The Rise & Fall of POLICE ACADEMY | Full 2 Hour Doc

[@CultureSlice]

SUBSCRIBE TO CULTURE SLICE IN ONE CLICK ✅ youtube.com/@CultureSlice?sub_confirmation=1 30,000 views + 1.5k subs to the channel 😎✌🏻 Thank you so much for any and all support, it is massively appreciated. This series was made with a lot of love for Police Academy and the glory days of pop culture we had in the ‘80s, ‘90s and 2000s. There is much more to come from the channel over the next year and beyond, so please do consider subscribing. The new series SEQUELPALOOZA drops soon. If there are any other film series from the 80s or 90s you might want to see covered in a similar format for the channel, please do reach out and get in touch. Thanks again, Culture Slice

[@RoyStantz]

I hope you cover the following sequels (both theatrical and direct-to-video): George of the Jungle 2 (which goes on and on about Brendan Fraser not returning, but not saying the same thing about Leslie Mann, who didn't need to make any more kids films after marrying Judd Apatow) The Lego Movie 2 (that one felt like a rehash of the first Lego Movie) Caddyshack 2 Look Who's Talking Now The Santa Clause 3 Honey We Shrunk Ourselves National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie's Island Adventure The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor Inspector Gadget 2 Weekend at Bernie's 2 Jingle All The Way 2 On a side note, if you ever decide to review the 1988 Tom Cruise movie Cocktail, you have to find and read the novel it was based on, please.

[@CultureSlice]

@@RoyStantz Thank you Roy, great list! I've got some of these on the list but not all - Caddyshack will be one of the first videos! I have to admit I've never seen George of the Jungle II, although from the reviews it looks like I haven't been missing too much 😆

[@RoyStantz]

@@CultureSlice If Sequelpalooza does well, maybe you could also cover prequels such as The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas and Marley & Me: The Puppy Years.

[@CultureSlice]

@@RoyStantz Definitely will be covering prequels in some form in the series 👍🏻😎

[@Estolcles]

I know you're going more for movies and series, but why not someone behind a lot of the great 80's movies. On the original post for the Part 1 video, I made a comment where I was essentially surprised by the mention of "Beyond The Mat". Well, in that thought, why not a career retrospective of Barry Blaustein? I mean, an SNL writer who ends up writing the BEST comedies in the Eddie Murphy catalog, to loads of more movies, to the 3-4 years he spent putting together and filming "Beyond The Mat" (and why it was a big deal in the wrestling world, ESPECIALLY during it's release during "The Monday Night Wars"), to whatever he's doing now. Add in whatever came beforehand, and it's GOTTA be something interesting that there isn't a KZbin doc deep dive into like you've done here with "Police Academy".

[@hollingsworth_hound]

Everyone who knows Police Academy immediately recognizes the first six notes of the Blue Oyster Bar music.

[@Sammy_Boy_Smith]

DUNT ....DUNT DUNT....DH nun uh nun uh...

[@CultureSlice]

@@hollingsworth_hound Just wish I could have put it in the video, but the copyright police would have been straight on me!

[@TasteTestTitan]

😂 “hey big boy, why don’t ya come up and see me sometime!”

[@mykeesucks]

This song has been stuck in my head pretty much my entire life.

[@aerisgainsborough2141]

@@CultureSlice Jean-Marc Dompierre "El Bimbo"

[@Sammy_Boy_Smith]

A 2 hour deep dive into The Police Academy?! ... Count me in, and hell yeah!! N i thought my afternoon was gonna suck.

[@CultureSlice]

Thanks for watching and really glad your afternoon has improved!

[@MsDisneylandlover]

For morning at work lol

[@shaggycan]

For me, Citizens on Patrol is the Wrath of Khan of Police Academy movies.

[@CultureSlice]

I can definitely see it!

[@josephadorno92]

@@shaggycan true - it's the last to have the classic ensemble, it's got some very ambitious stunt work, a fun soundtrack, and it was pretty much the template for the cartoon series.

[@mattwarbuckle]

I was 10. These movies came on HBO and spotted our 80s upbringing! And the horror movies we’d sneak and then have to tell our parents why we couldn’t sleep. 😂

[@CultureSlice]

The glory days for sure 😎 I’m not American - as you might have guessed from my accent 😂 - but even here in the UK they were literally always on, and it hasn’t stopped since. A channel called ITV3 is currently running a Police Academy film every Sunday afternoon!

[@brokenfunnibones]

Just bought the whole police academy movies. I absolutely loved them growing up. My favs 1, 4, 6

[@CultureSlice]

It’s one of the two DVD box sets I actually own!

[@lucyfuir6386]

Winslow did the same Jimi Hendrix bit in cheech and Chong's next movie

[@rixx46]

Thanks for such great detail. I have known Paul Maslanski since 1980. Success could not happen to a nicer guy. He had been in the business for over 20 years when this hit. I am a screenwriter - guilty of writing an episode of the dubious TV series! Believe it or not, when I last spoke to Paul a couple of years ago, he is STILL trying to make another one!!!

[@CultureSlice]

Oh wow, thank you so much for commenting and glad you enjoyed the video! Through all the research Paul came across as a great guy, he’s had such a fascinating career and what a passion for keeping the Police Academy flame alive. 🔥 Which episode of the series did you write? Thanks for contributing to the PA story. 😎 Please do say thank you to Paul for all the memories when you speak to him next. All the best!

[@gottagetitgaming7759]

Great video. I grew up with these movies in the theaters and they were fun and still fun to re-watch the first couple at least.

[@CultureSlice]

Thank you so much for watching and leaving a kind comment 😎 Yep, they were just a part of growing up for me. I actually watched PA3 the other week as it was on TV here in the UK, you can tell things were starting to fall apart a bit by that stage!

[@johnlad2198]

I've watched this twice as I want the numbers high for this fantastic content creator! I would love to see which other 1980s movie franchise that CS can do his magic with, and perform an incisive and entertaining analysis of. Keep up the great vids 👍

[@CultureSlice]

Thank you very much John - really appreciate it. Just glad people seem to be enjoying the videos and humbled that people keep watching - lots more to come from the channel this year!

[@bigginsd1]

Being born in 1980 I felt this series was aimed at my age group (under 10). I often thought it was weird that more films weren’t episodic like tv shows. So the fact they were churned out wasn’t an issue for me. I’m amazed the made as much money as they did, I always thought they were middling performing films reflective of their quality.

[@CultureSlice]

The later films were definitely aimed at kids! I wouldn’t show them the first one though 😂 It’s mad just how much money this crazy series ended up making, and how they are literally always on TV to this very day. Hope you enjoyed the video and thanks for commenting!

[@teijaflink2226]

Definitely movies kids love.

[@RamblesBrambles]

I was 11 when I watched PA 1, and I agree..definitely made for kids, I found the chief getting a blowie under the lecturn particularly funny.

[@HomeCinemaEnthusiast]

Great upload. Loved the Police Academy movies. Owned the 1st 5 on vhs in the day 👌👌👌👌

[@CultureSlice]

Thank you so much for taking the time to comment 😎 Currently working on another Rise & Fall video about an 80s and 90s comedy film brand 👍🏻 I too had them on VHS back in the day, then upgraded to the full collection on DVD…I also seem end up watching them on TV whenever I notice one. They seem to be on a lot here in the UK still!

[@slippifishi]

Fascinating stuff and a great trip down memory lane, thanks very much - time for me to dust off the blurays and stick them on again. Despite watching them all SO MANY TIMES over the years to the point I could probably recite them line for line, there are always scenes I end up forgetting so there were a few laugh out loud moments watching this as I was reminded of them. And that opening theme; I challenge anyone who knows it to hear the first couple of bars and NOT start humming along. I look forward to watching more of your videos!

[@CultureSlice]

Thank you so much for the very kind comment, glad you enjoyed the video! Honestly I enjoyed revisiting all of the films for the doc, even the ones that are bad have some charm to them, and Mission to Moscow has some historical value! 😂 The theme tune is a total banger, if we lived in a perfect world we would be hearing it as a national anthem at the Olympics. Lots more to come from the channel this year and beyond - thanks again

[@joe9739]

I saw the first 3, they were all funny. The Blue Oyster gag is always funny, and it's always good to see Officer Hightower.

[@CultureSlice]

The Blue Oyster running gag is great!

[@hollingsworth_hound]

Video rental was pretty well established by 1984. Before chains like Blockbuster, it wasn't unusual for even small towns to have several video rental places.

[@UKProgRock]

Where I lived we had 2 dedicated video rental places, and then a number of corner shops that also did limited VHS rental too.

[@CultureSlice]

You’re right it probably was to some extent, I guess I was thinking more that they literally exploded by 1986 and were l🥲absolutely everywhere. Hope you guys enjoyed the video either way and thanks for commenting! 😎

[@glencurtis6052]

We had two rental shops within a 15 minute walk where I lived in the UK

[@Jamessmith-xk3fh]

I lived in a small area in Louisiana except when I was in 3rd grade and I was use to just local movie rental places until the one year in 3rd grade when I lived in more of a city and they had a block busters I went to

[@jawarholol4651]

New sub here, just found your channel! I was 10 when Police Academy came out and my sister took me to see it at a drive-in theater in Orange County in the back of a pickup. We didn't even know how lucky we were to have done that and laughed our asses off. The snack bars were amazing back then at drive-ins; there was even a playground next to the snackbar that kids played on. It's crazy to think how much the viewing experience has changed in 40 years. Damn, I'm old...

[@CultureSlice]

Man that takes me back - I can visualise that drive-in scene completely! Do they even exist anymore in the same way in States? I do worry about the future of cinema but we lived through the golden age of it, even if that means we’re not young now 😂 Thanks for subscribing and joining the channel, lots more to come this year and beyond! 😎

[@paulcowboy1967]

Saw the first three in the cinema, then the rest of them on VHS. i even recently brought the DVD boxset.....what can i say. Yes last few not very funny, think its the 80`s thing that makes me smile. Hell .....ive even got the Carry on film boxset and laugh my face on still watching them. Am i all alone in the world ......???? Wonderful full review guys.....keep them coming. Carry on maybe lol

[@CultureSlice]

I’ve got the DVD box set too, despite which I always end up watching whichever PA is randomly on TV when I notice it in the listings 😂 There is a charm and comfort with them, even if the quality isn’t great. The 80s vibe covers a lot of creative sins for sure. You are not alone in the world - I am British so the Carry On films are an institution! Thank you very much for the kind comment, there’s just one of me but I’ll be working as hard as I can to continue delivering good content on the channel going forward. All the best 😎

[@shanester1832]

Really enjoying this. A box set should just include a qr code for this video. I can feel the time put into it. Tequila & Benetti. Wow. Rare is it I'm given a glimpse into something I know nothing of from that era. Seeing that with the choppy "rad" intro is like an simulation. A cross breeding of 2 trends, the cop with dog and talking things that don't talk. Incredible. It even had a reboot a decade later. Twice this vid actually. The show with the beauty queens is from out of the void. Maybe I'll give Mission to Moscow a shot.

[@CultureSlice]

Thank you so much, really appreciate it and very glad you enjoyed the video! I actually ended up watching a couple of episodes of Tequila & Bonetti in the edit, it was bad but I couldn’t take my eyes off it 😂

[@RoyStantz]

As we saw in the clips, the late great Terry Funk also starred in Tequila & Benetti. "Ah shoulda taken tha moneh!"

[@fargodavilleitnotd6729]

The first video we ever rented out on our new vhs player :) this one and 'High school USA' and 'Terminator' things were so much funnier when you was 12 :)

[@CultureSlice]

@@fargodavilleitnotd6729 Wow High School USA…that is a blast from the past!

[@nihilismistheonlyway4680]

Wow! 4 out of 6 videos is all about PA! You guys must be thinking about this in your sleep by now! Good job. Getting nostalgic in my old age. Keep it up! 😁

[@CultureSlice]

Thank you so much for the comment - it’s definitely been the year of Police Academy for me so far! Think this will be the last PA video for a little bit 😂

[@ba6428]

This documentary contains much more entertainment value than every Police Academy movie combined. Well done.

[@CultureSlice]

Ha thank you so much - that review is going on the DVD release front cover!

[@jamesabernethy7896]

As far as I know this is the first time I've seen your channel. A detailed and fair analysis of the series. Although it has been a long time since I've seen them, on the whole, I have very fond memories of the movies.

[@CultureSlice]

Thank you so much for the comment James, it is really appreciated. I tried to put my childhood love for Police Academy aside and examine the films more objectively, but they'll always have a place in my heart. I'd say they're all worth watching again at some point, even if the general quality does get a bit ropey it's really interesting to see them as an adult. Thanks again!

[@MsDisneylandlover]

When they were dancing inside that jail lol 😂

[@emersonv]

44:17 Critic guy said 3 stooges had "Character development" to where you cared what happend to them LMAO

[@CultureSlice]

😂

[@MsDisneylandlover]

This was good i enjoy and thank you although I had to keep coming back to it lol. ❤😂😊

[@CultureSlice]

Thank you very much, really appreciate it!

[@MsDisneylandlover]

​@@CultureSlicenp it was very informative 😊

[@shanester1832]

Never listen to critics on comedy or horror, unless it's about a mentally disabled person overcoming the holocaust. Actually, don't listen to them at all. Imagine having opinions so good you think it deserves to be a job.

[@MsDisneylandlover]

I think 1, 2, and maybe 3 was the best. But 1 and 2 was totally super. ❤

[@CultureSlice]

Yeah the series started so well 😎

[@Richard17xx]

Well done...I watched it all the way through...which I rarely do 👍💯

[@CultureSlice]

Thank you very much Richard - and congratulations on making it to the end! There are chapters so you don’t have to do it in one sitting, but appreciate that you did 😎✌🏻

[@blahmcblahface3965]

I never knew they were so old when watching them on TV in what must have been 1997...I suppose I was a kid and as you mention they were on so often...they just still felt very current and relevant

[@CultureSlice]

The first film was released 40 years ago - madness 🤯

[@Boomer69536]

Part 2 was filmed in Los Angeles

[@ArtVandelayOfficial]

Great work buddy! 4 was definitely my favourite growing up,seen it hundreds of times

[@CultureSlice]

Thank you my friend, really appreciate the kind words! I think I have seen 4 the most myself, it seemed to literally ALWAYS be on TV here in the UK. Love the fact that Tony Hawk and Steve Caballero are in it.

[@ArtVandelayOfficial]

@@CultureSlice Yeah big fan of the bones and their videos back then bmx too :) yes it was rerun so much haha

[@CultureSlice]

Oh yeah 100% - still a fan now! I've just had a look and Police Academy 4 is actually on TV next week...the reruns will never end!

[@RoyStantz]

@@CultureSlice On which channel?

[@soHatey]

Barely 1k subs? That's crazy! Looking forward to the next video, great work!

[@CultureSlice]

Thank you very much, that's really kind! Glad you enjoyed the video. The channel is still new so hopefully it will continue to grow, but I'm chuffed with every view. Just have to keep on making content, leave the rest to the KZbin algo and hope for the best.

[@soHatey]

@@CultureSlice with quality like this it's only a matter of time. This one just randomly showed up in my feed so the algorithm likes it

[@CultureSlice]

@@soHatey Thank you, really appreciate it - great to hear that KZbin is starting to connect with the right audience 😎

[@danielhegarty6733]

Splendid video. Please make more videos about lots of things.

[@CultureSlice]

Thank you so much Daniel, that’s very kind! Plenty more to come from the channel - always open to ideas on subjects people would like to be covered too 😎 All the best

[@thxlopez]

Great video also pa3 had the sweet moment with cadet sweet chuck and tackleberry went sweet wanted to quit and Eugene give him great advice to continue the academy. One or maybe the sweetest moment in the franchise

[@CultureSlice]

Thank you so much for the comment, really appreciate it and glad you enjoyed the video! There are some genuinely sweet moments dotted around the later moments, the scene in part five where Lassard gets emotional before the award ceremony is actually moving. Just a bit of a shame they didn't aim for this level of quality a bit more in those movies I guess.

[@stevechambers7729]

Excellent video. I really, really enjoyed this. I forgot all about these films which is weird 'cause I grew up with them. Nevertheless, great job!

[@CultureSlice]

Thank you so much for the comment Steve - really appreciate it and very glad you enjoyed it. I too grew up with these films, I thought I remembered them well but definitely forgot a few bits having watched them all back! Thanks again, lots more to come from the channel, if there’s anything you think would be good to cover do let me know. 😎

[@stevechambers7729]

@@CultureSlice Yeah, your channel's great! And you know, I was recently thinking of anthology films of the 80s, like Creepshow and Cat's Eye. I don't know if there's enough material or interest to do an episode on that stuff but something I was just pondering. Also, super into Brian DePalma's filmography of the 80s what with Blow Out, Dressed to Kill and Body Double. And speaking of Body Double, 80s films of Los Angeles. Now I'm getting perhaps too niche but 1980s L.A. was such a genre unto itself. To me, anyway. Films like the above mentioned Body Double, Breathless, Valley Girl, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, To Live & Die in L.A. I'm just prattling on. Thank you for a terrific video and a great channel!

[@mackchats6520]

2 hours well spent for me there

[@CultureSlice]

@@mackchats6520 Thank you very much Mack, really appreciate the comment!

[@MsDisneylandlover]

Left to watch the dancing in the jail which was the game Simon said..😂😂😂😂. In stupid Pector or however, you spell his name was n the cell. I love him 😂lol..

[@shanester1832]

So right on that theme. I've conciously thought about what a shame it is to be stuck on a raucous 80s comedy. It's world class. Every video on this I comment on how surprising it is that it hasn't gotten a reboot movie featuring the Rock or whoever. Enough time has gone by for a sequel to be a received well. All surviving cast returning, teaching a new crop. Raucous 80s humor welcomed.

[@CultureSlice]

I keep hoping to hear that theme at the Olympics!

[@shanester1832]

@@CultureSlice It really is that good, think about it every time I hear it. Same thing with Funny Farm. Theme is too good to be trapped on a fairly underappreciated Chevy Chase movie.

[@ganglabesh]

37:54 brilliant! lol

[@CultureSlice]

Ha - that's the world I want to live in!

[@lucyfuir6386]

THE GUTE I saw 2-5 in theaters

[@CultureSlice]

Oh wow, you are in a very exclusive club to have seen more than half of Police Academy’s journey in the cinema!

[@lucyfuir6386]

@@CultureSlice love those movies just watched 1 the other day

[@maximusprime3459]

Yep. I'm glad to have grown up during the era of Police Academy. I believe we saw 1-4 in the theaters. They were big video rentals around the house til cable started running them all the time. I even liked the cartoon!😅

[@CultureSlice]

The fact that you saw all of the first four at the cinema is legitimately awesome - what a time to be alive that was. I remember how popular the videos were in the UK before they ended up being constantly on TV from the early 90s onwards! Thanks for commenting 😎

[@MAMoreno]

I have a great fondness for the first one, but the only sequel I can really say that I like is the third one. The second film showed just how important Lassard and the academy campus were to the series, as the precinct proved to be a rather dull setting, and the decision to focus so much on a zany new antagonist rather than on the antics of the returning cast reeked of desperation at a time when things should have still felt fresh. The third entry, while obviously toned down for a lower rating, restored much of what was missing from the earlier sequel and found a more appropriate use for Zed and Sweetchuck--that is, making them minor supporting characters who didn't overstay their welcome. Yes, the jokes were largely recycled from the first two movies, but at least they chose to recycle the best jokes. And the action sequence at the end is fantastic. Of course, having all the right elements doesn't necessarily mean having a coherent end product, and Citizens on Patrol is easily the most unfocused entry in the series. Mahoney, our protagonist for the first three entries, has been reduced down practically to a cameo to make room for aimless sketches involving Zed romancing Corinne Bohrer that do nothing to advance a plot (if the film can even be said to have one). The TV version, which restores a bit of Guttenberg's cut material, is marginally better, but this is still the franchise at its most meandering, and it's not surprising that a number of the headliners bowed out after this one. But even the fourth film can boast a handful of funny jokes, which is more than can be said about the fifth entry. Assignment Miami Beach gets credit for its setting (which is sufficiently exciting to justify leaving the academy) and for some attempt at a plot. It loses most of that credit for trying to introduce a Mahoney stand-in rather than simply handing the keys of lead actor over to Michael Winslow. The other inescapable problem is that it's almost unforgivable that some of Lassard's most loyal graduates would suddenly vanish when the time came to give him a public honor. The sixth film, while tired in its humor, is without a doubt the best of the post-Guttenberg era thanks to an above-average plot for this series (possibly the best outside of the original film). And while we're back in the boring precinct setting, at least there's a fascinating mystery with a fun payoff to keep things interesting. If only the mystery--or the relatively exotic setting--of Mission to Moscow could save it from being the series nadir. But there's no getting around it: in a franchise full of films that don't inspire much laughter, only one of them moves past "inoffensively unfunny" to "torturously unfunny."

[@CultureSlice]

What a brilliant summation of the series as a whole - you should make your own Police Academy documentary! Really interesting viewpoints on the merits of each, you're totally right about part 6. It's tired in places by that point but I think that one genuinely held up pretty well when I watched it again all these years later...and part 7 is definitely "torturously unfunny"! Thanks again for watching and commenting.

[@jesperschultz2727]

Absolutely excellent work!! I hope you will do a lot more like this. Perhaps you could do National Lampoons vacation movies next? Planet of the Apes, Indiana Jones, Back to the Future, Wayne's World, Night at the Museum, Ghostbusters? Or how about doing TV series like Cheers, Seinfeld, MASH, Taxi, Spin City? Anyway, thanks so much for this series.

[@CultureSlice]

Wow thank you so much for the very kind comment - really appreciate it! Those are all great suggestions, will definitely aim to tick them off. Funnily enough, I was actually working on a script yesterday about the history of National Lampoon movies, so very timely that you mentioned the Vacation films! There are a LOT of National Lampoon movies though, so the video might actually end up being mainly based around Vacation and the numerous iterations of those over the decades. Thanks again for commenting and glad you enjoyed the video.

[@thesonicpurveyor]

Your channel has 5really good future ahead, keep rocking. I know what it's like to grow your channel. Good luck brother

[@CultureSlice]

Thank you very much my friend, really appreciate the kind words. I will check your channel out too - good luck with the channel growth, we can do this! 😎

[@martinl7612]

For me, Police Academy 3 was the one I remember the most because it was always on TV.

[@CultureSlice]

It feels like in the UK Police Academy 3 wasn’t on very much strangely from memory, but Police Academy 4 was literally always on!

[@MsDisneylandlover]

I remember the voodoo doc part lol and haircuts lol

[@PandoraZBoX1]

It was the scary movie franchise of its time

[@CultureSlice]

Definitely!

[@tonyaanjean]

Intellectually, I know what you mean about 4 & 5, but I was born in ‘80, and those two plus Ski Patrol were in heavy rotation back in the day, and they are the ones I have the fondest, nostalgic feelings for, to watch them now reminds me of that time for sure. You’re right about the theme, it should be the national anthem and I wished we lived in the timeline where they made that Scotland Yard one as a triumphant ending to the series

[@CultureSlice]

Oh yeah completely, from a nostalgia perspective I still enjoy them to this day...I mean, I quite liked part 6 even though objectively it couldn't be classed as a good film. I also enjoyed Ski Patrol so maybe there is no hope for me! I really wish they'd been able to make the Scotland Yard idea a reality, it could have genuinely been a proper way to bring the series to a close...but at least we will always have the theme!

[@wstine79]

Police Academy 4 was the first in the series that I saw. Zed, Sweetchuck, Tackleberry, and Jones were my favorite characters. It's funny how Police Academy has had many sequels as Jason, Freddy, and Michael Myers.

[@CultureSlice]

Police Academy 4 was the end of the line for so many of the best characters too!

[@JCStorm76]

Great video. I live in Australia and saw the first 6 at the movies with my Dad as a kid. Part 3 is a little better than part 2 in my opinion. The second one always felt a little flat to me. I think the first 4 are good though. When I was a kid part 4 was actually my favourite but now I can see it’s not the best one. Part 5 and 6 are ok and not as bad as people make out. I remember there being barely anyone else in the cinema for part 6 and knew it was over. Part 7 is just embarrassing. I have no memory of it at the time. I only know it now because I own the box set

[@CultureSlice]

Thanks for the comment, and really glad you liked the video! Lots more to come from the channel 😎 It’s so interesting seeing how people rank the series, the general consensus seems to be the first is clearly still good and then after that it’s a free for all. Totally get your perspective on them - I quite enjoyed part six when I watched it again but it’s easy to see why the cinema was empty by the time that came out! As for part seven…the less said, the better 😂

[@shanecook-laliberte8154]

Part 4 citizens on patrol is underrated. If they had made it Rated R, it might even have been really good. It should have been the last one.

[@CultureSlice]

Number 4 definitely had its moments, and it's the one I've seen the most in recent years! Just seen Tony Hawk at the Olympics, always think it's super cool that he's in it.

[@RoyStantz]

@@CultureSlice Also, I enjoyed David Spade in Citizens on Patrol; the guy's never been a terrible actor, he just doesn't get many good roles.

[@CultureSlice]

@@RoyStantz I agree, he deserved better roles and material.

[@RoyStantz]

@@CultureSlice He's become a walking punchline because he's pals with Adam Sandler.

[@ZillMob]

The cinema snob just released his 1984 a year in film. It really was an incredible year for movies

[@CultureSlice]

Oh I need to check that out - thanks for reminding me. It’s actually crazy how strong the cinema output in 1984 was! 😎

[@NelsonStJames]

We’ve never been in a period where we’ve seen less originality or risk taking in Hollywood, if we’re going to see an attempted reboot of the Police Academy franchise, this is definitely the time. One thing is certain though, and that is that Hollywood has learned nothing from the mistakes made with the Police Academy franchise.

[@CultureSlice]

Hollywood tends to take the wrong lessons from pretty much any success - hence why we’re getting loads of Mattel toy film adaptations after the success of Barbie. Don’t think that will ever change though! Given how desperate the streamers have been for content, I’m surprised there hasn’t been anything new from Police Academy in recent years, not even some sort of reunion let alone a reboot. Thanks for commenting and hope you enjoyed the video 😎

[@teijaflink2226]

Perhaps Netflix could reboot it, their recent sequel of Beverly Hills cop has been very successful. People love 80s nostalgia.

[@charlesbronson4282]

When Steve Guttenburg dropped out....the series was doomed

[@CultureSlice]

Guttenberg was a massive loss for sure - attempting to replace him the way they did was pretty poor too!

[@RoyStantz]

@@CultureSlice The Gute was the Hulk Hogan of Police Academy.

[@vasilypugh696]

The first is genuinely brilliant. The others are definitely comfort watches too (apart from 5 - my least favourite). Mission to Moscow was poor BUT I was swayed by Claire Forlani...

[@CultureSlice]

Mission to Moscow has an insanely good cast - Ron Perlman, Christopher Lee and Claire Forlani is wild for the seventh Police Academy. Just a shame about the material!

[@michellealdren]

Yey! I’ve been hoping you’d drop some longer, feature length videos! Can’t wait to watch it all! Thanks Culture Slice! 🍕🎬🍿😎

[@CultureSlice]

Thanks Michelle! Lots more to come from the channel soon.

[@MsDisneylandlover]

Love Captain Harrison and the guy is a great actor and I saw him and some good lifetime movies and some serious roles.😊

[@CultureSlice]

GW Bailey is awesome for sure!

[@DarthMundane]

I’ve massive fond memories of Police Academy, Obviously the first one was a masterpiece and the others were never as good. In my rose tinted glasses after 5 they just lost it but still quote them to this day. My dad loved them too and on his death bed I showed him the scene with the boot polish from the first one which always made him laugh so that was nice at a sad time. Thanks for this video loved every minute of it just like Police Academy

[@CultureSlice]

Firstly, I’m really sorry to hear about your dad but glad you have great memories together. Thank you very much for leaving this comment and I’m so glad you enjoyed the video. My mum and I used to watch PA films together too, think I enjoyed them more than her generally but she liked Police Academy 4 for some reason?! Not sure why but I enjoyed part 6 a bit when I watched it back, think your evaluation about them losing it later isn’t that far off though. 6 was kind of back to basics, a lot of the humour wasn’t actually funny but it was strangely reassuring. Thanks again for your message and all the best.

[@DarthMundane]

@@CultureSlice He died in 2015 but thanks anyway. I’m 44 in 2 weeks and at work we deal with a company called Citizen and I always says “Citizens on patrol” 🤣

[@DrMcFly28]

I remember being dragged into the cinema by my friends to watch PA5. I was already secretly hating the franchise by then, but everyone was still crazy about it, so I pretended to be too so not to stand out. PA5 was miserable - no Mahoney, unfunny jokes, nothingburger of a plot, yet my friends were laughing like maniacs and I did my best to keep pretending I was having a good time. Thankfully, by the time PA6 arrived, it was no longer "cool" to be a fan of the franchise, so I was spared the suffering. I did ultimately watch all the sequels out of morbid curiosity, but at least I was free from having to fake enjoyment, so it was much less painful overall.

[@CultureSlice]

Was it still cool to like Police Academy by number 5?! That was definitely over soon after. I think there can be some fun found in the later ones just chilling at home but definitely would have felt differently if I had paid to see them in the cinema. 😂

[@RoyStantz]

PA6 had no chance against the likes of Batman, Ghostbusters 2, Back to the Future 2, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Honey I Shrunk the Kids, Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, Look Who's Talking, When Harry Met Sally, UHF, Uncle Buck, National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, and the James Bond film License to Kill.

[@metalgrinch]

This is a beautiful beautiful doc for a very underrated and sadly forgotten franchise. Thank you forever for making it. Far too many reactors just watch the first one and annoyingly and ignorantly ignore all the other movies bc they're punk GenZoomers. I grew up with all of these movies as a kid and we went to see 6 in the theaters when my dad took us. As an adult, I always appreciated the more "grass roots" feel of the first 4, and appreciated the higher production values of 5 and 6. It almost feels like 2 eras bc the absence of SweetChuck, Guttenberg and Bobcat Goldthwait are definitely felt in part 5, despite the movie being better (I disagree with the movie being bad bc I feel like a few of the earlier ones are worse in how they feel like cheap comedy sketches sewed together). 5 and 6 feel more mainstreamed and 7 really shouldn't ever have been made but I get why they did. Anyway, a great classic franchise that wasn't always great film-wise but still greatly holds an 80s charm. The decade would not have been the same without these films!

[@CultureSlice]

Thank you so much for the praise on the doc, it is massively appreciated! Totally see your point about 5 feeling more like a properly made movie - the sitcom vibe is a bit too strong with some of the films in the franchise 😆 You are totally right on the decade not being the same without them, even though the actual content within them wasn't always great...it's a massive shame there aren't more (or really any) movies like these in cinemas these days!

[@jdenoe69]

How the Police Academy films become popular let alone spawned a cartoon and toyline baffles me profoundly. Hopefully, this video will give me better insight on why this franchise was successful.

[@CultureSlice]

Hope you enjoy the video! There is a lot of positive sentiment for the first film I think, even after ALL of the messy sequels 😂

[@blahmcblahface3965]

He's right that they were on TV EVERY weekend...must make our generation nostalgic for a simpler time when snowflakes didn't cry at everything all the time

[@jamesmorant1406]

This was my childhood this franchise

[@CultureSlice]

100% - will always hold a special place in my heart because of it, despite the quality not always being the best!

[@chapterblaq]

Definitely deserved a sub. I love British and Australian KZbinrs (I'm American and I find the accent soothing) and I'm always down for long form content.

[@CultureSlice]

Thank you very much for the sub James, really appreciate it. Thank you even more for complimenting my voice ha - getting used to having it hear it constantly has been one of the trickiest things about starting this channel!

[@blahmcblahface3965]

You must be spoilt for choice with Australian KZbinrs...I think they're breeding them down there!

[@nicholasgargano7396]

Purple rain 10, prince was so awesome

[@CultureSlice]

Absolute classic

[@RoyStantz]

@@CultureSlice The less said about Under a Cherry Moon, the better.

[@nihilismistheonlyway4680]

Can you do slap stick movies? Like Hot Shots, Fatal Instinct, Airplane, Top Gun, etc? (And in case anyone is interested Angie Tribeca is an excellent slapstick done recently starring Rashida Jones. Its hilarious!)

[@CultureSlice]

Oh yeah definitely, how about The Naked Gun too? Currently scripting a video about the history of National Lampoon films as well. Haven’t seen Angie Tribeca but will definitely check it out!

[@MsDisneylandlover]

Say hello to my little friend lol

[@MsDisneylandlover]

Love SG ❤

[@MsDisneylandlover]

I love the moving day movie and the toy movie rip RP❤

[@thxlopez]

Thx you again great video me and my uncle he was only 7 yrs older watch all the police academy 1-5 Miami but PA 4 we watch the Most Sharon stone David spade rat from fast times and moving violations Tony hawk caballero etc and he use to say the quote of captain harris move it move it also PA toys are getting pricey

[@CultureSlice]

Thank you Andy, really glad you enjoyed the video. Some amazing memories linked to these movies!

[@Jamessmith-xk3fh]

I like the first 3 movies

[@CultureSlice]

Things definitely gradually got worse for sure - I will argue to this day that part one in particular holds up well to this day! Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@ChannelWackadoo]

I prefer the 'Vice Academy' movies.

[@CultureSlice]

They definitely have their moments! 😂

[@MsDisneylandlover]

I forgot about MW and his voices lol

[@SUK2293]

Carry On Constable.

[@CultureSlice]

If they’d have made Police Academy: Operation Scotland Yard like they planned then we could have seen quite the crossover 😂

[@RoyStantz]

@@CultureSlice I wonder who would've played the bumbling Scotland Yard detective that would have to team up with Lassard and friends? Bob Hoskins, John Cleese, David Jason, Rowan Atkinson, or Mel Smith?

[@CultureSlice]

@@RoyStantz I read somewhere that they asked Ben Elton to write it but he turned it down?

[@RoyStantz]

@@CultureSlice Yes, according to IMDB.

[@professorlaser7132]

those who perceive your enthusiasm as requiring you be an 'apologist' can buzz off forever.

[@CultureSlice]

Beautifully put - I totally agree!

[@chumpyman]

Still waiting for my indigogo backed What an Institution! The Story of Police Academy blu ray from 2018. The doc still isnt finished

[@CultureSlice]

Me too! What did happen to that?! I was massively excited when it got announced given all the talent involved. In the end, I decided to make my own doc instead! Hope this video slightly made up for What an Institution not turning up yet - thanks for watching!

[@chumpyman]

@@CultureSlice LOL!!!!! Thats the reason why ive like and subbed. I saw your doc on my feed and as so miffed off from the "official" doc that watched this. We both should have known better as the pennywise and robodoc have been a joke for the backers.

[@CultureSlice]

@@chumpyman Oh really? I hadn’t seen much about those ones…just thought the Police Academy story doc sounded immense! Will it ever see the light of day? Seems like an opportunity missed given the 40th anniversary this year. Funnily enough, I’m working on a new series and one of the episodes is about the Robocop franchise. That will be out later this year. So there’s that at least! 😂 Thanks for the sub, really appreciate it. 😎

[@josephadorno92]

If Kim Cattrall had stayed for the sequels, the series would've had a strong female lead to match Guttenberg's Mahoney.

[@CultureSlice]

Really good point - she could have given the series another focus and her journey would have been pretty compelling. She wasn’t replaced properly at all and that did end up hurting the series.

[@josephadorno92]

@@CultureSlice Cattrall always likes to say a lot of the films she did were to pay the rent, but a closer look reveals that there was something in each role that appealed to her as an actress - even in "Porky's", she clearly loved how her character stands up to Mrs. Ballbricker, the big battleaxe of that series; if the sequels offered scripts that had something interesting, she would've come back.

[@RoyStantz]

Mahoney having a new girlfriend in each film would've made him like James Bond.

[@josephadorno92]

@@RoyStantz that's kinda what they did in 3 and 4, though Mahoney has more in common with Fletch than James Bond; The 2nd film seemed to imply he was married.

[@RoyStantz]

@@josephadorno92 Actually, Mahoney was gonna have a love interest in 2 - a seamstress named Chloe Daniels, who was played by Julie Brown, only to find out later that all her scenes, bar two cameo appearances, were cut from the final print. According to Brown, Steve Guttenberg was not very nice to her on set. While filming the street fair scene, where Mahoney takes Chloe on a date by riding the Ferris Wheel, Guttenberg refused to go through with their scripted kissing scene, telling Brown that his character would not kiss hers. The entire romantic subplot with Mahoney and Chloe ended up being removed from the final cut. Without context, Chloe's appearance at Tackleberry's wedding as a bridesmaid (and the one who catches the bouquet to boot) is confusing to the viewer.

[@TheLost_and_Tony]

I have always loved the police academy movies but all of them did come out before I was 13 I didn't count 7 as a part of the franchise it just made me sad

[@CultureSlice]

7 definitely feels like a random drunken mistake rather than part of the main franchise!

[@MsDisneylandlover]

Love that Dinosaurs movie

[@Filmation77]

(Being of a Certain Age But...) it would be kinda redundant to try to do a Police Academy in the age of Brooklyn Nine Nine

[@bigbabysld]

was '84 just a perfect year in cinema or what...When THE TERMINATOR didn't make the top 10 you know that was a good year.

[@CultureSlice]

1984 has to go down as one of the best years in film ever - the number of classics in cinemas at the same time was crazy. 1987 was another great year, I talk about that a bit in the Three Men & a Baby. Wall-to-wall bangers. Just a shame we don’t have years like those much anymore!

[@Knightfall182]

These movies shaped my fratboy antics. 😎 Now I can never run for public office. 😑

[@CultureSlice]

Absolutely the same my friend 😂 Might make a video called “Police Academy Films Ruined My Life” 😂

[@hondadog-yo2sr]

The first one was completely stupid, juvenile and totally hilarious. 😂 Watched it first run on HBO. Definitely a movie brought down by it's terrible sequels...

[@CultureSlice]

The first one genuinely holds up now, if you haven’t watched it in a while - but some of those sequels. Good grief. 😂

[@teijaflink2226]

It's so funny even rather low budget and lots of toilet type of humour, I loved it as a kid. Of course all the actors and different characters make that movie.

[@Sammy_Boy_Smith]

The cartoon was ok, and the toys that followed were cool too. I never knew there was a 7

[@CultureSlice]

Probably for the best you didn’t know about number 7 😂

[@RoyStantz]

@@CultureSlice If one thing can be said about the majority of cartoons in the 1980's, they were all there to sell something; some of our favourites such as He-Man, My Little Pony, Care Bears, Transformers, M.A.S.K., ThunderCats, The Real Ghostbusters, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and G.I. Joe.

[@christopherdavis8248]

ASTONISHING!!! police acedemy made MORE money than Footloose!

[@CultureSlice]

I know, right? Made more money than a lot of more heralded movies…and lord only knows how much cash they made from home viewing over the decades.

[@MsDisneylandlover]

Like 6 Hooks was being asked by Captain Harrison. What was she doing there? N she was saying very low m her speaking voice to be a police officer sir lol. But i also like how she would get loud with ppl as well lol 😂 rip.

[@CultureSlice]

Definitely - Hooks was an underrated character.

[@MsDisneylandlover]

Also, I heard there was even a cartoon series for this 😮

[@CultureSlice]

There was a cartoon series - and a live action one too in the late 90s!

[@daveyboy_]

A release slate like this seems unthinkable in the present day Yep

[@CultureSlice]

Sad but true - we took for granted how good we had it back then!

[@doctorlolchicken7478]

I realize this is very picky, but at [1:10] there’s no way PA 5 made 175% less than PA. You can’t make less than 100% because that would be zero. PA 5 would have to lose money - a lot of money - to make 175% less.

[@CultureSlice]

Thanks for the comment Doctor, and also thanks for being so polite too - that's definitely not always the case on here! Totally get what you're saying, it's just expressed as a percentage decrease based on the different film's grosses - as Police Academy's revenue was almost three times the amount of Police Academy 5. Understand where you're coming from though, maybe a clunky way of showing it - but basically PA5 was not much of a success in cinemas! Hope you enjoyed the video, and thanks again.

[@TasteTestTitan]

Callahan and those knockers!

[@CultureSlice]

I’m saying nothing 😂🙈

[@wstine79]

Police Academy has the same projectory of a horror slasher franchise. The first was a masterpiece. The early sequels were fine, but later entries become too goofy and lost its gore/ ranchy humor, a disastrous sequel in 1989, and crash and burn by the 90s.

[@CultureSlice]

Very true - Police Academy was the Friday the 13th of comedy in the 80s.

[@uksoundadvice4362]

I saw Mission to Moscow at the cinema...

[@marcscarvalli7524]

Jerry Paris was the main director of happy days and one of American television greatest tv director. Put a little more reverence on the name.

[@1977TA]

Ski Patrol counts as Police Academy 7. If the 6th film had been a success the 7th film would have been titled Police Academy 7: Ski Patrol.

[@CultureSlice]

Yep - Ski Patrol would have made a better seventh film than the actual Police Academy 7 too! Thanks for commenting.

[@rogerlynch5279]

Fun FAct: POLICE ACADEMY had bee censored in many European areas due to mature and sexual content. Pars Three and Five had been my favorite POLICE ACADEMY movies.

[@CultureSlice]

I’ve definitely seen the censored version once or twice on TV!

[@RoyStantz]

@@CultureSlice I saw the uncensored version of PA1 on ITV4 recently.

[@Sammy_Boy_Smith]

And ..... Now McDonald's is gone again from Moscow. Lol Although Russia kept them under a new copycat,.so its still red n yellow, same menu, everything but names.

[@CultureSlice]

Yep - funny how go round in circles. The fake Russian McDonald’s must have been a strange experience for the Moscow residents at first. Given the current state of the world, it’s crazy to think that a Hollywood movie like Police Academy 7 was once shot in Russia.

[@MsDisneylandlover]

The movie was sexual, especially the thing that happened at the orientation lol and he thought SG did the act on him lol 😂

[@CultureSlice]

That scene is so good - Lassard’s face cracks me up every time 😂

[@sargentoinkwinson4888]

*Cough* Carry On Constable *Cough*

[@ChubbyChecker182]

1994 Pulp Fiction, Shawshank, Police Academy 7

[@CultureSlice]

Three classics right there

[@RoyStantz]

@@CultureSlice Don't forget The Lion King, which made the Don Bluth version of Thumbelina look like a museum piece.

[@CultureSlice]

@@RoyStantz What a time to be alive

[@RoyStantz]

@@CultureSlice And don't forget The Flintstones starring John Goodman, Rick Moranis, Elizabeth Perkins, and Rosie O'Donnell.

[@dnakatomiuk]

Kim Cattrell was gorgeous and it goes to show the bigwigs dont know what the public wanted they still dont know today take Disney and its star wars crap It did get stale when 3 came out and you could see the franchise needed a break 17:42 What a list of great films

[@CultureSlice]

She was for sure 🔥 It was an incredible year for films! Hope you enjoyed the video and thanks for taking the time to comment 😎

[@doctorlolchicken7478]

According to J K Rowling, Police Academy was the original inspiration for Harry Potter.

[@CultureSlice]

100% believe it