Hogan's Heroes
Kommandant of the Year
TV Flash files “Kommandant of the Year” as a desk essential hour — Hogan's Heroes (1965–1971) on CBS, season 1, episode 3, aired 1965-10-01, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E03: listed hour 3 of 168 in the Hogan's Heroes guide, hour 3 of 32 in season 1. It aired 1965-10-01 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Hold That Tiger” (S01E02). Next is “The Late Inspector General” (S01E04).
Essential hour: “Kommandant of the Year”. Kommandant of the Year — Klemperer's Klink as vanity farce, Banner's Schultz already the look-the-other-way engine.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
To give a scientist access to a rocket being kept in Stalag 13, Col. Hogan arranges for Kommandant Klink to receive an award.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Kommandant of the Year sit in the Hogan's Heroes guide?
S01E03 is listed hour 3 of 168 — hour 3 of 32 in season 1, season 1 episode 3.
When did Hogan's Heroes S01E03 air?
Kommandant of the Year aired 1965-10-01 and is listed at 30 minutes.
Where should I start?
Any Stalag 13 hour that puts Hogan's operation against Klink and Schultz shows the clockwork: Crane's scheme, Klemperer's commandant, Banner's 'I know nothing.' The supporting POWs are the rest of the engine.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Allied POWs run rings around bumbling Luftwaffe officers from inside Stalag 13 — WWII as high-wire farce. Bob Crane's Hogan, Werner Klemperer's Klink, and John Banner's Schultz made a controversial camp premise into clockwork syndication. Suspension of historical disbelief required; comic engineering rewarded.
The wire is a silhouette. CBS's *Hogan's Heroes* (1965–1971) dresses Allied POWs as model prisoners and lets them run rings around bumbling Luftwaffe officers from inside Stalag 13 — WWII as high-wire farce, **168 episodes** across six seasons. Bob Crane's Col. Hogan is the tailor of the camp: uniform as plot, tunnel as wardrobe change. Werner Klemperer's Colonel Klink and John Banner's Sergeant Schultz stole the look from the heroes — monocle, shrug, *I know nothing* as a national silhouette. Robert Clary and…
Filed against
- Bob Crane as Col. Robert Hogan
Bob Crane’s Col. Robert Hogan ran rings around Stalag 13 — Hogan’s Heroes as WWII high-wire farce, Werner Klemperer’s Klink, John Banner’s Schultz, Allied POWs turning a controversial camp premise into clockwork syndication. Suspension of…
- Werner Klemperer as Col. Wilhelm Klink
Werner Klemperer’s Col. Wilhelm Klink ran Hogan’s Heroes as bumbling Luftwaffe weather — Allied POWs circling Stalag 13, WWII as high-wire farce, Bob Crane’s Hogan and John Banner’s Schultz in clockwork syndication. Controversial camp…
- John Banner as Sgt. Hans Schultz
John Banner’s Sgt. Hans Schultz made Hogan’s Heroes a weekly “I know nothing” — Allied POWs running rings around bumbling Luftwaffe officers inside Stalag 13, WWII as high-wire farce. Bob Crane’s Hogan, Werner Klemperer’s Klink, Banner’s…
- Robert Clary as Cpl. Louis LeBeau
Robert Clary's Cpl. Louis LeBeau seasoned Hogan's Heroes as Allied POW farce inside Stalag 13 — Bob Crane's Hogan, Werner Klemperer's Klink, John Banner's Schultz, WWII as high-wire sitcom. Controversial camp premise, clockwork…
- Richard Dawson as Cpl. Peter Newkirk
Richard Dawson’s Cpl. Peter Newkirk picked Hogan’s Heroes’ pockets with a Cockney grin — 1960s catalog Stalag farce, then Match Game and Family Feud turned the same flirt into daytime sport. TV Flash files him as the POW who became a…