I watched an interview with Robert Clary. He said that John Banner was a joy to be around and that he and his wife practically adopted the whole cast. He said she fed them and had them over for supper every chance she got. He said that they were just the sweetest, most sincere people you'd ever meet.
@@rmedley22 I've seen him in an episode of 'The Lone Ranger' where he was much thinner which I think predates Hogan's Heroes so I know you're right. In one of the seasons of Hogan's Heroes he'd actually lost some weight and they padded his clothes to make up the difference. I also heard that his wife would frequently kidnap the cast members in order to feed them and everybody loved both of them like surrogate family. I guess they were just a joy to be around.
Not only that but I think it goes to show something that people often forget and that not everyone who was in the armies of Nazi Germany was on the same level of Hitler and fully believing in the ideals of the SS.
I'm sure someone has probably already noted below, but, interestingly, John Banner, Werner Klemperer, Leon Askin (General Burkhalter) and even Howard Caine (Major Hochstetter) were all Jewish and all served in the U.S. Army during World War II. Much gratitude to all these gentlemen for their talent, comedic brilliance and their service.
One thing that a lot of people don't know which, in my opinion makes his character _just that much better_ is that John Banner was extremely intelligent. When he came to America after the fall of Austria, he didn't speak a word of English. At first he'd memorize his lines phonetically. People said he somehow knew the emotion behind the lines despite not understanding what he was saying. Then when he bumped into people without the translator, he started using the lines he memorized to say things in English. They said that after only a few months of that, he simply spoke English. If you look up his roll as a German business man in 'The Lone Ranger', he could speak English with very little accent if he wanted to.
Him, Klink, LeBeau’s actor and a few more actually survived Nazi Germany, fled here a few joined the us military and helped the cause. Afterwards they starred in this show. I find it inspiring how these people escaped the Nazis to get the chance to portray their enemy and as bumbling, overconfident and stupid. That’s the icing on the cake they got to make the Nazis look so stupid it’s one of the most satisfying parts of the show. Godbless the whole cast for giving us all so many nostalgic memories
It happened to me too, but in Italy. I'm American, but I lived in Italy for a few years as a teen. I knew I'd mastered the language when I started dreaming in Italian.
Considering how many times Schultz turned a blind eye to their exploits(and even helped put on occasion) he was as much one Hogan's "heroes" as any of the POWs.
John Banner such a class act. in 1938 he was lucky enough to be performing in Switzerland when the Nazis annexed his home country of Austria-Hungary and he was able to escape to the United States, he eventually assimilated and eventually started dreaming in English.
@Asher Tye It is? What exactly, escaping the Nazis or getting used to and well enough to his new home to starting to dream in it's language? To me it sounds he was comparatively lucky.
Here in Melbourne,Victoria,Australia few years ago they named a harness race horse after Sergeant Schultz famous saying "Iseenothing"...it won some good races and a favourite with punters all around Australia.....May your soul rest in peace John Banner (Sergeant Schultz)
The sad thing is when CBS did it's rural purge which included shows like Hogan's, Heroes, Green Acres, The Beverly Hillbillies the shows where still doing very well in terms of ratings. Robert Clary who played Labeau said that Hogan's Heroes could have gone on for another couple of seasons. He said the show would have ended with them being liberated.
+The Gun nut This NAZI with the Hitler mustache was one of the most loved characters on television in the '60s. Even after the "Holocaust" programming began in 1978, people still loved Sergeant Schultz.
I have always thought that Schultz actually did know everything that was going on and was secretly helping them the whole time by “seeing, hearing, and knowing NOTHING!”
I think it was also a matter of self preservation. If it was known that he knew of Hogan's shenanigans, the Nazis would have done awful things to Schultz.
Recently, actually just within the past few minutes to be exact, I got the same impression. Sergeant Schultz never wanted to be a participant in the German Army during World War 2. He actually came across, as privately being on the side of Colonel Hogan and his men. He could be bribed very easily, and I personally think that he went along with them, partly out of a weakness for what they bribed him with, but also because he hated War, and may have actually wanted to see the Allies win the War! He had to pretend that he was an enemy, but he wasn't, really. He got along with the Men of Colonel Hogan's company, far better than he did Colonel Klink! For all we know, he may have actually hated Colonel Klink, hated the German Uniform, hated the German Army, and who knows what else!
Yes, and as others have said, he knew the score and how the wind was blowing.. Also, I always suspected he believed it was better to be made a fool of, than to be believed to be by his superiors if he reported it.. Knowing Hogan was always 3 steps ahead of him..
@@ronaldshank7589 there is one episode that he stated being a social democrat... has was never a nazi or bought the nazi idea... he was just a german conscripted to serve... never really loyal...
I have referred to Sergeant Schultz so many times my mom thought he was a Sergeant in the army with me. In a way he was my first Sergeant who taught me it is wise to ignore certain behaviors (in the civilian world).
There was another where he is talking to Hochstetter and tells him that Colonel Hogan ordered him to....and Hochstetter interrupts him saying "Hogan!?!?, since when is he running this camp? Schultz says 'uhh...two years ago...I think in November` LOL...classic!
I vaguely recall an episode where a US Army belt buckle ("US" on the buckle) was discovered outside Stalag 13, and Klink, showing the badge to Schultz, was struggling to make him understand its significance. Pardon the very rough paraphrasing here; it's been many years: Klink: "Do you know what this means?!" Schultz: "Unten sowden?" Klink: "No! It's in English!" Schultz: "Us?" Klink: "Nooo!"
@@hlcepeda I know exactly what you are talking about and you're right, it was very funny! But it was a button that said U.S. and it was major hochstetter who brought it & showed Klink. Klink was the one who said those lines you quoted and then Schultz came in and when asked what it said, replied "us". Lol
lol..sorry man I didn't mean to do that!!! I was impressed that you remembered it as well as you did! I'm sure you can watch the episode online, all we have to do is find out which episode it was and then find it!
John Banner you left us too early but you gave us so much joy. This show was before my time but as a German American, my dad introduced it to me, I see nothing I hear nothing I know NOTHING!
Hogan leaving and Schultz yelling; “And stay out” always cracks me up laughing. One of the best shows made, and I love the fact that all the German actors were of Jewish descent.
I think he cared, but he didn't want to rock the boat and he didn't much care for the Nazis. I expect like a lot of Germans at the time he was secretly shocked and appalled at what his country was doing, felt powerless to do anything about it, and just did what he had to so he could survive the war.
As often happens in sitcoms, his character evolved over time. At first he was unaware what was happening under his nose, but towards the end it was apparent he was quite aware but looked the other way. His attitude towards his wife also changed. Sometimes he is shown as a loving husband, other times he talks disparaging of his wife, and at other moments he is shown womanizing in town.
Schultz wasn’t an idiot. Before the war, he owned the biggest toy company in Germany. I think he knew what was happening, didn’t want any part of it, and was just trying not to get sent to the Russian front
Shultz was awarded a medal for his treatment of POW's and his toy company had a major buisness expansion to the U.S. where the boys helped him reopen the shop.
I read an online story that months before he died he was waiting at an airport for a flight. He was recognized and drew a crowd. He was extra pleasant, signed autographs and told stories until it was time for his flight.
@@The_Dudester My dad told me not long ago that Schultz is his favorite character, because he was probably the most realistic of them all. He didn't want to be there, he just wanted to go home with his wife and eat :)
I like the episode where Schultz handed Carter his rifle so he could tie his boot and then started to walk away without it Carter reminded him of it and Schultz told him don’t worry the rifle wasn’t loaded
Oh Schultzy, you may be the sadistic, tough as nails Sergeant of the Guard for the roughest and most inhumane stalag in all of Germany, but I just want to hug ya, ya big ol' teddy bear.
i got extremely sick and tired of comedy shows these days because its all shit so when i was 10 my dad gave me Gilligan island, hogans heroes, maxwell smart and M*A*S*H*.... i will never ever look back
I think one thing we can all agree on about WWII, the Germans did have the best looking uniforms. John Banner was a national treasure. Amazing that someone who was affected by the War would play the part. All the man wanted was to make it through the war in one piece.
The 'I see NOTHING' part might confuse younger people but that was so brilliant. They had him tied into their schemes just enough to where if he ratted them out, he'd be shot right along side them. So he literally HAD to cover for them to save his own skin.
The scenes with the dogs, is always a "Crack Up"!! "Say Hello To Your Uncle Schultzie"!! And the dog would growl at him, and he would have the most frightened look on his face!! A classic scene, because "Cujo" hated him, but would lick Le Beau's face!! A real crack up!!
There was one scene where Schultz looks into a car and his reaction when he saw LeBeau was the driver was priceless. Been looking all over and couldn't find it.
Sgt. Schultz was one of John Banner's few comic roles. For most of his career, he played dramatic character roles and even heavies on occassion, including a turn as Ernst Rohm! A versatile actor, indeed.
Same here, I watch some with my parents and I figured why doesn’t I give these a try. Seinfeld, Hogan’s Heroes, M.A.S.H and many others are so funny. It is the politically charged world today where it hard to find good quality stuff, so I say onto you man get a shovel and let’s go digging.
John Banner, a great actor and a wonderful man. He was very much responsible for some of the success of Hogan's Heroes. Sergeant Schultz is a very lovable character. RIP John Banner.
Shultz was probably the smartest guard there. He knew that as long as he did his job and "saw nothing, NOTHING", he would stay at Stalag 13 and away from the dangerous front.
Great vid and a nice tribute to a great actor and a good man. There was one scene that I remember that would have made a nice addition though. It's the one where the prisoners convince Klink that Newkirk needs to be taken into town to get some dental work and Schultz accompanies him. But he stops at a pub to pick up radio parts (the real reason they needed to get out) and he gets Schultz drunk. There are a couple of hilarious scenes in that one.
John Banner, kleary, The Actor who portrayed Burchalter, and the one who portrayed Klink fled their homelands when The Germans started persecuted the Jews. Robert Klary was in a concentration camp.
Klemperer (Klink) was born in Germany, and Banner (Schultz) and Askin (Burchalter) were both born in Austria. Askin's earliest memory of showbiz was reciting a poem to Emperor Franz Joseph during WWI (talk about a blast from the past). All three joined U.S. armed forces to fight in WWII. All the main actors who portrayed the Germans were Jewish, including the American actor Howard Caine who played Hochstetter. I think the Kleary you are referring to is Robert Clary; he didn't flee his homeland but was deported from Paris to a concentration camp in Poland.
what a very talented and funny actor John Banner was. I was introduced to Hogan's heroes by my dad as he was a child when this show was being broadcast. I would have liked if Hogan's heroes had a final episode with the men revealing their operation and the men help Schultz and klink aqquited of any charges.
Actually, there IS an epilogue to the show that tells what happened to everybody. I've forgotten a lot of the details, but here's what I remember: After the Allies arrived to liberate the camp, Hogan invited the secretary to come back to the States with him. They walked out the front gate, together. They ended up getting married. Hogan became a General, working at the Pentagon, but he missed doing missions, and he retired. He eventually became an Ohio Senator. Shortly after the war, he testified that Schultz was a good man; and he went on record saying that Klink "was the hardest, toughest commander in Germany, but remarkably fair." Schultz was freed; Klink served a very brief period in prison (2 or 3 months), then was freed. I don't remember exactly what he did after that, but I believe he became a businessman. Schultz owned a huge toy factory, which he went back to, and became very rich. The most remarkable thing of it all, though, was that Senator Hogan received a package in 1953, from Klink: it had a map, and a book. The map was an (incomplete) map of the tunnels beneath the camp! Klink said he'd been aware of Hogan's operations, but had done nothing because he *opposed* the Nazis. He had presented the *appearance* of being a bumbling fool, in order to avoid having to serve the Nazi agenda. He said that the book was one he had written about his time as Commandant of Stalag 13, and Hogan and his operations featured prominantly in the story. So: everything turned out to have a happy ending for everybody involved. :)
@@whuzzzup I'd be very interested in learning the source of that story too. Seems to me if Klink had been so sharp as to pull the wool over even Hogan's eyes (and presumably over Burkhalter's and Hochstetter's), he would have joined the conspiracy early on.
Klemperer wouldn't have played that. His one condition to doing the show was that Klink and the other krouts couldn't be heroic or win at any time. They had to be foolish bad guys.
I have never seen this show (on account of being a Nigerian) nor am i the age group who did (I'm a millennial😂) but I remember seeing many cartoons that would reference Sergeant Schultz as a klutzy type character and i wanted to see what inspired that. Hogan's heroes looks like a damn good show and the actor who played Schultz looks like a fun and great guy. RIP to him
When it comes to the end of the war, shultz’s trial will consist of him being showered with praise for endlessly supporting the resistance without thought of the consequences for himself. He is truly a good man and would be remembered as the kind hearted toy maker that fought for the liberation of Germany from fascism
I watched an interview with Robert Clary. He said that John Banner was a joy to be around and that he and his wife practically adopted the whole cast. He said she fed them and had them over for supper every chance she got. He said that they were just the sweetest, most sincere people you'd ever meet.
John Banner said in an interview he wasn't overweight until he married his wife. She was such a good cook he put on a lot of weight.
@@rmedley22 I've seen him in an episode of 'The Lone Ranger' where he was much thinner which I think predates Hogan's Heroes so I know you're right. In one of the seasons of Hogan's Heroes he'd actually lost some weight and they padded his clothes to make up the difference. I also heard that his wife would frequently kidnap the cast members in order to feed them and everybody loved both of them like surrogate family. I guess they were just a joy to be around.
Kids of my age knew the tag line "I see nothing."
Poor Schultz! The man JUST wants to get through the war without hurting anyone........
I'm sure many in the German Army we're the same
@@raymondweaver8526 yes thats true but many were nazis and they are bad but i personally love the person schultz
The actor himself agreed with you, John Banner said 'Schultz is not a nazi, in fact he is an example of the goodness in every generation. '
@@thegermanmenofwarchannel9320 Germany was destroyed and humiliated during WWI. The desperation set the possibility for Nazi Germany
... or seeing anything.
My favorite was, “When it comes to war, I try not to take sides”.
Jolly Joker is tops for me. 8-13-2021
My position on the Russia-Ukraine War. Sgt. Schultz was a wise man indeed.
Sergeant Schultz in the middle of the prisoners barracks. I'm as loyal a German as any man in this room..
I like Colonel Hogan if you ever escape be a good fella and take me with you
I wonder if Hogan did at the end.@@taylorlynne8504
John Banner you left us too early, but what you left us gives us joy. R.I.P good man.
Amen.
Amen
Amen ..
Several hundred years would have been too early.
RIP John Banner..RIP Bob Crane.
“Hogan, if you ever escape? Be a good fellow and take me with you!” 😂
The best line of the entire series.
Shultz is the best
From what episode is it may I ask?
One of Schultz best line.
Sure thing, Schultz
John Banner's character of Sgt. Shultz was an important part of this show. He was the cohesive factor that made this show a success. RIP...
Not only that but I think it goes to show something that people often forget and that not everyone who was in the armies of Nazi Germany was on the same level of Hitler and fully believing in the ideals of the SS.
Srg Shultz is a role model to emulate in this sick and twisted world . A happy bubbling toymaker that likes beer and sees no evil.
3:31 “Beer is not important???” 😳
@@crazyman8472 my dad has that attitude when says beer isn't important 🤣
Just like the toymaker in " Chitty Chitty bang bang" played by Benny Hill❤❤
Well, of course he sees no evil. He sees nothing. he didn't evEN GET UP THIS MORNING-
Really the smart way to be
I'm sure someone has probably already noted below, but, interestingly, John Banner, Werner Klemperer, Leon Askin (General Burkhalter) and even Howard Caine (Major Hochstetter) were all Jewish and all served in the U.S. Army during World War II. Much gratitude to all these gentlemen for their talent, comedic brilliance and their service.
Werner was german. Born in Cologne. Banner was Austrian... they became American after birth
@@brandonhanson9412 Howard Caine was also a southern born who played the banjo.
I believe that John Banner was the best choice for this role and I also believe that Shultz is an excellent comedy relief character
I HEARD THEY WERE LAGGING TILL THEY GAVE HIM A FEW MORE LINES THEN PEOPLE WERE TALKING IN HORN& HARDOT'S DINERS WHAT SHULTZ DID!
He was so innocent
💯 % facts
"I see nothing, I was not here, I did not even get up this morning!"
You too, herr commandant?
Epic
my favorite schutz moment "Hogan am to old to parachute jump Hogan im to big to parachute jump"
@@mikesmith-wk7vy "Now that I believe."
My favorite line!
John Banner was so loaded with talent. What a great actor he was. He sure entertained me as a kid.
One thing that a lot of people don't know which, in my opinion makes his character _just that much better_ is that John Banner was extremely intelligent. When he came to America after the fall of Austria, he didn't speak a word of English. At first he'd memorize his lines phonetically. People said he somehow knew the emotion behind the lines despite not understanding what he was saying. Then when he bumped into people without the translator, he started using the lines he memorized to say things in English. They said that after only a few months of that, he simply spoke English. If you look up his roll as a German business man in 'The Lone Ranger', he could speak English with very little accent if he wanted to.
I enjoyed that show too!!😄
@@stephanginther9051, *"I did not know that,"* in my Johnny Carson immitation.
As a child and now still as an adult with a child’s mind.
Gr8 American comedy
My Mom watched HH with us when we were kids, laughed every minute, solid comedy that holds up over decades.
Sgt Shultz.. the everyman, the lover of peace, thrust into a role he did not want. God bless this kind of man.
and THE toy maker.
Well said
I wondered how the real world Shultses voted.
Unlike the movie he done about Nazi death camps
Him, Klink, LeBeau’s actor and a few more actually survived Nazi Germany, fled here a few joined the us military and helped the cause. Afterwards they starred in this show. I find it inspiring how these people escaped the Nazis to get the chance to portray their enemy and as bumbling, overconfident and stupid. That’s the icing on the cake they got to make the Nazis look so stupid it’s one of the most satisfying parts of the show. Godbless the whole cast for giving us all so many nostalgic memories
“And stay out!” John Banner, master of comedic delivery. I loved Schultz.
John Banner said that he had lived in the States so long that he actually started dreaming in English.
It happened to me too, but in Italy. I'm American, but I lived in Italy for a few years as a teen. I knew I'd mastered the language when I started dreaming in Italian.
Considering how many times Schultz turned a blind eye to their exploits(and even helped put on occasion) he was as much one Hogan's "heroes" as any of the POWs.
so true
Easily the best character on the show. Thank you, John Banner. Gone too soon. Rest in peace
Next to Klink and Hogan :)
John Banner such a class act. in 1938 he was lucky enough to be performing in Switzerland when the Nazis annexed his home country of Austria-Hungary and he was able to escape to the United States, he eventually assimilated and eventually started dreaming in English.
Matt Roberts that is unbelievably sad.
@Asher Tye
It is? What exactly, escaping the Nazis or getting used to and well enough to his new home to starting to dream in it's language? To me it sounds he was comparatively lucky.
Austria-Hungary didn't even exist in 1938
@@BufusTurbo92 thanks just Austria THEN
chris younts Also the actor who portrayed General Bulkhalter...
I see NOTHING wrong with this show! Awesome show
Haha nice
😂
Here in Melbourne,Victoria,Australia few years ago they named a harness race horse after Sergeant Schultz famous saying "Iseenothing"...it won some good races and a favourite with punters all around Australia.....May your soul rest in peace John Banner (Sergeant Schultz)
The Russian front was Schultz’s only enemy.
and col klinks too!😄
@@juliebyrne9131 at this camp, we run by the Klink Convention!
Schultz _would have been_ the Russian Front
@@Cjnw, hey how did you get italics to appear in your post?
@@MrJx4000 Use the _ just before the first and last letters. For bold, use * .
Classic comedy. They don't make em like that anymore.
how true, kinda sad really.
The sad thing is when CBS did it's rural purge which included shows like Hogan's, Heroes, Green Acres, The Beverly Hillbillies the shows where still doing very well in terms of ratings. Robert Clary who played Labeau said that Hogan's Heroes could have gone on for another couple of seasons. He said the show would have ended with them being liberated.
with all the SJW tension?
you think they'd allow it?
+The Gun nut
This NAZI with the Hitler mustache was one of the most loved characters on television in the '60s.
Even after the "Holocaust" programming began in 1978, people still loved Sergeant Schultz.
All shit humor and pussy jokes nothing wholesome and nothing silly
I have always thought that Schultz actually did know everything that was going on and was secretly helping them the whole time by “seeing, hearing, and knowing NOTHING!”
I think it was also a matter of self preservation. If it was known that he knew of Hogan's shenanigans, the Nazis would have done awful things to Schultz.
Recently, actually just within the past few minutes to be exact, I got the same impression. Sergeant Schultz never wanted to be a participant in the German Army during World War 2. He actually came across, as privately being on the side of Colonel Hogan and his men. He could be bribed very easily, and I personally think that he went along with them, partly out of a weakness for what they bribed him with, but also because he hated War, and may have actually wanted to see the Allies win the War! He had to pretend that he was an enemy, but he wasn't, really. He got along with the Men of Colonel Hogan's company, far better than he did Colonel Klink! For all we know, he may have actually hated Colonel Klink, hated the German Uniform, hated the German Army, and who knows what else!
Yes, and as others have said, he knew the score and how the wind was blowing.. Also, I always suspected he believed it was better to be made a fool of, than to be believed to be by his superiors if he reported it.. Knowing Hogan was always 3 steps ahead of him..
@@ronaldshank7589 there is one episode that he stated being a social democrat...
has was never a nazi or bought the nazi idea... he was just a german conscripted to serve... never really loyal...
Right. He wasn't seeing atrocities being committed and saying "I see nothing!" as so many did. He is siding with the good guys.
I have referred to Sergeant Schultz so many times my mom thought he was a Sergeant in the army with me. In a way he was my first Sergeant who taught me it is wise to ignore certain behaviors (in the civilian world).
You missed the classic :
Colonel Klink: Who is running this camp, Hogan or me, sometimes I wonder.
Sgt Schultz: me too!
There was another where he is talking to Hochstetter and tells him that Colonel Hogan ordered him to....and Hochstetter interrupts him saying "Hogan!?!?, since when is he running this camp? Schultz says 'uhh...two years ago...I think in November` LOL...classic!
I vaguely recall an episode where a US Army belt buckle ("US" on the buckle) was discovered outside Stalag 13, and Klink, showing the badge to Schultz, was struggling to make him understand its significance. Pardon the very rough paraphrasing here; it's been many years:
Klink: "Do you know what this means?!"
Schultz: "Unten sowden?"
Klink: "No! It's in English!"
Schultz: "Us?"
Klink: "Nooo!"
@@hlcepeda I know exactly what you are talking about and you're right, it was very funny! But it was a button that said U.S. and it was major hochstetter who brought it & showed Klink. Klink was the one who said those lines you quoted and then Schultz came in and when asked what it said, replied "us". Lol
@@canuck_gamer3359 You've destroyed my childhood memory!!! 😊 Thanks!
lol..sorry man I didn't mean to do that!!! I was impressed that you remembered it as well as you did! I'm sure you can watch the episode online, all we have to do is find out which episode it was and then find it!
We needed more Laughter in this Negative World. Thank you Sgt. Schultz Rest in Peace Mr. Banner.
"Beer is not important?" Love that.
im like wait!? did they say beer? hehe shultz rocked it!
Sergeant Shultz-America's all-time favorite enemy character.
With enemies like him, who needs friends?
After Klink of course :)
The Shultz Brigade !
John Banner you left us too early but you gave us so much joy. This show was before my time but as a German American, my dad introduced it to me, I see nothing I hear nothing I know NOTHING!
I can't believe he died before I was even born! I grew up on this in the 80s, everyone knows Schultz.. everyone
Hogan leaving and Schultz yelling; “And stay out” always cracks me up laughing. One of the best shows made, and I love the fact that all the German actors were of Jewish descent.
Shultz was the heart of the show. He was the reason I watched it as a kid.
People still say “I know NOTHING; I hear NOTHING!” today, including me.
I too say that sometimes. I'll never be able to master the way Schultz says it though.
I want it on a t-shirt with Schultz on the back
hebneh - me too, I often see and know nothing. He taught me at a young age, haha.
That's so true
YEAH AND 80% KNOW WHO IT BELONG'S TOO! THAT'S EVERLASTING!
Schultz in his helmet....I love it. I read years ago that he always knew his lines. First take every time.
That's impossible, he knows NO-THING!
@@caitlinhanson8631 John Banner was a veteran stage actor. They always have to know their lines.
@@amadeusamwater you missed the joke...
It's almost like Shultz knew about everything they were doing and either didn't care or didn't want to deal with it
it's not that he didn't care or deal with it, he did nothing because he new Klink would have sent him to the Russian front.
I think he cared, but he didn't want to rock the boat and he didn't much care for the Nazis. I expect like a lot of Germans at the time he was secretly shocked and appalled at what his country was doing, felt powerless to do anything about it, and just did what he had to so he could survive the war.
As often happens in sitcoms, his character evolved over time. At first he was unaware what was happening under his nose, but towards the end it was apparent he was quite aware but looked the other way. His attitude towards his wife also changed. Sometimes he is shown as a loving husband, other times he talks disparaging of his wife, and at other moments he is shown womanizing in town.
That's the joke.
Schultz wasn’t an idiot. Before the war, he owned the biggest toy company in Germany. I think he knew what was happening, didn’t want any part of it, and was just trying not to get sent to the Russian front
Died too young. 63 years old. What a shame. He was comic gold!
Simply the BEST, this man was the STAR of the SHOW! RIP, always remembered.
I just started watching HH in 2021. This guy was magic!
Shultz was awarded a medal for his treatment of POW's and his toy company had a major buisness expansion to the U.S. where the boys helped him reopen the shop.
My favorite character.I can quote every line in these scenes.
Schultz is ideal senior management material
V Cab profoundly accurate 👍👍👍
This show got me through some rough times.....still a good laugh after all these years..... :)
Schultz was like a big teddy bear; I always wondered what John Banner was like in real life. Loved his character.
Yes thats exactly what i thougt
I've read that he was in a concentration camp, really
The cast of this show said (I think it was him) that he and he wife were like the cast's godparents, always really kind
I read an online story that months before he died he was waiting at an airport for a flight. He was recognized and drew a crowd. He was extra pleasant, signed autographs and told stories until it was time for his flight.
@@The_Dudester My dad told me not long ago that Schultz is his favorite character, because he was probably the most realistic of them all. He didn't want to be there, he just wanted to go home with his wife and eat :)
I like the episode where Schultz handed Carter his rifle so he could tie his boot and then started to walk away without it Carter reminded him of it and Schultz told him don’t worry the rifle wasn’t loaded
Banner served in the U.S. Army during World War 2
He kept Hermann Göring at bay😛
I know NOTHSING!!
How 'bout a candy bar Schultz?
NOW I know sumpting!
Sgt. Schultz - God Bless... He Made the Show - What it is Today...Wonderful Cast...
My favorite character, loved him in that role. R.I.P. John Banner. You gave us many laughs & memories.
Oh Schultzy, you may be the sadistic, tough as nails Sergeant of the Guard for the roughest and most inhumane stalag in all of Germany, but I just want to hug ya, ya big ol' teddy bear.
i got extremely sick and tired of comedy shows these days because its all shit so when i was 10 my dad gave me Gilligan island, hogans heroes, maxwell smart and M*A*S*H*.... i will never ever look back
Shacker Slade Since you love all of the old shows, you will be doing nothing but looking back.
I think one thing we can all agree on about WWII, the Germans did have the best looking uniforms. John Banner was a national treasure. Amazing that someone who was affected by the War would play the part. All the man wanted was to make it through the war in one piece.
So much love for this show and Schultz.. 🖤
One of my dad's favourite shows right here
Always loved Shultz. The best comedic counterpoint.
The 'I see NOTHING' part might confuse younger people but that was so brilliant. They had him tied into their schemes just enough to where if he ratted them out, he'd be shot right along side them. So he literally HAD to cover for them to save his own skin.
One of the greatest fighting man i have ever seen.. Old eagle eyes will never miss a trick. Thanls for the good time.. Shalom. A good man. Shalom...😁😁
See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil, Shultz you are the exact definition
Remember when we could still laugh at ourselves.
The scenes with the dogs, is always a "Crack Up"!! "Say Hello To Your Uncle Schultzie"!! And the dog would growl at him, and he would have the most frightened look on his face!! A classic scene, because "Cujo" hated him, but would lick Le Beau's face!! A real crack up!!
There was one scene where Schultz looks into a car and his reaction when he saw LeBeau was the driver was priceless. Been looking all over and couldn't find it.
what a good actor, miss him
Sgt. Schultz was one of John Banner's few comic roles. For most of his career, he played dramatic character roles and even heavies on occassion, including a turn as Ernst Rohm! A versatile actor, indeed.
Ernst Rohm?
One of the main architects of the Holocaust.
Even as sgt Schultz he played Herman Goering (Fat Herman go home)
How this entire series isn't on a streaming service is a TRAGEDY.
I SEE NOTHING!!! I KNOW NOTHING!!!
He really was an amazing actor ✊ who thinks of all he did with those lines!
Shultz loved his strudel and potato pancakes.
Ah Le Beau, you're a better cook than my wife....you're also better looking.
The actor who portrayed Le Beau was a concentration survivor
EW yes I know I am the one that told you that.
Schultz: "Lebeau...you would make a good German!"
LeBeau: "Well...maybe in the next war!"
I love this show, its so hard to find good humor in shows today but this is comedy gold
Same here, I watch some with my parents and I figured why doesn’t I give these a try. Seinfeld, Hogan’s Heroes, M.A.S.H and many others are so funny. It is the politically charged world today where it hard to find good quality stuff, so I say onto you man get a shovel and let’s go digging.
Beer is not important?
I can store it in my baraks!
chemp231 beer is not important
They misspoke. Beer is always important!!🍺🍺🍺
@@chemp231 What great initiative...!
In many games, beer is used to increase morale.
Shultz was the best part of this. Him and Klink.
Col. Hogan was just leaving. Shultz turns to him and shakes his hand lmao.
Klink and Schultz where my favorite characters on the show
Once a great philosopher says..
I see nothing, I hear nothing, I know nothing..
H.G. Schultz
"I see nothing! I hear nothing! I KNOW nothing!!"
Sgt. Schultz's signature lines, making him the smartest fellow in Stalag 13!
was the best on tv in New Zealand back in 1968
Loved this clips, laughed so much! Schultz was my favorite and LeBeau is my 2nd favorite.
"Wait, commandant! I think my driver’s license has expired!”
-Sargent Shultz's excuse not to drive a car
Source quote: Season 5, Episode 25
"I'll have schultz walking around the camp to look for the tunnel"
"What if the tunnel is really deep?"
"Schultz is heavier than the tunnel is deep!"
My Dad loved this show and Shultz was his favorite
I feel your Dad
Same. Scultz was Dads fav. My fav too.
Same.
Is there anyone whose favorite is not Schultz?
@@whuzzzup well all those whose favorites are Klink, Burkhalter, Hochstetter or Hogan. :)
John Banner, a great actor and a wonderful man. He was very much responsible for some of the success of Hogan's Heroes. Sergeant Schultz is a very lovable character. RIP John Banner.
"Schultz! you Dumphkoff! --Commandant Klink
You forgot the one when they had the wedding for the French fighter pilot and Shultz was bawling his eyes out. hahaha
Shultz was probably the smartest guard there. He knew that as long as he did his job and "saw nothing, NOTHING", he would stay at Stalag 13 and away from the dangerous front.
Great vid and a nice tribute to a great actor and a good man. There was one scene that I remember that would have made a nice addition though. It's the one where the prisoners convince Klink that Newkirk needs to be taken into town to get some dental work and Schultz accompanies him. But he stops at a pub to pick up radio parts (the real reason they needed to get out) and he gets Schultz drunk. There are a couple of hilarious scenes in that one.
yesss! isnt that where they push schultzie in a wheelbarrow and hes singing and waving his arms?😂
Haha yeah, Newkirk spikes his beer with a bunch of whiskey.... great episode
@@juliebyrne9131 Yes that's the one! Very funny scenes from what I remember as a very good episode.
one of my favorite comedy shows of all time
John Banner, kleary, The Actor who portrayed Burchalter, and the one who portrayed Klink fled their homelands when The Germans started persecuted the Jews. Robert Klary was in a concentration camp.
Klemperer (Klink) was born in Germany, and Banner (Schultz) and Askin (Burchalter) were both born in Austria. Askin's earliest memory of showbiz was reciting a poem to Emperor Franz Joseph during WWI (talk about a blast from the past). All three joined U.S. armed forces to fight in WWII. All the main actors who portrayed the Germans were Jewish, including the American actor Howard Caine who played Hochstetter. I think the Kleary you are referring to is Robert Clary; he didn't flee his homeland but was deported from Paris to a concentration camp in Poland.
I exchanged a few emails with Robert Clary back in about 2008 Didn't talk about anything profound but it was an honor, all the same.
@@deafmusician2 EMAILS?? Oh how I'd love to do that
What a treasure he was.
John Banner was a great actor. He should have won Emmys.
what a very talented and funny actor John Banner was. I was introduced to Hogan's heroes by my dad as he was a child when this show was being broadcast. I would have liked if Hogan's heroes had a final episode with the men revealing their operation and the men help Schultz and klink aqquited of any charges.
No telling how long this show would have lasted had Robert Crane not been murdered. So tragic and unfortunate that he met such a horrible death.
Actually, there IS an epilogue to the show that tells what happened to everybody. I've forgotten a lot of the details, but here's what I remember:
After the Allies arrived to liberate the camp, Hogan invited the secretary to come back to the States with him. They walked out the front gate, together. They ended up getting married. Hogan became a General, working at the Pentagon, but he missed doing missions, and he retired. He eventually became an Ohio Senator.
Shortly after the war, he testified that Schultz was a good man; and he went on record saying that Klink "was the hardest, toughest commander in Germany, but remarkably fair." Schultz was freed; Klink served a very brief period in prison (2 or 3 months), then was freed. I don't remember exactly what he did after that, but I believe he became a businessman. Schultz owned a huge toy factory, which he went back to, and became very rich.
The most remarkable thing of it all, though, was that Senator Hogan received a package in 1953, from Klink: it had a map, and a book.
The map was an (incomplete) map of the tunnels beneath the camp! Klink said he'd been aware of Hogan's operations, but had done nothing because he *opposed* the Nazis. He had presented the *appearance* of being a bumbling fool, in order to avoid having to serve the Nazi agenda. He said that the book was one he had written about his time as Commandant of Stalag 13, and Hogan and his operations featured prominantly in the story.
So: everything turned out to have a happy ending for everybody involved. :)
@@basilthomas7607 Do you have any source? I googled a bit but cannot find anything. Sounds interesting though.
@@whuzzzup I'd be very interested in learning the source of that story too. Seems to me if Klink had been so sharp as to pull the wool over even Hogan's eyes (and presumably over Burkhalter's and Hochstetter's), he would have joined the conspiracy early on.
Klemperer wouldn't have played that. His one condition to doing the show was that Klink and the other krouts couldn't be heroic or win at any time. They had to be foolish bad guys.
Schultz we will always love you
Schultz was great he knew where the tunnel was and everything he never told on them
Love all the cast. RIP to all of them
I have never seen this show (on account of being a Nigerian) nor am i the age group who did (I'm a millennial😂) but I remember seeing many cartoons that would reference Sergeant Schultz as a klutzy type character and i wanted to see what inspired that. Hogan's heroes looks like a damn good show and the actor who played Schultz looks like a fun and great guy. RIP to him
Schultz would make toys besides being a draftee. One more reason to love that jolly German!
I love it when Sergeant Schultz salutes the commandant and says happy birthday at 4:56
My favorite character!
He was just a great actor he was gone too soon miss him out here
"Do you want to know what we're really doing?"
"No."
Bless this man. For he knows nothing.
My favorite TV idol!
Love Hogan's Heroes! U gotta love Schultz: I see nothing! I know nothing! I hear nothing!
Sgt Schultz's catchphrase has led what I call "The Schultz Approach" where I just back away from a situation and try to forget about it.
When it comes to the end of the war, shultz’s trial will consist of him being showered with praise for endlessly supporting the resistance without thought of the consequences for himself. He is truly a good man and would be remembered as the kind hearted toy maker that fought for the liberation of Germany from fascism
He played the best role extremely talented..............