I really enjoyed this episode. But then I enjoyed "Huggy Bear and the Turkey," too, so maybe I just like them being silly.
AND GAY. Though by now that almost goes without saying.
Never one to leave a point unbelabored, however, I felt the need to (
picspam. )
Starsky and Hutch. It seems the gentleman came to with a headache and
a bug, neither of which Dobey was aware of. The plan is that they're
gonna be waiting for "The Baron" at the buy since he's so bent on
finding out where it will take place anyway. Dobey trusts his boys, so
let the games begin. Into the hospital room they go for the
pre-arranged appointment between Buddy, the buyers, and the courier.
Mr. Tyrone introduces himself as Dave Starsky, yet nobody understands
him because of the accent. He could introduce himself as Bigfoot and
nobody would know what he was saying. Mr. Marlene, however, is all
about flirting. He gives a cute wave to Buddy, then proceeds to go
down the line of buyers and courier. He says hi to everyone except
Prince Nairobi, to which he asks "got your bone?" I get the feeling
Mr. Marlene's flirting is making Buddy nervous because when asked if
he's feeling better, he jumps and hits his head on the light. Mr.
Marlene's not gonna bite you...I mean, unless you want him to.
Buddy's ready to begin the transaction, as evidenced by the fact he's
wearing his gun, but the nurse isn't helpful. How was she supposed to
know he needed a towel for his table, not his head? Buddy's
aggravating, but "The Baron" is listening in to make sure he doesn't
miss out. Each man is supposed to bring a gift to Buddy that only he
will recognize, just to make sure they're all supposed to be there.
The courier brings a watch, Mr. Van Dam brings glasses, Mr. Adachi
brings a flower (which he misidentifies as a bud at first), and of
course Prince Nairobi brings a bone (a huge bone that would make
Bam-Bam proud). Buddy hits his head again before beginning to spill
the beans on just where this buy will take place. We get a quick cut
to "The Baron" hiding in the supply closet, almost caught by a
wandering nurse (the same one he ran into earlier). He plays it off,
says it's a cigar break and all, so she buys the story and leaves. He
quickly picks up the radio again to listen to Buddy's conversation.
The sale will take place in the North Tower Suite in an hour.
Shiny exterior shot before going inside to the boys. They're talking
with the courier, getting the lowdown on just how the auction will
work. Hutch is busy taking off his wig and taking out his bobby pins
while Starsky's debating the difference between a pouch and a box.
They want to put a bug into the box, but that is not allowable. It
would disrupt the sanctity of the box and that's just not right. Hutch
is busy primping while Starsky argues the point. The man cared very
little about his hair the whole episode, but now he's got a brush and
a mirror. The courier finally gives in, beat down by Starsky logic. In
goes the bug and off we go to the sale.
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room and all the ins and outs of the situation while Starsky is
following him around and gazing. The buyers and courier do not appear
to be listening, but as a group they acknowledge that they were. Out
of the pouch comes the shiny diamonds and off the boys go to sit on
the couch, ready to watch the sale. They're so domestic, sharing the
paper (Hutch requesting the section Starsky was getting ready to
read). The comedy routine is about to begin. Mr. Van Dam starts the
bidding at three million, which earns lowered papers from the boys.
Mr. Adachi and Mr. Van Dam start bidding against each other and the
boys relax. That is, until Prince Nairobi pops up with a four million
dollar bid. The boys freak, throwing down their papers and starting
forward to head off this disaster, but Mr. Van Dam outbids him and all
is well again. Holland just got some lovely jewels. Prince Nairobi
starts playing with the diamonds as the other buyers talk. He's a
showman to the core. He drops the diamonds in Mr. Van Dam's pouch and
opens his hand to prove he's not pocketing any. Starsky and Hutch are
heading towards the door, Starsky taking out the radio from the vase
to let the outside crew know that it's over. The buyers are all
talking amongst themselves about their families. Mr. Adachi's
quintuplets have the Asian Flu, bad joke.
Elevator arrives and the attendant is none other than "The Baron."
Nobody's the wiser. Hutch bids them all goodbye, thanking the courier,
telling Mr. Van Dam something that even Hutch doesn't understand
himself, telling Mr. Adachi sayonara, and saying to Huggy "see you
later, bro." I love Hutch. As the elevator doors close, they recognize
that the attendant had a gun. Starsky calls down to Dobey that they
can follow "The Baron" with the bug they put into the pouch. Down the
stairs they run, Dobey giving them directions. The bug's signal is on
the 16th floor. "The Baron" exits the elevator, leaving his stunned
victims on the floor. He goes to his room and starts changing clothes.
Starsky and Hutch burst out of the stairwell, Starsky asking Dobey for
more direction. Hutch doesn't need directions, he's just gonna start
opening doors. The sights you can see when you haven't got your gun.
They get a lamp flung at them by an angry lady and a very angry man
curses at them. The signal is moving down again, but Hutch determines
it's not inside, but outside. Into the angry lady's room again, she
starts shouting and goes off to call the manager. The boys spot a
window cleaner and figure that's gotta be their man. Out of the room
they go, angry lady slamming the door behind them. They descend in the
elevator, very impatiently, but they make it to the ground floor
before the window washer. They wait, figuring they got their man, but
alas it's not to be. However, the audience is in the know and can see
that the window washer is actually one of the goons that work for "The
Baron." Three uniforms gather down the street, one of which is "The
Baron" himself. Starsky and Hutch uncover the other goon lying on the
floor of his scaffolding, scared but alive.
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Back to "The Baron" who takes off his hat to wipe the brow band and we
see that he's got the diamonds stuffed in his hat. Back on his head it
goes as he flags to an approaching patrol car, giving the uniform who
knows what kind of direction before taking the car himself. The boys
have the pouch, which contains the bug and nothing else. They're happy
that the bug worked, but Dobey's running up to them (yes, running) and
he's more concerned with where the diamonds are. He wants answers and
he wants them now, so Hutch delivers one of my favorite lines: "Here
come the prince, here come the prince." (Laugh-in fans will recognize
the take-off) And the prince brought gifts, namely the diamonds. You
see, Huggy's sticky fingers are an asset to them all.
And finally we get to the tag, the lovely tag. Hutch is under the hair
dryer-sunglasses on, holster, and in his pretty blue shirt, which will
make a reappearance in Starsky's Brother), filing the fingernails of
one Ms. Zuckerman's right hand. Starsky's on the left, an almost
mirror image of his partner-under the hair dryer, sunglasses on,
holster, red shirt which will reappear in Starsky's Brother, and
filing Ms. Zuckerman's left hand. She starts off on a speech about
patriotism and the little guy. The boys are trying to fight her to sit
back down because it's kinda hard to file her nails when she's pulling
away. Mr. Tyrone asks her to simply blow out the candle on the cake
in front of her. She complies just as Dobey comes in, ranting again.
Dobey: "Why aren't you back at the office?"
Mr. Tyrone: "Because, we are here."
Obviousness, a good trait to have. Dobey delivers a present, which Ms.
Zuckerman snatches up. It's two cigars, which are distributed to the
boys (proving Starsky is very well skilled in having such things in
his mouth), along with a note. It's from "The Baron" who has once
again gotten the last word. Puff puff on those cigars until the next
time they meet again.
And my Dandruff vid (I Feel Pretty) can be found here: http://www.dream-somehow.com/nightside/downloads.htm
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