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oh my gosh - Shaun Cassidy!?! I was totally totally in love with him, as much as a pre-teen can be. I saw him in concert, and died a thousand deaths of embarassment as he shook his ass in shiny satin pants. Bliss.
When I was 15, my dad went to Sam Goody's and brought home an album for me. It was Shaun Cassidy. I was unable to hide my total teenager music snob disgust. The next time he bought me an album, it was "Combat Rock" by The Clash. All was forgiven.
Oh, and I had the Farrah Fawcett poster. I really did.
Okay, to insta-date myself (ooh, punny, given context) I went to a NKOTB concert as a tween. But I never had posters. Or the album. I don't think. And if I did, I'd never admit it. Besides, it was all for Marky Mark, who's a Real Actor now. Really. Shut up.
I hate Shaun Cassidy. With a passion that know no bounds. Only because he was famous when i was a kid and spelled his name wrong. And so i got teased. Plus he was the lame Hardy Boy.
As for heartthobs, Daisy Duke, Bo Derek, and Farrah Fawcett... sigh.
Not to mention the Bionic Woman.
Portia - LIAR!!!!!!
Marky Mark was never in NKOTB! That was his brother, Donny! From now on everything you say regarding boy bands will be suspect! You probably collected those trading cards, too!
And look how strongly the gender lines are drawn re: Shaun Cassidy. Hee!
when i was a kid my next-door neighbor, meredith myers, had a lifesize cardboard replica of shaun cassidy. one day chris, miles, kevin, jason, greg, and i took her shaun cassidy hostage. when she complained about it being gone, we snuck it back into her room. then she started crying because she noticed that we had cut off its head and drawn a penis on its crotch.
glad you liked the books, BIG HUNK, and boy crazy! cards. pinky made the cds for you. mad props to dj pinky.
happy holidays!!!
flea, if you'll notice, I was careful NOT to declare Marky Mark a member of NKOTB, as I'm fully aware that he had his own Funky Bunch, thankyouverymuch. He was, however, on the periphery, and you know how I am about bad boys on the periphery. I'm a slaaaaaaave...4 u!
My brother and sister used to torment me by calling my true love, Shaun Cassidy - Shit Cassidy.
Then they sang a variation of "Da Do Ron Ron" that had to do with...prunes. I'll spare you the actual lyrics.
I hated them, for casting aspersions on my Perfect Love! So what if I was seven 
For God's sake, Mykull! Don't you know 7 year old girls can't stand the thought of their love interests having an actual penis? Consider the current fetish over the guy with the long hair that plays the elf in The Lord of the Rings. Does your cruelty know no bounds? We just want to sigh over that girlie little face of his. Which you also deprived poor Meredith of.
True fact: When I finally figured out that yes, Shaun Cassidy probably had a penis, I took it very personally and hid my copies of Under Wraps and his Greatest Hits albums under my bed. I felt so betrayed.
Heh. I never wanted Shaun. I just wanted to be him.
I did, however, have a Bionic Woman doll.
You do the math.
My big crush as an 8-year-old was Michael Jackson (from the album cover of Thriller). I was in a break-dancing phase, and it didn't hurt that he had that tiger cub in the photograph.
Portia, I only pretended to like NKOTB so the girls I was friends with would keep being friends with me (they all had NKOTB keychains and everything), but now "Hangin' Tough" is in my head and it is your fault.
P.S. What do you think ever happened to the Funky Bunch?
Morrigan, I, too, tried to use NKOTB to get in good with the cliques in middle school, but it didn't really work. They had already moved on to Color Me Badd.
See what I did there? I replaced "Hangin' Tough" with "I Wanna Sex You Up", thereby keeping with the context of flea's board AND getting NKOTB out of your head! Aren't I just the *greatest*?
I had to go to the memorabilia store when my girls were little. One daughter had ordered a Fonzi "black and white 8 by 10" and the other daughter had ordered a Shaun Cassidy "8 by 10". I was totally self-conscious because I suspected the sales clerk thought they were for me... despite me dropping hints all over the place (like pidgeon droppings). I am sure he kept thinking, "Yeah, right. (Perv)"
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