1960's
HOGAN'S HEROES
-What type of Subgenre is this? Why?
This is a military subgenre. Hogan's heroes ran a total of 168 episodes. It ran from September 17, 1965 to March 8, 1971. The show to place in a POW camp during the Second Worls War. This is a military subgenre because the show took place during the Second World War and had to do with a military group that a POW camp in Europe.
-What is the back story of the series? How fully does it fill you in?
Hogan's Heroes took place during the Second World War. It was about a group of military that was in charge of a POW camp. The men took care of the Prisoners Of War and kept them until the war was over which afterwards they were released. The is filled in very well during the Pilot Episode and the viewers are filled in about what is going on and where the sitcom takes place.
-Describe the physical/Geographic location of the series.
The setting is a fictional version of Stalag which was a POW camp for allied airmen located north of Hammelburg. Although the setting did not resemble the actual POW camp of Stalag, the producers tried to make the camp look as much as a POW camp as possible. The camp was very dirty and set up like a military base. The POWS were forced into bunks all together. The generals though had nice bunks and offices. In these offices were nice desks and couches. In the bunks where the POW's were kept, were small cotts that they slept on just like a normal army base. The camp is kept dirty and nasty because this was what it was like during the War in Europe. It was also kept this way because the POW's were not cared about and were treated badily. The camera showed the nice parts of the camp, such as the generals quarter and such, and showed the bad parts of the set like the POW's bunks.
- Describe two of the main Characters
Bob Crane Played Col. Robert E. Hogan. He was the star of the show. He wore a leather jacket and army outfit. He was an average sized man who wore a hat at sometimes. When not wearing his hat he had shorter greased backed hair. He was in his early thirties when starting the show, but looks like he has some age to him in the show. He was a funny character and he got along with most characters in the show.
Werner Klemperer Played Col. Wilhelm Klink. He was the costar of the show. He was a heavier set man who wore his army uniform at all times. He had a small army helemet that he wore on his head. He was also a balding man. He was the character on the show that was almost like a clutz that was funny. He gave humor for dumb things happening to him.
-Identify and describe two supporting characters and explain their relationships with the main characters.
Sergeant Baker was an African American on the show played by Kenneth Washington. He was the Seargeant under both of the Col. He was one of the only african americans on the show. He was taller and thinner. He wore his army out fit as did everyone else in the show. There were racial commits made toward him, they were just not blatanly made right to him.
Staff Sergeant Kinchloe, played by Ivan Dixon and he was the communications expert on the show. He is introduced as Hogan's cheif of staff and can also speak fluent french. He was aslo another African American actor on the show. He was a taller man and skinnier and he had a small mustache. He did great impressions of the germans, including Adolf Hitler.
-Outline a standard plot in the series
One standard plot of the show was helping people escape from the camp. Hogan helped many people escape from the camp in several different episodes. He thought it to be his job to do this being the acitve American Col. in the show. He wanted to help his men get out of the camp and get home to their familes or get back to fighting in the war so the USA could put an end to the war.
Another plot in the story is Hogan and Klinks Competitions. These two were always trying to get at eachother. Hogan was the US Col. and Klink was the German Col. so these two were always messing with eachother. They always wanted to try and out do eachother. Both men tried to proove to their troops that they were the better Col. and that the other did a bad job as their leader.
-Describe 2 classic scenes with great detail
One classic scene from the show is when Carter imitates Hitler. He does this imitation very well. He puts a come to his mouth to make it look like he as a mustache just as Hiter and he walks just like him. He aslo comes his hair over to the side of his head to look like Hitler. When imitating hitler he does this to fool the German officers of the camp. He sounds and looks just like Hitler and does all the same motions Hitler does.
Another famous scene is when Hogan must defuse a bomb in in the yard. He thinks the bomb is fake and realizes later that this is a real bomb. Everyone in the camp is very scared, but Hogan. He stays calm and collective to make the audience think that he is somekind of perfect soldier. He shows no fear and ends up defusing the bomb and saving the whole camp including the German Officers.
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