WE LAUGHED IN THE SHADOW OF THE GUARD TOWER… THEN IT HIT US
The sun was sinking low over the backlot in Culver City, casting long, skeletal shadows across the patch of dirt where Stalag 13 used to stand. Robert Clary…
THE DAY SERGEANT SCHULTZ LITERALLY TRIED TO EAT THE ENTIRE SET
It is funny how a single object can just snap you back. You sit in a room like this, decades later, and the interviewer pulls out a dusty,…
THE TUNNEL WAS JUST A PROP UNTIL WE HEARD THE GRAVEL
The sun was beginning to dip behind the Hollywood hills, casting long, skeletal shadows across the pavement of the old Paramount lot. Richard Dawson leaned heavily on his…
RICHARD DAWSON RECALLS THE DAY SCHULTZ FINALLY BROKE ON CAMERA
The studio lights were a bit lower than usual, and the air in the podcast booth had that specific, hushed quality that usually leads to the best stories….
THE DAY THE IRON COLONEL FINALLY CRACKED ON SET
The audience is quiet as the spotlight hits the stage. Werner Klemperer sits in a plush velvet chair, his posture still remarkably straight, even decades after the show…
WERNER KLEMPERER RECALLS THE DAY SCHULTZ FINALLY BROKE THE COLONEL
The studio was quiet, save for the soft hum of the air conditioning and the occasional clink of a coffee mug. Werner Klemperer sat back in the leather…
THE DAY JOHN BANNER ACCIDENTALLY DESTROYED THE HOGAN’S HEROES SET
You know, people always ask me about the “wit” on the set of Hogan’s Heroes, as if we were all sitting around trading Oscar Wilde quotes between takes….
THE MONOCLE AND THE MAITRE D: WERNER KLEMPERER’S ACCIDENTAL COMMAND
You know, people see the monocle, they see the riding crop, and they think they know the man. Werner Klemperer is sitting in a plush, high-backed velvet chair…
THE DAY SCHULTZ FINALLY SAW AND SMELLED EVERYTHING
The studio lights were dim, the kind of amber glow that usually signaled the end of a long press day, but Richard Dawson was just getting started. He…
THE DAY SERGEANT SCHULTZ FINALLY SAW EVERYTHING ON THE HOGAN’S HEROES SET
It was late in the evening during a television interview in the early 1970s, not long after the cameras had stopped rolling on Stalag 13 for the final…