Audiences still enjoy the series today and it remains a favorite with World War II buffs.
Filled with action and laughter, many fans still remember some of its funnier scenes.
Still, there are things which escaped even the most ardent of fans' attention.
Success without limit
Fans know the show is good.
Its why they love it so much.
Still, most viewers dont know just how many awardsHogans Heroeshas received since its launch in the ’60s.
The sitcom was nominated for a staggering12 Emmy Awards.
The popular series ran from 1965 to 1971, in a run which included 168 episodes.
Thats a phenomenal feat and definitely a feather in the teams cap!
Hogan’s work in the Pentagon
Dates can be tricky when writers work on a narrative.
This is why homework is essential for scriptwriters.
The occasional glitch does slip in.
Colonel Hogan speaks about having been assigned to thePentagonin 1942.
Thing is, the construction of the building only ended in 1943.
He either worked as a construction worker for the monumental site, or he is mistaken.
Viewers probably didnt even notice the mistake unless they were history buffs.
Still, this detail went for the most part undetected.
The show,Campo 44, made him rethink his own series strategy.
Furthermore,Hogan’s Heroesbased its setting onStalag 13, a real German POW camp.
Audiences might have blinked during this moment and not noticed this minor detail.
What happened was that LeBeau was originally given a green hat for the first scene of this particularepisode.
His signature red hat is then returned to his head in the second run of filming.
Revealing these hidden details about the cast’s identity makes the show all the more fascinating.
However, not if the said document was German in origin.
This is exactly what happens in the third season episode “How to Win Friends and Influence Nazis.”
The document is presented to Col. Klink by General Burkhalter.
Such a mistake would have attracted even more attention to the highly volatile document.
Secret lyrics
Viewers who watched the series religiously will know the theme music off-by-heart.
Heroes, heroes, husky men of war,
Sons of all the heroes of the war before.
The lyrics sang of the heroism of those who went to war for their country.
“The Fastest Mouse of Mexico” first appeared in the cartoonCat-Tails For Two, in 1953.
What viewers probably dont know is that the car was one ofthree such modelsremaining after the war.
The mystery jacket
Carter loves his jacket the brown one with sheep fleece lining.
Its pretty much a part of his character.
There is an exception, however, and a fascinating detail which might be of interest to fans.
In anepisodeof Season 6, the jacket looks absolutely new!
Bright and clean and shiny.
Its a small detail but one has to wonder did directors take it to the dry cleaners?
Was the jacket lost and subsequently replaced?
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