It was the dawn of the 1980’s, and I was but a wee lad, so I’m not sure how I had such a knowing crush on such a penal code kind of guy. While audiences were going wild for Erik Estrada in ‘CHiPs’, my sights were set on his partner, Larry Wilcox. As Ponch and Jon, they made for a team with great friendship and chemistry. I thought I just wanted a partner like that; I also felt a tingling that drew me to the blond-haired, blue-eyed police officer.
Posting a picture of Mr. Wilcox on my social media, I inquired as to who others had as their first celebrity crushes. The results were largely predictable and classic, with a few twists. A few of the names who stirred the earliest inklings of attraction for others:
- Davy Jones
- William Shatner
- Rob Conrad
- Lynda Carter
- Soleil Moon Frye
- Erik Estrada
- Johnny Depp
- Burt Ward
- Kiefer Sutherland
- Tony Dow
- Henry Winkler
- Jon-Eric Hexum
- Alan Alda
- Adam Rich
- Bobby Sherman
- Dan Gauthier
- Barry Williams
- Christopher Reeve
- Scott Baio
- Jessica Lange
- Burt Reynolds
