This series
[the most well known of all] starred Shaun Cassidy and Parker Stevenson,
and was shown on ABC from January 1977 to to January 1979. It alternated
with Nancy Drew once a week in the first season. By 1978 the Nancy Drew
series was failing. In a last ditch attempt to save the series, ABC combined
the Hardys and Nancy for a few episodes. This didn't work and Ms. Drew
was canceled in the fall of '78. The Hardys followed this fate early in
1979.
In
the first season (only!), Callie role-played as Fenton's secretary. Chet
showed up for one episode and Mrs. Hardy, Iola, Tony, etc., didn't show
up at all. Mid-series 1978 brought in two new characters, federal agent
Harry Gibbon and CIA operative Harry Hammond. Frank and Joe worked for
these men as part of the Justice Department. Oh well, there went all the
reality.
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See: Cast
- Episode List - Collectibles .
Cast
Cast: Joe
Hardy: Shaun Cassidy
Frank
Hardy: Parker Stevenson
Fenton
Hardy: Edmund Gilbert
Callie
Shaw: Lisa Eilbacher
Gertrude
Hardy: Edith Atwater
Harry
Gibbon: Phillip R. Allen [third season]
Harry
Hammond: Jack Kelly [third season]
.
Nancy
Drew Cast [appeared in crossover episodes] Nancy
Drew (1977): Pamela Sue Martin
Nancy
Drew (1978): Janet Louise Johnson [later known as Janet Julian]
Carson
Drew: William Schallert
George
Fayne: Susan Buckner
Bess:
Ruth Cox
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Episode
Guide
Note: Due to space constraints, this is
a simple episode list. For a more
(HB/ND)
= Hardy Boys Nancy Drew Crossover Episode (1/2)
= Two-Part Episode .
Season
1: The
Mystery of the Haunted House
The
Mystery of Witches' Hollow
The
Disappearing Floor
The
Flickering Torch Mystery
The
Mystery of the Flying Courier
Wipe
Out
The
Mystery of the Jade Kwan Yin
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Season
2: The
Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew Meet Dracula (1/2) (HB/ND)
The
Mystery of King Tut's Tomb
The
Mystery of the Hollywood Phantom (1/2) (HB/ND)
The
Mystery of the African Safari
The
Creatures Who Came on Sunday
The
Strange Fate of Flight 608
Acapulco
Spies
The
Silent Scream
Oh
Say Can You Sing
The
House on Possessed Hill
Sole
Survivor
Voodoo
Doll (1/2) (HB/ND)
Mystery
on the Avalanche Express (HB/ND)
Death
Surf
Arson
and Old Lace (HB/ND)
The
Campus Terror
.
Season
3: The
Last Kiss of Summer (1/2)
Assault
on the Tower
Search
for Atlantis
Dangerous
Waters
Scorpion's
Sting
Defection
to Paradise (1/2)
Game
Plan
Life
on the Line
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Collectibles
From The Show
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TV
Guides - 1978
Canadian
Edition (top) and American (below) feature a story on Shaun.
.
.
Vanity
Fair Record Player - 1978.
Microphone
- Now you can sing with Shaun! Dreadful.
.
1978
- Sun Unlimited Inc.
12.5"
Statuette Printed on the pant leg: Shaun Cassidy as Joe Hardy
.
1978
- Carnival Toys Guitar and Ukelele
.
1978
- Ideal
"Pocket
Flix" special movie tape.
.
1978
- Kenner HB Dolls
Comes
with various items; guitar, etc.
.
1978
- Cartoonarama
"Paint
Your Own...GREETING CARDS"!
.
1977
- Vanity Fair AM Radio w/ Mic
Well..yeah...strange.
Seen
in many colours. Box (for a green one) seen below.
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.
Revell
Model Van Kit - 1978.
Have
your own Hardy Boys Astro!
.
Parker
Brothers "The Secret of Thunder Mountain" Board Game - 1978.
American
(left) and Canadian (right; bilingual) versions released.
