Quote from: tomswift2002 on March 16, 2024, 09:19:57 AMThey could have been, however as I noted, by the time the book was written, the show had been off the air for over a decade (and from what I know it didn't last long in Syndication, since there were only 40 episodes, and back then you needed 100 episodes for successful syndication—-Star Trek was the exception). If you were asked to write a book based on the old Fox series "Fringe" without having seen it since it last aired in 2013, do you think that you could remember how the characters were portrayed or spoke?No, because I never watched "Fringe".
Quote from: MacGyver on March 15, 2024, 10:11:56 PMThe Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries was the first pairing of Frank and Joe with Nancy so it seems natural writers probably did look to the TV show as an influence. Of course, the writer of this book would have likely been of the right age to have grown up watching the show in its original run as well.
Quote from: tomswift2002 on March 15, 2024, 07:55:02 AMIt's interesting, however, I'm finding that the author seems to have written Nancy, Frank and Joe as how Pamela Sue Martin, Parker Stevenson and Shaun Cassidy had portrayed them, of course updated for the late-80's/very early-90's. Of course by November 1991 the Hardy Boys Nancy Drew Mysteries had been off-the-air for 12 years. So a little odd, however, in 1985-1987 there had been VHS & Betamax releases, so maybe the author had been watching the tapes (or they had recorded all the episodes off broadcast at some point) just prior to writing and the had the actors in mind.The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries was the first pairing of Frank and Joe with Nancy so it seems natural writers probably did look to the TV show as an influence. Of course, the writer of this book would have likely been of the right age to have grown up watching the show in its original run as well.
Quote from: tomswift2002 on March 12, 2024, 07:28:32 AMI just saw on the news that 1970's hit maker, Eric Carmen died yesterday. His Hardy Boys connection is that he wrote Shaun Cassidy's #1 hit "That's Rock 'N' Roll" )"(from Cassidy's self-titled album) that was featured on the 1977-1979 The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries. Shaun Cassidy also recorded "Hey Deanie" for his second 1977 album, "Born Late" and the song was also featured in the show as well. Both songs were included on Cassidy's 1979 "Shaun Cassidy Live" album.Yes- sad news indeed. I saw Shaun Cassidy post a nice tribute to Eric Carmen on his Facebook page. I pray God brings comfort to Mr. Carmen's family and friends. I watched "The Mystery of the Flying Courier" of The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries last night in tribute.