list http://www.spout.com/ Recent community activity around Police Academy on Spout Copyright 2005-9 Spout, LLC Spout RSS http://www.spout.com/images/SpoutLogoRSS.jpg http://www.spout.com/ 136 30 http://www.spout.com/films/Police_Academy/26999/default.aspx Title: Police Academy
Year: 1984
Director: Hugh Wilson
Plot: Public safety takes a turn for the worse in this hit comedy, which spawned a long-running franchise. As a crime wave sweeps through a major city, the mayor decides that part of the problem may stem from overly restrictive qualifications for police officers, so she opens the door of the city's Police Academy to anyone who wants to join. Soon, the new class is overrun with misfits and losers, including Carey Mahoney (Steve Guttenberg), who is given the choice of joining the force or going to jail; Karen Thompson (Kim Cattrall), a pretty cadet whom Mahoney has his eye on; Moses Hightower (Bubba Smith), a mountain of a man who likes to tend flowers; and Larvell Jones (Michael Winslow), who has an uncanny ability to imitate the sound of practically anything. Constantly befuddled Commandant Lassard (George Gaynes) and his lackey, Lt. Harris (G.W. Bailey), are none too thrilled with their new charges, but as they try to wash their hands of the cadets, Mahoney and his classmates become all the more determined to make good. The surprising success of Police Academy spawned six sequels and two TV series. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
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]]>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 19:01:13 GMTPolice Academy1984Hugh WilsonPublic safety takes a turn for the worse in this hit comedy, which spawned a long-running franchise. As a crime wave sweeps through a major city, the mayor decides that part of the problem may stem from overly restrictive qualifications for police officers, so she opens the door of the city's Police Academy to anyone who wants to join. Soon, the new class is overrun with misfits and losers, including Carey Mahoney (<a href="/players/P____29352/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Steve Guttenberg</a>), who is given the choice of joining the force or going to jail; Karen Thompson (<a href="/players/P____11829/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Kim Cattrall</a>), a pretty cadet whom Mahoney has his eye on; Moses Hightower (<a href="/players/P____66366/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Bubba Smith</a>), a mountain of a man who likes to tend flowers; and Larvell Jones (<a href="/players/P____76969/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Michael Winslow</a>), who has an uncanny ability to imitate the sound of practically anything. Constantly befuddled Commandant Lassard (<a href="/players/P____26241/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>George Gaynes</a>) and his lackey, Lt. Harris (G.W. Bailey), are none too thrilled with their new charges, but as they try to wash their hands of the cadets, Mahoney and his classmates become all the more determined to make good. The surprising success of Police Academy spawned six sequels and two TV series. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide8Taggedy Taggged (6-10)543http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/t39931z0sap.jpghttp://www.spout.com/films/Police_Academy/26999/default.aspxFilm http://www.spout.com/blogs/spoutblog/archive/2008/8/26/34406.aspx Post By: SpoutBlog
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Body: I admit it. I loved Steve Guttenberg when I was a kid. And I’ve been anticipating a respectable comeback from the Police Academy star for almost two decades now. But after watching this video from Funny or Die, I’m finally ready to close the door on any hope I might have had for the guy. The faux commercial for “Guttenberg’s Steak House” is lame and unoriginal, and not only did I not laugh, I don’t even understand what’s supposed to be funny about it. Until now, I kind of believed there was an almost win-win benefit to the viral marketing of oneself. A site like FOD is a perfect venue to showcase whatever talent we’ve been missing from a fallen star who otherwise has been trapped within the confines of the Hollywood system. Someone like Guttenberg, who has been stuck bottom feeding in the lowest of low-rent roles, could use this opportunity to be as brilliant as he can be. Unfortunately, maybe this is as good as he gets these days. Or maybe he was simply low-renting himself out to the uninspired producers of the video and had little to do with the poor concept and execution. However, if that’s the case, I’m still disappointed in his lack of taste in choosing to be involved. More enjoyable, though only slightly, was last month’s Guttenberg-related FOD video, also written by Amy Rhodes, which took the strange idea of remaking Three Men and a Baby with all three men played by Matthew McConaughey. I have to admit, though, that I probably found it funnier than it actually is because I watched it this morning directly after watching the new boob-filled red-band trailer for McConaughey’s new, very ’80s-tinged comedy Surfer, Dude. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog
]]>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 19:01:13 GMTSpoutBlogSpoutBlog on spout.com8/26/2008 3:01:13 PM I admit it. I loved Steve Guttenberg when I was a kid. And I’ve been anticipating a respectable comeback from the Police Academy star for almost two decades now. But after watching this video from Funny or Die, I’m finally ready to close the door on any hope I might have had for the guy. The faux commercial for “Guttenberg’s Steak House” is lame and unoriginal, and not only did I not laugh, I don’t even understand what’s supposed to be funny about it. Until now, I kind of believed there was an almost win-win benefit to the viral marketing of oneself. A site like FOD is a perfect venue to showcase whatever talent we’ve been missing from a fallen star who otherwise has been trapped within the confines of the Hollywood system. Someone like Guttenberg, who has been stuck bottom feeding in the lowest of low-rent roles, could use this opportunity to be as brilliant as he can be. Unfortunately, maybe this is as good as he gets these days. Or maybe he was simply low-renting himself out to the uninspired producers of the video and had little to do with the poor concept and execution. However, if that’s the case, I’m still disappointed in his lack of taste in choosing to be involved. More enjoyable, though only slightly, was last month’s Guttenberg-related FOD video, also written by Amy Rhodes, which took the strange idea of remaking Three Men and a Baby with all three men played by Matthew McConaughey. I have to admit, though, that I probably found it funnier than it actually is because I watched it this morning directly after watching the new boob-filled red-band trailer for McConaughey’s new, very ’80s-tinged comedy Surfer, Dude. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog http://www.spout.com/blogs/spoutblog/archive/2008/8/13/33965.aspx Post By: SpoutBlog
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Post Date: 8/13/2008 3:01:08 PM
Body: From what I hear, Star Wars: The Clone Wars is really bad. Bad enough for the king of the fanboys, Harry Knowles, to reportedly write, “I hated the film. HATED IT. REALLY HATED IT.” Bad enough that Warner Bros. had the review removed from Aint it Cool News due to a review embargo — though probably it had more to do with it being so damaging to the studio’s marketing of the film (apparently Warners had no issue with Variety publishing its so-so review on the same day). I’m not in the least bit surprised. Most people I know who used to be big Star Wars fans won’t be bothering to see the film. But if it bombs at the box office this weekend, what will that mean for Lucasfilm’s upcoming Clone Wars animated series, which is set to spin off from the movie? The show will probably do OK, thanks to the few geeks who still worship the franchise, but it’s not likely to make my list of best animated series spun off from movies: Muppet Babies - The cute infant versions of Kermit, Miss Piggy, Fozzie and (most of) the others officially debuted in The Muppets Take Manhattan, so this cartoon series counts. Even though my brother disagrees (”the Muppets are a whole entity outside of the movies”). And it’s so good that I’d almost say it’s the best Muppet project ever. It’s at least better than the movie it spun off from. Plus, it was especially entertaining for movie fans. Long before Family Guy did it, the Muppet Babies had their own brilliant animated take on the Star Wars films. Star Wars: Droids - When I was a kid, I definitely preferred the cuter, longer-running Star Wars: Ewoks (both cartoons were later united as Ewoks & Droids Adventure Hour), but looking back, Droids was the cooler series because it retained Anthony Daniels as the voice of C-3PO (R2-D2 was humorously credited as himself) and featured characters like Boba Fett and IG-88. As a bonus, it also featured an awesome theme song co-written and performed by Stewart Copeland. The only theme that might top it is the Fat Boys’ rap for Police Academy: The Series. Back to the Future - I’m a sucker for cartoon spin-offs that feature voices from the original movies, and this one had both Mary Steenburgen (Clara Brown) and Thomas F. Wilson (Biff Tannen) reprising their roles. Strangely enough, the animated Doc Brown was voiced by Dan Castellaneta (also the voice of Homer Simpson), while the live-action Doc Brown, who introduced and closed each episode, was actually played by the movies’ Christopher Lloyd. Someone please put this show on DVD already. Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventures - Even better than BTTF, this cartoon initially featured the voices of the three original stars of Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure, Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter and George Carlin. Unfortunately, the bogus second season of the series screwed everything up with a different production company (DiC instead of Hanna-Barbera), new actors (Evan Richards and Christopher Kennedy, stars of the live-action Bill & Ted series) and a broader premise (the dudes could now travel into literature, TV shows and the human body). At least for awhile, the series was most triumphant. Beetlejuice - Talk about changing the premise. I don’t know what the creators were thinking when they decided to suddenly make Beetlejuice and Lydia best friends, but somehow it works. And, as much as I’d have loved for Winona Ryder to reprise her role, I’m glad Lydia was voiced by one of my favorites, Alyson Court (Jubilee in X-Men: The Animated Series and Veronica in The New Archies). I don’t understand how it really fits with the plot of Tim Burton’s movie anymore than I get why Daniel and Mr Miyagi were suddenly adventurers in the Karate Kid cartoon, but I was at least a big fan of the imaginative Netherworld setting of the Beetlejuice series. The Real Ghostbusters - Like Beetlejuice, this animated version of Ghostbusters turned enemies into friends by making Slimer a cute mascot. In fact, the series was eventually retitled Slimer! and the Real Ghostbusters because of how kids responded to the green guy, with Slimer receiving his own half-hour storylines. This despite the initial attraction of the series having a darker tone than most Saturday morning cartoons. TaleSpin - Forget all the later Disney cartoon series based on animated features, this was the best and most inspired. Maybe because it’s another example in which the premise of the series is completely different than the premise of the films. Aside from starring the characters Baloo, Louie and Shere Khan, it has nothing at all to do with The Jungle Book. And except for the lack of songs performed by Louis Prima, the series is much cooler than the movie. She-Ra: Princess of Power - I’m counting this even though the movie it’s spun off from, The Secret of the Sword, is also the first four episodes of the series. It was released theatrically, though. Besides, including it on the list means I don’t have to choose a best of the three lame Jim Carrey movie spin offs (The Mask; Dumb and Dumber; Ace Ventura), nor do I have to familiarize myself with The Animatrix, which I’m sure has it’s fans, or attempt to justify the cool in theory but terrible in reality Teen Wolf cartoon. Toxic Crusaders - Among all the R-rated movies that were turned into cartoons for kids — including First Blood (Rambo), Highlander, RoboCop and Police Academy – the decision to make an animated series out of The Toxic Avenger is the most questionable and therefore the most ingenious. I doubt something like this could be created today; we kids of the ’80s were just more exposed to inappropriate material and also had room for more sanitized versions. I saw the original, extremely violent movie when I was 8 years old and would have also loved this cartoon back then, despite it’s lack of head-crushings and nudity. Unfortunately, it didn’t debut until I was in my teens, when I was typically sleeping in on Saturday mornings and napping on weekday afternoons. Clerks - I’ve honestly never seen this cartoon, but I have a good reason to include it. While taking a film studies course titled American Film Comedy in college, I had a classmate who literally finished each session — having just watched The Circus, The General, Sherlock Jr., Duck Soup, The Palm Beach Story, It, Trouble in Paradise, Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, His Girl Friday, It Should Happen to You, Tootsie or some other classic — by saying, in all seriousness, “I guess I don’t have the right sense of humor for these movies. I prefer smart comedies like Chasing Amy.” A devout Kevin Smith fan, he also continuously would reference the animated Clerks series, despite the fact that nobody else seemed to have any familiarity with it. For a cartoon spin-off to so completely appease the biggest fan of the movie, it has to be considered a success. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog
]]>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 19:01:08 GMTSpoutBlogSpoutBlog on spout.com8/13/2008 3:01:08 PM From what I hear, Star Wars: The Clone Wars is really bad. Bad enough for the king of the fanboys, Harry Knowles, to reportedly write, “I hated the film. HATED IT. REALLY HATED IT.” Bad enough that Warner Bros. had the review removed from Aint it Cool News due to a review embargo — though probably it had more to do with it being so damaging to the studio’s marketing of the film (apparently Warners had no issue with Variety publishing its so-so review on the same day). I’m not in the least bit surprised. Most people I know who used to be big Star Wars fans won’t be bothering to see the film. But if it bombs at the box office this weekend, what will that mean for Lucasfilm’s upcoming Clone Wars animated series, which is set to spin off from the movie? The show will probably do OK, thanks to the few geeks who still worship the franchise, but it’s not likely to make my list of best animated series spun off from movies: Muppet Babies - The cute infant versions of Kermit, Miss Piggy, Fozzie and (most of) the others officially debuted in The Muppets Take Manhattan, so this cartoon series counts. Even though my brother disagrees (”the Muppets are a whole entity outside of the movies”). And it’s so good that I’d almost say it’s the best Muppet project ever. It’s at least better than the movie it spun off from. Plus, it was especially entertaining for movie fans. Long before Family Guy did it, the Muppet Babies had their own brilliant animated take on the Star Wars films. Star Wars: Droids - When I was a kid, I definitely preferred the cuter, longer-running Star Wars: Ewoks (both cartoons were later united as Ewoks & Droids Adventure Hour), but looking back, Droids was the cooler series because it retained Anthony Daniels as the voice of C-3PO (R2-D2 was humorously credited as himself) and featured characters like Boba Fett and IG-88. As a bonus, it also featured an awesome theme song co-written and performed by Stewart Copeland. The only theme that might top it is the Fat Boys’ rap for Police Academy: The Series. Back to the Future - I’m a sucker for cartoon spin-offs that feature voices from the original movies, and this one had both Mary Steenburgen (Clara Brown) and Thomas F. Wilson (Biff Tannen) reprising their roles. Strangely enough, the animated Doc Brown was voiced by Dan Castellaneta (also the voice of Homer Simpson), while the live-action Doc Brown, who introduced and closed each episode, was actually played by the movies’ Christopher Lloyd. Someone please put this show on DVD already. Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventures - Even better than BTTF, this cartoon initially featured the voices of the three original stars of Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure, Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter and George Carlin. Unfortunately, the bogus second season of the series screwed everything up with a different production company (DiC instead of Hanna-Barbera), new actors (Evan Richards and Christopher Kennedy, stars of the live-action Bill & Ted series) and a broader premise (the dudes could now travel into literature, TV shows and the human body). At least for awhile, the series was most triumphant. Beetlejuice - Talk about changing the premise. I don’t know what the creators were thinking when they decided to suddenly make Beetlejuice and Lydia best friends, but somehow it works. And, as much as I’d have loved for Winona Ryder to reprise her role, I’m glad Lydia was voiced by one of my favorites, Alyson Court (Jubilee in X-Men: The Animated Series and Veronica in The New Archies). I don’t understand how it really fits with the plot of Tim Burton’s movie anymore than I get why Daniel and Mr Miyagi were suddenly adventurers in the Karate Kid cartoon, but I was at least a big fan of the imaginative Netherworld setting of the Beetlejuice series. The Real Ghostbusters - Like Beetlejuice, this animated version of Ghostbusters turned enemies into friends by making Slimer a cute mascot. In fact, the series was eventually retitled Slimer! and the Real Ghostbusters because of how kids responded to the green guy, with Slimer receiving his own half-hour storylines. This despite the initial attraction of the series having a darker tone than most Saturday morning cartoons. TaleSpin - Forget all the later Disney cartoon series based on animated features, this was the best and most inspired. Maybe because it’s another example in which the premise of the series is completely different than the premise of the films. Aside from starring the characters Baloo, Louie and Shere Khan, it has nothing at all to do with The Jungle Book. And except for the lack of songs performed by Louis Prima, the series is much cooler than the movie. She-Ra: Princess of Power - I’m counting this even though the movie it’s spun off from, The Secret of the Sword, is also the first four episodes of the series. It was released theatrically, though. Besides, including it on the list means I don’t have to choose a best of the three lame Jim Carrey movie spin offs (The Mask; Dumb and Dumber; Ace Ventura), nor do I have to familiarize myself with The Animatrix, which I’m sure has it’s fans, or attempt to justify the cool in theory but terrible in reality Teen Wolf cartoon. Toxic Crusaders - Among all the R-rated movies that were turned into cartoons for kids — including First Blood (Rambo), Highlander, RoboCop and Police Academy – the decision to make an animated series out of The Toxic Avenger is the most questionable and therefore the most ingenious. I doubt something like this could be created today; we kids of the ’80s were just more exposed to inappropriate material and also had room for more sanitized versions. I saw the original, extremely violent movie when I was 8 years old and would have also loved this cartoon back then, despite it’s lack of head-crushings and nudity. Unfortunately, it didn’t debut until I was in my teens, when I was typically sleeping in on Saturday mornings and napping on weekday afternoons. Clerks - I’ve honestly never seen this cartoon, but I have a good reason to include it. While taking a film studies course titled American Film Comedy in college, I had a classmate who literally finished each session — having just watched The Circus, The General, Sherlock Jr., Duck Soup, The Palm Beach Story, It, Trouble in Paradise, Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, His Girl Friday, It Should Happen to You, Tootsie or some other classic — by saying, in all seriousness, “I guess I don’t have the right sense of humor for these movies. I prefer smart comedies like Chasing Amy.” A devout Kevin Smith fan, he also continuously would reference the animated Clerks series, despite the fact that nobody else seemed to have any familiarity with it. For a cartoon spin-off to so completely appease the biggest fan of the movie, it has to be considered a success. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog http://www.spout.com/blogs/jakestevens/archive/2008/5/27/30043.aspx Post By: JakeStevens
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Body: Oh, man. I grew up with these characters. As a child, I even went so far as to attempt to "novelize" the film (ala Bantam) and narrate it with verbatim dialogue from the film itself. Those transcripts have long been lost to the ravages of time, but this pricelessly tasteless film survives. I STILL quote from this film (and some of its sequels) to this day, and who doesn't love the cast assembled here? It's a completely brain-dead comedy, but at least we can emphasize the "comedy" part of that equation with certainty. On this 986th (or so) viewing, I watched it with the 20th Anniversary Cast Commentary, and the actors had me laughing AGAIN! What chemistry that had, and STILL have! I must admit, though, that the whisperings of yet another sequel leave me feeling cold, Even though some of the other films had great moments, THIS is where it all started, and you've got to appreciate it for what it is - a runaway comedic hit that resonated with audiences back then and still holds up now.
]]>Tue, 27 May 2008 22:21:37 GMTJakeStevensJakeStevens Blog5/27/2008 6:21:37 PMOh, man. I grew up with these characters. As a child, I even went so far as to attempt to "novelize" the film (ala Bantam) and narrate it with verbatim dialogue from the film itself. Those transcripts have long been lost to the ravages of time, but this pricelessly tasteless film survives. I STILL quote from this film (and some of its sequels) to this day, and who doesn't love the cast assembled here? It's a completely brain-dead comedy, but at least we can emphasize the "comedy" part of that equation with certainty. On this 986th (or so) viewing, I watched it with the 20th Anniversary Cast Commentary, and the actors had me laughing AGAIN! What chemistry that had, and STILL have! I must admit, though, that the whisperings of yet another sequel leave me feeling cold, Even though some of the other films had great moments, THIS is where it all started, and you've got to appreciate it for what it is - a runaway comedic hit that resonated with audiences back then and still holds up now. http://www.spout.com/blogs/marymcilwain/archive/2007/6/26/12287.aspx Post By: marymcilwain
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Post Date: 6/26/2007 7:24:27 PM
Body: Lieutenant Harris. Captain Felix Maxwell. Skroeder. Anyway you slice him, GW Bailey is the cop/security guard you love to hate. While each of these films deserves a more thorough examination for their many, many merits, the Curator once again takes time to devote a post to an overlooked co-star: GW Bailey, the embodiment of type-casting at its finest. The classic line, "Do you understand me numb-nuts??!!" in the original Police Academy pretty much nailed his career coffin shut, with Bailey preserved inside, permanently costumed in blue. And who benefits from such predictability in the comedy genre? Why we the viewer, of course! Let us celebrate the co-starring career of the first GW. The Films: Police Academy, Short Circuit, Mannequin Viewing order importance: As above. Watch the depth of GW Bailey’s character study deepen, as his rank progressively dives Police Academy (1984) – GW co-stars as Lt. Harris, and is given the unhappy task of weeding out the undesirables of this year's Police Academy recruits. Preferably, those without johnsons, but every other slacker as well (cue evil laughter). Lines such as, "You people are going to hate my guts for the rest of your lives!” immediately set GW up to be the sorry recipient of most cadets’ jokes. Bailey the actor is many things, but proud he ain't. Here he establishes himself as the drinkin' and unthinkin' man's R. Lee Ermey. What sort of match could he be against suave Mahoney, played by ever dashing Steve Guttenberg? Guttenberg, who can come up with such brilliant schemes as "brown shoe polish on the megaphone mouth piece" and “send the ass-kissers to the fake party at the Gay Biker Bar,” and the old “hide a prostitute in a podium to give someone a blow job” gag? But phase Harris, he does not. He's a tough nut to crack, continuously proving he is willing to be at the literal ass end of any joke for our entertainment, by riding a dirt bike head first into a horse's butthole.Short Circuit (1986) – As once was not enough punishment, Bailey takes another turn starring opposite Steve Guttenberg. GW first appears right after the Robot Explosion technique extravaganza, unfazed, sour puss and all. The viewer immediately recognizes Skroeder as a potential problem. Big ass security for big ass Nova Labs, he is obviously ALL business and no pleasure, the opposite of Robot Number 5. Indeed, Number 5 is the nemesis of our GW Bailey, though the humiliation here is, deservedly, mostly Guttenberg's. GW is simply more of a meany here, and less of a joke receptacle. But hate him we do, for how can anyone other than Satan himself want to deny Number 5 his Scientist given rights of Life, Liberty and Pursuit of Input? Why Skroeder of course, who only desires to blow up the clever Number 5 and get on with his life. "This little fart of a robot is beginning to give me the red ass!!” he threatens. He is after all only trying to do his job. And DOES his job, he do, blowing up what he believes to be Number 5. And what’s the thanks he gets? He gets fired! What a pile of horseshit. But that would explain his next role, having been seemingly demoted to Department Store Securing Guard in….. Mannequin (1987) - Andrew McCarthy and Kim Cattrall notwithstanding, GW is again pretty much on his own against the cool kids, though here he is far more of a kiss ass, certainly less of a bad ass, and mostly just much more of a dumb ass. Bailey as Felix is set on the case to destroy both the flourishing love and career of Andrew “Failed Artist” McCarthy, by the awesomely uber-geeky James Spader, at failing department store Prince & Company. Flourishing love story, that is, as demonstrated by a dancing, costume changing montage interrupted by wildly cliché gay man, further interrupted by Felix. Mannequin is quite painful to swallow, even for the Curator, who has a film-going stomach coated in Teflon. The most remarkable element of Mannequin is that every single actor in this film seems to be joining GW in creating characters that are the worst parody of the worst role any of them have ever played. And none of them seem to care. Well, far be it from the Curator to judge. At least GW is not alone. Conclusion: This 1 star trilogy neatly sums up GW’s career in security, in both private and pubic sectors, in a mostly digestible 4 and ½ hours. But do not let the uniform fool you. Look beyond the tough exterior, and see the man who lay beneath. Know your enemy, as it were. Does he not desire love, affection, and peace on earth as we all do? Let us learn from his lasting legacy, and get your worthless ass to the video store and rent this trilogy! Move it Move it Move it Move it! Originally posted on:Dollar Video Curator
]]>Tue, 26 Jun 2007 23:24:27 GMTmarymcilwainDollar Video Curator6/26/2007 7:24:27 PMLieutenant Harris. Captain Felix Maxwell. Skroeder. Anyway you slice him, GW Bailey is the cop/security guard you love to hate. While each of these films deserves a more thorough examination for their many, many merits, the Curator once again takes time to devote a post to an overlooked co-star: GW Bailey, the embodiment of type-casting at its finest. The classic line, "Do you understand me numb-nuts??!!" in the original Police Academy pretty much nailed his career coffin shut, with Bailey preserved inside, permanently costumed in blue. And who benefits from such predictability in the comedy genre? Why we the viewer, of course! Let us celebrate the co-starring career of the first GW. The Films: Police Academy, Short Circuit, Mannequin Viewing order importance: As above. Watch the depth of GW Bailey’s character study deepen, as his rank progressively dives Police Academy (1984) – GW co-stars as Lt. Harris, and is given the unhappy task of weeding out the undesirables of this year's Police Academy recruits. Preferably, those without johnsons, but every other slacker as well (cue evil laughter). Lines such as, "You people are going to hate my guts for the rest of your lives!” immediately set GW up to be the sorry recipient of most cadets’ jokes. Bailey the actor is many things, but proud he ain't. Here he establishes himself as the drinkin' and unthinkin' man's R. Lee Ermey. What sort of match could he be against suave Mahoney, played by ever dashing Steve Guttenberg? Guttenberg, who can come up with such brilliant schemes as "brown shoe polish on the megaphone mouth piece" and “send the ass-kissers to the fake party at the Gay Biker Bar,” and the old “hide a prostitute in a podium to give someone a blow job” gag? But phase Harris, he does not. He's a tough nut to crack, continuously proving he is willing to be at the literal ass end of any joke for our entertainment, by riding a dirt bike head first into a horse's butthole.Short Circuit (1986) – As once was not enough punishment, Bailey takes another turn starring opposite Steve Guttenberg. GW first appears right after the Robot Explosion technique extravaganza, unfazed, sour puss and all. The viewer immediately recognizes Skroeder as a potential problem. Big ass security for big ass Nova Labs, he is obviously ALL business and no pleasure, the opposite of Robot Number 5. Indeed, Number 5 is the nemesis of our GW Bailey, though the humiliation here is, deservedly, mostly Guttenberg's. GW is simply more of a meany here, and less of a joke receptacle. But hate him we do, for how can anyone other than Satan himself want to deny Number 5 his Scientist given rights of Life, Liberty and Pursuit of Input? Why Skroeder of course, who only desires to blow up the clever Number 5 and get on with his life. "This little fart of a robot is beginning to give me the red ass!!” he threatens. He is after all only trying to do his job. And DOES his job, he do, blowing up what he believes to be Number 5. And what’s the thanks he gets? He gets fired! What a pile of horseshit. But that would explain his next role, having been seemingly demoted to Department Store Securing Guard in….. Mannequin (1987) - Andrew McCarthy and Kim Cattrall notwithstanding, GW is again pretty much on his own against the cool kids, though here he is far more of a kiss ass, certainly less of a bad ass, and mostly just much more of a dumb ass. Bailey as Felix is set on the case to destroy both the flourishing love and career of Andrew “Failed Artist” McCarthy, by the awesomely uber-geeky James Spader, at failing department store Prince & Company. Flourishing love story, that is, as demonstrated by a dancing, costume changing montage interrupted by wildly cliché gay man, further interrupted by Felix. Mannequin is quite painful to swallow, even for the Curator, who has a film-going stomach coated in Teflon. The most remarkable element of Mannequin is that every single actor in this film seems to be joining GW in creating characters that are the worst parody of the worst role any of them have ever played. And none of them seem to care. Well, far be it from the Curator to judge. At least GW is not alone. Conclusion: This 1 star trilogy neatly sums up GW’s career in security, in both private and pubic sectors, in a mostly digestible 4 and ½ hours. But do not let the uniform fool you. Look beyond the tough exterior, and see the man who lay beneath. Know your enemy, as it were. Does he not desire love, affection, and peace on earth as we all do? Let us learn from his lasting legacy, and get your worthless ass to the video store and rent this trilogy! Move it Move it Move it Move it! Originally posted on:Dollar Video Curator http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/comedy/MemberTagFilms.aspxcomedy
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