They're free, so I'll take five...

Recently while catching up on posts at one of my fave blogs, Dooce, I was directed to one of her archived posts from 2002. Read it here.

In her post she was talking about what she calls her “Five Fame Fuckers List”, something you may remember from Friends as the “Freebie List”. It was in “The One With Frank Jr.” (Season 3, Episode 5) – this might refresh your memory:

Chandler: Well, we have a deal where we each get to pick five different celebrities that we can sleep with, and the other one can't get mad.
Ross: Ah, the heart of every healthy relationship: Honesty, respect, and sex with celebrities.
Monica: So, Chandler... who's on your list?
Chandler: Uh, Kim Basinger, Cindy Crawford, Halle Berry, Yasmine Bleeth, and, ah, Jessica Rabbit.
Rachel: Now, you do realize that she's a cartoon... and way out of your league?
Chandler: I know, I know, I just always wondered if I could get her eyes to pop out of her head.

Rachel: Oh, I don't know. I guess... Chris O'Donnel, John F. Kennedy, Jr., Daniel Day Lewis, Sting, and Parker Stevenson.

Ross: Okay, I'm done with my choices. These are final.
Rachel: Well, it's about time.
Joey: Ooh, very official.
Ross: Oh, yeah, well, ya know, Chandler printed it up on his computer.
Monica: And who laminated it?
Ross: That was me.
Rachel: Alright, let me see. Uma Thurman, Winona Ryder, Elizabeth Hurely, Michelle Pfieffer, and... Dorothy Hammill?
Ross: Hey, it's my list.
Rachel: Okay, honey, you do realize she only spins like that on ice?

And Dooce explained it like this:

Let me just take a moment to explain the Five Fame Fuckers list for those of you who don't already have one: if you're in a committed relationship, you're allowed to compile a list of five people you'd like to sleep with, but the people on the list not only have to be celebrities, they also have to be celebrities you don't know or wouldn't ever happen to bump into, even in the most remote social situation. To make things fair, the person you're in the committed relationship with gets to compile his/her own list. So, if you don't have one, please do us all a favor and get one.

At that time this was Dooce’s List:

1. Jake Gyllenhaal
2. Ed O'Brien
3. Clive Owen
4. Benecio Del Toro
5. Brad Pitt

And her husband Jon’s list was:

1. Charlize Theron
2. Katie Holmes
3. Rene Russo
4. Tea Leone
5. Cameron Diaz

Recently Dooce updated her list, she says it’s due to “recent international events” a.k.a the Olympic Games...*

1. Chris Martin
2. Ed O'Brien
3. Brad Pitt
4. Michael Phelps
5. Michael Phelps

I’m not sure, but this may mean she is allowed to sleep with Michael Phelps twice. Someone described Michael Phelps like this “This is what I call a Prawn. Tasty body, discard the head!!” and I can’t help but agree.

Anyway, I think it’s obvious where this post is going – who are my five? No, Michael Phelps would not take a place on my list. But who would? That got me thinking. And I think a list like this one deserves some serious thought; a cue I took from Ross who was so serious he laminated his final list.

The names that popped into my head are the names of celebrities I have had crushes on over the years, so let me tell you about them...

My main celebrity crushes are men from TV shows I loved at the time. Basically from my favourite shows over the years I have had a crush on one character from each show...

Starting with Full House and Uncle Jesse (a.k.a John Stamos) I had a big crush on the character of Uncle Jesse (But I didn’t like him this much) maybe becuase he was the only desirable man from Full House but more likely because he was my type. I guess even at a young age I knew my type and I haven't actually changed alot (purple has always been my favourite colour too) and you'll see from each of my crushes who fit my type (looks-wise anyway).

Anyway, this was John Stamos in Full House.

Sooo my type - older than me with dark eyes, olive skin, full head of dark hair and a sexy voice (hear him sing here, he toured with The Beach Boys!).

This is what he looks like now twenty years later in E.R.

Still looks good if you ask me! Especially for 45!


Next there was Dylan McKay from Beverly Hills 90210.

I think I had a crush on Dylan because I wanted to be Brenda Walsh. I thought they were a great couple and I hated Kelly Taylor for breaking them up. I also hated my father for not letting me watch 90210...

So Dylan was played by Luke Perry and I haven't seen him in anything since the 90210 Reunion Special, which may be because he now looks like this:

And because of that picture Luke Perry is now out of contention for my top five. I guess he is 42 and looks his age (somehow that makes John Stamos look even better...). But if I could turn back time he’d be in my top five for sure!


Next there was Clark Kent from Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman. Once again I wanted to be the female lead character, Lois. It was while watching this show that I had dreams of becoming a journalist... and meeting my own Clark:

That was Clark, played be Dean Cain and last time I saw him he was on Las Vegas, giving Josh Duhamel a run for his money looking like this.

And he is also 42, but looking alot better than Luke Perry. Some men age so damn well!

Next was Dawson's Creek and Pacey Witter. I was in high school when Dawson's Creek was on and all my friends and I thought Pacey was wonderful.


He was played by Joshua Jackson and I remember for my 16th birthday we all went to see Josh in The Skulls. At sleepovers we used to watch little Josh in The Mighty Ducks movies. My crush on Pacey/Josh was probably the most intense one because of my age at that time. As usual I had more of a crush on the character than the actor; because I felt I knew the character and I think it felt safer to have a crush on someone who wasn't real.

Josh was most recently in the movie Shutter with Aussie Rachel Taylor, looking like this:

He is 30 now and still looks good. But I wonder if he'll look better than John Stamos at 45?

So here is what you've been waiting for, I'm sure -

My Five Freebies (in no particular order):

1. Joshua Jackson

2. John Stamos

3. Dean Cain

4. Hugh Jackman

5. Brad Pitt

You know, just off the top of my head...

So the last two were a surprise but I've loved Hugh Jackman since Paperback Hero and he's been in my favourite musical ever, Oklahoma! (and I was so excited after seeing him in real life and up close as Peter Allen in The Boy From Oz) and now I can't wait to see Australia.

And I picked Brad Pitt because, even though he's not my type, who would turn down the chance to sleep with Brad Pitt? Seriously? You could brag about it forever! I bet Jennifer Aniston does! Plus he does look pretty good in this pic (except I don't like too much facial hair, my father has a beard).

But if my list were of Five TV Show Characters it would be:

1. Dylan McKay (if I could turn back time)

2. Clark Kent (only the Dean Cain version)

3. Pacey Witter (after the first season)

4. Denny Duquette

5. Kirby Atwood

Ahh, Denny Duquette**. Who didn't love him?

And have you seen Lipstick Jungle? This photo will show you what you've been missing: Kirby Atwood***

So what do you think of my list? Who would be on your list? Do you know who would be on your partner's list? And what's your type? Do you even have a type? Let me know in the comments!

I've asked Chris (who is most definetely my type) who his five famous freebies are, just to add a male perspective:

1. Cindy Crawford

2. Alyssa Milano

3. Milla Jovovich

4. Keira Knightley

5. Halle Berry

* Read about Dooce's updated list here. My list is in the comments.

** Denny Duquette was played by Jeffrey Dean Morgan.

*** Kirby Atwood is played by Robert Buckley. He doesn't look like a 'Robert' to me though, he suits Kirby much better. In real life his middle name is Earl too...