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Monday, January 24, 2022
HOKUM'S HEROES
HOGAN'S HEROES
1965-1971 CBS
MAD #108, January 1967
w: Larry Siegel
a: Jack Davis
Sitcom about soldiers in at Stalag 13, a POW camp in Germany during World War II, led by Colonel Robert Hogan (Bob Crane)
The Allied prisoners, LeBeau (Robert Clary), Newkirk (Richard Dawson), Kinchloe (Ivan Dixon), and Carter (Larry Hovis) had secret tunnels across the base and use it to smuggle prisoners in and out of various camps and the officers at their own base were none the wiser, and they behaved well for the Germans in order to carry on their secret operations.
The premise of this parody is that this POW camp is cushy, more like a white-collar prison, compared to real POW camps.
Sgt. Schulz (John Banner) was the clumsy but lovable Nazi of the camp, often catching the men in secret acts but never telling for fear of repercussions from his superiors.
Colonel Klink (Werner Klemperer) was the leader of Stalag 13 who was unaware of what was going on and figured he ran a tight ship. His secretaries varied in different episodes.
The punchline to this piece (the writer of which I believe had survivors in his family) is that if you like humor about a POW camp, you'll love humor about a concentration camp.
In the letters column a couple issues later, some of the actors showed they're in on the fun.
Homer, back when he was a child of the 60s, showed what his favorite TV show was growing up.
That's all the humor that could be misconstrued as anti-semitic for now. People who've only seen the last three posts must think that's all we do.
At the start of page 2, other dignitaries in the audience include generals Charles De Gaulle, Bernard Montgomery, and (I think) Hideki Tojo. There are also a couple soldiers from WWII cartoons: Sad Sack, and either Willie or Joe from Bill Mauldin's brilliant frontline cartoons.
At the start of page 2, other dignitaries in the audience include generals Charles De Gaulle, Bernard Montgomery, and (I think) Hideki Tojo. There are also a couple soldiers from WWII cartoons: Sad Sack, and either Willie or Joe from Bill Mauldin's brilliant frontline cartoons.
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