<P> Huggy's immense popularity with viewers caused producers Spelling and Goldberg to consider giving actor Fargas his own TV series . The second - season episode "Huggy Bear and the Turkey" was the test pilot for a proposed spin off with Huggy and his friend, former Sheriff "Turkey" Turquet (Dale Robinette) becoming private investigators; however, this premise proved unpopular with viewers, and a spinoff never materialized . In the episode it was revealed that Huggy's last name is Brown (no clue as to his first name was given, though). Two series characters were named for people from William Blinn's past: Starsky was the name of a high school friend, and Huggy Bear was a local disc jockey . </P> <P> Series creator William Blinn first used the name Huggy Bear on - screen for a character, also a confidential informant, in an episode penned by Blinn for the TV series "The Rookies", during the 1973 second season, "Prayers Unanswered Prayers Unheard", there played by actor Johnny Brown . </P> <P> In contrast to police characters on U.S. TV in prior years, Starsky and Hutch were open with physical gestures of friendly / brotherly affection toward one another, often declaring that they trusted only each other (in an "us against the world" - type sense). While likely "normal" by the social standards of 1990s - and - later America, such body language conflicted with 1970s norms of (emotionally restrained) masculinity . In a blooper tape made during the show's run that can be found on YouTube, the narrator intones that some Hollywood industry types referred to the characters as "French kissing prime - time homos". Soul verified this statement in a 1999 cast reunion interview in the United Kingdom . </P> <P> Many fans were attracted not just by the characters, but the quality of writing during the first two seasons (despite the fact that the majority of first - season stories were actually existing scripts that were merely adapted to fit the series). The second - season episode "Long Walk Down a Short Dirt Road", featured country star Lynn Anderson as a singer being stalked by a deranged person; it was based upon a real - life incident involving country music legend Dolly Parton . The part was written with Parton in mind, but Anderson wound up playing the role . </P>

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