Dandruff!

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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.

Hutch goes undercover as Marlene, the most lisping, effete-mannered, gay hairdresser ever.





Starsky goes undercover as Tyrone, also a hairdresser.



He has a ladder and a truly atrocious "French" accent.



I LOVE the ladder. It totally makes Tyrone's character.

Marlene and Tyrone work closely together.











They also engage in foreplay with like 4 different girls each in one episode. That's got to be some kind of record. Especially for Marlene who is obviously gay.

My favorite was the twins. Because really. Twins.



If they have a foursome with twins they might as well be having sex with each other.

And omg the salon employee in the background!

Here is Tyrone about to go down on this woman. I mean--give her a pedicure.



I never realized that "hotel beauty salon employee" meant "male prostitute," but that's certainly how the women making these "private appointments" are treating them.



And this is the third time this has happened now--Hutch goes undercover as a wimpy, weak-seeming man, Hutch gets raped by a woman, has to fuck for justice, etc.



It's kind of skeezy, yeah, but I sorta enjoy how outrageous and wrong it is, and how Hutch still manages to be hot while playing the slutty Catholic schoolgirl who says no but kind of means yes. It's unclear whether he does fall sway to their charms or whether he just lets them fuck him to Protect His Cover. Hm, I wonder who was the force behind this repeated motif. It would be even more skeezy if it were David Soul.

"You don't object to aggressive women, do you?" asks Vivian as she undresses him.

"Oh no, of course not," Marlene lisps with a nervous giggle, "as long as they're gentle!"

A man appears from the next room. Vivian seems unconcerned.



"Who's the fussy guy?"

"I'm Mr. Marlene, from the beauty salon downstairs." Then he goes into camp overdrive, maybe trying to look harmless in case the guy is the jealous type.



"Uh, treatment, split ends, I have to condition and set it..."



The guy walks away laughing hysterically at his wife/girlfriend? having sex with a gay hairdresser.

"Who's my baby boy?"



Aaaand let the raping begin!



It's hard to hear through all the nervous giggles, but it sounds like he's saying, "Vivian! No, no... I'm...I know I'll get very upset!"



***

And Starsky's "accent" isn't fooling anyone.

STARSKY: (outrageous Tyrone accent) Just een case! What eef we get one of our OWN GAYS--

SECURITY CHIEF: Gays?

HUTCH: Guys.

STARSKY: A GAY to impersonate a GUY who BUYS.

(Of course the gay they get is Huggy.)



I love how Hutch/DS is trying to keep from laughing when Starsky says all this.

***

Also the cigars. Kind of mild innuendo, but I thought it was cute.

DOBEY: Scotland Yard says these are the only cigars the Baron smokes. I want you to get to know them, smoke them, eat them, chew them, stick them in your pocket, I don't care what you do with them.



And... are they wearing anything under those blankets?

Comments

[http://users.livejournal.com/_unhurt_/]

If they have a foursome with twins they might as well be having sex with each other.

your logic is unquestionable.

but why have i never seen this episode?

[joandarck.livejournal.com]

Every time I think you can't kill me deader, you do.

No, it is MY ladder!

[kimberlyfdr.livejournal.com]

Dandruff is my all-time favorite episode. In fact, I did an ep review of it and a vid! First the ep review (this will be split because...well, it's long)--

Once again, we join the characters of Mr. Tyrone and Mr. Marlene whom
we saw in Huggy and Turkey. You'll remember that Hutch played Mr.
Tyrone in that one and Starsky played Mr. Marlene. Except, this time
around, they've switched roles. Apparently Mr. Tyrone needed to be
more sexual and Mr. Marlene needed to be more out. So, I bring you…..

Dandruff
(Or to borrow a line from Bringing Up Baby: "Because I just went gay
all of a sudden!")

High rises, pretty buildings, ooooh shiny. We are in a salon, we are
seeing the male hairdressers, we are seeing….wait a minute! Is that
Hutch? In a wig? Pouring champagne? Yeah, that'd be him. Can't mistake
that clumsiness anywhere. It's okay, the lady doesn't mind getting
wet. She wants a new hairstyle, too, and apparently Hutch, I mean Mr.
Marlene, is gonna give it to her. Fear this man; fear this man for
good reason. He gets you drunk so you won't realize the horror he's
about to unleash on your head.

We get a quick glimpse of a woman who looks strangely familiar. You
get the feeling some guy is gonna come by soon and tell her "One of
these days, Alice. Pow! Right in the kisser!" She's buttering up to
her paying customer. Money is good; making the customer feel pretty
will make you more money. This is a fact that Mr. Marlene doesn't seem
to care much about. He better be glad he's pretty because he wouldn't
make it on talent alone.

Scene changes to a hotel lobby. It's where all the well-to-do people
gather. Men in business suits, women tanned to a crisp, and a couple
making out by the fountain. The man is mumbling something, but the
woman's not giving him much of a chance to breathe as she's on top of
him and sucking the life out of his mouth. They slowly switch
positions and you learn that the man is Starsky. Hardly seems fair
does it? Starsky gets to make out with a woman and Hutch gets to make
out with a bottle of hair dye. It's okay, Hutch doesn't mind, but
we'll get to that later.

We switch back to the salon where Mr. Marlene is trying to get his
customer to drink more champagne. She's either crying from happiness
or she just caught a glimpse of herself in the mirror. Either way,
she's too drunk to care. His boss, Ms. Zuckerman, is not amused. She
asks to have a word with him and they go over to the counter where she
accosts him. I love a dominant woman who can bend Hutch over a
counter. We find out that Starsky and Hutch are undercover in her
salon. This is not a sideline business they're running here, but
Starsky (Mr. Tyrone) is 40 minutes late. Mr. Marlene, in his infinite
campiness, delivers a line that I cannot get through without laughing.

"Well, I'm sure he's probably on his way. But if not, I will speak to
him personally; you have my word on that. And the moment he arrives, I
think you are absolutely right that this kind of tardiness cannot be
tolerated."

There is absolutely no reason for him to be playing this character so
fey when talking to her. She knows you're undercover, you can break
character. He has either been huffing too many bottles of hair
solution or else he's not only coming out of the closet, he's coming
out of the house. But always looking out for his partner, he assures
Ms. Zuckerman that Mr. Tyrone should be forgiven if he's engaged in
"official business."

[ginalin.livejournal.com]

I think Hutch has to "fuck for justice" in um...with Marcia in "Tap Dancing Her Way Back into Your Heart", but I don't know the other time..."Ballad For a Blue Lady" perhaps?...haven't seen that yet.

Yeah, I so want to be a fly on the wall when they were going over scripts..."Oh, I think Hutch needs to have a woman have their way with him here...don't you think? "

Well, I have something to look forward to when I get season four, no doubt.