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Posted
4 hours ago, radar said:

That Hogan had very sad demise after promising early career. 

Still unsolved 

Having Testicular Cancer and his Father dying in the one year is fairly solid evidence 

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42 minutes ago, Sir Why You Little said:

Having Testicular Cancer and his Father dying in the one year is fairly solid evidence 

I think he means Bob Crane (played Hogan on Hogans Heros TV show). He was bashed to death mysteriously.

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22 minutes ago, Left Foot Snap said:

I think he means Bob Crane (played Hogan on Hogans Heros TV show). He was bashed to death mysteriously.

Ya, found by actress from Box Hill no less.  Apology accepted. 

I mean no ill will to our Jesse other than I hope OMac gets 3 votes on him when play Freo. 

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1 hour ago, Left Foot Snap said:

I think he means Bob Crane (played Hogan on Hogans Heros TV show). He was bashed to death mysteriously.

Oh yes Bob Crane had a very shady life outside of acting. 

 

Posted
3 minutes ago, Moonshadow said:

Watch the film Auto Focus

I will. Have seen some clips of it years ago

Still love Hogan’s Heroes though

Klink (who was actually Jewish) made the show a classic

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1 hour ago, Sir Why You Little said:

Oh yes Bob Crane had a very shady life outside of acting. 

 

You mean he was gay when it wasn't socially acceptable and he had to hide it in Hollywood like others, and the stress of this led him along the path of drug and drink problems?


Posted
5 minutes ago, Satyriconhome said:

You mean he was gay when it wasn't socially acceptable and he had to hide it in Hollywood like others, and the stress of this led him along the path of drug and drink problems?

About 90% of Hollywood was Gay back then, but yes the outside world didn’t want to know. 

 

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10 minutes ago, Satyriconhome said:

You mean he was gay when it wasn't socially acceptable and he had to hide it in Hollywood like others, and the stress of this led him along the path of drug and drink problems?

Maybe, but I believe he was also a womaniser with a keen interest in photography and video, if you know what I mean

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14 minutes ago, Sir Why You Little said:

I will. Have seen some clips of it years ago

Still love Hogan’s Heroes though

Klink (who was actually Jewish) made the show a classic

Klink was the son of one of the great Conductors, Otto Klemperer. As we say in Germany, Vat a conductor!!!!!

 

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24 minutes ago, Satyriconhome said:

You mean he was gay when it wasn't socially acceptable and he had to hide it in Hollywood like others, and the stress of this led him along the path of drug and drink problems?

I remember watching a doco about him late last year. He left his wife of 20 years and had an affair with a co star. But he was also a big womanizer who made a lot of home made pornography with many women.

He definitely was no angel. Indulged in a few dodgy activities which had nothing to do with his homosexuality. 

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16 minutes ago, Moonshadow said:

Maybe, but I believe he was also a womaniser with a keen interest in photography and video, if you know what I mean

That was more of the line of thinking i had. 

Posted
14 minutes ago, dieter said:

Klink was the son of one of the great Conductors, Otto Klemperer. As we say in Germany, Vat a conductor!!!!!

 

Conductors are incredible when they are working hard, listening and projecting to an 88 piece Orchestra. 

Like a top snooker player they have to be thinking 2-3 bars ahead all the time, as well as the actual moment 

Posted
40 minutes ago, Sir Why You Little said:

Conductors are incredible when they are working hard, listening and projecting to an 88 piece Orchestra. 

Like a top snooker player they have to be thinking 2-3 bars ahead all the time, as well as the actual moment 

Otto was one of the greats, along with Furtwangler and a Yakka Dude called Kurt Sanderling, another Jewish German who went to Russia instead of Hollywood and came back to Berlin in 1960. If you like so-called 'classical music' check these three out. 

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Posted (edited)
4 minutes ago, dieter said:

Otto was one of the greats, along with Furtwangler and a Yakka Dude called Kurt Sanderling, another Jewish German who went to Russia instead of Hollywood and came back to Berlin in 1960. If you like so-called 'classical music' check these three out. 

The Sydney Conductor who guested on “Spi.cks and Specks” many times, he died last year. I met him a few times at work, absolute top bloke. He made me understand what a Conductor is actually doing

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Posted (edited)
3 minutes ago, Sir Why You Little said:

The Sydney Conductor who guested on “[censored] and Specks” many times, he died last year. I met him a few times at work, absolute top bloke. He made me understand what a Conductor is actually doing

I know the guy you mean: Richard Gill. Great musician.

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Posted (edited)
4 minutes ago, dieter said:

I know the guy you mean: Richard Gill. Great musician.

Yes that’s the man. His passion for music and life in general was so infectious 

he loved being on “Spi.cks” (don’t know why the word “Spicks” is Censored!!! :) 

And now it isn’t!! Haha 

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1 hour ago, dieter said:

Otto was one of the greats, along with Furtwangler and a Yakka Dude called Kurt Sanderling, another Jewish German who went to Russia instead of Hollywood and came back to Berlin in 1960. If you like so-called 'classical music' check these three out. 

otto had a cousin victor, author of "i shall bear witness" who survived the bombing of dresden and in the confusion and destruction of that, was able to avoid imminent deportation to a concentration camp and thus survived till the end of the war

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2 hours ago, Sir Why You Little said:

Klink (who was actually Jewish) made the show a classic

John Banner (Shultz), Leon Askin (General Burkhalter) and Robert Clary (LeBeau) were other cast members who were born Jewish, the latter having been liberated from Buchenwald.

Side notes: 

- When Klemperer was approached to play Colonel Klink, he agreed to do it only if the writers made Klink an idiot.

- The scar on Askin’s face came from being beaten while in the custody of the SS. And, as a little boy, he performed in front of Franz Joseph, Emperor of Austria-Hungary.

- Banner posed for U.S. Military recruiting posters during the war.

- Clary was the youngest of 14 children, and is the only major cast member still living.

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42 minutes ago, Whispering_Jack said:

John Banner (Shultz), Leon Askin (General Burkhalter) and Robert Clary (LeBeau) were other cast members who were born Jewish, the latter having been liberated from Buchenwald.

Side notes: 

- When Klemperer was approached to play Colonel Klink, he agreed to do it only if the writers made Klink an idiot.

- The scar on Askin’s face came from being beaten while in the custody of the SS. And, as a little boy, he performed in front of Franz Joseph, Emperor of Austria-Hungary.

- Banner posed for U.S. Military recruiting posters during the war.

- Clary was the youngest of 14 children, and is the only major cast member still living.

Thanks for that WJ

I knew about Klemperer only doing it on that condition. 

The rest i didn’t know

”13 days in the cooler”.....

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It's like an abstract quiz: how do you thematically get from Jesse Hogan to Victor Furtwangler in four steps via homosexuality in Hollywood and the television show Spicks & Specks?

Next challenge: Victor Furtwangler back to Jesse Hogan via Spongebob Squarepants and a block of cheddar cheese.
 

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Posted
3 minutes ago, Skuit said:

It's like an abstract quiz: how do you thematically get from Jesse Hogan to Victor Furtwangler in four steps via homosexuality in Hollywood and the television show Spicks & Specks?

Next challenge: Victor Furtwangler back to Jesse Hogan via Spongebob Squarepants and a block of cheddar cheese.
 

It was a good diversion. I was waiting for a comment Skuit!!

Posted
On 2/3/2019 at 7:49 PM, Sir Why You Little said:

No. I am actually serious. There was a huge Roman Bath in there that lasted until around the mid 90’s. 

I went there a few times after a night shift. 

It was brilliant!!

 

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What about F Troop and Sgt Bilko? Any interesting history there?

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