{"id":45321,"date":"2018-12-03T13:46:19","date_gmt":"2018-12-03T18:46:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/?p=45321"},"modified":"2018-12-03T13:46:19","modified_gmt":"2018-12-03T18:46:19","slug":"sledge-hammer-revival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2018\/12\/03\/sledge-hammer-revival\/","title":{"rendered":"SLEDGE HAMMER! Is Coming Back"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/sledge-hammer.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-45324\" src=\"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/sledge-hammer-678x340.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"678\" height=\"340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/sledge-hammer.jpg 678w, https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/sledge-hammer-339x170.jpg 339w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 678px) 100vw, 678px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The 1980s cult sitcom <em>Sledge Hammer!<\/em> is returning.<\/p>\n<p>Series creator Alan Spencer tweeted out the news this past weekend that some sort of revival of the Dirty Harry\/tough cop on the edge parody series was in the works.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">In this era of remakes and reboots of so many classic movies and TV shows, it does feel surreal after three decades to be signing new contracts for \u201cSledge Hammer!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Alan Spencer (@MrAlanSpencer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MrAlanSpencer\/status\/1068578600952025089?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 30, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Although Spencer doesn\u2019t specify in his tweet, it can probably be inferred that <em>Sledge Hammer!<\/em> will be returning to television rather than a big screen adaptation. There is also no word as to whether series star David Rasche would be returning but it would be hard to see a reboot of the series with someone other than Rasche in the lead role.<\/p>\n<p>The show centered around Sledge Hammer, a tough-as-nails, not-necessarily-by-the-book cop for home the idea of overkill was his starting point. In the series pilot, he took care of a roof sniper by pulling a bazooka out of his car&#8217;s trunk and blowing up the building that the sniper was on. He was partnered with the ever patient, and much more competent, Dori Doreau (Anne-Marie Martin). Their superior was the perpetually Pepto-Bismol chugging Captain Trunk (Harrison Page).<\/p>\n<p>Series creator Spencer first conceived the idea for the show at age 16, but as a feature film comedy. Spencer was already writing comedy for such series as <em>The Facts Of Life<\/em> and <em>One Day At A Time<\/em>, and had joined the Writers Guild a year earlier. He wasn\u2019t able to sell the spec until 1983, when the release of the fourth film in the <strong>Dirty Harry<\/strong> franchise, <strong>Sudden Impact<\/strong>, was a box office hit. Although the film version of the idea never was produced, Spencer reworked into a television series that he initially pitched to HBO before eventually finding a home for the series on ABC\u2019s fall 1986 schedule.<\/p>\n<p>Although a hit with critics, the first season of <em>Sledge Hammer!<\/em> struggled in the ratings. When it looked like a renewal wasn&#8217;t coming, the show closed off what they thought would its final episode with Hammer trying to defuse a nuclear bomb but accidentally setting it off, destroying the city. When a second season order came in, thanks to a late in the season ratings surge, the show just reset itself five years earlier and continued on for another season, blithely ignoring the numerous continuity mistakes the move caused.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\">The creator of the 1980s cult classic spoof has indicated that something is in the works. Trust him, he knows what he&#8217;s doing.<\/div>\n<p> <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2018\/12\/03\/sledge-hammer-revival\/\" title=\"SLEDGE HAMMER! 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