Without further ado, then, here are the rules from Gill and Cat...
1. You must add the name of the blog that tagged you AND those of the Thoughts All Sorts and Realweegiemidget Reviews with links to ALL these sites.. and use the natty cat themed picture promoting this post. This picture is found later in this post…
2. List 5 of your all-time swoon-worthy characters from TV or Film ie crushes/objects of your affection. And also do mention the actor or actress who plays them, as you might like James Bond as played by Timothy Dalton and no one else.. etc etc
3. Link to 10 other bloggers.
4. Add lovely pictures, gifs or videos of those you selected.
5. If you don’t have a blog (or don’t have time to write a post) join in with your choices on Twitter with this #5TheFlamingHot5ReasonsWhy Tag and tag @realweegiemidge and @Thoughtsallsort and the person who tagged you in your tweet.
6. Oh…and post these rules.
And now for my five Flaming Hotties. It will probably come as no surprise to many of you that four of my five hotties are played by the same actress. Vanessa Marquez was both my dearest friend and the girl of my dreams. I had a crush on Wendy on ER when the show first aired, years before I ever met Vanessa. And to be honest, characters played by her could have filled all five spots, but I could not think of five reasons why for the receptionist at the Cuban mission at the United Nations in the Seinfeld episode "The Cheever Letters," beyond she's pretty (of course, she is--she's played by Vanessa) and has a sexy voice (of course, she does--she's played by Vanessa). Despite "The Cheever Letters" being one of the most popular things Vanessa ever appeared in, she's only in it for about two minutes! Anyhow, here are my five Flaming Hotties.
Nurse Wendy Goldman (Vanessa Marquez) from ER
Hottie's Story: In the first season Wendy was a student nurse in the emergency room of County General Hospital in Chicago. In the second and third seasons she appears to be a full-fledged nurse.
5 Reasons Why
1. Wendy was very intelligent. In "Luck of the Draw" she corrects Dr. Lewis when she instructs Wendy to give a patient 350 milligrams of dopamine instead of 350 micrograms. Even as a student nurse, Wendy already knew a good deal about medicine.
2. Wendy was very sweet and very caring. She showed concern for her patients as well as her fellow employees. In "Make of Two Hearts" she holds a train victim's hand, only to have her had broken by the patient. In "Night Shift" she expresses concern for Dr. Weaver after a clock falls off the wall and hits Weaver in the head.
3. Wendy could bake and make candy. In "Hell and High Water" she baked cookies and in ""No Brain, No Gain" she made salt water taffy. Not only was Wendy sweet, but she liked making sweet things.
4, Wendy has a good sense of humour and enjoys having fun. In "Blizzard," when the ER is slow, she rollerblades through the hospital. In "Hell and High Water" she appears to be very good at the video game Doom. She almost always takes part in desk clerk Jerry's (Abraham Benrubi) antics.
5, Wendy appears to be a classic film buff. In "Last Call" she describes a friend of a patient as a combination of Dennis Quaid, Robert Redford, and James Dean. Of course, Vanessa was a classic movie fan in real life and one of the original members of TCMParty, the group of fans who live tweet to movies on TCM using that hashtag.
Wanda Hernandez (Vanessa Marquez) from Fire & Ice (2001)
Hottie's Story: Wanda Hernandez is an employee at Holly Aimes (Lark Voorhies) and Pam Moore's (Tempest Bledsoe) high-tech security firm. According to the book upon which the BET television movie was based, Wanda was the firm's head technician.
5. Reasons Why
1. Wanda would have to be reasonably intelligent to be a technician at a high tech security firm. Indeed, in the film she accompanies Holly when they visit the home of Michael Williams to find out why his alarms are constantly going off. Here I must say it is a bit amusing that Vanessa played a technician at a security firm. Although she was very intelligent, in real life Vanessa was not particularly adept with technology. I had to walk her through things related to technology more than once.
2. Wanda is a romantic. Along with Pam she seems to be determined for Holly to get together with Michael.
3. She has a very good sense of humour, and along with Pam provides much of the humour in the film.
4. She looks really good in sweaters and skirts. Sweaters seem to be her favourite thing to wear.
5. She has a very sexy, very feminine voice.
Violetta (Vanessa Marquez) in State of Emergency (1994)
Hottie's Story: Violetta is the radiologist in an emergency room at a hospital in an unnamed city in the HBO movie State of Emergency.
5 Reasons Why
1. As a radiologist Violetta is both educated and intelligent. Not only would she have to had attended several years of college to become a radiologist, but she would have had to pass exams to do so too.
2. Violetta shows real concern for her patients, even when her own patience is being tested (in the movie the CAT scan at the hospital is broken down).
3. Violetta works very well with the doctors at the hospital, even when she is having to deal with a broken CAT scan. She seems fairly relaxed even when things are going wrong.
4. Violetta has incredible, long, brown, curly hair.
5. She has a very sexy, very feminine voice.
Janice Ramos (Vanessa Marquez) on Malcolm & Eddie
Hottie's Story: Janice is a cocktail waitress at the Fifty/Fifty Club owned by Malcolm McGee (Malcolm-Jamal Warner) and Eddie Sherman (Eddie Griffin)
5 Reasons Why
1. Janice will stand up for her friends and employers. When the employees of the Fifty/Fifty Club go on strike, Malcolm and Eddie's use of scabs goes so badly that the customers riot. When the Fifty/Fifty Club employees realize the club is being torn apart, Janice is the first one to jump into the fray in an attempt to stop the riot.
2. Janice is very sweet. When Malcolm and Eddie announce that the prize for the Employee of the Week has been cut from $100 to $50 the other employees complain, but Janice says that she thinks $50 is enough.
3. Janice is a very good worker. She wins the Employee of the Week prize, although admittedly part of that may be because she was fine with winning $50 instead of $100.
4. Janice has gorgeous, long dark hair.
5. Janice has a very sexy, very feminine voice (I know you might be tired of that one, but I loved Vanessa's voice).
Emma Peel (Diana Rigg) on The Avengers
Hottie's Story: Emma Peel was born Emma Knight, the daughter of industrialist Sir John Knight. When Sir John died, she took over control of Knight Industries. She married test pilot Peter Peel, who was later presumed dead in a plane crash. Sometime after Peter Peel's disappearance, she joined John Steed (Patrick Macnee) in his ongoing battle against the various diabolical masterminds who threatened Britain and the world.
5 Reasons Why
1. Mrs. Peel is very intelligent, able to grasp everything from literary references to scientific principles. This comes in useful given the nature of the opponents she and Steed usually face.
2. She is self-sufficient and in no need of a man to come to her rescue her. More often than not she extricates herself from situations rather than have Steed save her.
3. She is a skilled combatant who knows karate, kung fu, fencing, and a good number of other martial arts. She can easily take out multiple opponents, even when they are men larger than her.
4. She has impeccable fashion sense. Mrs. Peel was on the cutting edge of fashion in the Sixties. This should come as no surprise, as her fashions were designed by such names as John Bates and Frederick Starke.
5. Emma Peel is loyal to her friends. At times she has to come to Steed's rescue, and the two work well together. It is little wonder Steed appears to be smitten with her.
About that whole nomination thing...
This tag is over a year old and I have to think most people who are inclined to do it have already done so. I am then going to say that if you haven't done it yet, then go ahead and do so!
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