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Seasons:
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 full episode list
Release Date:
17 September 1965 (USA) more
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Tagline:
If you liked World War II, you'll love Hogan's Heroes!
Plot:
The inmates of a German World War II prisoner of war camp conduct an espionage and sabotage campaign right under the noses of their warders. full summary
Awards:
Won 2 Primetime Emmys. Another 10 nominations more
User Comments:
Aaaahhh. Nostalgia. more (57 total)

Cast

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Bob Crane ... Col. Robert E. Hogan (168 episodes, 1965-1971)

Werner Klemperer ... Col. Wilhelm Klink (168 episodes, 1965-1971)
John Banner ... Sgt. Hans Georg Schultz (168 episodes, 1965-1971)
Richard Dawson ... Cpl. Peter Newkirk (168 episodes, 1965-1971)
Robert Clary ... Cpl. Louis LeBeau (167 episodes, 1965-1971)

Larry Hovis ... Sgt. Andrew Carter / ... (167 episodes, 1965-1971)
Ivan Dixon ... Sgt. James 'Kinch' Kinchloe / ... (145 episodes, 1965-1970)
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Runtime:
30 min (including commercials)
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1.37 : 1 more
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Singapore:PG | New Zealand:G (season 1) | USA:TV-PG | Australia:PG (some episodes) | Australia:G (some episodes)

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Trivia:
The character of Sergeant Schultz, prior to the war, had been the president of a successful toy manufacturing company. Colonel Klink had previously been a bookkeeper. more
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Continuity: In "The Scientist", Carter states that he can't teach LeBeau any chemistry because he ran a drugstore, not a chemist's shop. But in the earlier episode "German Bridge Is Falling Down", he knew how to make explosive chlorine gas out of ammonia and bleach, and in the later episode "Hogan Springs", he mixed up a convincing batch of "mineral water" with no difficulty. more
Quotes:
Radio Host: [Hogan pretends to be a Nazi sympathizer to get on German radio and discredit a propagandist] You read Mein Kampf, I believe.
Hogan: Oh, yeah. You know that guy, Hitler, who wrote it? A lot of people say that just because he wears that silly mustache the book's a big joke...
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Has Hogan's Heros Been re-released on DVD as a box set?
Has Hogan's Heros Been re-released on DVD as a box set? YES!
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21 out of 22 people found the following comment useful.
Aaaahhh. Nostalgia., 31 December 2004
Author: Stephen Bailey (diana@bailey6770.fsnet.co.uk) from Lincoln England

I've just heard the British comedian Joe Pasquale being asked to define good comedy and his answer was, tragedy plus time. Hogan's heroes (he said) was one of his inspirations and it reminded me how much I loved this show myself, all those years ago. Who would've thought a Nazi prison camp could be the setting for a comedy series, but it was, and the results were often hilarious. The basic formula is the adversarial daily life between American POWs and their German guards, constantly trying to put one over on each other. The main character was the senior American officer (Colonel Hogan) played by the charismatic Bob Crane who strangely never found fame in any other role and was tragically murdered in Arizona. What gives this show such strength is that the 2 lead Nazis (the overweight Sergeant Schultz & his pompous CO, Colonel Klink) were both played by Jewish actors. John Banner (Schultz) was Austrian and Werner Klemperer (Klink) was German and they both came to America as refugees from the wicked regime in their home countries. How's that for putting a finger up at Hitler! I hope fans of the show will like my own personal "contribution". Hogan's Heroes was a massive success in Britain in 1973/74 and close to where I grew up was a Ministry of Agriculture office. One of the guys who worked there was - literally - the spitting image of John Banner. They could have been twins. This man used to walk to work each day as me and my friends walked to school. As you may know, Schultz' catch-phrase was "I know NOTHING", spoken in a strong German accent and every day this poor guy had to put up with obnoxious kids passing him and muttering " I know NUSSINK." You could tell he knew damn well what was going on, but he would never degrade himself by admitting it :) Sadly I don't think today's "politically correct" climate would smile on a show such as Hogan's heroes, but it IS funny and worth seeing if it's ever shown again.

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