Friday Eye Candy: Mom-101 Edition

Earlier this week you read the Pop Culture Confessions from Liz of Mom-101 fame. Her sins included gems like Rock of Love and Fish Heads and that's not exactly eye-candy material right there. But Liz's last confession on that list was very revealing and plays a huge role in her ideas of visual confectionery.

So without further ado, I present Friday Eye Candy: Mom-101 Edition.

In honor of the recent passing of one of the most influential directors of my generation (RIP John Hughes), my top 5 eye candy picks circa the mid-80s from my 16 year-old self who has traveled many years ahead in time to be here today.

1. Jake Ryan in 16 Candles (Michael Schoeffling)

Hot bod, hot car, and he left the prom queen for the geeky girl. I so want to put on my Bonnie Bell cola lip gloss and make out with him.

2. John Bender in the Breakfast Club (Judd Nelson)

It's mostly the leather gloves.

3. Blane McDonnagh in Pretty in Pink (Andrew McCarthy)

 I don’t care if his name is the name of a major appliance. The pouty lips did me in.

4. Steff in Pretty in Pink (James Spader)

I know, I know, he's the bad guy. And he's a jerk. So how about just one good make-out session after some wine coolers.

5. Ferris Bueller (Matthew Broderick)

He had me at Twist and Shout.

And here I thought I was alone in my confusing lust over Steff, thank you Mom-101 for the validation. Now it's your turn folks, spill and share your eye-candy below.

Comments

[ljpock]

I'll second the Jake Ryan. He is definitely crush worthy 80s material.

And while not a John Hughes film : Lloyd Dobler in "Say Anything" - what girl didn't melt inside when he held up that boombox?

[Jen.]

Jason Patric and/or Keifer Sutherland in "Lost Boys". The true sparklers...

[AmyC65]

God, I STILL have a crush on Jake Ryan after aaaaallllll these years. I wonder what Michael Schoeffling is up to these days? WOuld I want to see him, or would it ruin the fantasy?

[Jill]

Jake Ryan is a no brainer, but my heart leapt out of my chest when I saw Steff on there. My first bad boy crush, I do believe... and sadly, not my last ;-)

[robyn]

DUCKIE!!! how can you have the rich kids and not have Duckie on there?!?!??!

[Fawn Amber]

Well, cuz Duckie was clingy and whiny. And not candy for the eyes. LOL.

MMMM John Bender.

[BaltimoreGal]

Steff seemed like the kinda guy who when kissing you would bite your lip, just hard enough.

[Darcey]

Jen. - I have to agree with you on Jason Patric in Lost Boys. YUMMY.

[kyslp]

Oh my, Jake Ryan 4-eva! I spent many Saturday afternoons scribbling pathetic short stories about Teen Luv with, you guessed it, Jake Ryan as the go-to main squeeze. Also had a thing for Steff but did not scratch anything out in his honor.

[Rhonda]

James Spader *sigh*...he's so wicked hot. I was just watching him in Secretary the other day. *Swoon* Spank me James! I make tpyos all the time!!

[mouthy_broad (michele)]

heh.

[Alison]

I would have chosen Duckie over Blaine, any day of the week. And Steff totally needed his own movie.

[JennC]

He builds furniture somewhere in PA. I may or may not have spent a weekend or four combing the Pennsylvanian countryside driving around looking for him.

[DianaCLT]

Ahhhhh - I liked Ducky! Much more than Andrew McCarthy. That boy never did a thing for me.

Michael Schoeffling..mmmmmmmmm.

BTW: Was anybody else as shocked as I was to see how small Judd Nelson is in reality (What was that sitcom he did with Brooke Shields? Yeah...that one.)? He looked like a big ol' bad boy in Breakfast Club. ;)

[DianaCLT]

Oooooh....good visual. May have caused some tingling in the naughty bits. ;)

[DianaCLT]

Agreed!

[DianaCLT]

Holy crap! I just looked up Michael Schoeffling (aka: Jake Ryan) on Wikipedia. He's FORTY-NINE years old! How is that even possible?!?!? Why didn't someone put him in a cryogenics chamber so he'd never have to age?!?

*SOBS*

(Thinking...on the other hand...maybe he'll return to the biz, later in life, and be all Cary Grant-like. *NOM* *NOM* *NOM*)

[Smiley]

You people that feel nothing for Blaine, How can that be?!! What about at the end of Pretty in Pink when he tells Andie, "I love you" and then whispers in her ear, "Always" right before walking away. That scene still melts my hearts these many, many years later.

[Mom101]

If John Hughes had directed Say Anything, Lloyd Dobler would have been #1 for sure. (Oh God, we're all so cliche aren't we.)

And thanks Katie, for validating my Steff choice. I have never admitted it until now. So let's just keep it between us and the 8 million readers of Mamapop, okay?

[steff]

as if sharing a name with James Spader's character in PIP doesn't make me totally love him, what he did in Secretary makes me wanna find another boring desk job, only somewhere under him, ahem, i meant HIS, supervision. that man is the meaning of sex on fire. yowza. and for my braggy fact-o-the-day: my aunt graduated high school with Schoeffling and makes sure to mention it everytime candles or mermaids comes on tv. lucky bitch.

[Suzy Q]

Ahem. Is there something wrong with being 49 years old? When you get there, you won't believe you're that old, either.

When I saw his pic, I kinda wondered where he's disappeared to. I mean, the others, they've been around here and there over the years.

[Headless Mom]

I'm a John Bender girl all the way. I'd give him my diamond stud any day.

[DianaCLT]

Of course there's nothing wrong with being 49. I just still envision him as a supposed-18 year old. ;) And...doing the math...he was obviously older than 18 when he played that role, anyway. ;)

Trust me, I don't believe I'm 36. I have no doubt I won't believe I'm 49, when I get there. ;)

[DianaCLT]

YES! They were pretty...but ruggedly so. ;)

[Marie {Make and Takes}]

Oh my my!!! Great post! I too am a John Bender gal! When he puts in one of her diamond earrings, oh, he melts my heart!! I love those bad boys!