crack_van | "Starsky and Hutch": An Overview

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Detective Sergeant David Michael Starsky—Played by Paul Michael Glaser.

He’s the curly-headed one. Left-handed, drove his 1974 Candy Apple Red Ford Torino (license plate number 537-ONN), and often drove Hutch to distraction. He also wore VERY tight jeans which made the viewing experience that much more pleasurable. Though concrete facts in the SH universe are often absent, his birth-date is often said to be the same as Paul himself, March 25, 1943. He was born in New York and his father was killed when he was very young (believed to be a cop). His mother (who is still alive and whom he calls every Friday) sent him away from the family (he has one brother named Nick) to live with his Uncle Al and Aunt Rosie in California. He may (or may not) have joined the Army, but we know he joined the Academy and that’s the beginning of the partnership with Hutch. His current rank is Detective Sergeant with the Bay City Police Department, serving under Captain Dobey. He and Hutch are best friends and like to show their devotion for one another, often by touching A LOT. Starsky often finds any way possible to unbutton his shirt down to mid-chest, so he shows off his chest hair. He uses a Smith & Wesson Model 59 9mm automatic, but is often referred to as a Baretta. His favorite snitch and all-around good friend is named Huggy Bear.

Kenneth Richard Hutchinson-Played by David Soul.

He’s the blond one. Right-handed, drove a horrid Ford LTD (license plate 573-CPE) that looked like it was condemned, but thankfully he mostly rode in the Torino. He came from money, fine Minnesota money. It’s not known about his family, but his mother is still alive during the series because he mentions her. He was once married to Vanessa, but they divorced and during the third season she is killed (we cried…joyful tears). In the pilot he mentions a Nancy, which may have been Vanessa’s nickname or may have been the first Mrs. Hutchinson. He may or may not have gone to medical school before he joined the Academy, but he sure knows a lot about medicine. He joined the Academy and that’s the beginning of the partnership with Starsky. His current rank is Detective Sergeant with the Bay City Police Department, serving under Captain Dobey. He and Starsky are best friends and like to show their devotion for one another, often by touching A LOT. Hutch has this chest touching he does when he’s hot, too. He uses a Colt Python .357 Magnum which has a six inch barrel, making an overall length of 11.5 inches. His favorite snitch and all-around good friend is named Huggy Bear.

Just so you know who they are:

Dobey

Huggy

Overview of the show/etc:

They’re cops in Bay City, working Homicide, often doing undercover work. They mainly ride around in the Torino and are the most conspicuous undercover cops you’ll ever meet. There were a lot of tense episodes and it was often said to be the most graphic and real show of the time because of the issues it dealt with—racism, rape, and drug abuse (Hutch even got hooked on heroin in one episode). The women of the show didn’t last long because they were almost always raped, killed, or scared away by the gritty reality of the job; often all three. It’s all about the love, the devotion, the caring between these two partners who are best friends and possibly more.

Major SH Fandom Links:

SH LJ Community
The one-stop SH Fandom LJ Community! \o/

Bay City Library
GEN SH Library. Currently the only one I know of that is updated regularly.

The Starsky and Hutch Archive
Slash and Gen fiction

SH Screen Caps
All the episodes, capped just for you.

SH Songvid List
A listing of SH fanvids

SH Canon Compendium
Pepper's compendium of everything SH related

SH Episode Guide
A guide for all the SH eps, along with behind the scenes information

Tagging Bay City
SH fanfiction tagged by theme

If anyone knows anything else to add, please do so in the comments. Thanks!

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OMG! This is FANTASTIC!

The fire hydrant!! The crotch grab!!

I'm so glad you found the community. I can not wait to read some SH slash!

I aim to please:) I was going to find some screengrabs to include so I could show the slash evidence, but 90% of the pictures were slashy, so I gave up;) To prove the canonical homoerotica I love to tell my "entry into fandom" story. I was involved in the EGPAF and heard that her husband was famous for a show, so I decided to watch an ep. I remember it very clearly. It was Death Ride, the scene in the diner, when Hutch eats off of Starsky's plate. Never having seen this show before, my first thought was "Oh my gosh, they're in love with each other." (My strong thought was, oh my gosh they're DOING each other, but I'm tasteful;) That fact was so strong that I couldn't pay attention to the plot. So, I didn't watch another episode for a long time.

After a while, though, I came to realize that "yes, they're in love with one another, but they're also great cops with bigs guns and a great car...not to mention their bodies!" That was it, I fell hard. I have happily never looked back at the GEN writing life. I write, read, and beta Starsky/Hutch fics and enjoy every minute of it. I currently have a zine put out by In Person Press called "Unseen Boundaries." It won the 2003 SCREWZ Award for best SH Novel! I've got another short story coming out at ZebraCon and am currently working on its prequel as well as another zine that will run at least 200 pages.

And if I still couldn't pay attention to the plots on some episodes, all I have to do is mute the sound and just watch Starsky strut his stuff in those illegal jeans. Ahem, ok...onward!

ROTFLMAO! I love your enthusiasm. I'm afraid it might be up to you to pimp this comm out to your fandom if you ever want a break from making recs!

(and yeah, that moment of realization, that two hot boys doing dirty things to each other is GOOD...that's a life changer. *g*)

The funny thing about a lot of the slash "evidence" is that to me it's evidence of a great friendship. I noticed in one epi that Starsky takes Hutch's coffee and drinks from it, then Hutch takes it back and drinks from it. But later in the same epi Starsky takes Huggy's beer and drinks from it before Huggy takes it back and walks off drinking from it. Snow Storm I think is the epi. I don't think it means anything sexual, otherwise you got a threesome going on. *grin*

When women do this type of thing its not considered slash, just men. Kinda odd. But I always figure whatever your bag is, man, that's cool. lol! Can you tell I'm a child of the '70's?

What I really like best is the friendship. Watching the show you saw friends that would never drift apart or get into some silly fight and not be friends anymore. Real and true friends that are so rare in real life.

There's a lot of people that love intensely but it's never sexually consummated,(I have a female friend I feel that way about, but no, we never "got it on". But I once told her that if I wanted that, she'd be the one!)
But, I always thought the intensity of emotion was there if you wanted to go that direction.

I think whether you can envision it being acted upon is where things get slashy. Or not.

I'm not overly fond of plotless sex stories, but if the author can convince me of a sexual relationship in the context of a great story, then I enjoy it.

But I think you're right about the depth of friendship being the attractive aspect of the series.

"Starsky and Hutch": An Overview

Detective Sergeant David Michael Starsky—Played by Paul Michael Glaser.

Kenneth Richard Hutchinson-Played by David Soul.

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