Robert Clary, last of the ‘Hogan’s Heroes’ stars, dies at 96

nikimcbee · 11-19-22, 12:32 PM

He was the last cast member still alive?

August · 11-19-22, 12:49 PM

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Originally Posted by nikimcbee

He was the last cast member still alive?

Sadly yes.

HW3 · 11-19-22, 10:33 PM

I remember the show being quite controversial among the WWII veterans at the time it came out. I loved it myself.

Eichhörnchen · 11-20-22, 05:36 AM

^ I'm not surprised to hear that; our own wartime comedy 'Allo 'Allo, casting the Nazis as comic characters, ruffled feathers as recently as the 1980s when it came out

People maybe forget that one way the US and UK population coped with fear of Hitler and his gang was to make fun of them - no belittling of the armed forces was intended in either case, even if the two RAF escapers in the British show were portrayed as buffoons - it was affectionately done

(They are also disguised as Frenchmen in this)

Ostfriese · 11-20-22, 05:50 AM

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Originally Posted by nikimcbee

He was the last cast member still alive?

Of the original members yes. Kenneth Washington (who played Sgt. Richard Baker in Season 5) is still alive.

I always loved "Hogan's Heroes" (not shown on German TV before 1992), which in the German version is even more of a parody than in the original English version due to the translation.

Rest in Peace, Robert Clary.

Platapus · 11-20-22, 06:34 AM

Almost interesting Trivia: The original plot of the story was supposed to take place in a US prison. Hogan's Hoard was a group of criminals operating against the bumbling prison guards.

For obvious reasons, this plot did not fly well with the networks so the writers had to come up with a plot where the prisoners can be the good guys and the guards can be the bad comic foils.

Hence the POW plot.

Eichhörnchen · 11-20-22, 07:38 AM

It was such a great idea - one of the first (maybe even the first?) of what we now call situation comedies

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Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,445 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	Almost interesting Trivia: The original plot of the story was supposed to take place in a US prison. Hogan's Hoard was a group of criminals operating against the bumbling prison guards. For obvious reasons, this plot did not fly well with the networks so the writers had to come up with a plot where the prisoners can be the good guys and the guards can be the bad comic foils. Hence the POW plot. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

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