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05-26-2004, 06:06 PM
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Who were your favorite childhood television heroes?
Do you have a favorite tv hero you used to emulate or look up to as a kid?
I had three. Captain Kirk, The Six-Million Dollar man, and MacGyver. The top one would have to have been Kirk, just because he was around first and influenced my younger self. The one that I liked the most was MacGyver, though. Unfortunately, (or more likely fortunately) I didn't have the skills to turn toothpaste and chopsticks into a bomb.  Who were your favorite tv heroes?
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05-26-2004, 06:49 PM
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The Bionic Woman, but I was gonna marry the Six Million Dollar Man.
Wonder Woman, the invisible plane and the golden lasso were way cool.
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05-26-2004, 08:08 PM
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The Monkees.
In elementary school, I invented a game based on The Monkees TV show, and as far as I can remember, it consisted of me playing the part of Davey Jones and all the girls on the playground had to chase me all over the place. Other than that, it was Perry Mason.
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05-26-2004, 10:14 PM
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Haha, I don't know if anyone else remembers this show, but I was absolutely in love with Brisco County Jr. Hurrah for cowboys!!
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05-26-2004, 11:06 PM
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With a mustache, the cool factor would be too much
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 "Hail to the King, baby." They took it off the air too soon, imo.
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05-27-2004, 02:21 AM
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He'll defend us, he befriend us, the amazing Astro Boyyyyyyyyy!
Optimus Prime, Monkey, Pigsy and Sandy from Monkey Magic, Wolverine from the animated X-men series. but lets face it man, it was alllllllll about the TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES! |
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05-27-2004, 03:30 AM
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 (maybe she was a prelude to liking Buffy so much  )And not so much with the super hero-ness, but I so wanted to be Punky Brewster.
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05-27-2004, 04:44 AM
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I know it sounds crazy, but I wanted to be just like Clarissa Darling.
I would have looked up to April O'Neil from TMNT, but I was way too overjealous of her, so I hated her. I also had a huge crush on Mickey Dolenz, so I wanted to be the girl on the Monkees; I think her name was June, or May- I know it was a month, though! When I was REAL young, though, I wanted to be Jem.
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05-27-2004, 05:02 AM
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will always be an Alyson Hanniganite
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05-27-2004, 05:30 AM
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Thats MR. Muffin Face now
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05-27-2004, 05:56 AM
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Getting it.
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Six Million Dollar Man, Dr. McCoy, Spiderman (the Bakshi Spiderman) and The Fonz
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05-27-2004, 09:01 AM
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And not just because of Bruce... the show was awesome... I always watched it. Maybe because I knew how much ass Bruce kicked on a regular basis...
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05-27-2004, 09:18 AM
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Always has been Spider-Man. Also had to be the guys from S.W.A.T. or Starsky on Starsky and Hutch...I always liked the wise-ass and reluctant hero types...
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05-27-2004, 01:48 PM
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The original James West from Wild Wild West played by the great actor Robert Conrad. Didn't matter who you were if James West was pissed at you, you were a dead man walking.
Bret Maverick aka James Garner played and won at cards, always got the girl and hated the violence but when pushed he would take a man out. Archie Bunker So wrong yet so loveable because in the end no matter what he said he always did the right thing JR Ewing from Dallas..... to have that much money, power, be so dispicable yet fuck any hot chick that I want......... fuck anyone else on tv.... he had it ALL.
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05-27-2004, 03:47 PM
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Doctor Who is easily my most influential childhood hero. I was fascinated by how he was able to do heroic things like save the world (or even the universe!) without so much as even touching a gun. Throughout the entire series, he had never carried a weapon and, instead, worked his way out of situations by being clever and outwitting everybody...
Here are some images of his fourth incarnation, the most popular one...   Last edited by KnifeMissile; 05-27-2004 at 03:50 PM.. |
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05-28-2004, 11:43 AM
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I ihave way too many to name. But one of my favorites was from a tv show called Viper. It was filmed here locally in Vancouver and I actually saw both the Viper and Defender driving down the road one time.
Unfortunately, I cannot get a hold of any episodes because it was never released on VHS or DVD. |
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05-28-2004, 11:55 AM
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Getting it.
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05-31-2004, 01:25 PM
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06-02-2004, 10:16 PM
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