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Post by kevinharrell on Oct 23, 2017 19:19:56 GMT -5
Who is more macho? Staff Sergeant James Kinchloe  Isaac Washington  |
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Post by wheelbender6 on Oct 23, 2017 21:41:10 GMT -5
Isaac had a better mustache, but Kinch had a deeper voice.
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Post by SylvreKat on Oct 24, 2017 8:41:11 GMT -5
Do I remember right that Kinchloe was one of Hogan's Heroes? I would have to vote for him since he lived in a German concentration camp. Granted, it had amenities most camps didn't, but there was no guarantee that Col Klink would remain in charge, that he wouldn't be replaced by some hard-nose legit Col.
Although Isaac did have to deal with drunk or stupidly love-sick cruise guests.
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Post by wheelbender6 on Oct 24, 2017 21:23:54 GMT -5
Kinch helped people escape nazi occupied Europe. Isaac helped passengers and TV viewers escape the malaise of America in the 1970s.  |
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Post by spandi on Oct 24, 2017 22:41:19 GMT -5
I'm giving it to Kinch. "Yes General Burkhalter!" Klink, shut up or I will sent you to the Russian front.  |
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Post by oldchopperguy on Oct 25, 2017 3:10:02 GMT -5
Gotta go with Sgt. Kinchloe... Fooling with psycho Nazis is more macho than fooling with horny drunks...   |
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Post by SylvreKat on Oct 25, 2017 9:01:08 GMT -5
I skimmed a book on the absolute worst concepts that made it onto the tv screen. Hogan's Heroes was listed. They said something like whoever thought a Nazi concentration camp was a good idea for a comedy should've been sent to one.
My uncle heartily disagreed as it was one of his faves. I agree with Uncle that it's always good for lotsa laughs! "I know NUHtink!" Ah, I adored Schultzie!
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Post by chewbaca on Oct 25, 2017 14:01:01 GMT -5
The worst most horrible things make the best comedy
That's why every one knows so many baby in a blender jokes
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Post by SylvreKat on Oct 25, 2017 21:16:26 GMT -5
Uh,  I don't think I know even one baby in a blender joke. Although I know I've heard some, as I'm aware that's def' a thing. |
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Post by oldchopperguy on Oct 25, 2017 22:52:48 GMT -5
Yeah, Hollywood can make the sickest stuff seem wholesome and fun. Not only on the screen, but in real life too. The missus and I often are amazed while laughing at some comedy, then realizing we're actually laughing at something totally sick... EEEWWW!
Probably "political correct" thinking originated with Hollywood writers. They are SO good at making sick stuff seem "normal" while demonizing traditional "normal" behavior. The whole shtick of "Hogan's Heroes" depended on the Nazis being brain-dead bozos that could be fooled every day of the week by Col. Hogan's crew. For entertainment value, it was a hoot. But REAL Nazis were NOT brain-dead bozos. Nothing funny about them at all.
As a kid, I remember my WWII vet Dad marveling at how the show actually made a German POW camp "funny" and entertaining. He'd get really ticked off about joking about that subject matter... I also remember "Mad Magazine" doing a protest spoof on the show, calling their version "Hochman's Heroes"... Set in a Nazi death-camp. It DID make one think, but not for long I guess.
The show WAS well done, but I always had reservations about the subject matter. I've known too many Jews who survived the death camps to find much humor in Nazi stuff.
Just me...
Leo in Texas
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Post by spandi on Oct 26, 2017 8:24:56 GMT -5
BTW guys, it's a POW camp. Luftstalag 13 to be exact. |
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Post by cyborg55 on Oct 26, 2017 8:50:28 GMT -5
My dad was in the war,,,he didn't think it was funny at all and as he told it,,,took no prisoners ,,,got in a bit of trouble over it,,,carried a tommy and dispatched quite a few hapless souls with it,,,,his saying was "they were animals and we treated them as such"
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Post by oldchopperguy on Oct 26, 2017 14:10:17 GMT -5
BTW guys, it's a POW camp. Luftstalag 13 to be exact.  POW camps were for captured combatants. Concentration camps were to hold groups deemed unfavorable, or "inferior" to the Third Reich and its Arian model until they could be mass-murdered. Gee, I wonder if Hitler ever looked in the mirror? Based on his own sick criteria, he should have been the first to go... LOL!
My Dad helped liberate some Japanese camps in the Pacific. SO bad he didn't even want to talk about them... I guess even Hollywood couldn't sugar-coat a Japanese POW camp enough to make a sitcom... Same goes for North Korean, Vietnamese and other horror-hotels in places like Afghanistan, Iraq and other places where America and Israel are considered the enemy. These facilities make a Louisiana chain-gang look like a luxury vacation resort. Not funny stuff for sure... 
Ride safe, and keep outa the hands of the bad guys...Leo in Texas |
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Post by wheelbender6 on Oct 26, 2017 18:01:05 GMT -5
" Klink, shut up or I will sent you to the Russian front!"All combat is terrible, but the Russian Front was especially so. The fuhrer invaded Russia in June, expecting victory by winter. The diesel fuel in the panzers froze before they reached Moscow, due to the frigid weather. -The fuhrer was so furious that he refused to provide winter uniforms for the troops in Russia until they achieved victory. -His troops endured the Russian Winter, (often called the most powerful weapon on earth) in their summer uniforms. -I have had some bad bosses, but none quite that bad. 
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Post by spandi on Oct 27, 2017 7:05:34 GMT -5
" Klink, shut up or I will sent you to the Russian front!"All combat is terrible, but the Russian Front was especially so. The fuhrer invaded Russia in June, expecting victory by winter. The diesel fuel in the panzers froze before they reached Moscow, due to the frigid weather. -The fuhrer was so furious that he refused to provide winter uniforms for the troops in Russia until they achieved victory. -His troops endured the Russian Winter, (often called the most powerful weapon on earth) in their summer uniforms. -I have had some bad bosses, but none quite that bad. One word; Stalingrad. (With Kursk being the icing on the cake.) |
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