HOW I BECAME A FAN  

I don’t really know just what made me become a fan of Robert Fuller instead of one of the other numerous actors I’ve seen on television and movies.  Maybe at first and unconsciously, it was his name.  I do remember that my first close friend was a boy called Robert, my only teddy bear I ever owned I called Robert, my maternal grandfather was called Robert and my first boyfriend was called Robert.  The first birthday party I remember having had eight little girls in attendance and two boys, both called Robert.  

My brother and I used to play “Cowboy and Indians” when we were young so we loved any western which appeared on TV.  We watched as many as possible - when we were allowed to sit up with my parents.  Our bedtime was strictly enforced.  I was around 10 years old when Laramie first screened in Sydney, Australia where I grew up.  I loved the show – Jess and Slim were so heroic and good looking.  I loved the comradeship and loyalty they displayed and the family scenes with “Andy” and “Jonesy” and then later with “Mike” and “Miss Daisy”.  Most of all, Robert Fuller was the subject of my first girlhood crush – how could I resist those dark good looks, curly hair and charm.  Laramie was also so exciting and full of drama.  

I only saw a few episodes of Wagon Train with Robert Fuller – it was on too late for me to sit up according to my father.   

After that I didn’t see Robert in anything until 1977 when living in Perth one of our three commercial stations announced the screening of a new television series about Paramedics.  That sounds interesting I thought.  Not having any idea of who were the stars, the opening credits had me almost jumping out of my seat with excitement.  Starring “Robert Fuller”.  It could have been the worst television show ever made and I still would have watched it. Happily, I loved “Emergency” and was heartbroken when it ended after just one season.  I thought there were no more episodes and it wasn’t until the mid-eighties that our new fourth station finally showed the series starting from the first episodes.  

Finding fellow admirers of Robert Fuller on the internet has been one of the joys of my life.

Elizabeth (Liz) Muir

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