The producers of Police Academy may have chosen that name for their gay bar simply because of its association with male virility. There wasn’t any homosexual element associated with it that I ever remember hearing about, but there was definitely a sexual element to it.Ĭonsidering that the band members themselves apparently weren’t all that happy with the name (there’s a reference to that on the Wikipedia page) I have to wonder if the virility rumor was actually started by the band members, either to have a more “cool” origin for the name or so that they could get more chicks backstage after the shows or whatever. This time its official straight from recently released Police Academy soundtrack. Two amazing tracks by Earlene Bentley 'The Boys.
Police Academy is a 1984 comedy film directed by Hugh Wilson, and starring Steve Guttenberg. The bar is a stereotypical depiction of a leathermens/bear gay bar, featuring patrons dressed up as bikers in leather clothing, police officers, sailors, and other stereotypical masculine gay fashion archetypes.
It comes from poetry in which the “blue oyster cult” was a secret group of aliens that help to guide the development of humans here on earth.īack in the 70s, though, it was commonly believed (at least in the area where I grew up) that “blue oyster” referred to eating oysters to improve your virility. POLICE ACADEMY (1984) The Blue Oyster 'salad' Bar scene. The Blue Oyster is a fictional bar, and the setting of a recurring gag-scene of the comedy film series Police Academy. The name of the band supposedly comes from their manager, Sandy Pearlman (according to Wikipedia and many other sites). This time it's official straight from recently released Police Academy soundtrack.