Sledge Hammer S01E02 Hammer Gets Nailed
You cops should take up your grievance with City Hall. Right, Shadow? A satirical cop show with writers of fantastic pedigree and a Danny Elfman theme song was a perfect fit for mid-80s television. What could go wrong? Oh... right. It was on ABC, reedited & nerfed down to a G rating by cowardly executives, and put up against Dallas and Miami Vice.
Sledge Hammer S01E03 Witless
There really should be more parodies of Harrison Ford's performance in Witness. A satirical cop show with writers of fantastic pedigree and a Danny Elfman theme song was a perfect fit for mid-80s television. What could go wrong? Oh... right. It was on ABC, reedited & nerfed down to a G rating by cowardly executives, and put up against Dallas and Miami Vice.
Sledge Hammer S01E04 They Shoot Hammers Don't They?
Continuing from the last episode, Sledge Hammer steps up the budget with some pretty good physical comedy gags. A satirical cop show with writers of fantastic pedigree and a Danny Elfman theme song was a perfect fit for mid-80s television. What could go wrong? Oh... right. It was on ABC, reedited & nerfed down to a G rating by cowardly executives, and put up against Dallas and Miami Vice.
Sledge Hammer S01E05 Dori Day Afternoon
Not the best Al Pacino impersonation ever, but this is still a fun episode. Remember when comedy shows knew that a joke requires a set-up and punchline, not just topical references from out of nowhere? A satirical cop show with writers of fantastic pedigree and a Danny Elfman theme song was a perfect fit for mid-80s television. What could go wrong? Oh... right. It was on ABC, reedited & nerfed down to a G rating by cowardly executives, and put up against Dallas and Miami Vice.
Sledge Hammer S01E06 To Sledge With Love
Sledge is too school for cool on 22 Jump Street. A satirical cop show with writers of fantastic pedigree and a Danny Elfman theme song was a perfect fit for mid-80s television. What could go wrong? Oh... right. It was on ABC, reedited & nerfed down to a G rating by cowardly executives, and put up against Dallas and Miami Vice.
Sledge Hammer S01E07 All Shook Up
Honest-to-goodness fight scenes, special effects, practical effects, and a wardrobe department? It's almost like ABC was finally taking things seriously. Let's see how long that attitude lasted. A satirical cop show with writers of fantastic pedigree and a Danny Elfman theme song was a perfect fit for mid-80s television. What could go wrong? Oh... right. It was on ABC, reedited & nerfed down to a G rating by cowardly executives, and put up against Dallas and Miami Vice.
Sledge Hammer S01E08 Over My Dead Bodyguard
The black guy always dies first. A satirical cop show with writers of fantastic pedigree and a Danny Elfman theme song was a perfect fit for mid-80s television. What could go wrong? Oh... right. It was on ABC, reedited & nerfed down to a G rating by cowardly executives, and put up against Dallas and Miami Vice.
Sledge Hammer S01E09 Magnum Farce
I'm surprised the writers took this long for a direct parody. My brother called this show "Clean Harriet". A satirical cop show with writers of fantastic pedigree and a Danny Elfman theme song was a perfect fit for mid-80s television. What could go wrong? Oh... right. It was on ABC, reedited & nerfed down to a G rating by cowardly executives, and put up against Dallas and Miami Vice.
Sledge Hammer S01E10 If I Had A Little Hammer
Leon gets to administer the Voight-Kampff test this time. Why did you shoot that tortoise, Hammer? A satirical cop show with writers of fantastic pedigree and a Danny Elfman theme song was a perfect fit for mid-80s television. What could go wrong? Oh... right. It was on ABC, reedited & nerfed down to a G rating by cowardly executives, and put up against Dallas and Miami Vice.
Sledge Hammer S01E11 To Live And Die On TV
This American Gladiator is a Bachelor, but no Average Joe, and may be in Jeopardy because he's not Smarter Than A Fifth Grader. With enough Concentration he can Think Fast to Beat The Geeks and Name That Tune they'll be singing To Tell The Truth with The Voice because People Will Talk from their Fear Factor of not being a Survivor of his interrogation Pressure Cooker. No Second Chances for a Change of Heart, because they'll be Dancing With The Stars they'll be seeing after the beating. You Bet Your Life their attempt to Win Ben Stein's Money and become a Joe Millionaire was a Trivial Pursuit.
Sledge Hammer S01E12 Miss Of The Spider Woman
That girl is poison. Never trust a big butt and a smile. There are some great gags, makeup work, continuity, and campy acting in this one. It's probably the best episode so far and Anne-Marie Martin looks especially stunning in it.
Sledge Hammer S01E13 The Old Man And The Sledge
Hey, it's the late great Stephen Elliott! He was in Star Wars as Bail Organa! ...sort of! It's a shame that he was replaced with Jimmy Smits for the movie version. There's no way Elliott would have stood for Lucas's nonsense.
Sledge Hammer S01E15 Haven't Gun Will Travel
Magnum: The Pleasure is all Yours.
Sledge Hammer S01E14 State Of Sledge
This is a rather different take on Infernal Affairs.
Sledge Hammer S01E16 The Color Of Hammer
Do you like pool? I mean REALLY like pool? Then this is the episode for you.
Sledge Hammer S01E17 Brother Can You Spare A Crime
Sledge is reunited with the brother he never had.
Sledge Hammer S01E18 Desperately Seeking Dori
Sledge is united with the sister he always wanted.
Sledge Hammer S01E19 Sledgepoo
Just like Sledge, a housemate of mine almost got run over by an ice cream truck. It was a front for drug dealers and we lived in a Black Muslim neighborhood, so it drove fast. Sledge would have loved to solve that case, come to think of it.
Sledge Hammer S01E20 Comrade Hammer
Sledge (the notorious psycho with shadow of a doubt suspicion and frenzy), foreign correspondent Budget Stanly Tucci (the wrong man who knew too much), and the young and innocent Dori are strangers going downhill north by northwest on a #17 train to Juno (and the paycock), in a shirts vs. skin game against a secret agent, saboteur, and Mary the farmer's wife. Can they make the 39 steps past the torn curtain rope out the rear window to the life boat to escape murder, blackmail, sabotage, and easy virtue or will they waltz from Vienna spellbound to the family plot?
Sledge Hammer S01E21 Jagged Sledge
Dial M for Murder, because... oh, wait, that was the last episode. This one's a courtroom drama farce. Better than most, since it puts a refreshing spin on the usually tired bits like the inevitable cross-examining oneself scene.
Sledge Hammer S01E22 The Spa Who Loved Me
Sledge Hammer goes out with a bang! Wait... they got renewed?! No one expected that, especially not anyone associated with the show.
We Cannot Take You With Us
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