Hammerman facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Hammerman
Title card
Created by	Andy Heyward MC Hammer
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
Composer(s)	The Music Team Mark Simon (additional music)
Country of origin	United States Canada Italy
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 Animation City Bustin' Productions, Inc. Reteitalia
Release
Original network	ABC
Original release	September 7, 1991 (1991-09-07) – 1992 (1992)

Hammerman is a Saturday morning cartoon, starring rapper MC Hammer, which aired for thirteen episodes on ABC in the fall of 1991. It was produced by DIC Animation City and Italian company Reteitalia S.p.A., in association with Spanish network Telecinco.

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 Hammer 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 (Robert Nameson) 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, MC Hammer would speak to the audience and provide methods to address these issues themselves.

Cast

• MC Hammer - Hammerman/Stanley Burrell (live action)
• Neil Crone -
• Clark Johnson - Hammerman (cartoon)
• Jeff Jones -
• Miguel Lee -
• Joe Matheson -
• Susan Roman - Hammerman's Would-Be Girlfriend
• Ron Rubin - Righty
• Carmen Twillie -
• Louise Vallance -
• Maurice Dean Wint - Showbiz

Additional voices

Episodes

While the airdates and order of most episodes is unknown, "Defeated Graffiti", the first episode (as confirmed by MC Hammer's comments at the beginning of the episode), aired on September 7, 1991. The cartoon aired on Saturday mornings at 10 AM on ABC.

See also

In Spanish: Hammerman para niños