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12-02-2025, 06:12 PM
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Some shows obey the rules. This one loaded a .44 Magnum, stared the network in the face, and pulled the trigger anyway.
In the mid-1980s, Alan Spencer brought Sledge Hammer! (https://web.archive.org/web/20061031125314/http://www.jumptheshark.com/s/sledgehammer.htm) to ABC, a series that looked like a cop show, sounded like a cop show, and then did something no one expected. David Rasche stepped into a role unlike anything else on television, Danny Elfman set the tone with a theme viewers never forgot, and suddenly a strange new force arrived in the world of 80s TV.
Some shows obey the rules. This one loaded a .44 Magnum, stared the network in the face, and pulled the trigger anyway.
In the mid-1980s, Alan Spencer brought Sledge Hammer! (https://web.archive.org/web/20061031125314/http://www.jumptheshark.com/s/sledgehammer.htm) to ABC, a series that looked like a cop show, sounded like a cop show, and then did something no one expected. David Rasche stepped into a role unlike anything else on television, Danny Elfman set the tone with a theme viewers never forgot, and suddenly a strange new force arrived in the world of 80s TV.