The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries: "Mystery of the Solid Gold Kicker" (1977)

Mystery to Me

In this show, the only end zone you’ll find yourself caring about is the end credits.

“The Mystery of the Solid Gold Kicker” aired May 22, 1977, as the fourteenth episode of the first season of The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries. This episode featured Pamela Sue Martin as Nancy Drew, along with William Schallert, Jean Rasey, Michael Pataki, Martin Kove, Terry Kiser, and Jillian Kesner.

Oh, and abrasive sports journalist Howard Cosell as himself and TV's Mark Harmon as the titular gold kicker.

In this episode, Nancy Drew runs interference for her friend George Fayne, after the latter witnesses an apparent murder implicating the star kicker of a college football team. But the episode muffs the punt when it starts trying to run with an overly-convoluted, yawn-worthy plot.

Listen to your hosts call an audible on The Price Is Right, law school, Kevin’s dream of the six-day weekend, and Áine’s filthy, perverted mind.

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