Thanks for posting. My dad was in Stalag 17B for 2-1/2 years. Hogan's heroes is definitely something I want to see more of. Thank you

@ricknineg

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for posting this and telling us about your father who was obviously in a very difficult situation. It helps us all to see that we can have a show like this And can make light of the situation but also inform everyone of what happened in our not so distant past.

@dukecraig2402

4 жыл бұрын

My mother's cousin was a navigator on a B24 that was shot down by flak and killed, the pilot made it out of the plane and was taken POW, he was in the same camp that The Great Escape happened at although he was there after that happened.

@charlessapp1835

4 жыл бұрын

@@ricknineg Fun fact about the cast. Many of the cast were actually Jewish, and several of them lost family or forced to flee Nazi Germany. The guy who played Lebou, lost most of his family in concentration camps. One of the things I really liked about the show is that the German people were not portrayed as dumb but just the Nazis. Because the German underground were all portrayed smart. (Not as much as Hogan of course).

@keithlucas6260

4 жыл бұрын

My dad was 101st airborne from day one and made it thru the end....he saw quite a lot of these camps and this was one of his favorite shows.

@douglaspearson1647

4 жыл бұрын

God Bless your Dad. I would love to hear his stories as I love history?

I'm eighty years old, and Hogan's heros was one of my favorite shows.

@ricknineg

4 жыл бұрын

And thanks for watching my videos and enjoying them!

@IAm-qf2xb

4 жыл бұрын

Bless.

@Cartier_specialist

4 жыл бұрын

Not quite your age but it was my favorite show as a kid too. I still catch reruns whenever possible. Hogan's Hero's was #1 and my 2nd favorite was Dragnet followed closely by Adam 12 and Emergency.

@butters_147

3 жыл бұрын

I watch this show and Gunsmoke with my now recently turned 90 (Nov. 3rd) year old Grandfather every single night between 8pm and 10pm. We usually watch 2 episodes of Gunsmoke followed by 1 episode of Hogan's Heroes. 👍 I found this video very interesting and sad at the same time. Sad to see all of that history gone (even though it would have been torn down anyway because that's how film sets work) with just retail stores in its wake. Seems a shame.

@stump1897

3 жыл бұрын

I’m 46 and it’s one of my favorites and my 11 year old enjoys it as well

I watched Hogan's Heroes every day after school.

Thank you for showing the aerial view. I grew up in Culver City and one of my friends dad worked on the Hogan’s Heroes set with the lighting. We were lucky because we visited the back lot a few times during filming. We had lots of fun! The cast was very nice to us and Schultz was an absolute gentleman

Great to see how the set was laid out with other top shows from the 60's Still watch Hogan's Heroes on reruns most nights on Me TV.

Being Born in Germany with my father having served in the German army, Hogan’s Hero’s was one of our favourite shows. My parents moved to Canada in 1956 when I was almost 3 years old. I still love watching the Hogan’s Hero’s on reruns. It brings back the laughter my father and I had. Thanks for sharing! ❤️🇨🇦

I was 14 or 15 years old when these photos were taken. The 60s were great years for "free" TV. Thanks for the memories.

@Wellch

4 жыл бұрын

Abel Villarreal few commercials

This was one of my favorite shows growing up me and my dad would spent time watching the show I was amazed by the place be so close to other home I had no idea , thank you rick this was really cool to see

Thanks Rick. That was great. Hogan's Heroes is still one of my favourite shows and I watch the replays whenever they come up on Aussie TV. I don't understand why 640 people have hit the thumbs down button.

@Lerxstification

3 жыл бұрын

SJW's did that

@djmadwax

Жыл бұрын

SJWs made it so we can’t see thumbs down anymore

Our family watched "Hogans Heroes " from day one. When Robert Crane died, my mother was very upset. It wasn't until later years that we kids learned how he died. I still love the show. Sometimes I laugh so hard at the craziness of the day.

When I was 18 (about 1975), a friend and I jumped the fence roughly at 6:00pm and took our own tour of this filming location. The first thing that we checked out was the Stalog 13 set. I stood on Colonel Klink's porch (outside his office door). We also lifted up the "dog house" - it was mostly filled with hardened mud. We found fake wooden dynamite boxes and olive drab rifles boxes in the fake barracks. We then strolled down main street of Mayberry. It was hugely strange standing in front of the "Courthouse"! (also Floyd's barber shop)! The street was awfully narrow. We also ran into the Gomer Pyle (half-circle roofed) barracks. My friend said that "Combat" was also partially filmed there (not sure). The whole time we were evading security! Really weren't too many of them. Dusk was creeping up. Talk about feeling WIERD! A massive deja vu for me! I'm so glad that I had the experience!

@jackfrost2146

4 жыл бұрын

No mobile phones those days to take dozens of photos then---priceless to share with children or grandchildren while watching some episodes. (sigh)

@EBLLC

4 жыл бұрын

Zac Taubman: 😄

@zactaubman365

4 жыл бұрын

@@jackfrost2146 You're so right! There was really no intelligent, electronic, mobile, computing device available back then - except for a calculator. Unfortunately, I didn't own a camera. It would have been priceless!

@detectorgadget

4 жыл бұрын

That’s awesome!! Thanks for sharing

@Fantazier1

4 жыл бұрын

Nice story Zac, as the youtube video was running, I wondered to myself if any kids or teens lived in those three house or in that general area and if they had ever sneaked onto the lot. To bad you didn't take a Kodak instamatic camera with you on your adventure.

When I was watching this when I was a kid, being in L.A. almost 20 yrs after that I would have said you're nuts. But now living here and been to Universal so many times. I love stuff like this. I knew the secret stuff about the Andy Griffith Show. But not never realized all these shows did film so close together. I LOVE your breakdowns and pics as well.

Thanks so much for posting this. My dad was friends with Larry Hovis ("Carter" in HOGAN'S HEROES) but I never met him. This really puts the shows in perspective. For us old people who grew up with Andy Griffith, Hogan's Heroes, etc, this is a real treat.

This takes me back...in 1982 I was attending the Defense Language Institute in Monterey. A few of us drove down to LA or a long weekend...and stayed with someone's acquaintance in Culver City. Their backyard was one of those that backed up against the Hogan's Heroes set. I think it was one of the three at 6:38. He told tales of growing up and staying up most of the night with searchlights, dogs and machine-gun fire from over the back fence! It sounded like a pretty neat place to grow up. A an aside, if you followed the street further up and out of the top of the photo, a block or two further on was a tomato canning plant for one of the major food companies...they got tomatoes by the railroad carloads, and all you could smell there was tomatoes... {!-{>

I grew up in this neighborhood. MGM Lot-3 was southeast of here and close. As kids we'd sneak on the lots and the guards would give chase. Great times. Thx for the memories!!

@lbl9066

3 жыл бұрын

Great memories of an innocent time! 2020, sure erased that

I grew up watching Hogans Heroes. Such great memories. Thanks for doing this so all can enjoy the inner workings of the show.

Absolutely loved this show growing up!! I'm almost 62 now and continue to watch the reruns everywhere I can find them. Hogan's Heroes, Andy Griffith, Bewitched, The Munsters and Gilligan's Island, just to name a few, well, it's like going home again. Big brother and sister were always watching them with me and also, on the kiddie shows like Charlie Brown & Snoopy or The Grinch, they always let baby sis watch them, with my eyes glued to the 1 black and white tv with only 3 channels to choose from!! Those were the days tho!! Ive always told my kids that my "cell" phone while I was out was the phone booth!! I think kids nowadays would feel like they traveled to another dimension!! It wasn't always perfect, but it was perfect to us!!🌈🌈👍👍😃😃

@-oiiio-3993

Жыл бұрын

Maxwell Smart had a phone in his shoe.

So if they'd escaped they would have been in Mayberry.

@rebelyank6361

4 жыл бұрын

Or Gomer Pyles Marines base next door.

@danbytp

4 жыл бұрын

If they only knew! LOL

@jackkennedy_1963

4 жыл бұрын

@@rebelyank6361 Why the heck didn't Sgt. Carter send in the Marines to rescue them???

@KateLicker

4 жыл бұрын

because his outfit were just as moronic as Klink and his Germans?

@jeffstone110

4 жыл бұрын

Should have sent Aunt bee to stalog 13 if she could whip Otis in shape just think what she could have done maybe the Germans would have won the war

I use the phrase ‘I know nothing, nothing!’ all the time in best terrible accent. This was a wonderful walk down memory lane. Thank you.

Joseph Rinaldi My dad was in Germany during the war as a savilian worker and he loved Hogan's heroes and we use to continue watching reruns and never got sick of them, and we always laughed together. Now my father has passed away and every time I watch Hogan's heroes I always think of dad. Knowing more about Hogan's heroes enhances the memory of dad.

@crownsurprise

4 жыл бұрын

savilian?

@trent3872

3 жыл бұрын

@@crownsurprise must be some kind of reptilian.

I love Hogan’s Heros. It was very funny and well written. The cast was perfect. I especially enjoyed General Burkhalter.

@Lerxstification

3 жыл бұрын

He lived to be 92 I think. Amazing!! Now, Klink, bring me more strudel!!

@DarthSasquatch

3 жыл бұрын

@@Lerxstification 97 actually.

@Nickel287

2 жыл бұрын

And also major hochstettar

I am blessed to be a child of the 60's and saw all the shows during Prime Time ! We would watch all theses decent shows without any controversy. Keep up your great work of research Rick!!

@ksr9t

4 жыл бұрын

. MeTV, Grit, AntTV, H&I, and Insphd to name a few. McHales Navy, Beaver, Hazel Laredo Cheyenne, Have Gun, Maverick, Lawman. Good old days. Thanks for the vudeo

@robkc5ret126

4 жыл бұрын

Great video! One of my favorite shows as a kid and one when I see reruns on TV, I'll stop and watch

@josephbragg5445

4 жыл бұрын

I watch them every week day evening seen em all a hundred times but they will always be funny to me.I never get tired of them.

@-oiiio-3993

Жыл бұрын

When I was born the U.S. flag had 49 stars.

In the mid 1970's, for about 2 years, my friends and I, while we were all in high school, would climb the fence there, to get into this "back 40 acres", which was actually smaller than 40 acres in reality. We would go in there at least one a week, and explore. At night, at late night, and during the day, all the time. They had guards but we were very good at not being seen. We all did the same exploring at the MGM Studios back lot on the West side of Overland, in another part of Culver City too. I have really great fun memories of all of this, it was a lot of fun. The mostly underground film vault at "the back 40 acres" was totally unreal. I'm smiling just thinking of probably the 100 times my high school friends and I were exploring these two very very cool back lots, great memories. I also remember all of the many many different outdoor sets, and areas, and opening the phony tree stump with the tiny underground room with the ladder where they would escape from Hogan's Heroes prison camp. I met Lebou, a very nice guy, a few times at charity events, and we swapped stories about all of this, and going in and out of the small phony escape tree stump room. Also my Dad was a U.S. military World War Two combat veteran, and my Dad is thank god still alive and good at 94 1/2 years. He almost died numerous times in combat against the Nazi's. His older brother was a U.S. Army Combat Medic, who was sadly killed in Germany, while fighting the Nazis. My Mom was also a WWII MILITARY VETERAN GOD BLESS AMERICA.

@jimmyspage9650

4 жыл бұрын

Wow, great story! Seems like everything was easy to get into back in those days.

@lowcard1

4 жыл бұрын

I was about to comment about how cool it would have been being a kid with that in your neighborhood. I would have been there with you. Lol

@jbus8639

4 жыл бұрын

Wow! A great piece to read! A childhood never to forget! A great thanks to your Dad & Uncle who fought for our Freedom!🇺🇸

@johnmorse8434

4 жыл бұрын

Barry Maiten Great story thanks for sharing it.

@themedic4050

4 жыл бұрын

Cool, I live across the street and did the same exploring.

I watched this show allot, not only when it was on, but now on KZread. One of the fascinating things is looking at the back lot's layout and just how scenes were blocked to provide just the background shot required in order to tell each episodes story. It makes me smile to see how compact the whole thing really is.

Hogan's Heroes is still one of my favorite shows and it's still running on a channel here in Brazil, so long after it ended. I watched them as a kid and I still watch them now in my seventies and I still have a lot of laughs with them. Good times gone. Thanks for the excellent posts.

Thanks for mentioning the "eternal winter." The cool thing was that I got to explain this to my granddaughters when they asked about it. I explained to them that many World War II pows were still alive when the show was made. The one thing they seem to or comment on, was the cold Winters and lack of Adequate Heating and clothing. I think it was done to have a certain amount of realism to the atmosphere of the show. Plus, this gave them the excuse to use the German winter clothing, because the winter jackets and want not, also gave a better sense and feel to the stereotypical German Soldier.

@barryw2659

4 жыл бұрын

You answered the question I had. I have the complete series and watch it all the time and was always wondering about the constant snow. Your explanation makes perfect sense. Thanks!

@FakeSchrodingersCat

4 жыл бұрын

It also meant that the characters could keep the same outfits throughout the run. More cloths also meant more room for individuality in the uniform, and headgear allowing for easy identification on old small TVs where reception was not be the best which might have been somewhat lost if they were all in undershirts because of the heat. For instance McHales navy with them all in proper uniforms it was sometimes hard to tell people apart at a glance but you can always tell Newkirk from Carter at a even in the background.

@markyw63

4 жыл бұрын

Another reason they had it be winter all the time is that they didn't want LeBeau to be seen in short sleeves because he had a number tatooed on his arm. During WW2, Robert Clary was a prisoner in a concentration camp for real.

@rickwilson7282

Жыл бұрын

Continuity was what I had read as the explanation for the eternal winter - wardrobe always the same, some "stock" footage could be reused (like the periscopes), and reruns could be shown in any order

This place was the backdrop for so many childhood memories. Mayberry RFD, Gunsmoke, Hogan's Heroes. Very interesting how the HH set was backed up against a neighborhood. To think that while Hogan and Klink were having a talk in the compound, 500 feet away some housewife making a meatloaf for dinner, lol.

@davidav8orpflanz561

4 жыл бұрын

Well, people in Europe had concentration camps in their back yards...but played like, "I KNOW NUTTINNNG" when the Allies showed up.

@DarthSasquatch

3 жыл бұрын

@@davidav8orpflanz561 Hogan's Heroes didn't take place in a concentration camp. It took place in a Luftwaffe (German Air Force) prisoner of war camp for allied flyers. Those camps are known for their good treatment of Allied prisoners.

My dad was in the battle of the bulge (82nd Airborne) and the campaigns - central europe, rhineland, and the berlin occupation. He died in 2002, but he always loved watching Hogan's Heroes. he said the show let him "laugh at the war." I guess it helped him "move on" to some small degree. thanks for this great video!

I am almost 81 years old and continue to enjoy the re-runs of my favourite show HOGANS HEROES. This show will continue on for many more years and will forever remain a FAVOURITE.

Schultz's "I know NUTHHHHING" has entered the English language lexicon. Buddy used it today!!

@1970Dobby

3 жыл бұрын

I still use that expression, to this day! The people my age, understand it, but I have to explain it to the "younger generation"! Lol

@AussieJohnny

3 жыл бұрын

Even today here in Australia people still say "I know nothing...NOTHING".

@SenorZorrozzz

3 жыл бұрын

Buddy who?

Makes me want to yell "Ah, General Burkhalter, what a pleasure it is to see you again!"

@Grimenoughtomaketherobotcry

4 жыл бұрын

Klink:"Major Hochstetter, always a pleasure to see the Gestapo!" Hochstetter:"Shut up, Klink!"

@MrJx4000

4 жыл бұрын

Klink: "Ah, General Burkhalter, what a pleasure it is to see you again!" Burkhalter: "Shut up Klink!"

@neverstoplearning7214

4 жыл бұрын

Am I the only one who read that in Klink's voice

@robRKR

4 жыл бұрын

Damn!! I was thinking the same thing when I first saw this video. Ya beat me by a week to the comment. Good one.

one of the greatest show of all time

@CHEECHMUN

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed

Thanks. Hogans Heroes was one of my favourite after school staples in the 1970s.

HOGANS HERO'S IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE SHOWS OF ALL TIME. THAT WAS SO COOL TO SEE HOW SMALL EVERYTHING ACTUALLY WAS. GREAT VID BRO. KEEP THEM COMING

@ernestinemaloy2820

4 жыл бұрын

Ron scurtti Ikr on star trek tos the bridge set is TINY notice how tight the camera shots are when focused on mr.spocks station or lt. Uhura station or if spock Kirk and McCoy are standing together on the bridge discussing something it's a tight shot . It's obvious too on hogans heroes inside the barracks the actors are all huddled close together like theres hardly any room to move around...and on top of that they had to have room for lights and cameras...sounds glamorous right ?? Lol

Hogan's Heroes was a great show. I did not realize how close this was to a residential area. Thanks for the photos, it was great to see.

How much I have always loved Hogan,s Heroes. I began watching the Re-Runs in 1973 as a little kid. The Gestapo and Russian Front jokes were always hysterical.

I have the complete series of Hogan’s Heroes on my computer, and have enjoyed watching it many times through the years. It was a great comedy and ended way to soon.

@Usrname.24

3 жыл бұрын

Braggart!😃

I watched Hogan's Heroes when I was even to young to understand it, and could never figure out why they would not escape when they had the chance. It was many years later I found out it was their mission to be POW there

Oh wow, it hurts my heart a bit to know this is all gone.💔 I am in my 60's, so I know all the old shows.

Love that show! Always found it interesting when they would come out of the Tree stump (Tunnels ) they would "blow up a munitions train !! Where were the sabotage scenes filmed ?

I always loved this show. Then finding out where it was filmed is great! It’s very interesting, all the information you gave about the lot, how it was so close to homes, other sets, etc.... thank you for this.

"I see NOTHING!" The cast left us with such great memories.

@MrJungleWarrior

4 жыл бұрын

HOGAN!!!!!

@jamesmarshallll5532

4 жыл бұрын

Who is this man!? Lol!

@michaelshank2093

4 жыл бұрын

I really like the airo shots!!!

@georgemaster689

3 жыл бұрын

Robert Clary(the last original cast member)and Kenneth Washington are the only surviving cast members still around.

My brother and I used to watch " The Hogan's Heroes Hour " every night around dinner time. What kid didn't want underground secret tunnels and a hatch tree stump ? So cool.

@stevedanek5450

4 жыл бұрын

Enjoyed watching Hogan's heroes. Is there any chance to buy any of the movies?

@SergeantExtreme

4 жыл бұрын

@@stevedanek5450 Yes, all of the seasons are on DVD.

@pauldailey4477

4 жыл бұрын

And now you are just over the f'n moon in your quarantine, right jew?

Thanks for bringing all of this to light. The series was brilliant, funny, and entertaining. I lived in LA while attending USC in the late 90s until 2001 but never had a chance to do private research as you have excellently done. Thank you so much for this info and you have really shown how Hollywood keeps the reality behind the scenes in which they create the props. Keep up the good work.

I Loved Hogan's Heroes - what a blast. Sad to see the actors that have since passed on :( - especially Schultz - he was brilliant !

I remember watching the last few seasons of Hogan's Heroes when I was young. It is so nice to be able to watch it on METV in the evenings. I think that it is still one of the best sitcoms ever on TV.

I can watch Hogan hero's over and over never get tired of it.

@mcragwe

4 жыл бұрын

Same here!!

@josemoreno3334

4 жыл бұрын

@@mcragwe Me too.

I have watched Hogans Heroes since the 60s and on rerun today. Still a favorite. Thanks.

Fascinating never thought it would be so laid out !!!!!! One of my favorite shows, always brought a smile and a laugh even today !!!!!!

How weird would it be to go into that building and know that you were standing in "Stalag 13" !? Love the airiel shots!

@zactaubman365

4 жыл бұрын

I was there Randude1. Check out my post!

I started watching Hogans Heroes When I was about 11 years old in the early 70's. I still like watching it now. A pretty clean and humorous show with no foul language, so even my kids watched it when they were little. Fun to see the old studio location.

I saw this show every week...grew up with it. Thoroughly enjoyed with my family, and learned a lot about WWII because of it. My Dad, and Mom were participants of WWII. Mom was a Rosie the Riveter in south Texas. Seeing the re-runs now brings back a lot of memories, of a time with my family. What I never remembered was the 1st episode, and it's really hard to find now. Thanks for the memories...well, done.

Thank you. I'm a Hogan's Heroes addict.

Fun fact: The set used for New York City in a episode of Star Trek “The City on the Edge of Forever” (called 40 Acres) was the same set used for The Andy Griffith Show. While Kirk is walking with Edith Keeler, they pass the courthouse and Floyd's barber shop. The same back lot was used for location shooting in "Miri" and "The Return of the Archons".

@KubotaBXathome

4 жыл бұрын

Very cool thanks for posting this!

@KRAFTWERK2K6

4 жыл бұрын

And Universal did the same thing with many of their shows. For example you can see the set of HiIll Valley in a lot of episodes of "The Incredible Hulk", before it became the Hill Valley of Back to the Future.

@derekwilkinson6920

4 жыл бұрын

@@KubotaBXathome It's funny that you say that, because MeTV have done a bit of a mashup with Kirk and Spock arriving on earth in the scene from City on the Edge of Forever but instead of arriving in 1930, they arrived in Mayberry in the 1960s and are seen by Aunt Bee and her friend.

@KubotaBXathome

4 жыл бұрын

Be classic to see Derek

@GeorgeFlippin

4 жыл бұрын

One of the best Star Trek episodes!

My favorite show. The "yard" had snow, but look close at the trees, "leaves everywhere", year round. So funny.

@heygetoffmylawn1572

4 жыл бұрын

Great observation. I didn't think of that at all and I watched that show all the time.

@scottbialek4671

4 жыл бұрын

There was an episode where the gang was outside the wire at night and there were crickets

@comment2009

4 жыл бұрын

@@scottbialek4671 A lot of the "outside the wire" shots were done on an indoor soundstage.

@scottbialek4671

4 жыл бұрын

Those bushes looked like they were dehydrated. With leaves and snow. Does anyone know why it was always winter?

@stephenriggs8177

4 жыл бұрын

Just pretend they're live oaks, which don't shed their leaves in winter.

I have watched and ENJOYED HOGANS HEROES from ite inception. I now, at age 88 , watch them every week-day night on ME-TV . Still my favorite show.

Thanks! My husband and I are still watching reruns of Hogan's Heroes! They never get old... and they still make me laugh.

I still watch it everyday. It makes me sad that they destroyed it all.

@mikefrancois6326

4 жыл бұрын

I'm 54 and watch 2 episodes every night @ 10 and 10:30. Love it! I would like to see behind the scenes clips or still shots of the various tunnels and how they went about making those look so realistic. Thanks Rick!

@robertvalentin5846

4 жыл бұрын

they do that movie set build went done take down to make other movie

@thebeststooge

4 жыл бұрын

They used to keep them up to reuse them but now they have CGI so no need of a real set and that is why they were replaced with sound stages/studios. Ever see how they make movies now? You think they are in a city but they have a few real objects for close ups and the rest are green screen CGI.

@rkb6783

4 жыл бұрын

What was there before ?

@thebeststooge

4 жыл бұрын

@LICKHER&STICKHER INTHEPINK A vacant lot.

I absolutely love Hogan's Heroes... thank you for that glimpse into it's history

Time marches on. As a kid Hogan's Heroes was a key example of WW2 in my imagination of the era. They did make it look cold & my young mind never questioned the foliage on the trees during winter in Germany.

My family grew up with this show. Wish they had alot more of them. Thank you for the video!!!! Stay safe God bless👍👍

"I know nothing" was my favorite phrase from the show. But now I know something. Where the back lot was.

Too bad the set was scrapped -- it would make for a great tour.

@scottbialek4671

4 жыл бұрын

I think of movie props sent to the landfill.

@jameswilber518

4 жыл бұрын

The set was used for "Ilsa, She Wolf of the SS" in 1974 and most of the backlot set was blown up for the final scene of the movie. So if you want to see the last few weeks of the set as well as it's demise, search for it on KZread. I'd link the trailer for it here, but even the trailer contains a lot of gratuitous female nudity and violence, so, you've been warned.

@garagemakerguy1808

4 жыл бұрын

So sad that it was scrapped..."progress" has a price...is it worth it? Now there can be new memories made...wait...it's a dental lab now...

@DoctorBrodski

4 жыл бұрын

@@Tazzman225 That sounds like a good idea. Was that long ago when Yahoo did that?

@DoctorBrodski

4 жыл бұрын

@@Tazzman225 That's a shame. They sound like a great idea. If they had them today they could sell Big Bang Theory or Modern Family memorabilia.

I miss "clean" shows like Hogans Heros & The Munsters Etc.

@robbuck8703

4 жыл бұрын

Yes now days they have little to no shows even close to this show and many other back then

@georgemaster689

3 жыл бұрын

Mr. Omaha I do,too! Too much reliance on innuendo 😫😫

@derekwilkinson6920

3 жыл бұрын

I love many of those shows, but not because they were "clean". I like edgier shows like the L&O Franchise. I really like the realistic portrayal of the characters, instead of this whitewashed effect where everything is beautiful and pleasant.

@derekwilkinson6920

3 жыл бұрын

@@georgemaster689 if you don't like it innuendo, tell the Proctologist to stop.

@raesmith2164

3 жыл бұрын

@@georgemaster689 Innuendo? Come on now, don't kid yourself. Old shows were packed with innuendo. M*A*S*H for instance

I grew up with hogans heroes and it was one of the few shows that I could sit and watch with my father and we would laugh for a half an hour... I loved the aerial shots ...I wish the camp was still there!

I grew up watching Hogan’s Heroes as a kid. Anytime I here that drum intro I get a flashback. Thanks for pointing out the backlot of such historic shows. Desilu Productions was such a powerhouse back in the day. So many hit shows not to mention Star Trek!

Thank you for sharing this! I never thought but I am not surprize that the show was shot in CA. Hogan's Heroes is one of my all time favorite shows. I really love the picture of then and now. What a shame that time moves on and nothing stays the same!

Brings back childhood memories as a youngster as we sat around and watched Hogan's Heroes and many others.

Very cool. There is such a huge difference between the war setting of Hogan’s Hero’s and the town of Mayberry that it’s hard to wrap my head around it being in the same location. Thanks for the video. Loved it.

My Grandfather was a undefeated Heavyweight champion in the Marines, and his name is Raymond Schultz ! When he was in his later years he sometimes reminded me of Schultz on Hogans Heroes talking with my grandmother after returning home from the Bars and would listen to him say ,”I know nothing”! LOL ...

ONE OF MY FAVORITE ACTORS IN THE WORLD GROWING UP !!!! Werner Klemperer wow what a great gift to us all...

The "Stalag 13" set was used in one episode of "Mission Impossible". The German signs came down and you saw someone working is a flower garden near the "office". At the end the MI team crashed through the main gate to make their escape. Also, the "Mayberry" set was used in some episodes of "Star Trek" and other shows. Just change the signs of the stores.

My father was a POW in Germany in WWII. He didn't talk too much about his experiences but we did bonded over the series. He once told me, "there's a lot of truth to this show."

I remember my dad watching this show and loving it in the sixties. He was a U.S. Ranger/Scout in WWII and saw a lot of action, D-Day, Battle of the Bulge, Battle of Hurtgen Forest etc. I used to wonder why he liked it so much after going through it. Then I went to Vietnam and I understood. The best way is to think of it as a joke. Thanks for the info Rick.

@kevingallagher3131

Жыл бұрын

My father was a P.O.W. in a Stalag during W.W. II. He loved watching Hogans Heroes with me.

@ricknineg

Жыл бұрын

I love the way you think of it

10 Year Veteran of the Uss Iowa BB61. I know this is a "game' but this is the best at heart video I have ever seen. I'm wiping tears away as I type this.

My favorite show. As a teenager growing up me and my dad would watch this every week. I still watch it on nostalgia TV

I still watch this show. Every weeknight (2 episodes back to back)

@ironworex

3 жыл бұрын

Metv rocks.

@derekwilkinson6920

3 жыл бұрын

Not every market that MeTV is in shows the 2 episodes. Some preempt it for the local newscast. What really pissed me off was the preemption of Saturday shows for College Football games. MeTV is supposed to be showing classic Television shows not current ones. I know that this doesn't occur in every market and is only local programmers throw it on MeTV but throw it onto the CW or some other channel (whose owner has other stations in that same market) that is maybe showing infomercials.

My father was a POW in a Stalag and he watched the show all the times and enjoyed it.

I'm 54 and remember watching endless reruns of Hogan's heroes in the 1970's on WGN in Chicago. It was always playing and it was part of the unique tv history of the 1960's. Corny and unrealistic? Yes, but enjoyable because of the great casting and actors. John Banner was the glue that held the show together and his Shultz character was brilliantly done and is still funny to this day. Same with many of the others actors that were on the show. Thank you for the filming location video and it was a trip back in time. Could you imagine what it was like to live next to the studio as kid, seeing all that was going on?

I have watched Hogan's Heroes since it first started back in 1965. My father was a WWII Veteran and we watched the show together. How we would laugh! I love, love, love the show! The writers were very clever with their play on words. Your video was very interesting and I'm very glad that I watched it. It put things in perspective as to how shows are made or were made back then. Thank you for the video.

I had no idea that the Hogan's Heroes set was so close to houses, it is sad that the Desi Lou studios are gone now. I am thankful that you found pictures of studio to show how all of our favorite shows from the 60's was made.

Hogan’s Heroes was one of the funniest shows of all time. Sad to see that the filming location for Hogans and so many other shows is just gone.

@funkymuskcrat73

4 жыл бұрын

Amen

That was really cool. The camp looked so real. I'm guessing they shot certain scenes in the dead of winter to show how their breath made steam when they breathed? Not quite sure but I definitely remember being able to see their breath.

I watched Hogan's Heroes when I was young and have enjoyed watching the show every night on MeTv. The characters are terrific!

Outstanding work. Never realized this. Too bad all is no longer around in the name of progress(?)

@harryworp

4 жыл бұрын

The mansion house is still there -- I drove by it a couple years ago. It now says "Culver Studios". Amazon is supposed to start filming shows on the property next year.

@jamesobrien7987

3 жыл бұрын

I still watch the today, this was a cool shot

I was stationed in West Germany in the US Army in the 70's and 80's. I can tell you Summer in Germany lasts only 2 weeks. Then it starts heading hell bent for leather back to Winter.

@dagmarkiontke

2 жыл бұрын

That's not true!!! We have four seasons. A wunderful spring, a long warm summer (the last 20 years very hot), in autumn we have a beautiful Indian Summer in our big forrests and the winter is the most time not to cold. Sure, every year can be different. But Germany is a wunderful country with nice people.

I miss the good old days where life was more simple than now. Cool stuff Thanks

This was one of the most favorite show ever, I still dvr and watch them, it was really sad when it ended, and found out that Bob Crane had been murdered. ;(

@celestialskye1

3 жыл бұрын

Crane was a perv. Look it up. Sad to say.

@DarthSasquatch

3 жыл бұрын

@@celestialskye1 Very true, but it doesn't change how great he was on the show or how good the show was. It shouldn't stop anyone from watching it.

I did not know that Hogan’s Heroes was filmed in California. I did not even know that it was filmed in the same city as The Andy Griffith Show. I liked learning about this.

@brentcowan5957

4 жыл бұрын

The wizard of oz was filmed at desilou.

@kingcormack8004

4 жыл бұрын

@@brentcowan5957 Desilu wasn't founded until the early 50s. Before it was RKO. Wizard was done at MGM. FYI.

@brentcowan5957

4 жыл бұрын

King Cormack, ok. It was filmed in Culver City.

It almost breaks my heart to see how Hollywood history has been paved over. But I guess that is the cost of progress. Thanks for this insight, excellent research!

Great video Rick, but there's more TV show history there than you know. I was looking at the overhead shot at 6:49 and realized that was Higuera St. The warehouse building on the left is where we shot all 6 seasons of The Wonder Years. The building on the lower right, (Cunningham Group) was the show construction shop. The building at the very top center was the soundstage where the series ALF was shot. Also, the very center building, where you see the word "Crown", was the Hustler Magazine photo studio. Their makeup room windows faced the parking lot which made for interesting viewing sometimes once the sun had set. I had no idea I was working for so many years on the very spot that the shows of my childhood were made. Thanks for posting this.

Thanks! It’s cool being able to see the sites where 2 of my favorite shows were filmed. Those days seemed so much better than the mess we are in today. Just sad how like life, this is no more for the sets. Most of those actors are gone now, and we can’t even walk in their footsteps.

Larry Hovis younger sister was my typing teacher in Junior High. I owe hwe alot, when l learned Computer tech. That knowledge came in handy some years later...

It's very sad that these historic studios and backlots no longer exist. That lot was also used for exterior shots in the first season of The Adventures Of Superman.

@thenewcenturyhomeste

4 жыл бұрын

Colin DUFF Unfortunately, the US has, for the most part, little respect for history and historic spots/places. Most developers and local governments don't care as long as they see the $$$$. Sad.

@thebeststooge

4 жыл бұрын

The studios themselves do not care and that is why a lot of film is gone to the ages though it saddens me to see no back lots but instead all sound stages/studios now. I guess CGI helped to kill off the need for a real open area/backlot.

@substance1

4 жыл бұрын

@@thenewcenturyhomeste Back then they didn't have all of the nostalgia about those sets that people do today. If that land hadn't got developed, and the sets were still there, it would probably be a lucrative tourist attraction now. It's like saving the set of Roseanne when that show ended, no one would think of saving any outdoor sets because no one was nostalgic at that time. One exterior shot that was actually not a real set, but was only used for exterior shots was the Brady Bunch house. That was a real house that people lived in. And it was only a 1 story house that was depicted as a 2 story house. The Brady Bunch was such a success, and so many people grew up watching it, there is a lot of sentiment for that house. For many years people went to that real house just to see the exterior. You might say the house is a celebrity. The owners didn't particular appreciate the constant tourists showing up there. However, recently the funds were found to purchase that house, and renovate it so that it looks exactly the way the inside from the show looks as well as the outside. You can now go there and go inside and it will be exactly the house you remember from the show. Also, the original cast helped on the renovation. That's pretty cool!

@rupe53

4 жыл бұрын

@@substance1 … The reality is there will only be nostalgia for as long as the fans are alive. Sure, it could be a tourist attraction in the meanwhile, but unless they continue to use it as an active movie / TV stage set it will eventually die off. The next generation wont care.

@pickeljarsforhillary102

4 жыл бұрын

@@thenewcenturyhomeste It should be mandatory that the sets of every movie and TV show that ever existed remain intact because stupid reasons.

Such fascinating info. I’m a child of the mid ‘50’s. I loved the innocence of TV in the 60’s. Always something to watch as a family.

I really enjoyed your photos of the set! Knowing that it existed in Ca. In such a limited area is very intriguing! I have been a Hogans Heroes fan for so many years! I still watch it everyday, it is one of my favorite comfort shows! Keep up the great work, all of you!

Thanks Rick, that was fun. Hogan's Heroes and MASH were staples in my hose growing up in the 70s and the two shows my dad and I always watched together.

@bjdefilippo447

3 жыл бұрын

Same at my house with my dad. Great memories.

I was in elementary school in Hollywood when Hogan's Heros was shot. Makes me wish I could get in a time machine and check it out now that I know where it was.

I still watch Hogan’s heroes, one of my favorite shows.

Excellent detective work. Nostalgia never grow old. I was trying to find old backset after finding Baldwin Hills. Now I know why I couldn't find it... long gone. After seeing the cross streets and a building with Cunningham on it, rest was easy. Thanks for Tour.