A Police Academy like no other !

Police Academy.....where do I start ! Having enthusiastically agreed to join the Mad One, The Spud Farmer and the Hightower Honey Monster for auditions and rehearsals, I happily met my fellow actors, some of whom I knew intimately ( ahem !) and some I hoped to get to know intimately !
We were asked as a cast to pick a movie so our male dominated group suggested Rocky 1, Rocky 2, Rocky 3 or as a fair alternative Creed ! The fabulous women, Chief Dympna, Lisa Tackleberry , Curvy Karen Corbally and Darling Dolores Hooks made a few, more diverse suggestions and after about 25 Whatsapp polls Police Academy was chosen as the best of a bad lot...or so we thought...turns out it was genius ! Energetic Enda Dopeland agreed to join us, Bogger Barbara was also in and I met the lovely Mahoney O'Brien, Leeside Ted Harris, Spanish George Mc Coy and Adrian Blankes.
For some unknown reason T.W.I.N.C felt I should be cast as Lieutenant Callahan....now what resemblance I have to a loud, bossy, big busted randy woman but hey ho !
Our rehearsal were a little " haphazard" and limited in number and quality as we were having too much crack but when we met the totally adorable Action Man Andrew for filming, it all just fell into place. I am not sure anyone will be able to forget the Blue Oyster shoot, where numerous hardy Ardee men got in touch with their hidden depths and the women got a chance to butch it up. The Village People had nothing on this crowd. The Spud Farmer started his downward spiral in the film as a sexual object and his ensuing podium scene as Lassard will soon be the stuff of legends. My role was quite a physical one, as my first scene involved my wrestling Bogger Barbara to the floor and landing on him with my knees either side of his ears...I kid you not....I nearly ruptured myself doing a tactical roll over him and apparently he is still in therapy. Not so with Spanish George Mc Coy....I could tell that he really enjoyed my disrobing of him and the event which followed, necessitating his attending his local physiotherapist......I have to say we just loved dressing up as the Garda Siochana in the locally flavoured Police Academy Hey ! I particularly liked my tight little vest top with its prominent labels....trust me I was not the only one who liked it !
I was very glad to be Callahan when we brought the "recruits" out into the freezing cold at the GAA club and got them to repeatedly run up and down the steps as I shouted at them , apparently fluffing my lines so it had to be done time and time again....tragic ! I wasn't the only one with prominent nipples after that one ! It took some days for Mahoney's cahonas to return to their original position. God bless poor Action Man Andrew...he had his work cut out for him, especially when he needed to make 8 of us look like a rioting crowd , keep a straight face while Lassard stuttered through his speech at the podium, chaperoning Spanish George Mc Coy as he was manhandled by an enthusiastic Callahan ( still no idea why they chose me.....just sayin') and go the boob shot as I landed ( heavily) on poor Bogger Barbara.
On Saturday night though, these cast of misfits , nutjobs and eejits looked like movie stars as they arrived at the red carpet coming home with a few nominations but most importantly the Best Costumes Oscar, thanks in no small way to Mahoney O'Briens printing skills.We loved being back together and due to a slight failing on our part in relation to a fundraiser, may well be back together very soon again for some fun, a screening and a few bevvies....bring it on !!!