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Honey?

What's wrong?

Why do we have shady magazines

hidden in our garage?

Those? Those are...

- You know, photography magazines.

- Gent? Caught?

I'm a photo nut, Annie, so...

Nature Girls 1965?

They're harmless.

- No wonder you never look at me.

- Would you stop that?

Listen, I'm out the door every morning

at 5:
30. I'm not home until after dark.

You see how hard I'm working?

- Are you seeing another woman?

- Absolutely not.

I want those magazines

out of the house.

Yeah, I'll throw them away.

- I've seen them before. I just ignored it.

- All right, I get the message.

Bad enough I've gotta hide them

like some teenager.

Well, what did you have in mind?

Putting them on the coffee table

for our guests to see?

I apologize.

- Maybe we should see Father Donnelly.

- No, it's our business.

Family business.

We'll keep it at home.

You're never home. I just thought

when you started shooting Hogan's...

...that this would change things.

- It will, darling. Trust me. It will.

Hogan's Heroes premiered

September 17, 1965...

...8:
30 on Friday night.

When the Nielsen ratings

were released...

...Hogan's, out of 98 prime-time shows,

finished number five.

Of the new shows,

it was number one.

I've always had

an extraordinary amount of luck.

Being in the right place

at the right time.

There was some controversy

the first few months, but it died away.

Mondays we blocked the show.

Tuesdays we did exteriors.

Wednesdays and Thursdays

we did interiors.

Friday we'd have a table reading

of the next week's script.

Weekends we called each other

and went over everything. I loved it.

Give me a vacation,

and three days later I'm going crazy.

Not another power outage.

No, sir. I'm installing Richard's

new high-fidelity unit.

- In his trailer here?

- I can wire anything.

- Yeah?

- You got a second?

Let me show you something.

I designed this myself. Listen.

Pretty groovy, huh?

- I'm Bob Crane.

- John. John Carpenter.

Well, I've never been much into hi-fi.

- Photography's always been my thing.

- I'm with you.

If you like photography,

you'll love VTRs.

- "VTRs"?

- Videotape recorders.

Magnetic coding, like audio tape.

Same principle, only with pictures.

Sony, Ampex, Panasonic,

they're all developing VTRs.

- Hi, Bob.

- Hey, Robert. So this is like your...?

I sort of freelance.

I work with Sonycom from Japan...

...helping them introduce

helical-scan VTRs.

I sold Dawson the third VTR

in the U.S.

- Sold one to LBJ, Elvis.

- Yeah?

Showed him how to use it. Nice cat.

Back in 15 minutes, Bob.

Shoot, gotta run.

- Nice meeting you.

- All right.

Carpenter.

- "FBI."

- Full-blooded Indian.

Well, actually, half-blooded.

Here, take my card.

Dawson and I are hooking up

over at Salome's later...

...if you want to come and join us.

- I actually prom...

- You'd like it. It's a nice joint.

- House band. Strippers.

- Well...

Hey, mate. How's it coming?

You're all set up, big daddy.

Eight watts of pumping power.

Hear that? I just got

the best bloody hi-fi on this lot.

I gotta run.

Salome's.

- Colonel! How's it hanging?

- Can't complain.

Glad you could make it.

Richard. I brought you

a call sheet for tomorrow.

I already got one.

Let me get you something to drink.

- I'll have a grapefruit juice.

- Come on, Bob, don't be such a prick.

Miss Kitty.

Miss Kitty! Let's give her a big

Hollywood hand, ladies and gentlemen.

We'll take a break,

let the band drain their nozzles...

...so be right back.

Terrific dancer, baby.

I love what you do.

- Colonel Hogan?

- Can we help you?

- You want an autograph?

- Yeah, sure, thanks. Okay.

My name's Nickie D.

I'm the drummer here.

You're on that show too, aren't you?

You play the British guy.

I used to listen to your show every

morning back when I had a real job.

Was that really you

playing the drums on the radio?

- Sure it was. You think I was faking?

- You did a lot of kidding.

Not about that.

You want to sit in?

As a special treat,

sitting in on drums...

...Colonel Robert Hogan from the hit

TV series Hogan's Heroes, Bob Crane!

Come on, let's hear it!

Kommandant, bring out

the little strudel. What do you say?

Come on! Angela, from Lubbock!

Thanks for meeting me like this, Father.

It must seem unusual.

Not at all.

We haven't seen you in a while.

I'm sorry. I'll be at Mass tomorrow

with Anne and the kids.

This TV show,

you wouldn't believe the hours.

Don't be so hard on yourself.

Everybody's life has its unique

demands. I'm glad you called.

- Thank you.

- So, what's on your mind?

Just the show, you know.

We work late.

When you get off,

you're all sort of jazzed up.

So I've been playing my drums,

you know, just to sort of wind down.

I've been playing

at various, you know...

...strip clubs.

Joints.

Would you be more comfortable

in the confessional?

Just wanted to talk.

Of course. Of course.

So does Anne know?

About the clubs? No.

No, but I think

it's obvious I've been...

I can't believe it!

...coming home later.

Mr. Crane, I am such a fan.

- I just wondered, could l...?

- A picture together? You bet.

And your name is?

- Oh, I forgot.

- You forgot your name?

- Not that. Julie.

- Julie, all right.

Right over here. "Schmile."

- There you go.

- Thank you.

Okay. Thank you.

Sorry about that, Father.

Where were we?

You and Anne.

It's not easy to resist temptation.

One has to remove oneself

from the occasion of sin.

You can't keep...

Listen. I know several musicians.

We play from time to time.

I'm no Bill Evans,

but I can keep up on keyboard.

Maybe we should

play together sometime.

After work.

Thank you. Yeah, that's...

It's a good idea.

- I love what you do.

- Thank you.

Bob? Bob.

That was great.

You don't remember, do you?

I'll give you a hint.

- Carpenter. John Carpenter.

- Right.

- How are they hanging?

- Pretty tight, my man.

I've been looking for you.

This is John Carpenter.

He's like the James Bond

of video nuts.

Anybody wants the new stuff,

they gotta talk to him. This is Elaine.

- What a pretty name.

- Thank you.

- And Emily.

- Pleasure.

So, what's happening?

Where's the action tonight?

We were talking about grabbing

a bite to eat over at Arthur J's.

No, no, no, let's go to my pad.

You wouldn't believe this new equipment

they sent me. It'll blow your mind.

Light hits this layer and stores

a charged density pattern on it...

...which is scanned with an electron

beam. So the resulting signal...

...is sent by cable

to where it's recorded on tape.

The helical-scan method of the VTR

issues proper magnetic coding...

...so picture quality is always secure.

- I've never seen anything like this.

- Of course not.

That's the point. It's a prototype.

- That stereo over there.

- Yeah?

- Does it play music?

- Of course.

- Tonight?

- Of course.

Do you got any jazz?

- Name it.

- You got Procol Harum?

- I got Four Tops.

- Close enough.

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