#Parker Stevenson

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BAYWATCH 1.04

[thejoeisthejoe]

I’m reading Casefile #9… guys…

Frank and Joe try to go under cover into this fancy smart private school but have to pass the entrance exam.

Frank studies, because he’s smart like that.

Joe, my stupid pretty boy, thinks he’s already a genius and fails miserably.

BUT WAIT 😂

Joe shows up at the school in disguise with black hair dye (strictly temporary) and a black thin mustache as a janitor… gets CAUGHT snooping and FIRED on his first shift.

Meets up with Frank (who is barely treading water at this school) still wearing the black hair dye but no mustache.. Frank wants to show him some notes and goes “lay low, I don’t want you to get in trouble.”

My beautiful stupid amazing boy Joe goes “don’t worry! I got this!” And pulls out a CURLY RED WIG and puts it on.

To quote Frank:

“Terrific. Now you’ve gone from Dracula to Little Orphan Annie”

I wish I was making this up 😂 I love them so much and I need fanart. I’m dying to see art based off of Shaun and Parker with this scene. I beg anyone who can do it!

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An advert for the Revell model kit of the 70's Hardy Boys TV show minivan! Courtesy of the paidstallions website

And that's a cute little image of the Boys I'd not seen before

[vancruejovi]

Parker Stevenson 🎬

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[bluemoonperegrine]

"Probe" 1988 TV series with Parker Stevenson and Ashley Crow

Since a silly tiktok featuring Bonnie Tylers' 80s hit "Holding Out for a Hero" sparked some discussion about 80s TV shows, I want to recommend this gem that was cancelled far too soon. (Basically if I liked a TV show, it was doomed.) Issac Asimov was the series' creator!

"Probe" is a quirky mystery/crime drama centered around the brilliant but misanthropic genius Austin James (Parker Stevenson) and his cheerful, tenacious administrative assistant Michelle "Micki" Castle (Ashley Crow, who's best known as the cheerleader's mom in "Heroes"). They're an odd couple and delightful together. There's no 80s misogyny here, which is refreshing. The two have chemistry, so they'd probably have gotten together eventually if the show had lasted longer.

I haven't watched it in several years, so idk if I'll be as fond of Austin now. I've gotten sick of "loveable" asshole characters somewhat. Micki doesn't take any of Austin's shit, though. You go, girl!

Now that I think about it, there's early X-Files vibes here. Austin is Scully and Micki Mulder if you squint.

Anyway, I'm sure that the two-parter that kicks things off is solid. As often happened back then, the show was pitched and introduced as a TV movie. If it did well, more hour-long episodes were ordered. "Probe" got seven, and it's a crime there weren't more.

Last bit of babbling to give you a taste of the Austin/Micki dynamic. It was on iMDB. I don't remember which ep it's from. Not the first two, though. Austin's being genuine here.

Austin: That's a new dress.

Micki: You like it?

Austin: Yeah. The material's fire resistant, and I like the way the color washes out the pigment in your eyes.

Micki: Thanks... I think.

[pretty-little-fools]

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A very sweet interview with two of my favorite guys! (I got to see Shaun in concert last year, and let me tell you, it was everything I dreamed it would be.)

[seattlemanboy]

Joe and Frank Hardy (Shaun Cassidy and Parker Stevenson) in The Hardy Boys (1977-1979).

[thejoeisthejoe]

Sheetz made a post about which brothers were better… obviously the Hardy Boys beats both. 😂 I sincerely didn’t expect a response from Sheetz.

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Parker Stevenson, Pamela Sue Martin and Shaun Cassidy

THE HARDY BOYS / NANCY DREW MYSTERIES

[countesspetofi]

I'm getting better at telling Frank and Joe apart, but it's kind of hard getting a handle on how old the Hardy boys and Nancy Drew are supposed to be in the 1970s TV series.

The actors playing them ranged from 18 to 24 when the show premiered, but that doesn't necessarily mean the characters are. None of them seems to attend school or hold down a paying job (until the third season where the brothers become part-time Federal agents).

I'll have to keep watching for clues.

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