AirwickWithCheese Posted May 17, 2021 Share #1 Posted May 17, 2021 So little time had passed between the war and show I'm surprised the greatest generation allowed it to air. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirby Posted May 17, 2021 Share #2 Posted May 17, 2021 I used to have a coworker whose father in law had served in WWII. Apparently, he'd bitterly exclaim "it wasn't like that at all" whenever reruns of the show came on. He wasn't outraged, just annoyed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickinMD ★ Posted May 17, 2021 Share #3 Posted May 17, 2021 1 hour ago, AirwickWithCheese said: So little time had passed between the war and show I'm surprised the greatest generation allowed it to air. I read where it was a very popular TV show in Germany. My father enjoyed it. What bugged Dad, who saw a LOT more combat action than most as a member of Darby's Rangers, was when someone would get shot in the torso in a TV Western and just fall over and die. Dad would say something like, "In real life, there'd be blood spattered all over and he'd be conscious and crying for his mother." 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solution Road Runner Posted May 17, 2021 Solution Share #4 Posted May 17, 2021 Hogan's Heroes was a terrible show. I think it was an attempt to make a comedic TV version of Stalag 17. So unbelievable in every way. And even if you could swallow your intellect and temporarily accept the ridiculous premise, the "humor" still isn't humorous. Why it is still on in syndication (Me-TV), is a source of never-ending amazement to me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AirwickWithCheese Posted May 17, 2021 Author Share #5 Posted May 17, 2021 1 hour ago, Road Runner said: Hogan's Heroes was a terrible show. I think it was an attempt to make a comedic TV version of Stalag 17. So unbelievable in every way. And even if you could swallow your intellect and temporarily accept the ridiculous premise, the "humor" still isn't humorous. Why it is still on in syndication (Me-TV), is a source of never-ending amazement to me. I don't like Bob Crane. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donkpow Posted May 17, 2021 Share #6 Posted May 17, 2021 A salve for damaged souls. (Not Road Runner, though. He's a hater.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AirwickWithCheese Posted May 17, 2021 Author Share #7 Posted May 17, 2021 1 minute ago, donkpow said: A salve for damaged souls. (Not Road Runner, though. He's a hater.) No. Like a very poor man's M*A*S*H. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kzoo Posted May 17, 2021 Share #8 Posted May 17, 2021 25 minutes ago, AirwickWithCheese said: I don't didn't like Bob Crane. FIFY. Another one gone too early. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AirwickWithCheese Posted May 17, 2021 Author Share #9 Posted May 17, 2021 4 minutes ago, Kzoo said: FIFY. Another one gone too early. He was a bum. Spent his last decade performing in minstrel shows around Phoenix. @UglyBob talked about meeting him once where he tried to hit on WOUB I believe? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kzoo Posted May 17, 2021 Share #10 Posted May 17, 2021 1 minute ago, AirwickWithCheese said: He was a bum. Spent his last decade performing in minstrel shows around Phoenix. @UglyBob talked about meeting him once where he tried to hit on WOUB I believe? Now you're just starting nasty rumors........ and about the dead............. disgusting. You need to apologize. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentonMakes Posted May 17, 2021 Share #11 Posted May 17, 2021 I liked this show when i was a kid. It's unwatchable now. Some shows age well and some do not. However, to be fair, I think someone who decries "HH" because it's an unrealistic portrayal of war, has missed the point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Road Runner Posted May 17, 2021 Share #12 Posted May 17, 2021 5 minutes ago, TrentonMakes said: I think someone who decries "HH" because it's an unrealistic portrayal of war, has missed the point. It's an unrealistic portrayal of everything it tries to portray. Total crap, IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AirwickWithCheese Posted May 17, 2021 Author Share #13 Posted May 17, 2021 1 minute ago, Road Runner said: It's an unrealistic portrayal of everything it tries to portray. Total crap, IMO. It did have a lot of pretty women. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UglyBob Posted May 17, 2021 Share #14 Posted May 17, 2021 16 minutes ago, AirwickWithCheese said: He was a bum. Spent his last decade performing in minstrel shows around Phoenix. @UglyBob talked about meeting him once where he tried to hit on WOUB I believe? Yeah, they never really figured out who killed him in his little video sex-den...and they never will. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AirwickWithCheese Posted May 17, 2021 Author Share #15 Posted May 17, 2021 Just now, UglyBob said: Yeah, they never really figured out who killed him in his little video sex-den...and they never will. Flirting with WOUB has consequences. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Road Runner Posted May 17, 2021 Share #16 Posted May 17, 2021 11 minutes ago, AirwickWithCheese said: It did have a lot of pretty women. Probably just trollops who slept with Crane. Have weird sex with Crane = one appearance on Hogan's Heroes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AirwickWithCheese Posted May 17, 2021 Author Share #17 Posted May 17, 2021 1 minute ago, Road Runner said: Probably just trollops who slept with Crane. Have weird sex with Crane = one appearance on Hogan's Heroes. This was actually true. He did end up marrying Patricia Olsen the very attractive secretary to Colonel Klink 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Wilbur ★ Posted May 17, 2021 Popular Post Share #18 Posted May 17, 2021 It is like you people think that documentary wasn't real!! What's next? F-Troop didn't take part in the Battle of Antietam? 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AirwickWithCheese Posted May 17, 2021 Author Share #19 Posted May 17, 2021 1 minute ago, Wilbur said: It is like you people think that documentary wasn't real!! What's next? F-Troop didn't take part in the Battle of Antietam? Don't sass me Wilbur. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kzoo Posted May 17, 2021 Share #20 Posted May 17, 2021 16 minutes ago, UglyBob said: Yeah, they never really figured out who killed him in his little video sex-den...and they never will. Says the guy who juggles knives. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UglyBob Posted May 17, 2021 Share #21 Posted May 17, 2021 38 minutes ago, Kzoo said: Says the guy who juggles knives. And writes about murders... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentonMakes Posted May 17, 2021 Share #22 Posted May 17, 2021 58 minutes ago, Wilbur said: What's next? F-Troop didn't take part in the Battle of Antietam? Speaking of MeTV.... I find it hard to believe "F Troop" was even remotely popular. It's really awful. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted May 17, 2021 Share #23 Posted May 17, 2021 1 hour ago, TrentonMakes said: I liked this show when i was a kid. It's unwatchable now. Some shows age well and some do not. However, to be fair, I think someone who decries "HH" because it's an unrealistic portrayal of war, has missed the point. Sort of like MASH was an unrealistic portrayal of war eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AirwickWithCheese Posted May 17, 2021 Author Share #24 Posted May 17, 2021 47 minutes ago, UglyBob said: And writes about murders... I never received my autographed copy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kzoo Posted May 17, 2021 Share #25 Posted May 17, 2021 2 minutes ago, AirwickWithCheese said: I never received my autographed copy. Huh? The rest of us all received our complementary autographed copies. Now you can spend time not reading his mystery while not enjoying grape pie. UB would like you to sick your barrister on him. He'll be eating grape pie and enjoying John Grisham novels for months. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsnip Totin Jack ★ Posted May 17, 2021 Share #26 Posted May 17, 2021 Robert Clary, who played the character Le Beau in the television series, spent several years of WWII in German Concentration Camps where 12 of his immediate family members died. His life story is a fascinating read. https://www.thevintagenews.com/2017/01/30/actor-author-survivor-the-resilience-of-robert-clary/ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AirwickWithCheese Posted May 17, 2021 Author Share #27 Posted May 17, 2021 1 minute ago, Old No. 7 said: Robert Clary, who played the character Le Beau in the television series, spent several years of WWII in German Concentration Camps where several of his 14 siblings died. His life story is a fascinating read. https://www.thevintagenews.com/2017/01/30/actor-author-survivor-the-resilience-of-robert-clary/ He was also on Days of Our Lives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaddeus Kosciuszko Posted May 17, 2021 Share #28 Posted May 17, 2021 28 minutes ago, AirwickWithCheese said: He was also on Days of Our Lives. Ok, now there was a documentary that realistically portrayed life in every way possible! Surpassed only by the documentary 'Dark Shadows'. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AirwickWithCheese Posted May 17, 2021 Author Share #29 Posted May 17, 2021 4 minutes ago, Thaddeus Kosciuszko said: Ok, now there was a documentary that realistically portrayed life in every way possible! Surpassed only by the documentary 'Dark Shadows'. All were surpassed by Mary Hartman Mary Hartman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donkpow Posted May 17, 2021 Share #30 Posted May 17, 2021 The only real documentary of the times of WWII is Mchale's Navy. That's the way it was, for real. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted May 17, 2021 Share #31 Posted May 17, 2021 I admit to liking F troop as a kid. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirby Posted May 18, 2021 Share #32 Posted May 18, 2021 10 hours ago, Wilbur said: It is like you people think that documentary wasn't real!! What's next? F-Troop didn't take part in the Battle of Antietam? I had to explain to a coworker who was going to Banff (before the borders were closed) why I kept saying Banff f f f f 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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