April 11, 2012
If you follow me on Twitter @bmj2k you’ve seen me tweeting about my favorite TV show, Hardscrabble & Fist.
Hardscrabble & Fist was the best of the 1980’s detective/action genre. Everyone from Simon and Simon to Magnum PI owes this show a debt of gratitude.
Lee Horsley played Hardscrabble, a Vietnam vet turned detective. Using his FBI contacts, Hardscrabble never turned down a case or an attractive woman. His partner, Fist, was the tough guy of the duo. All-business, no-nonsense, Fist said little but made up for his silence with action. Together, Hardscrabble and Fist could be counted on to rescue a kidnapped heiress, track down a counterfeiting ring, or defuse a Soviet nuclear bomb. And of course, after every case closed they retired to Hardscrabble’s houseboat where Uncle Joe Rascal always kept the beer cold and the women hot.
If you missed an episode of the show, check out my Twitter feed to get in on all the action.
Here are some classic clips of Hardscrabble & Fist in action:
Mr. Blog's Tepid Ride 
Ohh my. Matt Houston was as bad as they come from premise to execution. Lee Horsley almost redeemed himself with The Sword and the Sorcerer. But that would be an interesting debate.
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I don’t know how I confused ” Matt Houston ” w / ” Hardscrabble & Fist ” in an earlier post. It’s like confusing ” Cannon ” for ” Jake and the Fat Man ” because they both had William Conrad ” or confusing ” Cannon ” for ” the ” Nero Wolfe ” series, same reason. Lee Horsley looks a little like Thonas Magnum because of the moustache.
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Too true.
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Also, in that clip he looks like Alex Trebeck’s twin brother.
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I seem to recollect that Lee Horsley’s ” Gal Friday ” was the beautiful Pamela Hensley, who previously played the regal, arrogant Princess Ardala of the Draconian Empire in the 1st season of the 80’s version of ” Buck Rogers in the 25th Century “. From Princess of an interstellar empire to Matt Houston’s assistant. Sic Transit Gloria…..
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” I aim to misbehave, and look ruggedly handsome while doing so ” – Mal Reynolds.
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Oops, wrong. Thinking of the series ” Matt Houston ” !! My bad.
” I aim to misbehave, & look ruggedly handsome while doing so ” – Mal Reynolds.
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