# Sledge Hammer! on dvd **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 18, 2004, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sledge-hammer-on-dvd/251105 "2004-06-18T19:58:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Max\_Carnage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/max_carnage/32/12775_2.png) [@Max\_Carnage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Carnage)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2004, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sledge-hammer-on-dvd/251105/1 "2004-06-18T19:58:04Z")
One of ABC’s greatest sitcoms _Sledge Hammer!_ is coming out on DVD July 27! Why didn’t anyone tell me? [DVD details](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0001ZX0EW/ref=ase_thedigitalbit-20/103-7798786-4294252?v=glance&s=dvd) Now if they’d hurry up and get me my _NewsRadio_ set like they promised me, I’ll be set for life. And the Tick Animated series…and that’s it. ---
**Author:** ![unclviny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e274bd/32.png) [@unclviny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/unclviny)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2004, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sledge-hammer-on-dvd/251105/2 "2004-06-18T20:21:55Z")
Perfect timing, my Laserdisc player just died and watching Sledgehammer was the only reason I ever used my LD player anymore, BTW I just picked up season 1 of Barney Miller on DVD and it looks better than I expected. Unclviny ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2004, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sledge-hammer-on-dvd/251105/3 "2004-06-18T20:35:25Z")
“This isn’t a silencer, Captain. This baby’s my own invention… I call it a LOUDENER!” ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2004, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sledge-hammer-on-dvd/251105/4 "2004-06-18T20:37:21Z")
First _The Greatest American Hero,_ and now this. Pity my poor aching wallet… (Trust me, I know what I’m doing. 😃 ) ---
**Author:** ![Sycorax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a4c791/32.png) [@Sycorax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sycorax)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2004, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sledge-hammer-on-dvd/251105/5 "2004-06-21T23:06:44Z")
Gee, and here I thought I was the only person who lilked Sledge. Don’t know if I’ll fork over for the DVD, but it’s nice to know it’s out there. ---
**Author:** ![Orual](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/779978/32.png) [@Orual](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orual)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2004, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sledge-hammer-on-dvd/251105/6 "2004-06-21T23:19:53Z")
I remember watching that when I was a wee little child. I never knew it was a comedy until today. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2004, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sledge-hammer-on-dvd/251105/7 "2004-06-22T01:32:26Z")
I used to LOVE that show, I think the only scene I remember was him going up to the roof of a building to fire off a flare and hitting the helecopter. ---
**Author:** ![caveman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/caveman/32/7242_2.png) [@caveman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caveman)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2004, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sledge-hammer-on-dvd/251105/8 "2004-06-22T04:44:43Z")
I was just slighty too young to get most of the jokes, and yet I recall laughing at it enough to annoy my parents, who eventually concluded it was inappropriate for me… ☹ I shall once again revel in a bit of the ol’ ultra-violence! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![dnooman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2004, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sledge-hammer-on-dvd/251105/9 "2004-06-22T05:32:55Z")
> [@Sycorax](#): > > Gee, and here I thought I was the only person who lilked Sledge. Don’t know if I’ll fork over for the DVD, but it’s nice to know it’s out there. My thought exactly. ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2004, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sledge-hammer-on-dvd/251105/10 "2004-06-22T07:56:58Z")
You have to admire a series that was willing to nuke all of its characters for the first-season cliffhanger. 😃 (And, of course, how they wiggled out of that for the second season 😉 ) ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Carnage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/max_carnage/32/12775_2.png) [@Max\_Carnage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Carnage)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2004, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sledge-hammer-on-dvd/251105/11 "2004-06-22T13:35:35Z")
Of course it wasn’t even supposed to be a cliffhanger; they got renewed after the last episode was aired I think. “HAAAAAAAMMERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!”