The show itself is pretty chaste (it really wouldn't do to have the Hardy Boys whoring around), but the producers thoughtfully added a jolt of sleaze by dressing the boys in tight bellbottoms and skimpy athletic shorts. Endearing, charming, sharp as tacks, and - lest we forget - cuter than baby rabbits, these two turned the show into a deliriously enjoyable viewing experience. While I would argue that the amateurish (read: half-assed) aspects of the show actually contribute to the overall viewing pleasure, the bulk of my praise rests squarely on the fluffy heads of the pulchritudinous young stars, Shaun and Parker.
The dialogue is sometimes cringe-worthy, the plots fluctuate between inanity and incomprehensibility, and the production values suffer badly in comparison with current standards. In fact, one could make a compelling argument that it kind of sucks. Let me be clear about something: in many respects, the show is less than stellar. Less notably, Larson also composed the spectacularly unhummable theme music. Larson, the unparalleled purveyor of flared-pants-and-feathered-hair entertainment (see "Knight Rider" and "Battlestar Gallactica" for further evidence).
Hardy Boy episodes alternated weekly with Nancy Drew episodes, with Pamela Sue Martin as the feisty detective heroine.
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Dixon, the 1977-1979 ABC series featured Parker Stevenson and Shaun Cassidy as plucky teen investigators Frank and Joe Hardy. Based upon the time-honored children's adventure books penned under the pseudonym Franklin W.
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I discovered "The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries" in 1999 after the good folks at the cable network TV Land briefly added this gem to their lineup, thus unwittingly filling a void I hadn't realized existed, a gaping chasm in my soul that could only be bridged by a couple of earnest teen boys with feathered shag hairdos and white flared pants. (Archived from my now-defunct Geocities site.
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