Talk:Starsky & Hutch

Overview

". . . episodes of 48 minutes and a single 90 minute pilot . . ."

Perhaps I am unaware of the usual practice in designating runtimes (which is why I am asking here instead of just editing), but listing "48-minute" episodes and a "90-minute" pilot together does not seem quite accurate. The actual content of each of the episodes is 48 minutes long (comprising, with commercial breaks, a standard hour-long episode). On the other hand, the actual content of the "90-minute" pilot only comes to 70 minutes; with commercial breaks it would presumably run 90 minutes or longer.

Of course (as I have said) the double standard here may be an understood convention of which I am unaware. But if it is not, the pilot should be designated, like the episodes, by its runtime without commercial breaks — 70, not 90, minutes. Sara 00:24, 10 Mar 2004 (UTC)

Sorry I'm a bit too young to have seen the TV Show but I thought the movie was alright. In the movie wasn't Hutch the dumb one? It says here he was the smarter one. Redwolf24 23:48, 18 Jun 2005 (UTC)

It depends on how you look at it, Starsky acts more professionaly than Hutch, but Hutch clearly has more street-smarts and intelligence than Starsky. Like Redwolf, I'm too young to have seen the TV show and I'm basing this on the movie. Haddock420 12:02, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

How can you be too young to have seen a TV show? I'm 15 and I've seen it. Some people just aren't ambitious enough when it comes to watching television!

They changed the characters around for the movie. Don't ask me why. Jonathan Gr 12:25, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

Torino or Gran Torino?

OK, so in the music video for Barenaked Ladies' One Week, there's a "Gran Torino" with a Starsky & Hutch paint job. The article says "Torino," but was it a "Gran Torino" as the music video wou have us believe? --Jnelson09 22:28, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

In the 1972-79 Torino lineup there were several subseries: base "Torino", middle series "Gran Torino", and top series "Gran Torino Brougham"(there also was a "Gran Torino Sport" from 1972-75). The Gran Torino was the series used on TV and the Stiller/Wilson movie. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.149.10.170 (talk) 17:56, 19 July 2008 (UTC)

Recent edit

This diff [1] seen in recent changes needs citation and even with that it still seems inappropriate. I am too young to remember it and have never seen any of the episodes that I can recall. Were references like that even made about TV shows in the 70s? -John Lake 22:10, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

Yes, in fact. Many in the Hollywood press didn't know to classify the closer-than-brothers relationship that Starsky & Hutch had, so they made references to possible homosexual overtones; in fact some fans of the show took it that way. In the mid '80s, I started seeing S&H magazines and decided to check them out; to my horror, I found that a lot of them portrayed S&H as lovers. This picked up even more as the Internet gained popularity. I decided to add clarification and a link to show this.-Dmstarsky 20:16, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

Theme song

The show's theme song was recorded by the James Taylor Quartet.

Although the James Taylor Quartet recorded a version of the theme song, it is highly unlikely that it is the one we hear in the series. As stated in the corresponding Wikipedia article James Taylor Quartet released their first single in 1985, 10 years after the pilot was broadcast. I cannot provide the actual composer, though.

Tom Scott wrote the version heard on the James Taylor Quartet recording,the version heard in the last series can be found on one of Tom Scott's cd.If you want a to hear a version closer to the Tom Scott theme music in earlier episodes,listen to the version recorded by the Ventures,in 1977,released as a United Artist single with "Charlie's Angels" on the B side. The theme used in "Savage Sunday" the US pilot,was written by Lalo Schifrin which is basically a rewrite of "Magnum Force",theme and variations.

Mark Snow,wrote and released a similar version of his S&H theme on an LP,from Weekend,records around 1978,it was almost identical to the one used during the third season,as shown on BBC ONE in the UK,which is not the same as the DVD running order,released by Columbia/Sony in the UK. {Eloidle 01:22, 21 August 2007 (UTC)Eloidle }

I have now added my accurate input into the theme music section,this now reflects a correct understanding of the various themes.Since the trivia section,has been removed,the information from my original discussion and trivia input are now woven into the theme music section.{Eloidle 01:22, 21 August 2007 (UTC)Eloidle}

Cleanup

It says, that the article required cleanup. Now, I'm not sure about this, but I'd suggest to delete the five over-long summaries and replace them with short summaries, but write one for every episode. I'd just like to know: Who thinks this is a good idea? Jonathan Gr 12:28, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

Split Episode Lists

Once they're all into tables, they'll be taking up quite a lot of room. Split them into a new article "Starsky and Hutch Episodes" or suchlike?

It would give space to expand with episode summaries, at the very least. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.151.205.155 (talk) 14:31, 9 August 2008 (UTC)

I agree with the previous statements; we could use the space.Dmstarsky (talk) 17:30, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

Cast

great article, but it seems to be missing a section about the cast --too bored to sign in, but writing my name in this post anyway12:16, 16 June 2011 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 187.105.153.7 (talk)

I up this one ! What about the main cast ? the titular characters ?

22:05, 1 May 2022 (UTC) Ivan Scott Warren (talk) 22:05, 1 May 2022 (UTC)

Recycled Scripts?

I think the claim that most of the Season One scripts were 'actually existing scripts that were merely adapted to fit the series' needs a citation needed query. The only episodes I can find that are described as recycled scripts are "Survival" and "The Game" and neither of them are from Season One. Nelson crane (talk) 10:04, 13 April 2023 (UTC)