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Sledge Hammer! :: Magnum Farce (01x09)

 
Episode Information
 
Title: Magnum Farce
Episode #: 01x09
Production Number: 107
Original Airdate: Saturday November 22nd, 1986
8/10 (1 Vote cast)
Episode Crew
Director: Charles Braverman
Writer: Jim Fisher (1)
Jim Staahl
 
Episode Summary
 
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There are a series of vigilante crimes and it's Hammer's job to protect the scum who might be targeted next. When the target gets killed, it's discovered that those who committed the crime were police officers; and now Sledge wants to infiltrate the group.
 
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Guest Stars
 
Guest Stars
David LeisureplayedJacksonRecurring (first appearance)
Janice LyndeplayedDistrict Attorney Evelyn Collins 
Mark RolstonplayedBraddock 
Jay RasumnyplayedMedwick 
Co-Guest Stars
Leslie MorrisplayedOfficer MayjoyRecurring (4th appearance)
Kathleen Bailey (1)playedVeronica 
Nigel GibbsplayedOfficer Art Linkletter 
Eric FleeksplayedUnknown 
Robert WinleyplayedUnknown 
 
Main Cast
 
David RascheplayedDet. Insp. Sledge Hammer
Anne-Marie MartinplayedOfficer Dori Doreau
Harrison PageplayedCaptain Trunk
 
Episode Notes
 
The show moved to Saturdays at 8:30 p.m., replacing "The Ellen Burstyn Show."
 
 
Episode Quotes
 
Hammer: Well, nice meeting you, Miss Collins.
Collins: That's "Ms." Good day, Mr. Hammer.
Hammer: That's "Mirr."
 
Doreau: Seems to frequent massage parlors.
Hammer: Oh great. Take us years to find him. There's over a thousand of those massage parlors across the city.
Doreau: No, I think he just goes there for a massage.
Hammer: Well, there's only about three of those.
 
Hammer: See, there's a bunch of vigilantes out there shoot people nobody likes, and you're next on the list.
Medwick: Why am I next?
Hammer: Because they couldn't find Peewee Herman.
 
Trunk: Do you recognize it?
Hammer: (bites a bullet) That's a .38 Special, it's a police issue. I'd say 1984 vintage. An amusing year.
 
Hammer: Who let you jokers in?
Braddock: Your landlady.
Hammer: Why? Because you're cops?
Jackson: No. Because we told her we're going to beat you up.
Hammer: And she wonders why she can never get a date.
 
Braddock: The reason we're here, Inspector Hammer, is to invite you to join a clandestine group who share the singular purpose of righting wrongs through force and aggression.
Hammer: Oh, I'm already a registered Republican.
 
Braddock: We'll ask the questions, Hammer. What do you think about reading a suspect his rights?
Hammer: I prefer to read him his last rites, if you know what I mean.
Jackson: What do you think about the death penalty?
Hammer: It's too lenient. There's always the possibility of reincarnation.
 
Hammer: You behave yourself and maybe I'll show you my appendix scar.
 
Collins: I'm not interested in the ERA, I'm into the NRA.
 
Collins: My father killed that deer when I was just a little girl.
Hammer: Oh, so he was a hunter?
Collins: No, a bad driver.
 
Collins: Of all the officers I've recruited, there's something strangely appealing about you. I guess it's your callous disregard for human rights, your savage instinct, your chauvinism, your inability to treat women as equals.
Hammer: Yeah, I'm quite a catch.
 
Hammer: (to his gun) Looks like you and me are the only sane ones here.
 
 
Cultural References
 
The title, and much of the plot, parodies the 1973 movie Magnum Force, with Clint Eastwood as Dirty Harry Callahan taking on a secret murder squad within the San Francisco police department.
 
 
Other Episode Crew
 
CreatorAlan Spencer
Executive ProducerWilliam P. D'Angelo
ProducerThomas Kane
Co-ProducerRobert Birnbaum
Associate ProducerByron Chudnow
Production DesignerSteven Wolff
CastingBarbara Hanley  |  Cathy Henderson
Unit Production ManagerRobert Birnbaum
First Assistant DirectorRobert P. Cohen (2)
Second Assistant DirectorGlen Sanford
MusicLance Rubin
Costume DesignerGiovanna Ottobre-Melton
HairstylistJay Wellington
Make-upJune Brickman
Key GripDylan Shephard
Camera OperatorPhil Schwartz
Location ManagerMichael Casey (1)
Transportation CoordinatorRick Rollison
Property MasterTommy Estridge
Production CoordinatorNancy Rosing
OtherBetty Martin Mallin (Production Controller)
Director of PhotographyNorman Leigh
Story EditorJim Staahl  |  Jim Fisher (1)  |  Tino Insana  |  Al Jean  |  Mike Reiss  |  Brian Pollack  |  Mert Rich
Stunt CoordinatorEd Ulrich
Art DirectorGregory Melton
Creative ConsultantLeonard Stern
Sound EditorTom Koester
Main Title ThemeDanny Elfman
 
 
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