"END OF A ERA" POLICE ACADEMY STUNT SHOW
1991 - 2008
The Final Curtain has been pull down on The Police Academy Stunt Show, As Warner Bros. Movie World gets ready to open the brand new
"Hollywood Stuntdriver" show later this year.
While audience's were being seated Police Academy has a warm up guy to keep the audience in stiches before the main show,
Mad Mike was one of the best in the business and one of my best friends. In 2006 Mike won IAAPA
(International Association for Amusment Parks and Attractions)
Big 'E' Award, for the best atmosphere/street performer in the world.
The show starts with Proctor and Captain Harris picking 4 audience volunteers, Captain Harris was one of my
favorite characters and all the guys have done a great job bringing him back to the audiences over the last 16 years.
The show combined wonderful characters with slap-stick comedy, and nail biting stunts which made it such a fun show
you could watch more then once. Comedy is such a important ingredient which makes shows rewatchable.
Cmndt. Lassard was always a laugh with his bumbling antics.
One of the great things about this show is there is a mix of both male and females stunt/cast members just like the movies.
The planted guest in the audience was always great to watch because it was fun to see how long guests in the crowd took
to realise he was part of the show.
Over the sixteen years there was a total of 18911 shows, so the audience was fill with alot of former cast members
from over the sixteen years.
The plot behind the show is the police need to stop the bad guys from robbing the payroll building.
I love my vision and my camera's great speed.
Bombs and hotrods, now thats a great mix.
For the final ever show Cam gave us a extra front wheel stand.
A hole in one.
One of the great stunts was the high fall, Which happens when one of the robbers throw Kirby from the roof.
The finale for the show is where the robbers are escaping by helicopter but the planted guest Rodney shoots them down with
a canon, which leads to the pilot catching on fire.
There was a special ceremony for all current cast here is a nice montage of the final show cast.
The following photos are from a special current cast photo shoot I did. Here are all the stunt guys around the Hot Rod.
The female stunt actress was known as Offier Knopinski.
When Hollywood Stunt Driver opens this year im hoping there are male and female roles with comedy aspects, fingers crossed.
The mini bike added a nice comedy level to the big bike thats in the show.
Cmndt. Lassard was always a laugh.
Cmndt. Lassard's.
Some of the final Lassards and Captain Harris's.
The last of the Captain Harris's.
The Final Class has Graduated.
Special note
The final day of Police Academy was a sad but happy day, the theme park world was losing a great show that has been
running for an amazing 16 years. Thanks to great comedy combinded with nail biting stunts and a great cast,
which just seemed to make it stick out above all the other show out there.
Thank you for viewing my special tribute to Police Academy and stay tuned for construction updates
and exciting news of Warner Bros. Movie World next stunt show Hollywood Stuntdriver opening later this year.
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Written by: Ian Clark
Photos by: Ian Clark