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Sledge Hammer!: All Shook Up
There's a serial killer on the loose! His target: Elvis impersonators. All of the victims have both won competitions and attended an Elvis impersonator academy. With no solid leads, Sledge decides to become an Elvis impersonator to bait the killer.
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Episode Info
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Episode number: 1x7 Production Number: 106 Airdate: Friday November 07th, 1986 |
Co-Guest Stars
Uncredited
Main Cast
Recap
At an Elvis impersonators contest, the winner is announced and collects his trophy. As he heads home, a man in blue suede shoes follows him and then clubs him to death with a golden mike. The next day, Hammer, Doreau, and Trunk investigate the murder: the fifteenth of an Elvis impersonator in three weeks. Hammer and Doreau go to the morgue where Coroner Norman Blates notes nobody can identify the bodies because they all alike. Hammer settles down to lunch while Blates explains that all of the victims were clubbed to death with a gold-plated object: a microphone. Going over the case, Doreau is irritated with Hammer's casual attitude toward the case. Trunk warns that the promoters won't stop the contest and is getting a headache. Hammer offers to perform acupuncture, but Trunk declines...Read the full recap
Episode Notes
Due to objections by Colonel Parker, no permission was given to use any Elvis songs during the episode.
Hammer's comment "Between Dallas and Miami? What a terrible place to be." refers to the show's Friday night time slot between the two shows (Dallas and Miami Vice), which regularly beat it out in the ratings.
Episode Quotes
Doreau: What on earth could the killer's motive be to murder fifteen Elvis impersonators?
Hammer: Obviously to get in the Guinness Book.
Hammer: Obviously to get in the Guinness Book.
Hammer: You know, for all my years of being a cop, I will never figure out how people time and time again can do something like this.
Doreau: It's true. The taking of a human life is just deplorable.
Hammer: Not that. Drawing the chalk outlines around bodies. It's a ridiculous way to make a living.
Doreau: It's true. The taking of a human life is just deplorable.
Hammer: Not that. Drawing the chalk outlines around bodies. It's a ridiculous way to make a living.
Blates: If you'll excuse me, I have to go get ready. Photographers are coming to take some pictures of myself with all these dead Elvises.
Hammer: For the newspapers?
Blates:: No, the Guinness Book.
Hammer: For the newspapers?
Blates:: No, the Guinness Book.
Doreau: Imagine what it's like being a coroner. Going to bed every night, knowing the first thing to greet you in the morning is a dead body.
Hammer: Of course I can imagine, Doreau. I told you: I was married for five years.
Hammer: Of course I can imagine, Doreau. I told you: I was married for five years.
Trunk: Any leads?
Hammer: Not really, but after a few more victims get killed, we'll have more to go on!
Hammer: Not really, but after a few more victims get killed, we'll have more to go on!
Hammer: Why is the press always glorifying violent people? They should write about somebody like me for a change.
Hammer: Good idea, Doerau. You know, I hate to admit it, but sometime you think like a man. I respect that.
Doreau: Thanks a lot. Actually coming from you that's quite a compliment.
Doreau: Thanks a lot. Actually coming from you that's quite a compliment.
Cultural References
Title parodies/references the 1957 Elvis Presley hit, All Shook Up.
Other Episode Crew
| • Creator | Alan Spencer |
| • Executive Producer | William P. D'Angelo |
| • Producer | Alan Spencer |
| • Co-Producer | Robert Birnbaum |
| • Associate Producer | Byron Chudnow |
| • Production Designer | Alex Hajdu |
| • Editor | Craig Ridenour |
| • Casting | Barbara Hanley | Cathy Henderson |
| • Unit Production Manager | Robert Birnbaum |
| • First Assistant Director | Robert P. Cohen (2) |
| • 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 | Connie Barzaghi |
| • Production Coordinator | Nancy Rosing |
| • Director of Photography | Norman Leigh |
| • Story Editor | Al Jean | Tino Insana | Brian Pollack | Mert Rich | 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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