Sledge Hammer! - Official Announcement: Art, Specs, Extras...Final List!

Over the past few months we've passed along bits and pieces of info about the impending release of "Sledge Hammer! - Season 1" on DVD. Now we have the complete look at the package, direct from the studio. Let's start with cover/disc art:

Trust Him. He Knows What He's Doing.

In the fall of 1986, an unsuspecting TV nation met a new kind of comedy hero who made Rambo look like Pee Wee Herman. David Rasche starred as the trigger-happy lawman whose hatred of criminal scum and yogurt eatin' creeps was matched only by his love of excessive force and a .44 Magnum. Over the next two seasons, this hilariously deranged lampoon of DIRTY HARRY and plenty of other targets became one of the most notorious series in television history and launched a rabid cult of fans that grows to this day. This is SLEDGE HAMMER!

The complete first season of SLEDGE HAMMER! is now newly re-mastered (including removal of the laugh track) and loaded with an arsenal of exclusive extras that features uncensored footage, all-new interviews with stars David Rasche, Harrison Page and Anne-Marie Martin, audio commentaries and more, all given the "Hammer" seal of approval by Series Creator & Executive Producer Alan Spencer.

Includes a Special Collector's Booklet with Liner Notes

Debuting on July 27th, as we previously reported, the SRP of this release is $39.98 for 534 minutes of Hammer-time. Video is in the original full frame aspect ratio for all 22 first-season episodes. Here is the disc-by-disc breakdown of the extras:

• Disc 1:
  • Audio Commentary with Creator Alan Spencer
• Disc 2:
  • Audio Commentary with Creator Alan Spencer
• Disc 3:
  • None
• Disc 4:
  • Audio Commentary with Creator Alan Spencer
  • TV Spots
  • SLEDGE HAMMER: Go Ahead, Make Me Laugh! -- an all new 32 minute documentary featuring interviews with Creator/Producer Alan Spencer, and actors David Rasche, Anne-Marie Martin and Harrison Page
  • Unaired Pilot Episode
  • Electronic Press Kit
  • Original TV Bumper
  • Alan Spencer's Message to Critics
  • Still & Memorabilia Gallery
  • HBO Pilot Script
  • ABC Pilot Script
  • 16-Page "Sledge Files" with Color Photos and Liner Notes

Sweet! Spencer's 4 commentary tracks are reportedly to be uncut and unedited, so it will be fascinating to listen in on these. Interest in this release is so high that Sledge Hammer! - Season 2 is already being planned. Stay tuned, and we'll have more info on that as soon as we can get it. Trust us, we know what we're doing!