1967. He was the teenage idol starring in the Gidget movie series (1959, 1961 and 1963) as Moondoggie (Jeffrey Matthews) The props used in the Time Tunnel show, (such as the computers and guns) also were used in "Lost in Space" (1965), "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea" (1964), "Land of the Giants" (1968), and "Batman" (1966).

Susan, there was James Darren who played Tony Newman in Time Tunnel, a 20th Century Fox TV series in 1966-1967. He was the teenage idol starring in the Gidget movie series (1959, 1961 and 1963) as Moondoggie (Jeffrey Matthews) The props used in the Time Tunnel show, (such as the computers and guns) also were used in "Lost in Space" (1965), "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea" (1964), "Land of the Giants" (1968), and "Batman" (1966). Edward Mulhare played Captain Gregg opposite Hope Lange in this sitcom from 1968 to 1970. Loved Charles Nelson Reilly as Claymore Gregg, what a hoot!

Johanne, you know your 60s TV. Have they always shown American TV up there?

Johanne, thank for the pic of Captain Scarlet! You wouldn't have one of Scott,Alan and Dad Tracey from "Thunderbirds" as well, would you?And Lady P in FAB1? My hero from the sixties was Dr Who.From the seventies Han Solo and Michael York as D'Artagnan, Benvolio,etc.

How a group portrait, there you go Caroline : and the jingle : http://www.ludd.luth.se/~kavli/Tbirds.html Han Solo is certainly a dish, is this how you like him served ? : Yes, Caroline, saw the Three Musketeers last week and its always nice to look at

Caroline -- which Dr Who do you like the best? I didn't see this show until about 10 years ago. I like most of them, but I think Tom Baker is my fave -- all that curly hair and those big mischievous eyes. :-)

Amy and Cecily- this AVENGERS site is for you! Enjoy :-) http://www.ee.ualberta.ca/%7Edawe/avengers/1avpix.html

#s 7, 8, & 11 Johanne: yep, that's my Tony -- thanks for the info! Also, the Han Solo entree is served just right!

I wasn't alive in the sixties, but I do have a crush on Dobie Gillis.

Johanne I love you! All the T'birds team!!! I used to sit on my dad's knee and swoon over Scott and Virgil! Kathleen- did you know that Dr Who was always a kid's program(me)? I liked them all, but was especially fond of Patrick Troughton and his recorder and later, fell relly hard for Peter Davidson in his cricket sweater(still do, come to think of it!)Saw Tom Baker on stage once- in "Educating Rita" and thought he was really good.

I loved: 1. David McCallum (i think) from The Man From U.N.C.L.E 2. The Monkees---especially Davy Jones (I was 10yrs. old) 3. Robert (his name was either Conrad or Vaughn) and the other guy on The Wild, Wild, West. ( I have and extremely poor memory for names, but I remember the faces quite well!) 4. Peter Graves on the original Mission Impossible.

Regarding the Monkees, here's a wonderful link : http://tvnet.com/cgi-bin/utl?card+1149 use to watch it along with another singing sensation : the Banana Split David McCallum Webzine page : sorry it's now down for the moment) http://www.tezcat.com/~divozenk/mccallum/index.html As for Robert Conrad (aka Jim West), he recently played in Jingle All the Way (1996) as Officer Hummell

Davy Jones was my first celebrity crush. A Brit too, now what does that say?

A certain exotic charm, something out of the ordinary no? something unnatainable perhaps?

Davy Jones was my first celebrity crush. A Brit too, now what does that say? Shall I answer that?

Meggin: THE WILD WILD WEST still airs every Sat. at 7 a.m. PST on TNT! Such a fun show and interesting combo-genre of western/scifi, etc. I love both James West and Artemus Gordon for their sarcastic interchange. For complete pix and data see: http://www.uvm.edu/~glambert/twww1.html

] Davy Jones was my first celebrity crush. A Brit too, now what does that say? Shall I answer that? ___ It's implied.

I've forgotten half of these until you guys bring them up. Jim West -- yeeessss! I loved him! And Mickey Dolenz of The Monkees.

Thanks so very much for the cool links, Johanne and Wendy! :-)

I will emerge form the closet and admit my crush on Davey Jones as well...such a little cutie! :-)

Oh, Cheryl. Thank you. It was hard to come out. But I was in 7th grade. Remember the Yardley commercials? Slicker lipstick, the "Dune" color? I swear it was greenish grey and everybody in my junior high wore it.

Talking commercial, will always remember the Benson & Edges' one, specially the one with the elevator.... crush

Update on my earlier post: WILD WILD WEST is on 8 a.m. PDT (West Coast, USA) on TNT channel (James West looked so gorgeous this morning!!) For those of us who like Patrick McGoohan in THE PRISONER (SciFi Channel runs this show), here's a site: http://www.retroweb.com/prisoner.html I found a BRAVO channel site (from Canada or USA? not sure) that lists 11:30 p.m. EST showings of "TV too good to be TV," featuring different gems each night: Tuesday THE AVENGERS, Wednesday SECRET AGENT (Patrick McGoohan), and Thursday THE SAINT (Roger Moore). Thank heaven for retroTV like these and Nick at Nite, etc. :-)

Goes to show just how good the current ones are...

The Prisoner is one of my all time fave shows -- I actually splurged about 10 years ago and bought the entire set. It's fun to try to match all the supporting actors/actresses with other movies and tv shows I have seen on US tv. McGoohan is another one of those incredibly intense actors. Even when his character appears to enjoying himself, you can practically see the gears of his brain working!

For the Patrick McGoohan fan : here's his home page : http://www.clark.net/pub/bjpruett/pmweb/pmhome.htm Not a bad one from his performance in Hell Driver (1957) : In the Three lives of Thomasina (1962) as Andrew MacDhui : The TV series : Danger Man (1960-61) ITC Danger Man/Secret Agent (1965-66) ITC The Prisoner (1967) ITC

Kathleen: You have the set of THE PRISONER?! I'd give anything to know where it's available today to buy, since my child and husband only saw a couple of episodes several years ago on -where else?- A&E when they reran the series. It's so good (and he is so great) I'd recommend teaching it as a minicourse in scifi, existentialism, secret service, values, etc.!

Another good family show (with cute guy(s) and compassionate plots) was BONANZA. For those who want to remember or know more: http://www.geocities.com/Athens/3611/bonanza.html My whole family used to sit around the one TV and watch this show faithfully every week...(how times and shows change! now it's sometimes a conflict to see whose show can be watched at which hour...)

Sorry to change the subject, but any Dark Shadows fans out there? I loved the original series and am watching it again on SciFi right now. One of the things I find interesting about it is that many of the actors and actresses were downright homely, even to snaggly teeth, much in contrast to current programming where everybody has to be gorgeous unless they're a real baddie. Anyway, some of my favorite cuties from DS are Don Briscoe (Chris Jennings), David Selby (Quentin Collins), and most of all, James Storm (Gerard Stiles). I have looked everywhere for information on the latter, but it really seems to be lacking. Even the DS lore barely mentions him. I know he went on to star on some other soaps -- anyone else have info?

Here are some links : 30 years of dark shadows : http://www.tvdial.com/dark.html DS image gallery : http://www.tvdial.com/dark.html the realms of DS : http://dsd.tchnet.com/ complete with sound and picture archive and summarie : http://www.epix.net/~jphill/shadows.html

Amy, you didn't fall for any of the Beatles before Davy Jones? I liked George and John, and thought Davy was a poor imitation! I was biased, I know. And I liked David McCallum, too.

Of course Hil, the Monkees are not worthy to even carry The Beatles empty guitar cases! I've vacillated over the years as to which is my favorite...probably Paul, but I appreciate John more and more all the time, George is certainly the best looking of the four, and I had a Ringo crush when I was a kid...;-)

I can't explain my taste at 12. Before the the Monkees TV show, I guess I just was not thinking of such things. And even at 12 most grownup men were not appealing to me. I think because Davy was small, junior high size, he had a safe appeal for me.

I bet John was more fun than any of the other - and more trouble too perhaps.

John Lennon - he of the flaring nostrils when some idiot particularly amused him - yes, that kind of Joycean mind would be more trouble, but worth every second (a firther ex. of Darcy's tough shell mayhap?)

Yes, John would most definately be considered "high maintainence"! ;-)

http://home.ican.net/~domenic/Sounds/ififell.au for you (and me) John's fan : ftp://www.moosenet.com/pub/scott/freebird.au

Thanks Johanne! Ah! My sweet baby boys! ;-)

only thought I posted one of the two : the first in the retouched/fake photo from the BBC session, second is the real source They had a good time, then ;)

I was such a tiny person during the Beatles heyday (and, of course, my parents wouldn't allow such filth - not Firth! - into our house, that it took me a loooong time to really appreciate them), but I do remember having had a crush on Ringo, too. Maybe it was from watching the movies on tv at my friends' houses during sleepovers? of course, that too was somewhat later It's funny, my boy knows him as Thomas' first Mr. Conductor! My DH and I are working on enlightening him!

] It's funny, my boy knows him as Thomas' first Mr. Conductor! __ That is like the old joke about the teenager who said "I didn't know McCartney was in a band before Wings."

Does anyone remember a show about a family of con-artist with branches of the family in USA, England and France? Does anyone remember "When Things Were Rotten"? It was a Robin Hood spoof.

Carolyn, LOVED When Things Were Rotten ("even the walls had ears" and you could see them wriggling) -- never missed it! And I'm glad you got this thread going again, because I wanted to ask about Westerns. We talked about the Wild Wild West, but what about James Arness in Gunsmoke, James Drury as the Virginian, Rowdy Yates (Clint Eastwood) in Rawhide, etc., etc., etc. I'm sure there were many others.

Westerns???!!! How about High Chapparal (I had a crush on the actor who played 'Blue' and I guess we shouldn't leave out Mr. Cartwright and his boys (doo-pee-doo doo-pee-doo doo-pee-doo-pee-doo dumdada dumdada dumdada dumdum!) ;-)

Meggin -- I was thinking of High Chapparal as well, but I think I liked the actor who played Mano. I also like the love story between John & Victoria. As for Bonanza I remember having a crush on Pernell Roberts until I found out he was bald. (I was so shallow as a teenager!)

Kathleen, that's why I watched High Chapparal as well! Didn't dare tell anyone, tho'

I used to like Alias Smith and Jones.

Yes, Carolyn, I loved that show too. I liked the mature love relationship in High Chapparal also, and any of those men did it for me in those days (adolescent hormone induced fantasies, of course, nothing like the ones we have now ;-) )

For the fans of Alias Smith and Jones, try: http://www.xnet.com/~djk/AliasSmithandJones_2.shtml

Mari: (adolescent hormone induced fantasies, of course, nothing like the ones we have now ;-) ) Could you explain this to me? I do not believe I understand you. : p What difference do you perceive -- is it in quality or quantity?!

Alias Smith and Jones -- I had completely forgotten about it, and man, did I love those men along about 7th grade... %-)

Kathleen - What difference do you perceive -- is it in quality or quantity?! Kathleen, it is the improvement that the quantity of lived and researched experiences make in the quality of the fantasy. Having a vast body of research materials such as this conference can only improve our performance. Adolescent hormone induced fantasies can be so indiscriminate, you know. Thank goodness I have this wonderful group of discriminating fellows with which to practice. Thank you all!

Mari -- thank you for explaining it so well. I must now say that I agree with you, especially about the superior group of folks here. Quite an inspiring set of people.