Classic Favorites: Which One Is Yours.
There are a lot of classic television shows that are easy to enjoy, but one has always stood out. That show would be the comedy Hogan’s Heroes. This was a show that debuted in 1965, airing for six seasons and 168 episodes. It is a light hearted comedy that combined jokes and physical comedy with having the Germans who ran the prisoner camp so dumb you could not help but laugh.
The story is based around a group of Americans that are in a German prisoner of war camp. The Americans are led by Colonel Robert Hogan. The camp itself is called Stalag 13 and is run by a clueless German duo named Colonel Wilhelm Klink and Sergeant Hans Schultz. Both of them are repeatedly manipulated by Hogan and his crew into making poor decisions; which creates wacky and comedic adventures for the entire camp. Hogan’s job is to also run vital missions for the allied soldiers wreaking havoc to the outsmarted Germans.
Sure the premise for the show is a little bit out there and unrealistic. What kind of prisoner camp is going to allow for prisoners to create underground paths, phone taps, radio contacts, and things of that nature? But that is why this show was so fun.