all i could think was how to find you again

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I think that VH-1 should release I Love The [Insert Decade Here] on DVD. I wouldn't buy the 70's or the 80's, I don't think, but I would certainly pay for I Love The 90s on DVD - I don't remember a lot of the stuff that happened in the 80's, and nothing in the 70's, of course, but I remember the 90's. I want to own that show on DVD, stat

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[ludditerobot]

I'm curious. They did I Love The 70s, I Love The 80s, I Love The 70s Again, and I Love The 90s. For reasons that Dave Navarro mentioned, they can't do I Love The 00s for at least ten years, except that they're doing it now with Greatest Week Ever, more or less. 70s worked because people of an age interesting to VH1 viewers were alive then, and with 80s and 90s the pool of available and applicable minor celebs available to opine grew. Minor pretty-girl pop singers can talk about snap bracelets; they can't talk about paper dresses and go-go boots for I Love The 60s, so you can't really go back further.

Although I'd love to see Mo Rocca and Hal Sparks talk about flappers in I Love The 20s.

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Although I'd love to see Mo Rocca and Hal Sparks talk about flappers in I Love The 20s.
I would agree, but Hal Sparks could read me the phone book and I'd listen, so perhaps I'm not the best judge.

But you're right - I was thinking about that on the bus this morning as I mentally composed my Top 5 list, for some reason. I'd love to see an I Love The 60s, but I think you're right - you just can't find people who know enough and are appealing enough to the appropriate audience to make it work. Which is a shame. The 60s were cool.

[ludditerobot]

I see your point on Hal. I don't know that I'd like him in QaF, 'cause that ain't my thing, but I like him on I Love The Whatever.

On the other hand, there's Michael Ian Black. I dug him on The State. Medium-size love for him as Johnny Bluejeans in Viva Variety. Laughs for him as the guy walking around with a cop saying "Hi. I'm new in the neighborhood, I thought I'd come and introduce myself. Could you sign this? It says that I've informed you that I'm a convicted sex offender." But I tend to not like him on I Love..... I don't know why.

Just as a sidebar, did you know about slap bracelets? I guess I was in college when that happened, so that one was a complete mystery to me.

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I don't know that I'd like him in QaF, 'cause that ain't my thing, but I like him on I Love The Whatever.
I've never seen QaF, a fact that astonishes many of my fandom friends, but I'm curious if I'd like him as much. I think that my crush on him is, in part, a lot to do with how funny and honest and genuine he is on I Love The .... He's just so straight-forward; doesn't really worry about embarassing himself. It's appealing.

But I tend to not like him on I Love..... I don't know why.
I don't know why, either, but I agree with you.

Slap bracelets. Yes. I was in middle school - ha! now I feel like a baby! - when they were all the rage, and we were constantly having them confiscated because everyone played with them during class. I think I still have a few at my parents' house, in fact. I should have looked when I went home. :)

[aussie_nyc]

Oh man. Now I really have to show my age.

1. Agnetha Fältskog. You know, the blonde one in Abba.

2. Kate Jackson. More from The Scarecrow and Mrs King than Charlie's Angels.

3. Olivia Newton John. But I liked her better before the big transformation in Grease.

4-5. Cheryl Baker and Jay Aston. The two women from Bucks Fizz.

I am so old.

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1. Agnetha Fältskog. You know, the blonde one in Abba.
She's totally the prettiest one, yo. Even prettier than Benny and Bjorn, both of whom were very pretty. And I must admit, I've always liked her name.

you are not old! you are well-aged, like good scotch!

[aussie_nyc]

:)

[anniesj]

1. David Duchovny -- Oh, yes, David Duchovny. I loved him so bad. He was my sexy boyfriend and I was going to marry him and his awkward nose and woobie eyes. *hearts* And GLASSES! SQUEE!

2. David Justice -- Right-fielder for the Atlanta Braves back in the early 90's, when I was all into the baseball. Justice was my arrogant pimp-bastard sportscrush. Mmmmmmm, #23 ...

3. Claire Danes -- Probably My First Girlcrush, even if I didn't know it at the time. But in retrospect? Yeah, oh yeah, definitely. My So-Called Life, Romeo & Juliet ... yeah, I had a thing for her. Still do, kinda. She's a hottie.

4. Liam Neeson -- Because I am the sick and twisted eleven-year-old who went and saw Schindler's List and walked out with a CRUSH. *hates self on behalf of all Jews everywhere*

5. Michael Crawford -- Played the Phantom of the Opera in the original London opening. I was a musical theater geek when I was in middle school and dammit, he was HOTTTT. *fans self*

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Dude. David Justice. He was gorgeous. And then he started beating Halle Barry! What a sad, sad shame.

She's a hottie.
She is. I wish she was doing more work these days. Or at least more work I heard about. She was a hottie and she was pretty talented, on top of it.

[notmonochrome]

Claire Danes was probably the first girl I had to question my sexuality over. Of course, at the time I just really wanted to be, felt that I was, Angela Chase. That scene in the pilot of MSCL where she rinses the dye out of her hair? Guh.

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Jonathan Taylor Thomas- who care if JTT was way shorter than the other Home Improvement boys once they grew up... he was dreamy.
He's guest stared on Smallville a couple of times, and while I thought he was cute as a kid, he's definitely not grown up as well. It was a shame. He hasn't grown out of his babyfat and it doesn't suit him nearly as well as it did when he was a kid.

And I have no idea what happened to Devon Sawa, but I bet the answer is on the internet somewhere. :)

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ahh yes, the trials and tribulations of being a child star.
Now I'm trying to think if any of the child stars of my era have turned out okay. Drew Barrymore grew up pretty good, once she got past the drug addiction thing. Macauley Culkin was wonderful in Saved!, which came out this year. And ... yep, that's about it. Shame, that.

[xayide79]

1. Andruw Jones, Outfielder for the Atlanta Braves.

I was as much in love with him as I could be with someone that I met once at a "let's support our public education" function. This was back during his first few seasons when he was slimmer, faster, and I didn't know about his Gold Club activities.

2. Kendall Gill, at the time he was with the Charlotte Hornets, now with the Chicago Bulls I think.

He was very, very pretty and tall. That's all my 8th grade self cared about.

3. Tevin Campbell.

I loved his voice and his songs and I thought he was so hot. It broke my heart when I found out that he was gay.

4. Antonio Sabato Jr.

This was back when he was on General Hospital. He wa really hot and didn't wear a shirt very often.

5. Keith Hamilton Cobb.

He used to be on All My Children and has appeared on some syndicqated shows since. He did an appearance in Atlanta at a home show so I stood in line to get his autograph. He is so hot in person. And intelligent. And well spoken. And really, really hot. I'd still jump him.

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Three baseball players thus far! That's so funny. But yeah, Andruw Jones. He was a looker when he was younger, wasn't he? I was surprised to discover, watching the Braves earlier this season, that he's gotten sort of fat. And old.

I hate it when my heroes get old, Xay. It's no good at all.

He wa really hot and didn't wear a shirt very often.
I think this is a great criteria for a crush. People I lust after should be naked as much as possible, I say.

[xayide79]

Yeah, Andruw is not what he used to be. I wonder why baseball players get fat mid-career. Most athletes don't gain weight like that until towards the end of their careers or after they retire. I think that's why I can't sustain baseball crushes.

It's bad enough when heroes get old. It's worse when they get old and scandalous.

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It's worse when they get old and scandalous.
Truer words were never spoken. See also "Sosa, Sammy, and the corked bat" and "Bonds, Barry, and the blatantly obvious use of illegal performance enhancing drugs that no one is doing anything about". :)