Hogan's Heroes!: This is Probably WHY Sgt. Shultz was Agent "Nimrod!"

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Hogan's Heroes!: This is Probably WHY Sgt. Shultz was Agent "Nimrod!"
This is who I believe the writers originally chose to be the secret identity of Nimrod! Why is this? I'll tell you! Come take a look at my newest Hogan's Heroes video! Enjoy
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@johnjones_1501 4 года назад

Nimrod was supposed to be the most highly placed spy in the German military. Shultz wasn't well placed enough. However, I like to imagine Nimrod was running a network of spies inside the German military, and I like to imagine that Shultz was the guy he had assisting the Heroes.

@ajs11201 4 года назад

I agree. Schultz may have had tremendous motivation, but I doubt he had access to enough German intelligence to be considered Britain's top spy worthy of a $4 million bounty. For example, how would Schultz, a prison camp's sergeant of the guard, have access to a secret German bomber plane?

@canuck_gamer3359 4 года назад

One of the problems with trying to reason out the most likely candidate (keeping in mind, it's just for fun) is when we wonder outside the facts that were given by the show and enter into speculation. Speculation obviously has endless possibilities and in this case, the show (I don't believe) ever said anything about Nimrod being "the most highly placed spy..." What they did say was that Nimrod "operated right in the German's back yard", which could simply mean he was one of them. In the case of that particular episode the only thing we can reasonably say with some degree of certainty is that whoever Nimrod was had to have access to the outer office (and to your point, perhaps simply had someone working with him who had that access). It's apparent that Schultz had access to the office but what is more difficult to argue is how could Schultz have been "personally responsible for the Nazi's defeat in two major campaigns" (which is something Hogan himself said about Nimrod)?? That is a tougher question to answer.

@jamesalexander5623 4 года назад

@@ajs11201 Schultz Owned the Largest Toy Company in Germany ..... He would have had Hundreds of Loyal Employees across the Reich! He had Money and Resources and Motivation! He could have had an Intelligence Operation that would have Passed Info to London and then Back to the Underground including Hogan at Stalag 13!

@ajs11201 4 года назад

@@jamesalexander5623 Good points.

@917Stefano 4 года назад

John Jones: I agree completely. Shultz is a lovable guy, but he simply did not have the sort of access that was needed to be Nimrod. On the other hand, General Burkhalter definitely had such access. After all, Burkhalter is actually on the Fuhrer's staff. And he spends plenty of time at Stalag 13

@turbinexman Год назад

I loved how the guard dogs would lick Le Beau's face, but growl at Schultz!!

@stephanginther9051 2 года назад

John Banner said of his character, 'Schultz is not a nazi, he was just an employee of the war trying to be the best person he could in a bad situation. In fact I see Schultz as an example of the good you can find in the worst of places.' Strong words from a man who lost his entire family to the war, some even to concentration camps.

@jameswentzkershawn001 3 года назад

Nimrod deceived all of you. Hilda was Nimrod: access to klink's mail, telephones and visiting generals, dignitaries and scientists. Also, perfectly placed to help Hogan's heroes as well as Tiger.

@Riverrockphotos 3 года назад

She also had something else she could use to get info that Sgt. Shultz didn't have neither did hogan and his heros.

@bostonrailfan2427 3 года назад

@@Riverrockphotos two things 😉

@scottcayouette6829 Год назад

Then how did Nimrod help before Helga got there and Hilda was the secretary? Burkhaulter was Nimrod, he decided where classified tests would take place in Stalag 13 even though so many times Hogans' bunch destroyed them. Burkhaulter was also the one that assigned Klink to Camp 13 and he is also the one that sent POWs there. Yeah that is just what a deep state spy like Nimrod would do, set up the Heroes and then give them every chance to make mischief. Klink may have been his cohort and the same with Shultz. Who knows maybe they were all secretly related and in-laws already? Perhaps Burkhaulter is the "brother" that got Klink assigned to Camp 13. After all Albert was the one in charge of such things. Finally consider this; Burkhaulter was the one that handed the plans to Hogan.....

@akmi1931 Год назад

@@scottcayouette6829because she placed herself there to further her goals. She had Helga transferred out to take her place

@scottcayouette6829 Год назад

@@akmi1931 The actress that played Helga (Cynthia Lynn) quit the show when her husband found out she and Bob Crane were having an affair. She was replaced by Sigrid Valdis who played Hilda the rest of the series. She and Bob Crane began a romance that lasted the rest of their lives together. They even married on teh set with Richard Dawson as the Best Man. In later seasons Bob Crane did his best to get Cynthia Lynn more work and she actually played a couple of female characters as an extra.

@matthewq4b 3 года назад

I still think it was Burkhalter. Remember it was said Nimrod always provided high-level stuff. And even after Kink's and even Shultz's repeated incompetence Burkhalter was still able find semi valid excuses to keep them around.

@billwilbur3608 3 года назад

You are right... But I believe that Burkhalter was using Shultz as a go between, between him and Hogan's Heroes... And he kept Kilnk around because he knew if anyone else was the commandant then he and the heroes would be caught 👍

@scottcayouette6829 Год назад

Or they were in on it with him as Klink also listened to the BBC and all of its' coded messages.

@ralphangioli4852 4 года назад

There was also the D Day episode where Shultz sees the entrance to the tunnel under the bunks and he runs out yelling, "I see Nothing!!" LOL

@scottcayouette6829 2 года назад

Shultz saw the tunnel a million times. Not to mention all the people they snuck in through it. Schultz just didn't want the aggravation of turning them in from under his nose. As for Shultz passing on info for a few candy bars or cigarettes, this was included because in reality the POWs in WWII could bribe the guards all the time with those things and even a pound of coffee. It really happened as Stalag guards were the dregs of German troops and Germany was being starved into submission by the Allies.

@crazyjack3357 2 года назад

There also is an episode where we learn Shultz was in WW1 as a soldier where he saved a fellow soldier that ended up becoming a general and after the war Shultz could have went to England where he studied toy making or financial stuff the went back to Germany but due to his travels to Britain they didn't promote him to general where then he got in contact to become nimrod

@scottcayouette6829 Год назад

Shultz inherited the Schotzie Toy Co. from his family. He had far more brains than he let on, but he also knew the best way to stay alive was through Hogan. A very smart dumkuff.

@johnfalco-auxt2555 4 года назад

Completely agree that we aren't to take Shultz at face value. My money is on General Burkhalter as Nimrod though. In the episode in question the General immediately dismisses the concept of Klink being Nimrod yet allows the exchange to be made anyway. Burkhalter and Hochstetter are the only ones who know they are supposedly dealing with Nimrod and so are the only candidates to be able to write Hogan the note at the end of the episode. I love these theories on old TV shows, yes we were suppose to take everything at face value, but where's the fun in that!?

@mikehagan4320 4 года назад

The Shotzy toy company was my Favorite Gag of the hole series. That was Hilarious! Also Rick, I thought you might enjoy the story of my big Brother that was sick growing up. He couldn't leave the house much so he took two large cardboard boxes and made a really well done copy of the Hogan's Hero's Barracks. It had the bed that lifted up and G.I. Joe could go down to the tunnel, use the radio and exit the tree trunk. It was unbelievably well built though out of cardboard. My Brother was and Still is Very Clever. I enjoy your video's. I turned off the current events and chose your video to Cheer me up. Thanks! Best Wishes! M.H.

@Frankie5Angels150 Год назад

“hole” series? Are you effing kidding me?

@democratactivist 2 года назад

One of the best episodes of Hogan’s Heroes

@democratactivist 2 года назад

I did love when Schultz interacted on another episode with the woman spy “Mata Hari”

@randytim512 4 года назад

Excellent and very well done. I think he was Nimrod for sure. You laid that case out convincingly.

@nathanielcohen9890 3 года назад

one of my favorites and spent hrs laughing at them. my uncle spent 3 years in a german p.o.w. camp and I spent hrs crying about them.

@rickkent9547 2 года назад

I've always thought that Shultz was Nimrod because he always turned a blind eye to everything that the Heros did

@The_Dudester 4 года назад

1) Yep. Schultz was Nimrod. 2) Slightly off topic but I saw a video about John Banner. He was buried in his native Austria, but he shares the grave with another person. In Austria you don't buy a grave, you rent it. After John's wife died there was no one to pay the rent on the grave, so the grave was rented to another person and his casket is on top of John's casket. And the other person has their name on the gravestone. Sad.

@lazyhomebody1356 4 года назад

That is fascinating! Sad for sure. Who pays for Mozart I wonder?

@darksparkle6087 4 года назад

@@lazyhomebody1356 Prooably some organisation or the government, considering just how famous mozart is.

@jimbritttn 3 года назад

sounds like a savage nation

@johncronin9540 3 года назад

@@lazyhomebody1356 I’d have to check, but I think Mozart’s body was buried in a common grave. In any case, both live on in their work.

@johncronin9540 3 года назад

@@jimbritttn No, Austria doesn’t have a lot of land, and a lot of that land is mountainous, not exactly a lot of room for burial grounds. When John Banner died, his widow bought a fifteen year lease. She died before that least expired, and the couple had no children. Most of John Banner’s family died in the Holocaust, so there was no one left to renew the lease. When it expires, the coffin is removed, any remains are cremated, and disposed of. John Banner was fortunate in that he was with a touring theater company in Switzerland, when Nazi Germany invaded and annexed Austria. That saved his life.

@thomasm9384 3 года назад

John Banner was easily my fav character

@KillerBebe 4 года назад

Also by being on the British side, his factory would be on a “Do not Bomb” list by the allies. Also remember the episode where was was dressed as a general and stood up to the Gestapo protecting the heroes and himself and when he pretended to be Klink to get the gang out of jail.

@darksparkle6087 4 года назад

Schultz isn't important enough to access the necessary information nor to freely move around europe or at least germany, which Nimrod is constantly doing.

@darksparkle6087 4 года назад

Schultz isn't important enough to access the necessary information nor to freely move around europe or at least germany, which Nimrod is constantly doing.

@bostonrailfan2427 3 года назад

@@darksparkle6087 …you keep saying that, yet he was present at meetings and had free access to the office where the plans are always kept making the claims moot

@scottcayouette6829 Год назад

Schultz was also drunk in those episodes.

@brianrebmann5398 4 года назад

Very good video it is very convincing argument you have made about Shultz being nimrod keep up the great work and thank you for a great video

@HobbitHobbit 4 года назад

Loved it! Sgt. Shultz was Nimrod for this show. Yeah, he was too low level to be worth $4M ($59M in 2020) but that isn't the point. He always knew what the hero's were in to and never once stopped a single event against the Germans from happening. He attended nearly every meeting the senior officers had, even as an enlisted man who was in charge of the guard. In truth, he had no reason and likely no clearance to overhear top secret / need to know information but someone always found a reason to be there. Multiple times he caught Hogan's team spying and yet did nothing, even quietly behind the scenes he could have stopped it to safe face (and the Russian front). If Shultz wasn't Nimrod, he was very effective at running his own one-man operation of allowing the allies deep access into German and doing serious damage to their military efforts. Great job, Rick...loved this whole unmasking. Now if it wasn't for those pesky kids and their dog...

@darksparkle6087 4 года назад

Schultz isn't important enough to access the necessary information nor to freely move around europe or at least germany, which Nimrod is constantly doing.

@jamesbowen8960 4 года назад

Schultz as a civilian owned the largest toymaker in Germany. This was revealed in one of the episodes, so he had some $$$!

@johncronin9540 3 года назад

@@jamesbowen8960 I think he just enjoyed making toys. He’s certainly built like Santa Clause. He’s also somewhat of a pacifist. He always has his rifle unloaded, and often hands it to a prisoner. He certainly trusts Hogan, and his staff. Whenever Shultz really got into trouble, he always went to Hogan, rather than Klink, and the other “Big Shots”. And John Banner not only had a great double-take, he had many different varieties of a double take, with exquisite timing and hilarious facial expressions.

@bostonrailfan2427 3 года назад

@@darksparkle6087 normally no, but he was at those meetings and had access to the office thus making his rank moot as he knew

@SupermanChiChi 3 года назад

@@jamesbowen8960 Yes, the Schotzie Toy Company. Sgt. Schultz was loaded with 💰 💰💰💰💰, but never acted like it

@relaxingnature2617 4 года назад

Shultz may have been selling toys to England even before the war ..so Shultz couldive had strong British connections

@paulstan9828 4 года назад

It would be interesting to be able to talk to Robert clary and get his opinion on Nimrod. 😁 Have you tried that? He use to have a Facebook page not sure if he does any longer.

@MgtowRubicon 3 года назад

He would probably remind us that Nimrod was made up for only that episode, and the logical choice is Hilda, but the funny choice is Schultz.

@Frankie5Angels150 Год назад

Sadly, Robert Clary passed in 2021 or 22.

@ricoramirez4678 4 года назад

Personally after watching Hogan’s Hero’s over the years, if you paid attention to all the characters I believe that Nimrod was actually 2 persons. Schultz & Helga. Many times Helga was busy during the conversations, her head would be snapping back & forth as if attempting to catch every detail. Also on many an occasion, she would cover for Hogan as they were making things happen. I say it was both working together.

@jameswentzkershawn001 Год назад

It's not Elga, She was gone after season 1

@jameswentzkershawn001 Год назад

Helga

@amandadevries4853 4 года назад

What about General Burkhalter? I've always wondered if he was Nimrod. The note from Nimrod starts with "My Dear Colonel" and Burkhalter uses "My Dear ____" often. He would also have access to better intelligence, and he had to know that things were happening. Could you do a video about him?

@darksparkle6087 4 года назад

I still think Nimrod is Hochstetter. He literally works for the nazi secret service, so he'd definitely have the intel, and he could easily intimidate people into submission.

@917Stefano 4 года назад

Amanda DeVries: Yes, General Burkhalter is clearly the prime suspect here. He was on the Fuhrer's staff and had far higher access to info than any of the other names being suggested. Major Hochstetter is another possibility, but Burkhalter is the most likely guy.

@BrianKPatton 3 года назад

The case for Burkhalter and Hochstetter are both strong. But I think Hochstetter is the more apt choice. Though he's not as high up, he has all the information and a built in spy network. Plus the travels placed him throughout the Reich. A Gestapo agent is less likely to be suspected of treason than a General. Generals were constantly turning on Hitler. He didn't trust them. Plus, Hochstetter never busted Hogan. He "tried" to, but lets face it. The Gestapo wasn't a joke. All the Hero's would have been shot while "trying to escape" at the first sign of wrongdoing. Yet other than some cooler time, never got in trouble. Shultz didn't have the access / travel. He was just complacent. He wanted to end the war and go home. Didn't care how. Wanted to stay hidden, safe, off the eastern front and back to making toys. Klink didn't have the access / travel. His impact would have been contained to the area around the camp. Same with Hilga.

@murrayleewilson0755 3 года назад

@@BrianKPatton The problem with either of them being Nimrod is that they're always interfering with Stalag 13 operating by sending Klink and Schultz to the Russian front and if either were, they would have to know about Hogans group which proves that neither of rhem can be Nimrod.

@jennymk01 3 года назад

@@BrianKPatton No not Hochstetter. He's too much. He interferes WAY too much. Burkhaulter interferes, but never does anything drastic. Hochstetter has almost caught the Heroes a few times, Burkhaulter always had my eye. He was always at Stalag 13, when there are much better places for a general to be than hanging around a prison camp all the time, and always seems to give the Heroes opportunities. What we need to realize is that to look real, Nimrod would need to interfere a bit to not become suspicious, but in the end, not come up with anything. Burkhaulter is the best candidate in my eyes. Klink is just stupid, it would ruin the show if it were him. Shultz's character is best a stupid goofy guy who just wants the war to end. Hochstetter is best the real Nazi who really wants the Nazis to win, and Helga, well she's just passive. She isn't high enough to really be able to do anything. Burkhaulter though, he has so much access and all the previous mentioned points. I don't know though! Could be anyone, because Nimrod would need to be a master of fooling the Nazis.

@nebka44 4 года назад

There was a EP from season 2 where Hogan open's up the tunnel entrance right in front of Shultz

@dadsongs 4 года назад

I love all the thought you put into this!

@garganrose 3 года назад

I got to say it is amazingly rare to actually come across fan theories regarding classic sitcoms like this.

@davidkeeton6716 3 года назад

I noticed a uniform blooper at 3:55. The black actor to the left of the shot has on a more modern-day uniform that has had the rank stripes removed, but you can see that the uniform is faded except where the stripes were.

@harrykeel8557 4 года назад

Just finished watching the Hogans Heroes episode, Escape Route. I'm beginning to think that Shultz is Nimrod.

@tomcook1695 4 года назад

I think Shultz is the best candidate so far.

@kathyatwood1394 4 года назад

I agree that Schultz is a likely candidate..Several times throughout the series Shultz makes comments about how the allies should win. He also made the comment about how in a war, he doesn't like to take sides. I wonder however about the times Shultz was used as a carrier pigeon for messages to and from the taverns and restaurants in Hammelburg, etc., but then again letting the POWs know who he was would put him in a tenuous position.

@darksparkle6087 4 года назад

Schultz isn't important enough to access the necessary information nor to freely move around europe or at least germany, which Nimrod is constantly doing.

@tomcook1695 4 года назад

The only one who would meet the criteria, who would regularly be at stalag 13 would be Burkhalter then.

@georgewilson1184 3 года назад

I always thought Col, Klink was Nimrod LOL 😝

@miketype1each 4 года назад

Perhaps Nimrod was merely a plot device. It could be that a character like Nimrod was expected in a show like this. There is much glamour attached to the life of a spy, but as history tells us, this isn't the case. Anyway, how much depth is there to be had from a show where it was perpetually wintertime yet the trees in the background were always green and full of leaves?

@lazyhomebody1356 4 года назад

I never noticed that!

@darksparkle6087 4 года назад

It was always winter in the show so that the episodes could be viewed in any order.

@johncronin9540 3 года назад

I would imagine it is difficult to make Southern California look like Germany. Completely different ecosystems.

@miketype1each 3 года назад

@@johncronin9540 It's like they weren't even trying.

@murrayleewilson0755 3 года назад

Here's a far more likely possibility of who Nimrod was who had full access to Klinks office, knew all about Hogans group and their activities and who the higher ups would have just loved telling all the secrets to, fraulein Hilda.

@donduggan798 Год назад

Odd part is Nimrod actually means great warrior

@videolabguy 4 года назад

From the first time you brought up the subject of agent Nimrod, my first hunch was the lovable Sgt. Schultz. Or Col. Klink's secretary. Or no actual known character just for the fun of keeping everyone guessing. Hey! I suddenly find myself craving apple strudel! WTH?

@33VMUH 4 года назад

Rick. Circumstantial evidence that Sgt. Shultz was Nimrod can indeed be found by viewing the episode "The Missing Klink." Towards the end of the episode, Hogan shows up in Klink's outer office to get the models of the Hindenburg for the men in the barracks to assemble. Pause the video just before Hogan picks them up and zoom-in close and you will see that all of the boxes have labels that read "The Schotzie Toy Company."

@johncronin9540 3 года назад

That’s interesting. I’ll have to do that. Shultz had some great lines in that episode. When he was asked what the kidnappers looked like, he says, “A German Luger.”

@hellosweetie6212 4 года назад

What about Klink's secretary. She has access to Klinks office. She flirts with Hogan and

@lesj39 4 года назад

I believe you are right.

@lazyhomebody1356 4 года назад

I like that theory best. I'm wearing a Dr Who teeshirt...

@FlamingoPublications 4 года назад

I think it is Hilda. Best candidate. She is smart and likes Hogan

@trinarichardson6682 4 года назад

That was my first thought.

@darksparkle6087 4 года назад

Hilda isn't important enough to access the necessary information nor to freely move around europe or at least germany, which Nimrod is constantly doing.

@gmhntr 4 года назад

As I mentioned in the Gertrude as Nimrod post, I believe Schultz was Nimrod. However, I would still love to hear/see your take on others as Nimrod just to keep an open mind...

@susanwheat9910 4 года назад

Schultz would be perfect as Nimrod! I also believe he was not nearly the stooge as he appeared. Especially love the episodes where he was able to step out of the Sgt. role and play a different character.

@johncronin9540 3 года назад

Be careful about confusing the actor and the character. Banner was a VERY good actor, especially in a comic role. But I’m not sure Shultz could have fooled Hogan, who was obviously a top agent himself.

@laurettabratti5402 2 года назад

Excellent point! As many times as I've seen this episode I never considered it. Schultz even went on to once say "sometimes I have to be on our side". And the episode where the heroes were building the floating yacht club, Schultz pyscho analyzes himself saying "Schultz, Schultz what are you doing"? All good instances where Schultz could have turned the heroes in but he didn't, he let them do what they were going to do.

@christopherkraft1327 4 года назад

Yes, I believe that The good Sargent is Nimrod, it makes sense. He appears to be a bumbling doofus that's not real smart, just like Lieutenant Columbo but he is actually brilliant!!! Yes, I say Sargent Schultz is indeed Nimrod!! (I like saying the word Nimrod too) I think that when I was a baby my mama dropped me on my head 😬

@susanwheat9910 4 года назад

The British patrol warplane Nimrod, could have inspired calling Schultz, "Nimrod.'

@darksparkle6087 4 года назад

Schultz isn't important enough to access the necessary information nor to freely move around europe or at least germany, which Nimrod is constantly doing.

@917Stefano 4 года назад

@@darksparkle6087 You are 100% correct: A top spy needs access to top secrets, and Shultz didn't have that. But General Burkhalter certainly did.

@ejdiii333 Год назад

Yes, I do agree, Sgt Shultz is "Nimrod".

@bobstafford2068 4 года назад

Rick that is an awesome concept. As you may remember from previous comments on your other videos, I'm a huge Hogan's Heros fan. I never considered Sgt. Shultz as Nimrod. Everything you said is quite plausible.

@jenlemon4294 4 года назад

I love these videos, Rick. You post one, lay out the supporting information, and convince me that person is Nimrod. Each time the information pointing to the potential Nimrod is so good, I think “that’s got to be Nimrod” lol 😂 So much fun, thank you!

@ricknineg 4 года назад

That’s great then! Means I can be a bit persuasive haha

@sportsygirl8 3 года назад

Could very well be, the points mentioned in this video adds up, plus there were a few times that Schultz would say "If you do decide to escape, take me with you." Another thing is he knows he could get into really big trouble if he makes friends with the prisoners and here he's seen many times playing poker with them or getting advice from Hogan or one of the others or talking to LeBeau about making him strudel or something to eat.

@pamelamays4186 4 года назад

He heard nothing, he saw nothing. Plausible deniability. The good sergeant was the head of a toy company. Which means he was a clever dude. Also, he was pretty chummy with Hogan and his crew. Perhaps the good Colnel knew all along who Nimrod was.

@kenpdx7471 4 года назад

Could it be that we're overthinking this, and that the writers never had an actual identity for Nimrod in mind? Even Burkhalter wasn't in a position to know all the things that Nimrod apparently did (let alone his sister) ... he was just a run of the mill Luftwaffe general in charge of some POW camps. There is really no regular character in the show that would have had sufficient access to German war plans to be this legendary spy.

@johncronin9540 3 года назад

I agree. Unlike today, with streaming, DVRs and such, writers can have an overarching theme which is advanced in each episode. But such technology didn’t exist in the 1960’s. So each episode (with a rare double episode) was “self-contained” so that a person who was unable to watch a few programs wouldn’t miss anything important. Howard Caine (Hochstetter) played two other one episode part before he became the friendly major. In his first appearance, he played an artillery officer, and in the second a Gestapo colonel, who dies at the end of the episode when a bomb exploded in his staff car. He was just so good at it that they brought him back as a recurring role, Major Hochstetter (I hope I am not butchering the spelling. Television shows were just written that way then.

@kenpdx7471 3 года назад

@@johncronin9540 Yeah ... I remember when I was growing up we'd just watch whatever was on and didn't care much about "seasons" and ordering and such, and neither did the syndicators when they reran these programs on the UHF channels .... the playback was totally random and they could hopscotch between different seasons from night to night. Like you said, most episodes were designed to be self-contained so it didn't matter.

@matthewmarch8707 3 года назад

I agree there was no actual Nimrod. But talking about who would most likely be in a position to be Nimrod is way more fun!

@001SpecialAgent 2 года назад

This is definitely my favorite theory. Although in practicality making Nimrod any of the German officers kind of breaks the premise of the show and the satire. Now Hilda, that's realistic with what is portrayed on the show

@upthedownescalator630 4 года назад

Boy you really aren't gonna rest till you find out WHO it was! Love it😂😂😂

@bryanhenderson8807 4 месяца назад

Well, I'm not sure who Nimrod is supposed to be, but I think it's interesting that they are building a toy plane called Hindenburg, when that was the name of a zeppelin that blew up in1937. Also interesting is that Robert Clary played in the movie the Hindenburg in 1975.

@JeremyBoggess 2 года назад

Wasn’t there also a time where Hogan had to meet the top brass in London and he took Shultz along with him?

@Demondragon10 Месяц назад

I like to think that Everyone has been fooled and Nimrod isn't a person it's an organization with many different members. I can see Shultz being a part of it with all that has happened and all he saw.

@paulbenson3703 4 года назад

Shultz gets my vote

@johnjablonski-ge7nt Год назад

Sgt Schultz🥰🥰🥰 was one of my favs

@canuck_gamer3359 4 года назад

I agree with EVERYTHING you said Rick, a great video once again! I would like to ask one thing though, when you talk about Nimrod having access to Klink's office, do you mean his actual office room or the outer office where the secretary sits? Because in the Nimrod episode the plans with the note were found in the outer office and that I think is important. You also mention the "parachute" episode but I think it's also worth mentioning that in episode 5 of season 1 (Flight of the Valkyrie) when the plane actually takes off (from within the camp), Klink orders Schultz to fire on the plane but Schultz never actually fires a shot! I think that is also pretty good evidence because there are other times in the series when Schultz does actually fire his gun but in that case he didn't want to risk hitting "friendly" forces so he just fumbles around and doesn't ever take aim. My money is on Schultz! lol.

@johncronin9540 3 года назад

I hate to play the spoilsport, and perhaps I am wrong, but the model and plans had been delivered by the Red Cross. Nimrod would almost certainly been able to smuggle top secret plans into directions for assembling the model of the Hindenburg. He, or she, needn’t have gotten into the camp at all.

@canuck_gamer3359 3 года назад

@@johncronin9540 As others have said (or no doubt will) this is all purely for fun and is all speculation. And the biggest reason is that Nimrod was nothing more than a plot device for the show, they never planned to name Nimrod so they didn't have to lay the ground work. But it's still fun for fans! Having said that, we never see the Red Cross deliver the plans but Hogan says "The men are eager to get started on the models they got from the Red Cross." He was asking to see Klink because he had the plans (instructions) for the models. The model boxes were stacked in the front office (Helda/Hilda's office) so they could have been put there by anyone who was able to enter that room. The Red Cross could have delivered these items and left them at the front gate but since this was part of Hogan's plan, he likely had something to do with having them placed there. And remember, Nimrod's note and the secret plans were inside one of the model boxes, apparently not hidden. So if a German guard decided to search any of the boxes, they could easily have found the secret plans. So it makes sense that they were placed there after they had been cleared. Just some more thoughts to consider :)

@Paulanthny Год назад

I have always suspected Helga and Hilda.

@johncipriano3627 4 года назад

That’s what I was saying originally that he was Nimrod , I’m glad You to come to my way of thinking.

@BaruchHashem 4 года назад

This was so good! Please more! 👏👏

@ricknineg 4 года назад

Thank you so much! Check out my Rick Nineg Hogan’s Heroes playlist, you can type it in the search bar, to see more videos just like it. Thanks Sam!

@matt59736 3 года назад

There's a saying you be surprised what people say around you when they believe you're truly stupid. Schultz was a good man and there was enough episodes that they showed that Schultz actually had intelligence so yes I do believe he's him.

@lostinthestorywithjeremymi9385 3 года назад

Just imagine at the end of the war and all the German foes the heroes have been up against and some high ranking British official/commander was there and revealed Nimrod as Schutlz, who proceeded to prove his identity. The looks on everyone else's faces would've been priceless.

@marshamariner7897 3 года назад

Even better hockstedder. THAT would b 🦋 🌹 💖 as the gestapo wasn't a joke in real life. I alwaz wondered if there was really a 'hogan&heroes' running underground in a 'stalag 13'

@lostinthestorywithjeremymi9385 3 года назад

@@marshamariner7897 I just thought the moniker 'Nimrod' was also a hint to how he acted as a spy.

@edwardndriskoll 2 года назад

Always was my pick for nimrod. Especially after the toy factory reveal

@bjmcfarland1 2 года назад

Shultz doesn't want to be shot as a trader or spy.

@captaingeneroddenberry8439 4 года назад

I still say it is Heldia because being Klink's secretary she had access to his office and listens in on plans and loves to tese Hogan.

@darksparkle6087 4 года назад

Hilda isn't important enough to access the necessary information nor to freely move around europe or at least germany, which Nimrod is constantly doing.

@UltimateBargains 3 года назад

The logical choice is Hilda. The funny choice is Schultz. The weird choice is Gertrude Linkmeyer, Burkhalter's sister.

@darksparkle6087 4 года назад

Schultz isn't important enough to access the necessary information nor to freely move around europe or at least germany, which Nimrod is constantly doing.

@SirKnight1096 2 года назад

What if Agent Nimrod was really Nimrod by Committee? All of your suspects were Nimrod and were active dependent on certain missions. They didn't know the others were because it was that covert. None of them are going to say, "Oh, I see you are Nimrod too".

@kleineratte7678 2 года назад

The way Sun Tsu describes a spy behind enemy lines fits Schultz. He's indescriptive, looks and acts as if a little ... you know. Everyone thinks he's the loveable, tonned man who just wants to keep out of trouble. Yes, being a guard sergeant in some "random" PoW camp in the middle of nowhere is a counter-point. Buuuuuut has there been mention of how long Schultz has been part of the camp? And how long Nimrod has been on the run and active? Nimrod could be trying to keep a low profile since they think the war is at a turning point. Spying in a war is incredibly dangerous. There is room to assume that Nimrod could have his contacts and network acting for them by the time Hogans Heroes takes place, rarely having to act themselves. Also, Hogans Heroes are doing quite some work. Nimrod could have deciced to support them and their agenda simply because of overlapping objectives.

@deborahjalali9547 2 года назад

Shultz would have the perfect cover. No one would ever suspect him because of his status and his ability to act like he knew nothing! We never know exactly what Shultz did while on leave. With all the shenagans that went on under his nose and the fact that he never told on the Heroes is amazing. He saw the bunk bed tunnel entrance closing! The heroes never seemed upset when Shultz saw incredible things like that and included him in on many schemes. Interesting possiblity. I think Nimrod was Shultz!

@armanddefrank7984 3 года назад

This episode was just on Tuesday night..

@armanddefrank7984 3 года назад

The note Hogan read at the end, said until we meet again.....i take that as it wasn't a regular or recurring character....

@PassivePortfolios Год назад

Most likely, Nimrod is Helga, Klink's secretary.

@roberthicks5454 3 года назад

I suspect nimrod is not one person, but a group which can be in many places, thus is "well placed". Shultz would be one of those. Since there is no one person, anything they think they find him, another acts as the agent.

@coldforgedcowboy 2 года назад

Hilda is Nimrod as she access to resources and material from both sides.

@julier.1902 4 года назад

I didn't watch Hogan enough to even know about Nimrod in the first place. Didn't know Schultz had a toy business either.

@paulosilva3350 4 месяца назад

No, it's not him. It's Helga. Watch carefully and the only one who gets away without suspicious is Helga...

@mrfmurphy2080 4 года назад

a fine argument for schultz (art for hogan's sake was another episode where he knew of hogan's shenanigans). i always thought it was hilda, but i heard a plausible argument for newkirk because when he deciphered the code he knew it was in hilda's desk. who else but nimrod would have known that.

@Frankie5Angels150 Год назад

Nimrod was not part of the HH canon. It was one episode. One and done.

@Subgunman 3 года назад

I would tend to agree with you that it could be Schultz with all of his past history. Another possibility could be one of Klinks two secretaries especially when Hogan is always "buddy buddy with them"

@marshamariner7897 3 года назад

BOTH Klink and Schultz knew what was going on got caught at the pub outbifcthe barracks. And Hogan helped klink w the gestapo

@EDSHIPEK 3 года назад

Hilda is the British agent Nimrod. She was used as the manicurist in Hogans underground tunnel room, and when the bbrotish agent called major hochstetter her face in that spit second taking the phone back from him clearly shows her facial expression ..she would know all the major campaigns since most of the German high command would come to stalag 13 for various meetings .

@averymurray4722 3 года назад

Schultz could be Nimrod,but I am leaning towards Hilda being Nimrod.

@markiangooley Год назад

Schatzi means precious.

@docbrown6550 4 года назад

I may be wrong you may know, In the Bricks they built the steps with was actually Gold which looked like bricks at the end of the show years ago I seem to remember someone coming out of klinks office with a cane or something and tapped the bricks and the Gold shown through and Hogan putting his foot over the Brick to hide the Gold. In every Showing of this episode since I never see the brick getting Chipped showing the Gold. Why are they not showing this part?

@clarkbabin9799 4 года назад

Thos is what I've said all along. Namely because he always said "I see nothing I know nothing". And always seemed to sympathize with the prisoners not to mention is friendly with them. That one guy who came in as a prisoner in one episode much like in a similar premised movie. Ends up the prisoner was a plant by the germans which resulted in Hogan and the guys dispatching him as a trader to the germans.

@davidkeeton6716 3 года назад

Nimrod, in my theory was not a single person but the name of an operation. It involved Burkhalter, Hochstetter, Klink, Schultz and the secretary, both Heidi and Helga, all working under orders to assist Hogan and crew. A very dangerous and delicate act to disrupt enemy activities, return captured personell, and destroy things and operations.

@rp1526 8 дней назад

If you include other episodes then you have to include that in some Schultz is 😂married and in some he’s not. And although we’re glad he assisted the allies he clearly allowed many of his fellow German soldiers to be killed. In various episodes he was part of the movement of dynamite, uniforms, radios, etc. Plus, he could have just left the plans in Hogan’s barracks. And what’s up with Hogan and the gang completely ignoring all the other soldiers in the barracks? 😂 Great video. Now every time I watch it I’ll imagine him as Nimrod.😂

@granthart6731 3 года назад

The blue baron In that episode Hilda made phone calls for Hogan to those invited to the party

@markrobinson4982 Год назад

One other motivation that you never touched on: Schultz owns a *toy* company. Many such people at least start ( and can keep ) the motivation of simply bringing joy and happiness to children. A person like Schultz could look at the Nazi party with horror given both their open hatred and their indoctrination of children into paramilitary groups. It's not just that he wants the war to *end* ... it's that he wants the downfall of the Nazi party.

@dreadlordken3824 3 года назад

Anyone know where I can get a lifesize Col. Klink cutout or poster....asking for a friend

@b.powell3480 Год назад

Of course, Nimrod was none other than Hilda, Clink's secretary!!!, she even knew about hogan's underground operations as seen in the one episode where she was the switchboard operator!!

@dallas5684 3 года назад

Unlikely it was Klink. We saw Klink when nobody was watching him and he was all baffled! Catch my great Hochstetter impression at my YT channel!

@7doc 4 года назад

The most likely candidate is Klink’s secretary!! She has the most access and is obviously complicit with Hogan etc

@nja3224 2 года назад

It’s too bad that was the only episode and reference to Nimrod, but I never gave it much thought as to who it could be. Hochsteter and Burkhalter were great in this episode. The scene where hochsteter was on the phone thinking he was talking to Nimrod, was so excited that he memorized what he wrote on the paper and started to eat it while talking to the general. All episodes were great and my TiVo records them all. I watch an episode or two just before I go to bed for the night, regardless of how many times I saw it. It’s just one of those shows you can do that with.

@DavidBailey-zb7xb 2 года назад

Shultz was not 'High ranking'. While he could turn a blind eye to anything going on, he was not in a position to organise anything. My money is on General Burkhalter. He is in a position to protect Kink, a dupe who had no idea what was really going on, overlook Shultz's short comings and manoeuvre the right people into Stalag 13, for example Helga/Hilda as a friendly secretary.

@daveassanowicz186 3 года назад

I just watched this episode

@ThatWilyOtter 4 года назад

Rick, you missed the ultimate toy factory reference: The toy model plane kit! Who else but a toy factory owner would have one handy or have the inspiration to use one??

@ricknineg 4 года назад

Ooooooooo, I like that connection and seriously, how did I miss that? Sometimes, when you look too hard, what’s right in front of you gets lost haha. You are so right!

@ThatWilyOtter 4 года назад

Love the videos Rick! Keep them coming!

@ThatWilyOtter 4 года назад

Hey Rick, I mentioned you and your videos over at the METv site since they do a lot of trivia posts. I mentioned Nimrod and gave your props for your videos

@miketype1each 4 года назад

So, I was thinking that wouldn't it be ironic that if Shultz really was Nimrod, he knew what Hogan & Co. were up to all along. But, THEY wouldn't known that HE knew! So, there they were, "outsmarting" Shultz left and right, oblivious to the fact that Shultz was in on the gags. However, it was VITAL that they believed Shultz was the enemy. Shultz HAD to make them believe they were at risk of being discovered so that they would be extra careful. In this regard, it could very well be that Shultz was indeed Nimrod.

@redrackham6812 Год назад

Schultz's motives were a lot stronger than that. I don't know which episode, but it is revealed that Schultz was an SPD voter before the NSDAP took over and banned all other parties. So he had a political motive for opposing the NSDAP and supporting the Allies. There is also an episode where a German general visits and reveals that, when he was a completely green junior officer during World War I, Schultz was his sergeant who really taught him how to lead, how to fight, etc. So Schultz was a highly competent, heroic veteran of World War One. And now he is this seemingly incompetent nincompoop? Clearly, he was a German patriot who had served his country heroically during the First World War, but, when he saw the National Socialists take over and what they were doing, he saw that true loyalty to Germany meant working against the National Socialists by working for the British, and he played dumb so that no one would suspect him.

@ricthomas9788 4 года назад

Sounds good. Except. If Schultz was the owner of the Shotzie Toy Co would he not have a commission in the German army as an officer? At least a Major. Captain? I don’t know. I no nothing!! Nothing!! Love your channel.

@UltimateBargains 3 года назад

Nimrod is NOT Colonel Crittendon.