Pretty sure this show would have sunk without Werner. Hard to imagine someone portraying a German officer in such a lovable manner barely 20 years after the end of the war. His portrayal was always spot on.
So true. Yet I've read that initially, those in charge thouight about putting John Banner in as Klink and Klemperer as Schultz. Fortunately, they quickly changed their minds
A fun little fact about Werner (may he RIP), was throughout the series, he was portrayed as a horrible violinist, but in real life he was actually a classically training concert pianist and violinist, as he came from a known musical family. And a second little fact was while he is a natural German, his family left Germany in the 1930s and settled in the US and during WW2, Werner actually served in the US Army and deployed to the Pacific Theater. Truly an amazing actor and entertainer and a true once in a life time performer.
Near the beginning of this video, Klink does do a great job on the fiddle -- except he's playing the American Army Air Force anthem much to his the anger of Burkhalter! 🤣
A known musical family? More than that, his father, Otto Klemperer, was one of the greatest conductors of all time, and a disciple of Gustav Mahler himself.
Another fact: (not being racist here) the entire Klemperer family had to flee Germany for life and safety because of their Jewish ethnicity. Werner however, when he was growing up in the US converted to Catholicism (perhaps to erase the Jewish stigma on his own family later?). In one of his interviews in the 90s, he claims to be left leaning, towards Socialism though he would make slips by saying "God" and calling himself a "man of faith". My own view of this development is that of confusion and enigma. As a young child he fled Nazism which was a German form of Socialism, (Hitler calls his party Socialist Democrat). Yet in Werner's elderly days, he would return to the very thing they fled away from? I'm confounded.
@@tuberobotto don't confuse the National Socialism with socialism - the Nazis were nearly as socialistic as the Democratic People's Republic of Korea is democratic.
Werner Klemperer had a lyrical way of saying his lines that was hilarious. He almost "sang" the punchlines. He was a great actor, and deserved his Emmy awards.
I always liked how Klink was Hogan's foil, but he was never the villain. He wasn't the bad guy. He was someone doing the best he could in a situation that he wanted no part of. All he wanted to do was safely ride out the war in command of Stalag 13 and remain as far away from anything resembling fighting as possible.
Truly by Design from what I understand Werner Clempererer did not want to appear a competent German soldier he would do nothing to make the Nazis actually look good.
Literally none of the nazis in the show are depicted as malicious in their intent. They merely follow orders but don’t want to exert any violence. They just want the war to be over so they can return to their lives. I think for most people during the war on both sides for the most part they were more or less the same,
My favorite line by Colonel Klink was about his staff car. "How can I get it back sooner than I think, when it's already later than I thought? Great line
He looked sharp in anything. I've seen him in other roles...as a Navy lieutenant, as a SS lieutenant colonel, and in a suit. He was just good looking in general. Some men can wear a uniform and some can't. Just saying. 👍🏻💙😍
@@OVERHERE-OVERHERE You misunderstood me. I said that Klink was "playing for the wrong team" because he's an enemy German and he got caught by his superiors playing an American anthem. And thank you for your service to our country.
@@headshotsongs9465 - Trained musician as well as Jewish. Most, if not all of the Germans were played by Jews. Next song, "Anchors aweigh." Retired Navy vet.
I just love how Hogan tries to string Klink along (even in the face of Klink's mounting suspicions and anger), but bring up General Burkhalter and BOTH of them are instantly on the same page!
@@scootergeorge9576 the German military hated the Gestapo in real life. The Gestapo was drawn from the dregs of society, and the military had contempt for them. Heck, many German officers tried to kill Hitler.
You really have to give props to Werner Klemperer, who was TV's "Leslie Nielsen" before there ever WAS a "Leslie Nielsen," reinventing himself from a third or fourth billed dramatic actor to a household name and the glue that held Hogan's Heroes together. Both Klemperer and Nielsen had long careers as "serious" types, but then became so adept at comedy that they are better remembered for comedy than they are for their many years of previous work.
@@vincentsartain3061 Same with Ed O'Neill of Married with Children fame. Never did comedy ever before MWC but made Al Bundy one of tv's funniest and most iconic characters of all time.
All the cast members had one job to do, and that was to make you laugh, and forget about the Vietnam Conflict....of which they all excelled at. My youthful days were spent laughing long and hard at all those great TV shows of the sixties. What a time it was!
Yep, my Dad and I hanging out in the “rec” room watching these. The episode with Klink in ski attire with (unbeknownst to Klink) Burkhalter standing behind him listening to his insults was hilarious!
Werner was one of the nicest men in show business! He would often go out of his way for his fans. I always loved the way he would express his lines as colonel Klink.
I don't wanna say that the show would have been "nothing" without Klemperer and Banner because Crane, Clary, Dawson, Dixon, and Hovis were all just so darned likeable and were a great team, both in character and as working colleagues, at pulling the kind of onscreen shenanigans they did in each episode; they were funny, too. Dixon, maybe not "belly laugh-funny," but the show did need one more "straight man" besides Bob Crane himself, and Dixon delivered amply in that department.
Im so sorry for you guys, in the german version they synced themselves, even including script changes, and they say german version is funnier. Probably because of the fact you can listen to kink with his sax dialect for days.
As another commenter has pointed out, although Klink playing the violin off key was part of the comedy shtick, in reality Werner Klemperer was an accomplished classical musician. His father was Otto Klemperer who was the conductor of the Berlin Symphony Orchestra, who was fired when the Nazis began to persecute the Jews. Seeing what was going on in Germany with the rise of Hitler, the family re-settled in America and his father became the conductor of the Los Angeles Symphony Orchestra.
Werner Klemperer was the fulcrum of the comedy of this entire show. He was genius in his role, and it was hilarious when Leon Askin (Gen. Burkhalter) made an appearance to contrast Klink's role.
@@Cjnw I wouldn't get to serious about it, as this is scripted television comedy. The on-screen banter that I refer to is the ability of the actors delivery of their lines and comedic timing.
Although Hogans Heroes was far fetched there was a grain of truth to it. The character of Colonel Klink was that of a rear echelon officer who was given a low profile command that he couldn't screw up. The best officers were either on the General Staff or on the front(s). In the story line Colonel Klink was supposed to have been from an old aristocratic family who rose to the rank of Colonel because of his family rather than because of his accomplishments. Not that that ever happens in real life (ha ha). Hogans Heroes was classic comedy which never received the recognition that it should have.
I don't recall seeing Klink at the ski lodge, calling General Burkhalter "a nasty old tub of lard" before turning around and seeing him listening to every word. THAT is the very best of Colonel Klink.
HeadShotSongs well, Hogan wouldn’t be able to run his operation without Klink. For this reason, Hogan is obliged to save Klink again and again, and get rid of any replacement for Klink ASAP.
"Who are these people? Is Stalag 13 a tourist attraction for every officer who passes through town? Soon we'll be serving tea!" "They are from the Adolf Hitler Division." "Well don't just stand there! Make some tea!" 😂
Klink's bad violin playing was a running joke but, Werner was the son of a famous conductor and did some of that himself, though he always said he wasn't nearly his father's equal. I would bet that he was an excellent violinist in real life.
@ Yes and, you have to realize that, a master violinist probably knows how to play 'wrong' better than a beginner ever could. Due to knowing how things should be done, they can do things...exactly wrong .
No he wasn't playing. He could really play violin and piano. I'm a violinist and he actually is bowing and holding the violin in the correct position, but is not fingering the strings at all. I do know he was good on the piano.
I can’t believe the meal scene from the last episode of season 2 was omitted. Klink and Hogan eating one meal, with Klink mimicking Hogan’s every move...and the facial expressions.
Thanks for taking the time to put this together. I have the complete series. But you left one very funny scene out. The one where Klink tells Hochstetter that he would trust Fraulein Helga to shave the fuehrer.
My favorite episode was Klink’s preparation to celebrate Hitler‘s birthday. Gut-splitting hilarious. General Burkhalter‘s response, “Happy birthday, Adolf?“ May Werner Klemperer rest in peace.
Werner Klemperer’s father was Dr. Otto Klemperer who was for many years the head conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra. Werner was a professionally trained symphony violinist and pianist.
I don't think "the universe" really hates Klink. Sure, he's an incompetent boob and gets frustrated often, but he's got a cushy job and will never have to go to the Russian Front (thank you, Col. Hogan!) On Liberation Day, Hogan will most likely put in a good word for Klink and Schultz (their ineptitude enabled Hogan & co. to have successful underground operations and besides, Klink & Schultz aren't really such bad guys!) to all pertinent authorities, and they'll go on to live fairly prosperous lives in West Germany.
2:15 one of, in not the only time Colonel Klink got the better of Hogan, especially when he drops the bomb that he has to pick up General Burkhalter at the station in 45 minutes and Hogan immediately stops fooling Klink and goes to get his car
Remember when they had that traitor or whoever hidden in Klink's quarters but nobody was allowed to look at him? And Hogan (with the vocal help of Sergeant Carter) had Klink convinced it was Adolf Hitler himself in there, but in disguise? Carter told Klink that he was going to appointment a successor, and that he had picked Klink! So after Klink heard that, he stumbled backwards in shock and hit the wall...I think if Hogan hadn't caught him he would have fainted dead away. The problem is, he only found out it was all a trick AFTER he mouthed off to Major Hochstetter AND was disrespectful to the real Heinrich Himmler on the phone! I know we're not supposed to feel bad for Colonel Klink, but that was low. You take a guy who just wants to be a general, give him the ultimate in false hope and then yank it away. Frankly, Klink is lucky Himmler DIDN'T come down there since he was known to have a very nasty temper. Moral of the story: don't count on using the perks of a job until it's official! 😂
was very popular in Germany - with an improved translation with more rhymes and spells by Klink - and he has got a dialect from today Saxony. check it out -> in German "ein Käfig voller Helden" (a cage full of Heroes).... side note: in American Dad Series Klaus is translated also with saxon dialect.
Colonel Klink leaves quite a dilemma. Hogan's Heroes is meant to call back to American triumph against the Nazis in World War II, and yet, Klink is just so likable.
6:13 - 7:02 when Werner Klemperer hams it up even more than usual as Klink. Klink took a bold chance when he set up that escape. For all he knew, they might have REALLY escaped and not come back! Another big chance he took was removing his gun around the prisoners. They could have legitimately shot him and he would have been screwed. WE (the viewers) know what's happening, but in the show Klink doesn't...not all the way. That's pretty brave when you think about it. 7:54 - 8:03 when Klink meets Sergeant Carter dressed as Adolf Hitler and looked like he was going to faint. How to go from sarcastic to hero worship in a few seconds! 😂🤣😂
Neither Klink nor Schultz really liked Hitler, but like most other Germans who privately despised Der Fuhrer, they had to be careful to keep up pretenses or else be shot as traitors.
Sometimes i wonder if Klink actually knew what they were doing and allowed it to happen and his acts of incompetence was so none if the guards would report anything.
I can't really believe that Col. Klink would so incompetent to fall for all of Hogan's tricks and lies then Klink would have had more respect from all of the visiting staff. BUT then they would have sent him into the front lines.
Ross Renouard All armies have a few, ahem, less than ideal officers, and in war, they would put them someplace where they could do the least harm. But it was exaggerated. He wouldn't have made colonel in reality.
Great Comp you did ,One More Scene would be Were kink Tells Hocsteder ,A New Order is Coming which will Sweep Vermen Like You Into The Delosing Station of History
Fun fact: One of the conditions Werner Klemperer had before signing on the show was that Hogan had to outwit his German/Nazi captors every time at the end of each show.
Pretty sure this show would have sunk without Werner. Hard to imagine someone portraying a German officer in such a lovable manner barely 20 years after the end of the war. His portrayal was always spot on.
"Loveable," yes, but per Klemperer's insistence with the Bing Crosby studios, always "defeated" in the end.
So true. Yet I've read that initially, those in charge thouight about putting John Banner in as Klink and Klemperer as Schultz. Fortunately, they quickly changed their minds
@@LeslieNY General Burkhalter must not be forgotten also!!! Haha!
@@vincentsartain3061 "defeated" in the end was a condition set by Klemperer himself
f, Bing Crosby Studio's just agreed to Klemperer's terms.
@@68air yea i love klink and burkalters banter back and forth with each other! I laugh my ass off at it!😂🤣
A fun little fact about Werner (may he RIP), was throughout the series, he was portrayed as a horrible violinist, but in real life he was actually a classically training concert pianist and violinist, as he came from a known musical family.
And a second little fact was while he is a natural German, his family left Germany in the 1930s and settled in the US and during WW2, Werner actually served in the US Army and deployed to the Pacific Theater. Truly an amazing actor and entertainer and a true once in a life time performer.
Near the beginning of this video, Klink does do a great job on the fiddle -- except he's playing the American Army Air Force anthem much to his the anger of Burkhalter! 🤣
wow i never knew
thank you for the info, the colonel was and is still my favorite actor
A known musical family? More than that, his father, Otto Klemperer, was one of the greatest conductors of all time, and a disciple of Gustav Mahler himself.
Another fact: (not being racist here) the entire Klemperer family had to flee Germany for life and safety because of their Jewish ethnicity. Werner however, when he was growing up in the US converted to Catholicism (perhaps to erase the Jewish stigma on his own family later?). In one of his interviews in the 90s, he claims to be left leaning, towards Socialism though he would make slips by saying "God" and calling himself a "man of faith".
My own view of this development is that of confusion and enigma. As a young child he fled Nazism which was a German form of Socialism, (Hitler calls his party Socialist Democrat). Yet in Werner's elderly days, he would return to the very thing they fled away from? I'm confounded.
@@tuberobotto
don't confuse the National Socialism with socialism - the Nazis were nearly as socialistic as the Democratic People's Republic of Korea is democratic.
Werner Klemperer had a lyrical way of saying his lines that was hilarious. He almost "sang" the punchlines. He was a great actor, and deserved his Emmy awards.
I always liked how Klink was Hogan's foil, but he was never the villain. He wasn't the bad guy. He was someone doing the best he could in a situation that he wanted no part of. All he wanted to do was safely ride out the war in command of Stalag 13 and remain as far away from anything resembling fighting as possible.
Truly by Design from what I understand Werner Clempererer did not want to appear a competent German soldier he would do nothing to make the Nazis actually look good.
Literally none of the nazis in the show are depicted as malicious in their intent. They merely follow orders but don’t want to exert any violence. They just want the war to be over so they can return to their lives. I think for most people during the war on both sides for the most part they were more or less the same,
Actually as a Nazi colonel he was the villain just a goofy and lovable one lol.
My favorite line by Colonel Klink was about his staff car. "How can I get it back sooner than I think, when it's already later than I thought? Great line
Klink always looked sharp in his uniform.
Werner Klemperer had Colonel Klink’s Uniform custom made.
@@ScarfaceGameReviews
arent all officer uniforms technically custom made
He looked sharp in anything. I've seen him in other roles...as a Navy lieutenant, as a SS lieutenant colonel, and in a suit. He was just good looking in general. Some men can wear a uniform and some can't. Just saying. 👍🏻💙😍
@@ScarfaceGameReviews Hugo Boss?
so spitz wie nachbars lumpi
Great version of the “wild blue yonder”
Proud Air Force vet
He was a trained musician from a musical family.
In some episodes he plays "comically terribly"; here he plays like a virtuoso -- but for the wrong team! 🤣
vincent sartain
AcCording to the point of you...Proud USAF VETERAN.
@@OVERHERE-OVERHERE You misunderstood me. I said that Klink was "playing for the wrong team" because he's an enemy German and he got caught by his superiors playing an American anthem. And thank you for your service to our country.
@@headshotsongs9465 - Trained musician as well as Jewish. Most, if not all of the Germans were played by Jews. Next song, "Anchors aweigh." Retired Navy vet.
Bought the entire dvd collection. Love this show.
The on-screen banter between Klink, Hogan and Schultz is sheer genius.
I just love how Hogan tries to string Klink along (even in the face of Klink's mounting suspicions and anger), but bring up General Burkhalter and BOTH of them are instantly on the same page!
Even more so when the topic was the Gestapo as portrayed by Major Hochstetter. Both Klink and Burkhalter despise him.
Oh hell yeah.
I always love it when they all get together to defeat Hochstetter.
NOTHING brings people together so much as a common enemy! 😅
@@scootergeorge9576 the German military hated the Gestapo in real life.
The Gestapo was drawn from the dregs of society, and the military had contempt for them.
Heck, many German officers tried to kill Hitler.
March 22 will be Werner Klemperer's 100th birthday.
Thank you and the rest of the cast for all the great performances :D
Almost ALL Klink is the very best of Klink.
At ease! And remember: I am the Tiger!
You really have to give props to Werner Klemperer, who was TV's "Leslie Nielsen" before there ever WAS a "Leslie Nielsen," reinventing himself from a third or fourth billed dramatic actor to a household name and the glue that held Hogan's Heroes together. Both Klemperer and Nielsen had long careers as "serious" types, but then became so adept at comedy that they are better remembered for comedy than they are for their many years of previous work.
I agree!
"Hogan.....!"
@@vincentsartain3061 Same with Ed O'Neill of Married with Children fame. Never did comedy ever before MWC but made Al Bundy one of tv's funniest and most iconic characters of all time.
All the cast members had one job to do, and that was to make you laugh, and forget about the Vietnam Conflict....of which they all excelled at. My youthful days were spent laughing long and hard at all those great TV shows of the sixties. What a time it was!
Yep, my Dad and I hanging out in the “rec” room watching these. The episode with Klink in ski attire with (unbeknownst to Klink) Burkhalter standing behind him listening to his insults was hilarious!
Werner was one of the nicest men in show business! He would often go out of his way for his fans. I always loved the way he would express his lines as colonel Klink.
A great show. Klink was the best.
Right!!
Schultz was my favorite but what do I know, NOTHING! : D
Werner Klemperer makes the whole show.
I agree with you!
I wouldn't take anything away from Klemperer, but John Banner was pretty indispensable, too. And the shared scenes of Klink & Shultz? Priceless! 🤣
I agree. Without him, it would be nothing. The scenes between him and Gen. Burkhalter were genius at it's best.
I don't wanna say that the show would have been "nothing" without Klemperer and Banner because Crane, Clary, Dawson, Dixon, and Hovis were all just so darned likeable and were a great team, both in character and as working colleagues, at pulling the kind of onscreen shenanigans they did in each episode; they were funny, too. Dixon, maybe not "belly laugh-funny," but the show did need one more "straight man" besides Bob Crane himself, and Dixon delivered amply in that department.
Im so sorry for you guys, in the german version they synced themselves, even including script changes, and they say german version is funnier. Probably because of the fact you can listen to kink with his sax dialect for days.
As another commenter has pointed out, although Klink playing the violin off key was part of the comedy shtick, in reality Werner Klemperer was an accomplished classical musician. His father was Otto Klemperer who was the conductor of the Berlin Symphony Orchestra, who was fired when the Nazis began to persecute the Jews. Seeing what was going on in Germany with the rise of Hitler, the family re-settled in America and his father became the conductor of the Los Angeles Symphony Orchestra.
Werner Klemperer was the fulcrum of the comedy of this entire show. He was genius in his role, and it was hilarious when Leon Askin (Gen. Burkhalter) made an appearance to contrast Klink's role.
‘General Burkhalter how nice to see you” greeted by “shut up Kilnk”
The on-screen banter between the characters of Klink and Hogan is sheer genius.
It's not just bantre, but official communications between a POW officer and a StaLag officer.
@@Cjnw I wouldn't get to serious about it, as this is scripted television comedy. The on-screen banter that I refer to is the ability of the actors delivery of their lines and comedic timing.
Although Hogans Heroes was far fetched there was a grain of truth to it. The character of Colonel Klink was that of a rear echelon officer who was given a low profile command that he couldn't screw up. The best officers were either on the General Staff or on the front(s). In the story line Colonel Klink was supposed to have been from an old aristocratic family who rose to the rank of Colonel because of his family rather than because of his accomplishments. Not that that ever happens in real life (ha ha). Hogans Heroes was classic comedy which never received the recognition that it should have.
I don't recall seeing Klink at the ski lodge, calling General Burkhalter "a nasty old tub of lard" before turning around and seeing him listening to every word. THAT is the very best of Colonel Klink.
Over the decades Klink became more popular then Hogan.
And there are reasons for that, but best left unsaid. ☹️
HeadShotSongs well, Hogan wouldn’t be able to run his operation without Klink. For this reason, Hogan is obliged to save Klink again and again, and get rid of any replacement for Klink ASAP.
HeadShotSongs is Klink even more popular than Schultz?
Klink and Shultz are awesome together! I used to watch them everyday after school when I was a kid, they kept me laughing. They're hilarious!
How can the BEST of Colonel Klink not be jam-packed with Frau Linkmeyer???
MISS ALL TV FROM 50S, 60S AND 70S !
"Who are these people? Is Stalag 13 a tourist attraction for every officer who passes through town? Soon we'll be serving tea!"
"They are from the Adolf Hitler Division."
"Well don't just stand there! Make some tea!" 😂
Great line, great delivery, probably my favorite part of that episode.
🤣
I had never watched this show but it was by watching a rerun of The Simpsons that led me to this video. What a hilarious character! 😆
Same here lol
Same
Fun fact Klemperer was actually in the us army and probably didn’t need the paper hogan gave to him for the violin, he probably knew it from heart
I'd believe it...
Klink's bad violin playing was a running joke but, Werner was the son of a famous conductor and did some of that himself, though he always said he wasn't nearly his father's equal. I would bet that he was an excellent violinist in real life.
He played both the violin and piano very well. Although he was very self-deprecating about it.
@ Yes and, you have to realize that, a master violinist probably knows how to play 'wrong' better than a beginner ever could. Due to knowing how things should be done, they can do things...exactly wrong .
No he wasn't playing. He could really play violin and piano. I'm a violinist and he actually is bowing and holding the violin in the correct position, but is not fingering the strings at all. I do know he was good on the piano.
I love him screaming for me
My coach had the same name as you
This is a great show!
Oh Werner, you were taken from us far too early.
If he had died 500 years from now it would have been too early.
@@maigretus1 I'll drink to that...and I don't drink. 👍🏻
@Jared Sterling December 6th, 2000
My step dad made the comment one time that if Colonel Klink is still in the military somewhere, he must be doing something right.
I can’t believe the meal scene from the last episode of season 2 was omitted.
Klink and Hogan eating one meal, with Klink mimicking Hogan’s every move...and the facial expressions.
Klink was the funniest character on Hogan Heroes. Played brilliantly by Werner Klemperer.
The part where he triggered that avalanche by sneezing was hilarious.
I always love the interplay between Werner kempler and John Banner. As far as I'm concerned the whole show revolves around those two
Thanks for taking the time to put this together. I have the complete series. But you left one very funny scene out. The one where Klink tells Hochstetter that he would trust Fraulein Helga to shave the fuehrer.
Absolutely love him
This was THE best of the best .... Lots of folks don't like it but whatta they know .... 😝
At 2:18 he literally backs Hogan down and I loved it.
"The Very Best of Colonel Klink" - I thought I'd seen everything after "The Very Best of Barney Fife". I was wrong.
I believe that had I
met Klink we would have been really good friends,I really like everything about him. RIP beautiful soul ❤
I always had two favorites, Klink and Schultz. They were the perfect pair.
great show ill recmonded this to everyone
I want to see Colonel Klink meet the dean from "Community." The sheer concentration of hilariously incompetent management would be awesome.
Great clean comedy.
My favorite episode was Klink’s preparation to celebrate Hitler‘s birthday. Gut-splitting hilarious. General Burkhalter‘s response, “Happy birthday, Adolf?“ May Werner Klemperer rest in peace.
Great vid. Hopefully more to come because there has to be best of Schultz, best of Major Hochstetter, best of Burkhalter and best of Hogan. :)
Werner Klemperer’s father was Dr. Otto Klemperer who was for many years the head conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra. Werner was a professionally trained symphony violinist and pianist.
This is my favorite of every single episode 8:00
The program is still shown in syndication in Germany.
A Cage Full of Heroes.
I'm told that Germany had a show played off Hogan's Heroes that had the Americans the fools.
How does that work ?
@@DARisse-ji1yw How does what work?
A friend from Germany told me this. I didn't see the show but I suppose it was their answer to Hogan's Heroes.
Did anyone else notice that when Klink played the violin he wasn't moving his fingers on the strings but the notes kept changing?
Really strange since Klemperer the actor could indeed play the violin.
Because with the exception of dialogue, sets are kept as quiet as possible when they have to edit.
6:05
Lol got to love how even the universe hates Klink enough for that to be a certainty XD
Didn't know Milennials watch this show.
I don't think "the universe" really hates Klink. Sure, he's an incompetent boob and gets frustrated often, but he's got a cushy job and will never have to go to the Russian Front (thank you, Col. Hogan!) On Liberation Day, Hogan will most likely put in a good word for Klink and Schultz (their ineptitude enabled Hogan & co. to have successful underground operations and besides, Klink & Schultz aren't really such bad guys!) to all pertinent authorities, and they'll go on to live fairly prosperous lives in West Germany.
2:15 one of, in not the only time Colonel Klink got the better of Hogan, especially when he drops the bomb that he has to pick up General Burkhalter at the station in 45 minutes and Hogan immediately stops fooling Klink and goes to get his car
Having only known of Werner Klemperer from watching Hogans Heroes, however it would have been nice to meet him in person.
It's also my scenes of the Kommandant Colonel Klink's personal favorites. I've seen that episode for about more than 200 months.
I'm only after finding about. this a few months ago and I watch it most of the time so funny
It's nearly 60 years after this series, but 80 after the war. It is simply incomprehensible to me. Di-smissed!
Remember when they had that traitor or whoever hidden in Klink's quarters but nobody was allowed to look at him? And Hogan (with the vocal help of Sergeant Carter) had Klink convinced it was Adolf Hitler himself in there, but in disguise?
Carter told Klink that he was going to appointment a successor, and that he had picked Klink! So after Klink heard that, he stumbled backwards in shock and hit the wall...I think if Hogan hadn't caught him he would have fainted dead away. The problem is, he only found out it was all a trick AFTER he mouthed off to Major Hochstetter AND was disrespectful to the real Heinrich Himmler on the phone!
I know we're not supposed to feel bad for Colonel Klink, but that was low. You take a guy who just wants to be a general, give him the ultimate in false hope and then yank it away. Frankly, Klink is lucky Himmler DIDN'T come down there since he was known to have a very nasty temper.
Moral of the story: don't count on using the perks of a job until it's official! 😂
I loved the way Shultz was bribed with candy bars.
was very popular in Germany - with an improved translation with more rhymes and spells by Klink - and he has got a dialect from today Saxony. check it out -> in German "ein Käfig voller Helden" (a cage full of Heroes).... side note: in American Dad Series Klaus is translated also with saxon dialect.
WernerKlemperer was an excellent entertainer
Werner Klemperer really made Horgan's Heroes so fun to watch over and over again.
Klemperer had a role in the film: Judgement @ Nuremberg which starred Spencer Tracy & Burt Lancaster.
“Colonel Klink!, did you ever get my letters?” - Homer Simpson
It would have been great to end this show with Klink finally promoted to general.
very happy he won 2 emmys for his role😁
"Shultz!" Col. Klink.
Love how Klink just bypasses Newkirk in drag,and horrifies a Field Marshal's wife..lol.
Klink looks like Fearless leader in Rocky and Bullwinkle
Hes here to show us how sad we would be if we married mindy instead of marge
7:20, completely feel Klinks frustration of having officers stop by. Im going to remember that line when higher up managers stop at my shop
Colonel Klink leaves quite a dilemma. Hogan's Heroes is meant to call back to American triumph against the Nazis in World War II, and yet, Klink is just so likable.
General Burkhalter would always say: "Klink... You'rere An Idiot..."!! That would always crack me up!!
Aah...ach... Keep rolling until he gets it aah ..ctung
6:13 - 7:02 when Werner Klemperer hams it up even more than usual as Klink.
Klink took a bold chance when he set up that escape. For all he knew, they might have REALLY escaped and not come back! Another big chance he took was removing his gun around the prisoners. They could have legitimately shot him and he would have been screwed. WE (the viewers) know what's happening, but in the show Klink doesn't...not all the way. That's pretty brave when you think about it.
7:54 - 8:03 when Klink meets Sergeant Carter dressed as Adolf Hitler and looked like he was going to faint. How to go from sarcastic to hero worship in a few seconds! 😂🤣😂
I think he was in fear for his life when he saw Carter!
Neither Klink nor Schultz really liked Hitler, but like most other Germans who privately despised Der Fuhrer, they had to be careful to keep up pretenses or else be shot as traitors.
5:19 Klink describing how he got into The Imperial German Army during WWI
Hard to believe, but Klink was Werner Klemperer's first comedic role
FAB SHOW,DAYS AND FULL CAST.
He could really play the violin
Sometimes i wonder if Klink actually knew what they were doing and allowed it to happen and his acts of incompetence was so none if the guards would report anything.
I can't really believe that Col. Klink would so incompetent to fall for all of Hogan's tricks and lies then Klink would have had more respect from all of the visiting staff. BUT then they would have sent him into the front lines.
Haha. That is a good point.
Or Klink just played along so long the prisoners kept up a good reputation.
Ross Renouard All armies have a few, ahem, less than ideal officers, and in war, they would put them someplace where they could do the least harm.
But it was exaggerated. He wouldn't have made colonel in reality.
0:11 was funny.
I bet some people thought Burkhalter was going to say a curse word
I thought Col. Klink was great. LOL. It was a great show during it's time.
For it's time? Hell its still better then most tv now.
That some pretty impressive violin playing.🎻
My condolences to our great klink
If you think this is good, try the german version, it's called "ein käfig voller helden" (a cage full of heroes) and the localisation is hilarious.
I remember watching this on itv4 with my dad anyone else?
Like how this is the only time (far as I know) that they show Werner's real talent with violin.
at 8:01 warner proves why he's a legend in acting.
Shows now : everything is censored and tailor made to be socially acceptable as defined by mass media
Shows in the 60s : lol look at these goofy nazis
Great Comp you did ,One More Scene would be Were kink Tells Hocsteder ,A New Order is Coming which will Sweep Vermen Like You Into The Delosing Station of History
Klink and Schultz sometimes drop their accents in some episodes.
stalag 13 the best line was he would make a real SERIOUS face and say NO ONE HAS EVER ESCAPED FROM STALAG 13
Aw they didn’t have the line where he says something along the lines of “Sir it didn’t fail. It’s a great device for finding coffee pots.”
Fun fact: One of the conditions Werner Klemperer had before signing on the show was that Hogan had to outwit his German/Nazi captors every time at the end of each show.
Now it's the market place world records between old Algiers and San martinque
Awesome !
Colonel Klink was the best part Hogan's Heroes. Second to him was Schultz. They don't even have to say anything I start laughing when I see them
he was the best..i think he won 4 emmys
And one of them he won over Bob Crane!
2 emmys in 68 and 69.
No John Larroquette from Night Court was the first to win four emmys it was a record at the time.