Hogan's Heroes - The Complete 2nd Season
starring: Bob Crane, Werner Klemperer, John Banner, Robert Clary, Richard Dawson
directed by: Bob Sweeney, Bruce Bilson, Edward H. Feldman, Gene Reynolds, Howard Morris
directed by: Bob Sweeney, Bruce Bilson, Edward H. Feldman, Gene Reynolds, Howard Morris
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FALL IN LINE FOR A SECOND HILARIOUS SEASON OF LAUGHS, STARRING THE RAGTAG BAND OF WWII POWS KNOWN AS HOGANS HEROES! IT'S A BLITZKRIEG OF LAUGHS, WITH ALL 30 EPISODES FROM SEASON TWO.
Amazon.com:
A top 10 show in its first season (a top 20 show in its second), Hogan's Heroes, like Gilligan's Island, got little love from critics during its seven-year run, but it would come to be ranked among TV's guiltiest pleasures. Hogan's Heroes has gotten something of a bad rap. It is not a situation comedy set in a concentration camp. It is, instead, set in a P.O.W. camp, where Col. Hogan (Bob Crane, a former top radio jock, in his star-making role) and his men "trick the dumb Germans," to quote the late Crane's former wife, Sigrid Valdis, in her enlightening commentary on the episode, "Hogan Gives a Birthday Party." While Valdis reveals that the film Von Ryan's Express was a key inspiration for the series, the show seems to takes its cue from Billy Wilder's Stalag 17, with its blend of comedy (albeit more broad than darkly cynical) and espionage action. Though camp commandant Col. Klink (Werner Klemperer, who would win an Emmy for his career-defining role) was, in the words of one character, "a bubble-headed fool," Hogan's Heroes was not quite a burlesque of bad taste.
Seemingly in response to wide-ranging outrage over the show's misunderstood premise (a Mad magazine parody at the time was brutal), there are some bracing dramatic moments that cut through the comedy. In "Operation Briefcase," Hogan is recruited to assist an attempt to assassinate Hitler. Hogan disdainfully tells the German plotter, "It's the least you can do, considering you're the same bunch of guys who put him in business." In the episode "Will the Real Adolf Hitler Please Stand Up?" Hogan explodes at one of his men when he imitates Hitler. "Imitating that nut in Berlin," he fumes. "It's not all that funny." But somehow, Hogan's Heroes is, thanks to Crane and Klemperer ("You talk about two people born to play a part," remarks Valdis), not to mention John Banner as the jowl-cheeked buffoon, Sgt. Schultz, and the rest of the crack ensemble, including real-life concentration camp survivor Robert Clary as LeBeau, Richard Dawson as Newkirk, Ivan Dixon as "Kinch," and Valdis herself, who debuted this season as Klink's secretary, Hilda, she of the scene-stealing tight sweaters and low-cut peasant blouses, and whose chief dialogue consisted of "Col. Hogan to see the commandant." The extras are a retro blast. The most bizarre is a commercial in which Carol Channing is smuggled into the barracks to enjoy a Jello dessert with Hogan and company. --Donald Liebenson
FALL IN LINE FOR A SECOND HILARIOUS SEASON OF LAUGHS, STARRING THE RAGTAG BAND OF WWII POWS KNOWN AS HOGANS HEROES! IT'S A BLITZKRIEG OF LAUGHS, WITH ALL 30 EPISODES FROM SEASON TWO.
Amazon.com:
A top 10 show in its first season (a top 20 show in its second), Hogan's Heroes, like Gilligan's Island, got little love from critics during its seven-year run, but it would come to be ranked among TV's guiltiest pleasures. Hogan's Heroes has gotten something of a bad rap. It is not a situation comedy set in a concentration camp. It is, instead, set in a P.O.W. camp, where Col. Hogan (Bob Crane, a former top radio jock, in his star-making role) and his men "trick the dumb Germans," to quote the late Crane's former wife, Sigrid Valdis, in her enlightening commentary on the episode, "Hogan Gives a Birthday Party." While Valdis reveals that the film Von Ryan's Express was a key inspiration for the series, the show seems to takes its cue from Billy Wilder's Stalag 17, with its blend of comedy (albeit more broad than darkly cynical) and espionage action. Though camp commandant Col. Klink (Werner Klemperer, who would win an Emmy for his career-defining role) was, in the words of one character, "a bubble-headed fool," Hogan's Heroes was not quite a burlesque of bad taste.
Seemingly in response to wide-ranging outrage over the show's misunderstood premise (a Mad magazine parody at the time was brutal), there are some bracing dramatic moments that cut through the comedy. In "Operation Briefcase," Hogan is recruited to assist an attempt to assassinate Hitler. Hogan disdainfully tells the German plotter, "It's the least you can do, considering you're the same bunch of guys who put him in business." In the episode "Will the Real Adolf Hitler Please Stand Up?" Hogan explodes at one of his men when he imitates Hitler. "Imitating that nut in Berlin," he fumes. "It's not all that funny." But somehow, Hogan's Heroes is, thanks to Crane and Klemperer ("You talk about two people born to play a part," remarks Valdis), not to mention John Banner as the jowl-cheeked buffoon, Sgt. Schultz, and the rest of the crack ensemble, including real-life concentration camp survivor Robert Clary as LeBeau, Richard Dawson as Newkirk, Ivan Dixon as "Kinch," and Valdis herself, who debuted this season as Klink's secretary, Hilda, she of the scene-stealing tight sweaters and low-cut peasant blouses, and whose chief dialogue consisted of "Col. Hogan to see the commandant." The extras are a retro blast. The most bizarre is a commercial in which Carol Channing is smuggled into the barracks to enjoy a Jello dessert with Hogan and company. --Donald Liebenson
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Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: - Very Funny
I absolutely love this season.It was the start of a lot semi regular cast members.Your Hogan's Heroes Series is not complete without this season.
Rating: - Some of these actors & their families suffered because of Nazi Regime...
At least 4 (maybe more) of the main actors were somehow personally involved in the sorrows of Nazi Germany.These men narrowly escaped with their lives, and several members of their families were not so fortunate. Le Beau (Robert Clary) himself, a Polish Jew, spent 30 months as a prisoner of war. I recommend Hogan's Heroes for family viewing, and encourage the further study of the lives of those affected by that very real war and holocaust.
Rating: - VHAT IS DIS MAN DOING HERE!!!
Excellent series, as most that ever watch would know,
my youngest daughter, she's still home with us, loves
the series as well, ended up buying all 6 seasons
colour and presentation is very nicely done, of course
as others have said, more extras would have helped
but it's great to have the gang hard at work again!
G2
Rating: - Hogan's Heroes - - The 1st & 2nd Seasons
Excellent. Never fails to bring out big-hearted belly laughs among our friends & family who view these DVDs.
Love the humor & the shows are "family friendly."
No human violence or dubious sex scenes.Just great humor!
We are going to purchase all remaining Seasons of Hogans Heroes and highly recommend it to other interested buyers.
Rating: - Love It
Best TV show!! The Family loves it! Great way to spend the evening with the Family!
- Very FunnyI absolutely love this season.It was the start of a lot semi regular cast members.Your Hogan's Heroes Series is not complete without this season.
- Some of these actors & their families suffered because of Nazi Regime...At least 4 (maybe more) of the main actors were somehow personally involved in the sorrows of Nazi Germany.These men narrowly escaped with their lives, and several members of their families were not so fortunate. Le Beau (Robert Clary) himself, a Polish Jew, spent 30 months as a prisoner of war. I recommend Hogan's Heroes for family viewing, and encourage the further study of the lives of those affected by that very real war and holocaust.
- VHAT IS DIS MAN DOING HERE!!!Excellent series, as most that ever watch would know,
my youngest daughter, she's still home with us, loves
the series as well, ended up buying all 6 seasons
colour and presentation is very nicely done, of course
as others have said, more extras would have helped
but it's great to have the gang hard at work again!
G2
- Hogan's Heroes - - The 1st & 2nd SeasonsExcellent. Never fails to bring out big-hearted belly laughs among our friends & family who view these DVDs.
Love the humor & the shows are "family friendly."
No human violence or dubious sex scenes.Just great humor!
We are going to purchase all remaining Seasons of Hogans Heroes and highly recommend it to other interested buyers.
- Love ItBest TV show!! The Family loves it! Great way to spend the evening with the Family!
