This is one of great 80s comedies you couldn't make today.


An antisocial, nihilistic, chauvinistic, misogynist cop with violent tendencies. Try pitching that to a studio exec. There is no way this is going to fly in todays tv climate. Of course back then people were able to differentiate between a satire and reality.

This is not a sitcom, there is no laughing track and a lot is actually filmed on location. David Rasche plays the character of Hammer with the seriousness that is nessessary . He's complemented by the lovely Anne-Marie Martin and Harrison Page and the three together have great chemistry.

Understandably some of the humor might not work as well today as it was time specific. But in general the delivery of the jokes was on point and you can still get your share of laughs out of it.