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Other than the dimples on my butt, I can’t think of more gorgeous ones than those belonging to Mario Lopez. Like most people, I first noticed Mario when he portrayed Slater on Saved By the Bell. BTW, I still watch that show every morning from 5:00-6:00 while I’m getting ready for my grown up job.

Mario Lopez was born in San Diego on October 10, 1973. I guess he’s mainly an actor but is also a host, dancer, athlete, and bad drummer. His first gig was in 1984 when he portrayed Tomas on the TV show a.k.a Pablo. After that he was a dancer and drummer on Kids Incorporated which also starred Stacy Ferguson (Fergie), Jennifer Love Hewitt, Marta “Martika” Marrero, and Ryan Lambert.

He started playing Albert Clifford “A.C.” Slater in Saved by the Bell in 1989. This show also starred Mark Paul Gosselaar, Tiffani Amber Thiessen, Dustin Diamond, Lark Voorhies, and Elizabeth Berkley.

Mario did lots of stuff after Saved By the Bell. I remember him on some segment you would watch as you’re waiting in line for Space Mountain at Disneyland. Does anyone else remember that? Some of the other shows and movies he was in:

• He played Greg Louganis in the 1997 TV movie Breaking the Surface: The Greg Louganis Story. Mario in a speedo. Praise Jesus.
• He played police officer Bobby Cruz in the 2000 TV show Pacific Blue. I think that’s where he rode around on a bike in tiny shorts.
• He played Dr. Christian Ramirez on the soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful. I would love to play doctor with Mario.
• He was butt naked (literally) in Nip/Tuck. Praise Jesus more.
• I loved the talk show he did called The Other Half. It was basically Mario along with Danny Bonaduce. Dick Clark was actually part of some shows but he didn’t seem to be around as much as the other two. The show added some dork named Dorian Gregory in the last year. We’re not gonna fall for the banana in the tail pipe.
• I started watching Dancing with the Stars because of Mario Lopez. He danced on the third season of Dancing with the Stars and was the runner up to Emmitt Smith. Mario was definitely the better dancer, but I guess Emmitt had a bigger fan base.

Some other useless Mario trivia:

• Girls were heartbroken when Mario was taken off the market in 2004……for a whole 18 days. He was married to Ali Landry from 4/24/04 to 5/12/04. She had the wedding annulled after hearing of Mario’s alleged infidelity at his bachelor party and then again after they got married. Slut.
• He’s a close friend of Eva Long-whore-ia, I mean Longoria. I wonder how close they are? Mmmm….
• He did it in Dick Clark’s hot tub (he said something like that on The Other Half).
• He became a permanent host for the news magazine show Extra in 2008.
• He made his Broadway debut in 2008 as Zach in A Chorus Line. Don’t you have to be able to sing in order to be in a musical?
• He auditioned to take over for Bob Barker on The Price is Right. That gig went to Drew Carey who drives me crazy.
• He is the host for many different pageants. He has hosted Miss Teen USA, Miss America, Miss Universe, and Miss Skanky Ass. Okay. I made up that last one.

Mario seems like a super nice guy. I’ve never thought anything else in all the years I’ve been watching him. My friend thinks he’s gay. My gaydar is pretty good and I just don’t see anything gay with Mario, not that there’s anything wrong with that. I hope he keeps smiling and taking off his clothes for many years to come.

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I’ll admit it. I checked him out when he was in Playgirl. It was kind of a disappointment. I like him better with his pants on. Now that I think about it, I guess I like most people better with their pants on.

Chris Atkins was born Christopher Atkins Bomann on February 21, 1961 in New York and was a hottie 80′s teen idol. Most young girls fell in love with him from his role as Richard in The Blue Lagoon. Actually, most young girls shouldn’t have seen that movie since it was rated R. His attire for that movie consisted of only a loin cloth. That was it, ladies! He was tan and yummy and had curly blonde hair (perm). You got to see his butt and more. Kind of. Yay! Chris was actually teaching sailing and had no interest in acting when a friend pressured him to audition for The Blue Lagoon. The role was turned down by Matt Dillon (can’t picture him as Richard in the loin cloth……kind of threw up a bit in my mouth just thinking about it). Chris was chosen for the role out of 4,000 other studly boys. He starred opposite Brooke Shields in this cult favorite.

Chris Atkins went on to star in another cult favorite, The Pirate Movie with Kristy McNichol. I never saw that movie and probably don’t need to, even though he was shirtless. The following year he portrayed a stripper in the movie A Night in Heaven. He then got a part in the TV show Dallas where he was a shirtless slutty cowboy. Something like that. Did he ever wear clothes?

He went on to film some crap that I don’t know anything about. I think he also started drinking. He was all set to play Ren MacCormack in the 1984 movie Footloose but he pretty much crapped on Hollywood. (That role in Footloose, of course, went to Kevin Bacon.) I don’t remember Chris Atkins’ exact words, but the Footloose part went bye bye because of his partying and being irresponsible.

He appeared in the 2009 show Confessions of a Teen Idol which could have been called The Teen Idol Has Beens. There were actually some cool people on there. Scott Baio and Jason Hervey hosted the show. In addition to Chris, the idols included David Chokachi (Baywatch), Billy Hufsey (Fame and Days of Our Lives), Jeremy Jackson (Baywatch), Jamie Walters (Beverly Hills, 90210), Adrian Zmed (T.J. Hooker), and other weird dudes I didn’t know. I thought Jamie Walters was very down to earth as well as Adrian Zmed. Billy Hufsey and Jeremy Jackson were very uh…..er….um…very confident. They really think a lot of themselves. I remember Billy Hufsey speaking highly of himself when he was on a talk show back in the 80′s. Now he just looks like a big meatball with arms.

Although Chris is now all wrinkly from his exposure to the sun (use your sun block, people!), he’s still a good looking guy. He’s got that rugged Robert Redford thing going on. He also seems to have matured and is sincere in becoming an accomplished actor again. According to IMDB, he has a few films in the can and is working on others. I wish him just as much success in his later years as he had when he was naked in a loin cloth. To see more naked and nude and tan and sexy and hot and yummy pictures of Chris Atkins, please visit my website at www.ztams.com.