You made a mistake in describing the show. It wasn't about the prisoners trying to escape each week and hilariously failing to do so. It was about the prisoners working as agents of the underground and using their prisoners of war status as their cover. They could have escaped Stalag 13 anytime they wanted. In fact, they did escape everytime they needed to do a mission for the underground.
I have always been disappointed that they didn’t do a final episode where they get released at the end of the war. It would have been funny for Klink to be shown what really had been going on there.
@@AbuWyatt one or the Other... not Both... A. Klemperer pretty much had it in his contract that 'Klink never wins'... and I think this rule was only broken Once (Hogan uses a Random name out of the paper to entice Klink into making a trip into town, and it turns out that the woman in question was quite attractive, and rich, and she takes a shine to Klink) B. we see multiple call backs to Klink's WWI exploits, pretty much negating the idea that his 'stupidity' is an act C. the Nimrod Episode establishes that Nimrod is likely one of the Regular/Recurring Germans, but Can't be Klink, because Klink was in the Custody of the Underground (and the Heroes had to fake him Being Nimrod to facilitate his Rescue, and the Release of another Underground agent
I always liked when Major Hochsteder would burst into Klink's office, begin to berate him about something, and then notice that Hogan was in the room. He would always react by saying "Vat is zis man doink herrre?"
Exactly. He was funny, and always caring. But made it seem he was doing just as he was told. I especially loved it when he would get sweets or a favorite food. The way his face lit up.
Blantin, Have been watching reruns of Hogans Heroes all afternoon. Every Monday and Saturdays on Sundance channel. Even now, everything and everyone in this administration sometimes referres to Sergeant Schultz as " I know nothing, I see nothing, I say nothing" in order to get away from trumps wrath! Sergeant Schultz lives!
I loved all of the characters. The show holds a special place in my heart for its humor. Each character represents a personal trait of mine or an experience. From Schultz saying “I know nothing, I see nothing, I hear nothing“ to the unique way that Lebeau says colonel, some of the sayings and mannerisms have followed me throughout my life.
If someone sets off a alarmed door at work, I always announce, NOBODY, NOBODY ESCAPES Stalag 13 ! Everybody loves Schultz ! Many a times in life I have imitated his "I SEE NOTHING" at the right time. One of my favorite shows growing up with the late afternoon re-runs of the 1970's
Well, years later, a former friend of his confessed to his murder but either the statute of limitations had run out, or there wasn't enough evidence to even charge him. You can probably find out more by just searching for Bob Crane murder. There a backstory to this you may find interesting.
@@marymarney3843 I wasn't sure either, that's why I said it was either one. And I'm not sure about any statutes of limitations for murder either. I may have confused it with another criminal offense.
@@ms.sanchez3924 You're correct, there is a wealth of information out there about the incident. Have read a few articles about it. Hopefully, full resolution will come about & the case may be solved with the truth, once & for all?
Youch, FV! Exactly the opposite. The prisoners ran a whole subversive network that had them sending and receiving information, supplies and people right under their captors' noses. They often "escaped" on missions in town but then slipped back in time for roll call!
Agreed! And the fact that the gentleman's name was WERNER Klemperer, not WHINER Klemperer suggests that this video was put together by individuals who never actually watched the show.
I've been binge watch HH and normally I do NOT watch this channel as they get SOOOO much wrong it ain't funny. Sure as shit, in the first 30 seconds they blow it again. I quit and came here.... Shit, reading a wiki out loud is a better script, these guys are just losers beyond description. Back to my self imposed boycott of the channel as it is a waste of time. Please join me.
Reminds me of their MASH episode. Narrator kept saying "four thousand seventy seventh" rather than "the four O seventy seventh". Some people's kids, right?!? 🥴
Actually in the pilot episode, there was a steam room. Hogan showed it to the infiltrator and said that it was because his men ate such good food that they needed to stay trim
The actor Larry Hovis (Carter) refused to take off his wedding ring and since his character was portrayed as single he almost always wore gloves. Almost though, there are a few scenes without him wearing gloves and if you look closely you can see his wedding ring.
Also inaccurate regarding Dawson wanting to use a Liverpool accent. The Beatles first appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show in February 1964. Hogan’s Heroes first episode was September 1965. People would have known what a Liverpool accent was by then. Get your facts right.
The reason why they didn't do a finale was due to syndication...they want the show to work well as reruns and could air episodes out of order...which is why the show took place in winter in a time frame of around 5 months from the looks of it. but the characters were seen outside their world in cameos like commercials, the old Adam West Bat Man show and Christmas specials to name a few
Carter did a wonderful job as the pyromaniac, and impersonator of German generals, soldiers, and even Hitler. He was one of the major characters of the series.
One of my favorite characters on Hogan's Heros was Sgt Andrew Carter. The writers bounced him back and forth from a simple minded buffoon to a clever, fast thinking genius. He can impersonate a Nazi general or even Hitler himself and fool the Nazis. He's a great chemist and demolition man, but at times can say or do some of the dumbest things.
The scenes I cracked up the most at were when Carter wound up in the German Army, and would sneak into formation in the nick of time. I was in the Army, that’s why I find it so funny.
I was in the 6th grade when Hogan's Heroes began in 1965. It was very popular with all the kids then. Sometimes we used Schultz's famous phrase "I know nothing", to tease each other when we got something wrong, or were just acting stupid. Sgt. Schultz was my favorite character of all. Many of us thought of him as a big Teddy Bear, or wished he was our grandpa, or an uncle. These days, I watch HH twice a day, on METV, and I still love it.
Would say so! After all, he was the leader of the pack, he's listed 1st in the opening credits as the star, & the show's title is named after his character.
Next time, try watching a show before talking about it. You got it mixed up with Gilligan’s Island. They weren’t trying to escape from Stalag 13. Hogan and his men were actually stationed at Stalag 13. Their primary job was to help prisoners from other camps and men who weren’t captured yet to escape to Britain, and their secondary job was to commit acts of sabotage and espionage. With the help of London and the local German underground, they basically ran the camp, using their own radio for messages and telephone operator’s equipment to intercept real calls and even place fake ones to Klink as Hitler himself!
I'm watching it now,on METV its on from 10-11pm Seattle time. IF the cable company takes this show off their line up,I well dump the cable co...OR if METV takes off good buy Via comm
In junior high school when this show came on one of my best childhood friends Tony and I were big into everything WW2. Books, movies, TV shows, documentaries, air shows, and scale models. We would especially critique the military vehicles, uniforms, command structure, locations, and events for accuracy. We did know it was all acting and props but were not privy to all the background information we have today from places like Facts Verse.. This of course was WAAAAAYYYYY before the internet so our information was mostly from books and documentaries so quite anecdotal. However, I have very fond memories of those times.
THE BEST TV SERIES I WATCH UNTIL IT WENT OUT OF TV NETWORKS I WAS VERY PISSED ,NOW I FOUND VIDEO I COLLECT ALL THE EPISODE, THANKS HOGAN's HEROES IM HAPPY AGAIN. HUWAAAAAA
There's one problem with Dawson's Beatles story. The first episode was released in September 1965 and the Beatles first appeared on the Ed Sullivan show on February 9, 1964. I don't know when the show was filmed but the Beatles were HUGE stars in America from that day on as were their Liverpudlian accents. Thanks for the video, it was fun.
You never mentioned that Bob Craine married the gorgeous and entirely erotic Sigrid Valdis, "Fraulein Hilda," during production, on-set. Miss-pronounced "Werner" initially and "Stalag" consistently. Did you ever watch the show, Dude?
I always gravitated to Carter because he was a sort of underdog character. When I watched the show back when it was aired in 1965 to 1971, I was in love with Newkirk but my heart always went out to Carter.
I believe you mean Arlene Martel, who played the character "Tiger". Star Trek:The Original Series fans remember her as T'Pring, Spock's betrothed, in the episode "Amok Time". I also remember her as a lion tamer in an episode of "The Wild, Wild West". Stay safe and healthy.
People will still be watching this show 50 years from now and laughing at it. Howard Caine as Maj. Hochstetter was a truly under-recognized talent in that show.
Facts Verse - the man had so many funny lines - and they were made all the funnier by his delivery. One of my favorites: “KLINK! You are succeeding in doing by yourself what millions of enemy soldiers are unable to do. Bring the Third Reich to its knees!”
@@FactsVerse I liked one of the first episodes he appeared in as a different character in happy birthday Adolf as a commander of an anti aircraft battery.
He was very wise and a great businessman, owner of Germany’s largest toy company pre WW 2, taken over by the nazi, thus Shultz’ attitude of seeing nothing. -War Takes A Holiday episode
❤So happy to have this available to watch during these sad times, May GOD spare the Righteous for His Glory, Amen. Glory be to GOD in the Highest, GLORY GLORY GLORY, HOLY HOLY HOLY, Amen❤❤❤
Some other pieces of useless trivia: It was mistakenly said that it took place in a Concentration Camp, not a POW camp. The pilot--which is shown in syndication--did feature the prisoners having a steam room. The pilot featured a Russian soldier, but the actor decided he didn't want to do a funny show about World War II. When he left, "Lieutenant Carter" from the pilot became "Sergeant Carter".
I wish they made a reunion movie about this when they could. I would have had Klink and Schultz hiding in America. The cast would have reunited for their trial for war crimes. Their lawyer would have argued that they were aware of Hogans organization and were helping them against the Germans. I just like the idea of Schultz on the stand saying I knew EVERYTHING.
Crane did a most professional job and really ought to have taken home an Emmy. That said? Werner Klemperer's acting was beyond amazing. Indeed the power moguls behind scenes certainly deserved his two Emmys. The thing is, without Crane, he might never have won his awards.
You've obviously have not watched Hogan's Heroes. Your fact #3 was wrong. Hogan's Heroes did indeed have a STEAM ROOM. On the very first episode, Hogan told a German spy (disguised as a prisoner ) that they imported a lot of their food and the prisoners tend to gain a little weight and showed him the actual Steam Room. That episode also introduced us to LIEUTENANT CARTER (not SGT. CARTER)
One note about the album, both Cleary and Hovis had singing careers before the show. Dixon apparently had a good voice as well, so there was no reason why they wouldn't have sounded good on a record.
A few small errors but those are noted on prior comments so I will not repeat them. I like all the main cast but two I find most of interest: 1) Bob Crane because he, like myself, was from Connecticut and also, like myself, lived in Scottsdale, Arizona where he was murdered ( I have actually been to the exact apartment where it tragically occured). 2) Robert Clary-- wrote a wonderful autobiography after years of not even talking about his awful past experiences. A must read for HH fans.
I am 20 and i am born in germany but heck i love Hogen's Heroes so much. It stills runs on TV on a Chanal named Nitro. Me and me Stepdad watch it often, i love the english and the german vers. . Both have they own little thinks that make them so funny.
One little point. I remember watching Hogan's Heroes in German on T V in 1970, in Schweinfurt am Main. The town was totally destroyed due to carpet bombing during the war. The local population loved it as it portrayed the Nazis as utterly foolish.
You forgot the BEST facts about the show. That some cast members were military vets. Both John Banner and Leon Askin were US Army Air Corp. Howard Caine was US Navy. John Banner was even on a recruiting poster.( I have never seen it) Both Leon Askin and John Banner lost family in the concentration camps as well.
I’m loving your channel so much! This is another show I grew up watching as a kid. Your content is so amazing and has been bringing back so many memories. Keep up the good work 👍👍👍
One technical flaw on "Hogan's Heroes",aside from using American tanks and vehicles as painted-over German vehicles ,was the uniform worn by the "Major Hochstetter" character (played by actor Howard Caine). He always claimed to be a Gestapo major,but wore a black SS uniform. This is incorrect. The Gestapo and SS were two completely different organizations,the former being a state government agency,and the latter being the Nazi Party's own security/police detachment. In fact,the Gestapo (German State Police or GEheimSTAttsPOlizei in German) usually wore no uniform at all;they were plainclothes operatives,both male and female. The only Gestapo uniforms would have been those worn by clerks or office staff at headquarters,which if I remember correctly were pale green. The SS boys were the ones who wore the black uniforms. The Hogan's Heroes production team probably decided to use the black uniform for theatrical reasons----they call it "artistic license"---even though it is historically incorrect.
The show was based on the book "Hogan's Hoard" as mentioned in the credits. A friend met the real Col. Robt. E. Hogan at an EAA Fly-In and was told that the real Germans weren't all that funny.
Sometimes when I street perform I play the theme song on my saxophone in all 12 keys but really slow and blues like. Yeah, thinking about the traffic death of Bob Crane 🥺
I like Lebeau since he is my same height, 5’1”. I suppose that in the concentration camp he did not get enough food during his “growth spurts”. My heart goes out to him.
in spite of many mistakes of the era, it was always entertaining for me. Some things mentioned in episodes were not invented or known yet in 1940's, also many of the styles of clothing and hair, especially the women, were from the 60's, not the 40's.) They didn't try very hard to stick with the era, but it was an entertaining show!
