Monty Python got some good alliterative mileage out of that term in their movie “And Now For Something Completely Different.” One sequence in the movie is a fake WWII British newsreel, in black and white, with suitably bombastic narration that includes the opening line “Yes, the war against the Hun continues – and as Britian’s brave boys battle against the Boche…” By the standards of genuine WWII newsreels, that’s actually not as over-the-top as it sounds to modern ears. And during a real WWII deception operation, the fake letter from General Nye to General Alexander which was the centrepiece of the “Mincemeat” disinformation scheme used such phrases as “We have had recent information that the Boche have been reinforcing and strengthening their defences in Greece and Crete…”
Watched Stalag 17(1953)Timeframe : Battle of the Bulge
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The movie mentions some of the events/problems of the BotB
Freaky Flashbacks
- Didn’t recall that Stalag 17 had a Sg. Schultz
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- Wonder if that is where they got the Sgt. Schultz idea for the Hogan’s Heros TV series. –"I know nothing! I know nothing.!"
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- Also noted a mousey German Private with spectacles in a coupla scenes.
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- Anyone recall Arty Johnson of the TV series Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In fame. He occassionally portrayed a WWII German Private whose main comment vas, “Veeeery interesting!” This is the character I believe he based his Nazi on.
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- Peter Graves, the second leader of the Mission : Impossible IMF(Impossible Missions Force) was the the sneaky Nazi spy in this movie. I wonder if it affected his career. I do not recall him in much of anything else between S17 and M:I.
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I have this movie. Its got alot of the same characters from the show. Its quite funny as well except when the Nazi informant gets shot by the Germans by accident.
I like Hogans Heros better i got seasons 1-4 on DVD
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Seen it many times. I do believe that I remember reading somewhere a long time ago that the show was based on this movie, at least in part.
Rob.
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Yep it was pretty much like the movie, characters and all.