“I’ll lead.”
“I’ll lead. I’m teaching.”
“And one and two and…”
(Tap Dancing Her Way Right Back Into Your Heart)
Dobey’s “Mastermind Tango”
(Black and Blue)
- Red
- Yellow
- Black
- Yellow
- Tan
- Take a dip.
The “Belvedere Diamond Tango”
(Dandruff)
- The courier, Davidowsky leads.
- Van Dam starts a slow dance with $3.0 million.
- Starsky and Hutch add a choreographed moment, dropping the newspaper at the same time.
- Davidowsky shoots the bid down, suggesting it is an insult. Tense musical moment.
- Adachi deflects with $3.1 million.
- Starsky and Hutch again drop the newspapers and move center stage.
- Van Dam cuts in with $3.5 million.
- Adachi leans into a long one with $3.8 million.
- A major dramatic moment is reached with Huggy’s $4.0 million bet; Starsky and Hutch leap forward in grand jete.
- Van Dam finishes off the drama with a winning bid of $5.0 million.
- Take a dip.
The “Dobey Twister Tango”
(Captain Dobey, You’re Dead)
- Left foot blue.
- Right hand yellow.
- Take a dip.
“The License Plate Tango”
(The Bounty Hunter)
- “2-5-9-P-C-E,” says Starsky.
- “No. B,” Hutch makes a dramatic move.
- “E,” Starsky dodges.
- “B,” Hutch’s arm around his partner’s waist is strong.
- “It’s E,” says Starsky. Still he sways.
- “It’s B,” Hutch is confident as he dips Starsky, low and bold.
The “Wally Stone Retrospective Tango”
(Murder on Stage 17)
- “I saw it the other night on television …” Starsky remembers desperately.
- “Honeymoon …” Hutch guesses.
- “for Two” Starsky takes a stab.
- “One” Hutch counters.
- “Two” Starsky insists, though he should know better.
- “One” Hutch insists, knowing Julie’s life depends on Starsky’s ability to follow, not lead.
- “He’s right. Honeymoon for One,” Wally offers the rose.
The “Lunch Tango” with Chris Phelps
(The Heroes)
- “How about an apple?” Hutch makes the first move.
- “How about I’m buying?” Starsky tries to cut in.
- “How about French?” Hutch tries to break Starsky’s bank account.
- “How about a hamburger?” counters Starsky.
- “How about ‘I’m dieting?’” flounces Chris.
- Starsky and Hutch need to dip each other.
The “Free Association Tango”
(The Game)
- Hutch leads: “Mittens.”
- Starsky: “Mothballs.”
- Hutch: “White snow.”
- Starsky: “Dark and stuffy.”
- Hutch: “Ice cream.”
- Starsky: “Overcoat.”
- Hutch: “Lake Medley.”
- Starsky: “It’s my eighth birthday.”
- Hutch: “Monday White Sale.”
- Starsky picks up the pace as well as the lead: “I’m hiding from my father, heavy footsteps, trapped.”
- Hutch is barely keeping up here.
- Starsky: “He’s getting closer.”
- Smell the oven.
- Take a dip.
Merle and Starsky’s “Snitch Tango,” Though
Starsky Tells Him “It’s a ‘Hustle’ and you know it.”
(The Game)
- Hutch gave Merle $25 to keep quiet about the car. This is where they place their first feet.
- Starsky offers Merle $30.
- Merle counters with $50.
- Starsky complains about $50.
- Merle spins Starsky with $55.
- Starsky agrees, but only has $20 on him.
- Merle won’t take a check.
- Take a dip.
The “Air Tight Room Number’s Tango”
(Omaha Tiger)
- Hutch asks Starsky for a pencil.
- Hutch = “6”
- Hutch = “20”
- Starsky = “20”
- Hutch = “10”
- Starsky = “10”
- Hutch = “15”
- Hutch = “0”
- Hutch = “1”
- Hutch = “3000 cubic feet”
- Hutch = “150”
- Starsky = “165”
- Hutch = “2”
- Hutch = “2 breaths every 6 seconds”
- Hutch = “20 breaths”
- Hutch = “double, x = 40”
- Hutch = “1 minute”
- Hutch = “20”
- Hutch = “4 cause he’s excited”
- Hutch = “6 would be 40”
- Hutch = “1 cubic foot”
- Hutch = “2700 cubic centimeters”
- Hutch = “75”
- Hutch = “75”
- Hutch = “7.5 liters to a minute”
- Hutch = “400”
- Hutch = “60 times”
- Hutch = “75”
- Hutch = “9000”
- Hutch = “185 hours before we suffocated, or was that 1850?”
- Take a dip.
Starsky, Hutch, and Fred’s “Old Horse Tango”
(The Action)
- Starsky asks Hutch and Fred the name of Gene Autry’s horse.
- Hutch guesses “Tony.” This incorrect.
- Fred doesn’t answer.
- Strangely, Starsky lets Hutch win with this wrong answer, giving him $500. (correct answer is “Champion”).
- Hutch asks Starsky and Fred the name of Tonto’s horse.
- Fred answers, “Old Paint.”
- Starsky answers, “Hi Ho Silver,” which is sort of right, but for The Lone Ranger. (“Silver”)
- Hutch answers with the most correct answer, “Scout,” but gives Fred the $1000, perhaps because Fred is partially right.
- Tonto’s correct horse names are “Paint,” “White Feller,” and “Scout.”
- Take a dip.
“Last Year’s Jewelry Robbery Tango”
(Losing Streak)
- “The one where we staked out four …” Hutch
- “No, three people.” Starsky
- “At three locations.” Hutch
- “No, at four locations.” Starsky
- “It was four people at three locations.” Hutch
- “No, it was three people at four locations.” Starsky
- “All at the same time.” Hutch
- “That’s what I said.” Starsky
- Take a dip.
Starsky, Hutch, and Dobey’s “Intricate Cup Dance”
or, It Takes Three to Tango
(The Collector)
- Dobey gets cup and fills it.
- Starsky takes that cup.
- Dobey gets another cup.
- Hutch comes in the door.
- Starsky takes a drink.
- Starsky throws empty cup in trash.
- Starsky takes 2nd cup from Dobey.
- Starsky fills the cup.
- Starsky tries to give the cup to Dobey, but Hutch takes it.
- Hutch tries to give the cup to Dobey, but Dobey gets his own cup.
- Starsky takes the cup from Hutch.
- Hutch takes cup from Dobey
- Dobey gets a 3rd cup.
- Everyone drinks and crumples their cups.
- Take a dip.
“Take a powder, Pepper.”
(Losing Streak)
and finally …
“One thing, just a simple thing: leave that cannon behind.”
(Targets Without a Badge: Part 3)
