Xmas @ the Hollywood Palace - Hogan's Heroes

[4thekidsTV]

Here..we see the cast of"Hogan's Heroes"in a way that we've never seen them before..as a singing choir performing Christmas tune.

[AMStationEngineer]

This is TELEVISION! How fortunate those of us 50 years of age and older are to have experienced pure talent. HDTV was not necessary then, nor was Chyron, CGI, or any other video graphics generation formats. Great television was about people, the scores who where required to produce shows then contributed ideas, technique, and quality that cannot be duplicated electronically. Three networks of outstanding programming then, versus 300 channels of crap now! God, please send me back to the '60s!

[RM4FS]

Great to see Fred Waring with Bing Crosby.

[BearyHairy]

A wonderful TV experience. God Bless Bing Crosby, to have the cast of Hogan's Heroes on his Christmas show. Most excellent! (okay...he was their boss...HH's was a Bing Crosby Production after all) and let them sing in a variety of their OWN original languages; which was way cool for Der Bingle. Inclusive, family friendly & entertaining music and showmanship abound. Thanks for posting this heart warming video. Peace. bear.

[BoingotheClown]

I remember flash cube cameras. :-)

[MONGOOSE1ful]

This one was ABC-TV's FINEST variety shows ever! even harder to belive,was that

this variety series was also co-produced by United Artists Television,durring the

height of their days,as one of the best producers-distributors of great TV,with

THE OUTER LIMITS and THE PATTY DUKE SHOW as their finest examples for

ABC primetime shows of the 60s. but HOLLYWOOD PALACE shines as the ultimate of the ABC series,ever! i'll gladly take this show,over the likes of what

the Disney owned ABC has today!

[EdWatts]

Black and white television...

...I can almost smell the pine needles warming up where they are in contact with the C-7 Christmas lights, filling the room with fragrance. I can see the lights in color, and I can see my grandparents' old glass ornaments hanging from the branches.

There is some kind of life or vitality that has been driven from America in the intervening years. I miss the Good America.

[MrSchultzstaffel]

For a man who lost all of his relatives in the holocost of Nazi Germany, John Banner never held a grudge. He was never bitter about it although we all know that the pain of the loss of his entire family no doubt contributed to the shortening of this amazing man's life. His character and maturity truely embodies the true spirti of Christmas; one of forgiveness and redemption. This man can certainly teach us all something about humility. God's speed Sgt. Schultz......and to all, a good night.

[AtarahDerek]

It's kind of become an annual tradition for me to watch these two clips. After all, it is the closest thing we get to a Christmas episode of Hogan's Heroes. It seems like at Stalag 13 it's always winter and never Christmas. Maybe Jadis was dating Hitler or something.

[mmikeironhorse]

@liarsclub75 LOL

[2199]

@liarsclub75 sorry sometimes the description doesnt work.

[hyoboy81]

hogan's heroes rules!

[LosAngeleno1959]

I would have loved to see General Burgholter and Major Hochstetter sing a duet of 12 days of Christmas. LOL

[thesixtiesguy]

Wow! Respect to Werner and John.

[ProLife7777777]

If they put re-runs of Hogans Heroes on today it would be the best show on television.

On another note, havn't cameras evolved over the last 50 or so years.

[ww2guy1945]

They do, on TVLand

[barkahannibal]

@ProLife7777777 - he we life in the street who born colone klink - in colongne - köln

werner klemmper -

[3anneology]

yes, I agree !!!

As to cameras ... they've evolved as have computers, 'phones, video & audio devices, vehicles, ... ... ...

[Netsort]

Sehr gut gesungen... 5 *

Good singers... no mistakes, A+

greets from Germany, and Hogan´s Heroes are still my Heroes, Love and Respect

[Michaelbos]

I always have to thank the ones who put these great classic shows

[lastangelman]

My god, Bing is pimping out the whole cast - well he was the producer of Hogan's Heroes.

[gberg85]

one of the greatest shows ever. still holds up today! classic.

[CorporalPeterNewkirk]

whos the girl?

[Thrive7]

Doesn't matter, anyway. Bob Crane would nail her in a matter of minutes!

[CorporalPeterNewkirk]

O-o yeah!

[bailinnumberguy]

They just don't make shows w/ this kind of innocence anymore. Good stuff....

[mhirtes12]

:27

IZZAT SUM CP?????

[CorporalLouisLeBeau]

aww robert clary, i respect you so much for everything you have done

[ThePhantom359]

I have all six seasons of Hogans Heroes on DVD. Since most of todays television shows s*ck, I usually pop in a few episodes almost every night to unwind and relax. There are very few shows that still teach morals / values / care for your fellow human. Two such shows, that did just this, were MASH & Star Trek (Any of the five series).

[zoroblanco13]

I agree with that one.

[lifeisrandomsorwe]

@ThePhantom359 We have all six seasons of Hogans heroes and its my favorite show of all. We have some Star Trek, and lots of other shows tht r awesome only becuze they r old shows not the new crap.

[Arasha14]

Robert Clary is my favourite out of the whole Cast besides Carter

[lifeisrandomsorwe]

@Arasha14 Ya Carters awesome and so is Robert Clary. But personally my favorite is Shultz.

[AttractionQuartet]

Thanks for posting, wonderful.

[colindominy]

What a beautiful clip of Werner and John singing that wonderful, famous carol in the original language in which the song was written. Both men seem to be endearingly charming gentlemen, blessed with great humility and goodwill to others. God bless them, wherever they are now .. on whatever dimension & plane of existence that may be. We could all take a lesson in humility & good grace & kind-heartedness from these 2 wonderful men - Werner Klemperer and John Banner.

[AtarahDerek]

What makes that song even more beautiful to me is the fact that the two men singing it were Jewish. It's just so fitting to have Jesus' own people singing a song celebrating His birth. They have more right to do so than we do.

[3anneology]

have you read anything pertaining to their actual lives?;

FYI - not all Germans were Jews nor were Jews the only ones being persecuted by Hitler's Nazis.

[AtarahDerek]

Huh? I don't follow.

[chicagocubsforever]

actually werner klemperer and his family fled the nazis because they were jewish. robert clary as i see it hates God, but i couldnt blame him. if my family was religious and they all died in the holocaust, im sure anyone would hate God. robert is still a great man tho

[AtarahDerek]

LeBeau is my favorite Hogan's Heroes character, and when I learned more about the actor, he became an even bigger favorite of mine. I can't help but feel sorry for him, though, losing his faith like that. Since he's a Jew, his very identity is wrapped up in God. If only there were a way to rope him into having a conversation with Michael Wurmbrand....Clary may or may not resent it at first, but I think it would be good for him.

[1Acurrywurst]

thanks for uploading this, it's great

[wjv4me]

I have NEVER seen this before-love it!

Thanks so much for uploading it, wonderful or wunderbar~das ist gut!

Danke...

[czaicka3858]

je regarde papa schultz tous les jour my name is Richard czaicka

[poughkeepsiejohn]

As good as this is, I can't get over the fact that this is Col. Klink and Sgt. Schultz singing. It's like a Nazi Christmas carol to me!

[AtarahDerek]

Well...Klink isn't technically a Nazi, and Schultz is decidedly non-partisan.

Besides, Nazis who sing Christmas carols contradict themselves. They preach hatred for Jews, then turn around and start singing birthday songs to the most famous Jew in history. Can we say, "hypocrite"?

[3anneology]

may I suggest you read some history.

[AtarahDerek]

Again, you're confusing me. To which history are you referring?

Christmas is considered the birthday of Christ, is it not? Hence the CHRISTmas. Christmas carols are essentially birthday songs then, are they not? Was Jesus not born a Jew? Therefore, Christmas carols are birthday songs to a Jew, and Nazis who sing them are hypocrites.

What's to read?

[zoodensha]

@AtarahDerek It was against the honor code of Imperial Germany and against the law in after 1919 for any army officer in Germany to be a member of any party.

[zip4rock]

Just a beautiful time for TV, True talent , todays TV just sucks no talent it's all faked.

I wish I could go back in time and set in on on of these shows.

[Bioshockerxx]

I agree , its when Talent was on tv.Also happy shows that brought you up instead of down.We didnt have to appologize for celebrating Christmas.There is no more talent just vulgar garbage, that's why our society is like it is.I wish RTN would show this stuff to a new generation.They dont know how good tv was.

[yogafan6500]

Merry Christmas from Col. Klink, SGT.Schultz, Coporal LeBeau,& the rest of the cast from Hogan's Heroes on ABC-TV The Hollywood Palace.12/25/1965.

[LakewoodDallas]

Now that's when we had talent on TV.

[domkoehller0407]

I absolutely adore Hogan's Heroes; we watched it on tapes when I was little, and now I watch the first four seasons on DVD :-)

[lifeisrandomsorwe]

@domkoehller0407 Ya me 2. Except we watched all of the seasons

[AtarahDerek]

What's Clary singing?

[33Keith33]

Robert Clary's singing an old French carol, "Il est ne' le Divin Enfant" or as it's usually translated, "Now is Born the Divine Christ Child" The ironic thing is, both Werner Klemperer and Robert Clary were Jewish. Apparently, back then, people were less uptight about political correctness and were able to see past religious differences and just have a good time at Christmas.

[AtarahDerek]

I think Werner Klemperer was raised in a Judeo-Christian environment, rather than being exclusively Jewish. Not sure about John Banner. Robert Clary was, at least for a time (I have no idea where he stands now), an agnostic bitter at God over the Holocaust. But you're probably right about political correctness back then. It wasn't considered offensive to say "Merry Christmas," even to a Muslim or Jehovah's Witness.

[AtarahDerek]

For both those reasons, I suppose it wouldn't phase Clary a bit to sing a Christian carol.

Besides, Jesus is Jewish. :D

[infodisinfo]

Banner was a jew, too, as was most of the actors who played Germans on HH.

I might also add, all these people in question were jews from Europe, from a much different time. they were gentelmen and respected each other, they are not jews cut from the clothe of the zionists we see so much of today here in the US.

[fromthesidelines]

This originally aired on December 25, 1965, 'jmen', as part of Crosby's annual "Christmas Show" on the "PALACE". And because his production company was responsible for "HOGAN'S HEROES", Bing insisted the cast be invited as his guest stars, despite any objections ABC may have had...

[familyfeudfan95]

wow,this is awesome!! i watched hogan's heroes all the time!

[spiritchsr1]

Amazing! I watched a lot of Hollywood palace over the years but I must of missed this one.This is a oldie but goodie.

[jmen4ever]

Never seen this before!Think i have one of those cameras.What was the air date for this?

[mikeaustin1]

Bob Crane was an exceptionally good drummer as well. Check out a few vids of him on the site.

[bill195711]

Shultz and Klink Fantastic Voices!!!

[nightfrog205]

Watching this was like going back in time.I had one of those cameras,it was a deal thing back then.Great singing also!

[jdmans]

Robert Clary is also one of the nicest people in the entertainment field

[WaveOBabys]

wow.

larry hovis sounds like a sweet guy.

that secretary better have bowed down to him

[cancel68]

wow ! that's back when Christmas meant something.(and it wasn't known as a holiday)we could actually say: "Merry Christmas !"

[Meedeast]

Sadly yes

[noplanesforsure2]

Schultz and Klink were very talented men..

[Ubeans2001]

MUST BUY FLASH BULBS....:P

[morgancook1011]

rofl

[McCoyFan]

Wow, I never knew that about Larry. Good for him. First time I read that, I thought you said Larry tried to kidnap. o_O Interesting fact! =D

[liarsclub75]

That assistant would have been dead meat if Larry would have told Bing what happened. :)

[BondiBeachGirl]

Thank goodness for the invention of the

digital camera.

[saintarvin1]

great just great...classic

[Aussieguy2402]

Wow, thanks for posting this was great