148: F the Police... Academy

Published: Nov. 12, 2011, 1:20 a.m.

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Movie Meltdown - Episode 148

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This week, after a round of Geek Activities, we sit down and talk with comedian and sound effects master Michael Winslow! Then we revisit the 80\'s comedy stylings of "Police Academy". But how does it hold up to our modern mindset?

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And though it may feel like we are caught in Joe Dante\\u2018s Inferno, while we are there we still manage to discuss\\u2026 Dexter, Tree of Life, The Walking Dead, the world\\u2019s largest comedy festival, oh there\\u2019s Sean Penn\\u2026 hey Sean, a polar bear wandering by, That\\u2019s Kung Fu, Michael Myers, Friction, Flip Wilson, a reasonably likable doofus, Andre Braugher, The Palomino Riders, Jennifer Lawrence, Cheech and Chong, John Goodman, The Gong Show, how come they give Sandra Bullock half a size to small to wear?, Mother Teresa\\u2019s plane skidding into a crowd, Halloween 4 and 5, Tom Green, A Boy\\u2019s Life, Count Basie, Mos Def, Miranda July, cutting edge Soviet theater, Monty Python, was he crushed by a ton of Hallmark cards someone was trying to make into a fucking movie?, Jack Benny, $100 budget, Water Max, Gremlins, Stallone, baby Kim Cattrall, Homicide, Storytelling, Red Skelton, Mel Brooks, Pretty Little Liars, mobile homeless, X-Men: First Class, Nets and Traps, Benny Hill, The More then average White Band, finding a big box of DVD\\u2019s, National Lampoon Magazine, decent little filmmaking\\u2026 wrapped in an enigma\\u2026 just slathered with pretentious bullshit, let\\u2019s play dress-up and do crafts, Desperate Housewives, floating heads, Waterworld, Maria Bello, you don\\u2019t mess with no Brooklyn rabbit and $516.32.

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Spoiler Alert: In most ways you can spoil \\u201cPolice Academy\\u201d, we probably do.

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\\u201cI still have people telling me that what I\\u2019m doing is annoying.\\u201d

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