what famous person did you form an attachment to when you were younger

shoelaceface · 09-10-2008 12:44PM #1

for me, it was John Suchet, itv news reader!! i have no idea why but i idolised that man when i was about two or three and would turn off my cartoons and turn on the news to watch him.... i used to talk about him like he was my best friend that i knew with years....

oh the innocence!!

anyway... that just popped into my head!!

did anyone else have these strange attachments or am i alone lol

Dinter · 09-10-2008 12:57PM

I heard a lot of young people had "strange attachments" with Gary Glitter and Jonathan King.

Must have been their charisma.

WindSock · 09-10-2008 01:02PM

Bruce Springsteen. I wrote him a letter when I was 5.

whiskeyman · 09-10-2008 01:03PM

Tony Hart

chin_grin · 09-10-2008 01:05PM

shoelaceface wrote: »

for me, it was John Suchet, itv news reader!! i have no idea why but i idolised that man when i was about two or three and would turn off my cartoons and turn on the news to watch him.... i used to talk about him like he was my best friend that i knew with years....

oh the innocence!!

anyway... that just popped into my head!!

did anyone else have these strange attachments or am i alone lol

The Transformers all of them.
Gordon the gopher.
Zig and Zag.
Gary Glitter.
Michael Jackson.
Etch a Sketch.
Those tubes when you turn them either way the little widget in them went "eeeeeeeeeeeeeewwwwwwaaaaaaaaaaaoooooooooooo".
Andy Peters.
Philip Schofield.
Dextah Fletchah (Gamesmastah)
The Gamesmaster. (Sir Patrick Moore)
That Scottish Fella that did Gamesmastah for a while. (Dominic Diamond I think his name was...)
The Princess out of the Mario cartoon.....

..........what? Don't judge me.

EDIT: +1 for Tony Hart and Bod.

WindSock · 09-10-2008 01:11PM

whiskeyman wrote: »

Tony Hart

Oh yes. Tony Hart was the Grandfather I never had

He once did a bit where he made his name out of body parts. Toe-Knee Heart. Genius.

getz · 09-10-2008 01:15PM

DONALD DUCK mind you i have always been quackers

Pighead · 09-10-2008 01:15PM

Richard Whiteley of Countdown. Every evening when Pighead returned from another tough day at the school coleface Whiteley would be there with his big cheesy inviting smile and his big cheesy uninviting puns. We miss you Richie.

whiskeyman · 09-10-2008 01:15PM

WindSock wrote: »

Oh yes. Tony Hart was the Grandfather I never had

He once did a bit where he made his name out of body parts. Toe-Knee Heart. Genius.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7643847.stm

read this a week or so ago

Still, great to see him attending openings and giving talks.

chin_grin · 09-10-2008 01:16PM

WindSock wrote: »

Oh yes. Tony Hart was the Grandfather I never had

He once did a bit where he made his name out of body parts. Toe-Knee Heart. Genius.

http://peateargriffin.ytmnd.com/

Ruu_Old · 09-10-2008 01:18PM

Roland Rat.

Ginny · 09-10-2008 01:26PM

I idolised Freddie Mercury when I was younger.

Prof.Badass · 09-10-2008 01:30PM

YORE MA!

she's famous round these parts for being a MASSIVE SLUT!

Karl Hungus · 09-10-2008 01:41PM

Arnold Schwarzenegger

When I was a youngin, pretty much all I watched were his movies, over and over and over again. I still have a 12" talking terminator figure here that I got for my birthday many years back, he's behind me on a shelf. His batteries are long dead, but he used to say "Hasta la vista, baby" and "I'll be back" as well as make various gunshot sounds.

AnonoBoy · 09-10-2008 01:44PM

Charles J. Haughey

Zig and Zag.

and2 · 09-10-2008 01:54PM

AXL ROSE
and SLASH

dodgyme · 09-10-2008 02:04PM

`sally o'brien

because of the way she used to look at me.

Curlypinkie · 09-10-2008 02:09PM

Charlie Chaplin and Madonna

Oh, I know I'm weird.

Kiera · 09-10-2008 02:10PM

Matt Goss. I loved him sooooo much

Lissoy · 09-10-2008 02:16PM

BA Baracus

Burial · 09-10-2008 02:18PM

Jackie Healy Rae

SEXY MAN!!!

Burial · 09-10-2008 02:20PM

Seriously though, James Bond and Roy Keane.

stovelid · 09-10-2008 02:20PM

Do horses count? Black Beauty, if so.

Always wept when that nag disappeared over the hill at the end.

dodgyme · 09-10-2008 02:26PM

stovelid wrote: »

Do horses count? Black Beauty,.

Black beauty was always on as my mother prepared dinner so I hated it as I was starving and reminds me of waiting for dinner. I was so hunger I could eat a ...well you know

Feck now the bloody music from it is in my head for the day - thanks!

Turd Ferguson · 09-10-2008 02:29PM

Pat Sharpe cos he was king of the mullets!

shoelaceface · 09-10-2008 02:31PM

Burial wrote: »

Jackie Healy Rae

SEXY MAN!!!

i think him and his son are the funniest pair in ireland.. and they dont intend on being funny!!

i'd say their house is great craic!

shoelaceface · 09-10-2008 02:32PM

stovelid wrote: »

Do horses count? Black Beauty, if so.

Always wept when that nag disappeared over the hill at the end.

lol!!

i still think mine is the worst.. a middle aged news reader!

jim o doom · 09-10-2008 02:35PM

Karl Hungus wrote: »

Arnold Schwarzenegger

When I was a youngin, pretty much all I watched were his movies, over and over and over again. I still have a 12" talking terminator figure here that I got for my birthday many years back, he's behind me on a shelf. His batteries are long dead, but he used to say "Hasta la vista, baby" and "I'll be back" as well as make various gunshot sounds.

Yep, me too dude (the actor not the toy) - pretty sure I still have a terminator endoskeleton & bike from the t2 toy range. Gotta love how they released "toys" for kids for an 18's movie eh?

"Let off some steam bennet" - and the best quote he did, from total recal "Consider this a divorce *bang*" heh heh

jebuz · 09-10-2008 02:40PM

Ian Walker - former Spurs keeper, lovely hair.

Bret Hart - The excellence of execution, I wanted to be the kid that got his glasses, but I settled for a similar pair from pound city.

Burial · 09-10-2008 02:41PM

Anyone remember Terminator 2 chess? That ruled!

Fratton Fred · 09-10-2008 04:05PM

Jenny Agutter. Mainly because she took her clothes off.

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