my first exposure to the hardy boy come courtesy of this serial from the mickey mouse club . it be after see this that i buy a load of the hardy boy kid novel to read . those two certainly do have some adventuresome life . no doubt that late incarnation of the boy with parker stevenson and shaun cassidy in the seventy and later for canadian television paul popowich and colin k. gray in the ninety be good in their day and but tommy kirk and tim considine will be the quintessential hardy boy for this former devote mouskaviewer . the film be base on the very first of the franklin k. dixon novel which come out in the roaring twenty and the tower treasure . the disney studio nicely update the story to fit into the fifty . the boy get wind of a secret treasure hide in the dark seclude mansion of miser applegate . somebody take very seriously the legend that pirate gold be hide there . and miser applegate and play by florenz ames isn not a guy to ask for help . in the book the hardy boy do have a living mother who be not a really memorable character and just your average good mom . their father be fenton hardy and formerly of the nypd and now a famous private detective . in this serial and he play by russ conway . but the show make fenton a widower and have sarah selby a their constantly interfere aunt gertrude . she be in the book a well and but here she be the female of the house . half the time kirk and considine be try to outfox her to get to their sleuthing business . selby be memorable i have to say . however what you will remember best be that treasure island pirate theme song of the serial about gold doubloon and piece of eight that be guarantee to rattle around in your brain for week upon hear it . the disney channel use to run all these old show and but around 2000 just surrender and now run their new show on the cable network . hopefully stuff like this will see the light of day again .