History Trivia / StarskyAndHutch

* FriendshipOnTheSet: Creator/DavidSoul and Creator/PaulMichaelGlaser became best friends while making the series and still are to this day.

*** Reportedly, Creator/PaulMichaelGlaser was so dissatisfied with the Torino that in scenes where he, as Starsky, came to a screeching halt by locking the brakes and bumping off the curb, he was ''actively'' trying to destroy the car.

* MethodActing: In "The Fix, Hutch becomes forcibly addicted to heroin after gangsters kidnap him. Creator/DavidSoul prepared for the episode by depriving himself of sleep, food, and even bathing and isolated himself from the cast and crew. It got to the point where they began to genuinely worry about his mental health.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: Many fads of the era are referenced, such as biorhythms, [[CompanionCube pet rocks]], and {{disco}}. There's also the funky background music, the polyester outfits, Starsky's huge boat of a car, and the moustache Hutch grows for the fourth season.

* RecylcedScript: "The Game" was recycled from the ''Series/ISpy'' episode "Bet Me a Dollar", in which the partners set up a large-scale game of hide-and-seek that turns abruptly serious when it's revealed that the hiding partner has been poisoned.

* TheCastShowoff: David Soul is a professional musician; Hutch therefore is given opportunity to sing and play guitar in a number of episodes.

* DirectedByCastMember: Chances to direct were part of the deal to get Glaser to come back to the show. He directed five, Soul directed three.
* EnforcedMethodActing:
** In the episode "The Fix", Hutch becomes forcibly addicted to heroin after gangsters kidnap him. David Soul prepared for the episode by depriving himself of sleep, food, and even bathing and isolated himself from the cast and crew. It got to the point where they began to genuinely worry about his mental health.
** In the episode "A Coffin for Starsky", Starsky and Hutch are racing against the clock to find a criminal that injected Starsky with a deadly poison that's slowly killing him. In one scene Starsky collapses in a fit of pain. While this was scripted, Paul intentionally fell earlier than what was rehearsed, and Hutch's shocked reaction is genuine.

* RealLifeRelative: In "Gillian," Hutch's GirlOfTheWeek is played by David Soul's ex-wife Karen Carlson.

* TheCastShowoff: Creator/OwenWilson gets to show off his singing talent, which also provides an {{homage}} to the original Hutch as that particular number was written by David Soul, who portrayed him in the series.
* InMemoriam: Dedicated to Elliott Marks, the Still Photographer, who died on the last day of principal photography.

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: An iconic series in both France and Germany, and arguably even more successful in Britain than at home (David Soul just about lives in the UK now).

* ActorAllusion: Starsky causes a MexicanStandoff in Huggy's bar when he accidentally shoots the tail off of his pet iguana Corky. Oddly enough, this isn't the only movie where shooting an animal called "Corky" gets Creator/BenStiller in trouble. ''Film/{{Envy}}'' (released the same year as this film) had Stiller's character accidentally killing a ''horse'' named Corky (owned by Creator/JackBlack's character) with a bow and arrow, kicking off [[HilarityEnsues two hours of hijinks]].
* TheCastShowoff: Owen Wilson gets to show off his singing talent, which also provides a homage to the original Hutch as that particular number was written by David Soul, who portrayed him in the series.

* TheDanza: Linda Scruggs-Bogart plays the rape victim Linda Mascelli in "[=JoJo=]."

* ActorAllusion: In one episode, Starsky says Hutch sounds like "Dirty Harry, a cop in San Francisco". David Soul costarred in ''Film/MagnumForce'', the second ''Film/DirtyHarry'' movie.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: Check out the disco, for starters.

* HeyItsThatGuy: DaChief is played by Blaxploitation star Fred Williamson.

* ActorAllusion: In one episode, Starsky says Hutch sounds like "Dirty Harry, a cop in San Francisco". David Soul costarred in ''MagnumForce'', the second ''DirtyHarry'' movie.

* EnforcedMethodActing: In the episode "The Fix", Hutch becomes forcibly addicted to heroin after gangsters kidnap him. David Soul prepared for the episode by depriving himself of sleep, food, and even bathing and isolated himself from the cast and crew. It got to the point where they began to genuinely worry about his mental health.

* HeyItsThatGuy: DaChief is played by Blaxploitation star Fred Williamson.

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: An iconic series in both France and Germany, and arguably even more successful in Britain than at home (David Soul just about lives in the UK now).