“Starsky, if you’re gonna jerk around like that,
why don’t you go do it in a dark corner?”
(Discomania)
Also see Popular Culture: Songs and Tunes
Starsky’s Cute Little Boxing Dance
- He does it after fighting Malinda’s overly buff guys and reassuring Hutch. (Kill Huggy Bear)
- He does it after Olivia calls him as “cute as a Teddy Bear.” (Losing Streak)
- He boxes his way up to Hutch in the hallway after setting up meet with the former “contender.” (Starsky and Hutch Are Guilty)
- He does it after their second departure from Manny Birnbaum’s office, when Hutch teases him about Francine. (Death Notice)
- He does it as he warms up for stunt fight on balcony. (Murder on Stage 17)
Starsky’s Little Solitary Tango as Ramon
(Tap Dancing Her Way Right Back Into Your Heart)
- He tangos outside robbery before they get the wheelman.
- He tangos on the hill while listening to Dobey and Hutch.
- He tangos three separate times in Dobey’s office while with Dobey and Hutch.
- He tangos in Dobey’s office with just Hutch.
Hutch Stares at Strippers
- He watches the one at the Jungle Club. (The Bounty Hunter)
Starsky Stares at Strippers
- He stares at the woman at Slade’s Cave. (The Vampire)
- He stares at the woman in the Jungle Club “cage.” (The Bounty Hunter)
- Hutch says as Starsky watches Sally Ann, “I know what you’re thinking. You ought to be ashamed of yourself.” (Savage Sunday)
- Hutch tells him, “I saw you checking out Francine.” (Death Notice)
Names of Dances
- Cha-Cha (Satan’s Witches)
- Philly Dog (Discomania)
- Tango (Tap Dancing Her Way Right Back Into Your Heart)
- Samba (Discomania)
- Salsa Samba (Discomania)
- Latin Disco (Moonshine)
- Foxtrot (Moonshine)
- Limbo (Starsky and Hutch on Voodoo Island)
- Tap (Tap Dancing Her Way Right Back Into Your Heart)
Starsky and Hutch Whistling
- Hutch whistles “Black Bean Soup.” (The Set-Up)
- Hutch whistles to Starsky to wake him up in the cab. (Quadromania)
- Hutch whistles to get Starsky’s attention. (Silence)
- Hutch whistles at a pretty woman on the street. (The Deadly Imposter)
- Hutch whistles when he looks at Starsky’s girly magazine. (The Deadly Imposter)
- Hutch tells Starsky to whistle when he sees the cultists. (Satan’s Witches)
- Hutch whistles as he opens the Chianti for Lisa. (Foxy Lady)
- Hutch whistles as he suspects Starsky is going to get beat up by the large man outside the bar. (Moonshine)
- Hutch whistles part of the Johnny Cash tune, “Sunday Morning Going Down” in car. (Blindfold)
- Hutch whistles to the spotted dog. (Snowstorm)
- Hutch whistles as he goes into his house before getting attacked. (The Fix)
- Starsky whistles part of the Air Force theme, “Off You Go Into the Wild Blue Yonder.” (Little Girl Lost)
- Starsky whistles as he searches Anna’s bedroom. (A Body Worth Guarding)
- Starsky whistles “Popeye, the Sailor Man.” (Murder at Sea)
- Starsky whistles “Somewhere Over the Rainbow.” (Murder Ward)
- Starsky appears to whistle the theme to the Dick Van Dyke show. (Jojo)
- Starsky whistles a lot of Christmas carols. (Little Girl Lost)
- Starsky and Hutch both whistle tunelessly at Darcy’s. (Iron Mike)
Whistle Use
- Dobey tells Starsky and Hutch to “bring your whistles” to Traffic Control Duty. (Partners)
- Hutch uses one in a restaurant to be obnoxious. (Bust Amboy)
- Starsky blows on the one Olga Grossman gives him. (Gillian)
- Starsky blows woman’s one in bar. (The Heroes)
- Starsky uses one in his scavenger hunt. (Murder at Sea)
- Starsky uses one to signify a raid. (Bust Amboy)
- Anna’s tea kettle whistles. (A Body Worth Guarding)
- Harry Johnson’s tea kettle whistles. (The Hostages)
- There is a factory whistle heard outside the Smokey Mountain Inn. (Moonshine)
Keyboards
- A piano tuner is working at The Pits. (Survival)
- One sees piano playing. (Losing Streak, Ballad for a Blue Lady, Starsky’s Brother, Savage Sunday, Death in a Different Place)
- Margaret plays the organ in church. (Terror on the Docks)
- A woman plays a piano in the rec room. (Murder Ward)
- A piano is seen in the room. (The Set-Up)
- Hutch plays the piano. (Little Girl Lost)
- The talent show has one. (Murder at Sea)
- Hutch says to man on stage, “Oh, you have a piano. (Moonshine)
- Starsky tells Ezra, “You don’t give us the information we want, we’re gonna break your spooky organ.” (Terror on the Docks)
Guitars
- Hutch’s guitar is destroyed. (Fatal Charm)
- Hutch plays a guitar. (Death Notice, Long Walk Down a Short Dirt Road, Moonshine, Running, The Velvet Jungle, A Body Worth Guarding)
- KC plays a guitar. (Quadromania)
- One is seen leaning against the wall at Hutch’s cottage. (The Deadly Imposter)
- Band member plays a guitar. (Moonshine)
- One is seen on the wall at Rolly’s Bargain Circus. (Texas Longhorn)
- One is seen on the wall at Pinky’s. (Blindfold)
- Starsky has one in his apartment. (Running)
- Starsky plays and sings. (The Avenger)
- One is seen in a street scene. (Little Girl Lost)
- The onboard band has one. (Murder at Sea)
Other Instruments Seen or Mentioned
- Starsky asks Hutch if he has ever thought of taking up the violin. (Lady Blue)
- Dr. Melford speculates on the meaning of the trombone for Jim. (Lady Blue)
- Hutch mentions harps being played at Elysian Fields. (The Psychic)
- Roper asks his thugs, “Anybody here play the violin?” (The Plague)
- Papa Theodore plays a bamboo flute. (Starsky and Hutch on Voodoo Island)
- Starsky mentions a sitar and religion. (The Game)
- A French horn is seen on the wall. (The Golden Angel, Blindfold)
- Pinky has a clarinet on his wall. (Blindfold)
- Spaceman Sam was Vic Rankin’s drummer. (Losing Streak)
- The band at the Backwoods Bar has an accordion, a drum set, a violin, a harmonica, and a bass. (Moonshine)
- A violin is played at the mime show. (The Velvet Jungle)
- There is a harp in the background of the poker game. (Huggy Can’t Go Home)
- Hutch plays a trumpet at the pawnshop. (Blindfold)
- Starsky plays a fake harp in the wrestling ring. (The Golden Angel)
- Huggy has a tambourine on his wall. (The Deadly Imposter)
- Huggy has a bass fiddle on his wall. (The Deadly Imposter)
- The onboard band has an accordion, a guitar, a trumpet, a drum set, and a bass. (Murder at Sea)
- Lionel Rigger plays the drums. (Targets Without a Badge: Part 1)
- Starsky and Hutch refer to Cherie “on the drums” as a diversion with Buddy Owens. (Dandruff)
- Lee Bristol says he used to be in a band, until he blew his lungs out. (The Collector)
Starsky Uses the Steering Wheel as Percussion
- He taps out a tune. (Little Girl Lost, Running)
- He hits it really hard in frustration and anger. (Starsky’s Lady)
Starsky Plays Air Guitar
- He does during Sue Ann’s concert. (Long Walk Down a Short Dirt Road)
- He does after he and Hutch come home from tying one on. (Starsky and Hutch Are Guilty)
Dancing Hutch
- with anonymous women (The Las Vegas Strangler)
- with anonymous women (Starsky and Hutch on Voodoo Island)
- with Ginger (Tap Dancing Her Way Right Back Into Your Heart)
- with Huggy (Death in a Different Place)
- with Kathy (Fatal Charm)
- with Kira (Starsky vs. Hutch)
- with Carol (Starsky vs. Hutch)
- with Lizzie Thorpe (Discomania)
- with Marlene (Starsky’s Brother)
- with Marsha (Tap Dancing Her Way Right Back Into Your Heart)
- is dipped by Starsky (Tap Dancing Her Way Right Back Into Your Heart)
- with Starsky and Huggy (Starsky and Hutch on Voodoo Island)
- He tells Gina, “I’m in no mood to dance.” (The Game)
Dancing Starsky
- with anonymous women (Starsky and Hutch on Voodoo Island)
- he does a little ballerina move (A Body Worth Guarding)
- with Hutch and Huggy (Starsky and Hutch on Voodoo Island)
- with Kathy (Fatal Charm)
- dips Hutch (Tap Dancing Her Way Right Back Into Your Heart)
- with Susan (Starsky vs. Hutch)
- with unnamed woman (Starsky vs. Hutch)
- with Katie at Tramps (Starsky’s Brother)
- with Monique at the Cellar (The Avenger)
- with Nick Starsky (Starsky’s Brother)
- with Sid (Ninety Pounds of Trouble)
- with the Torino (Moonshine)
- with Marianne Tustin (Tap Dancing Her Way Right Back Into Your Heart)
- with various older women, including Claire Dodsman (Tap Dancing Her Way Right Back Into Your Heart)
- with Red Hot Pants (Discomania)
- with K.C. McBride in tag (Quadromania)
