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COLLECTION · Series · 1986

Sledge Hammer!

Sledge Hammer! is an American satirical police sitcom produced by New World Television that ran for two seasons on ABC from 1986 to 1988. The series was created by Alan Spencer and stars David Rasche as Inspector Sledge Hammer, a preposterous caricature of the standard "cop on the edge" character. Al Jean and Mike Reiss, best known for their work on The Simpsons, wrote for the show and worked as story editors.

Source: TMDB
* 7.9 (169)ActionAdventureComedyCrimeUnited States
Creators
Alan Spencer
Countries
United States
Studios
ABC · Spencer Productions · D'Angelo Productions · New World Television
Runtime
25–30 min/ep
Age rating
TV-PG
Release
23/09/1986
Score
7.9 / 10 (169)
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Seasons and episodes
Specials
Specials
6 episodes · 2004
Episode 1. Go Ahead, Make Me Laugh!
2004-07-10

Features all new interviews with Alan Spencer, David Rasche, Anne-Marie Martin and Harrison Page. We had no choice but to give good interviews because, as you can see, we all had guns to our heads!

Episode 2. Gun Crazy
2005-04-12

Memorable Moments with the Cast of Sledge Hammer. This nearly 15 minute featurette has the three main cast members picking their favorite shows and talking about why they liked them so much.

Unaired Pilot
Episode 3. Unaired Pilot

No synopsis

Episode 4. Memorable Moments

DVD Extra

Episode 5. Making of

No synopsis

Episode 6. Resident Director: Bill Bixby

No synopsis

Season 1
Season 1
22 episodes · 1986
Under the Gun
Episode 1. Under the Gun
1986-09-23

Sledge Hammer is a no-nonsense cop whose best friend is his .44 Magnum, and who just loves to use excessive force to collar criminals. In the opener, the mayor's daughter is kidnapped, and Hammer vows to bring her back -- "dead or alive."

Hammer Gets Nailed
Episode 2. Hammer Gets Nailed
1986-09-26

A reporter spends a day with Hammer and gets more than he bargained for, and Hammer gets fired. Guest Stars Ronnie Schell as Phil Gumm

Witless
Episode 3. Witless
1986-10-03

After a mobster puts out a “one week only” million-dollar contract on Hammer, every killer in the city, and some financially strapped cops, tries to claim the prize. After an attempted hit takes place in Capt. Trunk' s office, Hammer is…

They Shoot Hammers, Don't They?
Episode 4. They Shoot Hammers, Don't They?
1986-10-17

An escaped convict wrecks havoc in the city, promising even more destruction unless Hammer agrees to meet him in an old west style showdown. The convict is John Kogan, Hammer's childhood rival as well as former partner in the police…

Dori Day Afternoon
Episode 5. Dori Day Afternoon
1986-10-24

When Hammer and Dori make a trip to the bank they become involved in an armed robbery. The detectives are taken hostage and the robbers demand a plane to take them to Rio. Dori tries to convince Hammer to let her use her training in…

To Sledge, with Love
Episode 6. To Sledge, with Love
1986-10-31

Hammer is asked to straighten out some young hoods that have taken over their high school. He discovers that the gang is working for a local car theft ring. Hammer convinces the teens to put their violent nature to good use by training…

All Shook Up
Episode 7. All Shook Up
1986-11-06

Hammer and Dori are assigned to locate a serial killer who is bumping off Elvis impersonators. In order to flush out the killer Hammer attends The Famous School For Elvis Impersonators where all the victims were once students. Complete…

Over My Dead Bodyguard
Episode 8. Over My Dead Bodyguard
1986-11-13

When the press reveals that Capt. Trunk is scheduled to testify against a mob boss, Hammer is assigned as his bodyguard. In an attempt on his life Trunk is wounded and taken to the hospital. Sledge decides to make a bogus report that the…

Magnum Farce
Episode 9. Magnum Farce
1986-11-22

When a group of vigilante cops begin killing criminals who have gotten off due to legal technicalities, Hammer is assigned to infiltrate the group. To test his loyalty the rogues assign him the task of killing a female district attorney…

If I Had a Little Hammer
Episode 10. If I Had a Little Hammer
1986-11-29

Hammer and Dori pose as a couple wanting to adopt a baby in order to discover who is kidnapping infants from a hospital maternity ward. They learn that the hospital’s head nurse and her brother are behind the abductions, which lead to an…

To Live and Die on TV
Episode 11. To Live and Die on TV
1986-12-13

After a winning game show contestant is murdered, Hammer investigates. He learns that the show’s host did the killing, obscuring the fact that he’d also embezzled the prize money. Hammer signs on as a contestant to make the host try to…

Miss of the Spider Woman
Episode 12. Miss of the Spider Woman
1986-12-20

Hammer is poisoned by a mysterious woman and learns that he has only twelve hours to live. Hammer learns that the only cure for the poison is held by a group of monks in the Andes who have taken a vow of silence. Severely weakened, Hammer…

The Old Man and the Sledge
Episode 13. The Old Man and the Sledge
1987-01-03

Hammer gets to meet his idol, a retired police detective with a reputation for old school toughness, and gets him a job as a security guard at a local jewelry store. When the store is robbed, the old man is wounded and ends up at a…

State of Sledge
Episode 14. State of Sledge
1987-01-10

When Hammer arrests the leader of a Satanic cult, Internal Affairs insists that the cultist be allowed his one phone call. Soon after the cultist makes the call, the precinct headquarters is surrounded by hundreds of demented devil…

Haven't Gun, Will Travel
Episode 15. Haven't Gun, Will Travel
1987-01-17

A gang of silver thieves, working in cahoots with an unscrupulous police psychiatrist, destroys Hammer's psyche when they steal his beloved 44 Magnum… effectively crippling the crime fighter.

The Color of Hammer
Episode 16. The Color of Hammer
1987-01-24

When Hammer's favorite hanging judge dismisses charges against a local mobster, Hammer investigates. The judge is found murdered with the only clue leading to a shady pool hall. Sledge poses as a pool shark to uncover the racketeer who…

Brother, Can You Spare a Crime?
Episode 17. Brother, Can You Spare a Crime?
1987-01-31

When a handsome jewel thief is arrested, he manages to convince Hammer that he’s his long-lost brother… enlisting Sledge’s aid in his rehabilitation.

Desperately Seeking Dori
Episode 18. Desperately Seeking Dori
1987-02-07

While pursuing a counterfeiter, Doreau gets knocked on the head. The results are a personality disorder that makes her behave in the same anti-social, violent manner as her partner Hammer.

Sledgepoo
Episode 19. Sledgepoo
1987-02-14

Hammer's search for a jewel thief leads to an upscale beauty salon, where henchmen rob the society matrons’ homes during their hair appointments. Hammer goes undercover as a hairdresser in order to stop the British thieves who are after…

Comrade Hammer
Episode 20. Comrade Hammer
1987-02-21

Hammer is assigned to protect a Russian scientist who is being pursued by the KGB, leading to a cross country train journey fraught with peril.

Jagged Sledge
Episode 21. Jagged Sledge
1987-04-21

Hammer goes on trial for the murder of the city's leading crime boss. Capt. Trunk and Dori are called upon to give damaging testimony against Hammer and everyone is convinced he’s guilty, including Hammer himself.

The Spa Who Loved Me
Episode 22. The Spa Who Loved Me
1987-04-28

Bodybuilding terrorists led by a female aerobics instructor steal a nuclear warhead from the military and threaten to destroy the entire country. Hammer and Dori are assigned to the case and are captured by the group. When Hammer gets…

Season 2
Season 2
19 episodes · 1987
A Clockwork Hammer
Episode 1. A Clockwork Hammer
1987-09-17

Vile Video Concepts conditions cops not to testify against a mobster; Hammer meets a computerized version of himself.

Big Nazi on Campus
Episode 2. Big Nazi on Campus
1987-09-24

Sledge and Dori investigate the death of a college coed.

Play It Again, Sledge
Episode 3. Play It Again, Sledge
1987-10-01

When Sledge and Dori get suspended from the force, they open a private investigation firm with counseling from Bogart's ghost.

Wild About Hammer
Episode 4. Wild About Hammer
1987-10-08

A female cop with a sadistic/ masochistic fetish falls for and kidnaps Sledge.

The Death of a Few Salesmen
Episode 5. The Death of a Few Salesmen
1987-10-15

Sledge poses as an Australian car magnate, Crocodile Bruce, to catch the killer of used car dealers.

Vertical
Episode 6. Vertical
1987-10-29

While suffering from vertigo, Sledge must protect the girlfriend of a mobster.

Dressed to Call
Episode 7. Dressed to Call
1987-11-05

Sledge must discover who's making threatening calls to a radio psychologist.

Hammer Hits the Rock (a.k.a. Sledge on the Rock)
Episode 8. Hammer Hits the Rock (a.k.a. Sledge on the Rock)
1987-11-12

Sledge poses as an assassin to discover a mobster's secret hideout.

Last of the Red Hot Vampires
Episode 9. Last of the Red Hot Vampires
1987-11-19

An old time movie vampire is falsely accused of murdering his cast and crew.

Hammeroid
Episode 10. Hammeroid
1987-11-26

After breaking nearly all his bones, Sledge encases himself in a robotic suit to stop a robot.

Sledge in Toyland
Episode 11. Sledge in Toyland
1987-12-03

Sledge is sent to investigate when a toy manufacturer is attacked by one of his own toys.

Icebreaker
Episode 12. Icebreaker
1987-12-10

Sledge finds himself competing with a British cop.

They Call Me Mr. Trunk
Episode 13. They Call Me Mr. Trunk
1987-12-17

Trunk must solve the puzzle of why the army has surrounded the entire precinct before the entire staff dies.

Model Dearest
Episode 14. Model Dearest
1988-01-07

Dori poses as a model to get the dirt on a white slavery ring.

Sledge, Rattle 'n' Roll
Episode 15. Sledge, Rattle 'n' Roll
1988-01-15

Hammer investigates the mysterious deaths of a heavy metal group and their manager.

Suppose They Gave a War and Sledge Came?
Episode 16. Suppose They Gave a War and Sledge Came?
1988-01-22

To investigate the death of a prominent businessman, Sledge joins a weekend war gaming organization.

The Secret of My Excess
Episode 17. The Secret of My Excess
1988-01-29

Sledge tracks down a yuppie's dirty deeds.

It Happened What Night?
Episode 18. It Happened What Night?
1988-02-05

The precinct thinks that Sledge and Dori have slept together when all that appears on a surveillance tape is them drunk and in bed.

Here's to You, Mrs. Hammer
Episode 19. Here's to You, Mrs. Hammer
1988-02-12

Sledge's ex-wife marries his best high school friend & forces Sledge to think about his lifestyle.

Cast by season
David Rasche
David Rasche
Sledge Hammer
Anne-Marie Martin
Anne-Marie Martin
Dori Doreau
Harrison Page
Harrison Page
Captain Trunk
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GenerationofSwine
★ 10.0 / 10
Yeah, this was really more of a comedy. And it was a comedy that mocked all of the detective and tough cop shows and movies that were popular in the 70s and 80s. In fact, it did such a great job spoofing all of them, hitting all the tropes with exaggeratedly hysterical accuracy that I kind of think that maybe Sledge Hammer! is the reason that we don't see that many shows like that any longer. Anyway, the word "hilarious" comes up a lot in the reviews and for good reason. It was brilliant and too short lived.
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