To get an Italian officer to defect, the Heroes use pizza to tempt him.To get an Italian officer to defect, the Heroes use pizza to tempt him.To get an Italian officer to defect, the Heroes use pizza to tempt him.
Joe E. Tata
- Tony Garlotti
- (as Joey Tata)
Jon Cedar
- Cpl. Langenscheidt
- (as John Cedar)
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- TriviaHogan repeatedly jokes about the German-Italian relationship. Even when they were allies Hitler believed Italy to be beneath them. Italy surrendered to the allies on 9/3/43 and then declared war on Germany on 10/13/43 placing this particular show before 9/1943.
- GoofsDuring communications with the sub, when the sub captain says, "May I ask: What for?" the radio operator in the background seems to fall asleep, as his eyes are closed and his head drops.
- Quotes
Cpl. Langenscheidt: The mess sergeant would like to know what you and your guest would like for dinner.
Major Bonacelli: [speaks Italian] Antipasto, minestrone, pasta al dente.
[Langenscheidt nods]
Col. Wilhelm Klink: Langenscheidt! We will have potato soup, boiled potatoes, potato pancakes, sauerkraut, and sauerbraten.
Cpl. Langenscheidt: Ja, Herr Kommandant.
[he leaves]
Col. Robert E. Hogan: [to Bonacelli] Bon appetit.
[Bonacelli looks nauseated]
- ConnectionsReferenced in Hogan's Heroes: The Return of Major Bonacelli (1969)
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One Pizza with Realpolitik Toppings to Go, Please
Although writer Arthur Julian's lively script is given over to comical situations, "The Pizza Parlor" is premised upon real-world context rarely addressed in "Hogan's Heroes," namely, the relationship between Nazi Germany and its European Axis partner Italy, which sundered when the tide turned against the Axis during World War Two. By late 1943, when the Allies, having successfully invaded Sicily, were poised to invade mainland Italy, Italy capitulated. This resulted in Italy declaring war on its erstwhile ally Nazi Germany while, for their part, the Germans invaded and occupied northern Italy.
All of which is backstory for the arrival of Major Bonacelli (Hans Conreid), commandant of an Italian prisoner-of-war camp, at Stalag 13, where Colonel Klink will give him pointers on running an efficient POW camp. However, Bonacelli had tried earlier to convince his German driver (Bard Stevens) to join him in deserting to Switzerland before an Allied bombing raid wounds the driver, thus concealing Bonacelli's transgression. Once Colonel Hogan discovers Bonacelli's distaste for the war, he tries to recruit him to spy for the Allies, but the Italian is equally reluctant to risk his life for that. How to tempt him? By winning him over with a fresh, homemade pizza pie, of course--but who in camp has a recipe for that?
"The Pizza Parlor" is notable also for involving a POW outside the core Heroes for an operation. Tony Garlotti's (Joe E. Tata) father (Ernest Sarracino) has a great recipe, but that entails a humorous daisy-chain of calls to reach him in his Newark, New Jersey, pizzeria before the Heroes can entice Bonacelli with the comestible bribe. But can they still succeed when Bonacelli's wounded driver shows up at Stalag 13 calling him a traitor? Well-executed by director Gene Reynolds, "The Pizza Parlor" serves up Conreid's always-enjoyable scared-rabbit shtick topped with actual historical tensions between two ostensible wartime partners.
All of which is backstory for the arrival of Major Bonacelli (Hans Conreid), commandant of an Italian prisoner-of-war camp, at Stalag 13, where Colonel Klink will give him pointers on running an efficient POW camp. However, Bonacelli had tried earlier to convince his German driver (Bard Stevens) to join him in deserting to Switzerland before an Allied bombing raid wounds the driver, thus concealing Bonacelli's transgression. Once Colonel Hogan discovers Bonacelli's distaste for the war, he tries to recruit him to spy for the Allies, but the Italian is equally reluctant to risk his life for that. How to tempt him? By winning him over with a fresh, homemade pizza pie, of course--but who in camp has a recipe for that?
"The Pizza Parlor" is notable also for involving a POW outside the core Heroes for an operation. Tony Garlotti's (Joe E. Tata) father (Ernest Sarracino) has a great recipe, but that entails a humorous daisy-chain of calls to reach him in his Newark, New Jersey, pizzeria before the Heroes can entice Bonacelli with the comestible bribe. But can they still succeed when Bonacelli's wounded driver shows up at Stalag 13 calling him a traitor? Well-executed by director Gene Reynolds, "The Pizza Parlor" serves up Conreid's always-enjoyable scared-rabbit shtick topped with actual historical tensions between two ostensible wartime partners.
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