A disagreeable Russian pilot wants to escape, but refuses to go first to London. He wants to head east to Mother Russia.A disagreeable Russian pilot wants to escape, but refuses to go first to London. He wants to head east to Mother Russia.A disagreeable Russian pilot wants to escape, but refuses to go first to London. He wants to head east to Mother Russia.
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- TriviaIgor proves he is Russian by reflexively, and vehemently, claiming a Russian invented the telephone. In Star Trek in the 1960s there was a running gag with the character Chekov claiming everything was invented by Russians. In the real world, in the Cold War 1960s, the Soviet government competed with the technologically advanced West by claiming to have invented all advances in technology.
- GoofsWhen Sgt. Schultz returns to the barracks to count the men for the third time, Sgt. Kinchloe can be plainly seen sitting at the table. He's still sitting there playing with a deck of cards and laughing when Sgt. Schultz opens the door and leaves at approx 11:13. Almost as soon as the door shuts behind him, the camera flips to the right of Sgt. Kinchloe (which is also the right side of the room) and at approx 11:15, Sgt. Kinchloe is seen suddenly coming up out of the secret entrance to the tunnels hidden in the bunk beds. He was supposed to have been checking on the Russian pilot, Igor Grygorovich Piotkin. Two seconds wasn't enough time for him to even finish laughing and close his mouth let alone get up and go down into the tunnels yet there he is coming out of there just like magic.
Update: This is a problem with watching a broadcast version of this episode. In order to make room for as many commercials as possible, the episode has been edited. In the full version, at 11:34/5 (after Schultz has left the barracks), Hogan tells Kinchloe to go get Igor (who is down in the tunnel). At 11:36, Kinchloe exits to the right, heading toward the tunnel entrance. At 11:40, the sound of the tunnel entrance opening is heard while Newkirk says, "He's not gonna settle for anything less than Russia." The tunnel entrance reaching its full open position is heard when Newkirk says the word 'Russia'. At 11:44, Kinchloe (off camera) is heard saying, "Colonel." At 11:45, there is a cut to Kinchloe in the tunnel entrance, coming up the ladder, saying, "He's gone." It is possible that Kinchloe could get down into the tunnel, discover Igor gone, and come up the ladder in 4 seconds, as Kinchloe has often dropped into the tunnel from the barracks without using the ladder.
- Crazy creditsActor Felice Orlandi plays, and has played, Maurice Dubois. In this episode, Hogan rightfully calls him Dubois. Yet the closing credits read "Maurice Dubay."
- ConnectionsReferences The Russians Are Coming the Russians Are Coming (1966)
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This show seemed to drag at times.
The German have shot down a Russian plane and the pilot, Igor Piotkin, has been brought to Hogan by the underground. But this Russian is ill-tempered as he wants to return to Russia even before Hogan can get all the plans worked out.
But with a little skill on the telephone, Hogan gets Klink to believe that the Russian is a deserter from the German army. With hopes of Klink sending him to the Russian front, exactly where he wants to go.
Even though this was a fresh script, the production did not fair well on the screen. It just did not have the flair that most others episode offer and at time seemed to drag. Other than Klink sending out the guards to look for the Russian, there was not much comedy in this show. Not one of the better offerings.
But with a little skill on the telephone, Hogan gets Klink to believe that the Russian is a deserter from the German army. With hopes of Klink sending him to the Russian front, exactly where he wants to go.
Even though this was a fresh script, the production did not fair well on the screen. It just did not have the flair that most others episode offer and at time seemed to drag. Other than Klink sending out the guards to look for the Russian, there was not much comedy in this show. Not one of the better offerings.
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- kfo9494
- Sep 26, 2014
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