crushes, 3-2-1 contact and ginny ortiz
tripp
::07 feb 2008 :: 12:37am
I was born in 1976. I have quite a list of TV shows from my youth, spanning almost every year of my life. Memories of The Dukes of Hazzard, of Sesame Street, of the Robonic 3 Stooges.
(As for that last one, I shit you not. I remember watching it on CBS at 6.30am on Saturdays. When I would be so excited about Saturday morning cartoons, I would wake up, without an alarm, at roughly 5.30am. And sit. Watching the test pattern patiently until 6, when The New Adventures of Mighty Mouse and Heckle & Jeckle came on. According to these Wikipedia links, this had to be 78-79. I really can't explain how I remember all these details. For years, I thought I had dreamed the Robonic 3 Stooges, because, seriously, who would ever make that cartoon? God bless the Internet.)
Anyway, I recall these shows as snapshots in time. And 3-2-1 Contact certainly fits that bill.
Today, my boss was singing the theme song. Of course, this planted it my head and sent me off to youtube to find it. This is a later version of the opening than the one I grew up with, but the music is the same — and much of the footage is the same (from the water drop on).
Holy crap, it still rocks. I just had to watch it again. I wish I knew why I found it badass. Ah, old memories.
So that was step one. Then I recalled that one of my first crushes was on one of the two female hosts on this show. The other was on Lynda Carter, from watching re-runs of Wonder Woman. Let's also keep in mind that I was 3 or 4 at the time.
This crush was on the host named Trini. imdb tells me some interesting things: Trini's real name is Ginny Ortiz. And she was also in The Warriors, which cracks me up, as I love that movie. Digging further online, it seems she hasn't done much else movie/TV-wise and has been doing mostly theater work. And she is now married with a child.
It made me smile though — I mean, I had serious hots for this girl. I still do.
And so I went digging to find pictures of her today.
This is where you prepare to laugh.
The only one I found was a tiny headshot from The Warriors:
But youtube came through again — I found another 3-2-1 Contact clip where she was hosting. And I grabbed a few stills from it, so you don't have to watch all of it — though you do get to hear her in the clip.
Laughing yet?
If not, perhaps it is because you haven't seen a picture of my girlfriend (pictured on the left):
Yes, ladies and gentlemen, I appear to be dating someone who is the same type as a girl I was in love with at age 3. On the TV. And yes, I am slightly creeped out by this whole thing. Did Ginny Ortiz actually inspire my tastes or was she merely the first woman I "knew" who matched them? Did she imprint me for life?
I have no idea. But I would like to travel back in time, meet myself and let him know that he has good taste.
(Also, I would be lying if I said that I didn't hope she finds this. Sure, it's a super weird story. But if Ms. Ortiz sees this, I hope she will leave me a comment. I'll almost feel like my life will have been a glorious loop of…something. And before you call me creepy — who doesn't want to hear from a TV star they were in love with as a child?)
that is some seriously funny, funny stuff. i don't think it's coincidence. your idea of beauty just never changed. :) and as far as hearing from your childhood crush, yes, it is actually amazing… i was IN LOVE with wil wheaton (don't laugh…) as a kid and when i was a writer at a cancer magazine i got the chance to correspond with him about some of his charity work. i would be lying if i said after many, many years it didn't make me as giddy as a 10 year old.
This is hilarious. A couple of my friends and I (who are about the same age as you) were talking about old TV shows, and 3-2-1 Contact came up. I was telling them that I had a SUPER crush on Trini.
I found this posting searching for pictures of her. Hilarious!! It's good to know I wasn't the only one who's first "love" was Trini.
Yeah, you're not the only one. I was born in '74 and had a massive child crush on Trini. She's got to be in her late 40's or 50's now, right? I bet she's still hot.
Thank you so much for those pics, I haven't seen Trini in so long!!I was also born in 76'. I had a crush on her too!! I wanted her to be my girlfriend so bad. Whenever friends ask me who my 1st love or crush was i tell them Trini. I remember that I wanted her to tickle my feet. LOL, whatever THAT meant. I think she did leave an imprint on us, my last GF, and most girls I'm attracted to have long straight hair and a widows peak. I would love to meet her someday. Thanks for the info. Thank you Ginny!!
This is her now: http://theactorsadvantage.com/About%20Genevieve.html
Dude,
I fell ya, one of the reason I found you site was because I was look for Ginny and boy did I ever
have a crush on her and by the way my first wife
looked dead on her, funny but its' true, so join the club.