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One
liked junk food, the other ate organic stuff.
One looked like a wreck but had a cool-looking car, the other was trés
chic but drove a wreck. They were
two misfits who broke the rules and drove their captain crazy.
But undercover police detectives Dave Starsky (Paul Michael Glaser) and
Ken “Hutch” Hutchinson (David Soul) always got results--and
Starsky
& Hutch became one of the monster hits that made ABC the No. 1 network in
the late '70s.
The
search for the actor to play Dave Starsky was reportedly one of the biggest TV
talent hunts of 1975. Over 80
actors auditioned for the part (including, interestingly enough, David Soul).
According to director Barry Shear, Paul Michael Glaser got the job with
the help of a bag of walnuts. “It
finally narrowed down to three guys,” he said, “and they were going to do
this scene for the brass. I knew
Glaser was right, but I also knew the other two were wrong.
The scene called for Starsky to swagger into a bar and dress down the
customers. Just before Glaser went
on, I gave him these walnuts and told him to crack ‘em while he talked.
It was a little bit of a cheat, something you couldn’t write into a
script, but it played beautifully.”
Much
of the success of the show is attributed to the special on-screen chemistry
between Soul and Glaser. That’s
not a surprise, considering the actors had been good friends for nearly ten
years before they worked together for the first time on the series.
Soul and Glaser grew even closer as a result of their relentless
dedication to the show and mutual belief in their characters.
Related
links:
Starsky & Hutch:
The Movie
Black
Bean Soup: A Starsky & Hutch Newsletter
The
David Soul Info-Site
The
Encyclopedia of Television: Starsky & Hutch
Glyn
Davies' Starsky & Hutch Page
Green
Stamps: The Starsky & Hutch Site
Robin's
Starsky & Hutch Page
The
ScreenGems Network Starsky & Hutch Page
Stage
17: A Comprehensive British Starsky & Hutch Site
Starsky & Hutch on Granada Plus,
"Home of TV Hits"
The
Starsky & Hutch Web Ring
Television
Heaven:
Starsky & Hutch
Zebra
3:A Starsky & Hutch Web Site
Did
Starsky & Hutch Ever
Jump
the Shark?
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Starsky & Hutch on VHS
with liner notes
by Ed Robertson
Starsky & Hutch:
The Original 1975 Pilot Episode
Starsky & Hutch:
The Collectors Edition
Starsky & Hutch:
"Murder at Sea"
Starsky & Hutch:
"Nightmare" and "The Action
Starsky & Hutch:
"Kill Huggy Bear" and
"Huggy Bear and the Turkey"
Starsky & Hutch:
"Savage Sunday"
and "The Vampire"
Starsky & Hutch:
"Bloodbath" and "Survival"
Starsky & Hutch:
"Pariah" and "Vendetta"
Starsky & Hutch:
"Gillian" and "Running"
Starsky & Hutch:
"Murder on Stage 17"
and "The Collector"
Starsky & Hutch:
"Lady Blue" and "Jo-Jo"
Starsky & Hutch:
"The Omaha Tiger"
and "Iron Mike"
Starsky & Hutch:
"Shootout" and "The Hostages"
Starsky & Hutch:
"The Las Vegas Strangler"
Starsky & Hutch:
"Texas Longhorn"
and "The Psychic"
Starsky & Hutch:
"Tap Dancing Their Way
into Your Hearts"
and "The Deadly Impostor"
Starsky & Hutch:
"Fatal Charm"
and
"Sweet Revenge"
(final episode of the series)
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