 Other People’s Lives Posted by Nancy Northcott Jul 26 2012, 12:30 am I’ve never been much for celebrity gossip. I used to read People if there was a profile of someone who interested me (I had a major serious crush on Mark Hamill but at least was old enough to know it for what it was). I haven’t done that in years, though, likely because I don’t feel as though I have time for it. For a year or so, I regularly watched Dr. Phil, but that grew old. I’m mostly too busy trying to make sense of my own life to worry about those of strangers, famous or not. Last year, though, I got pulled into a video about a celebrity’s personal life after Fess Parker, the Daniel Boone of my youth, died. His passing inspired me to look up other actors from shows I remembered watching when I was growing up. One of the actors I happened to check (very few actresses starred in series then, and I already knew Diahann Carroll of Julia was alive and well on White Collar) was Chad Everett of Medical Center. (I followed the YouTube instructions for embedding, so I really, really hope they work! This video was uploaded by Warner Brothers as a promo for the first season DVD set.) I was pleased to discover that Everett was still alive and working. I might’ve left it there, but I was in a nostalgic mood, and Google listed four YouTube videos featuring Chad and Shelby (Grant) Everett as part of Geffner Productions’ Love Stories series, interviews with Hollywood couples and others. I clicked on the link mostly because I was curious, and I found myself getting sucked into the story of how this famous couple met and fell in love. I think the video drew me in because of a combination of things, the pleasure the Everetts took in telling their story, the way they gave each other credit for their successful marriage, and the enduring affection for each other they demonstrated. There was nothing sleazy in it, nothing that made me want to go, “Really? You’re sharing that with the world? Really?” Before I knew it, I had watched all four videos, which took about an hour. I was just as sucked in at the end of it as I’d been in the beginning. Here’s the first, uploaded by Geffner Productions to YouTube: I guess that’s no wonder this story drew me in or that I was a little misty-eyed when the interview finished. I read romance. I write romance. Of course a good love story is going to grab and hold me. Isn’t that what our favorite romances do? The interview was filmed in 2009, when the Everetts had been married 43 years. In Hollywood, that has to be a record. I went back to Google and discovered that Shelby Everett died of a brain aneurysm not long before I saw the interview. As you probably know, Chad Everett died this past Tuesday. I got to see the last part of his final role, a guest appearance on Castle, and am hoping to see the whole thing in reruns. For all you Medical Center fans, here are links to obituaries in The New York Times, The Boston Herald, The Washington Post, and The Christian Science Monitor. Anyway, for an hour, I was absorbed in the history of these other people’s lives. I’ve gone that route before, reading biographies, but I didn’t think about it in quite the same way. Maybe I don’t see a person who was famous two centuries ago as a celebrity. Of course, I tend not to gravitate toward the lurid biographies, so maybe that’s consistent with my current habits. I hadn’t stopped to think about it until I sat down to write this blog, but reading fiction is a form of immersion in other people’s lives. They just aren’t real people. And their level of angst is generally higher than most people regularly experience because we need conflict to keep us turning pages. I ended up with an extra copy of Virginia Kantra’s new release, Carolina Home. It’s set on the North Carolina Outer Banks, a beautiful part of the country. I read it and loved it, and I’m giving my extra copy to one of today’s commenters. So tell me, did you ever have a celebrity crush (or do you still *g*)? Were you a Medical Center fan? What was the last romance novel or movie that wrenched your heartstrings?
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Oh, honey, I have a long history of celebrity crushes.
One of my current ones is Kris Holden-Reid, who plays Dyson on Lost Girl. Man, is he sexy. And he looks like he’s a very good kisser. (Trish pauses to fan herself.)
Trish, I haven’t seen Lost Girl yet. Will have to check it out.
I learned from Chad Everett’s obituaries that he played an older version of Dean on Supernatural.
I had forgotten about that, but you’re right. I don’t think I remember Medical Center, but it looks like it went off when I was 6. The first medical drama I remember at all was Emergency, and I don’t remember any details about that one, just that we watched it.
I think Emergency was about two fire dept. paramedics. If it’s the show I’m thinking of, they were played by Kevin Tighe and Randolph Mantooth. It was sort of a companion to Adam 12, which was about two patrol offficers in LA played by Martin Milner (who I think had been on Route 66, which I never saw, at least when I was old enough to remember it, and Kent McCord.
I should’ve said I also love TV trivia.
Yup. Emergency and Adam 12 came on back to back.
*grin*
Do you have a crush on the rooster, Trish?
LOL. He is a bit of a bad boy.
Huh, would you look at that — I captured the rooster. Hmm, whatever will I do with him. You know, my shower does need a good scrubbing.
A shower is a confined space. There’s a limit to how much mischief he can cause in there. Sounds like a great plan!
And congrats on bagging him.
LOL! Celebrity crushes? I had the a’plenty starting in my teens
One of the first might have been C. Thomas Howell, who was Ponyboy Curtis in The Outsiders. But while I admire some of the celebrities now (and not so much some others), I’m not quite as intent on keeping up with their lives as maybe I was as a teen. Too busy with the rest of life these days!
I haven’t seen Medical Center–might have to check it out
And the most recent tug-on-the-heartstrings novel? I did love Keli Gwyn’s debut–A Bride Opens Shop. A sweet story about a smart woman moving west with her daughter and finding not only a new career but a new life there.
Hi, Fedora–I don’t know any adult who has celebrity crushes the way teenagers do, but there does seem to be a large enough population enthralled with celebrity to sustain a lot of paparazzi-type activity.
C. Thomas Howell was seriously cute, and he has held up prettty well. He’s on Southland, TNT’s gritty cop drama, in a recurring role. The show’s renewal is uncertain. I hope it comes back.
The Keli Gwyn book sounds interesting. It’s a contemporary, right?
Hm. I can think of a lot of adults with celebrity crushes, grown women who count themselves as part of Team Edward or whatever.
Me, I’ll admit to sneaking peeks at on-line photos of Hugh Jackman on vacation. But only because he looked so wonderful playing in the surf with his little boy. In his swim trunks. Shirtless.
Hmm, this is true about the team thing, Virginia. I hadn’t thought of that.
Hugh Jackman, yeah. *sigh*
Ah, Virginia, I do enjoy admiring Hugh from time to time
As for crushes, I guess I don’t have the same depth of angsty longing I used to ;p
Fedora, I think teenagers are the most angst-prone of individuals. Getting older seems to level most of us out a bit.
Nancy, what a thoughtful piece and I love the sound of those videos. I’ll have to check the out. I don’t actually think I ever saw Medical Centre although here in Australia we grew up on a LOT of American TV. Crushes? I’ve had a million! Literally! There’s the famous Richard Armitage one that still continues. When I was about 14, it was Fonzie – like every other girl of my age in the Western world. I loved a lot of those tall, lean English actors like Jeremy Irons and Anthony Andrews. Peter O’Toole, who recently retired from acting. Always had a thing of PoT! Bryan Ferry who was the model for Erith in Tempt the Devil. Goodness, I could go on for hours!
Anna, I knew about you and Armitage, of course. *g*. I’m curious as to how they’ll shrink him so he looks like Thorin Oakenshield in The Hobbit. I heard Peter Jackson is in negotiations to turn his two movies into three. I’m thinking that would pretty much include the whole book.
I’ve never heard of Bryan Ferry. Will have to check him out.
For a while there, in the 1980s, Anthony Andrews was everywhere. After Brideshead Revisited, he played the title roles in Ivanhoe and The Scarlet Pimpernel (with Ian McKellan as Chauvelin) in Hallmark Hall of Fame productions. He was a cutie, for sure! But Jeremy Irons seems to have had the better career of the two.
Nancy, Bryan Ferry was the lead singer of Roxy Music. I think he as a solo act was bigger in the U.K. and Australia than he was in America – you guys missed out on a treat! He’s the perfect Regency Rake type.
The first time I saw tennis player Marat Safin, his hair was just long enough to be curly, and he looked like he belonged on a Regency cover in regimentals.
*sigh* loved Bryan Ferry! Still love his music. Saw him once at a restaurant years ago – he looked old, which was so disappointing!
Hi, Anna–
It’s sad when the idols of our youth don’t hold up well, isn’t it? Makes me feel old to see one of them not looking so hot.
Anna, isn’t he just the smoothest? Love it when he sings classic stuff like These Foolish Things too. Yum!
Hi Nancy,
I’m saddened to hear of Chad Everett’s passing. He was every mother’s TV boyfriend when I was a kid. Mothers in my neighborhood were always anxious to get dinner over with on Wednesday nights so they could watch Medical Center on CBS and drool over Dr. Joe Gannon.
I had a mad crush on James MacArthur (Dan-O) from Hawaii Five-O and Ted Bessell (Donald Hollinger) from That Girl.
Hi, Jennifer–After watching these videos, I sort of felt as though I knew the Everetts. Of course I didn’t, but the feeling gave me some insight into why people will read every available article on a celebrity. A late friend of mine read every tabloid article about Elvis, almost a decade after his death. When I asked her why, she said, “You never know what information will turn up.”
I remember James MacArthur. He was really cute, and I suspect he was on Hawaii Five-O in part to appeal to teenage girls.
Ted Bessell was great on That Girl. It’s odd now to think how rare shows about single career women were in those days.
Greg Brady from THE BRADY BUNCH was my TV boyfriend. I actually had a fight with my best friend because she tried to claim him for herself. Whenever I catch a glimpse on television I think – yes Greg & I had a good thing going.
Mary, we watched The Brady Bunch. Barry Williams had a lot of teen-girl appeal, I think. It’s nice to see a TV show or a movie and remember how I thought a particular actor was soooo cute.
Hi Nancy,
Oh my my celebrity crushes change out so often I just can’t keep up with them. Let me think at least one. Right now my celebrity crush is Joe Manganiello. However, I tend to crush on singers more often. That whole fantasy of them singing to me, for instance Adam Levine. Before Joe it was David Boreanaz. As I said it changes up all the time. That’s the great thing about celebrity crushes.
I never seen of medical center.
The last book that had me tugging on my heart strings would anything that Brenda Joyce or Eloise James. When I read those books I need a box of tissues near by.
Melody, I love this line: “Oh my my celebrity crushes change out so often I just can’t keep up with them.” I think that’s the fun of celebrity crushes. We don’t really know them, they don’t really know us, so there’s no harm done when we move to the next.
I know a lot of people who go for singers. There’s something about a deep baritone voice that’s just so appealing.
Melody I meant to add that my most recent Eloisa James book was When Beauty Tamed the Beast. I loved it.
I loved that one. I even got my friend to get because it’s like house in regency times, so she had to read it.
I really is a lot like House. I hope your friend enjoyed it.
Oh she did.
Oh, Joe. He is rather yummy, isn’t he?
Yes, he is and that’s why he’s my current celebrity crush.
Nancy
I have never seen Medical Centre sounds good though.
I had crushes on Lee Majors from the Big Valley and Davy Jones from The Monkees I never missed either of these shows and read everything about them I could and had posters everywhere LOL.
A book that I have read lately that had me grabing the tissues was Trish’s book The Cowboy Sheriff such a great story and I have just finished Suz’s Kidnapped and it had me teering up as well at times
Have Fun
Helen
Helen, I’d agree that Lee Majors was hot in his Big Valley days. One of the TV stations we get reruns a lot of those old westerns. Some of them hold up pretty well. A friend of mine had huge, simultaneous crushes on Davy Jones and Mickey Dolenz, both of whom seem to have aged gracefully.
I haven’t read Kidnapped yet, but I loved The Cowboy Sheriff.
I just saw Big Valley for the first time the other day when I was at my mom’s. Hard to believe considering how big of a western fan I am.
OMGosh! I forgot about Davy Jones!
Yup. He was one of them too. Not for long though.
Driving to Atlanta last year, I heard an NPR interview with Davy Jones. I can’t remember what it was about, but I remember thinking how gracious he was and how level-headed he sounded.
Like Trish, I too watched Emergency when growing up. Randolph Mantooth was to die for (but not literally, LOL) – and Robert Fuller still gets my heart going!
Chad Everett, on the other hand, was my first doctor love. Many a night I went to bed and tossed and turned, so I’d just put myself into his patient’s bed, so to speak, and let Dr. Gannon hold my hand and take care of me. Ahhh, sweet memories….
I had not heard about his recent passing, nor about his wife and love story. Definitely something I will check out further. Thanks for the heads up!
Oh yes – Randolph Mantooth was one of my crushes too!
Laney, Randolph Mantooth was really good-looking. My parents were big Wagon Train fans, and I think Robert Fuller may have been on that. Wasn’t he the lead doctor on Emergency?
We watched Medical Center as a family. One bit of TV trivia–James Daly, Everett’s costar, was the father of Wings star Tim Daly and Cagney & Lacey costar Tyne Daly.
Nancy,
Wikopedia says, “he’s best known for starring roles on the popular 1960s western series Laramie as Jess Harper, and Wagon Train as Cooper Smith, as well as his work for his lead role, Dr. Kelly Brackett, in the popular 1970s medical drama Emergency!, opposite his best friends Julie London and her husband Bobby Troup.” I didn’t realize re Wagon Train and I’ve never heard of Laramie before.
Re James Daly, yeah, I realized about his kids. The role I most remember him for, though, is a guest appearance on Star Trek! Wikopedia (again) said, “Daly appeared in the TV series Foreign Intrigue. He also guest starred on many television series, among them Appointment with Adventure (two episodes), Breaking Point, Mission: Impossible, The Twilight Zone (“A Stop at Willoughby”), The Tenderfoot (1964) for Walt Disney’s Wonderful World of Color, The Road West (1966 episode “The Gunfighter”), Custer, Gunsmoke, Combat, The Virginian, and Twelve O’Clock High. He is also well remembered for his portrayal of “Mr. Flint” (an apparently immortal human) in the Star Trek episode “Requiem for Methuselah” in 1969.”
Wow, what a list of credits! Thanks, Laney. I’d forgotten Daly was in Star Trek.
Okay wait.
Who was the scout in Wagon Train? Is that who y’all are talkin’ about?
I had SUCH a crush on that cowboy. I’d completely forgotten!
Yes, that’s exactly who. *g* I think Fuller replaced fellow cutie Robert Horton in the role (or maybe it was the other way around–my folks were huge Wagon Train fans, so we rarely missed it, and episodes blur together).
Does anyone besides me care that Gene Roddenberry pitched original Star Trek to NBC as “Wagon Train to the stars?”
Woah! You’re preaching to the choir here, gal! I’ve had a looonggg list of celebrity crushes of the likes you’d wonder where my head was at! One of them was Jason Donavon (before he was a ‘famous’ singer and was on ‘Neighbours’ as hot-to-trot Scott!
Yummy boy-next-door from the ’80′s, I’m tellin’ you!).
Then there was Alex Papps. I liked him a lot, but wasn’t really into his work too much… mainly it was his spiky hair and the dimple in his chin… go figure!
As soon as I hit around 16, I saw hit really, *really* hot, sexxy guy hit the big screen by the name of Christian Slater… OMG! I lost sleep over this one… I was a big skatehead and he was in a movie called ‘Gleaming the Cube’ where he played a skater whose adopted brother is killed and he gets vengance where the cops fail. Very cool, very rebelious and I loved him from the spiky hair, to his very clumsy way of skateboarding…
I followed Christian’s career then… from ‘The Legend of Billy Jean’ (which is a short film about a kid living in a small town who secretly loves to dress up in women’s clothes… and hates himself; until he really does it after he graduates… he does look good in drag!), to his latest films and televisions series: ‘My Own Worst Enemy’; however, I’ve yet to get into his newest one as it hasn’t come out here yet.
Christian is only about 3 -4 years older than me, is from a broken family, his Mother and Father are both in the movie/film industry and he’s made a complete flop of his life – but is working hard on bringing himself back. He lives in London with his two kids and works at The Globe when he’s not working on a movie or television series. He’s born on 18th, August and loves baseball… (yes, I’m obsessed with him still) and I’ve done the thing where I’ve thought my first name next his last name… but that was only when I was a teenager; and my brother thought I was stupid.
My other celebrity crushes have been on a few others like: Alyson Hannigan, Dean Cain, Hugh Jackman (hubba! hubba!) and a few of the guys in ‘Neighbours’ like Lucas, Kyle and Toadie…
Mozette, I haven’t seen Neighbours. Sounds like I’m missing out on some cute guys!
My favorite Christian Slater movie is Broken Arrow. He’s so good in that, and Samantha Mathis is great as the park ranger who helps him avert a nuclear catastrophe. I read that Slater is a Star Trek fan, and that’s why he had a bit part as the crewman who wakes up George Takei in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country.
Dean Cain was great as Clark Kent on Lois & Clark. I’ve seen him in some TV movies, too. He’s coming to Dragon*Con, and I think I might be willing to stand in line to see him.
Of course, Hugh Jackman has many, many fans in the Lair.
Actually, a little-known fact is that in ‘Broken Arrow’, Christian Slater and Samantha began seeing each other on a much serious basis – however they did meet before that movie in ‘Pump Up the Volume’ where he saw *a lot* more of her body (about halfway through the movie they began stripping off in his backyard… and they were both topless) but they didn’t date then; but he did like what he saw – so that look of appreciation wasn’t put on!
i never did but my children did posters good lord new movie new posters lol
thank you for the chance
Hi, Tammy–It’s nice to see that posters haven’t gone out of style. I can’t count the number of guys I knew who had Farrah Fawcett on their walls (or ceilings) at one time.
I watched Medical Center and thought that Chad Everett was a dreamboat. My other crush was Dr. Kildare – Richard Chamberlain. He was my ultimate favorite way back. The movie that tore at my heartstrings was The Beatrix Potter movie.
Pearl, I loved Richard Chamberlain in The Three Musketeers. He picked up a lot of fans in The Thorn Birds, too. Seriously good-looking man!
I didn’t see the Beatrix Potter movie, but the dh did. He teaches Potter in his children’s lit classes. He said it was very well done.
Pearl, they used to run black and white Dr. Kildare re-runs just as I got out of school when I was in primary school. I thought Richard C was really dreamy when I was about nine!
Oh, cried like a tap in the Beatrix Potter movie. Did you see I blogged about it in the lair? Love the scene when he dances with her – howl, howl, howl. I’ll see if I can get the link for that blog – had some nice photos!
http://romancebandits.com/not-so-happily-ever-after/
This is a terrific blog, Foanna! Sorry I missed it the first time around.
When we visited Hawkshead many years ago (in the pre-Boy era of our marriage), there was a lovely exhibit about Potter in the former law office of her husband, William Heelis.
Nancy, I’ve come to think the Beatrix Potter Museum is just my bridge too far. I’ve been to the Lake District a couple of times but it’s never been open. One day! I remember a beautiful visit to Dove Cottage and being astonished at how tiny it was to hold all those explosive personalities! Thanks for saying you liked the blog – I just loved Miss Potter. It’s so romantic.
Lovely post today. It brings back nostalgic times for me. Several movie and t.v. men whom I admired greatly from the old days. So debonair and special. Gary Cooper, A movie that was memorable and broke heart was Il Postino.
Ellie, I haven’t seen Il Postino, but wasn’t it an Oscar winner?
In my 1920s class, I showed Wings, with Clara Bow, Richard Arlen, and Charles “Buddy” Rogers. It was one of Gary Cooper’s early roles. He played a doomed pilot on the Western Front. My favorite Cooper movie is High Noon.
Never saw Medical Centre, but had loads of crushes in my youth. Robert Scorpio from General Hospital and Parker Stevenson from the Hardy Boys come to mind. I also loved Richard Gere in Yanks and Tom Berenger in Someone to Watch Over Me and Shattered. Then there was Tom Cruise in Top Gun (*sigh* that volleyball scene!) and Jeff Bridges in The Fabulous Baker Boys. Also have some classic crushes eg Cary Grant, Errol Flynn and Rock Hudson.
And don’t forget the hockey hunks! *g*
Anna, how could I forget Parker Stevenson, who was so adorable as Frank Hardy? He was paired with Shaun Cassidy as Joe. I much preferred Parker, even though I recently bought Da Do Ran Ran for the iPad.
The actor who played Scorpio was also seriously hot. Tristan Rogers? I think he was Australian.
You know I don’t think anyone has ever buckled a better swash than Errol Flynn. The Adventures of Robin Hood and Captain Blood are two of my all-time favorite movies. I’m sure Robin Hood must’ve been on TV a lot, but my first memory of seeing it was at the old Carolina Blue and White theater in Chapel Hill. One weekends, they showed a classic film on one screen and a current one on the other. I first saw Captain Blood there.
The volleyball scene…pardon my while I wipe my drool.
Parker Stevenson! YES!
Y’all are reminding me of all this stuff I’d forgotten. *grin*
I think he used to be married to Kirstie Alley. I remember her winning some award (an Emmy for Cheers, maybe?) and thanking him from the stage.
I loved Chad Everett too! I’ve had so many celebrity crushes I can’t name them all. My most recent would be the guy who plays Thor! I’d say the movie that got to me the most romantically has been Ever After with Drew Barrymore.
Renee, I loved Ever After. As for Chris “Thor” Hemsworth, what’s not to like? *g* His brother Liam is also incredibly good-looking. He was in The Hunger Games as the guy Katniss left behind in District 12.
Hey Nancy–
As others have said, sometimes the crush changes as I get into new TV shows, but Gerard Butler has been a pretty strong constant over the years.
Currently, I’ll add Ian Somerhalder.
I already have Virginia’s wonderful book, so I don’t need to be in the contest, but I just wanted to say howdy!
Gerard Butler is another actor who has many, many fans in the Lair, Beth. I gotta say, Somerhalder really smolders.
Duly noted that you have Virginia’s book. Thanks for stopping by.
I’ve never had a celebrity crush. I guess because I don’t see the characters they play as real people.
Sandy, I think a lot of people confuse actors with the characters they play, especially younger people. Not doing so probably helps keep the crushes, for those of us who have them, at a manageable level.
Yes, I definately was a Medical Center fan. Chad Everett fan. BUT… Sean Connery was my celebrity crush. He was hancsome as a young man and just kept getting better and better.
Betty, I have a friend who’s totally mad for Connery. I think he was the best of the Bonds.
Ooh, Betty, a lean, dangerous man with a Scottish accent? Och, aye, I’m with ye, lassie!
My frist crush was on Yul Bryner lol. Then it was Elvis Presley. I just have mild crushes where I’ll watch their movies but I was never allowed to hang anything on my walls so no pics (unlike my daughter who had tons of pics of Justin Timberlake lol). At the moment it is Nathan Fillian from Castle.
Catslady, you know Nathan has lots of fans around here! Elvis is kind of a classic crush–really popular with vast crowds of people. I haven’t seen a lot of Yul Brynner’s movies, but he was great in The King & I and Westworld.
Catslady, Yul was pretty darn hawt. Love that resounding deep voice. Swoon!
Oh, Yul Brynner! I’d forgotten. We used to dance around the neighborhood taking very, very big steps hollering, “Shall we dance?” bum Dum dum dum..
Celebrity crushes? I’ve had plenty of those, but the very first was David Copperfield.
Minna, have you seen the insurance ad with David Copperfield? It’s kinda cute.
I wonder if it’s on YouTube…
I wouldn’t be surprised. I’m never sure which ads air in markets other than the US.
As for other celebrity crushes I’ve had, it’s more a case of having a crush on the characters the said actors play rather than the actors themselves, because the actors are not necessarily no where near as nice as the characters they play.
Very true, alas. Some stars just can’t resist showing their less flattering traits in public. I have a lot of sympathy for those the paparazzi hound, but many don’t have that excuse.
I lived “Medical Center” tried never to miss it. I also loved “Trapper John,MD” I had a crush on Gonzo Gates(Gregory Harrison)
Gregory Harrison was great. And another serious cutie-pie.
Nancy what a great blog!
Yes, I had some celebrity crushes, and knew them for what they were.
Showing my age here….The dark headed paramedic on Emergency…. whatever his name was…can’t remember now. I just thought he was the stuff.
Harrison Ford, for a while, as Han Solo. Not so much as Indiana Jones. But I loved the space cowboy character.
There were others, but I remember these at the moment.
I like a good biography, but so seldom have time to read those now. AND…after the study of writing and journalism school, I also know that each particular author’s “slant” on a person’s life can really affect how I view a person. So I feel like I shouldn’t read one without reading several about that person, or I won’t have a balanced view. The many biographies of Marilyn Monroe are a good example. Biographers seem to enjoy painting her in the most sensationalistic and unflattering light possible. Certainly she was notorious, but as the photographer who shot one of her most famous shoots said, “I was a 19 year old kid, and was a little overwhelmed to be shooting MM, but as the shoot went on I figured out that we were both just 2 people trying to make our careers work.”
As to emotional reads, I finished Christina Brooke’s Mad About The Earl yesterday while I was in bed not feeling well. It’s my favorite book of hers, so far. The one word for it is WOW.
Cassondra, isn’t Griffin the bee’s knees? I love that book too!
Thanks, Cassondra. The dark-haired paramedic was Randolph Mantooth.
Harrison Ford as Han Solo was a very popular crush. A friend of mine actually punched me in the arm when Han shot Greedo under the table. Lucas can do as he likes, but in my universe, Han will always shoot first in those circumstances.
Re: biographies, I think you make a valid point. The many and conflicting biographies about Richard III are a prime example. Barbara Monajem posted a link on FB to a blog about Admiral Lord Nelson, a different slant on his relationship with Lady Hamilton.
http://mmbennetts.wordpress.com/2012/07/26/lord-nelson-a-different-point-of-view/
I also loved MATE, which has now eclipsed my prior favorite, Wicked Little Game by Christina’s alter ego, Christine Wells.
There sure aren’t many men in this thread.
I enjoyed your post, Nancy. It made me remember my earliest memory of Chad Everett. As a young teen I loved supernatural stories. There was a 1968 movie called “Journey to Midnight”, which contained two episodes of a British TV series called “Journey to the Unknown”. One of the episodes, “Poor Butterfly”, starred Chad Everett. It was a ghost story with a haunting whistled tune on the soundtrack that I still remember. If you were here I could whistle it for you.
I don’t think I ever had a celebrity crush. As a pre-teen I remember liking Cissy (the older sister on Family Affair), Judy (the older sister on Lost in Space), Agent 99 on Get Smart, and Mary Ann on Gilligan’s Island.
High Five Jon for being a “Mary Ann” guy instead of a “Ginger” guy.
Brains are cool!
Jon, thanks for stopping by! Guys occasionally visit us, and it’s always nice to see another pop in. I remember that you liked supernatural stories. You and Evelyn were the first people I remember hearing talk about The Lord of the Rings.
As a pre-teen, I wanted to _be_ like the characters you mentioned, especiallly 99.
I’ve never seen that show. I thought The Notebook had some sad scenes.
bn100, I hear NIcholas Sparks is really good at wrenching the heartstrings.
I tend to cry (and laugh) with most romantic movies. I think the ones that are most memorable to me is The Notebook. I like that after so many years the couple was able to find their HEA.
Na, I didn’t realize that book had an HEA ending. I haven’t read it. Good to know.
Celebrity crush: John Derek, “Nick Romano”
in Knock On Any Door. (1950s, Was my first
film crush!! )
Favorite heartstring-tugging romantic
movie: Love With a Proper Stranger
starring Steve McQueen and Natalie
Wood.
Pat C.