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30 Days of Hogan's Heroes - Day 7
7 Oct 2013 11:20 amThere's a lot of great one-liners and ping-pong banter in this show, but this is my favourite!
Day 7 – Favourite quote (recurring or not)?
I know it’s dialogue more than just a quote, but it sums up a lot of the dynamics in Hogan’s Heroes. For the context, Newkirk and LeBeau have gone on a dangerous mission:
Hogan: Kinch, all that matters is victory. Even if you have to sacrifice two good men.
Kinch: Right. (pause) And if they’re not back in ten minutes, we’re going out to get them, right?
Hogan: (nods) Right!
(I can’t for the life of me remember which episode this was from… Bad Bel :S I’ll add the title as soon as I find the episode, though.)
It’s a joke, it’s a subversion of the classic “soldiers are expendable” trope, it shows not only Hogan’s “papa wolf” (well, Papa Bear, since this is Hogan's codename ;o) relation to his men but also the fact that Kinch knows his CO so well he doesn’t even raise an eyebrow at Hogan’s first line. I love it.
Day 7 – Favourite quote (recurring or not)?
I know it’s dialogue more than just a quote, but it sums up a lot of the dynamics in Hogan’s Heroes. For the context, Newkirk and LeBeau have gone on a dangerous mission:
Hogan: Kinch, all that matters is victory. Even if you have to sacrifice two good men.
Kinch: Right. (pause) And if they’re not back in ten minutes, we’re going out to get them, right?
Hogan: (nods) Right!
(I can’t for the life of me remember which episode this was from… Bad Bel :S I’ll add the title as soon as I find the episode, though.)
It’s a joke, it’s a subversion of the classic “soldiers are expendable” trope, it shows not only Hogan’s “papa wolf” (well, Papa Bear, since this is Hogan's codename ;o) relation to his men but also the fact that Kinch knows his CO so well he doesn’t even raise an eyebrow at Hogan’s first line. I love it.
