[post_page_title]Brainiac[/post_page_title]
Given their careers as sleuths, the Hardy Boys are a little smarter than your average teenagers. However, Parker Stevenson really did have the credentials to back it up, having graduated from Princeton University with a degree in architecture.
Before joining the show, Stevenson had been planning on going to business school in New York, but enjoyed acting so much that he decided to pursue it as a full-time career. Nice to know the people of Bayport, Massachusetts were in good hands!