A Starsky and Hutch Canon Compendium

NOTES AND MYSTERIES D

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• 151.N. The patient in the other bed at the Infirmary appears to be Starsky’s stunt double, perhaps the only guy that could take care of himself while locked in the room with a creepy rapist. (Strange Justice)

• 152. M. Why does Starsky ask, “Don’t tell me Accounting is into that again.” It would seem getting reimbursed for business expenses would be something Starsky and Hutch would expect. Either that, or they are used to submitting vague forms without proof to get their money back. (Hutchinson for Murder One)

• 153.N. Everyone should be more than a little worried when six gunshots are heard in the hotel, when Starsky and Hutch empty Buddy’s gun, and no one arrives to investigate. (Dandruff)

• 154.M Why does the fake business card for the plumbing service have only four numbers? To look like something from outside the building, it needed a prefix. (Running)

• 155.M. Why does Dolly’s daddy put up with Will as an employee? (Moonshine)

• 156.M “Orange Whip” “The delicious whipped drink…made with real orange flavor” is what Huggy and his “business manager are enjoying when Starsky and Hutch stop to hassle him about his Pakistani hat. Is it a pre-courser or knockoff of the Orange Julius? (Strange Justice)

• 157.M. If Jimmy Shannon had no wallet, how was he identified so quickly? (Vendetta)

• 158.N. The poster in Sammy Reese’s office advertises a fight between “Kid McCook” and “Mike Mason.” It is a set prop, and it was used in the original Star Trek series in the episode “City on the Edge of Forever.” When Star Trek Enterprise did the fourth season episode “Storm Front,” they used the same/similar poster, echoing that episode. The Starsky and Hutch set designers must have dug it up out of some shared prop pool. (Golden Angel)

• 159.M. Do Starsky and Hutch have their guns on the Amapola? Hutch appears to have his trusty Python after the dune buggy desert chase. (Murder at Sea)

• 160.N. Starsky comments, “You don’t kill a couple of people to cover up some misdemeanor convictions.” True, but if that is all it was, it wouldn’t warrant sending in two undercover detectives either. (Murder at Sea)

• 161.M. Who is Artie Solkin’s boss? Solkin talks about making a score, he lives in a dump and isn’t smart enough to be in charge of anything. Starsky and Hutch never seem to be curious about who he is working for. (Vendetta)

• 162.M. What does Abby do for a living that she can be at a park on a Wednesday in the middle of the day? (Vendetta)

• 163.M. Is that Helen Carnowski’s little two-door, green-blue sports car parked in garage where Eckworth is attacked? It may also seen in the Torino’s windshield as a reflection by the old storefront Hutch goes to? (Murder at Sea, Vendetta, Bloodbath)

• 164.M. What is Gillian typing? (Gillian)

• 165.M. Why are they called pins? I don’t know either, Nancy. (Gillian)

• 166.M. Curtains in place of bar doors is a real tradition or a cost-saving production thing? (Huggy Bear and the Turkey, Velvet Jungle)

• 167.M. What’s the deal with the swastika on Huggy’s jean vest when he is outside Matt Coyle’s apartment? (Iron Mike)

• 168.M. Where are the other five cops, not including the security guard, while it was all going down on the floor? (Iron Mike)

• 169.M. Who was the plaid blouse for? (Iron Mike)

• 170.N. The “C” on the shield on Coyle’s car door is the same as the one on the side of his warehouse in “Coyle’s Provisions” which is a nice touch. (Iron Mike)

• 171.N. Kira is not much of a cop if she can’t get away from an unarmed man with a dog. (Starsky vs. Hutch)

• 172.M. Can police come into your house to investigate a burglary when you are not home? Without permission? Marcie Fletcher seems to know you can’t. “Don’t you need a warrant to break down a door?” Starsky’s excuse was the door was unlocked. Was Marcie’s response to call her attorney a good one? And did Starsky and Hutch have the right to physically restrain her from calling him or her? (Photo Finish)

• 173.N. Nick’s leap onto Starsky’s bed echoes Starsky’s leap onto bed. (Starsky’s Brother, Foxy Lady)

• 174.N. Dolly’s barn looks to be the same barn Starsky and Hutch get trapped in by Ernie Bagley? (Moonshine, Trap)

• 175.N. Schultz’s Bar, where Johnny Lonigan goes to rough up the owner of at 1326 Devon, and Nikki’s house of prostitution at 1328 should be right next to each other. (Iron Mike, Starsky and Hutch Are Guilty)

• 176.M. Why does Starsky refer to Andrea Gutierrez as “our prisoner”? She hasn’t committed any crime. (Velvet Jungle)

• 177.M. Why does Bates know Soldier has been dead at least two days, but hasn’t told Gunther? (Targets 3)

• 178.M. All that blood? All those wounds? And none on Monique? (Avenger)

• 179.M. Two murders in three nights on her bed and Monique still goes back to stay there? Not only is this pretty weird, but her apartment would also be a crime scene to which she wasn’t allowed back in for a while. (Avenger)

• 180.M. If Nick is such a good pool player, why did he lose the first game? Or is that part of the hustle? (Starsky’s Brother)

• 181.N. Starsky must be in touch enough with Nick to know he is “another Will Mosconi.” (Starsky’s Brother)

• 182.M. The number of cops with glasses is very small. Are they wearing contacts? Is excellent eyesight a requirement? Are glasses discouraged/banned? Is there something in the water of Bay City that gives them all fantastic vision? One cop with eyeglasses is the uniform at the Carmelle’s printing. One Federal Agent with glasses is Agent Carter. (Starsky’s Brother, Bait)

• 183.M. Meredith asks Starsky, “What are you so salty about?” What does this mean? (Black and Blue)

• 184.M. Starsky tells Dobey “8427” seen on letter Monique finds is “the last half of a zip code” in skid row. It isn’t really “half” if it is only missing one number. Current viewers could assume he did mean half of the ZIP+4 codes we use today, but those didn’t come into use until 1983. This assumes, knowing California ZIP codes all start with a “9,” the ZIP is 98427. This, however, make it a place in Washington State. Strangely, there are no ZIP codes that start with 984, even in Washington as ZIP code structure skips from 983 to 985. (Avenger)

• 185.M. What do the letters “CII” stand for? It is the place Starsky gets fingerprints. Central Identification Information? Something else? Fictional? (Avenger)

• 186.N. The mayor’s speech when returning Starsky and Hutch’s badges seems like it should end with, “I now pronounce you husband and wife.” (Targets 3)

• 187.N. The green and white dirt bike Starsky rides to cover Hutch and the one Hutch rides to find Starsky appear to be the same bike. (Psychic, Moonshine)

• 188.N. Partners are supposed to know where each other are at all times. This makes Hutch’s disappearance with Marianne worrisome, Starsky’s with Rosey understandable, Hutch’s with Jeanne mysterious and Hutch not knowing Starsky’s going to the dentist and being late puzzling. (Ballad for a Blue Lady, Rosey Malone, Fix, Cover Girl)

• 189. What does Starsky reach up and grab on the door frame to his bedroom while talking to Nick?(Starsky’s Brother)

• 190.N. One preview of eighties fashion: female executive’s fetching white cowl-necked shirt. (Sweet Revenge)

• 191.N. The intensive care nurse that gets defibrillator prepared has really long, red fingernails, a real nurse no-no. (Sweet Revenge)

•192.M. Why is Jenny Brown so calm as a man kicks down her door and advances upon her in her condo? (Sweet Revenge)

• 193.M. Why is Jenny Brown bailed out of jail, but the guy Hutch caught in garage knifed? (Sweet Revenge)

• 194.N. A math moment: if the elevator’s maximum weight load is 2500 pounds and 16 is the number of people allowed on board, does this mean the average weight of folks in 1978 is 156 pounds? (Sweet Revenge)

• 195.N. Condo and condominiums are mentioned for the first time in season four. (Avenger, Sweet Revenge)

• 196.N. For all the time it took for Hutch to tell Nancy who to call and what to say, he should have just done it himself. (Targets 3)

• 197.N. Starsky doesn’t wear his trademark Adidas. (Targets 3, Death Ride, Pilot, Bait, Tap Dancing, Moonshine, Huggy Can’t Go Home)

• 198.N. Cringe-o-Meter is high when Huggy sets his glass of orange juice down on pool table’s felt, a pool table no-no. (Targets 3)

• 199.M. Dobey, splendid in a three piece suit, arrives at his office complaining of having to get out of bed in the middle of the night. Why did he put a suit on? Or better yet, just call Starsky and Hutch with the Sierra Springs information? (Murder on Stage 17)