Intro to Pilot of Hogan's Heroes

This is the Intro to the first episode of Hogan's Heroes

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Entertainment

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• Hogan's
• Hogan
• Hogans
• Heroes
• TV
• show
• comedy
• classic

[pastasalad64]

@KrypticSader I'm 15, and I like it. Besides, why are you even here watching the intro if you hate it so much?

[1skullduggery]

apoooool sdoooooodle....!

[vcomp1960]

rous, rous, rous................

[scouse7under7blouse7]

not one nazi salute in the whole bunch...

[wallofvideo]

@paktype the involvement of so many jewish actors in a comical portrayal of nazis brings to mind mel brooks & the "springtime for hitler" scenes in "the producers" - - which incidentally was released less than 3 years after "hogan's heroes" debuted. i guess at the time, just 20 years removed from events, comedy was one way of dealing with feelings over the genocide.

[irishmike1100]

What a great show

[Whiteyplaysthebanjo]

@paktype Robert Clary "LeBeau," is also Jewish. He has a very interesting book that he wrote called "From the Holocaust to Hogan's Heroes." He is a very interesting person and he signed my book for me.

[paktype]

This show came out in 1965, only 20 years after the end of World War II. It was controversial even for its day. Nobody wanted anybody to make a comedy out of a POW camp. To soothe nerves and to show sensitivity to Jews, CBS made sure that all of the actors playing major villains were Jewish. Werner Klemperer, who played Klink, John Banner, who played Schultz, Leon Askin, who played General Burkhalter and even Howard Caine [born Howard Cohen] who played Major Hochstetter, the Gestapo officer.

[starey1]

@SeanRaleighSalesRep did you know that Universal Studios filed a lawsuit against CBS and Bing Crosby productions in the 70s? Because in 1964 they were offered a script for a series based on the movie "Stalag 17" but CBS turned it down, then a year later, they came out with "HOGANS HEROES".

[IsaacClarke1000]

I SAW NAHSSING! (imitating the accent)

[1skullduggery]

@mpjgbx dicky dawson done the dirty deed.

[jesse10roo]

lol i'm in grade 7 and my band is playing this song (i'm on the snare)