3. Boxed: THE HARDY BOYS

This juvenile book favorite became a TV series in 1977, starring Parker Stevenson (as Frank Hardy) and Shaun Cassidy (as Joe Hardy) as the teen detective brothers who did some serious sleuthing alongside Nancy Drew, who also merited a spin-off TV series, starring Pamela Sue Martin.

The Hardy Boys ended after 35 episodes, and all that I have to remember it by is this tin lunchbox that immortalized the good looks of these two young TV sensations. Post-Hardy, Parker married Kirstie Alley and joined Baywatch. Shaun starred in a hit Broadway play with half-brod, David in the '90s.

As for Pamela..well, there was this irresistible Playboy centerfold offer, and so...