Hard Knocks 1987

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This might be my most esoteric post yet. The "what if" is two-fold: what if "Hard Knocks" was put on DVD and what if anyone remembered the show. It was a Showtime original series starring Bill Maher that aired from April to August of 1987. Chris Thompson created it after he co-created "Bosom Buddies" starring Tom Hanks for NBC. He went on to create "The Naked Truth" starring Tea Leoni for ABC and "Action", the wildly inappropriate and funny series starring Jay Mohr for Fox. Shout Factory released some of my favorite cult series on DVD so I figured after Bill Maher became famous with "Politically Incorrect" they would be the ones to give the show a second life.

The series had one of the great all time opening themes:
https://youtu.be/P_Cd4hpltzA?si=8VqI_nK4Uehp2HLL

BTW, the cover art is by my friend Stefan Boales. He has written and drawn some great books for all ages available on Amazon Kindle. Check him out.

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