They have befriended the guard dogs, and keep the bumbling Sergeant Schultz and the pompous, monocle-wearing Colonel Klink from knowing their secret. The catch is, Hogan and the other prisoners have figured out how to escape from the prison camp early in their confinement, but decide to remain and gather German secrets and photograph documents for the Allied forces. The premise of Hogan’s Heroes falls along these lines. It is the duty of any American soldier taken prisoner by the enemy during wartime to try to escape, gather information, or to cause as much disruption to the enemy as possible. This is the beauty of television from the 1960’s almost any subject can be made into a comedy that hardly changes over the seasons, its plotlines kept simple and amusing. Surprisingly, this show is a comedy, and maintains a silly and farcical tone despite its serious setting. Hogan, an American soldier detained in a German prisoner of war camp during World War II. Reviewed by Jennifer Smith Hogan’s Heroes (1965-71) ran on CBS for an impressive 6 seasons, for 168 episodes in total.
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