The Hardy Boys (1969 TV series)

*The Hardy Boys*
The Hardy Boys
	Title card
Genre	Cartoon series
Created by	Based on the juvenile book series created by Edward Stratemeyer
Directed by	Hal Sutherland
Voices of	Byron Kane; Dallas McKennon; Jane Webb
Country of origin	United States
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	17
Production
Producers	Norm Prescott; Lou Scheimer
Running time	30 min.
Production company	Filmation Associates
Original release
Network	ABC
Release	September 6 –; December 27, 1969

The Hardy Boys is an American animated series, produced by Filmation and aired Saturday mornings on ABC in 1969.^[1] It features the Hardy Boys, Joe and Frank, along with their friends Chubby Morton, Wanda Kay Breckenridge, and Pete Jones (one of the first black characters to appear on Saturday morning television) touring as a rock band while solving mysteries.^[2] The series is also notable for its opening and closing credits, in which the Hardys appeared in live action. The series debuted at the same time as Hanna-Barbera's similarly themed Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!, which aired on CBS. The series is noteworthy for including the producers' rotating wheel for the first time, which would make Filmation a household name.

Voices

Byron Kane – Joe Hardy, Fenton Hardy
Dallas McKennon – Frank Hardy, Chubby Morton, Pete Jones
Jane Webb – Wanda Kay Breckenridge, Gertrude Hardy

Production and broadcast

Two 12-minute mysteries, based on the original book stories, made up one 24-minute television show. The 1969–1970 episodes were repeated for a second year in 1970–1971. Two live action songs were inserted in the middle of the mysteries and also used for the main and end titles, performed by a group calling themselves "The Hardy Boys".^[3] These songs were sold at stores on records and audio tapes under the album titles Here Come The Hardy Boys (Billboard #199) and Wheels. Both albums have since been released on streaming platforms in 2011 & 2021, respectively, by Sony Music.

As of March 2021, ownership of the rights to the series is currently unknown. The last known rights holder (for broadcast distribution only) was 20th Century Fox in the 1980s. However, in the 1970s and 1980s most of its episodes were released on 16mm film, which have been uploaded by numerous users to YouTube.

Episodes

No.	Title	Original air date
1	"Footprints Under The Window" / "Hunting for Hidden Gold"	September 6, 1969 (1969-09-06)
2	"Mystery of the Desert Giant" / "The Viking Symbol Mystery"	September 13, 1969 (1969-09-13)
3	"The Secret of the Old Mill" / "The Missing Chums"	September 20, 1969 (1969-09-20)
4	"The Secret Warning" / "The Mystery of the Aztec Warrior"	September 27, 1969 (1969-09-27)
5	"The Mystery of Cabin Island" / "The Hidden Harbor Mystery"	October 4, 1969 (1969-10-04)
6	"The Secret of the Caves" / "A Figure In Hiding"	October 11, 1969 (1969-10-11)
7	"The Ghost at Skeleton Rock" / "The Mystery of the Chinese Junk"	October 18, 1969 (1969-10-18)
8	"The Shore Road Mystery" / "The Sign of the Crooked Arrow"	October 25, 1969 (1969-10-25)
9	"What Happened at Midnight" / "The Clue in the Embers"	November 1, 1969 (1969-11-01)
10	"The Clue of the Screeching Owl" / "The Yellow Feather Mystery"	November 8, 1969 (1969-11-08)
11	"The House on the Cliff" / "Mystery of the Spiral Bridge"	November 15, 1969 (1969-11-15)
12	"The Mystery at Devil's Paw" / "The Haunted Fort"	November 22, 1969 (1969-11-22)
13	"The Sinister Signpost" / "The Melted Coins"	November 29, 1969 (1969-11-29)
14	"The Mark on the Door" / "The Flickering Torch Mystery"	December 6, 1969 (1969-12-06)
15	"The Secret of Wildcat Swamp" / "The Clue of the Broken Blade"	December 13, 1969 (1969-12-13)
16	"The Hooded Hawk Mystery" / "The Short Wave Mystery"	December 20, 1969 (1969-12-20)
17	"The Phantom Freighter" / "The Secret of Pirates Hill"	December 27, 1969 (1969-12-27)

References

^ Woolery, George W. (1983). Children's Television: The First Thirty-Five Years 1946-1981. Scarecrow Press. p. 131. ISBN 0-8108-1557-5. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
^ Perlmutter, David (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 265–266. ISBN 978-1538103739.
^ Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. p. 395. ISBN 978-1476665993.

External links

The Hardy Boys at IMDb
The Hardy Boys Animated Series at The Hardy Boys Unofficial Home Page

[Woolery-1] Woolery, George W. (1983). Children's Television: The First Thirty-Five Years 1946-1981. Scarecrow Press. p. 131. ISBN 0-8108-1557-5. Retrieved 14 March 2020.

[Perlmutter-2] Perlmutter, David (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 265–266. ISBN 978-1538103739.

[3] Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. p. 395. ISBN 978-1476665993.

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v t e Children's programming on the American Broadcasting Company in the 1960s
First-run animated series	Rocky and His Friends (1959–1973) The New Casper Cartoon Show (1963–1970) Hoppity Hooper (1964–1967) The Beatles (1965–1969) The Porky Pig Show Tennessee Tuxedo and His Tales Milton the Monster (1965–1968) The King Kong Show (1966–1969) The Fantastic Four (1967–1970) Spider-Man (1967–1970) Journey to the Center of the Earth (1967–1969) George of the Jungle (1967–1970) The Adventures of Gulliver (1968–1970) Fantastic Voyage (1968–1970) The Smokey Bear Show (1969-1970) The Cattanooga Cats Show (1969–1971) Hot Wheels (1969–1971) The Hardy Boys (1969–1971) Skyhawks (1969–1971)
First-run live-action series	Lunch with Soupy Sales (1959–1961) The Magic Land of Allakazam (1962–1964) Discovery (1962–1971) American Bandstand (1957–1987) Shenanigans (1964–1965)
Rebroadcasts	Top Cat (1962–1963) The Bugs Bunny Show (1962–1968) My Friend Flicka The Jetsons (1962–1964) Beany and Cecil (1962–1988) Buffalo Bill, Jr. Annie Oakley The Magilla Gorilla Show Linus the Lionhearted (1966–1969)
Related	Golden age of American animation Animation in the United States in the television era

v t e Children's programming on the American Broadcasting Company in the 1970s
First-run animated series	The New Casper Cartoon Show (1963–70) The Smokey Bear Show (1969–70) The Cattanooga Cats Show (1969–71) Hot Wheels (1969–71) Skyhawks (1969–71) The Adventures of Gulliver (1968–70) Fantastic Voyage (1968–70) The Reluctant Dragon & Mr. Toad Show (1970-71) Will the Real Jerry Lewis Please Sit Down (1970–72) The Road Runner Show (1971–73) The Funky Phantom (1971–73) Jackson 5ive (1971–73) The Osmonds (1972–74) The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie (1972–74) The Brady Kids (1972–74) Kid Power (1972–74) Yogi's Gang (1973–75) Super Friends (1973–74) Lassie's Rescue Rangers (1973–75) Goober and the Ghost Chasers (1973–75) Mission: Magic! (1973–74) Hong Kong Phooey (1974–75) The New Adventures of Gilligan (1974–77) Devlin (1974–76) These Are the Days (1974–76) The Tom and Jerry Show (1975–77) The Great Grape Ape Show (1975–76) The Oddball Couple (1975–77) Jabberjaw (1976–78) The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour (1976–77) The Mumbly Cartoon Show (1976–77) Dynomutt, Dog Wonder (1976–77) The All-New Super Friends Hour (1977–78) Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics (The Scooby-Doo Show Laff-A-Lympics Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels) (1977–79) Fangface (1978–79) Challenge of the Superfriends (1978–79) The All-New Pink Panther Show (1978–79) The World's Greatest SuperFriends (1979–80) The Plastic Man Comedy/Adventure Show (Mighty Man and Yukk Rickety Rocket) (1979–81) Spider-Woman (1979–80) Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo (1979–80)
First-run live-action series	American Bandstand (1957–87) Discovery (1962-71) Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp (1970–72) Here Come the Double Deckers! (1970–72) Lidsville (1971–73) Curiosity Shop (1971–73) Make a Wish (1971–76) Korg: 70,000 B.C. (1974–75) The Lost Saucer (1975–76) Uncle Croc's Block (1975–76) The Krofft Supershow (1976–78) Bigfoot and Wildboy Dr. Shrinker Electra Woman and Dyna Girl Magic Mongo Wonderbug Junior Almost Anything Goes (1976–78) Animals, Animals, Animals (1976–81) ABC Weekend Special (1977–97) Kids Are People Too (1978–82)
Rebroadcasts	George of the Jungle (1967–70) Bewitched (1971–73) Jonny Quest (1970–72) H.R. Pufnstuf (1972–73) The Monkees (1972–73) Speed Buggy (1975-76) Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! (1978) The Bugs Bunny Show (1973–75)
Related topics	Animation in the United States in the television era