Cool finds from The Hardy Boys cartoon and '70s show

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And from this same same blog, here's a cool look at the contents of The Official Hardy Boys Fan Club kit.

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Here is a nice close-up look at one of the reels from the Viewmaster set released in conjunction with The Hardy Boys cartoon series. This set had scenes from "The Secret of the Caves" episode [based on the book of the same name] (the Viewmaster release is actually titled, "The Mystery of the Caves" though.)

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You can see the cover for this release here.
And here's the back of the reel I posted in the last post.

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Okay- here's the two covers (first one released in 1969, the second style released in 1970.)

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This is just a random observance, but I noticed that the three main stars of The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries went to work on some of the same shows after they had finished with the '70s series. Both Shaun Cassidy and Parker Stevenson appeared on episodes of Murder, She Wrote and Matlock (but, alas, not the same ones)- Parker Stevenson and Pamela Sue Martin both appeared on different episodes of The Love Boat (in Parker's case, multiple episodes- but again, not the same one as Pamela.) [Herb Voland (Chief Collig on the '70s show) and Susan Buckner (the second actress to portray George Fayne on the '70s show) also appeared on The Love Boat- but not the same episodes.]
- and Shaun Cassidy, Parker Stevenson and Pamela Sue Martin all appeared on Alfred Hitchcock Presents (again, none of them in the same episode). But it's still a neat little thing to note. It'd be kinda fun to watch all of their episodes of those shows back to back just to see the familiar guest stars.

Also, William Schallert (Carson Drew on the '70s series) appeared on an episode of Matlock (but not the same one as either Shaun or Parker). What's funny is that William Schallert and Edmund Gilbert both have had such long careers that both actually appeared on the original version of Mission: Impossible (in the 1960s) [but not the same episodes] whereas Parker Stevenson appeared on the 1980s revival series of Mission: Impossible. Also, William Schallert as well as Edith Atwater (Aunt Gertrude on the '70s show) appeared on Alfred Hitchcock Presents too - the 1960s version. [different episodes]. (And of course, as I already mentioned, Shaun, Parker and Pamela all appeared on different episodes of the 1980s revival series.)
And William Schallert and Parker Stevenson both appeared together in North and South, Book II (a 1980s miniseries on TV).
They also both appeared on an episode of Hotel (but different episodes.)

Lisa Eilbacher (Callie Shaw) appeared together with Parker Stevenson in a 1981 TV-movie called This House Possessed. Lisa Eilbacher and William Schallert also both appeared on two different episodes of The Twilight Zone (the 1980s revival series). William Schallert also appeared in Twilight Zone: The Movie as well as the original '60s version of The Twilight Zone. And both he and Lisa Eilbacher and Edith Atwater (Aunt Gertrude on the '70s show) appeared on different episodes of Bonanza as well. William Schallert appeared for a couple of episodes on The Waltons and Lisa Eilbacher appeared on an episode as well [not the same as William's episodes.] Janet Louise Johnson [now known as Janet Julian] (second actress to portray Nancy Drew on the '70s show) appeared on The Waltons in a different episode as well.
      Lisa Eilbacher starred on Midnight Caller for a while from 1990-1991 and William Schallert also appeared on an episode of this show in 1989- so he didn't quite get to appear together with Lisa Eilbacher. He and Lisa Eilbacher and Jack Kelly (Harry Hammond in Season 3 of the '70s series) also appeared on different episodes of Gunsmoke. [Jack Kelly also appeared in a 1953 movie called Gunsmoke, but I don't think it has anything to do with the TV series.]
     And I'm pretty sure I've noted this somewhere before, but Edith Atwater (Aunt Gertrude on the '70s series) appeared together with Herb Voland (Chief Collig in a few episodes on the '70s series) in a 1960s show called Love On A Rooftop. Edith Atwater and William Schallert and Susan Buckner (the second actress to portray George Fayne on the '70s series) also all appeared on Switch (in different episodes.) Another fun thing to note for Edith Atwater- I don't know if this was intended as a tribute or not, but it may well have been- in her last acting appearance before she died, she appeared on an episode of Family Ties called "Auntie Up"- and her character on that show was Gertrude "Aunt Trudy" Harris.
       
And a number of the cast of The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries appeared together in a movie before they all wound up working together on the show later on. The movie is a 1974 movie called Our Time, which starred Parker Stevenson and Pamela Sue Martin and also had appearances from Edith Atwater and George O'Hanlon, Jr. (Ned Nickerson on the '70s show).
George O'Hanlon, Jr. and William Schallert also both appeared in episodes of "CHiPs"- though not in the same episodes.
But they did both appear together in a late 1980s miniseries called War and Remembrance!
   And both made appearances on Magnum, P.I. (but in different episodes.)
     Also interesting to note- Pamela Sue Martin appeared on the original 1970s version of Fantasy Island and George O'Hanlon, Jr. appeared on the 1990s revival version of Fantasy Island.
Also, George O'Hanlon, Jr. appeared on an episode of Baywatch, which of course, Parker Stevenson starred on as Craig Pomeroy- but they weren't in the same episode together.
      And both William Schallert and Jean Rasey (George Fayne on the '70s series) appeared on episodes of Barnaby Jones and Lou Grant (but not the same ones.)
       Jack Kelly (Harry Hammond in Season 3 of the '70s series) and William Schallert both appeared in episodes of Sugarfoot, The Lucy Show, Banacek, Ironside and Marcus Welby, M.D.. (but not the same ones.) But they both appeared in the same episode of The Bionic Woman!
Also, Edith Atwater (Aunt Gertrude) appeared on an episode of Ironside too, but not the same one as William Schallert or Jack Kelly. Jack Kelly and Edith Atwater also both appeared on different episodes of The Rockford Files.
       Herb Voland (Chief Collig) and William Schallert both appeared together in a 1977 TV-movie called Tail Gunner Joe.
And William Schallert also appeared with Anne Lockhart in the 1985 TV-movie Gidget's Summer Reunion. (And she of course played two different roles on The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries- Sarah Masters in "The Mystery of the African Safari" and Jess in "The Last Kiss of Summer" (Parts 1 and 2).) And her mother, June Lockhart, made an appearance in the "Dangerous Waters" episode as Mrs. Migley, as well.)
     And Ruth Cox (Bess Marvin on the '70s series) also appeared in Happy Days, as did Gary Springer (Chet Morton on the '70s series), but in different episodes.
     Susan Buckner (the second actress to portray George Fayne on the '70s series) also appeared in B.J. and The Bear, as did Jack Kelly- but in different episodes.
    Susan Buckner and Herb Voland also both appeared on Starsky & Hutch- in different episodes.
Herb Voland and Ed Gilbert (Fenton Hardy on the '70s series) also both appeared on Wonder Woman in different episodes.
Ed Gilbert and William Schallert both appeared on The Six Million Dollar Man in different episodes.
   Ed Gilbert and William Schallert also both appeared on Combat! in different episodes.
Ed Gilbert and Jack Kelly also both appeared on The Name of the Game in different episodes.
Ed Gilbert and William Schallert both appeared on different episodes of The F.B.I. as well.
And Janet Louise Johnson (second actress to portray Nancy Drew on the '70s series) [now known as Janet Julian] also appeared on Murder, She Wrote in different episodes than either Shaun Cassidy or Parker Stevenson.
She also appeared on Falcon Crest, as did Parker Stevenson. She and Jack Kelly both appeared on different episodes of Alias Smith and Jones. She and Jack Kelly also appeared on different episodes of The Fall Guy. She and William Schallert both appeared on episodes of Enos and The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo. And she and Jack Kelly also appeared on different episodes of B.J. and the Bear.
           And lastly, while I'm going through the cast of The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries, I noticed that Robert Karnes shows up in four of the Nancy Drew episodes as the same character of Sheriff King. ("The Mystery of Pirate's Cove", "The Mystery of the Diamond Triangle", "A Haunting We Will Go" and "Mystery of the Fallen Angels")- It's a shame we didn't have Chief McGinnis on the show, but it was nice to have a consistent authority figure in the form of a police sheriff for Nancy Drew to deal with. At least for The Hardy Boys side we actually got a few appearances of Chief Ezra Collig.

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And if anyone is interested in seeing the 1974 movie Our Time, that featured 4 actors and actresses together before they all wound up working together on The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries (those people in question being Parker Stevenson, Pamela Sue Martin, George O'Hanlon, Jr. and Edith Atwater)- it is available from Warner Archive on DVD!

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MacGyver you forgot that with William Schallert he appeared in the "Star Trek" TOS back in the sixties, plus he made a reappearance on "Star Trek Deep Space Nine" in the 90's.  DS9 also had, in a later episode than Schallert's, Paul Popowich, who, while not bing n the 70's series, did play Joe Hardy in the 1995 series.

Plus Roger Carmel appeared in Star Trek TOS twice; there was also Diane Muldaur who appeared in TOS twice, and for 20 of the 22 episodes of TNG's second season.

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Ah! Can't believe I forgot the Star Trek connections- I think I meant to put those together separately and forgot. It took a while to compile that list there- lol. Thanks for the reminder.

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For everything you ever wanted to know about Parker Stevenson and Shaun Cassidy, track down these unauthorized biographies!

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I don't know if I've mentioned this collectible on here before or not. It's meant as a tie-in to The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries, as you can see it clearly has Shaun Cassidy and Parker Stevenson pictured on the front as The Hardy Boys. So I presume the stories it tells are set in the TV show's continuity as well. In any case, for those who may not be familiar, once upon a time in the 1970s largely- though this trend lasted some into the 1980s too, records [i.e. LPs and/or 45s] were often released to capitalize upon a television show or movie or comic book, etc. And in 1978, this was released for The Hardy Boys.


It features two Hardy Boys stories- "The Disco Conspiracy" and "The Mystery of the Missing Iceman", which you can listen to on your record player with all the sound effects and music and all.
        From what I've heard, the stories were not all that great, and Shaun Cassidy and Parker Stevenson do not actually appear on this record to record their voices or anything. But nonetheless, it's an interesting little collectible from the show and by extension the books.

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I found this cool photostream on Flickr where a fan has made "mini LPs" (i.e. converting the original LP release to a replica CD) from a lot of classic Saturday morning cartoon series LP releases- and it includes The Hardy Boys cartoon, along with some other Filmation classics! I thought someone might like to see these.

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Wow- Shaun Cassidy met Chewbacca!

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I am pretty sure I have posted the puzzles released in conjunction with the '70s show before, but I don't know if I've posted this one-

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And here's this other one too- apparently, this puzzle has 121 pieces, so it's a bit more challenging than the other one.

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And of course The Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew were featured in kids' magazines like Dynamite!, which I've posted about earlier in this thread. Another magazine that featured them is Supermag.

Here is a list of all the issues from this magazine, with information on who's featured in which issue, so you know which ones to look for in the thrift stores or online, etc.