“Right, right. You drive that red tomato with the white stripe.”
“Ah, red Torino.”
“To-mah-to, to-may-to. What’s the difference?”
(Jojo)
Also see Undercover Roles and Mixups, Miscellaneous Names and Aliases
Words Starsky and Hutch Mix-Up/Play With Inversion
- 35,000/35,900, Hutch (Class in Crime)
- 465/456, Starsky (The Vampire)
- 515 Sinclair/516 Sinclair, Hutch (The Psychic)
- 6437/6473, Hutch (Texas Longhorn)
- a dip like Ramon/can dip like Ramon, Hutch (Tap Dancing Her Way Right Back Into Your Heart)
- Albert/Arnold, Starsky (Death Notice)
- Ama-pola/Amapola, Huggy, pronunciation of (Murder at sea)
- Backwards/Backwoods, Hutch (Moonshine)
- bad cough/bokor Hutch (Starsky and Hutch on Voodoo Island)
- band-aid/bandeau, Hutch (The Groupie)
- Barbette/Bobbette, Starsky (The Vampire)
- Bernice/Bernadette, Hutch (Dandruff)
- Better Bureau of Business/Better Business Bureau, Starsky (Little Girl Lost)
- box/pouch, Hutch (Dandruff)
- brakes/breaks, Hutch (Partners)
- brother-in-law/friend-in-law, Hutch (Starsky’s Lady)
- Carl/Cal, Starsky (The Specialist)
- carma/karma, Starsky (Quadromania)
- Catherine Isabel Oates/Isabel Catherine Oates, Hutch (The Collector)
- Cecil/Cecil, pronunciation of, Starsky says “Cess-sil,” Hutch says “See-sill” (Pariah)
- Apple Charlie/Charlie’s Apple, Starsky (Jojo)
- Cherry/Ginger, Hutch (Death Notice)
- Columbus/Akron, Hutch (Murder at Sea)
- Command Ralph/Command Robert, Starsky (Jojo)
- condemnation/commendation, Starsky (Snowstorm)
- Corona Superba Corona/Corona Superba, Hutch (Dandruff)
- coroner’s lab and a crime team/coroner’s team and a crime lab, Starsky (Gillian)
- Cranston/Carston, Hutch (The Trap)
- Dopey/Dobey, Hutch (Partners)
- dye/die, Starsky and Hutch, (Starsky vs. Hutch)
- farm out/far out, Hutch (The Groupie)
- floor/window / wall / Wally, Starsky (Lady Blue)
- Frank Astaire/Fred Astaire, Hutch (Tap Dancing Her Way Right Back Into Your Heart)
- Frazer-Kaiser/Kaiser-Frazer, Starsky (The Deadly Imposter)
- Funk/Monk, Starsky (Photo Finish)
- Garth/Gil, Hutch (Losing Streak)
- gay/guy, Starsky (Dandruff)
- Goodman/Goodson, Starsky (I Love You, Rosey Malone)
- greek/geek, Hutch (The Bounty Hunter)
- Guapo/Guybo, Hutch. (The Vampire)
- Hack/Zack, Starsky and Hutch (Murder at Sea)
- Harry Harry/Harry Marisipio, Hutch (Starsky’s Lady)
- her/him, Starsky (The Psychic)
- Honeymoon for Two/ Honeymoon for One, Hutch (Murder on Stage 17)
- Husky/Starch and Starsky and Hutch, Colby (The Deadly Imposter)
- I/we, Starsky (Tap Dancing Her Way Right Back Into Your Heart)
- igneous/Ignatius, Hutch (The Committee)
- Ingrid Bergman/Ingmar Bergman, Starsky (Murder on Stage 17)
- invenigration/invigoration, Starsky (The Specialist)
- Julio/Julio, pronunciation of, Hutch strangely gets it really wrong with a hard “J.” (The Psychic)
- Lagoosi/Lugosi, Starsky (Shootout)
- Leonardo and Da Vinci/Leonardo Da Vinci, Starsky (Jojo)
- listenin’/missing, Starsky and Hutch (Partners)
- Macaroon/Cameroon/Cameron, Ace, Starsky and Hutch (The Las Vegas Strangler)
- mayo/maillot, Hutch (The Groupie)
- mice-stro/maestro, Starsky and Hutch (Shootout)
- Mountainview/Hillview, Hutch (The Bait)
- mushu pork/mushi pork, Starsky (Iron Mike)
- nectar/ambrosia, Huggy (The Fix)
- nauseous/nauseated, Hutch (A Body Worth Guarding)
- Lazinka/Kazinka/Zelinka, Starsky and Hutch (Murder at Sea)
- orange juice/carrot juice, Starsky (Kill Huggy Bear)
- Parker Hose/Parker House, Hutch (Murder at Sea)
- Parrot Club/Green Parrot, Hutch (Death in a Different Place)
- prince/earl, Hutch (Jojo)
- Rachel and Mary/William and Mary, Starsky (Class in Crime)
- Randolph the Magnificent/Randolph the Great, Hutch (Cover Girl)
- Renaldo/Renaldi, Hutch (The Groupie)
- Rita/Anita, Hutch (The Game)
- Rita/Anita, Starsky (The Game)
- seat/suit, Hutch (The Groupie)
- Second Inspector/Detective Inspector, Starsky (Black and Blue)
- semper fee/semper fi, Starsky (Little Girl Lost)
- serape/tent, Starsky (Long Walk Down a Short Dirt Road)
- Smelly Rolly/Fat Rolly, Starsky (Texas Longhorn)
- Smithers/Withers, Starsky (Huggy Bear and the Turkey)
- Smooth Talking Tony Zucker/Smooth Tony Zucker, Hutch (The Groupie)
- South Carolina/North Carolina, Starsky (Long Walk Down a Short Dirt Road)
- Swiss cheese/cream cheese, Hutch (Huggy Can’t Go Home)
- Teddy’s Paris Bar/Teddy’s Bar, Starsky (Jojo)
- Three Musketeers/Three Corks/Corkasin Brothers/Three Corsicans, Starsky (The Deadly Imposter)
- Three Zebras/Zebra Three, Hutch (Partners)
- tempus/tempest, Starsky (Pariah)
- tout suite/tout de suite, Huggy (The Bait)
- trout with your wine/wine with your trout, Starsky (Satan’s Witches)
- underbed/undercover, Hutch (Starsky vs. Hutch)
Other Notable Word Mix-Ups
- abolitionists/prohibitionists, Nick Starsky (Starsky’s Brother)
- Boo-vet/Bouvet, Dobey (Starsky vs. Hutch)
- bottle-ism/botulism, Merle (The Game)
- brought/bought, Marianne (Ballad For a Blue Lady)
- bud/flower, Kenny Adachi (Dandruff)
- buzzard/man, Hutch (The Golden Angel)
- California Hotel/Hotel Californian, Ernie (The Game)
- Catherine Elizabeth Oates/Isabel Catherine Oates, Dobey (The Collector)
- civil/civic, Hilda Zuckerman (Dandruff)
- Colonel Jim/Commander Jim, Polly (Lady Blue)
- decoy/duck, Masha (A Body Worth Guarding)
- Gary/Woody, Prudholm (Starsky’s Lady)
- Henderson/Hutchinson, Ace (The Las Vegas Strangler)
- her mother/her matar, Danny (The Velvet Jungle)
- Hup/Hutch, Eddie Hoyle (The Bounty Hunter)
- Husky/Hutch, John Colby (The Deadly Imposter)
- Hutchinson Ken/Ken Hutchinson, Professor Gage (Class in Crime)
- Miss/Mrs., Dobey (Targets Without a Badge: Part 1)
- Mr. Prince/Prince Nairobi, Buddy Owens (Dandruff)
- Rile/Lyle, Eddie Hoyle (The Bounty Hunter)
- Selma/Birmingham, Cassie (Strange Justice)
- sending device/bug, Davidowsky (Dandruff)
- Silvers/Slokin/Silva, Anita (The Game)
- Sparsky/Starsky, Bonnie (Partners)
- Spotlight of Sports/Spotlight on Sports, Tommy Reese (The Golden Angel)
- Starch/Starsky, John Colby (The Deadly Imposter)
- Starchy/Starsky, Laura (The Velvet Jungle)
- Starky/Starsky, Bonnie (Partners)
- Starpy/Starsk, Eddie Hoyle (The Bounty Hunter)
- Stephen/Starsky, Katie (Starsky’s Brother)
- Terry/Harry, Sue Ann (Long Walk Down a Short Dirt Road)
- tresses/dresses, Hilda Zuckerman (Dandruff)
- Tyrone/Marlene, Huggy (Dandruff)
- underbed/undercover, Madame Marlene Bouvet (Starsky vs. Hutch)
- whore/horse, Huggy (Death Ride)
- Witson/Whitmore, Callendar’s cabbie (The Plague)
Aural Alphabet Soup
(someone as to say the actual letter, did not include acronyms)
- Starsky reminds Bigalow, “Hutchinson, it begins with an ‘H.’” (Survival)
- Clay Hilliard’s nickname is “Josie the ‘N.’” (The Action)
- Hutch tells Gage, “Give the professor an ‘A.’” (Class in Crime’)
- Starsky tells Goodman, “The “S” comes before the ‘K.’” (I Love You, Rosey Malone)
- Starsky tells Huggy, “That’s Gillian, with a ‘G.’” (Gillian)
- Starsky and Hutch, “S-L-O-B-S are we.” (Starsky and Hutch on Voodoo Island)
- Tony Mariposa tells Rita, “If we do not, I say, if we do ‘N-O-T’ win those fifty big ones …” (Discomania)
- Hutch says Allen Richards graduated with a ‘B+.’” (Class in Crime)
- Dobey tells Hutch that Starsky, “had better be on his ‘J-O-B.’” (Class in Crime)
- Huggy refers to Haimie as “B,” perhaps referring to his last name. (The Deadly Imposter)
- Starsky points out “O” and “C” after someone’s name means “organized crime.” (The Groupie)
- Starsky begins sign language with Rosey, “There’s the first letter, ‘A.’” (I Love You, Rosey Malone)
- Starsky tells Hutch if his name started with an “A,” rather than an “S,” he might have been a doctor. (The Specialist)
- Basil Monk spells out his name for police. “M-O-N-K.” (Photo Finish)
- Monique Travers shouts, “You, you, you, you.” (The Avenger)
- Hutch alludes to his handkerchiefs monogrammed with the letter “H.” (The Specialist)
- Starsky tells Hutch to go home and “catch a few “Zs.” (Fatal Charm)
- Iris Thayer says she is “P” for punctual and “H” for hot. (The Las Vegas Strangler)
- Abby reassures Hutch there is a “triple dose of vitamin ‘E” in the dessert. (The Bounty Hunter)
- Starsky hassles Hutch about his vitamin “E.” (The Plague)
- According to Stafford, guests from staterooms “D, E, F, B” as well as “C” are not in attendance. (Murder at Sea)
- Huggy says about Eric Snow’s next voyage, “N-E-X-T.” (Murder at Sea)
- Hutch says, “looks like plan ‘B’ just went into effect.” (Fatal Charm)
- Starsky and Hutch argue over the license plate number, “No, B.” “E.” “B.” “It’s E.” “It’s B.” (Losing Streak)
- Simonetti tells Dryden they will do their job “down to crossing the last ‘T.’” (Hutchinson for Murder One)
- Hutch says Zebra Three “sounds like something out of a ‘B’ movie.” (Partners)
- Starsky asks Hutch if he has to take vitamin “E” to live a long time. (The Plague)
- Starsky corrects Hutch, “That’s Starsky, with an ‘S.’” (Partners)
- Gramps asks Lionel to return the bishop to “Q3.” (Quadromania)
- The Black Baron mentions he has vitamin “C” in his bag. (The Set-Up)
- Hutch tells the car club, “That’s Hutchinson. ‘H-U-T…’” (Blue Lady)
- Hutch asks Wally, “‘D’ is for drive, right?” (Lady Blue)
- Hutch spells out Lisa’s last name for the airport, “K-E-N-D-R-I-C-K.” (Foxy Lady)
- Hutch asks Wally, “‘R’ is reverse?” (Lady Blue)
- Starsky calls Mrs. Walters “Mrs. ‘W.’” (Manchild on the Streets)
- Hutch threatens Lola they have enough to charge her with Extortion and Murder “in capital letters.” (The Bounty Hunter)
- Gunther’s dad used the phrase “easy as alphabet soup.” (Sweet Revenge)
- Starsky and Hutch guess at the letters on the car seat, “‘M,’ that a ‘P’…it’s an ‘E,’ ‘R,’” before deciding on “M-E-R.” (Discomania)
- The mechanic spells out Marty’s last name, “P-O-M-M-I-E-R.” (Captain Dobey, You’re Dead)
- Nick will get his money from Stryker “C.O.D,” “Collect On Delivery.” (Starsky’s Brother)
- “S-L-O-B” stands for Sanitation Lift Operators Brotherhood. (Starsky and Hutch on Voodoo Island)
- The dealer calls Freddie “Mr. ‘F.’” (The Action)
- Hutch refers to the quarter as a “J-F-K.” (Vendetta)
- Vivian spells out her name, “F-E-L-L-E-R-S” for Starsky’s report. (Manchild on the Streets)
- Hutch asks Billy, “‘A,’ if you’ve told Nancy and ‘B,’ if you’re going to change your ways.” (Terror on the Docks)
- The Professor fingers Josie “the N.” (The Action)
- Mac Johnson’s body was found at the hot dog stand near section “E.” (Omaha Tiger)
- Dobey spells out D-Y-E. (Sweet Revenge)
Malapropisms and Mixed-Metaphors
- “Cream of the society blue book,” says Hutch. (Photo Finish)
- “Turn you into Siamese twins,” threatens Slate. (Strange Justice)
- “Treading on thin ice,” says Marcie. (Photo Finish)
- “First in a once-in-a-life time opportunity,” Marcie hopes for. (Photo Finish)
- “Clear as a bell,” is the weather says Starsky. (Pilot)
- “Cracking a hornets’ nest,” says Hutch. (Targets Without a Badge: Part 3)
- “Committing double-suicide,” says Huggy. (The Plague)
- “The voice of conscience raises his sacred heart,” says Gage. (Class in Crime)
- “Working for the abolitionists or what?” Nick asks Starsky about he and Hutch, regarding his selling dope. (Starsky’s Brother)
- “All work and no play gives Jack Ives a dull day,” says Hutch. (The Groupie)
Words to Kill By
- Billy says, “Say hello for me,” to Jameson. (Terror on the Docks)
- Soldier says, “Hello, Pigeon, let’s see if you can fly,” to Lionel. (Targets Without a Badge: Part 1)
- Jimmy Lucas says, “Reuban sends his regards,” to Palmer. (Birds of a Feather)
- Soldier says, “Die,” to Judge McClellan after the judge asks, “What can I do for you?” (Targets Without a Badge: Part 3)
- Jack Cunningham tells Joe Garras, “Well, bye-bye, then, Joe.” (The Collector)
Starsky and Hutch and Dying Last Words
- Ted Banks, “… Silver box.” (Terror on the Docks)
- Zach Tyler, “A man’s got to be true to his nature.” (Texas Longhorn)
- Iron Mike, “Nothing to be ashamed of…it’s the best for everyone.” (Iron Mike)
- Terry Roberts, “I love you…I’m not afraid anymore.” (Starsky’s Lady)
Black People Repeating the Same Phrase Over and Over and Over Again
- Blind Bessie, “Don’t help me.” (Huggy Bear and the Turkey)
- Walter T., “We’s gonna die.” (Huggy Bear and the Turkey)
- Duke, “That’s right.” (The Las Vegas Strangler)
Nag, Nag, Nag
- Joanna says, “Nag, nag, nag” to her dad regarding a good breakfast. (The Psychic)
- Alex says, “Nag, nag, nag” to Janet regarding his promise to not carry a gun. (The Specialist)
- Warren asks Karen, “Am I that much of a nag?” Karen replies. “Worse.” (The Deadly Imposter)
Words to Kill By
- Billy says, “Say hello for me,” to Jamieson. (Terror on the Docks)
- Soldier says, “Hello Pigeon, let’s see if you can fly,” to Lionel. (Targets Without a Badge: Part 1)
- Jimmy Lucas says, “Reuben sends his regards,” to Palmer. (Birds of a Feather)
- Soldier says, “Die,” to Judge McClellan after the judge asks, “What can I do for you?” (Targets Without a Badge: Part 3)
Starsky and Hutch’s Closing Remarks to Addicts
- Starsky tells Angel, “Careful how you go,” and pats her hand. (Texas Longhorn)
- Hutch gives Roxy some money and tells her to “buy yourself something pretty.” (The Heroes)
- Hutch gives Belinda some money and tells her to “die a little.” (Losing Streak)
LAPD Phonetic Alphabet
A
Adam
M
Mary
Y
Young
B
Baker
N
Nora
Z
Zebra
C
Charles
O
Ocean
0
Zero
D
David
P
Paul
1
One
E
Edward
Q
Queen
2
Two
F
Frank
R
Robert
3
Three
G
George
S
Sam
4
Four
H
Henry
T
Tom
5
Five
I
Ida
U
Union
6
Six
J
John
V
Victor
7
Seven
K
King
W
William
8
Eight
L
Lincoln
X
X-ray
9
Niner
