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Hogans Heros Seasons
On DVD
Hogans Heroes Season 1
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Despite a
historically and morally questionable premise, the 1960s
sitcom HOGAN'S HEROES was wildly popular during its
premiere run and continues to remain one of the most
classic (not to mention utterly unique) comedy series in
television history. Set in a Nazi prison camp during World
War II, the series follows a group of Allied
POWs--Englishman Peter Newkirk (a pre-FAMILY FEUD Richard
Dawson), Frenchman Louis LeBeau (Robert Clary), and
Americans Andrew Carter (Larry Hovis) and James Kinchloe
(Ivan Dixon, one of the first African-American actors to
get equal billing)--led by the irrepressible Colonel
Robert Hogan (Bob Crane) in their hilarious attempts to
sabotage the Nazi war effort. Though often
mischaracterized as a tasteless gloss on the real-life
horrors of Nazi Germany (the series was set in a
prisoner-of-war camp, rather than concentration camp),
HOGAN'S HEROES was intended as parody and certainly pulled
no punches in its unflattering depiction of idiotic Nazi
officers such as the pompous Colonel Klink (Werner
Klemperer), bumbling Sergeant Schultz (John Banner), and
irascible General Burkhalter (Leon Askin)--in fact,
Klemperer, Banner, and Askin were all Jewish, and Clary
was a Holocaust survivor. This collection includes all 32
episodes of the controversial series' debut season, which
was nominated for two Emmy Awards. |
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Also known as: Hogan's
Heroes - Hogans Heroes - Hogans Heros - Hogan's Hero's - Hogan Heroes - Hogans
Hero's
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