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Anyone remember 'Sledge Hammer'

Frank Drebin · 2004-03-04 19:27:29

Anyone out there remember a program on the telly called 'Slege Hammer'? I used to be and still am a huge fan. Feels like I'm the only bloke in Ireland who has ever seen it. No one else I ask has even heard of it. Anyone know where I could find a few copies on video or dvd?

04-03-2004 7:27pm

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Frank Drebin

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Anyone out there remember a program on the telly called 'Slege Hammer'?
I used to be and still am a huge fan. Feels like I'm the only bloke in Ireland who has ever seen it. No one else I ask has even heard of it.
Anyone know where I could find a few copies on video or dvd?

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#2 04-03-2004 7:33pm

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LOL!

"Trust me, i know what i'm doing" - wasnt that Hammer's favourite thing to say..?
I forgot he ever existed - funny you mentioned him.

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#3 04-03-2004 7:41pm

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That's the one...
I had even forgotten that till now...
Brings back memories.

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#4 04-03-2004 7:45pm

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Ah Sledge Hammer was great.

Anyone remember when his gun was kidnapped and he got a tiny gun to replace it? Great one.

And then there was the episode (possibly the last one?) where Hammer set off a nuclear warhead in the city.

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#5 04-03-2004 7:57pm

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He was pretty good, the gun was excellent.

Did the gun have a name?

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#6 04-03-2004 7:59pm

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It's all coming back now..
One really stands out for me.. The one with the bloke with the hairy arms,'reject from the plannet of the apes' as Hammer put it..

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#7 04-03-2004 8:25pm

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Originally posted by Frank Drebbin
Anyone know where I could find a few copies on video or dvd?

It was released on VHS in the US. Some Asian company has released a (semi-official) DVD of the first season in Japan and will follow with season 2 but is charging about 200 euros for each one.

Apparently there's talk of a proper release that sane people might actually buy. Alan Spencer (one of the writers) has a site here

You know Dany Elfman wrote the theme?

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#8 05-03-2004 3:31am

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they just finished a run of it in net2 late night.

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#9 05-03-2004 4:52am

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Originally posted by jabberwock
they just finished a run of it in net2 late night.

You sure? I know it was listed but when I turned it on it was that crappy VH1 Sledgehammer show.

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#10 05-03-2004 2:38pm

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Originally posted by KoNiT
Did the gun have a name?

He just called it Gun. I absolutly loved that show. I can't wait for the DVD release if yer man ever gets round to it.

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#11 05-03-2004 6:23pm

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What was his partners name... She was a beauty..
I remember one episode she had to carry Hammer up something like 70 flights of stairs..
And he was always on about how inferior woman were to men...

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#12 05-03-2004 6:28pm

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The episode with the quiz show and he knew the final answer to the question.

And when asked about his views on the death penalty
"it's too lenient - there's always the possibility of reincarnation."

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#13 06-03-2004 4:05pm

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Yeah I used to watch it too when I was younger. It was an excellent show, maybe it'll be re-run or re-released on DVD at something less excessive than €267 :eek:

Originally posted by Frank Drebbin
What was his partners name... She was a beauty..

Just checked IMDB, Dori Doreau was her name and the actress who played her went on to co write Twister!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0551926/

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#14 06-03-2004 4:14pm

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Some info here

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#15 06-03-2004 7:52pm

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Hammer is such an idiot but you got to love him...

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#16 06-03-2004 11:07pm

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yes I remember it - very funny
reminded me of Police Squad - STILL unavailable on DVD I might ad

on around the 86 - 88 era
David Rasche

people who don't remember it are losers

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#17 10-03-2004 4:21pm

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The band Jesus Jones used a recording of Sledge Hammer saying his catchphrase for the start of their song "Trust me" in 1990

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#18 12-03-2004 7:32pm

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Anyone remember the episode where he threw the paper aeroplane and it got stuck in his Captain's hair. The captain went around for the rest of the episode with it sticking out the back of his head. They just don't make comedy like that anymore....

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#19 13-03-2004 1:41am

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The captain went around for the rest of the episode with it sticking out the back of his head.

LOL - brilliant!
Remember the episode when Sledge was called to a crime scene - there was a sniper on the roof of a building. He calmly walked back to his car, opened the boot, took out a bazooka and took down the whole building!

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#20 16-03-2004 3:59am

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Anchor bay has announced a R1 release of season 1 for this summer. Expect to pay affordable prices.

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#21 16-03-2004 11:05am

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That's deadly, cant wait to get that.

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#22 16-03-2004 11:31am

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Excellent!

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#23 16-03-2004 8:24pm

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Can't wait for that... Exelent

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#24 17-03-2004 6:17pm

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I remember Sledge Hammer being on ITV on Friday nights. It was on at around 10:45 - 11:00 after News At Ten. That was around 1988-89 I was aged eleven at the time and it was one of my fave programmes.

BrianD3

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#25 18-03-2004 1:19pm

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God, I loved that show.

Intereesting, I just check out IMDB http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090525/ and the girl in the show "Det. Dori Doreau" did nothing afterawards. Guess why? She's married to Michael Crichton thats why http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0551926/bio

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#26 01-04-2004 3:26pm

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ya, that was pretty cool, that nut cop who used to apologise to his beloved gun if he got the bad guy without having to fire a shot.

its actually so dated now you'd only see it at like 3am on some satellite channel that re-runs old shows. Still, it can't be beat for the type of show it is.

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