Exploring Police Academy - The Start of the Enduring Comedy Series

[@wimvanderstraeten6521]

1:17: I wouldn't put "Have worked on the Star Wars Holiday Special" on my resumé.

[@marcusluera89]

Lol

[@everfreebrumby8385]

So true

[@CurtisAlfeld]

I actually have "did not work on the Star Wars Holiday Special" on mine.

[@GigawingsVideo]

I got a Simpson's flashback "Police squad" Me: That's good "and Star Wars Holiday Special" Me: That's bad

[@Wallyworld30]

Why not?? It's not like anyone actually saw the thing. They would just think wow they worked on Star Wars.

[@Transmission_Rory]

Since we're on the subject of Police Academy references, here's another one of The Simpsons jabs at it: "Boy, when Marge first told me she was going to the police academy I thought it'd be fun and exciting. You know, like that movie Spaceballs. Instead it's been painful and disturbing, like that movie Police Academy. "

[@baronvon57]

Why is your comment from 4 days ago wth?! TIME TRAVELLER!

[@CorbCorbin]

Death Korps Of Krieg Patreon

[@cjwrench07]

CorbCorbin That’s a pretty big bonus, if you love commenting on videos.

[@franohmsford7548]

Yet Spaceballs was AWFUL! And Mel Brooks completely wasted his Michael Winslow!

[@footofjuniper8212]

Also Wayne's World: "Where did you learn English?" "College...and the Police Academy movies."

[@Kari7]

Every time Roger Ebert is proven wrong, I gain another year in life.

[@johnmatrix5737]

you're going to live forever...

[@000Gua000]

A good reminder that there's no such a thing as objectively good or bad movie.

[@TheAutistWhisperer]

@@000Gua000 The Room.....

[@CorbCorbin]

Nope. Leonard Maltin does.

[@MaaZeus]

I wonder why he was such a big name among movie critics? It seems like every movie he completely destroys end up being masterpieces. 🤔

[@nathan_the_barbarian7974]

Tackleberry is dead? *checks the internet* Since 2001?? NOOOOOO!!!!!

[@leecroft7311]

Can't believe he died back in 2001, I was sure he passed away only a few year's ago ? Weird.

[@doctorfeinstone6524]

"Tackleberry!!! Will you please stop doing that..." "Sorry sir"

[@franksavage8031]

Died of a sudden heart attack.

[@jesseswarbrick7895]

Tackleberry, Hightower, House and Lassard have all passed

[@DjJokerr]

@@jesseswarbrick7895 Hooks died in January 2021.

[@hotel283]

My dear departed grandma worked as an extra on several of the PA films. Said Graf (Tackleberry) was a wonderful man who always went out of his way to ensure the extras were treated well.

[@odinsplaygrounds]

Your "Exploring" series is so great, can't get enough of it.

[@svenjansen2134]

Informative is an understatement.

[@bijibadness]

Who holds back the electric car? Who keeps Steve Gutenberg a star? We do. We do . . .

[@greysky1252]

Lol ouch. Damn, i could think of 10 more deserving actors for that jab.

[@jordanbrock8856]

Who robs cavefish of their sight? Who rigs every Oscar night? We do. We do...

[@andrewblanchard2398]

🎶 WHO KEEPS ATLANTIS OFF THE MAPS 🎶 🎶 WHO KEEPS THE MARTIANS 👽🔴 UNDER WRAPS 🎶 🎶 WE DO 🎶

[@shainewhite2781]

Michael Winslow is awesome with his sound effects, as well as making an appearance in Robot Chicken in a Police Academy/ X-MEN parody skit!!😂😂😂

[@Stinger420]

And!....as one of the evil starship's crew in Spaceballs. "Sir, we've got the blips, the bloops, and the bleeps!"

[@TroweySmith]

Do I have the biggest crush on Leslie Easterbrook a.k.a. Sargent Callaghan still got a crush on her

[@alucard624]

She's aged quite well.

[@willlastnameguy8329]

I've been waiting for somebody good to review a police acedemy movie. Thank you.

[@thealphaincel1619]

Roger Ebert talking out of his arse yet again.

[@QuakerOaths]

@@everettvonscott wrong

[@GigawingsVideo]

It was the time when people don't know better. Thanks to internet more people dgaf toward "high brow" movie reviewers. The best example is Netflix series of Marcopolo. The "Professional critics" hate it but viewers completely love it.

[@cjwrench07]

You have to remember, critics can see anywhere from 75 to 300 movies a year. So, things like the stupid movie tropes that we don’t notice or mind, are just an example of unoriginal thought to them. Plus, Siskel was always known for mostly ignoring comedies. His favourites would have been the modern movies from an actor like Daniel Day-Lewis. And when you are comparing something like. Lincoln. To Police Academy. It isn’t really a competition at all. And being a comedy, isn’t a good excuse for the overall stilted acting in this movie. Don’t get me wrong. I absolutely love this movie. And I have tons of nostalgia for this entire series.

[@aaroncarson6715]

I've mostly agreed with Ebert 's reviews over the years, but occasionally he made some blunders. Like this movie. Putting Blue Velvet on his worst movies list in '86. And giving a 1.5 star rating to Raising Arizona!!!!

[@Wallyworld30]

Didn't Roger Elbert bash John Carpenters The Thing?? How can any movie lover hate that film?

[@sleuthentertainment5872]

Maybe the humour of this film (basically the humor of the 80s) could be offensive and outdated to the new generations, but this is the kind of film that you never get tired of watch, as the same as its crazy characters and surreal jokes. One of the best comedies from that decade. I enjoyed it with my parents in VHS and of course I'll enjoy it with my children

[@viljamtheninja]

If it's offensive to new generation, you know it's good.

[@joek600]

There is nothing offensive in the humor of the 80s. It’s the type of humor you can find among people anywhere, living a real life not through a keyboard.

[@bestboutgaming3212]

Police Academy 1 and 2 are great. Bobcat steals the second film

[@PictureProductStudio]

Bobcat Goldthwait manages to steal almost everything he's in: I like third and fourth movie all the more because of him and I was delighted to see they brought him back after second. He's also a great director.

[@gaiusjuliuspleaser]

That bit where he yells down the door never gets old.

[@b1akn3ss93]

Odd how he isn't mentioned at all He was in the first movie after all

[@christopherkotsopoulos701]

@@b1akn3ss93 He wasn't in the first one and that's probably why he was never mentioned.

[@B0K0691]

@@christopherkotsopoulos701 He was, but he was just like, a bully I think?

[@glyph2011]

Police academy 1 to 4 I've watched so many times. Fantastically funny movies. Classics.

[@Nick_Nightingale]

I love 1 - 4. 5 is okay.

[@rumynchik]

1-3 for me.

[@4Everlast]

Home alone and Police academy, you just can't NOT watch them. XD

[@zetetick395]

Yeah, coincidentally I just rewatched Police Academy 1- 4 a coupla months back, after not having seen em since the 80s - just a pure nostalgia rush!

[@frankbeans5921]

1,2,4 and 5 were my favs!

[@TheatricsOfTheAbsurd]

Can you do A Revenge of the Nerds Plz. Or as many movies as possible. I've binged all the explain videos over the last 3 nights

[@brandonmcintyre652]

You are the man sir, loved this movie series

[@mullaoslo]

The police academy series was huuuuge in Norway for about 15 years.. Had the whole series taped of TV.. Even though I was born just a year after the first movie I can't remember any of them beeing in Cinemas

[@newagepeople]

it was also big in Russia. my favorite childhood movie

[@cjwrench07]

It was big just about everywhere. My fiancé is from Japan, and we had talked about how big these movies were there too.

[@mullaoslo]

Just so we're clear I'm talking the whole franchise and also the animated show.. Really the only part that truly flopped here like everywhere else was the TV series

[@matthewwolfstein2359]

You know it's a good Monday when GoodBadFlicks uploads a new video. Very nice look at a movie my father introduced me to when it was playing on television one time, and the less said about the sequels the better lol Keep up the great work GBF! 👍🏻👍🏻

[@sedevacante6591]

Tackleberry knows where Hoffa is buried. He also shot the shooter on the Grassy nole.

[@ModeratelyNeato]

There was a TON of information in this I had never known before. Your Exploring series continues to be both entertaining and informative. I hope you continue talking about the sequels.

[@idunbeezasmart1]

You know, I would like to see the Exploring Series cover people as well. There are a lot of B-film actors and directors/crew out there that I think could really expand the series. I'm thinking of people like Buck Flowers, Cynthia Rothrock, Cirio Santiago, etc.

[@flybeep1661]

First three movies are worth a watch, stop after that. The second and third movie really get helped with the add on of Bobcat Goldwaith's character. Nobody talks like him. As a kid I always had a thing for Callahan.

[@sjf1981]

Fly Beep I always wanted her to rough me up a hahha

[@Rando1975]

We'll said. Everything went to shit after 3. And Callahan was HOT!

[@princeofcupspoc9073]

I was going to bring up Bobcat. He really carried 2 and 3.

[@GigawingsVideo]

I prefer Kim Cattral. Also do you see her now? Still would.

[@cjwrench07]

Callahan, likely awoke the first inking of a Dominatrix kink for a lot of people.

[@bigkmoviesandgames]

Mahoneeeeeey!

[@wstine79]

My introduction to the series was part 4. I love the series, even Mission to Moscow. My favorite characters were Tackleberry and Zed.

[@scottieman2]

First 4 are the best.

[@TheJtl420]

I had a crush on the tall blonde badass

[@GonzoShitcock]

Mine was #5 the one in Miami Beach... that being said #4 has the best scene when Zed switches Harris deodorant with Mace...😂😂😂😂😂

[@hadithi]

Also started with part 4. I remember how catchy that Citizens On Patrol song was.

[@Sobernic1982]

I think Tackleberry was everyone’s favorite!

[@dakritic]

A classic! The absolute best in the series. I just hope to God they don’t do a remake/reboot.

[@RAP-SKULLION]

I never get tired of Roger Ebert being wrong.

[@thehorseformerlywithoutana2522]

Just imagine what it does for Siskel.

[@sha11235]

I thought he was a little hard on it myself. There were punch lines in the film. However, Right Stuff is a better film than Police Academy.

[@mpdalyful1]

Ebert demolished Robin Williams in dead poets society. After the Oscars. Dead poets society had a table at Spagos. Where they were seated beside roger ebert. Robin Williams ex-wife had to run interference to stop her then husband going anywhere near Ebert. Steve haft the producer was furious when he saw Ebert

[@PumaPantalones]

I'm shocked the first one did so well. 1984 was a really good year for movies and it only lost to the really heavy hitters.

[@Gezere9]

This came up during Thanksgiving. It started with talking about Short Circuit then my wife said she never seen the original Police Academy. She has seen some of the others but never the first. So we had a marathon.

[@ozlovescoffee5595]

Police academy is 1 of the funniest movies of all time. I'll say top 15

[@CorbCorbin]

I watched part one, two and three, countless times. It was hilarious when I was a kid, and as I grew up, there were more jokes I didn't get that made it very rewatchable.

[@CorbCorbin]

Steven Farmer I agree that it's not on par with Airplane! or Blazing Saddles, but those are spoof movies. And Police Academy is a more subtle spoof, as it's not throwing references and jokes every other line of dialogue. It's a time capsule type of movie, that really shouldn't work. I think they were going for a Animal House/Caddyshack, with the police setting and premise.

[@xingcat]

This is such a silly film, and I always absolutely loved Marian Ramsey. She just had a fabulous way about her. I'd forgotten that Kim Cattrall was in it.

[@StanAlter]

Part 2 was probably the funniest. Must have watched it a million times on VHS. And part 3 was good too. Part 4 is where it slowly started to lose it.

[@jasonferguson4934]

Grew up with the reruns of this series and loved 1-4 but still have a sweet spot for the rest. This is the kind of movie were missing today, a good funny light hearted movie thats all about making you feel good and bringing the laughs.

[@PictureProductStudio]

Also a large franchise which was more then willing to take risks with material and never ceased to feature new and more insane elements about each new movie.

[@Fergit_]

The series will always be a Bobcat piece to me.

[@jackkraken3888]

I pooped a little. edit: kzbin.info/www/bejne/o5iYc5-ghZmfnNU

[@Wallyworld30]

I loved Bobcat. I was sad when he quit doing his Bobcat shtick.

[@LB74]

He actually did the scream on an episode of FINDING BIGFOOT once when they BFRO was doing one of their night hunts he was in. Also anyone know where I can find an interview Bobcat did on the TODAY SHOW back when he was plugging his flick, SHAKES THE CLOWN. He did the whole thing in character ,and scared the shiznit out of Katie Couric. Who didn't know much of Bobcat's comedy routine, and didn't know what in the blue hell she was dealing with.

[@000Gua000]

He actually directed a pretty good bigfoot found footage movie called Willow Creek.

[@mattcunningham9235]

@@Wallyworld30 he did plenty of it for a long time

[@menotu8833]

I still see "Good Bad Fucks" when I see the name. :p

[@trevor5478]

I still love these movies. My wife had never seen any of them, so I showed her the first one, last year. She couldn't stop laughing.

[@Wallyworld30]

Michael Winslow is a National Treasure. His roles in Police Academy and Space Balls were two of the funniest comedic roles in film of all time.

[@bigneon_glitter]

I still remember that first viewing in the theater as a kid in '84. The movie destroyed the audience. And it holds up fairly well.

[@c-secofficer123]

I’m a cop, and I love this movie. You wouldn’t think it but cops have the best sense of humour. Look at how well Super Troopers did.

[@joshnaver3994]

And Reno 911

[@bigbabysld]

Police Acadamy is one of those underrated movies no one ever puts on there top 10 list of best comedies when this movie came out Bubba Smith was the biggest name in the movie, actually, the PA 2 and 3 were not that bad, fell off after that. I was fortunate enough to see this in the theater.

[@GigawingsVideo]

That casting call is comedy movie maker wet dream come true. Everything fell into places perfectly especially the guy who play Hightower, the voice sfx guy and the soft spoken girl. Also Kim Cattral still super hot.

[@gutspraygore]

Bubba Smith used to work out at the same 24 Hour Fitness gym I went to for years (near Santa Monica) and, while I don't want to make a critique on his form, I believe people of his stature don't understand that it actually takes effort for normal people to lift heavy things. :P Just want to say, he was really nice and he loved chatting about football. Police Academy was always such a guilty pleasure for me. Thanks for covering it.

[@ReverendBenzo]

My dad took me and my best friend to see part 3 in the theaters when we were 10 or so. I watched all three (at the time) over spring break of whatever year the third one came out. I was so excited, I wrote about in in a class assignment of "What I did over spring break". True story.

[@sha11235]

Part 3 wasn't very good. It was basically a redo of the first one.

[@JaxenRossisback]

⁠​⁠@@sha11235 I second that. To be fair, the other ones going past the first film aren’t really noteworthy. Don’t give me wrong, PAs 2 thru 4 have their moments - but it doesn’t excuse the fact that they are one dimensional, paint-by-the-number stories. The characters are just there to perform their actions, they never really bond and don’t have any set goals to make them human and for the audience to root for them (apart from the first one). The only valid reason that these movies have proven profitable is just because of the visual aspect - particularly making it accessible for those who don’t speak English (i.e. Mr. Bean).

[@LukeDodge916]

I've recently watched the first three movies on Vudu (free no less) and I still absolutely love them. 4 is my favorite and after that I lost interest, though I can do 5...

[@richardfalcon1570]

To Hollywood: Do not remake this flick.....

[@vladobuster3281]

I gave the LIKE even I didnt watch whole review. Police academy is my favorite comedy movie and I like first 3 sequels too. BTW the character of Leslie Barberra was my idol when I was younger. Love the character Zed in later sequels. Thank you for this review.

[@CorbCorbin]

Vlado Buster The dude with the candy bar, that he wipes the ants off then eats, was classic. That was part 2, I think.

[@vladobuster3281]

@@CorbCorbin Do you mean Zed? Zed is that crazy guy, leader of the main gang in part 2, turn police man in next sequel.

[@CorbCorbin]

Vlado Buster No. He's Mahoney's first partner. He has a dog, and his apartment was a mess. He picks a Nestle Crunch up, wipes ants off it, then eats it. I can't find that scene, but here's Mahoney meeting him. kzbin.info/www/bejne/r33XaIV3aauGq5o

[@chrisberatis2612]

Excellent video Cecil please review Showdown in Little Tokyo.

[@usedfuzzbox]

Criminally underrated...... This, and maybe the first 3 sequels, were all loved by friends and family. Great 80's comedy film, I would put up there with the best of 'em. They really don't make great comedies like this anymore. I feel like American Pie was the last of the truly funny movies :(

[@TempusFugit78]

I watched Police Academy 2-6 religiously when I was a kid. Unfortunately, I was not allowed to watch the first one because of the R rating. It's still the only one I barely remember.

[@Mulletmanalive]

I fully agree 5 and 7 are just not good films (and feel like some other movies with a reedit) I'm a massive fan of 6, possibly because it's less raunchy nature makes it a perfect Saturday afternoon or babysitting movie. Probably the best performance from Bubba too. I don't even remember 4....

[@leecroft7311]

PA 6 is my favourite.

[@PictureProductStudio]

Nice to see fellow Police Academy 6 fan! It's just a massively cool light-hearted action comedy/superhero film with outlandish villains and really impressive stunts on top of surprisingly cool urban atmosphere. Also, they reused the bank from this movie in Spider-Man 2! The fourth is actually one of my favorites in the franchise as well and deserves a second chance. It has an awesome soundtrack, arguably best in the franchise, with very catchy original songs like "Citizens on Patrol" and "Let's Go to Heaven in My Car".

[@78starman25]

Lt. Harris has always been my favourite character in the series. G.W. Bailey was great in the role.

[@everfreebrumby8385]

michael winslow is awesome

[@thebluecollarhero]

GW Bailey makes those flicks man.. his performance is genius.

[@HombreGato]

I loved this movie when I was a kid, I watched a million times. Many years later I moved from Spain to Canada and, after knowing It was filmed in Toronto I watched it again. I almost cried when I discover that the whole last part was my neighborhood...

[@allright]

Another winner, now do the Chuck Norris movie "INVASION USA".

[@spiff2268]

That might be too much winning.

[@cjwrench07]

That’s such a terrible movie, not a GoodBadMovie, just Terrible . I would rather watch Dennis Rodman, in Double Team, than that movie. Or, even Chuck in *Forrest Warrior* instead of that movie.

[@allright]

Yeah, well, that's just, like, your opinion, man.

[@PictureProductStudio]

@@cjwrench07 I actually like both Invasion USA and Forest Warrior. They're both really odd movies for many reasons: Invasion USA was directed by Joseph Zito, fresh out of several successful slasher movies and really contains some odd elements of that genre which came from an odd alley. Forest Warrior is basically a very odd attempt at stealing Marvel's Man-Thing but with Chuck Norris transforming into a roundhouse kick in the middle of being a freaking eagle stock footage!

[@wedgeantilles4712]

Invasion U.S.A and forrest warrior are just... You know what... No comment.

[@GummoNZ]

No mention of the Stonecutters pulling stings to ensure the lead roll was cast to make Steve Guttenberg a star?

[@AwfulWaffle8474]

always fucking informative vids. Nice work my dude. keep it up

[@jellyranger1706]

I’m a Police Academy 4: Citizens On Patrol man myself

[@runlarryrun77]

Collection Of Pissants.

[@Dirvinator]

No mention of the Warner Bros. Movie World live stunt show?

[@PictureProductStudio]

I think it is actually feel into obscurity, somehow, even more so then the TV and animated series. Which is odd, considering how good it was, allegedly.

[@kennay54]

These movies hold a special place in my heart. I'll never forget my dad introducing me to this and The Naked Gun series. Endless laughs.

[@Deidre0000]

This was awesome! I haven't seen this movie in decades, but this was my childhood. Nice to relate finally since I haven't seen about 99% of the movies you usually talk about. But this brought back a lot of memories. Well done!

[@j.r.359]

Ohhh yeah! Late congrats on the 200k subs! Talk about well deserved.

[@GoodBadFlicks]

Thanks!

[@DenisRyan]

Now I want to watch this again. Loved watching this almost annually when my local TV station aired it. Someone in the programming department clearly loved it too.

[@chinaski6593]

This movie it's a part of my childhood. Growing up in the 80's here in Chile they aired it on tv constantly. I even remember many years later going to collegue and becoming friends with a guy who's nickname was Mahoney haha. Fun fuct, here it was called "Locademia de Policía" (it was misspelled on purpose, the correct form it's LOCA ACADEMIA DE POLICÍA) keep the good work sir!

[@cjwrench07]

Chinaski It seems just just about worldwide it was a pretty popular movie, based on yours and other comments. Here’s a cool thing. I lived near where they shot this movie as a kid, and my dad told me about driving by the set on the way to work.

[@chinaski6593]

@@cjwrench07 it was a huge success!

[@bradwolf07]

Roger Ebert...you called that one WRONG. This was freaking hilarious

[@zmbdog]

Fackler also played Axel, the horny hospital worker killed early on in Friday the 13th-The Final Chapter!

[@Danimal77]

Such an amazing series. I've watched them dozens of times since the 80's. I try and pretend Mission to Moscow doesn't exist. To me, it's Part 1 through 6, spanning from 1984 through 1989. I have upgraded my collection all on Bluray, with all the behind the scenes, deleted scenes and interviews/documentaries. It's up there with the Naked Gun and National Lampoon's Vacation, as the funniest series of all-time, imo.

[@joek600]

I totally agree, but I would also throw in the Pink Panther series

[@TroweySmith]

Love police academy I have all 8 movies but the first 4 are the funniest

[@PictureProductStudio]

Eight?.. I thought there were only seven? Maybe you're counting TV series, as well, though...

[@aminadavfeigneboum5481]

Thank you so much for this awesome vid. I grew up on this movie. saw it zillion times.

A great review! Police Academy is a classic!

[@fortkavanagh]

oh my f****** God I love this movie franchise let's just hope the NPC fueled sjw trolls don't try to reboot this cult classic series!

[@vercoda9997]

Or “What Academy?”, as a 20-something colleague at work said about a month ago. When I was growing up as a 70s kid - Hey, I’m only 46 - we had 5 channels for years, and weekends meant cheap old films were dumped on TV as pure filler, with 2 and often 3 films in a row padding out Saturday and Sunday schedules until everything went off the air around midnight. So I grew up watching loads of films from the 50s, 40s, 30s - And later, cheap films from the 80s. Today, it’s almost impossible to find just a single old - and I mean Old, not Netflix Old (circa 2007) - film Anywhere, and it’s almost impossible to have any meaningful talk about Cinema with any Millennial onwards. They May have seen Casablanca. They won’t have seen The Night My Number Came Up, Went The Day Well?, Lost Horizon - or Police Academy: Mission To Moscow.

[@sleuthentertainment5872]

Maybe the humour of this film (basically the humor of the 80s) could be offensive and outdated to the new generations, but this is the kind of film that you never get tired of watch, as the same as its crazy characters and surreal jokes. One of the best comedies from that decade. I enjoyed it with my parents in VHS and of course I'll enjoy it with my children

[@brandonpage7087]

Cecil, since you mentioned Fade to Black, are there any plans for a future Exploring episode of it?

[@TheAutistWhisperer]

Oh now you're spoiling us.

[@maximusprime3459]

Police Academy is definitely my comfort watch franchise. I'll even watch the post-Guttenberg ones if I'm in a bad enough mood.

[@jwnj9716]

There is a Persian song that uses Blue Oyster Bar song its called "Tanha Shodam Tanha" by Ahmad Zahir. Good God Ebert...this is the same guy that gave Death Wish 2 zero stars but Speed 2, thumbs up....are you fucking kidding me?

[@26muca07]

Larvell Jones and his voice are an international treasure

[@OlympicLeprechaun]

MONSIGNOR Larvell Jones.....M.D.

[@pdzombie1906]

Two minutes in and I wanna watch the movie again already. Thanx for bringing ir back!!!

[@paganarh]

Love the first. And another good example of how pointless Ebert was, I still don't understand why he's so popular among US movie buffs. I guess its a childhood thing :) For me (a non-US person), he's annoying every time he's shown, usually being wrong. :D

[@RomeJordon919entertainment]

Lieutenant Thaddeus Harris: Mahoney! Remember, that nobody screws with me. Carey Mahoney: Well, maybe you'll meet the right girl and all that will change.

[@commanex]

"Why do you think I took you to all those Police Academy movies? For FUN? Well I didn't see anybody laughing, did YOU?"

[@gluserty]

I like the first four films in this franchise (especially Citizens on Patrol), but beginning with the Miami beach installment, I dropped out of Police Academy.

[@joelmarte7059]

Is a classic i grew up watching it as a little boy in the 80s still love it never get tired of it

[@joannegray5138]

The first Police Academy movie is my number 1 favourite film of all-time. I must have seen it hundreds of times. Whenever I had a sleepover with my friends, we would rent a couple of videos (this being the mid-80s, there was a wide choice available) and Police Academy would have to be one of the tapes we got out. The subsequent movies gradually became less enjoyable because they were made with a family audience in mind (I believe from the 2nd movie onwards, they got PG ratings, meaning young kids could watch as long as a "responsible adult" was there with them).

[@SilverSurfer166]

I'll never forget part 3, especially Micheal Winslow's song that plays over the credits, which he provided all the sound effects for. Another great Exploring video, Cecil.

[@PictureProductStudio]

I believe the song was in Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol, and is called "Citizens on Patrol". Actually whole soundtrack of this movie is quite good.

[@jesseswarbrick7895]

Proctor was always one of my fav Police Academy characters

[@joek600]

Police academy movies especially 1-3 were a HUGE hit in Greek tv during the early 90's. Every time they were on I would get together with my friends next door, order souvlaki and laugh our ass out. Till this day we use many quotes. The random Blue Oyster scenes got us every time and just now I realised the Pepe le pew connection lol

[@hadinaqui]

I loved this movie when it came out, I was 8 and always tried to copy Michael Winslow. This was one of those franchises that can never be repeated.

[@leelalo6625]

I loved this film. I should have not been watching it when I was really young but I remember laughing so much. Some of the adult content I learned later on which made this film even more enjoyable. I do like the later films with Bobcat.

[@lchambers56]

Ironically, I was thinking about this movie yesterday and that I wanted to watch it. You're right when you say this movie is very funny. I think a lot of the ire this series draws is when people think back, they remember the interior sequels that came after the first. Even the second one is nowhere near as funny as the first. Great video though. I'm off to watch Police Academy!

[@linternamagica100]

Jesus Cecil!!! "Fade to black", you made remembered a very fine movie, a great idea, that´s why I love your channel.

[@PictureProductStudio]

"Fade to Black" is an awesome and unusual character study, I was also glad Cecil brought that and hope he will make a full video on it one day. It deserves one.

[@clawhammr666]

Not sure how many times i've seen nr 1 specially when i was a kid, not sure with others, at least not seen all 7, saw the tv series though, not watched it in like oof, 20ish years? Now thanks to this I wanna see it again, excellent work as usual, love watching the exploring.. series even though not that interested in horror so nice surprise to see a comedy that I loved as a kid popping up.

[@dr.decker3623]

I don't care what you say,.. Police Academy is > The Godfather

[@Quimper111]

It's amazing how often Roger Ebert was completely and utterly wrong.

[@leecroft7311]

PA 5: City Under Siege is my favourite, wish it ended on that one. The following one, hmmm. not so good.

[@TrangleC]

I loved the first 2 and the 3rd one was pretty alright too, at least I thought so as a kid. Maybe that it wouldn't hold up if I would watch it again now, but that doesn't matter, since it is a classic of my childhood.

[@GeneralBulldog54]

What got me into the series was actually my father who at the time these were coming out was an instructor at the Illinois State Police Academy. He'd gladly remember how I named my Duplo characters after the characters from the movie including Mahoney, Jones, Sweetchuck, Mauser and Tackleberry.

[@DOSRetroGamer]

Woah, Roger must 've had a really bad day when seeing this. I mean it's not one my favourites, but good harmless fun that for some reason _aimed_ at getting an R.

[@Protoman85]

I don't care what anyone says about the series as a whole, the original is GOOD. My ranking of the sequels would be 6, 4, 5, 2, 7, with the golden turd award going to 3 despite Proctors appearance and Blankes & Copeland being in it, I just never even chuckled at it. The series desperately needed Harris back and got a little better from 4 onward.

[@Regonix]

A film critic - an international constant telling people around the world that this person is absolutely clueless about what kind of movies people will like.