“You lawyers do understand that sort of thing, don’t you?
Male, female, birds and the bees?”
(I Love You, Rosey Malone)
- Abe Lincoln Moment
Starsky admits not knowing what is going on in Phelps’ head, “… but I sure like where her legs are.” Like long enough to reach the ground? (The Heroes) - Roast Beast/Grinch Moment
Hutch says, “Whatever beef they have with me, we’re going to get it up on our table.” (The Trap) - Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup Moment
Starsky complains to Hutch, “You just put mayonnaise all over my pastrami.” (The Collector) - Alfred Hitchcock’s “Rope” Moment
Professor Gage’s superior, intellectual justification of murder, and his arrogant “dare” to be found out in real time. (Class in Crime) - Breck Girl Moment
Laura Kanen’s hair (Deckwatch) - On the Waterfront Moment
Lionel Fitzgerald lists all the actors he could have been, an Oliver, a Barrymore, a Keane. (Quadromania) - Spock Moment
Gage asks Hutchinson, Ken how he likes the class. Hutch’s dry response is, “Fascinating.” (Class in Crime) - Chinese Red Thread Moment
A red ribbon lays on the ground in the warehouse district. It lays on the ground from Wheeling Wear and snakes down the length of the alley Andrea runs down in her escape. She ends up at Sally’s Sandwich Shop, where the red thread that ties us all together has apparently no effect on Danny the Pancake Man. (The Velvet Jungle) - Rear Window Moment
Starsky, Hutch, and Lizzie turn the lights on and off to catch bad guys. (Satan’s Witches) - Charades Moment
Starsky says Hutch wants to try to remember Dobey’s name himself. Starsky starts Hutch out with “sounds like …” Hutch’s answer is, “blimp.” (Partners) - I Could Have Had a V8 Moment
Hutch’s girly car, Belle, his Nash Metropolitan (Targets Without a Badge: Part 2) - All Things Great and Small Veterinary Moment
Starsky reaching way up in the vending machine for his dime (Fatal Charm) - Fred Flintstone Moment
On the golf course, Jerry and Phil toss Starsky a big wooden club (Starsky and Hutch on Voodoo Island) - Lost Moment
Coop refers to the weight of a “Drive Shaft.” (The Crying Child) - Baretta Moment
The two cockatoos in the cage at the beauty salon raise their crests at the site of Starsky’s experiment with wave solution. (Dandruff) - The Graduate Moment
“Science, Jimmy, science,” Angel tells Brady. (Cover Girl) - Petticoat Junction Moment
Starsky is seen bathing in a large wooden tub. (Bloodbath) - Star Trek Bones Moment Number One
Starsky says, “I’m a cop, not a vigilante.” (Lady Blue) - Star Trek Bones Moment Number Two
Starsky says, “I’m an artist, not an accountant.” (The Groupie) - Star Trek Bones Moment Number Three
Huggy says, “I’m a hustler…not a fool.” (Blindfold) - Star Trek Bones Moment Number Four
Dr. Mason says, “… he needs a surgeon in a hospital, not an intern on the street.” (Manchild on the Streets) - Star Trek Bones Moment Number Five
Hutch says, “We are cops, not newspaper men looking for a story.” (Murder Ward) - Art Garfunkel Moment
The first shot of Allen Richards standing in the mime crowd (Class in Crime) - North By Northwest Moment
See the mad dash through the cornfield. (Death Ride) - Three Investigators-Jupiter Jones Moment
Jane wears a labyrinth sweatshirt with the big question mark in the middle. (Murder Ward) - Three Bears Moment
Dobey complains, “Starsky, you’ve got your feet on my desk, you’re sitting in my chair, and you’re getting mustard all over those files.” (Murder on Stage 17) - Psycho Moment
Hutch’s shower scene (Fatal Charm) - Crazed Mr. Clean Moment
Fireball’s face as he drives the car (The Psychic, Omaha Tiger) - City on the Edge of Forever Moment
Hutch hangs out at the mission with a knit cap covering his pointy ears. (The Game) - Clayburn’s Big Showtune Opportunity Moment
Cue the music for a big sweeping number, “Judge McClellan as a Common Felon…” (Targets Without a Badge: Part 1) - Macbeth’s Witch Moment
“By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes.” (Starsky and Hutch on Voodoo Island) - Huggy’s Tongue Twister Moment
Huggy tells Starsky, Hutch, and Lionel he is going to “trip down by the seashore and pick up some seashells.” (Targets Without a Badge: Part 1) - Gershwin Moment Number One
Merle says “Tomato, tamah-to.” (Jojo) - Gershwin Moment Number Two
Every time Starsky says “Either,” pronouncing it “Eye-their.” (various) - Michael Jackson Moment
Starsky wears one glove while he tinkers with Carlyle’s rifle. (Ninety Pounds of Trouble) - Nancy Drew Moment
Taking no weapon or light, Edith runs out into the dark after Leo Moon. (Captain Dobey, You’re Dead) - Hardy Boys Moment
Steinmetz and Miller exit the secret room by way of a sliding door disguised as a wall of books. (A Body Worth Guarding) - Big Broadway Soliloquy Moment
Starsky’s big vocal scene with Rizzo the Rat on the Rooftop. It is right off a New York stage. (Lady Blue) - Eagles Moment
The check-out time for the Hotel California is 11:00. (The Game) - Bay City Roller Moment
Hutch suggests to Starsky, “How ’bout I put you on roller skates and tow you along in back?” (Snowstorm) - Dear Diary Moment
It is the first shot of Nancy Blake sitting at her desk outside Wilkins’ office. Perhaps she is writing, “Dear Diary, I just can’t believe I’m getting married in a few days!” She is probably writing “Nancy Desmond” and “Mrs. Billy Desmond” over and over and over again. (Terror on the Docks) - South Seas Moment
Sharon has already washed her hair and gone to bed when Starsky calls. (The Heavyweight) - Dr. Who Moment
Hutch wears a long, striped scarf. (Targets Without a Badge: Part 2) - Get Smart Moment Number One
Starsky tells Meredith the bullet missed Hutch’s heart “by this much,” with corresponding finger visual. (Black and Blue) - Get Smart Moment Number Two
Hanson tells Starsky and Hutch, “he came close, that close,” showing his hands about six inches apart. (Murder on Stage 17) - Goofus and Gallant Moment Number One
Gallant is the perfectly mannered little guest at Amboy’s little party and puts the napkin on Goofus’ leg. (Bust Amboy) - Goofus and Gallant Moment Number Two
Gallant knows just how to behave in Ruth’s living room while he shudders at Goofus’ manners on the couch. (Murder on Stage 17) - Will Rogers Equine Moment
Hutch says, “I never met a horse I didn’t like.” (The Action) - Hamlet Moment
Itchy is “hoisted by his own petard” when he gets soup in the face (Bust Amboy) - Saturday Night Fever Moment
Dobey asks Starsky and Hutch what they are up to. Hutch replies, “Stayin’ alive.” (Targets Without a Badge: Part 2) - In Like Flynn Moment
Starsky says “We’re in,” like Ferguson (Iron Mike) - Señor Wences Moment
“S’all right?” “S’all right.” (Pilot) - Generic Fairy Tale Moment
“Just think what might have happened, Starsky, had you been nice to an old man?” Hutch tells him after Starsky is unkind to the hag on his journey. Perhaps Hutch enchants him at this time, turning him into a toad? (The Game) - Cruel Ballet Teacher Moment
“You know the position!! Do it!” Slate tells Cobb. (Strange Justice) - Gosh, Is it Warm in Here, Or Is He Just Thinking About Miss Evans Moment
Steve sits in the burning trailer, drink in hand, and oblivious to the flames. (Murder on Stage 17) - Pez Moment
Starsky flicks the bullets out of Flashy Floyd’s clip onto his desk with his thumb. (The Specialist) - Geometry Moment Number One
Observe the beautiful triangularization when Dobey is deciding whether or not to let Starsky work the Helen case. Starsky pleads with Dobey, Hutch reads Starsky, Dobey reads Hutch, says “yes.” (Lady Blue) - Geometry Moment Number Two
Hutch gets Bo Riles gun and tosses it to Starsky without hardly a look. Starsky catches the gun and empties the bullets on the ground. He gives it back to Bo. (Running) - Kira’s Geometry Moment
“What’s the solution to this troublesome triangle we have here?” (Starsky vs. Hutch) - Light Bulb Joke Moment
Hutch comments, “Sure, people can change. It just depends on how much they want to.” (The Bounty Hunter) - Ibsen Moment
Starsky comments Steele is probably all warm and snug in some “doll’s house,” rather than being out in the rain (Pilot) - Tony Orlando and Dawn Moment
* Emily’s friend tells her to knock on the wall (perhaps three times?) if she wants her. (Blindfold) - Grand Hotel Moment
Starsky imitates Greta Garbo to Emily, “I want to be alone.” (Blindfold) - Helen Keller/Anne Sullivan at the Well Moment
Starsky demands Emily sculpt, sculpt, sculpt! She reaches to touch his face, and there is a meaningful breakthrough. Well, sort of. (Blindfold) - Nineteenth Century African Explorer Moment
Nick greets Hutch, “Dr. Hutchinson, I presume?” (Starsky’s Brother) - Methamphetamines Moment
Kendell explains bootleggers steal rather than buy sugar, as they know “know one way they get traced is by checking large purchases of sugar.” (Moonshine) - Music Man, “Ya Got Trouble, Right Here in River City” Moment
Tommy Reeses’ soliloquy of “pill dunkers, dink artists, horse hiders, and canvas kissers.” (The Golden Angel) - Alpha Male Cub Moment
Starsky drags Nick off his bed by his hair. (Starsky’s Brother) - U2 Moment
“I Threw a Brick Through a Window” (Vendetta) - Ginzu Knife/Bass-O-Meter Moment
Matt Coyle offers Starsky and Hutch some good clean busts, “Free Trial Offer, No Obligation.” (Iron Mike) - It’s a Wonderful Life Moment
Hutch takes finial off porch by accident, as he grabs onto it to turn the corner. (Targets Without a Badge: Part 2) - No Shit Sherlock Moment Number One
Mrs. Blake says, “Father Delacourt is a priest.” (Terror on the Docks) - No Shit Sherlock Moment Number Two
Jack Parker tells Jack Ives, “We feel the future of fashion is in youth.” (The Groupie) - Bill Clinton Moment
Dobey hands Starsky and Hutch a cigar and says,” smoke them, eat them, chew them, stick them in your pocket, I don’t care what you do with them.” (Dandruff) - Casablanca Moment Number One
The federal agent comments, “out of all the bars and coffee shops in this city,” Nick Starsky had to walk into the Velvet Slide. (Starsky’s Brother) - Casablanca Moment Number Two
Starsky says to Huggy, “There are fifty kinds of soup in this town.” And Hutch had to walk in with that one. (The Game) - Snow White Moment, or Someday My Prints Will Come
Renaldo promises to send the photos he took to woman he photographed in front of the Fashion Mart. (The Groupie) - It Was Quiet. Too Quiet Moment
Hutch says to Starsky as they stand in the dark woods, “All of a sudden, there’s nothing. Nothing. There’s no birds, no crickets, no frogs. Nothing. It’s never this quiet.” (Satan’s Witches) - Slumber Party Moment Number One
Hutch holding flashlight under his chin in the dark cabin, giving Starsky a start. (Satan’s Witches) - Slumber Party Moment Number Two
Hutch holds the candle under his chin at the Golden Lady. It makes his face look spooky for Kira. (Starsky vs. Hutch) - Airplane! Moment
Tyce asks, “What do you mean, blood?” and Starsky answers, “Red stuff, comes out of your veins, especially if someone uses a knife.” (Satan’s Witches) - Titanic Moment Number One
Starsky comments to Commodore, “We might have lucked onto the tip of an iceberg.” (Murder at Sea) - Titanic Moment Number Two
Starsky and Hutch rearranging wooden deck chairs so they can get into corner to hide from bomb. (Murder at Sea) - Pink Panther/Peter Sellers Moment
Starsky as Mr. Tyrone (Dandruff) - O.J. Simpson Moment
Jimmy Lucas struggles to get his leather gloves on before he goes into Palmer’s room. (Birds of a Feather) - Canadian Geese Moment
Starsky and Hutch’s five back up cops stand in a perfect “V” formation, ready to fly. (Bust Amboy) - Groundhog Day Moment
Starsky and Hutch apparently live the same day, December 23rd over and over again until Hutch learns true meaning of Xmas. (Little Girl Lost) - One Deus Ex Machina Moment
In order to connect Michelle’s death to Russo’s, Starsky has to remember passing her on the way out of Huggy’s. (The Deadly Imposter) - Another Deus Ex Machina Moment
Emily appears on a bench in the very park Starsky is taking photographs. (Blindfold) - Captain Kangaroo Moment
Garvin looks just like him the first time the viewer sees him as he is talking to Colby and sitting in his chair. (The Deadly Imposter) - Urban Myth Moment
Starsky digs up wet suit in fire-prone country miles from ocean; think Fire Department helicopter and brush fires. (Kill Huggy Bear) - Murder She Wrote Moment
“And you blew it on the fishing. Trout season hasn’t opened yet.” Hutch says to Phil Corman. (Snowstorm) - Little Big Man Moment
Starsky calls the husky Crandell “Little Man.” (Snowstorm) - “I’ve Seen the Needle and the Damage Done,” Neil Young Moment
Angel tells Starsky and Hutch she has been to “that sunset a time or two.” Neil sings “every junkie’s like the setting sun.” (Texas Longhorn) - Star Wars Moment
“We don’t have the force with us anymore,” Starsky comments. (Targets Without a Badge: Part 2) - Media Within Media Moment
“Blacula” showing at theater. Bernie Hamilton was in sequel to this movie.” (Pilot) - Tiny Tim Moment
“May God bless us all,” Starsky addresses in benediction, Hutch, Dobey, and Huggy. (Sweet Revenge) - Jetsons Moment
Note the upward camera shot of Mello’s round modern hotel. (Death Ride) - Boba Fett Moment
Bo Rile is a “modern-day bounty hunter.” (The Bounty Hunter) - Batman and Robin Moment Number One
Starsky says, “Holy Catfish!” (Satan’s Witches) - Batman and Robin Moment Number Two
Starsky says, “Holy Mackerel!” (The Trap) - X-Files Moment Number One
Hutch says, “All we are after is the truth.” (Death Notice) - X-Files Moment Number Two
Hutch asks Starsky, “I don’t know why you can’t at least consider the possibility,” regarding Collandra’s abilities. (The Psychic) - X-Files Moment Number Three
Starsky asks Hutch about vampires, “You just won’t accept the possibility, will you?” (The Vampire) - X-Files Clyde Bruckman Moment
Collandra describes the hell of going to a party and knowing “guy across the room is going to be dead in a week.” (The Psychic) - X-Files Humbug Moment
Starsky’s pose at the Torino while waiting for Hutch at the park, leg up on the running board, tube socks, and cut-offs (Vendetta) - Muppets Moment
Rizzo the Rat (The Heroes) - Tired Vaudeville Punch Line Moment One
Starsky comments, “That’s no lady.” (The Psychic) - Tired Vaudeville Punch Line Moment Two
“Call me a cab.” “Okay, you’re a cab.” (The Fix) - Mae West Moment
Tessie guesses that Starsky is a cop because she felt his gun. I think it may have been more along the line of a pistol in his pocket indicating happiness. (Omaha Tiger) - Magical Realism Moment
the appearances of the Dalmatian (Snowstorm) - Twisted Wizard of Oz Moment
Marcus, looking as hirsute as the Cowardly Lion, uses the phrase, “King of the Forest” (Bloodbath) - Simon and Garfunkel Moment
Starsky and his Nikon camera, “I got a Nikon camera, I love to take a photograph. So Mama, don’t take my Kodachrome away…” (Blindfold) - An Anti-Napoleon Dynamite Moment
Hutch is not impressed with Starsky’s sweet bike. (The Psychic) - Who’s On First Moment Number One
The scar was on the left cheek, no right, right, no left, right… (Death Notice) - Who’s On First Moment Number Two
Starsky and Hutch explain to the dispatcher why one red and white Torino is chasing another red and white Torino. (Starsky and Hutch Are Guilty) - Gone With the Wind Moment Number One
Starsky tells dear Dobey, “Frankly, I don’t give a damn.” (Starsky’s Lady) - Gone With the Wind Moment Number Two
“Frankly, I don’t give a damn what happens to you, but I do care what happens to your brother.” (Starsky’s Brother) - 1940s British Murder Mystery Moment Number One
Lieutenant Cameron says, “I suppose you all wonder why I asked you to gather here.” (The Las Vegas Strangler) - 1940s British Murder Mystery Moment Number Two
Kira asks Starsky and Hutch, “You’re probably wondering why I asked you here today.” (Starsky vs. Hutch) - Alice in Wonderland Moment
“I’m late, I’m late” for a very important date says a frantic man with a brief case. (Murder Ward) - Mr. Rogers Moment
Starsky taking off his sneakers and exchanging them for boots (The Psychic) - Full Monty Moment
Dobey’s strangely alluring removal of his tie in front of Hutch. (Cover Girl) - O. Henry Moment
Mrs. Dehaven pleads with her husband, “Oh, Henry!” (Bust Amboy) - Fred Astaire Moment
Starsky is verily dancing with that coat tree in Dobey’s office. (The Velvet Jungle) - La Cage Aux Folles Moment
Starsky can’t run in the shoes Hutch bought him; he is always taking them off as per the barefoot “waiter.” (The Bait) - High Noon Moment
Starsky comments on Steve’s “classic walk down Main Street.” (Murder on Stage 17) - Simon Says Moment
Marcus calling the shots (Bloodbath) - Milan Kundera Moment
“Twenty-five years on the force and I gotta diaper some punk”? Luke Huntley
“There are no small parts, only small actors.”—Milan Kundera (Birds of a Feather) - Scooby Doo Moment Number One
much of the antics on Starsky and Hutch on Voodoo Island (Starsky and Hutch on Voodoo Island) - Scooby Doo Moment Number Two
much of the antics in Pine Lake (Satan’s Witches) - Scooby Doo Moment Number Three
Hutch wears that ascot and the striped shirt—just call him “Fred.” (The Bait) - Scooby Doo Moment Number Four
And Gunther would have gotten away with his Southern California action, if it weren’t for the activities of those meddling kids, Starsky and Hutch. (Sweet Revenge) - James Bond Bad Guy Moments, All That is Lacking is a White Persian Kitty
Bond bad guy Avery Wheeler, his fruity voice and mannerisms (Hutchinson for Murder One)
Bond bad guy Danner and his fruity robe by the pool (The Bait)
Trask and his stuffed owl (Survival) - Thomas Wolfe Moment
Hutch tells Starsky, “You never can go home again.” (The Crying Child, Nightmare) - Atticus Finch Moment Number One
Turquet doesn’t carry a gun, but he is an excellent shot. (Huggy Bear and the Turkey) - Atticus Finch Moment Number Two
Starsky goes to Lonnie’s house to apologize Mrs. Craig. (Pariah) - Annie Moment
Hutch says, “Somehow. Somewhere.” (The Bait) - Dorothy Parker Moment
“I’d rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy.” (Sweet Revenge) - Dickens’s Christmas Carol Moment
There isn’t a twenty-pound turkey in Molly/Pete’s refrigerator. Perhaps it is hanging in the butcher shop window downtown? (Little Girl Lost) - MacGyver Moment
Hutch, using various things he finds in the barn, rigs up the old tractor as an escape vehicle. (The Trap) - Star Trek/Tribble Moment
Dobey holds up Louise, the guinea pig. (Hutchinson for Murder One) - Amok Time/T’Pau Moment
Hutch tells Huggy that Gunther turned down a chance at the presidency as it would be a step down in power. (Sweet Revenge) - Brier Rabbit Moment
Starsky tricks Dryden into cuffing himself to Hutch. (Hutchinson for Murder One) - Laurel and Hardy Moment Number One
Starsky says, “this is one hell of a mess you got us into, Hutchinson.” (The Trap) - Laurel and Hardy Moment Number Two
Starsky says, “One fine kettle of fish.” (The Las Vegas Strangler) - Great Escape Moments
Starsky tells Hutch he was thinking of tunneling out and going for help. (Shootout) - Much Ado About Nothing Moment
Hutch announces, “Here come the prince, here come the prince,” when Huggy, as Prince Nairobi, walks up to save the day. (Dandruff) - Jack and Beanstalk Moment
Semper Fee, Semper Fi, Fo, Fum (Little Girl Lost) - Leonardo Da Vinci’s Vitruvian Man Moment
Hutch’s body on the floor after being knocked out in his cottage. (The Fix) - Pieta Moment
The tableau of Hutch cradling Starsky on the couch. (Shootout)
