Hammerman (partially lost ABC animated series; 1991)
Title card.
Status: Partially Found
Hammerman is a short-lived American-Canadian Saturday morning cartoon, produced by DIC Entertainment and starring pop rapper MC Hammer as a youth center worker named Stanley Burrell (Hammer's real name) who owns a pair of magical dancing shoes (which are alive and can speak), which, when worn, cause him to transform into the superhero, Hammerman. The cartoon was aired from September 7 to December 7, 1991, on ABC for a total of 13 episodes.
Availability
Only three full episodes have been released on home video (all of which have also been uploaded online) and, apart from another upload with Polish over-dubbing, only four full episodes are available in English.
Updates
On August 11, 2017, an anonymous user on 4chan posted a thread claiming to have VHS tapes containing all the episodes. They also released the titles for all the episodes (except episode 13). However, they do not want to release them to prevent any legal issues.[1]
On November 7th, 2017, YouTube user "areyoustilllistening" upload the full lost episode "Nobody's Perfect" to YouTube.
On January 13th, 2018, an anonymous user on fireden.net claim to remember the title of episode 13 as "Not Everything is What is Seems" although this cannot be confirmed as the episode hasn't been found yet.[2]
On November 25th, 2018, YouTuber Peter Lavalle uploaded a clip of an old TV recording of Hammerman to his account (specifically a clip of the intro, the first commercial break and a bit of the episode title card) the footage was actually from a previously unknown Hammerman episode entitled "Dropping Out".
On January 9th, 2019, LMW user YoshiKiller2S contacted Peter Lavalle and told him about the episodes rarity and if he could upload the episode or send him the full episode to release it safely. Peter Lavalle later responded and agreed to send him the episode on the weekend so it can be released safely.
Episode List
| # | Episode Title | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Defeated Graffiti | Found |
| 2 | Rapoleon (1 | 2) | Found |
| 3 | Winnie's Winner (1 | 2) | Found |
| 4 | Will and the Jerks | Lost |
| 5 | If the Shoe Fits | Found (Over-dubbed in Polish) |
| 6 | Nobody's Perfect | Found |
| 7 | Practice Makes Perfect | Lost |
| 8 | Bite the Bullet | Lost |
| 9 | Lost | Lost |
| 10 | The Wrong Turn | Lost |
| 11 | Hide N Seek | Lost |
| 12 | Operation: Rescue Hammerman | Lost |
| 13 | Dropping Out | Partially Found |
| ? | Not Everything is What is Seems | Existence Unconfirmed |