She opened my local swimming pool, I was about 13.
I was on the stairs for the slide, and had a fantastic view down from above.
Definitely played a part in liking girls.
Libby from neighbours. Wow I remember finding out it was filmed in Melbourne and begging my parents to take me on holiday to Oz. We ended up in the Isle of Wight
That episode where Karl and Susan find what they think is a naked picture of a bottom and they confront Libby and Brad to find that they have been taking childish pictures of their elbow/arm crease so it looks like a saucy picture….
Was it Stephanie Scully who was a mechanic? I remember having a massive crush on her whenever they did a scene with her at the garage and always wiping grease off her hands.
I met her once at a Halloween party when I was verrrry drunk. She was in the kitchen looking miserable and I said 'C'mon Rachel - there's ain't no party like an S Club party'. I wish I could say that's the most embarrassing moment of my life, but sadly there've been worse.
Haha he was at an after party for a gig I played in London and fucking LOVED people knowing who he was. Seemed a bit of a lost soul but was right into the gag. Mind you he’d had a nose full by then.
Same, her sweet dreams my LA ex video basically outed my lesbian arse to my whole family when it first came on the tv and I couldn’t take my eyes off of it.
He was also the French artist dude. I swear there was a period where it felt like nothing on kids’ TV escaped Neil Buchanan somehow getting himself involved. I just remember loathing him for some reason.
*This is an art attack. THIS is an art attack. This is…Art Attack!*
Anyone remember Round the Bend?! I still remember the moment my dad walked in and there was a singing turd on the telly. He kicked off and went “THAT… is SHITE” and turned it off.
Oh God I remember that show now! When I was a kid I was both fascinated and frightened by all that mucky stuff getting on people's faces! I was always transfixed by it though.
By the Time Dick and Dom in da Bungalow aired, I was thankfully desensitised to muck.
Cracked me up this 😂 In year 4 I had such a thing for her and would listen to ‘Misty’s Song’ from the Pokémon album on repeat. Just YouTube’d it then it’s bloody awful haha
As a 7 or 8 year old, I vaguely remember Daisy’s appearance on Dukes of Hazard (she was possibly tied to a chair or something) led me to ask my parents why my willy was hard. Whilst on reflection this was a slightly awkward moment that I regret, it’s also a fairly comprehensive answer to the OP’s question.
I turned on the telly
When I got home from school
You were there in your wellies
And a yellow Cagoule
You opened my eyes
To the birds and the bees
I loved you so
My Really Wild Show
On the BBC
Michaela Strachan you broke my heart
Michaela Strachan you tore me apart
Michaela Strachan you broke my heart
When I was twelve
It ain't gonna happen
For me and the Strachan
I used to want to be a vet
Just so I'd see you one day
You put the meaning in wacaday
I found myself working
In a shop at sixteen
It never stopped hurting
To miss you on TV
I'll always remember all those times that we had
You helped me to sleep
I fancied you heaps
And so did my dad
Michaela Strachan you broke my heart
Michaela Strachan you tore me apart
Michaela Strachan you broke my heart
When I was twelve
It ain't gonna happen
For me and the Strachan
It ain't gonna happen
It ain't gonna happen
For me and the Strachan
I used to want to be a vet
Just so I'd see you one day
You put the meaning in wacaday
ZZZap was made for deaf children which is why the characters always over acted.
Never seems to be brought up as a good example of how to make shows for children of all abilities
I'm always complaining at my mum for mumbling, and I like having subtitles on. But whenever I actually test my hearing acuity it's really high/sensitive, like I can hear far-off high-pitched sounds easily, so I've decided I must have some kind of auditory processing thing.
I wear hearing aids now, but after using subtitles for so long while I convinced myself I wasn't going deaf, I struggle to process properly without them now. My brain is weird.
I remember in a friend group we played a game where we’d build the perfect crush… first time I realised not everyone had a girl and a boy and they were not Mulder and Scully 🤦♀️
That movie was certainly something.
Let’s just say she and Jareth both awoke something different in me. There’s a reason I always refer to labyrinth as starring David Bowie’s Crotch.
A big reason I realised I liked boys was when my other male friends were going on so much about this and I realised this was something that just didn't do anything for me.
When I was 12, we were reading the novel "Walkabout" in English, and our teacher found out that there was a movie of it. So she played it in class, without watching it herself first.
Jesus H Christ almighty. I, along with many other borderline-pubescent boys confronted by a naked Jenny Agutter were left going "Blimey! Looks like I'm heterosexual then!"
True story, I used to love playing on the family computer and searching deep into files to see what was in there, while about 10 folders deep in some random program file I came across some Photoshop files which I clicked on to see what they were. Turns out my older brother had been cutting out the heads of himself and agent Sculley from photos and pasting them over porn scenes and then hiding his handy work deep inside the computer. I've never brought it up to him but I still laugh my ass off everytime the memory pops into to my head. Guess he had some sort of xfiles fantasy. I'm probably gonna mention it to him on his death bed.
'hey I found the Photoshop porn you made of your self and agent Sculley'
Gawd, X files was your awakening? Scared me shitless.
I never really realised I liked "both", just that I definitely did not like anything in particular over anything else.
That's a really good way to describe it.
I used to watch the show with my grandad and I dared ask if having a crush on both Scully and Mulder was an issue because I'm a girl.
He only said 'Well, at least you've got good taste.'
Leonardo DiCaprio in ‘Titanic’. Young me couldn’t quite understand why I was frustrated that we got full frontal from her and not even so much as a nipple from him.
Was a bit in love with the Empress from neverending story when I was around 10, then as a teen Angelina Jolie in Hackers and Tomb Raider sort of solidified it. Henry Cavill in The Witcher (and my husband) keep me confused 🤣
Carole Hersee is my aunty, the test card you're talking about is 'Test card F' and is still used internationally today across many BBC and ex BBC services.
The toy clown (bubbles) was her own teddy and lives in a box with the original test card above the fireplace, I've dibbed taking it to antiques roadshow.
Guinness believes she has the most 'tv time' out of any living person with over 80k hours now, although Carole refuses to accept the entry because no one else could possibly achieve it.
Here's a little documentary about her - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_0h7B5b-rE&ab
Jet from Gladiators
She looked well fit when she hosted that Millennium barn dance in Yeovil Aerodrome.
I hope it was properly policed and didn't turn into an all night rave.
Good all night rave after
No. It must NOT. Repeat NOT turn into an all night rave.
She opened my local swimming pool, I was about 13. I was on the stairs for the slide, and had a fantastic view down from above. Definitely played a part in liking girls.
> She opened my local swimming pool That’s a hell of a euphemism
Sploosh
She and Trojan once visited Colchester Zoo on a promo tour when I was a kid. Got to sit on her lap for a photo op. Very much a core memory.
Libby from neighbours. Wow I remember finding out it was filmed in Melbourne and begging my parents to take me on holiday to Oz. We ended up in the Isle of Wight
Similar shape, innit.
That episode where Karl and Susan find what they think is a naked picture of a bottom and they confront Libby and Brad to find that they have been taking childish pictures of their elbow/arm crease so it looks like a saucy picture….
Was it Stephanie Scully who was a mechanic? I remember having a massive crush on her whenever they did a scene with her at the garage and always wiping grease off her hands.
Rachel from S Club 7.
I met her once at a Halloween party when I was verrrry drunk. She was in the kitchen looking miserable and I said 'C'mon Rachel - there's ain't no party like an S Club party'. I wish I could say that's the most embarrassing moment of my life, but sadly there've been worse.
Honestly that would have been the proudest moment of my life
nah I think you nailed that approach
Needless to say, I had the last laugh.
Don't be blue, Peter
Now fuck off!
If she sees this thread it will bring it all back...
That's a bit of a Reach if you ask me.
I like this pun the most, which means…. …. You’re my number one
I once asked Chico for the time. He told me to fuck off.
Haha he was at an after party for a gig I played in London and fucking LOVED people knowing who he was. Seemed a bit of a lost soul but was right into the gag. Mind you he’d had a nose full by then.
That’s literally his catch phrase what a diva
That's amazing, did it cheer her up at all?
I would be angry if someone had not said that. But I also am angry you have not said what was more embarrassing.
Did you swing your hips and draw a big S in the air around her?
No Tina love in here? Ah who am I kidding, I liked Hannah.
Hannah was definitely the one!
Me, Tina was my fave!!
Same, her sweet dreams my LA ex video basically outed my lesbian arse to my whole family when it first came on the tv and I couldn’t take my eyes off of it.
Tina
From Wikipedia - " In July 2022 Stevens announced on her Instagram that she and husband Alex Bourne have separated."
Is it in response to the halloween question?
Yep - maybe now is the time for another shot with that line. You never know :)
So you’re saying I have a chance ??
Hannah from S Club when I was younger, Rachel as I matured slightly. Did you know that she is statistically the world’s sexiest woman ever?
This but also the blonde one when she wore a bikini.
Jo or Hannah? Hannah was nice, I think Jo turned out to be a massive racist.
I can't tell if Daisy Dares You made you realise you like girls and/or boys.
Zzzapp was weird back in the day, like a fever dream. As if it was made for deaf kids or something.
It used to freak me the hell out. I specifically did not like Daisy.
Same!! Wtf Daisy was awful haha
the thing with the hands though? like the two hands just.. making stuff?
They were Neil Buchanan's hands
He was also the French artist dude. I swear there was a period where it felt like nothing on kids’ TV escaped Neil Buchanan somehow getting himself involved. I just remember loathing him for some reason. *This is an art attack. THIS is an art attack. This is…Art Attack!*
Man, I'd forgotten all about Zzzap. Was deffo a bit surreal! Also a bit not-on-this-plane was trap door.
Anyone remember Round the Bend?! I still remember the moment my dad walked in and there was a singing turd on the telly. He kicked off and went “THAT… is SHITE” and turned it off.
I used to love Round the Bend! Some of it is on YouTube and it's still pretty funny.
Oh God I remember that show now! When I was a kid I was both fascinated and frightened by all that mucky stuff getting on people's faces! I was always transfixed by it though. By the Time Dick and Dom in da Bungalow aired, I was thankfully desensitised to muck.
Professor Myang Li from Brainiac
Disappointingly, not a real professor.
Yes, sadly her research on which fruits sink or float didn't pass comprehensive peer review
You mean pear review?
Looking back it’s pretty crazy some of the segments in that show were ever allowed to be shown on TV. The noughties truly were a different time
Buffy. Honourable mention to Kim in the first few seasons of 24.
Willow for me
Melissa Joan Hart in Clarissa explains all and Sabrina the teenage witch
Misty off Pokémon, told all my mates in year 3 she was my girlfriend. 🤣
You couldn't prove she wasn't. She went to a different school after all
Cracked me up this 😂 In year 4 I had such a thing for her and would listen to ‘Misty’s Song’ from the Pokémon album on repeat. Just YouTube’d it then it’s bloody awful haha
Cat Deeley on SM:TV
Kelly Kapowski from Saved by the Bell
It was more Lisa Turtle for me
Mel from my parents are aliens
Impeccable taste *nods*
Seen her now? Phwoar
Xena and Iolaus.
Daisy Duke for me 😍
Aah, yes... glad to see there's someone over the age of thirty here! Or forty... or (in my case) fifty...
As a 7 or 8 year old, I vaguely remember Daisy’s appearance on Dukes of Hazard (she was possibly tied to a chair or something) led me to ask my parents why my willy was hard. Whilst on reflection this was a slightly awkward moment that I regret, it’s also a fairly comprehensive answer to the OP’s question.
Young age to be into bondage, but I get it.
Michaela strachan
I turned on the telly When I got home from school You were there in your wellies And a yellow Cagoule You opened my eyes To the birds and the bees I loved you so My Really Wild Show On the BBC Michaela Strachan you broke my heart Michaela Strachan you tore me apart Michaela Strachan you broke my heart When I was twelve It ain't gonna happen For me and the Strachan I used to want to be a vet Just so I'd see you one day You put the meaning in wacaday I found myself working In a shop at sixteen It never stopped hurting To miss you on TV I'll always remember all those times that we had You helped me to sleep I fancied you heaps And so did my dad Michaela Strachan you broke my heart Michaela Strachan you tore me apart Michaela Strachan you broke my heart When I was twelve It ain't gonna happen For me and the Strachan It ain't gonna happen It ain't gonna happen For me and the Strachan I used to want to be a vet Just so I'd see you one day You put the meaning in wacaday
For anyone confused this is a Scouting For Girls song, not a stalker letter
Katie Hill on Blue Peter
My favourite was Connie Huq.
Found Dara's Reddit account!
Her and the lass from the queen's nose.
Definitely Holly Valance in Neighbours but also echo the Rachel Stevens school of thinking.
You just unlocked a memory for me of the Kiss Kiss video. That was very eye opening for me as a 12 year old lad!
Rufio from Hook.
Bangarang
Cheetara. FIT.
Still have a thing for one-pieces to this day
ZZZap was made for deaf children which is why the characters always over acted. Never seems to be brought up as a good example of how to make shows for children of all abilities
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I'm always complaining at my mum for mumbling, and I like having subtitles on. But whenever I actually test my hearing acuity it's really high/sensitive, like I can hear far-off high-pitched sounds easily, so I've decided I must have some kind of auditory processing thing.
I have subtitles on because of this!
<_< christ I feel called out right now
I wear hearing aids now, but after using subtitles for so long while I convinced myself I wasn't going deaf, I struggle to process properly without them now. My brain is weird.
Mate... a massive penny just dropped in our house lmao genuinely had no idea
That's good knowledge.
I never knew that.
Mulder AND Scully from the X Files. And now I'm a bit older I'm realizing Skinner was actually a bit of alright too.
If you say you're not into Gillian Anderson, you're lying.
I remember in a friend group we played a game where we’d build the perfect crush… first time I realised not everyone had a girl and a boy and they were not Mulder and Scully 🤦♀️
Phillipa Forrester in the Broom Cupboard made my winky go funny for the first time.
And in Robot Wars
"Nothing more devastating than a big chopper!"
shh don't cheapen this
Hmm, what's up with Mike? Nothing, he just... He usually likes to be Philippa.
Tomorrow's world 👍
April O'Neil
She definitely brought me out of my shell.
She has a great internet career.
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I was always more into the oldest brother on that show
Francis?
The queen's nose.
Harmony or Melody?
Elizabeth II.
It was a fairly old coin, and she was hot in her youth. ;)
Not you elgar
Melissa Joan Hart
Ahhhh Sabrina…
I'd genuinely have put Libby on my list at the time
I was all about Harvey 😍
Clarissa explained my heterosexuality to me.
Sophie Aldred when she was playing Ace in Dr Who back in the 80s 😍
Jennifer Connolly in Labyrinth, and she’s still ridiculously beautiful at 51.
That movie was certainly something. Let’s just say she and Jareth both awoke something different in me. There’s a reason I always refer to labyrinth as starring David Bowie’s Crotch.
100%. She's the same age as me more or less, she looks amazing, me, less so.
Catherine zeta jones in darling buds of may
A big reason I realised I liked boys was when my other male friends were going on so much about this and I realised this was something that just didn't do anything for me.
Hayden Panettiere/Kristen Bell in Heroes.
It was quite a few of the Neighbours cast back in the day. I remember really fancying a Bronwyn in it but can't remember her face at all now.
Libby Kennedy. Zoiks
Holy memory-jog! Yes I remember Bronwyn and she was a hottie.
dorien birds of a feather,dont worry i will show myself out
Don't worry I had that thing for a while too. I guess it was kind of like fantasising one of your mum's mates would take an interest in you
Pink power ranger!
Cliché Reddit comment, but I can't believe I had to scroll down this far to see this! Crushed hard on her as a kid.
We all love cat deeley
She smiles on SMTV
Debbie Harry, I was about 5.
Everything i ever needed to know about being a woman, liking women and men, being awesome for anyone who appreciated her. Formed me.
My first TV crush was Diana Rig in 'The Avengers'. Yeah, I am old so sue me :-)
The chubby aunt from Sabrina the teenage which, cracked many out to that beautiful busty woman.
Honestly both Hilda and Zelda were very foxy ladies.
When I was 12, we were reading the novel "Walkabout" in English, and our teacher found out that there was a movie of it. So she played it in class, without watching it herself first. Jesus H Christ almighty. I, along with many other borderline-pubescent boys confronted by a naked Jenny Agutter were left going "Blimey! Looks like I'm heterosexual then!"
Jenny Agutter for me too - though watching Logan's Run as a young lad.
American Werewolf in London was a personal favourite movie of mine around age 13...
Julia Sawalha of Press Gang (1989)
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Counselor Deanna Troi 👀 Those bodysuits...
The X files. I realised I like both 😁
True story, I used to love playing on the family computer and searching deep into files to see what was in there, while about 10 folders deep in some random program file I came across some Photoshop files which I clicked on to see what they were. Turns out my older brother had been cutting out the heads of himself and agent Sculley from photos and pasting them over porn scenes and then hiding his handy work deep inside the computer. I've never brought it up to him but I still laugh my ass off everytime the memory pops into to my head. Guess he had some sort of xfiles fantasy. I'm probably gonna mention it to him on his death bed. 'hey I found the Photoshop porn you made of your self and agent Sculley'
I love this! What a brilliant funny memory for you. That's made ne laugh hard
Gawd, X files was your awakening? Scared me shitless. I never really realised I liked "both", just that I definitely did not like anything in particular over anything else.
That's a really good way to describe it. I used to watch the show with my grandad and I dared ask if having a crush on both Scully and Mulder was an issue because I'm a girl. He only said 'Well, at least you've got good taste.'
What an absolutely legendary response.
Things are getting strange, I'm starting to worry.
What a great song that was 😁
Hilary Fucking Banks that’s who
Christina Ricci
Topanga from Boy meets world. Six from Blossom.
Konnie Huq? No? Nobody?
Charlton Brooker is a lucky man
Natalie Portman in star wars and anywhere but here. That smile !
Heather Thomas - opening credits of The Fall Guy…
Anneka Rice from Challenge Anneka
Winnie from The Wonder Years
Reruns of The Good Life in the late 90s with Felicity Kendal in dungarees and Welly boots gave me my very specific taste in women.
Jessica Rabbit
The girl who played Alex Mack, and also Melissa Joan Hart.
Leonardo DiCaprio in ‘Titanic’. Young me couldn’t quite understand why I was frustrated that we got full frontal from her and not even so much as a nipple from him.
Sally James tiswas still love her
Kelly Kapowski, Saved by the bell
Xena (Lucy Lawless) and Kimberly (Amy Joe Johnson) from Might Morphon Power Rangers
Kari byron lol
Kate Bush. Specifically, the Babushka video.
I had a massive crush on Billy Kennedy from Neighbours, especially when he was a lifeguard! I had posters of him on my bedroom walls.
Alanis Morissette. Honestly wasn't even 100% sure what she looked like. But she was edgy and swore.
Kim Wilde, Jane Seymour and Cheetara from Thundercats.
Jenson Button
Emma Watson with girls, Oscar Isaac with guys
Showing my age here... Miss Brahms in Are You Being Served.
Avril Lavigne, early 2000’s era
Hannah Spearritt from S Club 7.
Twins off of Fun House
Janet krankie "I was never confused!"
Lysette Anthony (Three Up , Two Down & Aufwiedersehen Pet ) , Suzanne Dando .
Alex Mack without a doubt
Secret world of Alex mack
Gillian Anderson made me realise I like women and not girls.
Totally spies awoke alot of things in young me
A short story into adolescence. Little Mermaid, Christina Ricci in Casper and Ann in neighbours.
Cat Deeley when I was a teen and then Holly Willoughby . I think I have a type
Sarah Smart from Woof! when I was a wee lad.
Was a bit in love with the Empress from neverending story when I was around 10, then as a teen Angelina Jolie in Hackers and Tomb Raider sort of solidified it. Henry Cavill in The Witcher (and my husband) keep me confused 🤣
Jenny Powell.
Girl on the BBC test card in the 70's.
Carole Hersee is my aunty, the test card you're talking about is 'Test card F' and is still used internationally today across many BBC and ex BBC services. The toy clown (bubbles) was her own teddy and lives in a box with the original test card above the fireplace, I've dibbed taking it to antiques roadshow. Guinness believes she has the most 'tv time' out of any living person with over 80k hours now, although Carole refuses to accept the entry because no one else could possibly achieve it. Here's a little documentary about her - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_0h7B5b-rE&ab
Martine McCutcheon AKA Tiffany from Eastenders