Battle of the 80's Crimefighters, Round One

[Coyote Queen]

I stumbled across this little gem thanks to my "Hardcastle and McCormick" alert from Google. Seems as if "Hardcastle and McCormick" is facing off against "Jake And The Fat Man". I say our boys will win hands down. The link below will take you to a blog where you can post a comment.


mark28.blogspot.com/2007/04/battle-of-80s-crimefighters-round-one.html

[Liz]

I would've posted a comment, but I don't want any more spam coming my way. You have to sign up to get to comment, either having a Google account or Blogger account. I have to say that I'm torn on this contest, having loved both William Conrad and Brian Keith for years. And the young guys weren't bad to look at. But how could they list Scarecrow and Mrs. King? Lee and Amanda were spies, not crime fighters.

[skidfan]

Come on Hardcastle could wipe the floor with the Fatman...sorry the show may have been ok, but just look at the two of them side by side. And I'll of course take McCormick over Jake any day of the week!

[cheride]

admin said:

I stumbled across this little gem thanks to my "Hardcastle and McCormick" alert from Google. Seems as if "Hardcastle and McCormick" is facing off against "Jake And The Fat Man". I say our boys will win hands down. The link below will take you to a blog where you can post a comment.


mark28.blogspot.com/2007/04/battle-of-80s-crimefighters-round-one.html

Just as an update, our boys survived the first round, beating Jake and the Fat Man handily. :-)

[Coyote Queen]

...and our boys survived the SECOND round too! Looks as if they beat up on the Duke boys, and the Coyote left the General Lee in the dust!

The Dukes of Hazzard vs. Hardcastle and McCormick

"Another easy decision for me. As I said in round one, I never got into The Dukes of Hazzard during its original run, making me about the only seven-year-old boy in America who wasn't. I temporarily reacquainted myself with the series on reruns during my college years to see if had been missing out on the campy fun that I would more appreciate as a quasi-adult, but my opinion didn't change. While The Dukes had its own style, that wasn't enough to save a mediocre series when it faces Hardcastle and McCormick, one of the decade's most entertaining yet underrated crimefighter shows. The buddy relationship between H & M was more three-dimensional and satisfying than anything I ever saw between the Duke brothers, and from what I can recall of H & M, having not seen it since 1989, better-crafted crimefighter stories than The Dukes.

Round 5 goes to Hardcastle and McCormick."

[cann]

How do you find out who wins?

[cheride]

cann said:

How do you find out who wins?

This is the guy's blog address: mark28.blogspot.com/; you can keep track there. You can leave comments if you have a blogger or a google account. I've been cheering on the guys, but there aren't any other comments. (Though, realistically speaking, the competition is going to get pretty tough after the next round.)

[Coyote Queen]

Woo-Hoo! Milt & Mark just beat out Sledgehammer!

(I'm not surprised, though) Here's the text:

Sledge Hammer! vs. Hardcastle and McCormick

The only comparison I can make between these Sledge Hammer! and Hardcastle and McCormick, aside from the fact that were both on ABC during a period of decline for that network, is that I never saw an episode of either one in my adult life up until Christmas 2006, when I received the first season of Sledge Hammer! on DVD as a gift. As recently as this upcoming summer, I plan to purchase the Canadian-only DVD releases of Hardcastle and McCormick, giving me the first opportunity to see that series since the summer of 1989, when my local TV station dropped syndication rights to H & M. It's pretty hard to stand in judgment of shows I haven't watched since my pre-teen years, but I'm confident that Hardcastle and McCormick will hold up better than most of the action-centric shows its time given the chemistry of the characters and the entertainment value that Brian Keith brings to every role that I've seen him in.

As for Sledge Hammer!, it held up very well....and the adult humor that sailed over my head when I was nine cracked me up watching the DVD set in January and February. The series was one-of-a-kind and even though its premise probably didn't lend itself to mainstream audience acclaim back in 1986, it's still sad that it was forced to flounder in one after another timeslot set in quicksand during its two years on ABC. Ultimately, longevity plays into my decision here. Hardcastle and McCormick was still going strong after three seasons (at least in my memory, season three was the series' best quality-wise), whereas the joke on Sledge Hammer! was wearing seriously thin in the second season. Even the show's biggest fans were disappointed by the second season, particularly the later episodes of season two. A fourth season of Hardcastle and McCormick could have almost certainly been an entertainment encore act, whereas nobody really thought Sledge Hammer! had enough gas for a third season. I harbor a long-standing nostalgic soft spot for both series and would probably be better positioned to make a call on this faceoff six months from now when I've seen the first two seasons of Hardcastle and McCormick on DVD, but I'm pretty confident that I'll still find that serious ultimately superior to Sledge Hammer!

Round Three goes to Hardcastle and McCormick

[Coyote Queen]

Woo-Hoo! The boys just beat out "Fall Guy"... ;D

mark28.blogspot.com/2007/05/battle-of-80s-crimefighters-round-four.html