Michael Winslow

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — What’s that sound? Oh, it’s just Michael Winslow crashing the All Indiana studios. Winslow, who is also known as “The Man of 10,000 Sound Effects”, stopped by All Indiana on Thursday to show off his crazy talents. You may also recognize him from his role as Larvell Jones in the Police Academy films.

The legendary Michael Winslow from the Police Academy movies will headline Stand-up Against Cancer, a comedy show benefiting the American Cancer Society, at the Firefly Distillery on Friday, May 14th at 6 pm. Winslow is a well-known master of vocal gymnastics and can imitate over 1,000 sound effects using his...

Even if you weren’t a huge fan of the Police Academy movies, there was one character that made them watchable: Larvell Jones, played by Michael Winslow, “The Man of a 10,000 Sound Effects.” His character is a sort of oddball presence throughout the series, whose ability to sound like a siren, a machine gun, a guard dog, or any number of things, invariably helps his team save the day. He’s been the only consistent character through all eight entries of the movie series, a brief television spin-off, and an animated cartoon series. And I dare say he’s the franchise’s reason to exist, as a Police Academy without Larvell Jones would be…what? A bunch of crappy cops?

The real star of the 1980 Police Academy films was Michael Winslow aka "The Man of 10,000 Sound Effects." (See below.) Sound imitation is truly his life's work and there is nobody better. Above, Winslow joins Norwegian folk megastar Odd Nordstoga for a rousing rendition of Led Zeppelin's Whole Lotta Love with Nordstoga playing acoustic guitar and Winslow on everything else.