SLEDGE HAMMER! - funniest show EVER!

[karaokedude]

My favorite all-time sitcom was SLEDGE HAMMER! . It was on ABC in the late 80's and centerred around a trigger-happy cop (David Rasche) who could best be described as Dirty Harry Callahan with the ineptitude of Maxwell Smart & Inspector Clouseau. One running gag was that he was IN LOVE with his gun & would even talk to it. (In one episode, the gun was stolen and it left him a heartbroken wreck.) Each episode was also loaded with sight gags (ala "Airplane!" & "Police Squad!"), so you had to pay closer attention.

Alas, the show was doomed from the start. ABC scheduled him Fridays, sandwiched in the greatly hyped showdown between "Dallas"/ "Miami Vice". The show was surprisingly renewed after a last-ditch move to Tuesday nights for the final 2 episodes (Sledge won his time slot & made the Top-20 both weeks). For the second season, they rewarded the show by scheduling it against ratings giant "Cosby". (you are the weakest link, goodbye!)

I've never seen this show in reruns, but I did pounce on two episodes I managed to find on video.

[TJL]

Sledge Hammer was indeed a very funny show, way ahead of it's time.
When I first met my roommate about 16 years ago, we hit it off instantly when he uttered Sledge's catchphrase and I was the only one in a group of people who knew where it came from, and we spent a lot of time laughing about it.. Unfortunatly, there weren't meny more fans of the show, so it died a premature death.

And what was Sledge's catchphrase????

[karaokedude]

"Trust me, I know what I'm doing"

[karaokedude]

Another quote, directed at his female partner: "That's what I like about you, Dori, you think like a man."

[TJL]

Bingo!

It still cracks me up after all of these years.

[KJH278]

Sledge Hammer was a cool show

[BundyBoy10]

I've never seen this program, but it sounds hysterical. I would love to see a episode of this show. :cool:

[sinatrastar]

I also loved this show. And his partner was hot. I remember how the captain (or whatever rank his boss was) used to flip out as well. I even remember the theme music.

[tv star collector]

My favorite all-time sitcom was SLEDGE HAMMER! . It was on ABC in the late 80's and centerred around a trigger-happy cop (David Rasche) who could best be described as Dirty Harry Callahan with the ineptitude of Maxwell Smart & Inspector Clouseau. One running gag was that he was IN LOVE with his gun & would even talk to it. (In one episode, the gun was stolen and it left him a heartbroken wreck.) Each episode was also loaded with sight gags (ala "Airplane!" & "Police Squad!"), so you had to pay closer attention.

Alas, the show was doomed from the start. ABC scheduled him Fridays, sandwiched in the greatly hyped showdown between "Dallas"/ "Miami Vice". The show was surprisingly renewed after a last-ditch move to Tuesday nights for the final 2 episodes (Sledge won his time slot & made the Top-20 both weeks). For the second season, they rewarded the show by scheduling it against ratings giant "Cosby". (you are the weakest link, goodbye!)

I've never seen this show in reruns, but I did pounce on two episodes I managed to find on video.
Everything about this show was great. The stars were great, the scripts were
great, the music was great. It had everything going for it ... except a great
time slot.

[buggsrabbit]

I loved this show as well. This one qualifies as "too good to last."

[Stefano]

My favorite detective of all time.

[Mikado]

I think Get Smart was a little bit better, in that the stories had a more linear feel, but, given time and a real chance to build an audience, this show should have been a hit!

[Skywalker]

I wouldn't exactly call it the funniest show ever, but it was definitely one of the funniest shows of the '80's, not to mention one of the most underrated too!

[Mikado]

I wouldn't exactly call it the funniest show ever, but it was definitely one of the funniest shows of the '80's, not to mention one of the most underrated too!
That is so true, and more than anything, it was the most original show from that era :cow: yup yup!

[tv star collector]

I think Get Smart was a little bit better, in that the stories had a more linear feel, but, given time and a real chance to build an audience, this show should have been a hit!

GET SMART producer Leonard Stern was involved in SLEDGE HAMMER! and some episodes were directed by Bruce Bilson (who also directed GET SMART).

[tv star collector]

Another quote, directed at his female partner: "That's what I like about you, Dori, you think like a man."

Another line that I liked was when Sledge said to a suspect, "Every breath you take .. every move you make, I'll be watching you. That's police talk."

:lol:

[Mikado]

GET SMART producer Leonard Stern was involved in SLEDGE HAMMER! and some episodes were directed by Bruce Bilson (who also directed GET SMART).
Yes, and there was another GET SMART connection, the head writer was David Ketcham, AKA Agent 13!!!

[salim]

I LOVED this show!!! Funnily, I'm not American and believe it or not it's your 'weird, sci-fi' shows like misfits of science and manimal or the 'wacky, screwball' ones like Sledgehammer that are the most popular in Asia! Can' believe it was not renewed for more than two seasons! Especially as the Cosby Show is regarded as one of the WORST sentimental dreck to ever come out of Hollywood in my part of the world! (Everybody Loves Raymond is especially hated here! One critic in the Times of India described it as 'acid being poured on the eyes'!) Hard to believe Sledgehammer was a failure in the ratings, not hard to believe it's so loved now ....

[Mikado]

I hate Raymond too :lol:

[Jrog]

Honestly I didn't like this show when it first came out. Some years later, gaining wisdom (and realizing that it was SUPPOSSED to be a parody and wasn't poorly made ... silly that my young mind didn't grip that in hindsite) I became a fan.

[D'Gooch]

GET SMART is soft.

[Scoobiedoo30]

yes the show was funnie I wish the show would have come to Nick@Nite