Hot Suits!

'The Us poolside preview--what TV's heavenly bodies will barely wear.'

Almost every fan of the male form in media, especially fans of actor Jon-Erik Hexum are familiar with his Us Magazine cover.  Along with actress Heather Thomas, (The Fall Guy) Hexum headlined the magazine's January 1984 swimsuit issue.  Before the magazine went weekly, and tried to compete with it's tabloid counterparts, the magazine used to be bi-weekly and monthly, and actually had some decent stories and some great shots of celebrities.

The magazine did a yearly swimsuit issue for awhile, featuring both male and female in suits.  In addition to Hexum, some of the other television actors shown in their speedos included 80's hearthrobs Lorenzo Lamas, Ted Shackelford and Adrian Zmed

I bought several of the old issues years ago on E-bay, and wish I hadn't thrown them out during one of my many  moves.  Given it was Jon-Erik, and his chemistry with Thomas, there are thankfully many outtakes from his cover shoot.  These, are some of my favorites.  

In addition to Hexum's incredible face and body, I was especially taken with his beautiful smile, and his sexy legs in this series of images.  Ahh, the 80's, I can't imagine that many of today's hot young television hunks would be donning a speedo for the magazine today...  They might take it all off for a role on an HBO drama, but they would squeeze into a speedo.