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Battle of the Network Stars 1979

Post by Thom » Sun May 15, 2022 12:20 pm

Here's a youtube video of Battle of the Network Stars. After the intro, they go into a swimming event at about the 5:30 mark. The sides were wide on their speedos.

Willie Ames, who was on some sitcoms in that era, swam really well. If you grew up in California, as he did, lap pools were readily available.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KyxkNsIo-s
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Re: Battle of the Network Stars 1979

Post by clem » Mon May 16, 2022 11:02 am

Looking at the gals, there wasn't much, um, lining in those era suits. Jiggling all over the place.

The swimming provided plenty of great scenery for whatever you wanted to look at but the real action was at the dunk tank. Speedos and one-pieces abound. Charlene Tilton (Dallas), Randi Oakes (CHiPs), Erin Gray...excuse me, I'll be right back....

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Re: Battle of the Network Stars 1979

Post by diveguy » Tue May 17, 2022 1:49 am

clem wrote:
Mon May 16, 2022 11:02 am
Looking at the gals, there wasn't much, um, lining in those era suits. Jiggling all over the place.

The swimming provided plenty of great scenery for whatever you wanted to look at but the real action was at the dunk tank. Speedos and one-pieces abound. Charlene Tilton (Dallas), Randi Oakes (CHiPs), Erin Gray...excuse me, I'll be right back....
Ha ha! I watched Battle of the Network Stars as a kid and drooled over those women! And was envious of the men that looked so comfortable and confident in small completion style swimsuits. Erin Gray, YES! But I had the biggest hard on for Kristy McNichol.
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Re: Battle of the Network Stars 1979

Post by clem » Tue May 17, 2022 4:50 am

diveguy wrote:
Tue May 17, 2022 1:49 am
...But I had the biggest hard on for Kristy McNichol.
In the show she was on, "Family", wasn't she on her H.S. swim team or something? I remember her running around on a pool deck in a swimsuit, which absolutely got my attention....

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Re: Battle of the Network Stars 1979

Post by clem » Tue May 17, 2022 6:09 am

A guy looking surprisingly fit and athletic, rocking a speedo, was Gabe Kaplan of Welcome Back, Kotter. He ran H.S. track, which came in handy for the epic BOTNS clip where there was a track event dispute and it was settled with a match race between him and Robert Conrad (why was everyone scared to death of this 130lb. A-hole?) and Gabe SMOKED him!
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Re: Battle of the Network Stars 1979

Post by BozeHawk » Tue May 17, 2022 6:11 am

Thom wrote:
Sun May 15, 2022 12:20 pm
Here's a youtube video of Battle of the Network Stars. After the intro, they go into a swimming event at about the 5:30 mark. The sides were wide on their speedos.

Willie Ames, who was on some sitcoms in that era, swam really well. If you grew up in California, as he did, lap pools were readily available.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KyxkNsIo-s
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Re: Battle of the Network Stars 1979

Post by Thom » Tue May 17, 2022 4:50 pm

clem wrote:
Tue May 17, 2022 4:50 am
diveguy wrote:
Tue May 17, 2022 1:49 am
...But I had the biggest hard on for Kristy McNichol.
In the show she was on, "Family", wasn't she on her H.S. swim team or something? I remember her running around on a pool deck in a swimsuit, which absolutely got my attention....
I remember that episode!!
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Re: Battle of the Network Stars 1979

Post by ATLSpeedoBB » Tue May 17, 2022 10:58 pm

I would religiously watch the show so I could see sexy stars in speedos. The only guys I ever saw in Speedos were tourists in Waikiki... So, seeing these guys and Greg Louganis turned me on. All the Soap opera stars were HOT! (met the guy who played Kelly on Guiding Light here in Atlanta and sucked his cock in the gym steam room!)
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Re: Battle of the Network Stars 1979

Post by clem » Wed May 18, 2022 4:06 am

Greg Louganis--he competed more than once in ABC's The Superstars competition, which featured pro athletes from all disciplines. Greg usually won the swimming competition handily, looking great in a speedo of course. Most of the other athletes swam in speedos, although some of the bigger guys opted for a square-cut or the like.

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Re: Battle of the Network Stars 1979

Post by Tim-USA » Wed May 18, 2022 7:57 am

Willie Ames also did a "Blue Lagoon" knockoff called "Paradise" back in 1982

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Re: Battle of the Network Stars 1979

Post by Mark495 » Wed May 18, 2022 9:41 am

diveguy wrote:
Tue May 17, 2022 1:49 am
Ha ha! I watched Battle of the Network Stars as a kid and drooled over those women! And was envious of the men that looked so comfortable and confident in small completion style swimsuits. Erin Gray, YES! But I had the biggest hard on for Kristy McNichol.
Here's Kristy:
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Re: Battle of the Network Stars 1979

Post by BozeHawk » Wed May 18, 2022 12:35 pm

Tim-USA wrote:
Wed May 18, 2022 7:57 am
Willie Ames also did a "Blue Lagoon" knockoff called "Paradise" back in 1982
But back to the Battle of the Network Stars. Here's Willie back in 1980.
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Re: Battle of the Network Stars 1979

Post by Scottiebum » Wed May 18, 2022 2:16 pm

Mark495 wrote:
Wed May 18, 2022 9:41 am
diveguy wrote:
Tue May 17, 2022 1:49 am
Ha ha! I watched Battle of the Network Stars as a kid and drooled over those women! And was envious of the men that looked so comfortable and confident in small completion style swimsuits. Erin Gray, YES! But I had the biggest hard on for Kristy McNichol.
Here's Kristy:kristy-mcnichol-swimming-on-a-sunny-day-1979-nancy-barr-mediapunch-HXKKX5.jpgf15a3e42a627bf0293aea56005c09443 (1).jpg7d2e56b525a789dba860a2b051d946a4.jpg
Kirsty looks so good in her blue suit!
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Re: Battle of the Network Stars 1979

Post by diveguy » Fri May 20, 2022 12:11 am

clem wrote:
Tue May 17, 2022 4:50 am
diveguy wrote:
Tue May 17, 2022 1:49 am
...But I had the biggest hard on for Kristy McNichol.
In the show she was on, "Family", wasn't she on her H.S. swim team or something? I remember her running around on a pool deck in a swimsuit, which absolutely got my attention....
I didn’t watch Family much (hated sappy shows full of life drama messaging) so sadly missed seeing her in swimsuit scenes but on Battle... I remember one event where they were playing some type of carnival game, throwing balls at bottles or ring toss or whatever, nowhere near the pool but Kristy was competing while wearing only her string bikini top over shorts or jeans and I was in love.
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Re: Battle of the Network Stars 1979

Post by diveguy » Fri May 20, 2022 12:13 am

Mark495 wrote:
Wed May 18, 2022 9:41 am
diveguy wrote:
Tue May 17, 2022 1:49 am
Ha ha! I watched Battle of the Network Stars as a kid and drooled over those women! And was envious of the men that looked so comfortable and confident in small completion style swimsuits. Erin Gray, YES! But I had the biggest hard on for Kristy McNichol.
Here's Kristy:kristy-mcnichol-swimming-on-a-sunny-day-1979-nancy-barr-mediapunch-HXKKX5.jpgf15a3e42a627bf0293aea56005c09443 (1).jpg7d2e56b525a789dba860a2b051d946a4.jpg
My god! Thank you for these Kristy swimsuit bikini pics! Making me remember why I had the hots for her!

I’m guessing a lot of it was because she was around my own age and I fantasized about her as girlfriend material.
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Re: Battle of the Network Stars 1979

Post by clem » Sat May 21, 2022 9:57 am

Wrong thread.
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Re: Battle of the Network Stars 1979

Post by clem » Sat May 21, 2022 9:57 am

Diveguy--aww you missed it. Kristy was afraid of jumping off the diving platform or something like that. She finally did it, compete with underwater shots. Then emerged soaking wet from the pool.

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Re: Battle of the Network Stars 1979

Post by Thom » Sat May 21, 2022 7:09 pm

diveguy wrote:
Fri May 20, 2022 12:13 am

My god! Thank you for these Kristy swimsuit bikini pics! Making me remember why I had the hots for her!

I’m guessing a lot of it was because she was around my own age and I fantasized about her as girlfriend material.
According to this Wiki article, she left acting in 2001 and announced that she was a lesbian in 2012.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristy_Mc ... cting_life
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Re: Battle of the Network Stars 1979

Post by Thom » Sun May 22, 2022 8:08 am

Tim-USA wrote:
Wed May 18, 2022 7:57 am
Willie Ames also did a "Blue Lagoon" knockoff called "Paradise" back in 1982
At least, it made enough at the box office to get its production costs back, and a little more.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084469/
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