Bougie Applebum

In a previous post, I confessed to a childhood crush on Charlie Sheen.  The post moved me to think about a few of my other childhood crushes.  Thought I’d share a few.  Tell me if some of mine match some of yours.

Here goes:

Michael Jackson
Before he was crowned The King of Pop by Elizabeth Taylor,  MJ was the king of my heart.  I remember many nights, falling asleep staring at the cover of MJ’s Thriller album.  I wanted him in a Hubba Bubba sort of way.  Jeri Curl, glitter socks and all – wearing that white suit on the cover, MJ made my heart moonwalk.

Johnny Depp
Depp landed on 21 Jumpstreet and jumped straight into my teeney-bopper crush vision.  All of my school friends thought he was the ‘most awesomest’ guy on the block and I co-signed to that emotion.

Michael Keaton
What can I say? It must have been the Batman suit.  Moving on…

Christopher Reeve
In the spirit of superheroes.  Yes, I crushed on Superman..and loved-me-some Clark Kent.

Tom Cruise
It wasn’t Cruise’s Risky Business, but his role in All The Right Moves that set my heart on fire.  Then came Cocktail and I was hooked.  But as time passed, I grew older and my desire to cruise into Tom’s heart quickly faded.

Merlin Santana
From The Cosby Show, to his roles on Hanging with Mr. Cooper & Moesha, I crushed on Merlin as hard as my heart would allow.  By the time he landed a regular gig on The Steve Harvey Show, I was over my crush phase, but I still thought he was adorably cute nonetheless.

Luke Perry
Luke made Beverly Hills a zip code worth remembering.  I always felt he was too cute for Brenda.   Even now, he’s still holding his own in the looks department. Way to go Luke. (Luke, if you’re reading this – “Call Me.”)

Tevin Campbell
Ashley Banks and I shared a common interest in men.  Little did we know, Tevin shared our interests too.

Scott Baio
Once upon a time, Joanie loved Chachie and for some odd reason I did too.  Actually, I was more into him during the Charles in Charge era.  But still.  I don’t know why.  I admit he was a cutie, but looks aren’t everything.  And nowadays he’s turned into a Hollyhood jerk – so it’s rather disappointing.  Guess I’ll remember the good times…when he was cuter.

George Michael
His Faith album was my introduction to (what I thought) would be my future husband.  At the time I couldn’t see any reason why he and I could not be together.  Hmm… you live and you learn.

Mark Brown aka Brown Mark
I know you’re saying “Mark WHO?”.  But Mark was very famous (in a background sort of way).  He was a member of Prince’s band The Revolution.  Having family roots from Minneapolis, Mark happened to be a family friend.  Long story short, when I was a tiny Applebud – Prince & The Revolution came to Houston for a concert and Mark stopped by the Applebum house to visit.  I was smitten.  He didn’t do anything fancy or play any musical chords, but he left a lasting impression on me and may very well be one of my first crushes – evah.  *Of course, now that I look at his funky fresh hair-don’t I’m really questioning my judgment back then.

So, that wraps up my short list.  Of course, I had other crushes like: Ralph Macchio from the Karate Kid, Devante Swing from Jodeci and James “JT” Taylor the lead singer of Kool and the Gang.   Back then, I probably had a different crush every week.  Oddly though, I never crushed on Prince as a child.  I guess with all of his antics, lyrics and gestures he was a little too ‘grown’ for me.   Intimidating perhaps.  Of course, now I’m a little bit older and bolder so that’s a whole different story.  I’m grading on a different scale and nowadays Prince makes my heart skip a beat.  What can I say?  Time and maturity brings about a change.  So someone…anyone, help a lady out and get Prince on the phone.  Please.