We continue through Season 1 of Hogan's Heroes...
- I'm now convinced that WUAB in Cleveland showed the Season 1 episodes over and over, rather than showing the seasons evenly. I'm seeing some of my favorite episodes very early in the series.
- We get the "heavy water" episode in episode 9, which showcases how Hogan scams Klink to keep him occupied
- Episode 10 has Hogan and the gang using the bugs in the barracks to put on a radio play. It convinces the Nazis that Hogan knows about the Norden bomb sight--it's actually a vacuum cleaner.
- We get a great performance from John Banner in Episode 11 as Schultz gets drunk
- Crane and Dawson perform a Nazi comedy routine in Episode 12 as they break out a French scientist's daughter.
- Episode 14 brings us the oil scam--The Burkhalter and Klink Oil Co. As they say in the episode, "Hogan, who needs Hogan"?
Cast info:
Robert Clary (Cpl. LeBeau) began as a child singer in France before WWII. He was sent to the concentration camps as a Jew by the Nazis, along with 12 members of his family--he was the only survivor. He still has the number tattoo on his arm, which is why you never see him in short sleeves on the show. He began writing songs after the war, and moved to the US in 1949, getting jobs on early TV. He went to Broadway and was in several musicals there. He married the daughter of Eddie Cantor in 1965, just as Hogan's Heroes got started. After the show ended, he appeared in feature films. He ended up in soap operas, including a long stint on Days of Our Lives, as well as The Young and the Restless and The Bold and the Beautiful. He stayed in the industry until 2001, as of this writing is still around, and can be found at robertclary.com.
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