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talktooloose ([personal profile] talktooloose) wrote2011-08-24 06:12 pm
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Memory Crush

Someone was asking on a YouTube video about first celebrity crushes. I had to think about this a bit and then actually research it because I had no idea the actor's name. But when I was around puberty, I was into this TV drama called "Family." Unusual taste for a 13 year old boy, but then it was me. It was a great show with terrific actors. I was totally into the teenage son, Willy, played by Gary Frank. I managed to find only one clip on YouTube, and it happens to be about Willy coming to terms with his best friend's coming out! I have no memory of this episode, but it's pretty far ahead of its time for network TV in the 70s.

Here is Willy in his (to my young eyes) cuteness, hashing it out with his dad (who, btw, is Matthew Broderick's father):

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[identity profile] jp5040.livejournal.com 2011-11-29 10:46 pm (UTC)(link)
pretty good scene!

[identity profile] talktooloose.livejournal.com 2011-11-29 11:01 pm (UTC)(link)
For the time? Remarkable! No judgement on the dad's part. There is that strange, interesting exchange that seems to imply that all teen boys have crushes (sexual is implied) on a same-sex object at some point. Is this true? I kind of doubt it. Or are they confusing role modelling with horn-dogging?
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