Product Details

• Actors: Bob Crane, Werner Klemperer, John Banner, Robert Clary, Richard Dawson
• Writers: Albert S. Ruddy, Bernard Fein
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: 20th Century Fox
• VHS Release Date: March 2, 1999
• Run Time: 50 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6305282099
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #347,879 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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Hogan's Heroes was a hit from the beginning of its televised run, from the fall of 1965 through the spring of 1971. This videocassette, volume 3 of a three-volume collection, comprises two uncut color episodes: "Hogan Go Home" from the third season and "Will the Real Adolf Please Stand Up?" from the second. With good transfers and no commercial interruptions, these shows make for some charming, nostalgic, laugh-track-filled family viewing.

In "Hogan Go Home," a message from the Allied high command orders Colonel Hogan (Bob Crane) to return to the U.S. for a hero's welcome and a bond-selling tour. Needless to say, the Heroes--Kinch (Ivan Dixon), Carter (Larry Hovis), LeBeau (Robert Clary), and Newkirk (Richard Dawson)--are loathe to let the delighted Hogan go, but they plan a going-away party that is quickly exposed by Sergeant Schultz (John Banner). Just as Hogan changes his mind and decides to stay, his seniority is usurped by Colonel Crittendon (Bernard Fox, Dr. Bombay on Bewitched), a prisoner of war who had once visited Stalag 13. Crittendon embodies the caricature of the bullying, stoical British officer, strutting about with his riding crop, and nearly bungles several operations before being transferred to Stalag 15, Hogan's interim destination.

"Will the Real Adolf Stand Up?" gives Carter a chance to strut his own stuff, as the cantankerous Hitler--thumb in belt buckle, shifty eyes, bothersome bangs, backward salute, and all. The usual contact for smuggled reconnaissance has been captured, so Carter must arrive at Stalag 13 at night in the guise of the dyspeptic Führer and transfer the secret photos himself to the underground. Carter's over-the-top performance ("Love your Stalag.... Wiedersehen, folks!") nearly blows his cover, and provides one of the most hilarious moments of the series. And for you trivia fans, here are a couple tidbits: You'll catch a glimpse or two of William Christopher (who played Father Francis Mulcahy on M*A*S*H) as "Hitler's" aide Foster; and you'll notice an anachronism spoken by Newkirk, who repeats Bette Davis's line "What a dump!" years before the release of the film (Beyond the Forest) that made it famous. --Robert Burns Neveldine

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Need More!, January 15, 2004

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Mike R. Kapfer "hiddendesire" (Las Vegas, Nevada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hogan's Heroes Vol. 3: "Hogan Go Home" "Will The Real Adolf Please Stand Up" [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I would like the ENTIRE collection of Hogans Heros on DVD. The show is fantastic and for me it brings back a lot of fond memories.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Put Hogan on DVD, August 21, 2004

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KC (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hogan's Heroes Vol. 3: "Hogan Go Home" "Will The Real Adolf Please Stand Up" [VHS] (VHS Tape)

In a time when old sitcoms are being put on DVD right and left, what's up with Hogan's Heroes? This is a classic program and deserves to be put on DVD. The studio needs to read these reviewa and understand that there is a demand for Hogans Heroes on DVD.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Hogan has to leave Stalag 13 but then Hitler comes to visit, June 28, 2003

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Lawrance M. Bernabo (The Zenith City, Duluth, Minnesota) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hogan's Heroes Vol. 3: "Hogan Go Home" "Will The Real Adolf Please Stand Up" [VHS] (VHS Tape)

There is a tendency to consider "Hogan's Heroes" to be something of an abomination when it comes to television situation comedies since it had the audacity to prove that life in a Nazi POW camp during World War II could be funny. Pointing out that historically the camps run by the Luftwaffe were at the opposite end of the spectrum does not matter all that much when the other end consists of a long list of infamous concentration camps where millions of people were murdered. However, there is a tradition of lampooning the Nazis, which goes back to Charlie Chaplin's "The Great Dictator," and "Hogan's Heroes" is certainly in that model. The two things I would point out, by way of observation, would be that "Hogan's Heroes" ran for six years on CBS and that when it went off the air the following season a new military sitcom, "M*A*S*H," premiered. During the first couple of seasons of that classic series one of the main writers was Laurence Marks, who was the main writer on "Hogan's Heroes." Amazing how fast things can change in television.

This videotape offers up a couple of episodes from the first half of the series. "Hogan Go Home" (Episode 19 from Season 3) finds Colonel Hogan (Bob Crane) is ordered home by the brass to help sell war bonds. Of course, everybody at Stalag 13 knows that Hogan can do a lot more good leading the resistance from camp than he can on tour in the U.S. Unfortunately, Colonel Crittendon (Bernard Fox) arrives upon the scene and the bombastic British officer has both seniority and no knowledge of what the POWs are doing. Even without trying, Crittendon does more to thwart the group's efforts than anything Colonel Klink and Sgt. Schultz have ever done. "Will the Real Adolf Stand Up?" (Episode 12 from Season 2) features Larry Hovis as his Sgt. Andrew Carter finally gets to do something fun as low man on the character totem pole. As you can guess from the title, Carter has to impersonate the Führer for a mission and goes completely over the top (not quite "The Producers," but in that general direction and closing the gap). Besides all the shtick it is also fun to see Klink (Werner Klemperer) quivering in the presence of Hitler. Neither episode is to be taken seriously, but that was pretty much established by the premise of the entire series and the two shows actually create a nice counterpoint between the serious undercurrent of fighting the war and the outright ridicule of Hitler and his goons.