Simon & Simon
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| Name: | Simon & Simon | |
| Abbreviation(s): | SS, S&S | |
| Creator: | Philip DeGuere | |
| Date(s): | 1981-1989 | |
| Medium: | Television | |
| Country of Origin: | United States | |
| External Links: | IMDB page wikipedia page | |
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Simon & Simon was a show about two very different Private eyes, Rick and AJ, who happened to be brothers; it first aired in 1981, and to everyone's astonishment, lasted eight years. The only other character on the show to appear regularly throughout its period was their strong minded and classy mother, Cecilia.
From Pop Stand Express #16: "If ever a series could be considered tailor-made for fandom, Simon and Simon would be it. Not since the heyday of Starsky & Hutch has a crime-fighting duo sparked such intense loyalty from its fans, or inspired such massive amounts of speculative fiction... Although, there are no official totals, S&S currently [1987] accounts for 50% of the small fandom marketplace."
The Fandom
Simon & Simon never had a big fandom, gen or slash. Although the show was fairly popular and long-lasting, it didn't have much genre appeal for the gen fans, and some slash fans were mildly squicked by the incest issue.[1]
Gen and slash stories showed up in multimedia zines of the time; and there was one digest-sized slash zine from Almost Foolproof Press for four or five years.
Pairings
Story Tropes
Rick served in the military during the Vietnam War; this occasionally led to stories where he had PTSD symptoms, along with secrets from his past suddenly appearing and intruding into the lives of the brothers. AJ, though a solid, good-sized guy, was rather 'sweet' looking; Rick often got protective around bad guys, or when they accidentally ended up in Jail (which happened a surprising amount).
Notable Stories
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Fanzines
- Auld Lang Syne
- Blondie and the Hat
- Bloodlines
- Bookends
- The Brothers File
- Brothers in Arms #1-3
- Brothers N Blues
- Brothers, Partners, and Friends #1-18
- Confidential Investigations slash
- Crossing the Line slash
- Crossing the Line Collected slash
- Details at 11 #1-16 (letterzine)
- Double Play
- Echoes of Terror slash
- A Family Affair (Simon and Simon zine)
- Fate's Final Irony
- Finish This Story
- A Five Shake Case
- Freedom and Slavery (slash)
- The Freedom Trail
- Gettin' Frisky With Simon/Simon (slash)
- Gull/The Pawn
- Instrument of Justice
- Just a Couple of Jokers
- Last Leaf
- Magical Moments episode guide
- More Than Brothers
- My Brother's Love (slash)
- Old Robbers Never Die
- Past Sins, Future Sorrows
- Pieces of My Mind (slash anthology; also contains Man from UNCLE stories)
- The Pirate & The Gentleman (slash)
- Revenge Times Five (gen novel)
- Roses and Bonbons (slash)
- Second Story Simons
- The Simon & Simon Chairside Companion
- Simon and Simon Investigations (slash newsletter and letterzine)
- The Simon and Simon Special Gen Collection
- Simon Squared
- The Sins of the Mothers
- Something to Love
- Southhoming
- Special Kind of Heroes
- Till Death
- Treasure Cruise
- Who Says Truth is Stranger Than Fiction? Hardcastle and McCormick xover
References
- ↑ Some fans were more than 'mildly' squicked. One might say their reactions were along the lines of bewilderment, horror, and denial: "I remember one of the original "incest slash" fandoms, from the early-to-mid-80s--"Simon and Simon" fandom. My friends and I were *so* bewildered by that and, when it was explained to us by proponents that "of course they're having sex, look at how much they love each other," it was (in modern 'net vernacular) a real *headdesk* moment for us.... I find incest to be a preposterous concept and the public distribution....to be crossing a line that makes me want to deny being part of fandom if anyone asks." comment by klangley56 in The subject of slash, dated June 1, 2008; accessed Feb. 9, 2011; WebCite.
