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Hogan's Heroes

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Then I'll definitely check it out then, especially since I'm already a fan of Richard Dawson!

Hey, is it just me, or does Commandant Klink seem to resemble Fearless Leader from Rocky and Bullwinkle? Particularly in the live action movie where Robert DeNiro played the part?
Dawson's great in the show. He originally tried out for the Hogan part.

Yeah, now that you mention it, Klink does kinda look like Fearless Leader a bit!
 

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Then I'll definitely check it out then, especially since I'm already a fan of Richard Dawson!

Hey, is it just me, or does Commandant Klink seem to resemble Fearless Leader from Rocky and Bullwinkle? Particularly in the live action movie where Robert DeNiro played the part?

Well, dispite the obvious mistake that the characters are Russian, Fearless Leader is supposed to be a send up of Gestapo officers in WW 2 movies. So naturally, they'd have borrowed that as well.

Boris and Natasha are "Pottsylvanian" and if you listen carefully, they really have "Transylvanian" accents.
 

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hogans heroes is an awesome show....snowthy i definately suggest you check it out
 

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Wow... you know, I was just reading up on some of the other cast members (I say "other" since, as I said before, I already know quite a bit about Richard Dawson) to get a better idea about them and their contributions to the series... and... about Bob Crane... all I can say is "wow"... you know, I know I shouldn't put my foot in my mouth... but, I'm going to go out on a limb and guess that when it came time for him to go, he went straight to "heck" in a handbasket...
 

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Yeah his life was pretty shocking. I don't blame anyone for being upset. Well, the world is a tough place, people don't always deal with it well. But I don't believe it's our place to judge where people go after they die. :smile:
 

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Wow... you know, I was just reading up on some of the other cast members (I say "other" since, as I said before, I already know quite a bit about Richard Dawson) to get a better idea about them and their contributions to the series... and... about Bob Crane... all I can say is "wow"... you know, I know I shouldn't put my foot in my mouth... but, I'm going to go out on a limb and guess that when it came time for him to go, he went straight to "heck" in a handbasket...
If you want to learn more about Bob Crane, check out the film Auto Focus (2002). It stars Greg Kinnear as Crane, who does an excellent job in the role. Although Kinnear may not look very much like Crane, he has that same "everyman" quality. The film chronicals his life from when he was a popular morning disc jockey to getting Hogan's to his interest in home movies to the dark, final days. Interesting use of film stock, too. The early days are shot in bright colors, and as the film goes on and Crane's life and career spin out of control, the film takes on a darker, more grittier look. Willem Dafoe co-stars as John Carpenter, the man who (according to the film) led Crane astray from a straight-laced family man to a world of decadance. He was also a prime suspect in Crane's death, but to this day it remains unsolved. Anyway, Auto Focus is worth checking out.

Sad really, about Bob Crane. After his radio work (he had a popular show right here in CT, and was actually born here), and before Hogan's, he longed to be a serious actor, and as he says in the film, "play Jack Lemmon roles." When Hogan's was cancelled, he tried getting legit movies, but his reputation was already tarnished with his extracurricular activities. He made two Disney films, Superdad and Gus (about a football-playing mule), but never had the chance to make any movies of note. Today one of his sons has an internet business in which he sells his father's "home movies," claiming has pop was a pioneer in that particular field.:eek:
 

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Wow you guys are right he did kind of go down hill. Sad really i think he was kind of cool. The way he died i think i would never want that to happen to me.
 

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Today one of his sons has an internet business in which he sells his father's "home movies," claiming has pop was a pioneer in that particular field.:eek:
... All I have to say about THAT is, in the words of Grady from Sanford and Son: "good-goobely-woop"!

But then again, I know quite a few people out there who are obsessed with porn, so they'd probably buy some of them.
 
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