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Hammerman
Created byDiC Productions, L.P.
Directed byMichael Maliani
StarringMC Hammer
Voices ofNeil Crone
Clark Johnson
Jeff Jones
Miguel Lee
Joe Matheson
Susan Roman
Ron Rubin
Carmen Twillie
Louise Vallance
Maurice Dean Wint
Country of originUnited States
Canada
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes13
Production
Executive producersAndy Heyward
Louis Burrell
ProducerKevin O' Donnell
EditorsMark A. McNally
Susan Odjakjian
Running time23 Minutes
Production companiesDIC Entertainment
Bustin' Productions, Inc
Original release
NetworkABC
ReleaseSeptember 7 –
December 7, 1991

Hammerman is a Saturday morning cartoon, produced by DIC Entertainment and starring pop rapper MC Hammer, which aired for thirteen episodes on ABC in 1991.

Synopsis

Youth center worker Stanley Burrell (Hammer's real name) owns a pair of magical dancing shoes (which are alive and can speak), which when worn cause Burrell to transform into the superhero Hammerman. He frequently gets advice from his "Gramps", who was a former owner of the shoes and was known as Soulman. While in the guise of Hammerman, Burrell was dressed in MC Hammer's signature purple parachute pants and myriad golden chains.

The show was hosted by the real MC Hammer, who also sang the show's theme song, telling about the origin of Hammerman. Back in the 1960s and 1970s, Gramps (real name unrevealed) was the superhero Soulman, but as he grew older, he grew weaker and was forced to retire. Gramps and his granddaughter Jodie traveled to find the next new superhero. Their search was over when they met Stanley and he put on the shoes. Each episode, Hammerman faced various social issues; at the end of each episode, a puppet version of the magic shoes would speak to a live child audience and provide methods the children could use to address these issues themselves.

Episodes

The order airdates of episodes are unknown:

  • Winnie's Winner
  • Rapoleon
  • Will and the Jerks
  • Defeated Graffiti
  • If the Shoe Fits
  • Nobody's Perfect

Cast

Additional voices

Crew

Critical Reception

  • Entertainment Weekly journalist Dalton Ross listed Hammerman at the top of his list "Top 5 Most Ridiculous Things to Be Turned Into a Saturday Morning Cartoon", and said about the show, "When it comes to idiotic adaptations, u can't touch this."[1]

Home Video

From 1992-1993, 3 of the 13 episodes were released on video: "Rapoleon", "Defeated Graffiti", and "Winnie's Winner".

References

  1. ^ Ross, Dalton (September 16, 2006). "Giving Him Paws". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved October 10, 2013. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)


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