A new prisoner in a corporal's uniform turns out to be a general with a mission for Hogan.A new prisoner in a corporal's uniform turns out to be a general with a mission for Hogan.A new prisoner in a corporal's uniform turns out to be a general with a mission for Hogan.
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- TriviaWhile the title is meant to be figurative and humorous it isn't far from the truth. After radar systems were first deployed, people noticed that birds that flew too close to the radars would be instantly killed and fall to the ground fully cooked. After the war engineers began to investigate using microwaves as a new way to cook food. In fact the first microwave ovens were called "radar ranges". The name 'Radarange' was originally trademarked by Raytheon, and passed on to Amana when Raytheon acquired it.
- GoofsWhen Hogan throws the match into the trashcan in front of Klink's office there is obviously a pyrotechnic device being used since the fire starts at the bottom left of the can not the top right where Hogan throws the match.
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Col. Hogan: [Col. Hogan and his crew enter their cabin with a new prisoner, Corporal Walter Tillman]
[pointing at an empty bunk]
Col. Hogan: That one's yours, pop.
Corporal Walter Tillman: Okay, Hogan.
LeBeau: It's Colonel Hogan.
Corporal Walter Tillman: Yeah? Well, I'll remember that.
Col. Hogan: What outfit were you with, pop?
Corporal Walter Tillman: 605th engineers. After that, I went airborne. Don't ask me any questions about baseball. Any German spy knows more about it than I do.
Col. Hogan: You know how it is, pop. Can't be too careful
Corporal Walter Tillman: Yeah, I know. Knock it off with that pop routine, will ya?
Col. Hogan: Unless that's the way you want it.
Corporal Walter Tillman: That's the way I want it.
Carter: Hey, look, American cigarettes!
Corporal Walter Tillman: Give me those!
[everyone looks at Tillman with suspicion]
Corporal Walter Tillman: Well, it's the only pack I got.
Kinchloe: Yeah, well, there's a war on.
Col. Hogan: Tillman, didn't your mother ever teach you anything about sharing?
Newkirk: Maybe his mother doesn't know he smokes.
LeBeau: Well, maybe we should take his cigarettes away so his mother won't be unhappy.
Carter: Yeah, that's what we ought to do.
Corporal Walter Tillman: Well, don't start anything. Someone might get hurt.
Newkirk: What gave you that idea, pop?
Col. Hogan: Knock it off! Go take a shower, Tillman.
After Hogan pulls a prank and blames it on Tillman, Klink is ready to transfer the guy to another camp. That is when Hogan learns that Corporal Walter Tillman is actually General Tillman Walters of the signal corp, and is there to place a radar device so that the Allies can properly bomb a rocket plant.
With little time before the air-raid is to take place, Hogan must get the radar device mounted and keep the General in the camp long enough to make sure the job is done. But when the plan looks like it is coming together, Hogan learns that the mount is six inches off. this will cause the Allied bombs to miss their target.
This is a nice story even with the fact that the Allies would have never sent over a General for such a dangerous task. But we forget that fact as we get into the story that was interesting and amusing. So what if the script is a bit far-fetch, its a TV comedy sitcom and we were entertained - and that is why we watch.
spoiler note--- When the General leaves the prison camp to get back to London, would that make Klink have an escape prisoner on his record since he was assigned to Stalag 13?
- kfo9494
- Sep 17, 2014