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I watched about half of it, fast forwarded to see the ending and seem satisfied with my decision. Anna Chlumsky was a real find considering what little acting she had done before this. In my opinion Macaulay Culkin looked totally out of his element doing a drama at that age. While Chlumsky was embodying her character in mesmerizing fashion, Culkin looked like someone off stage gave him his line reading and he walked out and said it like a kid in a school play. Dan Aykroyd seems miscast in a mediocre performance. Jamie Lee Curtis does a fine job but there is zero chemistry between her and Aykroyd. The plot seemed to meander. I wanted to like this film, I really did, but I couldn't do it.

A nasty burglar is robbing apartment buildings. A cat burglar he is not. In fact, he brazenly attacks and robs a couple of females. After killing the first one, he is forced to leave before killing the second one (Jan Smithers, in an early role). After drawing the case, Starsky realizes the second victim is an old middle school classmate. Once he and his partner Hutch find her and realize she is also on the missing person's list and has become a drunken mess due to some unfortunate bad luck in her life, Starsky cleans her up and hides her until they can find the killer. Not a lot of laughs in this one. Considering Jan Smithers is mostly known as a sitcom star, she turns in an impressive performance in such a dramatic role. The usual ill-fated romance ensues for Starsky while Hutch tries to encourage a young boy to continue with him in a Big Brother program. Bernie Hamilton gets to do the stereotypical over animated police captain routine. Cliche plot lines but overall pretty watchable.

Johnny, broke as always, considers sidelining as an afternoon Dance Show host for one of the local TV stations in town. Mary Frann (of future NEWHART fame) is the producer who cons Johnny into making him think he can play the same oldies on TV that he does on WKRP. When the show wants him to play disco, Johnny initially refuses but buckles under when he is reminded he is now under contract. In order to not alienate his radio listeners who are used to "the Doctor" and the music he plays, Johnny creates a new persona, Rip Tide, to get in the groove with his new audience. He becomes such a huge success that Herb wants to cash in on the new persona for WKRP. The underlining theme becomes a study of the pressure DJ's face to become a larger-than-life personality in order to increase their fame and bank account. Wolfman Jack was already doing it for a few decades, Casey Kasem had America's Top 40, Don Imus and Howard Stern were just coming on to the scene. And of course the man at the top of the Dance TV show format was Dick Clark with American Bandstand. So when Johnny feels the pressure to become the next big thing, he goes through a crisis of confidence and self doubt. It forces Johnny to think about who he really is and what he wants to be.