100. Patrick Dempsey--I'm thinking this is too low, but we'll see how the rest of the list pans out. "Can't Buy Me Love" is one of the best teen movies of all time. Fact.
99. Lee Curreri (Bruno from "Fame')--If I remember correctly, my sister had a crush on him. Based on what he looks like now, I'm guessing the crush is over.
98. Helen Hunt--Not sure she belongs
97. Billy Zabka (Johnny from "The Karate Kid"; also in "Just One of the Guys" and "Back to School)--Way too low. I call bullshit, VH-1.
96. Robert Romanus (Mike Damone from "Fast Times at Ridgemont High")--Good call. And, good God, Jennifer Jason Leigh was hot in that movie. Sure, you remember Phoebe Cates, but don't overlook JJL.
95. Jessica Biel--Speaking of hot. I watched most of the first season of "7th Heaven" in Ithaca College's Terrace 2 TV Lounge. For the longest time, I couldn't figure out why. Then that Gear magazine came out, and I knew. It was a little uncomfortable thinking she was hot back then, but no qualms anymore.
94. John Francis Daley (Sam from "Freaks and Geeks")--Nice. Based on one of the clips shown, you apparently can't say "queer" on VH-1. That's odd.
93. Jack Wild (from "H.R. Pufnstuf")--Whatever. Never been a big Pufsntuf guy. Give me "Sigmund and the Sea Monsters" any day.
92. Deborah Foreman (from "Valley Girl')--Right. She should be higher than Zabka? Please.
91. Melissa Joan Hart--One of the talking heads said "Clarissa Explains It All" "put Nickelodeon on the map." Wrong. "Double Dare" put Nickelodeon on the map. Learn your history.
90. Wilson Cruz (Ricky from "My So-Called Life')--According to him, he's primarily played gay characters, but, when looked at individually, "they couldn't have been more different." That's a dumb phrase. What if one of them had no right arm, used his prosthesis as a golf club, and was a violent self-hating Nazi Jew with an unhealthy addiction to Nutella? That would've been more different, no?
89. Nicole Eggert--Oh, sweet Nicole. It's not just anyone who can make a softcore porn film with a naked Corey Haim and a naked Corey Feldman worth watching, but Nicole did it in "Blown Away" just by being hot. Or at least she did for me. Your mileage may vary. In fact, I'm pretty sure it will. Those were lonely days. Speaking of Corey Haim, he has been on screen twice, and it's clear that he is morphing into the Amazing Jonathan. Maybe you don't know who that is. Just trust me, OK?
88. Kenan Thompson--No disrespect--huge "Good Burger" fan here--but if he wasn't on SNL now (in his post-teen years), would he have made the list?
87. LL Cool J--Right on, right on.
86. Maureen McCormick--Boy, that's awfully low for a Brady.
85. Ralph Carter (Michael from "Good Times")--Not a big "Good Times" fan (good theme song, though), so I can't comment much.
84.Ione Skye--I was in the middle of getting upset that a one-hit wonder like her made the list when up popped Meredith Salenger from "Dream A Little Dream" on the screen. Where in the hell did they find her? Nice work, VH-1.
83. Donavan Freberg (the kid from the Encyclopedia Britannica commercials)--OK, now maybe VH-1 is trying to earn hipster points by even remembering this guy, but, what a joke! Ahead of Marcia Brady? Patrick Dempsey? Zabka? This is the worst thing VH-1's done since, oh, yesterday. But the segment was redeemed when Freberg's current job was described as "the webmaster for an amateur porn-based blog."
82. Katie Holmes--Yawn.
81. Sean Penn--I'll allow it.
Not a bad first installment. Someone from "Freaks and Geeks" and two entrants in the all-time James Sigman hottest girls list. I'm still pissed about Zabka, though. He got hosed.
Another plus to the special so far--Mo Rocca's not on it. Someone might want to consider shutting up Joel Stein and the Sklar Brothers though.
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