The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries - Season One

Starring:Pamela Sue Martin, Ruth Cox, Gary Springer, Susan Buckner, Jack Kelly, William Schallert, Clyde Lucas (II), Janet Julian, Edith Atwater, Phillip R. Allen
Director: Alvin Ganzer, Ivan Dixon, Don McDougall, Edward M. Abroms, Fernando Lamas, Sidney Hayers, Stuart Margolin, Michael Pataki, John J. Dumas, Andy Sidaris, Daniel Haller, Vince Edwards, Joseph Pevney
Studio: Universal Studios
Product Type: DVD

Editorial Review:
Product Description
Follow the clues to mystery, adventure and thrills as Season One of the The Hardy Boys Nancy Drew Mysteries comes to DVD for the first time ever! Teen sensations Shaun Cassidy, Parker Stevenson and Pamela Sue Martin star as brave super-sleuths in 14 spooky episodes loaded with spellbinding action and smash-hit pop songs, including Shaun Cassidy s #1 hit Da Doo Ron Ron. Inspired by the hugely popular books and with an amazing lineup of guest stars, including Jamie Lee Curtis, Mark Harmon, Bob Crane, Rick Nelson and more, it s no surprise that The Hardy Boys Nancy Drew Mysteries is an open-and-shut case for fun!

System Requirements:

Running Time 682 Min

Format: DVD MOVIE
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The Hardy Boys Mysteries and The Nancy Drew Mysteries began in 1977 as separate series alternating in the same time slot on ABC. Early the following year, the casts combined, and in the fall of 1978 the Nancy Drew thread was dropped and The Hardy Boys Mysteries continued on alone. This Season One boxed set captures the twin-series idea at its most ambitious, with adolescent brothers Frank and Joe Hardy, created by author Franklin W. Dixon, sleuthing for clues one week and Carolyn Keene's Nancy Drew investigating crimes the next.

Actually, as fans of the books know, Dixon and Keene were both pen names used by Edward Stratemeyer when he created those characters in 1927. Just as the young detectives have been updated in print every so often to accommodate successive generations of readers, so too did the TV show present Joe (Shaun Cassidy, brother of David Cassidy of The Partridge Family), Frank (Parker Stevenson), and Nancy (Pamela Sue Martin) as thoroughly 1970s kids. The boys are outfitted with motorcycles, Joe enjoys a retro-pop singing career, and Nancy has a certain freedom of movement only the hippest of dads in a permissive age would allow. Hardy Boys finds the always-amicable siblings following in the footsteps of their father, Fenton (Edmund Gilbert), a private detective, as they untangle capers that take them from haunted houses to Hawaii. The Hardy episodes make for brisk, family viewing, much better than the bubblegum reputation that built up, undeservedly, around the series. Slightly less interesting are the Nancy Drew programs (despite a more entertaining supporting cast), but only because the heroine is less focused and distractingly man-crazy, and the storylines are less exotic. An emphasis on the supernatural and science-fiction themes lends a Scooby-Doo vibe to several programs in both series, though the best stories are the ones with straightforward, meat-and-potatoes detective work. Among the directors on either series are Jack Arnold (The Creature from the Black Lagoon), Winrich Kolbe (Star Trek: The Next Generation), and actors Vince Edwards and Stuart Margolin. --Tom Keogh

Product Description

Follow the clues to mystery, adventure and thrills as Season One of the The Hardy Boys Nancy Drew Mysteries comes to DVD for the first time ever! Teen sensations Shaun Cassidy, Parker Stevenson and Pamela Sue Martin star as brave super-sleuths in 14 spooky episodes loaded with spellbinding action and smash-hit pop songs, including Shaun Cassidy s #1 hit Da Doo Ron Ron. Inspired by the hugely popular books and with an amazing lineup of guest stars, including Jamie Lee Curtis, Mark Harmon, Bob Crane, Rick Nelson and more, it s no surprise that The Hardy Boys Nancy Drew Mysteries is an open-and-shut case for fun!

System Requirements:

Running Time 682 Min

Format: DVD MOVIE

Amazon.com

The Hardy Boys Mysteries and The Nancy Drew Mysteries began in 1977 as separate series alternating in the same time slot on ABC. Early the following year, the casts combined, and in the fall of 1978 the Nancy Drew thread was dropped and The Hardy Boys Mysteries continued on alone. This Season One boxed set captures the twin-series idea at its most ambitious, with adolescent brothers Frank and Joe Hardy, created by author Franklin W. Dixon, sleuthing for clues one week and Carolyn Keene's Nancy Drew investigating crimes the next.

Actually, as fans of the books know, Dixon and Keene were both pen names used by Edward Stratemeyer when he created those characters in 1927. Just as the young detectives have been updated in print every so often to accommodate successive generations of readers, so too did the TV show present Joe (Shaun Cassidy, brother of David Cassidy of The Partridge Family), Frank (Parker Stevenson), and Nancy (Pamela Sue Martin) as thoroughly 1970s kids. The boys are outfitted with motorcycles, Joe enjoys a retro-pop singing career, and Nancy has a certain freedom of movement only the hippest of dads in a permissive age would allow. Hardy Boys finds the always-amicable siblings following in the footsteps of their father, Fenton (Edmund Gilbert), a private detective, as they untangle capers that take them from haunted houses to Hawaii. The Hardy episodes make for brisk, family viewing, much better than the bubblegum reputation that built up, undeservedly, around the series. Slightly less interesting are the Nancy Drew programs (despite a more entertaining supporting cast), but only because the heroine is less focused and distractingly man-crazy, and the storylines are less exotic. An emphasis on the supernatural and science-fiction themes lends a Scooby-Doo vibe to several programs in both series, though the best stories are the ones with straightforward, meat-and-potatoes detective work. Among the directors on either series are Jack Arnold (The Creature from the Black Lagoon), Winrich Kolbe (Star Trek: The Next Generation), and actors Vince Edwards and Stuart Margolin. --Tom Keogh

The Hardy Boys Mysteries and The Nancy Drew Mysteries Trivia
• Jamie Lee Curtis and Robert Englund, who played the biker couple Mary and Gar in an episode of this series, started acting in horror films during this era.

Customer Reviews:

Great Fun!.......2007-07-01

It took me some time to decide and buy the first season of THE HARDY BOYS/NANCY DREW MYSTERIES on dvd. I remember the show including the opening theme music and of course Parker Stevenson, Shaun Cassidy, and Pamela Sue Martin as the Hardy boys and Nancy Drew, but I couldn't recall any specific episode. So I figured that either the show wasn't that good or I would change the channel right after the opening (because something else would come on at the same time).

Anyway, I decided to buy it along with the season two release. And I have to say that I was surprised. The story lines are intriguing and held my interest throughout the set, which was pretty good considering the plots are really G-Rated. No violence or gore, and there's only the slightest hint of bodily injury to either the Hardy boys or Nancy Drew when they investigate cases...but the episodes are still exciting to watch. Great for the whole family or when you just want a break from the real world.

The 14 episodes are on two double-sided dvds and no extra features. From what I understand, when THE HARDY BOYS/NANCY DREW MYSTERIES show was airing they would alternate the two shows from week to week. One week would feature the Hardy Boys and the other would feature Nancy Drew. On this dvd set all the Hardy Boys episodes are on one dvd and Nancy Drew is on the other. The picture and sound quality are pretty good and it's fun to see the hairstyles and fashions of that period.

One thing that did get on my nerves was Shaun Cassidy's singing. I liked his songs back then, but now I felt like the show was really exploiting the singing thing. Cassidy has a nice voice and they did keep the song numbers to a minimum, but they kept popping up with regularity throughout season one. But that's my only gripe!

THE HARDY BOYS-NANCY DREW MYSTERIES-SEASON 1.......2007-05-29

Teen sensations Shaun Cassidy, Parker Stevenson and Pamela Sue Martin star as the famous super detectives in season 1 of this classic Glen Larson television series, which premiered in 1977. Based on the books by Franklin W. Dixon and Carolyn Keene, the charcters come to life in a unique and most original way.
Shaun Cassidy and Parker Stevenson star as Frank and Joe Hardy while Pamela Sue Martin portrays Nancy Drew. In the first season, the writers and producers really stuck as closely to the original books as much as they could,making it the best season of the entire series. Shaun Cassidy performs his hit songs "Da Doo Ron Ron, That's Rock 'N' Roll" and a couple of others as well.
Shaun Cassidy and Parker Stevenson's portrayl of the Hardy Boys was great and original, but Pamela Sue Martin's portrayl of Nancy Drew was even better. She fit the part so well-the clothes, the hair, her voice, her mannerisums, etc. Everything about her was pure Nancy Drew. Her stories were also much better and much more intruiging and suspensful than that of the Hardy Boys.
The prints are in very good condition and the audio is good as well(2.0), with the voice over at the beginning of each episode. All of the episodes are great, but my favourites are: "The Mystery of the Haunted House, The Mystery of Witches' Hollow, The Mystery of Pirate's Cove, The Secret of the Whispering Walls and The Mystery of the Solid Gold Kicker." There are no features of any kind in Season 1, but I am just so thrilled it as finally been released on DVD.
I Was 13 years old when this series premiered and I have such fond memories of sitting in front of the televison on Sunday nights watching the Hardy Boys-Nancy Drew Mysteries.

Quite the DVD set.......2007-03-29

I hope they come out with the rest of the series. My oldest daughter is big into Nancy Drew and would love to see them. My wife and I are also interested. Basically we grew up with Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys.

For all Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys Fans.......2007-03-14

I love this show. I grew up reading the revisionist era Nancy Drew books, and have loved collecting anything Nancy Drew related ever since. I was given this dvd set as a gift to add to my collection, and I have enjoyed watching and re-watching the episodes ever since. I am so excited that Season two is going to be released soon, and will purchase that set as well. This show is quality entertainment for the whole family. 5 stars for a superb show!

Not as good as my youthful mind remembers.......2007-03-11

I was rather disappointed in season 1. I never missed this show on TV and thought it was the best but what does a kid know? It just does not hold up after all these years. My husband and I were bored stiff watching these episodes. I would not recommend this to anyone unless like me you were obsessed with Shaun Cassidy back in the day. (I took my 3rd grade pictures in a tshirt with him on it). However I think we have all grown up and this just doesn't have enough to interest adults today.

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