Why did I never watch Starsky and Hutch ?

[kingdom warrior]

I loved that show!!! I begged my mom to get me the Megos soon as she did I watched them with Megos on hand.

[toys2cool]

Chips was my thing but I saw a few episodes as a kid, I know my mom really liked it

[filmation batman fan]

Type 1 Kirk. I can relate to your post. As a little kid, I knew of Starsky and Hutch and I recall seeing the Mego dolls as a kid, but I never saw the series as a kid. I was too young to watch it, with the exception of one night when my parents left me at a babysitter's house. She was watching a show about a black father and son having a disagreement, the son running out, and the father being driven to work by a friend who was a drinker and he drove a clunker car, which broke down on them in an alley and the father was shot by a police officer and later died. I did not know at the time I was watching an episode of S&H. Years later, I caught this episode on TNN and discovered it was called Manchild on the Streets and was directed by David Soul (Hutch) and it was a third season episode.

I first got interested in Starsky and Hutch in the 90's because I had the season two theme intro on a Television's Greatest Hits CD. It wasn't until 1999 or 2000 when TNN began airing the show and I began watching it. And I fell in love with it. I was already a huge fan of the Dukes of Hazzard and CHiPs and this was another awesome buddy show that was a cross between the other two in that they are two cops who dress casual and drive around in a sporty car. Huggy Bear was entertaining and so was Captain Dobey, whom I always enjoyed being the butt of occasional pranks. My favorites were when Hutch faked radio interference and you're hearing Dobey shouting on the other end or when Dobey got mad because he was consistently getting calls from people who think his office is a fast food joint. Or the episode "Partners" where he gets the last laugh when Hutch's faking of amnesia is exposed and Dobey tells S&H to report for traffic duty Monday morning and "Bring your whistles."
I loved Starsky's taste in cars and food, but I can relate to Hutch's personality. I could see myself being Hutch in that series, even if it means driving the crappy car and eating the organic foods.
As for the movie, it wasn't all that great since they made it a comedy with Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson. I could not see it as a prequel but more as an original and reimagining. Stiller and Wilson's S&H were incompetent. The only reason to see this movie is to see Glaser and Soul's cameos at the end of the movie and the extra feature where Glaser gets on to Soul for selling his car.
But Starsky and Hutch is another awesome show and I proudly own the DVD sets and the new movie. "I'm Hutch. He's Starsky."
Zebra 3 out.

[cjefferys]

I never watched it either when I was a kid (I watched a lot of CHiPs though) and admit I've never seen an episode. Hmmm, with all the good things people are saying about it here, I might have to try it out.

[kennermike]

I think alot of kids didnt watch S&H back when it originally ran thats because ABC had it playing at their 10 pm time slot since it was alot more violent then CHIPS on NBC which had a 8:00 pm Sunday night slot .but Im with you guys I watched alot more chips and when it when into syndication around 1980 it was on 5 days a week .I watched S&H in syndication starting around 1983?

[Mikey]

I never watched it either when I was a kid (I watched a lot of CHiPs though) and admit I've never seen an episode. Hmmm, with all the good things people are saying about it here, I might have to try it out.

If you like CHiPs, then I think you'll like S&H

It's basically CHiPs except people get killed all the time

Also, unlike CHiPs which has multiple stories all going at once, S&H usually only has one per episode

[MIB41]

Absolutely loved the show in the 70's and am a devoted viewer these days, watching the show on DVD typically in the fall. I don't know why but the scent of fall makes me want to watch this show, so that's when I dig in. I completely "got" the movie and didn't take offense at making it into a comedy because, in some ways, it was just ribbing the viewer about how some of the now dated characterizations that were textbook qualities of the show. Can you count how many shows in the 70's (like Starksy and Hutch and Swat) had the lead bad guy drinking milk or running a candy store as a criminal front? I mean, c'mon! That's naive as h*ll and those were the qualities the movie addressed. I thought the movie was hysterical AND it made me WANT to watch the series too, so I would say the director did his job.

[Hector]

Starsky & Hutch is my all time favorite 70s cop show.

[Joe90]

I was in High School when S&H first aired. Even back then a lot of the stuff on the show was accepted as being cliched or unrealistic. I'm surprised that nobody has mentioned the automatic Gran Torino with a 4 speed soundtrack. That was an ongoing joke about the realism of the show back in the 1970's.

We laughed at it, but we watched it. And we enjoyed it.

I agree with MIB41, the movie was focussing on the dated aspect of S&H -- lampooning it, I guess -- but doing it almost affectionately.

[The Toyroom]

I watched this regularly on Tuesday nights if I recall back in the 70s. Happy Days @ 8:00followed by Laverne & Shirley and Three's Company....THEN the dreaded Taxi @ 9:30. My brother and I hated Taxi and struggled to stay awake through it just so we could get to 10:00 and Starsky and Hutch. He almost always DIDN'T make it.

[Mikey]

Something I just noticed ....

Every scene they're in the car and the camera is filming them through the windshield there is no rear view mirror .......... But, all other scenes that show the car has the mirror in there

[AJ Collector]

Something I just noticed ....

Every scene they're in the car and the camera is filming them through the windshield there is no rear view mirror .......... But, all other scenes that show the car has the mirror in there

It would get in the way of the shot?

[filmation batman fan]

For some odd reason, TNN never aired the pilot movie. I had to buy the Columbia House tape series and some years later, upgraded to the DVD sets in order to see it. The S&H pilot was awesome and I have no idea why TNN omitted it from its rerun package.

[Hector]

I watched this regularly on Tuesday nights if I recall back in the 70s. Happy Days @ 8:00followed by Laverne & Shirley and Three's Company....THEN the dreaded Taxi @ 9:30. My brother and I hated Taxi and struggled to stay awake through it just so we could get to 10:00 and Starsky and Hutch. He almost always DIDN'T make it.

You hated Taxi?

Dude...that's a top five comedy show for me!

I LOVE Taxi.

[Mikey]

You hated Taxi?

Dude...that's a top five comedy show for me!

I LOVE Taxi.

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