TV GUIDE
January 23-29, 2005

TV'S 25 GREATEST TEEN IDOLS

#13 LEIF GARRETT

LEIF GARRETT - ENDY KARRAS ON THREE FOR THE ROAD (1975)

Smitten teens deluged the androgynous, blond-tressed waif with so much mail that he was offered a recording contract despite no musical training. Garrett, who ultimately sold millions of records, is 43.

HOW WE CHOSE TO MAKE THE TEEN IDOL LIST...
- His face adorned bedsheets, lunch boxes, notebooks, albums and the covers of magazines such as Tiger Beat and Teen Beat
- Posters of him were plastered on bedroom walls (and ceilings!)
- Teen girls practiced writing their first name with his last name
- He inspired fans to wait for hours at the mall record store-just for a glimpse of him
- He made 12-year-old girls in Ohio believe they actually had a shot with him
- And, of course, fans never, ever missed his TV show

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