O2D This show is a great parody of 70's and 80's police movies and TV shows. They manage to include all the staples of the genre. The out of control detective with a gun that's way too big and a silly catch phrase(Trust me, I know what I'm doing), a hot female partner for him and the angry black captain who is always screaming. Plus, most episodes are actually direct parodies of old movies and TV shows.Watch it.

daviddaveinternational I just bought the entire series on DVD. One of my better investments. Anyone who loves Leslie Nielsen's "Police Squad" series will truly love this farce on Dirty Harry. Nothing but fun violence. Like Harry Callahan, Sledge Hammer seems to always happen upon robberies in progress while eating something including a "sushi dog" (yummy!) I'm surprised Hammer didn't say: "Nobody, I mean nobody puts ketchup on a sushi dog!" Most of the guest stars are no-names but you'll recognize some of them even if you don't read the credits. In one episode Hammer deals with a black widow Cal Worthington-type used car salesmen-husband serial killer played by an unknown actress. I was thinking Carol Burnett would have been the perfect actress for that one. I guess maybe her show was on a different network or she was too busy. I'm sure she loved the comedy aspect of the show though. You've got to buy the series now available on DVD. Trust me. I know what I'm doing.

normfromga1 This series is often compared to "Dirty Harry," which is tempting, since, though they were released 15 years apart, they both had mayors portrayed by John Vernon, at least in the pilot episode.However, in the mid-80s, there was a more immediate target, "Hunter," starring Fred Dryer. This successful series featured a hardened cop who ignored the rules, took unnecessary risks, and was issued a gorgeous partner to "keep him out of trouble." Sounds familiar? As to the DVD, it's great to watch, but when they dropped out the laugh track, they might have considered adding closed-captioning for us aging Boomers.(It is possible that close-captioning might appear it played a television screen, but I have been watch the series on my computer on lunch break so I wouldn't know.)

Warren Swaine Very few television comedies translate across the Atlantic, but until the Simpsons, probably no American show hit the parody sweet spot so consistently. I loved "Police Squad", but this was much better. There was just so much packed into each episode and I can't think how you'd go about assembling a better cast. The completely throw away "North By Northwest" spoof is still one of my favourite TV comedy moments... and if you haven't seen how Sledge deals with a roof top sniper in episode one, that's your loss! A late night midweek spot on ITV scuppered its chances of being big over in the UK and in typical fashion, this was up against Moonlighting, Dallas, Miami Vice and The Cosby show in the States. What is wrong with American TV executives? They couldn't spot a classic when it bit them on the "ass".If you have a multi-region DVD player and live in the UK, buy the region one boxed set - it's not likely to make a region two release. Season one is great, season two marginally better. And even if you don't like the show, the theme song is amongst the greatest ever written!