Old show from the 80's, I think

[chrismcstu]

I wonder if anybody remembers a show that only ran for one season called Sledge Hammer. The cop slept with his gun and was out of control. Your typical good cop hated by the chief and has a hot partner kind of show. I loved that show. He would always say, "Trust me, I know what I'm doing." Good stuff.

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[theficklepickle]

Definitely. "Sledge Hammer ... Jack's boy." David ... Rasche? He turned up in an episode of 'The West Wing' who did have a big tradition of giving sitcom actors serious stuff to do - nearly made Hawkeye Pierce the President, even!

Ummm, where was I?

[coma_aditi]

Oh damn, I've not even heard mention of it, let alone seen it in years! I use to watch it with my mom all the time! Can't remember much of it though, probably because I was too young to really register it beyond the opening titles. :/

[coma_aditi]

Although, I do remember his catch phrase as well. :P

[starborn_scribe]

Loved it, but haven't seen it in years. :)

Have you got a "Loudener"?

[klishnor]

It ran for two series. How it got though the blender of the US TV system with so many of its idiosyncrasies intact I'll never know. The writer claims it was based on the Dirty Harry films, apparently he'd gone to see the first of them and found it hilarious.

At the end of the first series they destroyed the entire city where the show was set in a nuclear explosion, then promised that they could continue the series if it was renewed. It was, and the second series was "Sledge Hammer: The early Years!" where they completely wrote off a lot of the background they had set up previously. Bill Bixby (My Favourite Martian, The Magician, The Hulk) directed a lot of the second series, and Ray Walston (The Martian in MFM and guest star as a magician in an episode of The Hulk) appeared in an episode, as did Adam Ant and Davy Jones (Monkees).

Yes, I have both series on DVDs.