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The second year of this popular sitcom brought some refinements that simultaneously added tension and made the basic premise even more ludicrous. As previously, Col. Robert Hogan (Bob Crane) and his merry band of fellow POWs (Robert Clary, Richard Dawson, Ivan Dixon, and Larry Hovis) continue to aid the Allied war effort under the noses of their German captors in Stalag 13. The 1966-67 season removed any lingering doubt in the minds of Commandant Klink (Werner Klemperer) and dim-witted Sergeant Schultz (John Banner) that Hogan was assisting the Underground; they just couldn't figure out how he always managed to fool them. For his part, Hogan continued to play a cat-and-mouse game with his feckless Nazi adversaries, never actually admitting the extent of his activities but leaving little doubt that he was successfully conducting them. In "The Tower," a late-season episode, he's able to blackmail Klink's superior, General Burkhalter (Leon Askin), into preventing the Klink's banishment to the Russian front for failing to prevent Hogan's destruction of a radio tower. Other fine examples of Hogan's ingenuity can be seen in "The Rise and Fall of Sergeant Schultz," in which he uses a ceremony honoring Schultz's participation in World War I as a diversion to release a captured Resistance fighter; and "The Battle of Stalag 13," in which he shields his operation from visiting Nazi officers who want to turn the camp into an interrogation center or an officers' retirement home. What's perhaps most remarkable in Season 2 (indeed, in the whole series) is how the show's writers consistently rose to the challenge of concocting credible variations of the same theme. If you don't like Hogan's Heroes, nothing about Season 2 will change your mind. If, however, you're among the faithful fans, this collection is a must-have because it represents the series at its creative peak. Ed Hulse

Product Details

• UPC: 097368884045
• Source: PARAMOUNT
• Region Code: 1
• Presentation: Pan & Scan
• Language: English
• Editions: Anniversary Edition
• Sales Rank: 13,925

This set contains DVDs which may be available separately:

• Hogan's Heroes: Hogan Gives a Birthday Party
• Hogan's Heroes: The Schultz Brigade
• Hogan's Heroes: Diamonds in the Rough
• Hogan's Heroes: Operation Briefcase
• Hogan's Heroes: The Battle of Stalag 13
• Hogan's Heroes: The Rise and Fall of General Schultz
• Hogan's Heroes: Hogan Springs
• Hogan's Heroes: A Klink, a Bomb and a Short Fuse
• Hogan's Heroes: Tanks for the Memory
• Hogan's Heroes: A Tiger Hunt in Paris, Part One
• Hogan's Heroes: A Tiger Hunt in Paris, Part Two
• Hogan's Heroes: Will the Real Adolf Please Stand Up?
• Hogan's Heroes: Don't Forget to Write
• Hogan's Heroes: Klink's Rocket
• Hogan's Heroes: Information Please
• Hogan's Heroes: Art for Hogan's Sake
• Hogan's Heroes: The General Swap
• Hogan's Heroes: The Great Brinksmeyer Robbery
• Hogan's Heroes: Praise the Führer and Pass the Ammunition
• Hogan's Heroes: Hogan and the Lady Doctor
• Hogan's Heroes: The Swing Shift
• Hogan's Heroes: Heil Klink
• Hogan's Heroes: Everyone Has a Brother-in-Law
• Hogan's Heroes: Killer Klink
• Hogan's Heroes: Reverend Kommandant Klink
• Hogan's Heroes: The Most Escape-Proof Camp I've Ever Escaped From
• Hogan's Heroes: The Tower
• Hogan's Heroes: Colonel Klink's Secret Weapon
• Hogan's Heroes: The Top Secret Top Coat
• Hogan's Heroes: The Reluctant Target

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