Hogan's Heroes
Anchors Aweigh, Men of Stalag 13
TV Flash files “Anchors Aweigh, Men of Stalag 13” as hour 16 of 168 in the TV Flash guide — Hogan's Heroes (1965–1971) on CBS, season 1, episode 16, aired 1965-12-31, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E16: listed hour 16 of 168 in the Hogan's Heroes guide, hour 16 of 32 in season 1. It aired 1965-12-31 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Reservations are Required” (S01E15). Next is “Happy Birthday, Adolf” (S01E17).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
London reports the escape sub is out of commission, leaving Hogan to build a boat to get his current escapee back to England.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Anchors Aweigh, Men of Stalag 13 sit in the Hogan's Heroes guide?
S01E16 is listed hour 16 of 168 — hour 16 of 32 in season 1, season 1 episode 16.
When did Hogan's Heroes S01E16 air?
Anchors Aweigh, Men of Stalag 13 aired 1965-12-31 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
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