Police Academy (TV series)

Television series
German title	Police Academy
Original title	Police Academy: The Series
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Year (s)	1997-1998
length	45 minutes
Episodes	26th
genre	Comedy
idea	Paul Maslansky
music	Gary Boren, Steven Chesne
First broadcast	September 1, 1997
German-language first broadcast	April 3, 1999 on ProSieben
occupation
Matt Borlenghi : Richard Casey Rod Crawford : Sgt. Rusty Ledbetter Toby Proctor : Dirk Tackleberry Jeremiah Birkett : Dean Tackleberry Heather Campbell : Annie Medford Joe Flaherty : Stuart Hefilfinger

Police Academy is the name of a television series from 1997 that is based on the film of the same name and the film series that resulted from it . However, it was created only a long time after all previous productions. Directed by Robert Radler .

The series essentially consists of a new generation of characters who, however, act in stories with the well-known comedy elements. Only Michael Winslow alias Larvell Jones is left of the original characters and now appears as a trainer.

action

Michael Winslow aka Larvell Jones is the only original actor to appear regularly on the series.

The mayor relaxes the admission requirements for the local police school because the police need young people.

Incapable slobs who have to be accepted promptly apply. The core of the group is the smart Richard Casey, who is not a good role model for his friends at the academy. Among the cadets are the country girl Annie, who is afraid of new relationships because her ex-boyfriends always had terrible accidents, the overweight and slightly stupid Luke Kackley, and the tough Alicia, who shows her past as a member of a street gang. The unusual Tackleberry brothers complete the Chaos team. The instructors and officers are also not a measure of competence and intelligence: Sergeant Rusty Ledbetter is not only at war with Casey, but also has constant problems with his toupee. The academy's commanding officer is the forgetful Stuart Hefilfinger, who is supported by Sergeant Larvell Jones, a gifted sound imitator.

background

• The attempt to implement the films as a television series failed, as did the last film. Only one season with 26 episodes was produced.
• Numerous actors from the original films gave guest performances. David Graf deserves special mention , who was here for the last time Eugene Tackleberry before he died of a heart attack in 2001. Art Metrano , who played Mauser in the original films, returns as Sheriff Meiser . Bubba Smith played the role of Moses Hightower for the last time before he passed away in August 2011.
• The series ran on German television three times within a year. In 1999 she was initially employed by DF1 Krimi & Co. , the specialty channel for crime novels on what was then digital television DF1 . In the summer it was shown on ProSieben and again in the fall on Premiere Comedy . In Austria it was broadcast twice by ORF 1 , once each in 1999 and 2000.

Episode list

episode	title	Guest star from the Police Academy films
1	Sentenced to be a policeman	-
2	Psychological terror	-
3	The fox hunt	-
4th	Fathers in a double pack	-
5	Corpses live longer	Leslie Easterbrook as DA Debbie Callahan (District Attorney)
6th	Mummy, change yourself	-
7th	Sweet bum	-
8th	The handpocket	-
9	Less is more	Kenneth Mars (The Mayor in Movie 6)
10	Once I'm rich ...	-
11	Shopping with the enemy	-
12	Cupid's arrow	-
13	Nothing but the truth	-
14th	nightmares	Art Metrano as 'Meiser' (Cmdt. Mauser in Film 2 & 3)
15th	The identity crisis	George Gaynes as Commandant Eric Lassard
16	The Mole	Bubba Smith as Captain Moses Hightower
17th	Turtle file	-
18th	The ruby ​​eyes	-
19th	A horse of value	-
20th	When it says: give an answer!	-
21st	Please smile!	David Graf as Captain Eugene Tackleberry
22nd	Uniform down!	George Robertson as Commissioner (Commissioner Hurst in Films 1-6)
23	Insurance fraud	Tim Kazurinsky as 'Arnold' (Sweetchuck in Films 2, 3 & 4)
24	Angel on the neck	-
25th	Lend me your neck	-
26th	Off to the snow	-

Web links

• Police Academy in the Internet Movie Database (English)