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Sledge Hammer!: To Sledge, with Love
Hammer has been personally requested to clean up a high school full of delinquents. At first he is reluctant to babysit, but soon believes he can turn the maggots into good citizens.
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Episode Info
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Episode number: 1x6 Production Number: 108 Airdate: Friday October 31st, 1986 |
Main Cast
Recap
A visitor is smoking in the station and refuses to put it out. Hammer puts it out in his own unique manner. Trunk calls Doreau and Hammer in because the school board wants their help to deal with gangs and have asked for Hammer. Hammer and Doreau arrive there and find a group of kids taking the principal's parking spot and then talking to a man in a limo. Doreau takes the license plates and the two detectives go in. They find brawls everywhere and the hall monitor tied up to a pillar. They visit the classroom of Mr. Meeks, who is being forced to write on the board. Hammer draws his gun but Doreau manages to restrain him. He tells them to take their seats and shows him their gun, but they're unimpressed. The ringleader, Turk, hits on Doreau and Hammer sends him to his seat. The students are unimpressed by Hammer and walk off, and Hammer can't employ his usual tactics because they're underage. ..Read the full recap
Episode Quotes
Hammer: No one is against the law. Personally, the only kind of smoking I approve of comes from the barrel of a gun.
Trunk: Hammer, I'm talking about Lloyd H. Langrem Memorial High School.
Doreau: Oh, I've heard of Langrem High. When did it become Memorial?
Trunk: About ten minutes ago.
Doreau: Oh, I've heard of Langrem High. When did it become Memorial?
Trunk: About ten minutes ago.
Doreau: Haven't they tried any alternatives? What about that Straighten Out program where convicts warn youths about prison life?
Trunk: They brought prisoners in to speak at the school last month. The kids aided them in making an escape.
Trunk: They brought prisoners in to speak at the school last month. The kids aided them in making an escape.
Trunk: Now these animals are violent, destructive, they have no respect for authority.
Hammer: Don't worry, Captain, I won't be suckered in by their virtues.
Hammer: Don't worry, Captain, I won't be suckered in by their virtues.
Hammer: It's time you students got a little education. Now, I may not read a criminal his rights but at least i know how to read.
8 Track: Yeah, what's your favorite book?
Hammer: War and Peace. The first half.
8 Track: Yeah, what's your favorite book?
Hammer: War and Peace. The first half.
8 Track: Hey where's our regular teacher?
Hammer: He took an easier assignment. As a janitor at Chernobyl.
Hammer: He took an easier assignment. As a janitor at Chernobyl.
Hammer: Now that's the way you threaten someone, with good grammar.
Hammer: Hopeless? Yeah. Well, I knew another kid who was hopeless. He made it tough on everybody in school, he was a bully, so busy proving how tough he was he didn't care what he did to anyone. He ran the school ground, he disrupted the classrooms...
Doreau: And I suppose you took care of him?
Hammer: No. You see, that bully was me. But I learned a lesson. If someone gives these kids the proper guidance, they can do wrong for the right reasons!
Doreau: And I suppose you took care of him?
Hammer: No. You see, that bully was me. But I learned a lesson. If someone gives these kids the proper guidance, they can do wrong for the right reasons!
Hammer: Look, let's just get right down to it. Now I got you guys pegged. You like shoving people around? You like driving crazy? Well why not get paid for it? Consider a career in law enforcement.
Cultural References
Title parodies To Sir, With Love (1967), starring Sidney Poitier as a teacher dealing with unruly students.
Other Episode Crew
| • Creator | Alan Spencer |
| • Executive Producer | William P. D'Angelo |
| • Producer | Alan Spencer |
| • Associate Producer | Byron Chudnow |
| • Production Designer | Alex Hajdu |
| • Editor | Peter White (4) |
| • Casting | Barbara Hanley | Cathy Henderson |
| • Unit Production Manager | Robert Birnbaum |
| • First Assistant Director | Mary Ellen Canniff |
| • Second Assistant Director | Glen Sanford |
| • Music | Richard Stone |
| • Music Supervisor | Danny Elfman | Steve Bartek |
| • Costume Designer | Nancy Fox |
| • Hairstylist | Jay Wellington |
| • Make-up | June Brickman |
| • Key Grip | Dylan Shephard |
| • Location Manager | Michael Casey (1) |
| • Transportation Coordinator | Rick Rollison |
| • Property Master | Tommy Estridge |
| • Script Supervisor | Jackie Saunders |
| • Production Coordinator | Nancy Rosing |
| • Gaffer | Walter Stewart (2) |
| • Other | Betty Martin Mallin (Production Controller) |
| • Director of Photography | Norman Leigh |
| • Story Editor | Brian Pollack | Tino Insana | Mert Rich | Al Jean | Mike Reiss |
| • Stunt Coordinator | Spiro Razatos |
| • Art Director | Gregory Melton |
| • Creative Consultant | Leonard Stern |
| • Sound Editor | Tom Koester |
| • Special Effects | Chuck Dolan |
| • Main Title Theme | Danny Elfman |
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