Hogan and company tell a German mole, disguised as an American aviator, all about their operation.Hogan and company tell a German mole, disguised as an American aviator, all about their operation.Hogan and company tell a German mole, disguised as an American aviator, all about their operation.
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- TriviaThe Nazi spy Captain Martin, as portrayed by Monte Markham bears a strong resemblance to Sgt. Price, the Nazi spy played by Peter Graves in Stalag 17 (1953). Both stories also involve the blowing up of a German train.
- GoofsIn one sequence, the tall brown hills of California are seen just outside the "camp".
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Maj. Wolfgang Hochstetter: Now, Klink, last night, not too far from here, a convoy was blown up, almost totally destroyed. These lines are drawn from the points where the sabotage has taken place. Now, Klink, where do these lines cross?
Sgt. Hans Georg Schultz: Stalag 13.
Maj. Wolfgang Hochstetter: How do you explain this, Klink?
Col. Wilhelm Klink: Well, we are centrally located.
- Crazy creditsMonte Markham is called Captain Martin During the episode but is listed in the credits as Lieutenant Martin in the closing credits.
Featured review
Making the Familiar Fresh Again
Harkening back to both the "Hogan's Heroes" pilot episode "The Informer" and the 1953 movie "Stalag 17" for its premise, "Eight O'Clock and All Is Well" does revisit familiar territory, but thanks to a fine guest performance by Monte Markham and a tight, focused, clever script by Laurence Marks, this suspenseful tale holds your attention from start to finish.
By Season Six, repetition had become rife in this unusual situation comedy about an Allied intelligence and sabotage unit led by Colonel Hogan operating covertly from a German prisoner-of-war camp. Yet, given the premise, repetition would be the norm including the ongoing introduction of newly captured prisoners into Stalag 13 such as Markham's American flier Captain James Martin of the 395th Bombardment Group, shot down over Düsseldorf, separated from his crew, and picked up by the Gestapo.
Martin knows the correct code word to repeat to fellow prisoners if captured, and after the Heroes investigate him, he seems to be a legitimate American flier, so Hogan introduces him to their operation, which is preparing to blow up a munitions train and will now take Martin along.
However, their last sabotage mission, which destroyed a truck convoy, attracted the attention of the Gestapo's Major Hochstetter, who makes clear to Colonel Klink and Sergeant Schultz that several recent sabotage operations all occurred within suspiciously close radiuses of Stalag 13. And when Martin enacts a pretext to get to speak to Klink alone, he reveals, unbeknownst to the Heroes, that he is actually Captain Seifert of the Gestapo sent by Hochstetter to spy on Hogan and his men--and now, having been exposed to their clandestine operation, he could blow their cover, which would surely see them executed as spies.
Smartly framed and paced by director Richard Kinon, Marks's setups from the not-always subtle testing by the Heroes--Sergeant Carter flubs his cover--to Martin's ploy to reveal himself to Klink work within the strictures of the series, abetted by Markham's smooth deception, leading to the critical clue Hogan gets to tip him off to Martin's duplicity. Call it contrivance, and the Goofs page contains an analysis (marked as a spoiler, so be advised) of why it is a mistake (while ignoring its own internal contradictions), but for "Hogan's Heroes"--which is a sitcom, not a serious drama--it is quite clever and effective.
Moreover, at this stage of the series, which was in its last season and already running on fumes, Laurence Marks manages to dig deeper into the repetition and mine some intriguing angles from variations on well-known themes, making the familiar fresh again.
REVIEWER'S NOTE: What makes a review "helpful"? Every reader of course decides that for themselves. For me, a review is helpful if it explains why the reviewer liked or disliked the work or why they thought it was good or not good. Whether I agree with the reviewer's conclusion is irrelevant. "Helpful" reviews tell me how and why the reviewer came to their conclusion, not what that conclusion may be. Differences of opinion are inevitable. I don't need "confirmation bias" for my own conclusions. Do you?
By Season Six, repetition had become rife in this unusual situation comedy about an Allied intelligence and sabotage unit led by Colonel Hogan operating covertly from a German prisoner-of-war camp. Yet, given the premise, repetition would be the norm including the ongoing introduction of newly captured prisoners into Stalag 13 such as Markham's American flier Captain James Martin of the 395th Bombardment Group, shot down over Düsseldorf, separated from his crew, and picked up by the Gestapo.
Martin knows the correct code word to repeat to fellow prisoners if captured, and after the Heroes investigate him, he seems to be a legitimate American flier, so Hogan introduces him to their operation, which is preparing to blow up a munitions train and will now take Martin along.
However, their last sabotage mission, which destroyed a truck convoy, attracted the attention of the Gestapo's Major Hochstetter, who makes clear to Colonel Klink and Sergeant Schultz that several recent sabotage operations all occurred within suspiciously close radiuses of Stalag 13. And when Martin enacts a pretext to get to speak to Klink alone, he reveals, unbeknownst to the Heroes, that he is actually Captain Seifert of the Gestapo sent by Hochstetter to spy on Hogan and his men--and now, having been exposed to their clandestine operation, he could blow their cover, which would surely see them executed as spies.
Smartly framed and paced by director Richard Kinon, Marks's setups from the not-always subtle testing by the Heroes--Sergeant Carter flubs his cover--to Martin's ploy to reveal himself to Klink work within the strictures of the series, abetted by Markham's smooth deception, leading to the critical clue Hogan gets to tip him off to Martin's duplicity. Call it contrivance, and the Goofs page contains an analysis (marked as a spoiler, so be advised) of why it is a mistake (while ignoring its own internal contradictions), but for "Hogan's Heroes"--which is a sitcom, not a serious drama--it is quite clever and effective.
Moreover, at this stage of the series, which was in its last season and already running on fumes, Laurence Marks manages to dig deeper into the repetition and mine some intriguing angles from variations on well-known themes, making the familiar fresh again.
REVIEWER'S NOTE: What makes a review "helpful"? Every reader of course decides that for themselves. For me, a review is helpful if it explains why the reviewer liked or disliked the work or why they thought it was good or not good. Whether I agree with the reviewer's conclusion is irrelevant. "Helpful" reviews tell me how and why the reviewer came to their conclusion, not what that conclusion may be. Differences of opinion are inevitable. I don't need "confirmation bias" for my own conclusions. Do you?
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- darryl-tahirali
- Jun 27, 2023
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