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60Civil War Gold, Hardy Boys Style ~ A Review of the Original #29, "Lost Tunnel"
Contrary to the fan pack, I like the Hardys best in the late 40s and early 50s. The quirkiness and colorful characters are still in place, the sort of thing that Leslie McFarlane excelled at, but the dialogue and stories get a trifle more...
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53"The Secret of the Caves" (and Some Childhood Memories) ~ Reviews of the Original and Revised Hardy Boys #7
An odd, mild adventure: fun and cozy. Offers a good example of what McFarlane did right (good atmosphere, leisurely conversations, eccentric characters) and not so right (pointless danger scenes, too leisurely conversations). No buried treasure in...
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63Hardys on the Radio: "The Short Wave Mystery" ~ A Review of the Original Hardy Boys #24
Remarkable for being Leslie's last--the original and most beloved of Hardy Boys ghostwriters, the author of 18 of the previous 23 books, bows out here. And McFarlane’s last is a little bizarre, but pretty good. While pal Chet Morton (who gets...
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71Impact Wrestling goes live: The best and worst of TNA and how they can improve in 2012
The former TNA Wrestling, now known as Impact Wrestling, enjoyed their first 2012 live show on May 31st, 2012. This marks the first time that Impact has had a live wrestling show since their attempt to go head to head against WWE’s Monday Night...
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79The Hardys Hit the Big Apple in "What Happened At Midnight" ~ Reviews of the Original and Revised Hardy Boys #10
"What happens" is that Joe gets kidnapped away from Iola Morton’s swank party, where’s there’s an orchestra and ice cream. I love details like this because it records a time (or fabricates it, depending on who you ask) when teenagers put on...
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68Reviewing This Means War
When I saw a small preview for this movie, at first I was like it is just going to be one of those movies that was just okay. However, I actually thought it was a good movie, very interesting and it had its funny moments. Reese Witherspoon did a...
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76"The Mystery of the Flying Express": Foreign Spies--in Training ~ A Review of the Original Hardy Boys #20
A bit silly, a bit rushed, still kinda fun. Fenton Hardy wants the boys to crack a foreign spy ring. Naturally; what Dad doesn’t ask this of his teenage sons?! Why, I remember in the 80s when my Dad asked me to infiltrate the KGB. Uh, nyet,...
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69A Review of the Original "Hidden Harbor Mystery": The Hardys meet the Swamp People? ~ Hardy Boys #14
The Dramatic Hidden Harbor Mystery Cover I Like Two things kinda spoil this one a bit, narrowly preventing it from being fantastic. One, a series of scenes where the Hardys decide to spy on various characters and are immediately exposed and...
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67Counterfeiters in Bayport! ~ A Review of the Original "Secret of the Old Mill" Hardy Boys Adventure #3
The Secret of the Old Mill Dustjacket The last Hardy Boy adventure published in their first year of 1927, this one is rich in atmosphere like all the early McFarlane novels. The Hardys are passed a phony five and Callie Shaw’s Aunt is passed...
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67Car Thieves in the Caves! ~ A Review of the Original "The Shore Road Mystery" Hardy Boys Adventure #6
Shore Road Mystery Library Edition (Original Text by Leslie McFarlane, 1928) The boys must investigate the recent rash of car thefts along the Shore Road because their school chum Jack Dodd stands accused of the crime, along with his father...
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