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Sledge Hammer! :: Under the Gun (Pilot) (01x01)

 
Episode Information
 
Title: Under the Gun (Pilot)
Episode #: 01x01
Production Number: B-86100
Original Airdate: Tuesday September 23rd, 1986
Special Airtime: 08:30 pm
8/10 (1 Vote cast)
Episode Crew
Director: Martha Coolidge
Writer: Alan Spencer
 
Episode Summary
 
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Meet Hammer: a cop who's not afraid to skirt the law in order to catch criminals. Although just put on suspension, Hammer is personally brought back on the force by the mayor after his [mayor's] daughter is kidnapped. Hammer is all too happy until he is saddled with a female partner.
 
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Guest Stars
 
Starring Roles
John LawlorplayedChief Reisner 
Guest Stars
Don StarkplayedKurt KruggleRecurring (first appearance)
John VernonplayedMayor Flambo 
Judie AronsonplayedFrancine Flambo 
Co-Guest Stars
Joanne BaronplayedJanice FlamboRecurring (first appearance)
Larry WilmoreplayedCottage Cheese ClodmanRecurring (first appearance)
Joe UngerplayedSoda Machine GuyRecurring (second appearance)
Mie HuntplayedTV ReporterRecurring (first appearance)
Dorothy DellsplayedUnknownRecurring (first appearance)
D. W. BrownplayedWeird Willard Luxley 
Jesse AragonplayedFelix Navidad 
Ed DoganplayedUnknown 
James CarringtonplayedUnknown 
Barry CahillplayedNewscaster 
Tino InsanaplayedUnknown 
Robert StonemanplayedUnknown 
 
Main Cast
 
David RascheplayedDet. Insp. Sledge Hammer
Anne-Marie MartinplayedOfficer Dori Doreau
Harrison PageplayedCaptain Trunk
 
Episode Quotes
 
Newscaster: Twelve hours have passed since the Mayor's daughter was first reported missing. The police now believe she was kidnapped, or is just very good at hiding.
 
Reisner: By the way, sir, your home security guard is in critical condition.
Mayor Flambo: Poor man, he's like an employee to me.
 
(after shooting two crooks at a grocery store)
TV Reporter: Inspector Hammer, was what you did in the store absolutely necessary?
Hammer: Oh yes, I had no groceries at all.
 
Mayor Flambo: This Sledge Hammer. Who he is?
Reisner: A menace. He used to fire warning shots at jaywalkers.
 
Hammer: You hear that? I'm off suspension. Looks like they can't keep a good man down. Or me either.
 
Trunk: You sadistic, depraved, bloodthirsty, barbaric...
Hammer: Is that why you called me in here, to shower me with compliments?
 
Trunk: What's the matter with you, Hammer? Don't you read the papers?
Hammer: No, I prefer to get my information from more reliable sources, like rumor and small children.
 
Mayor Flambo: Chief Reisner told me once you obtained information from a suspect by tying him to the back of the car and driving him through half the city.
Hammer: No, that's impossible. Half the city, no. We never left the parking lot.
 
Doreau: Can we kill the lights, please?
Trunk: Keep that gun in your holster, Hammer.
 
Doreau: This is the leader of the group, Weird Willard Luxley. Luxley's family was so certain their son would turn out rotten they put him up for adoption three years before he was born. This is Felice Nevidad, a fiery Latin revolutionary who illegally entered this country as Julio Ingelias. Lastly, we have former member Kurt Kruggle, a despicable pervert. First arrested five years ago for making love to a fire hydrant. An additional charge was brought against Kruggle for parking in front of it.
 
Mayor Flambo: I don't care what methods you use, Hammer. Just bring back my daughter.
Hammer: I will, sir. Dead or alive.
Mayor Flambo: But the point is to bring her back alive, Hammer.
Hammer: Oh, right, no alive. Why else would I want to say dead, I don't know where my head's at.
 
Mayor Flambo: That man makes Rambo look like Peewee Herman.
 
Doreau: Don't tell me, I bet you think all women should be barefoot and pregnant, right?
Hammer: No, I encourage women to wear shoes.
 
Hammer: Always keep a gun on you when you're getting a massage?
Kurt Kruggle: How else is a creep like me going to get a woman to even give him one?
 
Hammer: Doreau, that was excessively violent and completely unnecessary. I loved it. It was poetry in motion.
Doreau: Thank you. I was top of my class in hand-to-hand combat.
Hammer: I'd like to fight you sometime, Doreau.
Doreau: You're on.
 
Hammer: Listen, creep, look. I'm Inspector Sledge Hammer and I don't give a damn about the rights of criminals. The only rights I'm interested in defending are the rights of... American... citizens.
Kurt Kruggle: I'm a citizen.
Hammer: Shut up. Don't confuse me.
 
Doreau: Mrs. Flambo supports every worthy charity in existence.
Hammer: Yeah. All except my favorite one.
Doreau: What's that?
Hammer: Toy Guns for Tots.
 
Hammer: I hate to say it, sir, but your wife is a lying, scheming, deceitful, no-good piece of white trash.
Mayor Flambo: I've known that for years, but she had nothing to do with the kidnapping.
 
Hammer: You know, I almost forgot I had a grenade in my pocket. Lucky this jacket didn't go to the cleaners.
 
Doreau: Thank goodness you followed me here.
Hammer: No, don't thank goodness. Thank gun.
Doreau: Thanks, Sledge.
Hammer: Enough warmth.
 
Reisner: Doreau, you're off your rocker.
Doreau: True, but I know what I'm doing.
 
 
Cultural References
 
The door numbers at the hotel are 86 and 99, a homage to Agents 86 and 99 on Get Smart, Alan Spencer's inspiration for Sledge Hammer!
 
 
Other Episode Crew
 
Executive ProducerRobert Lovenheim
ProducerAlan Spencer
Production DesignerAlex Tavoularis
EditorPeter White (4)
CastingBarbara Hanley  |  Cathy Henderson
First Assistant DirectorRichard Graves
Second Assistant DirectorMargaret Nelson (2)
MusicArthur Kempel  |  Arthur Rubenstein
Costume DesignerTracy Tynan
HairstylistDina Carone
Make-upCynthia Gruz
Key GripCrazy Bear
Camera OperatorTony Balderama  |  Jerry Chan  |  Philip Holahan
Set DesignerMarya Delia S. Javier
Location ManagerTim Healey
Transportation CoordinatorGary Littlefield
Property MasterTommy Estridge
Script SupervisorKaren Golden
Production CoordinatorHarry Haskell
Assistant EditorDavid Semel
Re-Recording MixerPhillip Seretti
GafferJim Gilson
OtherVicki-niemi Gordon (Director of Production)  |  Vanessa Hayes (Music Research)  |  K. Lenna Katich (Production Accountant)
Director of PhotographyArthur Albert
Stunt CoordinatorEd Ulrich
Sound MixerRussell Williams Ii
Main Title ThemeDanny Elfman
 
 
Episode Notes
 
 
 
Featured Songs
 
 
 
Episode Goofs
 
 
 
Episode References
 
 
 
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