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Sledge Hammer!: The Old Man and the Sledge
Gilmore Yates, a retired police officer and a pre-Sledge Dirty Harry, is unwilling to go quietly to a retirement home. Sledge, being his biggest admirer, tries to find him a productive job in society as an alternative.
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Episode Info
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Episode number: 1x13 Production Number: 113 Airdate: Saturday January 03rd, 1987 |
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Main Cast
Recap
Hammer and Doreau stop off for a cup of coffee but the waitress tells him they're out of coffee. Doreau gets a report of gunfire but his parked car is pinned in. After some maneuvering with a garbage truck, Hammer gets out and arrives at the site. An old man was arrested for firing a gun at a social worker who was trying to take him to a retirement home. The old man identifies himself as Gilmore Yates and Hammer recognizes him as one of the greatest cops who has ever lived. Hammer takes Gilmore under his wing despite the social worker's objections. Gilmore tells them they can leave but Doreau insists on taking Yates in. After Hammer's endless adulation, Yates begs Doreau to take him in...Read the full recap
Episode Quotes
Hammer: Oh man am I tired. I stayed up all night watching a comedy on the late movie.
Doreau: Oh yeah? What was it?
Hammer: The Deer Hunter.
Doreau: Oh yeah? What was it?
Hammer: The Deer Hunter.
Doreau: Hammer, there's a report of gunfire in an apartment building a couple of blocks from here.
Hammer: Who needs coffee? That'll get me revved up!
Hammer: Who needs coffee? That'll get me revved up!
Hammer: So tell me, didn't you used to get your suspects to confess by tying them to the back of a Model A and dragging them around the police department lot?
Gilmore Yales: Yeah, I did that.
Hammer: And once, didn't you stop a train robbery by just blowing up the whole train?
Gilmore Yales: Oh, I did that a couple of times.
Hammer: I respect you so much. I've blown things up too. You ever got put on suspension?
Gilmore Yales: I created suspension.
Hammer: I'm always on suspension. You ever talk to your gun?
Gilmore Yales: What do you, think I'm some kind of freak?
Gilmore Yales: Yeah, I did that.
Hammer: And once, didn't you stop a train robbery by just blowing up the whole train?
Gilmore Yales: Oh, I did that a couple of times.
Hammer: I respect you so much. I've blown things up too. You ever got put on suspension?
Gilmore Yales: I created suspension.
Hammer: I'm always on suspension. You ever talk to your gun?
Gilmore Yales: What do you, think I'm some kind of freak?
Gilmore Yales: You know, they say I can't remember.
Doreau: How old are you
Gilmore Yales: I can't remember.
Doreau: How old are you
Gilmore Yales: I can't remember.
Trunk: You know, Mr. Yates, you served under my grandfather.
Gilmore Yales: Who's that?
Trunk: Clavell Trunk.
Gilmore Yales: Clavell?
Trunk: Yeah. Had to live with that name all of his life.
Gilmore Yales: Yeah. Yeah, I remember him. He was a good cop. Used to yell a lot.
Hammer: Must be hereditary.
Gilmore Yales: Who's that?
Trunk: Clavell Trunk.
Gilmore Yales: Clavell?
Trunk: Yeah. Had to live with that name all of his life.
Gilmore Yales: Yeah. Yeah, I remember him. He was a good cop. Used to yell a lot.
Hammer: Must be hereditary.
Gilmore Yales: Security guard? That job's a graveyard for old cops.
Hammer: Well, it pays eight bucks an hour.
Gilmore Yales: I just died.
Hammer: Well, it pays eight bucks an hour.
Gilmore Yales: I just died.
Hammer: Damn! They never have my favorite song on that juke box.
Doreau: What's that?
Hammer: Taps.
Doreau: What's that?
Hammer: Taps.
Doreau: You know, Hammer, looking out for Mr. Yates really showed me that you're not all hostility and vengeance. Mostly. But not all.
Hammer: Yates, that was reckless, it was careless, it was totally irresponsible. And I loved it.
Cultural References
Title parodies Ernest Hemingway's 1952 novella The Old Man and the Sea.
Other Episode Crew
| • Creator | Alan Spencer |
| • Executive Producer | Alan Spencer |
| • Producer | Thomas Kane |
| • Co-Producer | Alan C. Blomquist |
| • Associate Producer | Byron Chudnow |
| • Production Designer | Steven Wolff |
| • Editor | Craig Ridenour |
| • Casting | Cathy Henderson | Barbara Hanley |
| • Unit Production Manager | Alan C. Blomquist |
| • First Assistant Director | Mary Ellen Canniff |
| • Second Assistant Director | Linda Rockstroh |
| • Music | Lance Rubin |
| • Costume Designer | Susie Desanto |
| • Hairstylist | Jay Wellington |
| • Make-up | June Brickman |
| • Key Grip | Dylan Shephard |
| • Camera Operator | Jack Lester |
| • Location Manager | Michael Casey (1) |
| • Transportation Coordinator | Rick Rollison |
| • Property Master | Cheri Paul |
| • Script Supervisor | Alessandra Mazzola |
| • Production Coordinator | Nancy Rosing |
| • Gaffer | Walter Stewart (2) |
| • Other | Betty Martin Mallin (Production Controller) |
| • Director of Photography | Norman Leigh |
| • Story Editor | Brian Pollack | Mike Reiss | Al Jean | Mert Rich |
| • Stunt Coordinator | Ed Ulrich |
| • Art Director | Gregory Melton |
| • Creative Consultant | Leonard Stern |
| • Sound Editor | Tom Koester |
| • Special Effects | Bruce Robles | Chuck Dolan |
| • Main Title Theme | Danny Elfman |
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