This series was screened a long time ago on British television and was an absolute scream.
A captured middle-ranking commissioned US officer, Colonel Hogan does for his German captors what Seargent Bilko did for his own superiors. Except that whereas Bilko usually came unstuck, Hogan always wins through. The scenario really couldn't have worked otherwise. Every programme entails some scheme of varying weirdness in an attempt to hoodwink those devilish Nazis. The script is slickly funny and fast-spoken in a way that American humour does so well.
Werner Klemperer plays the long-suffering and always-thwarted commandant with panache. With xx as Seargent Schultz who only wants a quiet life, and - when confronted with some compromising revelation - insists that 'I see noth-ing'. Asolutely Noth-ing'.
The series had a long and deserved run. But unlike its equally hilarious predecessor 'Seareant Bilko', has never been repeated on terrestrial television. Not to my knowledge, at least.
See it if you get the chance.
A captured middle-ranking commissioned US officer, Colonel Hogan does for his German captors what Seargent Bilko did for his own superiors. Except that whereas Bilko usually came unstuck, Hogan always wins through. The scenario really couldn't have worked otherwise. Every programme entails some scheme of varying weirdness in an attempt to hoodwink those devilish Nazis. The script is slickly funny and fast-spoken in a way that American humour does so well.
Werner Klemperer plays the long-suffering and always-thwarted commandant with panache. With xx as Seargent Schultz who only wants a quiet life, and - when confronted with some compromising revelation - insists that 'I see noth-ing'. Asolutely Noth-ing'.
The series had a long and deserved run. But unlike its equally hilarious predecessor 'Seareant Bilko', has never been repeated on terrestrial television. Not to my knowledge, at least.
See it if you get the chance.