The Princess and The Ponch

Ironically, Ms. Diller is the one who has aged better. HA!

Once Upon a Time...

...this was what we considered really, really hot. Our burgeoning gayling hormones were all a-tingle whenever we watched C.H.I.P.S., and even then, we preferred 'em dark and swarthy, rather than bland and generic.


Of course, we also had a thing for blond, cornfed John "Bo Hazzard" Schneider, just to prove that we're Equal Opportunity Whores.


But it's not Bo's birthday; it's Ponch's, and we thank Erik Estrada for the fond memories of pre-pubescent longing, even if we were never lucky enough to win a Dreamsville Super Dream.

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Do you suppose that Mary and Refugia still have those shirts, carefully selected by Erik Estrada for their trips to dreamsville, still lovingly packed away in their hope chests? We would.

Happy Birthday, Erik Estrada!
March 16, 1949