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.

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

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

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

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. "

Maybe the humour of this film (basically the humor of the 80s) could be offensive and outdated to the new generations, but this is the kind of film that you never get tired of watch, as the same as its crazy characters and surreal jokes.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

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!!😂😂😂

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

Proctor was always one of my fav Police Academy characters

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

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.

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...

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.

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

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

Mahoneeeeeey!

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 :(

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

Roger Ebert talking out of his arse yet again.

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.

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

You are the man sir, loved this movie series

I love the Police Academy movies, I used to watch them all the time when I was a kid back in the '80s. After this vid I think I'm going to rewatch them all again. This brings to my mind another great comedy from back then that I used to watch all the time, too, "Moving Violations", in my opinion a very underated comedy.

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.

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

The series will always be a Bobcat piece to me.

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.

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).

Larvell Jones and his voice are an international treasure

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

Man I LOVED the Police Academy films, as a kid!! I also used to faithfully watch the Police Academy cartoon series, every Saturday morning. I had no idea that there had ever been a live action TV series of it, though.

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

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

Police academy takes me back. It is what I thought was the funniest movie ever as a 8 yr old.

I'm so glad I grew Up in the 80s with films like this. Watching Police Academy, The Goonies, Princess Bride, Nothing But Trouble and so many more amazing films, gave me a great respect for film making. Most of the time things were done for real, practical effects and barely any CGI because computers weren't a thing yet. Special FX makeup was a skill and practical effects added to the art. Movies now are missing those 2 key elements that made things seem so genuine back then.

Love these movies. True classics. They were, and probably still are, always on German television.

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!

Such an underrated series, all the movies are on Netflix

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.

RIP To Those That Have Passed!! Thanks For The Memories!

It took me years to finally realize and notice how common it was for Hollywood movies, big budget or otherwise, to be filmed in Toronto where I live and grew up. I just would always recognize familiar streets, locations and landmarks but didn't think nothing of it. Thought maybe cities were just built in similar ways. lol There wasn't an internet to look it up obviously and I wasn't a big enough geek at the time to do actual research.

I love the Police Academy series as it’s light hearted “slap stick” fun. I grew up on these movies and I think I’ll always have a soft spot for them.

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! 👍🏻👍🏻

This film is the definition of goofy '80's comedy, and will always hold a place in my childhood memories.

I grew up with the first one, saw it first time when I was less than 6, and loved it since. My daughter also loves it and she first saw it around when she was the same age I was. It’s special cause she only focuses on the funny parts and isn’t really concerned about the more adult parts. Though she, as I did, realizes that some characters and situations are bad and wrong since they’re so well and simply outlined, and she really needed little to be explained of it, as it was for me. And she adores the music! Sadly they don’t write nor make movies this well anymore

Meatballs and Police Academy were two of the most fun and formative movies of my early teens! Love them!

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.

Despite "Exploring" series already told us about some of the most unexpected movies, it never ceases to surprise me in the best ways possible. Especially since I can count on Cecil digging up the facts I don't know about the movie in the first minute and that's me being a HUGE movie trivia buff. I re-watched the full film series of Police Academy this year and that reminded me just how much I love this franchise since my childhood. Many people dismiss these movies as sexist and/or unfunny, but in fact they were very progressive for 80's, having a large, very diverse cast and depicting practically everyone in a way that makes audience sympathize with them. It's hard to understate how huge of an achievement that is, especially since how much they told young people in Post-Soviet countries about what society can achieve in that area. As for changes franchise endured over the years, I actually might attribute that to how different the movies are. My favorites of the franchise are first two, the fourth (which has an amazing soundtrack) and the sixth which is an insane action/superhero movie with awesome urban atmosphere, stunts and likable villains. Although, to be fair: I can watch any movie of that series, even Mission to Moscow, at any time.

Oh now you're spoiling us.

I love these movies. I remember watching them with my dad back in the 90's. Were the most good crazy movies I ever watched haha.

Police Academy 2 is my favorite. Mission to Moscow is underrated..

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

I met the cast of Police Academy in person at a Hollywood Show, this is a great video and I love the series.

I actually like the second movie best. Bobcat is so manic and hilarious he def steals the show.

My family and I practically wore the VHS out! As for the backlash, I think it's easier for people to say "these movies aren't funny and you should feel bad for enjoying them" instead of, "despite the later films veering off course, the original and early sequels are still hilarious."

The first movie is one of those I always had huge nostalgia for

I grew up watching these movies! Enjoyed them all, even the later ones to a certain extent. Lol

I was 7 years old when this came out. I remember watching it when I was 8 on our Betamax. It was the funniest thing I'd ever seen at that young age. I remember my dad hated it and all the sequels. My favorite characters were Kevin Winslow, Bobcat, and Tackleberry.

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

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.

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

Outstanding video. Now I love Police Academy more than ever. The scene where Commandant Lassard is, uh, standing at the podium remains just about the funniest thing I've ever seen. And God bless Michael Winslow.

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

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!

You, sir, save me from depression.

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.

Man, I loved those movies when I was a kid. I didn't understand all the jokes but they were still great fun to watch.

Great video!!!! One other side note- Police Academy movies introduced us to Bobcat Goldthwait, and for that, I am grateful!!!

Thanks for this, Man!!! The first Police Academy is a classic, but the sequels should never have been made.

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.

As a kid I used to watch this and combat academy ( with George Clooney) almost every day for sooo long. I had those 2 movies recorded on 1 vhs tape. Brings a tear to my eyes remembering those days. Thank you so much and please do a video on combat academy as well!

I was four days old when I first saw this when it came out, and I loved it. Still do.

michael winslow is awesome

This movie and Revenge of the Nerds were the apex of comedy when I was a kid.

I actually laughed out loud when Mahoney came out from under the podium. I completely forgot all about that scene.

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