Stevecorp
Don't listen to the negative reviews
Dorathen
Better Late Then Never
Guillelmina
The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.
bent-mathiesen
This show is all about funny gags, running a secret operation from within a prison camp.For me it doesn't matter who is being displayed as Heroes, who is the dumb and who is the dumbest. It is all fun.You cannot help to love the gags, how the people get about with their life and doing.I have lost count of how many tunnels has been dug - but I guess several kilometers in total. Schultz "I see nooooothing", and always ready for a bribe with food. And the commandant that is so insecure, so it is a child play to manipulate him. All in favor of a funny sitcom. The plots are brilliant, done with very little equipment, but with a lot of brain. Compare to the "'Allo 'Allo", I find that this win in several ways.
swanmj
Hogan's Heroes is the least likely of comedies - being set in a German POW camp at the height of the Second World War, with a clever mix of slapstick humor, witty one-liners, and serious action and suspense. I have to admit, I like this actually better than M*A*S*H*. Contrary to what some people may think, this does NOT trivialize the Holocaust; in fact, the Holocaust is not specifically discussed or parodied (in any manner) in any of the episodes - ever. Any such accusations are thus moot. In fact, there is nothing truly dark, to any extent, about the show. I enjoy seeing the stumbling, bumbling Nazis getting their butts kicked by the least likely of saboteurs - the humble prisoners of Stalag 13! I also like the way that Hogan and the others are playing Klink, Schultz, Hochstetter, and Burkhalter against each other. If you are looking for an old show that still packs a lot of laughs as well as suspense (even though most of the actors and actresses have long since passed away) this is the show for you. This strikes a balance among comedy, sarcasm, action, and drama.
vlefaive
I have to say that I watch episodes almost daily again and here its been 40 years since I was just a kid chuckling at the goofy yet thoroughly enjoyable plots. Thinking back, there truly wasn't a comedy on TV at the time with so much potential to address one of the darkest times in humanity... to everyone involved in production ( though they are likely long dead ) .. well done.... On that subject ? As of writing It's sad too in a way when I read that Robert Clary ( Lebeau ) is the VERY LAST survivor .. Helga left us in March of this year ... she was delightful and gorgeous... So here's to your taste in women Hogan, rest in peace hound dog and to everyone's ghost on the cast, after enjoying countless re-runs of all 168 episodes ? I swear I know you personally .
screenman
This series was screened a long time ago on British television and was an absolute scream.A captured middle-ranking commissioned US officer, Colonel Hogan does for his German captors what Seargent Bilko did for his own superiors. Except that whereas Bilko usually came unstuck, Hogan always wins through. The scenario really couldn't have worked otherwise. Every programme entails some scheme of varying weirdness in an attempt to hoodwink those devilish Nazis. The script is slickly funny and fast-spoken in a way that American humour does so well.Werner Klemperer plays the long-suffering and always-thwarted commandant with panache. With xx as Seargent Schultz who only wants a quiet life, and - when confronted with some compromising revelation - insists that 'I see noth-ing'. Asolutely Noth-ing'.The series had a long and deserved run. But unlike its equally hilarious predecessor 'Seareant Bilko', has never been repeated on terrestrial television. Not to my knowledge, at least.See it if you get the chance.
