#David Soul

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starsky and hutch without context

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SALEM'S LOT

USA

1979

Directed by Tobe Hooper

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Ford Gran Torino 2-door Hardtop, 1975. The producers of the new TV series needed a flashy specialty car for the main characters and the Gran Torino was chosen with a large white vector stripe added to make it less mundane. The series was a big success and the car attracted enough attention for Ford to make a special edition of 1000 "Starsky and Hutch" Torinos. The death was announced today of David Soul who played the role of Sergeant Kenneth Richard "Hutch" Hutchinson in the series. RIP

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It’s so interesting to me just how ahead of their time Paul Michael Glaser and David Soul were in regards to the vision they had for Starsky and Hutch. Like, in the 1970s realm of mainstream television chock-full of strictly episodic, cookie-cutter concept shows (like Love Boat my beloved) that exploited their concepts to their very limit and prized action/violence/comedy/etc over character development, they envisioned a show with relationships at the forefront in a long-term sense. They fought for a Starsky and Hutch where the cops weren’t just embroiled in violence and seediness, but one where what happened to the two of them and what they did mattered and carried through, building their relationship into the main focal point of the show. And like… that’s what TV is now. Almost all the mainstream scripted shows you see nowadays are serialized and character-driven. The Starsky and Hutch they wanted and fought for would fit right in among the shows we stream today, in my opinion. And I’m not saying that the way we make television now is necessarily better or even good (there are some pretty glaring problems with the current model both on the production end and the consumer end); I’m just saying it’s crazy how those two basically predicted the future of television just because they wanted their cop characters to be gayer.

Also, in my dream Starsky and Hutch where PMG and David Soul got all their demands met and had free reign over the show, they could do things like:

* Explore the fallout of the various hurt/comfort episodes (like how Hutch recovers from being addicted to heroin or how Starsky recovers from Terry’s death)

* Go in-depth exploring Captain Dobey’s relationships with police work and blackness (“Manchild on the Streets” dips its toe in, but we really don’t get much)

* Get more Huggy Bear focused episodes where we can actually learn about him

* More commentary on the morality of police work in the 70s, and of course:

* Copious amounts of Starsky/Hutch affection

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RIP David Soul (1943 - 2024)

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Paul and David, Starsky and Hutch

Forever

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Paul Michael Glaser (Starsky), Johnny Hallyday, Bernie Hamilton (Capitaine Dobey) et David Soul (Hutch) 📺🥰

L'improbable rencontre entre les acteurs de la série Starsky et Hutch et Johnny Hallyday à Hollywood 😎

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R.I.P. David Soul

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David Soul Vs. Lee Majors

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R.I.P. David Soul

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Hutch ⭐️

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Rest in peace David “my opinion of the show is that it’s a love story between two men” Soul. You would have loved the scenes of male tenderness that play out in my head between you and your best friend. By the way thanks for taking literally every single available opportunity to gently stroke his face and/or look fondly annoyed by him. King.

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R.I.P David Soul 💖💔