ZTAMS BLOG

Since I’m kind of sort of on vacation, I’m going to give you more of a showcase of hot shirtless guys instead of actually writing a blog. I’m in Disneyland right now watching over 40 middle school kids, so it’s not much of a vacation. Some of the actors from Glee were here last night. I guess that’s exciting. Jennette McCurdy from iCarly was here last year. She was cool to my students. I wonder who we’ll see next year. Anyway, check out these hot dudes. You can click on any of these to purchase them at my website. Groovy.

Check out my website at www.ztams.com for lots more shirtless hot dude pinups. You can also join me on Facebook by clicking the link below. I post a fact once or twice a day about a celebrity and include a pinup. It’s cool. You should join and tell your friends. See you in three days!

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.

Bobby Sherman was one of those actor/singer type teen heartthrobs. He started gracing the covers of Tiger Beat and 16 magazines in the late 1960′s with his boyish good looks. I thought he was okay looking. He had nice hair and looked good with his shirt off, but I didn’t think he was anything to write home about. I thought he kind of had bucked teeth.

Robert Cabot Sherman, Jr. was born on July 22, 1943 in Santa Monica, California. He’s like my mom’s age. That’s kind of creepy. If he was born in 1943, that means he was kind of an old “teen” idol in the late 1960′s. Teen idols nowadays are truly teens. They’re like 13 and 14 years old, not 25.

Bobby appeared in a 1967 episode of The Monkees before getting a spot on the TV show Here Come the Brides. He appeared in a 1971 episode of The Partridge Family which served as the spin-off for his show Getting Together. Getting Together also starred Wes Stern. That’s a funny name. I wonder what that guy’s real name is. His parents couldn’t have been that cruel. Getting Together was on against All in the Family on Saturday nights and therefore lost in the ratings. It was canceled after only thirteen episodes.

Bobby also released quite a few albums and singles in the 60′s and 70′s. Some of his hit songs were Little Woman, Julie (Do Ya Love Me), Easy Come Easy Go, Jennifer, La La La, and The Drum.

Bobby’s acting career sputtered along after Getting Together. He acted here and there in small parts on TV shows until 1986, at which time he found a new calling. Bobby has been a trained EMT since 1988. He has worked for the L.A. Police Department and the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department. He has trained thousands of cadets first aid and CPR.

TRIVIA TIME: Bobby built a one-fifth scale model of Disneyland’s Main Street, made entirely by hand, in his yard in the 70′s. I guess he liked Disneyland. Way cool.

Bobby is now a grandfather but continues to have his fans. I saw an auction on eBay recently where you could bid on a lunch with Bobby Sherman. There were similar type lunches with other celebrities. It was all for a good charity. (Are there bad charities?) Some auctions went for several hundred dollars. Bobby’s auction by far raised the most money. I think the final bidding price was in the vicinity of $2,300. Cool.

So yeah, Bobby had an exciting teen idol life in his late 20′s and then went on to another career where he could help people. He often donates time to charity and just seems like an all around good guy. To look at lots of yummy Bobby pinups and posters, head on over to my website at www.ztams.com. Groovy and far out!

Peter Barton was a brief, and forced, teen idol in the 80′s. He also appeared on a few TV series and movies. One of his first series was in the late 70′s that starred the beautiful Shirley Jones. He also had the title role in the 80′s series The Powers of Matthew Star. FYI, he beat out none other than Mr. Tom Cruise for that role. He’s also had juicy roles on Burke’s Law, Sunset Beach, and other TV shows. I know him as Dr. Scott Grainger from my soap opera The Young and the Restless.

Dr. Scott Grainger showed up on the scene in Genoa City in the late 80′s and fell in love with one of his patient’s daughters. They became engaged until they discovered that he was her half-brother. Gross. Scott moved on and married Lauren but also messed around with crazy nurse Sheila. Slut. Both women became pregnant with Scott’s child. Crazy Sheila’s baby was born stillborn so of course she stole Lauren’s baby and pretended it was her own. Scott married Sheila and then he eventually died. Oh awesome.

Peter Thomas Barton was born on July 19, 1956 in Valley Stream, New York. He attended Nassau Community College and studied chiropractic medicine and then pharmacology. He was accepted into St. John’s University’s medical school but just before signing up for classes, he decided to pursue a career in modeling and acting. After a few modeling assignments, Barton moved to Hollywood to begin his acting career.

Peter talks about how the teen magazines were so hungry for the next teen heartthrob that they pummeled him. He was on the cover of Tiger Beat, 16, Teen Beat, and all of the others. He was often put in some sort of sexy pose without his shirt on. Yay! He was 22 but they were saying he was only 19. I guess that makes him cuter and more in the reader’s age range.

He was a cute guy and a decent actor. He had his 15 minutes of fame and did an admirable job. I believe he is now living in the Los Angeles area and is doing something in the field of fitness. Scott Grainger is still mentioned from time to time on The Young & the Restless. In that respect, he will live on for many years.