One of my favorite scenes in the series. Things I love about it: 1. How Strasser never questions why "Hitler" is just yelling gibberish and that "Hitler" would randomly order the death of people who displease him 2. Newkirk's German voice, his fear of displeasing "Hitler" and taking the pills 3. Carter's brief "Hitler" walk by the door 4. Hogan telling two completely different stories to Schultz and Strasser without missing a beat 5. The perfect timing of Schultz's second entrance and how his orders inadvertently fit into the narrative Hogan and the others have set up 6. Hogan's final line
@@stephenwoehr6500 Plus strasser was an American defecting for Germany and given in situation he was under a lot of stress so I highly doubt he would be able to tell the difference yelling in German and yelling in gibberish.
@@stephenwoehr6500 it was purely a Hollywood satire impersonation of Hitler and in fact .... way off base. HOLLYWOOD PROPAGANDA, at it's finest. Hitler did nothing even close like "Carters" impersonation. Although his physical appearance resembled him . . But that's where it ended
Carter was always a bit inconsistent. Whenever he plays a German, most of the time his goofiness vanishes and he becomes one of the most competent impersonators on the team.
@@joshuaplotkin8826 Joshua Plotkin Along with the hotel "General Himmelberger" threatened to send! Hey, maybe the motor pool and the hotel can carpool lol.
0:08 One of the very few times that you see Larry Hovis not wearing his gloves. There was some kind of issue with Larry and his wedding ring. I believe the creators or the directors believed that "Carter" was a single man, but Larry refused to remove his wedding ring. Thus the reason for the gloves that he wore most of the time. The man was obviously very devoted to his wife and marriage. A class act.
That's very interesting. My mother dated him in college. Considering who she wound up marrying, I could wish things had turned out differently. I guess, insofar as they all had romantic scenes at one time or another, they could not be portrayed as married men. Schultz, of course, was married, but it was always made clear that his "dalliances" never went beyond mild flirtation.
@@bowlnow824 that would have been good. Then we could see klink, and schultz being released very shortly after the day of liberation due to klink being a fool, and schultz being a kind helpful man.
I love this scene! Newkirk looks at the other two men like "You guys have lost your damn minds if you think I'm going in there!" And then he does a great job of acting terrified too. "Just a moment. You want ME to go in there and say that you'll talk to Herr Kepelmann but not to HIM?" And then he stands up looking like "You fuckers just signed my death warrent. Thanks a heap." And of course this gem: "Then I suggest you make a reservation with the undertaker." All in all, such a great scene!
@@sportsygirl8 And various generals! Remember when he showed up as a Luftwaffe general and chewed out Major Hochstetter in a roundabout way? And he's all "Colonel Klink knows who I am." Klink was shaking his head and stops mid-shake after Carter gives him a look. "Oh! Oh yes, of course." Lol
@@sportsygirl8 Season 3 Episode 22 'Duel of Honor'. Carter (in disguise as General Weidler, The Tiger of the Russian Front; while wielding a saber) threatening Col. Klink: "So, Klink, in what unpleasant manner would you prefer to stop living?"
Another episode where Carter was doing the impersonation he said "I was once a corporal; I hated sergeants then and I hate sergeants now!" after "meeting" Schultz.
Cut the best part, shortly after this Schultz walks in as Carter is coming out of klinks office, Carter stops and gives Schultz a nasty stair as he backs up and closes the door 🤣
The sheer look of terror on Newkirks face: "Wait a minute! You want me to go in there and tell him you will talk to Keppelmann but not HIM???!!!" I don't think ANY German officer would DARE to do that!!
@@joshuaplotkin8826 Werner Klemperer served in the U.S. Army during WW2 as an interpreter. Interestingly, I saw Werner Klemperer on a game show- and he said that he was a lance corporal in the U.S. Army.
@@daleburrell6273 they were both born in Germany. And they both escaped the Reich and fled to the United States. They were among the lucky ones. Or the clever ones who saw the writing on the wall and realized that they needed to get the hell out of dodge. If only more German Jews had realized what was to come and fled as well.
The actor playing Lt. Miller is David Morick, who appeared in more episodes of this series than any other credited actor (several extras had more appearances as guards, townsmen, etc.). Morick never made it into the big leagues on screen or TV, but he did a lot of behind-the-scenes work, and he also had a long career on stage in dinner theaters, mostly in the Los Angeles area.
I love this scene, one of my favorites from the show. Along with the one from "To Russia Without Love" where Klink and Schultz were on the motorcycle and 1 in sidecar and it breaks apart and the cycle and sidecar zig zagging around the compound and then they both crash into the barriacks...lol.
And Klink yells out "Joyrider!" or something like that. Don't forget the always-snarky Burkhalter: "I thought the officer's costume party wasn't until Saturday." Colonel Wilhelm Klink: the only man who literally *begs* to go to the Russian Front and gets his request denied! Which is good, because he was dragging poor Schultzie along with him. :(
@@FrauWilhelmKlink I thought he was yelling Schultz! Idk because the only time I watched it on TV I was laughing so hard. I love the line from Burkhalter "You're not going anywhere! You or your IDIOT SCHULTZ! If I'd let you go, I'd be shot for treason."
Loved the show when i was growing up.Know i'm 59 and watch it everyday.That was fantastic shots of the set.I had no idea it was filmed in Cal.Beautiful work.
I think my favorite has to be when they're trying to get the Sergeant Schultz look alike out of camp, so they trick Klink into thinking he's a Hitler, so they have Carter speak to clink from behind a locked door. when Carter comes to tell Hogan that Hochstetter is grilling Klink, Newkirk and Lebeau go "Sieg Heil" to tease him and Hogan tells them to knock it off before immediately asking "What's up Adolf?"
Agreed and the same for the scene where Klink and Schultz were going to the Russian front by motorcycle and it comes apart from the sidecar and both crash into Hogan's barricks.
I like the two scenes from 'The Kommandant Dies At Dawn' the best. The first one is where Klink, Hogan & Schultz are in the cooler, and Schultz is telling him about all the men who volunteered for his firing squad. "Counting the two deserters, but they came back when they heard you were going to be shot." The second one is when Hogan tells Newkirk & LeBeau about it and adds "They're using a monocle for a bullseye" and "He's taking it like the man he is...on his knees, sobbing hysterically." But this one is amazing too!
All the sergeants in Germany want to be like him. That’s Kurtz, a real brut. The furhers personal hatchet man. A great piece of improvisation and quick thinking.
"wait a minute...you want me to go in there and tell him that he'll talk to Keplman but _not to _*_him?_* Anyone who knows ANYTHING about Hitler knows that that would be a death sentence. (which is why they did it that way) Hitler was SOOO very paranoid that he saw treachery EVERYWHERE. The first thing he'd think was that they were plotting against him. This was such a great episode.
My favorite part was from the coda at the end of the episode where Schultz walks in just as Carter in full Hitler get up is closing the door. Then he starts stammering "That was.. That was.."
They were still setting up at that point, not so much a blooper, just wasn't shown where PRIVAT was put on there, Newkirk or Carter put it up there when Hogan went to bring in Strasser.
In one episode, I think they used an actual recording of the real Hitler! The episode is from season 6 and is called 'Lady Chitterly's Lover, Part 2' Listen carefully when Lady Chitterly talks to Hitler on the phone..you can hear Hitler screaming as she holds the phone away from her ear. Then she puts it back to her ear and says "Don't shout, Dolf." Hogan's Heroes + trolling Hitler using his actual voice = Priceless
I liked the other time that Carter impersonated Hitler also. He is in the camp as Hitler. General Burkhalter shows up and goes to talk to his friend Hitler. Carter talks very badly about his fat generals. Burkhalter turns around to leave, before he says anything to Carter. This episode also had William Christopher from MASH in it. He was in a minimum of 3 episodes.
It is ironic that Carter's Hitler would swear by a Gypsy fortuneteller as the real Hitler despised Gypsies (aka Romas). Oh well, this was a sitcom, not reality.
Oh, man. You cut off the best part, when Schultz saw "Hitler" in the back room. With all the supposed wackiness going on at that camp, Schultz was one confused guard - a very funny premise for the show.
The thing I love about this show is it was unique for its time. Even now, how can you make something about being a POW during WW2 funny? Brilliant. I also think it would be interesting if they do a revamp with it being an action/adventure show but kept the same story lines. They could have done so much by just changing one point in each story.
I LOVE HOGAN'S HEROES. The introduction with boots coming around the corner of bunker, entire theme music. Fantastic. Excellent 'comedy' and deep humor, along with good character actors. All of them. Know each and every name n, acting. Such a loss with Robert Crane.
