Hammerman

Hammerman
Created by	DiC Productions, L.P.
Directed by	Michael Maliani
Starring	MC Hammer
Voices of	Neil Crone Clark Johnson Jeff Jones Miguel Lee Joe Matheson Susan Roman Ron Rubin Carmen Twillie Louise Vallance Maurice Dean Wint
Country of origin	United States Canada
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	13
Production
Executive producer(s)	Andy Heyward Louis Burrell
Producer(s)	Kevin O' Donnell
Editor(s)	Mark A. McNally Susan Odjakjian
Running time	23 minutes
Production company(s)	DIC Entertainment Bustin' Productions, Inc
Release
Original network	ABC
Original release	September 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

MC Hammer - Hammerman/Stanley Burrell
Neil Crone -
Clark Johnson -
Jeff Jones -
Miguel Lee -
Joe Matheson -
Susan Roman -
Ron Rubin -
Carmen Twillie -
Louise Vallance -
Maurice Dean Wint - Showbiz

Additional voices

Philip Akin -
Réal Andrews -
Jason Burke -
George Buza -
Len Carlson -
Rob Cowan -
Michelyn Emelle -
Dan Hennessey -
Marc Marut -

Greg Morton -
Jackie Richardson -
Judith Scott -
Errol Slue -
Michael Stark -
John Stocker -
Marlow Vella -
Richard Yearwood -

Crew

Greg Morton - Voice Director

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

↑ Ross, Dalton (September 16, 2006). "Giving Him Paws". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved October 10, 2013.

External links

Hammerman at the Internet Movie Database
Hammerman at the Big Cartoon DataBase

MC Hammer

Studio albums	"Feel My Power" (1987) "Let's Get It Started" (1988) "Please Hammer, Don't Hurt 'Em" (1990) "Too Legit to Quit" (1991) "The Funky Headhunter" (1994) "Inside Out" (1995) "Active Duty" (2001) "Full Blast" (2004) "Look Look Look" (2006)

Compilations	"Greatest Hits" (1996) "Back 2 Back Hits" (1997) "The Hits" (2000)

Singles	"Let's Get It Started" (1987) "Pump It Up" (1988) "Turn This Mutha Out" (1988) "They Put Me in the Mix" (1988) "U Can't Touch This" (1990) "Have You Seen Her" (1990) "Pray" (1990) "Here Comes the Hammer" (1990) "Yo!! Sweetness" (1991) "2 Legit 2 Quit" (1991) "Addams Groove" (1991) "Do Not Pass Me By" (1991) "This Is the Way We Roll" (1991) "Pumps and a Bump" (1993) "It's All Good" (1993) "Don't Stop" (1994) "Straight to My Feet" (1994)

Related articles	Discography Hammerman Hammertime The Surreal Life (season 1) Capitol Death Row Records Giant Records EMI

Children's programming on the American Broadcasting Company in the 1990s

First-run animated series	A Pup Named Scooby-Doo (1988–93) Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears (1989–90) The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1988–1991) Slimer! and the Real Ghostbusters (1986–91) Beetlejuice (1989–92) The Wizard of Oz (1990–91) Little Rosey (1990–91) New Kids on the Block (1990–91) Darkwing Duck (1991–93) Hammerman (1991–92) The Pirates of Dark Water (1991–92) Wild West C.O.W.-Boys of Moo Mesa (1992–94) Goof Troop (1992–93) The Addams Family (1992–95) Cro (1993–95) Tales from the Cryptkeeper (1993–95) Sonic the Hedgehog (1993–95) Free Willy (1994–96) ReBoot (1994–96) Bump in the Night (1994–96) The New Adventures of Madeline (1995) Dumb and Dumber (1995–96) What-a-Mess (1995–96) Brand Spanking New Doug (1996–2001) Mighty Ducks (1996–97) Gargoyles: The Goliath Chronicles (1996–97) Jungle Cubs (1996–97) Quack Pack (1996–97) Nightmare Ned (1997) 101 Dalmatians: The Series (1997–98) Recess (1997–2004) Pepper Ann (1997–2001) Science Court (1997–2000) Hercules (1998–99) Mickey Mouse Works (1999–2001) Sabrina: The Animated Series (1999–2001)

First-run live-action series	Animal Crack-Ups (1987–90) ABC Weekend Special (1977–97) Land of the Lost (1991–92) CityKids (1993–94) Fudge (1995–96) Hypernauts (1996) Bone Chillers (1996–97) Flash Forward (1996–97)

Rebroadcasts	The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show (1985–2000) DuckTales (1997)

Schedules	1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000

Related programming and topics	Disney's One Saturday Morning Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue (1990) Modern animation in the United States

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