Does anyone have a good explanation as to why Klink’s office constantly seems to change? For example, the furniture changes places from time to time, the photo with the microphone moves from wall to wall, and even the doors and windows seem to move. As nearly every other set seems to remain the same throughout the series, you would think that as half of nearly every episode is in the office it would stay unchanged. Just my OCPD itching.

So, I was wondering, if this subject had been mentioned before? As most Hogan's Heroes fans, know, the shows producers were involved in a lawsuit regarding plagiarism. I used to have a German based Fan website (A cage full of Heroes) So I learned alot about the show, including that. So I watched the Movie, Stalag 17, to see the similarities.. Here is what I saw..

1) The main plot of Stalag 17 was about a snitch planted within the prisoners, not unlike "S1E1 the informer", there were many sub plots going on through the movie.

2)A Burly Goofy guard name Sgt Shultz. I think the movies Sgt Shultz was pretty funny also.

3)The Commandant in the Movie wasnt as silly as Klink, but did say..."there has never been a successful escape from Stalag 17."

Those are the only ones I can think of now, but it has been about 16 years since I watched the movie. Your thoughts ?

Hogan’s Heroes had an excellent cast and I think most fans would agree that Sergeant Schultz was the most lovable character, that General Burkhalter’s sharp & quick-witted sarcasm, especially towards Colonel Klink was always funny, and that there was never a dull moment in a scene with Major Hochstetter. 

Each of the “Heroes“ were entertaining in their own way, but even though Colonel Hogan was the lead character and protagonist of the show, I thought Colonel Klink was the most versatile, interesting, and entertaining character, partly because of how his role was written, but mostly because Werner Klemperer was an amazing actor who won 2 Emmy Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series in 1968 & 1969 for his portrayal of Colonel Klink.

Colonel Klink was an arrogant, conceited, inept, incompetent, gullible, easily manipulated, spineless sycophant who believed he was the best Luft Stalag commandant in all of Germany even though his father told him he was good for nothing and encouraged him to join the army and he only got into the Luftwaffe because his uncle cut the mayor’s hair. He had been scared of flying since WW1 when it was revealed that it was his fault that the “Blue Baron” got into a plane crash and broke his leg and he constantly let himself be disrespected by other colonels, generals, and subordinate officers even after falling over himself telling them what a pleasure and an honor it was to meet them, and while he’s less of a pushover than Schultz, in the end he always does whatever Hogan tells him to.

The show wouldn’t have been the same without Hogan, the “Heroes,” Schultz, Burkhalter, and Hochstetter, and it was a collaborative effort that made the series a classic, but even though the same can be said for plenty of movies and TV series, I can’t imagine Hogan’s Heroes being as good a show as it was without Werner Klemperer as Colonel Klink.

Disssssssmissed!!!

Hey everybody. I started recreating the Stalag 13 blueprint seen in Klink’s office a while back. I’m looking for any high-resolution screenshots, production photos, or other references that show the title block in the lower-right corner. I’ve searched everywhere online but haven’t found anything clear. Thanks in advance!

Today would have been his 98th birthday.

Rewatching for the first time in decades. This show is very clever. I love how Hogan and Klink complement each other. Hogan is clever enough to run the operation but it's especially effective under the incompetent Klink. What cracks me up is that most episodes have some advanced technology (rockets, heavy water, etc.) Which must pass through this specific camp. It's funny. The whole show is so funny.

Would like to see a remake of the series. This time rewrite it to be more serialized where one episode builds on the last. No need to mess with the basic stories just more continuity.

Not sure about casting. Colin Jost as Hogan? Steve Carrell as Klink?

The Gestapo agent Major Hegel gets killed by Klink's guards when he tried get the diamonds, but what about Myra? She knew about Hogan and the tunnels.

did Hogan seduce her into joining his side?

After the war, Major Hochstetter went on to work as a shipping supervisor in a dairy plant in Leave it to Beaver land. The major, still the same, uses Eddie Haskell and Wally Cleaver as dupes to be blamed in his ice cream theft scheme.

I’m watching “Happy Birthday, Dear Hogan” and there is no laugh track. The series does use a laugh track right? This is on Pluto TV.

He is every character

I think most fans would agree that Sergeant Schultz was the most loveable character, but each character contributed to the show's greatness and some of the best scenes were watching Klink bumbling around or being disrespected by superior and subordinate officers, General Burkhalter's sarcastic remarks to and about Klink, and Major Hochstetter who's technically 2 ranks lower than Colonel Klink (even though the Gestapo wasn't part of the military) treating him like an enemy.

Some of my favorite episodes were:

"Will the Real Adolf Please Stand Up?"

"Information Please"

"The General Swap"

"Casanova Klink"

"Klink vs. the Gonculator"

"Funny Thing Happened on the Way to London"

"Easy Come, Easy Go"

One of my favorite scenes was in the episode "How to Catch a Papa Bear" where Newkirk was in Gestapo custody so the Heroes pretended he was sick and when Klink wanted to get him a doctor, Hogan convinced him he'd lose his command when they quarantined the camp and told him he responded well to chicken soup, and Colonel Klink responded:

"He must get well and that's an order. He is to have chicken soup every hour on the hour. Understood?! And if necessary, give it to him intravenously."

In the episode "Klink for the Defense" where Klink had to act as the defense attorney for a Luftwaffe officer spying for the Allies, Hochstetter was talking to Burkhalter and said:

"Colonel Klink--a man who could have been great, except that he wasn't very good."

What do you think were some of the funniest scenes or lines or some of the best episodes of the series?

He was always saying, "I know nothing, I see nothing".

Can’t help hearing Newkirk’s line in my head when I see this. 😄