Hogans Heroes-2nd Season (1966)

Product Summary Publisher: Paramount Format: DVD UPC: 00097368884045 Buy.com Sku: 40720259 Item#: V256YV Buy.com Sales Rank: 4184 Category Keywords: 1960s  Classic  Classic Television  Farce  Military  Nazi Germany  Nazis  Prison/Prisoners  Series  Sitcoms  Soldiers  Television Shows  Television/TV Series  Vintage TV  World War II  Rating: NR     Features: DVD   Fall in line for a second hilarious season of laughs, starringthe ragtag band of WWII pows known as hogans heroes! It's ablitzkrieg of laughs, with all 30 episodes from season two.   Editor's Note Despite a historically and morally questionable premise, the 1960s sitcom HOGAN'S HEROES was wildly popular during its premiere run and continues to remain one of the most classic (not to mention utterly unique) comedy series in television history. Set in a Nazi prison camp during World War II, the series follows a group of Allied POWs--Englishman Peter Newkirk (a pre-FAMILY FEUD Richard Dawson), Frenchman Louis LeBeau (Robert Clary), and Americans Andrew Carter (Larry Hovis) and James Kinchloe (Ivan Dixon, one of the first African-American actors to get equal billing)--led by the irrepressible Colonel Robert Hogan (Bob Crane) in their hilarious attempts to sabotage the Nazi war effort. Though often mischaracterized as a tasteless gloss on the real-life horrors of Nazi Germany (the series was set in a prisoner-of-war camp, rather than concentration camp), HOGAN'S HEROES was intended as parody and certainly pulled no punches in its unflattering depiction of idiotic Nazi officers such as the pompous Colonel Klink (Werner Klemperer), bumbling Sergeant Schultz (John Banner), and irascible General Burkhalter (Leon Askin)--in fact, Klemperer, Banner, and Askin were all Jewish, and Clary was a Holocaust survivor. This collection presents every episode from the controversial series' second season.   Features 5-DVD Set Containing All 30 Season Two Episodes Interactive Menus Rare Home Movies, Bloopers, Audio Commentaries And Cast Appearances On TV Shows, In Commercials And Original Promos Scene Selection   Technical Info Release Information Studio: Paramount Release Date: 5/1/2007 Running Time: 762 minutes Original Release Date: 1966 Catalog ID: 888404 UPC: 00097368884045 Number of Discs: 5 Audio & Video Original Language: English Available Audio Tracks: English Video: Color Aspect Ratio Standard  1.33:1 [4:3]   Cast & Crew Bob Crane Ivan Dixon John Banner Larry Hovis Richard Dawson Robert Clary Werner Klemperer   Awards Emmy (1967)     Bob Crane, Nominee, Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Comedy Series     Werner Klemperer, Nominee, Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Comedy    Product Image

You should buy this if you love comedies and a world war 2 setting. I laughed at every episode, it was great! I just placed an order for the third season and I urge you to do the same!
 
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