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Hardcastle and McCormick

Drive! Push it to the floor til the engine screams….

That is the first line of the theme song for one of the underappreciated 1980s TV shows that appeared on ABC for three seasons. Many may not remember this show, but I remember being a big fan of it.

Hardcastle and McCormick is the story of a retired judge who was on a mission to find and capture those cases that got away from his court on technicalities. In order to do that, Hardcastle recruited a felon, McCormick, who he thought was a decent person. The pair solved criems and searched for the bad guyd.

The show starred three main characters. Brian Keith played Jusdge Milton Hardcastle, Daniel Hugh Kelly played Mark McCormick and the COYOTE was the car.

The COYOTE-X was invovled in the pilot episode and became a staple of the show. The car was involved in chases every episode and was so cool that even I, who is not a huge fan of cars, loved it.

I am sure this show may not hold up as much if I watched it today, but my young teenage self loved this show.