Three American women show up at Stalag 13 and Hogan wants to know why.Three American women show up at Stalag 13 and Hogan wants to know why.Three American women show up at Stalag 13 and Hogan wants to know why.
Roy Goldman
- Prisoner of War
- (uncredited)
Peter Hellman
- S.S. Guard
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaErich von Stroheim (September 22, 1885 - May 12, 1957) was an Austrian-American director, actor and producer, most notable as being a film star of the silent era, subsequently noted as an auteur for his directorial work.
- GoofsIn the credits, one of the women is listed as 'Ginger Flintrin' but in the show, she introduces herself as 'Ginger Wilson'.
- Quotes
Col. Hogan: How long did it take us to dig that tunnel to the barbed-wire fence?
LeBeau: Well, we used eight men and as I remember, it took us about...
Kinchloe: Sixteen hours.
LeBeau: Yeah, sixteen hours.
Col. Hogan: All right, this is twice the distance. How long will it take to get to the girls?
Newkirk: About a hour and a half, sir.
LeBeau: We wouldn't let you dig this alone.
Newkirk: Well, with help, twenty minutes.
- Crazy creditsIn the credits, Jayne Massey is credited as playing Ginger Flintrin. In the show, she is introduced as Ginger Wilson.
- ConnectionsReferences Buck Rogers (1939)
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Kind of a Drag
Built around what the presence of women can make on prisoners of war deprived of female companionship, "I Look Better in Basic Black" plays it mainly for modest laughs in a contrived story by writer Arthur Julian that delivers a serviceable narrative but little else to recommend it. Well, not unless you count the dames--but even they get short shrift.
When Stalag 13 commandant Colonel Klink orders Barracks Three vacated to make room for three special prisoners, ranking POW officer Colonel Hogan makes his protest to him, then learns from Sergeant Schultz that SS Captain Heinrich (Edward Knight) is bringing in three American women, and when Hogan calls for volunteers to dig a tunnel to their barracks, the response is hardly encouraging--until he reveals that the new prisoners are women.
Indeed, the distaff trio are civilians who were entertaining Allied troops when they were attacked by the Germans. (We'll leave aside the real-world logistics that test that premise.) Making their escape, they got lost and blundered into an underground complex that turned out to be a secret German rocket base. Ah! Now we know why the SS has them in custody and will be taking them to Berlin for further questioning, which means that Hogan's Heroes have to act fast to rescue them. But when the tunnel, dug in haste to reach the "birds" (as Newkirk would put it), collapses, Hogan has to dress up another solution--and fast.
Guest stars Jean Hale (the Bombshell), Jackie Joseph (the Ditz), and Jayne Massey (the Brain) have little to do except look pretty and act as the straight women for mugging by John Banner, Robert Clary, Richard Dawson, and Werner Klemperer. Similarly, Knight, in the second of the ten supporting appearances he made during the series' run (playing a different character each time), is wasted--with his stern appearance and demeanor, he could play a German who looked like he meant business. Hogan's solution falls back on a hoary trope, which is kind of a drag.
When Stalag 13 commandant Colonel Klink orders Barracks Three vacated to make room for three special prisoners, ranking POW officer Colonel Hogan makes his protest to him, then learns from Sergeant Schultz that SS Captain Heinrich (Edward Knight) is bringing in three American women, and when Hogan calls for volunteers to dig a tunnel to their barracks, the response is hardly encouraging--until he reveals that the new prisoners are women.
Indeed, the distaff trio are civilians who were entertaining Allied troops when they were attacked by the Germans. (We'll leave aside the real-world logistics that test that premise.) Making their escape, they got lost and blundered into an underground complex that turned out to be a secret German rocket base. Ah! Now we know why the SS has them in custody and will be taking them to Berlin for further questioning, which means that Hogan's Heroes have to act fast to rescue them. But when the tunnel, dug in haste to reach the "birds" (as Newkirk would put it), collapses, Hogan has to dress up another solution--and fast.
Guest stars Jean Hale (the Bombshell), Jackie Joseph (the Ditz), and Jayne Massey (the Brain) have little to do except look pretty and act as the straight women for mugging by John Banner, Robert Clary, Richard Dawson, and Werner Klemperer. Similarly, Knight, in the second of the ten supporting appearances he made during the series' run (playing a different character each time), is wasted--with his stern appearance and demeanor, he could play a German who looked like he meant business. Hogan's solution falls back on a hoary trope, which is kind of a drag.
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