The Hardy Boys (1969 TV series)

For the 1970s live action series, see The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries. For the 1990s series, see The Hardy Boys (1995 TV series).

The Hardy Boys

Genre	Cartoon series
Created by	Based on the juvenile book series created by Edward Stretemeyer
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
Producer(s)	Norm Prescott Lou Scheimer
Running time	30 min.
Production company(s)	Filmation
Distributor	syndicated by 20th Century Fox Television
Release
Original network	ABC
Picture format	4:3 SDTV
Audio format	mono
Original release	September 6, 1969 (1969-09-06) – September 4, 1971 (1971-09-04)

The Hardy Boys is an animated series, produced by Filmation and aired Saturday mornings on ABC in 1969. It featured 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. 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 was scheduled against the show on CBS.

Voices

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

Episodes

Two 12 minute mysteries, based on the original book stories, made up one 22 minute television show. The 1969/1970 shows 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". These songs were sold at stores on records and audio tapes.

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)

External links

The Hardy Boys at the Internet Movie Database
The Hardy Boys at TV.com
The Hardy Boys (1969 TV series) at the Big Cartoon DataBase

The Hardy Boys in popular media

Actors	Shaun Cassidy (Joe) Tim Considine (Frank) Rick Gates (Frank) Colin Gray (Joe) Byron Kane (Frank's voice) Reed Kailling (Frank) Tommy Kirk (Joe) Tim Matthieson (Joe) Dal Mckennon (Joe's voice) Paul Popowich (Frank) Parker Stevenson (Frank) Jeff Taylor (Joe)

Television	The Hardy Boys (The Mickey Mouse Club) Hardy Boys (animated) The Hardy Boys & Nancy Drew Mysteries The Hardy Boys (1995)

Video games	Last Train to Blue Moon Canyon The Creature of Kapu Cave Nancy Drew/Hardy Boys: Super Mystery (cancelled) The Tower Treasure Treasure on the Tracks

Children's programming on the American Broadcasting Company in the 1960s

First-run animated series	Rocky and His Friends (1959–64) The New Casper Cartoon Show (1963–70) Hoppity Hooper (1964–67) The Beatles (1965–69) The Porky Pig Show Milton the Monster (1965–68) The King Kong Show (1966–69) Fantastic Four (1967–70) Spider-Man (1967–70) Journey to the Center of the Earth (1967–69) George of the Jungle (1967–70) The Adventures of Gulliver (1968–70) Fantastic Voyage (1968–70) The Smokey the Bear Show The Cattanooga Cats Show (1969–71) Hot Wheels (1969–71) The Hardy Boys (1969–71) Skyhawks (1969–71)

First-run live-action series	Lunch with Soupy Sales (1959–61) The Magic Land of Allakazam (1962–64) Discovery (1962–71) American Bandstand (1957–87) Shenanigans (1964–65)

Rebroadcasts	Top Cat (1962–63) The Bugs Bunny Show (1962–68) My Friend Flicka The Jetsons (1962–64) Beany and Cecil (1962–88) Buffalo Bill, Jr. Annie Oakley The Magilla Gorilla Show

Schedules	1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70

Related	Animation in the United States in the television era

Children's programming on the American Broadcasting Company in the 1970s

First-run animated series	The New Casper Cartoon Show (1963–70) The Smokey the Bear Show (1969–70) The Cattanooga Cats Show (1969–71) Hot Wheels (1969–71) The Hardy Boys (1969–71) Skyhawks (1969–71) The Adventures of Gulliver (1968–70) Fantastic Voyage (1968–70) Will the Real Jerry Lewis Please Sit Down (1970–72) The Road Runner Show (1971–73) The Funky Phantom (1971–73) The 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 (1974–76) 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) 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 Super Friends (1978–79) The All-New Pink Panther Show (1978–79) The World's Greatest Super Friends (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) 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) 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 (1972–73) Jonny Quest (1970–72) H.R. Pufnstuf (1972–73) The Monkees (1972–73) Speed Buggy (1976) Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! (1978)

Schedules	1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80

Related topics	Animation in the United States in the television era

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