David Rasche
Det. Insp. Sledge Hammer
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- 1. Under the Gun Sep 23, 1986
- Inspector Sledge Hammer is recalled from suspension to help locate the mayor's abducted daughter.
- 2. Hammer Gets Nailed Sep 26, 1986
- Sledge and Dori Doreau show a tough action news reporter what a typical day in the precinct is like.
- 3. Witless Oct 3, 1986
- Sledge tries to hide from a group of mobsters in a religious community.
Inspector Sledge Hammer (David Rasche) carries a Smith & Wesson Model 629 as his sidearm. The revolver is arguably the star of the show, as it gets the vast majority of the screen time during the opening credits.
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Sledge Hammer! is an American satirical police sitcom produced by New World Television that ran for two seasons on ABC from September 23, 1986, to February 12, 1988. The series was created by Alan Spencer and stars David Rasche as Inspector Sledge Hammer, a caricature of the standard "cop on the edge" character.
With David Rasche, Anne-Marie Martin, Harrison Page, Leslie Morris. The adventures of a deranged and dumb police detective who always looks for the most violent solution to any problem.
- (7.5K)
- 1986-09-23
- Action, Comedy
- 30
- IT WAS THOUGHT UP BY A TEENAGER. In 1971, 10-year-old Alan Spencer snuck into a screening of Clint Eastwood’s Dirty Harry by buying a ticket to Fiddler on the Roof and switching theaters once he was inside.
- IT ALMOST ENDED UP AT HBO. Leonard Stern, who produced the 1960s spy spoof Get Smart, knew of Spencer’s script and connected him with HBO. The network wasn’t sure what to make of the excessive violence and dark humor and wanted Spencer to revise it to fit the persona of Rodney Dangerfield, who they wanted to have starring in the project.
- ABC WAS CONCERNED THE SHOW WOULD CAUSE HEART ATTACKS. Composer Danny Elfman created the track for the Sledge Hammer! opening credits sequence, which was shot in romantic close-up of Sledge’s beloved .44 Magnum firearm.
- IT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE PETER GABRIEL SONG. (BUT USED IT ANYWAY.) Oddly, Sledge Hammer! the series and "Sledgehammer" the song had absolutely no connection with one another, but both were released within a few months of each other in 1986.
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Violence-prone Sledge Hammer is assigned to head up the investigation when the mayor's daughter is abducted, but he predictably objects to a requirement that he work with female detective Dori Doreau.
The show starred David Rasche as Detective Inspector Sledge Hammer – badge number 6316 – who believed his .44 Magnum (which he called “Gun”) was the answer to all law enforcement dilemmas – and many of life’s as well.
