The General Swap
From Hogan's Heroes
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| Series: | Hogan's Heroes |
| Episode: | The General Swap |
| Original Airdate: | January 6, 1967 |
| Production Number: | 5784-48 |
| Written by: | Harvey Bullock & R.S. Allen |
| Directed by: | Gene Reynolds |
| Produced by: | Edward H. Feldman & William A. Calihan |
Contents |
[edit] Regular
[edit] Prisoners
- Colonel Hogan - Bob Crane
- Corporal Louis LeBeau - Robert Clary
- Corporal Peter Newkirk - Richard Dawson
- Sergeant James Kinchloe - Ivan Dixon
- Sergeant Andrew Carter - Larry Hovis
[edit] Camp Personnel
[edit] Semi-Regulars
[edit] Guest Stars
[edit] Synopsis
Hogan captures a German General to trade for a captive American General who dislikes Hogan.
[edit] Story Notes
- This is the forty-eighth episode produced in the series, but is the forty-ninth episode to be shown on television and is the seventeenth episode for the second season.
- After berating Hogan throughout the episode, General Barton demands Hogan's attention in order to salute him. This is an extremely high honor: ranking officers very rarely begin the saluting ritual.
[edit] Timeline Notes and Speculations
- An early 1943 date appears to be implied by Hogan's comment concerning Hoolihan: "That's the 107th guy we've helped [escape] this year." It can't be 1942, because Kinch makes the distinction that the calendar year has changed.
- As noted before, this episode takes place before The Flight of the Valkyrie. Otherwise, Hogan's reaction to being told he was no longer the senior ranking POW might have been, "No ... not Crittendon."
- As noted before, this episode takes place before How to Cook a German Goose by Radar. This episode makes clear that General Barton was the first Allied officer of general's rank to pay Stalag 13 a visit. Otherwise, Hogan and our heroes might have remembered the other occasion.
- This episode provides us with some insight into Hogan's past just prior to his arrival at Stalag 13. We have already learned in Hogan Gives a Birthday Party that he was commander of the 504th Bomber Squadron. In this episode we get to meet his immediate superior - General Aloysius Barton - who gets shot down leading a later raid.
- A situation similar to that of General Barton's, prior to his being shot down, can be seen in the feature film Twelve O'Clock High, starring Gregory Peck as Brigadier General Frank Savage. In the movie, General Savage was - like General Barton - a stern officer who frequently personally led his bomber crews on many dangerous missions. This Academy Award winning movie is highly recommended to series fans for its realistic portrayal of USAAF Eighth Air Force operations around the time that Colonel Hogan was shot down.
[edit] Quotes
[edit] Bloopers
[edit] External links
- The General Swap at TV.com
- The General Swap at the Internet Movie Database
- The General Swap episode capsule at Webstalag 13
- Hogan's Heroes Fanclub
- The Hofbrau
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