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Hogan's Heroes - The Complete Fourth Season

directed by: Richard Kinon, Marc Daniels, Jerry London, Edward H. Feldman, Bob Sweeney

: Hogan's Heroes - The Complete Fourth Season
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: PARAMOUNT PICTURES
EAN: 0097368899049
Format: Box set, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Label: Paramount
Manufacturer: Paramount
Number Of Items: 4
Publisher: Paramount
Release Date: August 15, 2006
Running Time: 672 minutes
Sales Rank: 3116
Studio: Paramount
Theatrical Release Date: September 17, 1965



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Product Description:
The inmates of a German World War II Prisoners of War camp conduct espionage and sabotage campaign right under the noses of their warders. While the enemy is often gullible easily fooled or downright incompetent the real strength of Hogan s men are the elaborate ruses and sometimes dangerous lengths they will go to complete their mission.System Requirements:Runtime: 672 min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: COMEDY UPC: 097368899049 Manufacturer No: 889904

Amazon.com:
Probably the most successful bad idea in television history, Hogan's Heroes took an appalling premise--the suffering of World War II prisoners-of-war played for laughs--and turned it into a hugely popular series that ran for six seasons. Wily Colonel Hogan (Bob Crane, previously a regular on The Donna Reed Show) and his merry multicultural band of P.O.W.s--including cocky cockney Newkirk (Richard Dawson, pre-Family Feud), softhearted Frenchman LeBeau (Robert Clary, later to appear on Days of Our Lives), clumsy explosives expert Carter (Larry Hovis), and steadfast radio operator Kinch (Ivan Dixon), one of the first black characters on television to be treated as an equal by his peers without any self-congratulatory comment--carried out spying and sabotage against the Third Reich, always back in the cozy confines of Stalag 13 by the end of the episode. But the good guys were not the show's real draw; Hogan (charming to some, smarmy to others) may have been the titular hero, but audiences loved high-strung Nazi commandant Col. Klink (Werner Klemperer, who won two Emmys for the role) and the adorably bumbling Sgt. Schultz (John Banner), whose cries of 'I see nozzink, I know nozzink!' became the show's biggest catchphrase.

The fourth season finds the snappy one-liners, preposterous plots, oversexed atmosphere, and Nazi buffoonery all firmly entrenched. Brief bits of suspense help to balance the clownish antics. The missions change a little from episode to episode (instead of a bridge, they have to blow up an ammo dump; instead of a beautiful lady spy, they have to help...no, it's always a beautiful lady spy), but a reassuring sameness is what guarantees the success of any sitcom. It's interesting to speculate about why audiences embraced these goofball Nazis only a couple of decades after the revelation of the decidedly unfunny concentration camps. Perhaps, as the Cold War wore on and the threat of atomic annihilation felt increasingly likely, mocking the previous threat to the world made the Soviet Union less terrifying; or maybe Klink and Schultz are hapless 1950s parent figures, outwitted by their more worldly hipster children. Regardless, even contemporary viewers with a taste for daffy pranks may find Hogan's Heroes a bit of sweet comfort food. --Bret Fetzer



Customer Reviews
Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Best Television Comedy Series
Our family has decided that this series is by far the best television comedy EVER! Yes, the subject ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Hogan's Heroes Season 4
To anyone who did not see this in the 60's -- this was good family entertainment of the type we rarely ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Very enjoyable
Lots of laughs with this nostalgic DVD. I watched the series as a kid - and still enjoy it as an adult. ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Who doesn't love crazy nazis?
There are those who feel making fun of a Pow camp and Nazis are in bad taste. Screw 'em. This is fun from ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Ackdont
Who doesn't love Hogans Heroes! The DVD's are surprisingly clear given the year that the actual film was made. ... Read More

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