Childhood Crushes

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as he said I'm your host Optimus Solo and I would

like to thank you all for joining me here for

another special edition episode of the telecast

that's right it's time for another of our six

supplemental episodes this one we're labeling

25 .5 and the topic for this supplemental episode

is characters you had a crush on or girls you

liked from kids live action programs of the eighties

or nineties and with me to help on this episode

once again is JT from Saskatoon hello sir good

day to you yes and um so basically it's all about

girl talk today and if you have not seen any

or listened you probably couldn't see it but

if you haven't listened to any of our supplemental

episodes the way this is going to work We've

each come up with our own independent list of

five girls that we were attracted to, had crushes

on, liked, or whatever from these shows. And

we're just going to go back and forth through

our list until we get to our number one picks.

There might be some repeats. There might not.

We don't know each other's lists. So we're just

going to go have some geek moments about girls

we liked when we were kids. So anything you'd

like to say or preface before we get to our number

five picks, JT? One, I'm glad I remembered at

the last second that this is, you know, girls

from like kid shows, stuff like that, because

the original list I had was about ten, and, well,

there were a few older women on there. I was

a boy, and hormones, and life, people! Well,

I got to say this at the end, because I don't

want to say it in case it's on your list, but

I will mention one that I know would be on uh...

blanchards list and you'll understand why i bring

that up later yeah no but no i guess we will

talk about that at the end there were some almost

there types so yeah alright and we will do a

little bit of honorable mentions once we know

what our five are and just in case we want to

make sure that people don't go nuts that we didn't

mention a couple but why don't you start us off

with your number five pick gt alright well i'll

just get the disappointment out of the way kevin

My number five was Amy Jo Johnson, who played

Kimberly the Pink Power Ranger on Mighty Morphin

Power Rangers. Holy, here we go again! Get off

my bridge! I was a kid, and I thought she was

cute, and, you know, she kicked ass, and, you

know, it's just... It's one of those things,

like, you can't say exactly why I like it, but

I mean... I've always had a crush on her. I mean,

even after Power Rangers and she did stuff like

Felicity, which I kind of stayed very far away

from that one. And then she came back in this,

it's actually a collaborative effort between

CTV in Canada and CBS in the States was this

cop show called Flashpoint that's set in Toronto,

Canada, where she's basically the member of Retooled

SWAT team that isn't all about you know shock

and awe they actually talk people down and negotiate

and I Really like her in that show as well. So

yeah, it's just like Amy Jo Johnson two thumbs

up Well, I'm not gonna it has nothing to do with

my despise for Power Rangers No matter how much

I hate that series or that show There's obviously

a possibility that there is a girl that is cute

on there I just wouldn't be able to tell you

if I think she's cute or not because I've definitely

never seen a picture of her So one thing we might

do though and one thing you can look for on the

post of this episode if you're watching or if

you're listening to this through iTunes you can

go to GeekCastradio .com and find the actual

post because we will be putting pictures up of

our top five So you can see what they all look

like in case you need a refresher and we'll try

to find the best possible pictures of those individuals

My number five pick is probably something you're

not gonna remember. I don't remember if you remember

this show or not And I didn't really think about

her at first. It was kind of one that snuck in

after the fact. She's from Salute Your Shorts.

And it was played by Megan Berwick. And the character

was ZZ Ziff. Don't really remember that show.

She was a character. I didn't necessarily like

her character, so to speak. I didn't have a crush

on her personality. But there was something about

her mannerisms and her look that I liked. And

she played a tree -hugging pre -teen camper of

the group. I mean, you had your athlete of the

group, and you had your fashion stuck -up girl.

And she played more of the down -to -earth but

slightly annoying tree -hugger type person. But

she was just really cute. And if you see a picture

of her nowadays, she is a hot woman. I don't

know maybe we'll have to do before and after

pictures on the site as well So people can see

what they look like then and what they look like

now But it's easy from salute your shorts is

my number five. So How about you go ahead? I

was gonna say that's cool. It's like, you know,

I kind of Like she's a little blonde girl. Yeah,

I'm just kind of like It's like one of those

it's on the tip of my tongue and you know, it's

gonna drive me nuts so no my number four is Melissa

Joan Hart from Clarissa Explains It All. I figured

that you probably would have her on the list

and I'm not upset about that because she probably

does need to be mentioned. I'll spoil it right

now and say she's not on my list anywhere. Bastard.

But she is worth mentioning. For me it was more

of I wanted to be her friend. I wanted to hang

out with her and I never got the vibe that I

actually wanted to have a relationship with her.

Well, yeah, no, I had her on my friends list

way back in the day on that episode and I just

think the girls that I always had crushes on

in real life were always the ones that you know,

they were fun to be with and they were funny,

you know, they could make me laugh and Melissa

Jones is like she's I never really thought of

her too much as a hottie like I thought it's

like yeah She's starting to look good Sabrina

like after Clarissa Then she did that Maxim photo

shoot, and I was just like, crap. Clarissa, move

up. Clarissa has grown up. Yeah, no, I just,

I always thought, I always had like a, kind of

a crush on her, and yeah, it's just, she's like

the character, you know, she was funny, she was

sassy, you know, had a spoke mind, and... She's

one of those girls that would probably be fun

to have a relationship with, because she could

also be your best friend, or you could also see

yourself, whatever, like playing video games

with her, or like... You know doing more guy

stuff with her, but yeah, not necessarily guys

stuff But you could just you could hang out and

have a good time right and also she shared a

superpower with Zack Morris in that she could

break the fourth wall. Yes She was she was one

of those characters that probably would have

been fun to have relationship with but for me

She was never one of those characters that just

like screamed like look at me. You know what

I mean? Well, but I totally get why you have

her on your list and I actually considered her

for my number five But I just I went a different

direction. Yeah, but I'm glad she's represented

in one of our lists my number four Hopefully

people will remember this one because it's a

character from saved by the bell And it is Stacey

Kurosi Who is played by Leah Remini from King

of Queens? Mm -hmm, and there was just something

about her on that show. She was an attractive

girl, but she also just had that spunky, in -your

-face attitude. Oh, yeah. And something about

that connected with me, and she was just really

kind of hot back then. She is still hot. But,

I don't know, there's just something about the

way she talked, the way she acted. I could have

seen myself falling for her if I was around her

as a kid. Oh, I could see that. This lady that

kind of that spice to her, you know, that made

her stick out. And there's no denying that she's

an attractive woman. It's just, you know, I like

Stacey Kurose and you know, I like Lea Remini.

She's pretty much half the reason I watched King

Queens while it was on TV. It's just, I don't

know. She would annoy me after a while, but I

think I would have still probably had a crush

on her until I got to go on a date with her and

then after the date I would have been like Yeah,

I think you know I can see that I you know, it's

just Leah Remini really She's attractive, but

Yeah, it's not my speed. What's your number three?

Well, my number three is a tie. Okay and And

one of them is outside the purview of this season

of the telecast. Now the first one of that is

Jennifer Love Hewitt, who was on Kids Incorporated.

Yes, she is. I just love the way he says it.

Yes, she is. And the other is Alyssa Milano,

who's on Who's the Boss? And I think the main

thing I liked about both of them is like, they,

okay, Alyssa Milano, her character Sam played,

she was pretty like, you know, forward thinking,

kind of sassy, take charge kind of girl. I don't

remember a lot of how Jennifer Loughue it was

on Kids Incorporated, but the main thing with

those two that I crush on and I love is they

got those joker smiles, like they just get this

rectus grin, show a million miles at chicklet

teeth smiles, just like ... I love you. Alyssa

Milano might make my list in a future season.

Oh, yeah. Jennifer Lovehue, it is the hottest

girl to ever walk the earth. I'll agree and disagree

because, you know, there are others. I had pictures

of her. This proves that I had a crush on her

because I had pictures of her in my locker at

school. And I also had all the magazines that

she was on the cover of. So she is by far my

biggest teenage crush ever. I don't have her

on my list though because the reason I don't

have her on my list is because I did not have

a crush on her when she was on Kids Incorporated.

Yeah, no, I mean, and I was like, you know, if

you know anything about me, I'm a sucker for

like song and dance stuff and that's why I love

Kids Incorporated. And yeah, but no, I just kind

of hooked on her because she had that smile.

She had that real sweetness to her. And I like

the list of Milano because, well, haughty. Yeah.

And then years later I saw Embrace of the Vampire

and I was just like, oh, god. No, I'm definitely

interested to see what my list will be like once

we get to covering some other things in future

seasons because there's some future season topics

that will be ripe with choices for crushes. And

we'll probably have to do a top 10 at that point,

for sure. But, yeah, there's a couple people

that I'll mention later from Kids Incorporated

and the Mickey Mouse Club that if it was talking

about them in a future instance, I would have

put them on my list, but I just didn't connect

to them because I liked the song and dance and

the music and the stuff and I liked watching

that stuff, but I didn't necessarily connect

to the people so much as I did with some of these

other shows. My number three is another one,

unfortunately, you're probably not going to know.

I recall you not saying that you had seen the

show and that's Hey Dude, which by the way is

coming out or just came out on DVD. I'm sure

Mike will correct me on that. There was a character

called Melody Hanson played by Christine Taylor.

Whether you've seen Hey Dude or not, you've seen

Christine Taylor. I'm not a huge Christine Taylor

fan, but on Hey Dude I really liked her. She's

just another hot blonde and She was on a dude

ranch and that's kind of a kind of a I don't

know that seems kind of attractive to be on a

dude ranch with a hot girl Thing for the blonde

cowgirl. Yeah. Well usually the thing is when

I was growing up I always was attracted to brunettes

But I have two blondes on my list here, so I

don't know. But yeah, Christine Taylor, she was

just fun. She was a little bit of an airhead,

and that would have probably bugged me. But just

from a general standpoint, she would have been

fun to hang around with, and I did have. That's

probably one of the main reasons why I watched

Hey Dude when I was a kid. We're getting to the

top of the top. You know, I like her, but you

look at who she's married to now and, oh, she

loses some points. Look up Christine Taylor,

look who she's married to, folks. You'll understand

where I'm coming from. No, my number two, again,

is a hit show that isn't actually on this season.

And it is, and I'd say it's more of the actress

because, you know, like I said, the characters

I may not have clicked with. There's more like

the actresses playing them. And my number two

is Stacey Misteson who played Caitlin Ryan on

Degrassi Junior High through Degrassi High and

the current series Degrassi Next Jim. Nice. I'm

glad we had something. You found a show outside

of the topic or outside of the season that's

still on topic. I like it. Yeah. No, I mean,

okay. And for those that don't know what Degrassi

is, just basically watch and listen to Kevin

Smith because this dude is obsessed with it.

Not that it's a bad thing because it's a great

show, but Degrassi was a show that started in

the late 70s as the kids of Degrassi Street.

It was a half -hour kids drama that aired in

Canada on CBC and eventually grew into Degrassi

Junior High, where a lot of characters that were

in that series went on to Grassy High and then

came back in Next Generation. Like years after

the original series ended and they had like a

reunion. I was like the graduation slash reunion

movie and it's She was a character. She was like

an invited the character was like an environment.

She was on the newspaper very forward thinking

something like that and The character or I mean

the actress is Stacy. Well, she's like a redhead

which already, she's got a butt ton of points

because redheads are like my kryptonite. Oh,

okay. You know, it's literally, you just, it's

like, hey, JP, read it. Where? Where? But no,

it's just the character of Caitlin. I liked a

lot on the show mainly because of how Stacey

played her and she was like, she cared about

a lot. You know, she, she's actually cared about

stuff so much that she ended up getting arrested

while you know, graffiti or spraying graffiti

on a nuclear power plant, which I thought was

kind of bad ass because I would never have enough

balls to do that. And the character, you know,

when they bring her back in next gen, you know,

she went on, she followed her passions into becoming

like a world renowned news reporter. And they

kind of worked that into the show before they

kind of phased out some of the older characters

on next gen and continued on with the kids and

In doing research for my list here, I found out

that Ms. DeLiciousen is also a DJ. Interesting.

She does a monthly gig at a club called Disgraceland

in Toronto, Ontario as DJ Ms. DeLiciousen. I

couldn't help thinking to myself, yes, you are.

That's a great name. And my best Barry White.

Yes. You know, it's really hard because I don't

know what you it's it's kind of hard for me to

put into words why I like sir You know, it's

just like yeah, I just do I just do. Yeah my

number two Most I don't know people might be

surprised that I'm going to this show because

we really ripped it a new one when we talked

about it But uh this girl just man say by the

bell the new class. I Don't know if I ever say

this person's name, right as far as the actress

but Natalie Sigliotti who played Lindsey Warner

She was a brunette and she was just 100 % girl

next door. Just the cutest thing that could be

and the only reason anyone should ever watch

Saved by the Bell in a new class. She was just

a little hottie. I know they were trying to redo

all the people from Saved by the Bell, kind of

do those same personalities. The one character

that they brought in that I was like, I don't

mind this one at all. Like, I don't know if most

people will recognize her. They might have to

go to geocastradio .com to actually see a picture

of her and then it should ring bells for them.

But Lindsay Warner was a hottie and I would have

liked to go to school with her. Oh yeah. No,

I, now that I see a picture of her from the IMDB

here, I was like, Yeah, it might be Natalia Sigliotti.

I don't know how you say your name, but she's

hot. Oh, no, no, it's a No argument here now

seriously that show that show blue chunks and

But she was cute. And like I said, she just had

this playful innocent girl next door but hot

and that's So she's got that smile. And for me,

as uncultured as I can be, she's got one of those

smiles. She's got one of those smiles. It's almost

innocent, with just a little bit of mischief.

A little bit of I want to explore. You're like,

yeah, prove it. You don't make me. The less said

about that line of thought, the better. Exactly.

So now, folks, we're coming down to the number

one pick. Yes. Are we going to have the same

number one pick? My number one is, can anyone

guess? Tiffany Thiessen from Saved By The Bill,

Kelly Kapowski. I second that emotion. Anybody

that was a kid in our generation that this girl

would not be number one on your list needs to

have their head checked. Head checked? I need

a shot upside the head. Because Kelly Kapowski

was the epitome of the girl every single teenage

boy or preteen boy wanted to date. Like this

is what made many boys all of a sudden realize

that girls were good. That girls no longer had

cooties. That they could put down the basketball

or whatever and be like, wait a second. I'm feeling

things I've never felt before. To borrow a line

from Joey from Friends, she was the first girl

that made me go, how you doing? Whoa. Not Julie

Lawrence. I know. You said Joey and I had to

go with whoa. Well, yeah. No, I mean, again,

she is a very woke girl, but no, it's just she

has that smile. She has that personality. She

wasn't as political as Jessie. She wasn't as

stuck up or vapid as Lisa. All the other girls

on that show had a quality about them that would

turn you away from them. Whether it was Jessie

a little bit too smarty pants, whether it was

Lisa a little too vain, whether it was Stacy

Croce who was a little bit too in your face maybe

at times, Tori who was a little bit too manly

at times. I kind of liked Tori. I did. Tori almost

made my list. But Kelly had none of those. There

was nothing to dislike about Kelly. Now I know

this will get maybe some debate and I know the

jury is out. I know Mike doesn't feel this way.

When I say Kelly Kapowski, she would only be

number one on my list from her Save by the Bell

years. Now, she might still be on my list for

her other years as far as when she was on future

shows, like 90210 or Melrose Place or whatever

she was on after that, 90210. She might be on

my list from there, but she wouldn't be number

one because I didn't necessarily like all the

changes that took place with her. As far as her

actual save by the Bell years, in those age,

however old she was then, she's number one without

a doubt. Oh yeah, no. And you look at some of

her Tiffany Thieson's later roles, like Billy

Chambers on Fastlane, which is one of three shows

that Fox acts way too soon all in the same year.

But no, she's had a lot of great roles, like

Valerie on 90210. half the reason I started watching

the show again. Yeah. Cause I watched it in the

first couple of years and it kind of fell off

and then, Hey, Kelly Karpowski from say, but

the bill is on nine two one. Oh, and I was like,

excuse me. See, I just liked her kid next door.

Long brown hair look a little bit better than

the short hair. She, she had like her look on

bell. She had this, when I say plane, I don't

mean that in a dry. She just had this, you know,

it's she's the total package, you know, Okay,

and save by the bell was also very good at putting

her in outfits that were really attractive Yes,

as far as like bikini type things or cheerleading

type outfits or something that would like show

off her body and it was like yes She comes in

wearing like, you know booty shorts and the jean

jacket with some kind of Not quite halter top

type of deal and then you know No, let's just

say it. She could make mud look good. Well, and

that's another reason why I think people like

Zach so much. Because, or why Zach was viewed

as so cool, because he actually got Kelly, which

is what everybody wanted. So everybody thinks

Zach's cool because of that. If it was not for

Kelly, Zach would not have been seen as cool

as he was. Maybe, maybe not. I think with me,

Zach, he's the type of guy that you want to hang

out with. Because he's cool but also because

he's got the hot -ass girlfriend and you kind

of want to be there in case it all goes south

You can catch her on the rebound, right? But

if but if he if he's not dating Kelly, he's not

nearly as cool in people's eyes I don't think

I mean he might have a superpower but It's not

worth it, you know Superman is nothing without

Lois Lane so if anybody out there thinks that

there's someone that was better than Kelly Kapowski

you had a crush on someone more than you had

on Kelly Kapowski post on our website because

I I've got to question your mental stability.

Yeah, I'd like to see the argument for somebody

else. She is by far number one. But before we

end, I do want to go back and see if we've missed

any that we should mention or that we want to

throw out there. I will start off. There was,

you know, I could see maybe if someone putting

the couple girls from the college years on there.

I can't remember the two names, but the other

two girls that appeared on the college year is

one that Zach was interested in for a little

bit, and Leslie, and then the other one that

Slater was interested in. I could see somebody

throwing those on the list. For me, that was

more of past that time. Yeah, no, the character,

the Leslie I like, because she was intelligent,

and she was thoughtful, and she was kind of the

antithesis of Zach. The one, what's it Alex said,

the girl that dated Slater, she was cute and

all, but that voice, that voice would have made

my ears bleed. No, I'm with you there. And not

to say I didn't like the actress or the character

that much, it's just the fact that Won't she

got blown up real good in Independence Day. I

kind of a little huzzah. Yeah, that's true I'm

actually surprised that you didn't have another

person on your list and that was uh the girl

from California Dreams Kelly Packard, it's I

really do her but she was you know, cuz like

I said, I basically came up with a ten list originally

and As much as I liked Kelly I Liked Kimberly

Moore. So yeah Now, one woman, I should mention,

that was on my list, and this is just because,

okay, I don't know what I was like as a kid.

I can barely remember, but the first Ghostbusters

Sigourney Weaver, I've always had a weird thing

for Sigourney Weaver, and I think any guy that

grew up in the 80s and saw Ghostbusters at the

age of five knows exactly what I'm going to talk

about is when Venkman goes to pick up Dana for

the date, after she's been possessed by the Zool.

She opens that door and she's all done up with

that dress. It's like one of those, I don't know

what I'm feeling right now, but it's not a bad

thing. Right? That brings me up, since you said

woman, it brings me up to the one that I think

Mike would probably have on his top five, which

would definitely make me question things about

Mike. He would probably put Miss Bliss on here.

I can see it. She was an attractive woman. I

wouldn't necessarily have a crush on her. I'm

just trying to throw Mike under the bus so he

can be mad at me. Mike deserves to get thrown

under the bus. It's not necessarily for Miss

Bliss. There was a few other girls on California

Dreams and Saved by the Bell, the new class.

I could see people throw in. There was another

girl from Hey Dude. So I could see people throwing

in a few other girls here and there. Other than

that, I can't think of any other shows that would

have even had potential. I do want to mention,

before I give you another chance to talk, the

rest of the... Kids incorporated and Mickey Mouse

Club. Obviously you had Christina Aguilera and

Britney Spears among other people on the Mickey

Mouse Club You had Jennifer love Hewitt you had

Fergie and a couple other people on kids incorporated

all of these people later on would be on my list

in their later roles probably But I just didn't

necessarily notice them as much when they were

on these shows So that's why I didn't put any

of them on my list. Yeah, no, I mean Oddly enough,

you know, I did kind of crush a little bit on

Sam from say from California dreams, obviously.

Oh, yeah, she crushing her a little bit Diana

or a bay or like Lorraine up, you know, she was

hot, but it just never really clicked for me

like I like them, but not the way I like, you

know, Kelly Packard or Tiffany Thieson and Again,

maybe I just watch these movies way too young,

but I've always had a weird thing. Sigourney

Weaver had a weird thing for Adrienne Barbeau

growing up. I think that's just because of that

one scene from the swamp thing movie where she's

wearing the white nightie and she comes out of

the swamp and your mind starts making bad thoughts.

I think it was like crushing on her because of

the acting and the character was Linda Hamilton

as Sarah Connor. Yeah. And kind of the read,

I mean, come on. It's like, I loved her in the

first movie and she went from being like this

kind of sweet chick to being like this complete

badass in Terminator 2. I was like, you know

what? It's all good, baby. Well, and I should

mention that this topic will be used again in

a future supplemental episode for future seasons.

We will be covering other topics in telecast

in future seasons. I don't want to let everything

out of the bag, but let's say, for example, hypothetically,

if we were to cover 80s or 90s sitcoms at some

point, you might see the re -emergence of Girls

You Had a Crush on. don't think that we're not

going to revisit this with other shows later

on so we might have missed some that you had

a crush on but remember this was just for basically

kids shows of the eighties and nineties so just

hang tight and you might see some more girl talk

down the road oh yeah because it's always good

to talk about girls anything else JT anybody

else that you want to mention that we didn't

talk about? no because I mean At this point,

I think... No more Power Rangers? Don't worry,

Kevin. There will always be Power Rangers, but

not today. Okay, that's good. My day can continue

happily then. Alright, that does it for our,

what is this, like our fifth episode, fifth supplemental

episode. I'd like to thank JT for being with

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