Bob Crane and John Banner on The Red Skelton Hour / 1967

On January 10, 1967, Bob Crane and John Banner appeared on "The Red Skelton Hour." In this scene, the trio attempts to perform a magic trick - with some difficulty! For more about Bob Crane and the campaign for his induction into the National Radio Hall of Fame, visit www.vote4bobcra...

[@gregoryknox4444]

All 3 of these guys ...... RIP.

[@immjh73]

Red Skelton. A true legend of comedy.

[@karenk9096]

This was during a much gentler time in history than now. How I miss the 50's and 60's - those were the days...

[@normanbloom]

there is no compare sim to what we have now a days on TV. I also miss these actors and red Skeleton whom I spoke with back in 1968.

[@Barnabas45]

War in Vietnam, civil rights movement, Cold war, Not much gentler but I agree, People had better morals and our leaders were less corrupt!, And TV was definitely better!

[@bluemarshall6180]

No Cable, No internet? 😆😆😆😆

[@corgicottage8578]

I don't believe we will ever capture the 50's, 60's...we are too far into vulgarity, sex everywhere, graphic violence...but those of is who remember such a time have lots of opportunities to revisit them.

[@JacobC479]

I would gladly go from 2021 back to 2014 lol

[@buffalopatriot]

I loved when Red Skelton signed off... "Good night and God bless".

[@carmelopappalardo8477]

I had the privilege of listening to one of his radio anniversary shows about thirty years ago. He inspired so many with his humour and originality. He deserves to be there in the hall of fame.

[@charlesaguilar1708]

wow! Cheap but, effective trick!! RIP Bob Crane and John Banner!!

[@magicsenna3455]

RevNagi And Werner Klemperer, Richard Dawson, Larry Hovis..

[@mooncrab]

@@magicsenna3455 And Ivan Dixon

[@ruthtamasan6226]

@@magicsenna3455 Robert Clary too!!

[@CaptainSpycrab]

Ruth Tamasan Clary's still alive.

[@ELCADAROSA]

Not sure how this appeared in my recommendations, but I'm happy it did! Shows like Hogan's Heroes, McHale's Navy, Gilligan's Island, The Brady Bunch, etc., were good, clean, original and well written comedy. Nothing like the crap that Hollywood and others are trying to pass as comedy. I also miss the great variety shows like Red Skelton's, Dean Martin's, Bob Hope's, Carole Burnett's and others. Back when TV had some quality to it. Now ... just trash.

[@mikejones9961]

i cut my cord April 2007, much better life now

[@royboy56100]

Our last Golden Age of TV.

[@m.asquino7403]

Miss this life so much, is time travel possible

[@USMC-Veteran73-77]

Two Great TV shows. Love to return to the 60s

[@sloanchampion85]

Watched this every time it came on growing up as a kid...

[@jeffreymcfadden9403]

After Hogan's, Crane performed in a few Disney movies but mostly in dinner theaters. In the early 1970's my aunt went to see him at a "Kenley Players" performance in the mid west. She was able to meet Bob and asked for an autograph. My aunt had no paper, but she did have a $2.00 bill.(the old red seal type) He signed it. Legend has it that two dollar bills are bad luck and Bob sure had bad luck. Years ago she pulled out the bill and showed me. true story.

[@johncarter44]

Actually good luck, President Jefferson 😉

[@crispincain5373]

I remember seeing this when it first aired!

[@rustimatz6024]

All 3 of the actor' s were Awesome.

[@Retiredmco]

Great to see Bob and John having a little fun with Red. lol

[@elk9414]

Hogan's Heroes one of the very best television shows ever made. Today's garbage doesn't even come close to comparison.

[@robertpreston2220]

Got that right!

[@generalmorose3523]

I don't totally agree -- some shows like "Rectify" or "Deadwood" are high art. But nothing can come close to the emotional resonance I feel when remembering my father and I watching "Hogan's" together.

[@jphartshorn]

@Heimie Bellheim Mostly because of the constant continuity errors, some of them massive and right from the start. Perhaps the biggest, season one, in order to hide gold from the nazis, they paint the bricks red and build Klink a new set of stairs coming out of his office. Very next episode, the brick (gold) stairs are gone and the wood ones are back.

[@kensellers4082]

@@jphartshorn John, Sometimes the German guards at Stalag 13 were brandishing American Thompson Machine Guns instead of German Army automatic weapons.

[@budstephens7239]

If your sad and havin a bad day ....watch 5 min of Red Skelton and you’ll have a better day

[@DavidBDavis-lz7bt]

Agreed!😊

[@CaptainNavman]

100%

[@johnspeeding2064]

I love coming home from work doing what I have to do and sitting down and watching it love it

[@joehill9671]

THIS was CBS in it's Prime,when Red Skelton made this network the powerhouse that it was,back in the day! and with primetime hits like "HOGAN'S HEROES",who could argue with such quality? especially when these stars made appearances on such beloved variety shows,like Skelton's!

[@dino.jay2007]

Skelton made it a powerhouse? Me thinks that Jack Benny was the real star of CBS

[@timothyokane9710]

I'm 65 and watch it Monday to Friday at 10 pm on ME TV.

[@FreyaTait]

Me, too.

[@michaelshada262]

9 PM Central time for me on MeTV 😊 And currently 69 years old (2023)

[@michaelpegoda7482]

I got to meet Red Skelton at one of his last shows in New Mexico got some pictures with him some autographs and it was an amazing evening the man was such a performer and professional and such a nice person I've always loved him I grew up watching him with my father he was my dad's favorite may they both rest in peace

[@peters1127]

Good old days of pure simple comedy.

[@b.5191]

Wow, Bob Crane was a magician too! I miss him :(

[@bobbyd1019]

Still funny after all these years...Comèdic genius actors that we don't see the likes anymore!!

[@dannydean9926]

These guys were the best. Love them

[@jasoncawley6260]

When they walked in it reminded me of laurel and hardy and especially when they left great legends

[@SadisticLizard]

I'm only 26 and I enjoy the show Hogan's Heroes

[@jakekrebs2604]

I'm a 20 year old, and I enjoy Hogan's Heroes more than most of the crap on tv.

[@chriswinkler4405]

Jake Krebs After not seeing it since I was a kid in late 60's, the series is indeed one of the funniest and best arranged sit coms ever, easily blowing away 95% of the competition. That and F Troop and Gilligans Island.

[@JohnV14]

My favorite. I can watch it for hours on end.

[@shooshoodemoo2610]

John Veitch I have and still do lol

[@Bearssuperfan]

I've been watching it since I was 11

[@1645308]

One of the greatest shows of ALL time.....

[@cmm2145]

I love Hogan’s Heroes. I’m a classic TV fan. Stuff from the ‘50’s through the ‘80’s. Not everything, just certain shows.

[@JustWasted3HoursHere]

Ah, Red Skelton. What a comedy genius! JW3HH

[@DavidBDavis-lz7bt]

@Taiwan92Abarth Yes. I used to have a copy of his explanation of what the Pledge of Allegiance meant to him. Still stirring to this day.

[@streetrace442]

I sure wish you had the full episode on here. I would love to watch it!

[@superfuzzymomma]

John Banner!

[@blagosvirakolo]

Love hogans heroes! I grew up with this show.. my mom introduced me to this show when I was like 8 because I was into WW2 history

[@erictalkington5674]

Damn, that's funnier than anything that's been on TV in decades. See, when you actually have talent you can do a cheesy bit and it is hilarious. Love them both. I'm glad he talkedike Schultz. I have seen him in Hitchcock and Perry Mason a few times. Saw Crane on Hitchcock too. As a matter of fact, Klink was on both as well.

[@Ch1n4Sailor]

RIP Bob...

[@austinjames9186]

i love you guys so much ,r i p to you all , may sons must learn and watch Hogan heroes. I does cry when i see you all on Hogan heroes .thanks you all so much for entertainment for the people god bless you all where ever you are 😢😢😢😢😢😢

[@greenwich1754]

Where have the simple times and dear people I remember as a child gone? I really do not like today. All the magic and innocence is in the long past, and this world grows increasingly evil & hearts hardened. The blessing of You Tube to take me back, if for a brief moment.

[@eddievibbert6740]

So very well said Marty. Thank you.

[@RjBenjamin353]

They’re DEAD!!!

[@kerriebull2351]

loved this show and my kids do too

[@andym1223]

Its amazing how they can both stay in character.

[@theresaholguin699]

Awesome Hogans Heros with the great Red Skelton love these 3

[@kenhayden3262]

Werner Klemperer was also Jewish and he too played many German roles. Actually all four of the major German parts were played by Jewish actors (Hochstetter, Burkhalter, Schultz, and Klink) Lebough was played by a Jewish actor as well.

[@cmm2145]

Ken Hayden - LeBeau (Robert Clary) was a prisoner in the Dachau concentration camp. I’ve been there. I went by myself on purpose and I cried all the way through.

[@GUITARTIME2024]

Werner's Dad was Jewish, not his mom, so technically not Jewish, but your point is taken.

[@lesterpaul9657]

@Christopher Jackson No, I guess he played the role on purpose to demonstrate how Nazi judges and lawyers raped justice without guilty feelings. He played it very good with no german accent. In the german version of Hogan' s heroes he speaks with a saxon accent.

[@Bond-ik1vn]

Incredible

[@Lee-Darin]

Werner Klemperer played Adolph Eichmann in the movie Operation Eichmann and John Banner played Rudolph Hoess the commandant of Auschwitz in that movie. You didn't see Klink or Schultz in that movie. They made it 4 years before Hogan's Heroes.

[@peacockblue8407]

♥ I LOVE SCHULTZ! x^D

[@LarryParker1958]

John Banner was such a great actor and a funny guy. The HH episode where Schultz becomes the commandant, then gets tough with the prisoners, shows how multi-talented John was.

[@LardGreystoke]

@Sandra Jones My dad did the same. On top of it, it was Thanksgiving.

[@theimprobableone8635]

This is hilarious! I love how they stay in "Hogan's Heroes" character:)

[@RecoveringGenius]

Older cousin did set work on Hogans Heroes. Said they were all really nice.

[@freightdawg6762]

great stuff

[@gefloigle]

Who’s watching this in 2021?

[@FreyaTait]

I'm watching it in 2022.

[@annmariemcleod6670]

I'm watching this in 2024

[@LJLMETAL]

This is cool!

[@barbarayevoli8229]

We were just talking tonight. My Aunt and I loved it too’

[@thomascapitalmgt]

78 tastless jerks putting a thumbs down?

[@CaptainNavman]

Red was awesome

[@turbinexman]

"I Know Nussink...I Know Nussink..."!!

[@eusebiusmack6210]

Also Leon Askin.

[@Fidio_s]

Grande seriado.

[@Bearssuperfan]

RIP Them both

[@stevenbaer4535]

That's very hilarious comedy but what a pity that they are all gone?

[@dallasbrubaker6054]

January 10, 1967 was a Tuesday; don't ask me how I know that. John Banner died on his 63rd birthday, January 10, 1973; again, don't ask me how I know that.

[@greenwich1754]

You have perfect date/time memory - that's how you know that.

[@x60hz]

Wow. One day before I was born!

[@blueskye6372]

Funny. 👍☀️😆🎥📺

[@Cola64]

I thought shultz’ dentures fell out but it was him putting the paper in his mouth before the skit 🤣

[@chrisuncleahmad789]

“I SEE NOTHING I INOW NOTHING”

[@stevesausen7]

I remember when Hogan was murdered 6/28/78 I was so freaked out when I heard what happened to him and I was really angered by it more angered than freaked out however.

[@cmm2145]

Steve Sausen - I didn’t know about it at the time, but found out years later. It’s upsetting to me too that not only was he murdered, but in such a brutal fashion. I believe it was about his sex addiction and I believe that the killer was his “friend” John somebody. They tried him twice, but never got a conviction. Now he’s dead too. I think I remember that Bob was tired of having John tag along when he was hunting for the ladies. Bob was the draw. He was who the ladies wanted. Bob would get first pick and John got the leftovers. But when Bob decided that he was not going to take John hunting with him, John knew it was pretty much the end of the road for him because he was neither good looking or famous so he was going to have a very difficult time scoring the chicks without Bob. So John was mad. After Bob was asleep, John came back to the apartment and bludgeoned Bob to death with a tripod. Bob’s blood was found in John’s car, but apparently that wasn’t enough evidence. Tragic.

[@vote4bobcrane]

Just to clarify, Bob wasn't cutting John Carpenter off because he didn't want him to go out "hunting" with him anymore. He was doing this because he was trying to turn his life around. He had been talking with a counselor about his sexual addiction, and he was very clear about wanting to change. His counselor had explained to him that when battling an addiction, a very important and early step in the process is to do "surgery" - to cut out the enablers, the people who were part of that particular lifestyle with you (this is true for alcohol, drugs, gambling, sex, or any addiction). Carpenter was an enabler, and if Bob was going to succeed, Carpenter and others like him in Bob's life had to go. The reason Bob gave his counselor for wanting to change was that he wanted to be a better father to his children, all of whom he loved and adored (and they loved him), and he felt he was lacking as a father because of his sexual addiction.

[@cmm2145]

Bob Crane: Life & Legacy -. Thanks for clarifying that for me. I knew he was cutting John off. I just didn’t remember why. But I have read what you said before. I knew he was trying to get help with his sex addiction before he died, which I find admirable. He was doing the right thing, he just didn’t get to finish because John...ahem, somebody, killed him before he could complete what he was doing. It all makes sense. I know that one of the first things you do when battling addiction is to cut yourself off from your addiction buddies and enablers and you stop going to any places where you could go to fuel your addiction. I certainly hope Bob is resting in peace. I’ve liked him ever since I started watching Hogan’s Heroes reruns when I was a teenager. It seems to me that he was a decent guy except for that one thing. We’re all human. Everyone has good and bad. Of course, I don’t know for sure because I never knew him. I just hate that he left us so soon and I hate the way he left us. I’m convinced that John Carpenter was the one who killed Bob. The fact that he was tried twice and never convicted doesn’t change my mind in the least.

[@robertyoung3992]

June 29,1978

[@sylviamilton5889]

I. alwzy like Red Sklet he was funny and you need laughter

[@TotalSinging]

it was the same voice. John Banner did not exaggerate his accent or his voice for Hogan's Heroes.

[@tomw.6511]

John Banner is looking pretty skinny there!

[@johnneedy3164]

Would love to been in lodge with brother Red ,

[@Staszu13]

Very interesting man, Banner. He was Jewish, from Austria, and yet even before Hogan's heroes many of his roles were as German Nazis.

[@l.salisbury1253]

Klink, Schultz and Berkahlter were all played by Jewish actors who got out of Der Vaterland in time!

[@theimprobableone8635]

Ironic yet awesome. LeBeau was played by a Jewish actor as well.

[@Phillyfan45]

Robert Clary...the lone surviving original cast member, is also a concentration camp survivor. He couldn’t wait to play that role.

[@vividwatch47]

As were Leon Askin (General Burkhalter) and Howard Caine (Major Hostetter).

[@Ricardo78889]

Rare !!!!!

[@SenorZorrozzz]

Crane was like 6'1" at least! Red must have been really very tall.

[@bluemarshall6180]

0:42 John banner (Schultz) Put's the paper in his mouth. 😆

[@Marvcohen]

John Banner did a tv show called The Chicago Teddy Bears. It only lasted one season. I would really like to find a copy of it. Anyone know where ? And thank you in advance

[@AlbertEinsteinSpock]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/epLKfIKQj9h8nac

[@royboy56100]

Yes the Teddy Bears were great I thought!!Loved it.John Banner was so good!

[@i-a-g-r-e-e-----f-----jo--b]

Search AHP S01E21 and you will watch John in a 1955 TV role although he's also German there too. He's from Germany so I'm thinking thats his real voice.

[@saebianmyint8641]

Look like Hogan was trying to replicate some of Newkirk's tricks

[@johnsinger302]

I was hoping to hear more of Danner's real life voice....bummer.

[@davidlape8900]

john singer same

[@josephosheavideos3992]

Maybe I was seeing things, but John Banner (while still quite heavy) did not look nearly as large as he did as his Sgt. Schultz character. He also showed some pretty fast footwork leaving the stage with Bob Crane.

[@Édouard93]

Je pensais. Pasqu' il était décédé si jeune tous les 2

[@rhondawilliams5859]

I SEE NOTHING!!!!!!! TELL EM SCHULTZ!!!!!!! 💞😊👲👓

[@sallyosullivan4603]

All good clean fun, no swearing as so common today🐹

[@pcguysoffgridcabin]

I see nothing, I know nothing, I hear nothing

[@davef.2329]

Should have asked John Banner to sing. He had an awesome singing voice.

[@wmorris3484]

The Chicago teddy bears.....that sure does sound familiar.

[@tophat4830]

This has nothing to do with talent but a trivial matter I have read before..... Both John Banner and Red Skelton are listed in height as 6'2"! Yet Bob Crane is listed as 5'10"! Look at them together and he comes up to them more like he was about 6 foot. Correct me if I'm wrong but others listed as 5'10" standing next to Bob Crane are shorter. This is my hobby of sorts to determine the true height of actors and actresses. Quirky I know, but true!

[@vote4bobcrane]

+tophat You are absolutely correct. The report of Bob being only 5'10" is incorrect. His driver's license has him at 6'0", and his paperwork for the National Guard when he served in the late 1940s also has him listed as 6'0". As a fun trivia tidbit, he even says he's six feet in Hogan's Heroes, saying to Colonel Klink, "You can't find a five-foot corporal. What makes you think you could find a six-foot colonel?" I don't know where and when the 5'10" was first recorded as his height, although I suspect in Auto Focus or The Murder of Bob Crane. But it is wrong.

[@tophat4830]

+Vote For Bob Crane I remember that line on Hogan's Heroes when finding Lebeau. In any case, it's one of those hobbies I look at. I look at the heights of stars, and see where the errors are. But I see for a 5'10" guy, he comes up well to two 6'2" guys and have to think otherwise. Thanks for setting the record!

[@Petemonster62]

@@vote4bobcrane can see now how effectively Bob Crane played Colonel Hogan now that I know Bob Crane was in the CT Army National Guard 1948-50. Bob definitely had an understanding & feel for all things military!

[@dangerouslytalented]

I think Crane palmed it when he slapped Banners head. That’s the only way he could do such a seamless trick

[@kenhayden3262]

Werner Klemperer was also Jewish and he too played many German roles.

[@DavidBDavis-lz7bt]

He guest-starred on a first-season episode of The Man From U.N.C.L.E., The Project Strigas Affair...with William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy. Oh...and he also provided the voice of Dr. Gamma, the villain in the pilot episode of Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea(the character was played physically by Theo Marcuse, but we only saw him from behind).

[@DrGeorgePBurdell-USN1701]

Man, what if Red could have done a guest spot on Hogan's Heroes....

[@StraightShooter.]

I glad that I grew up during the 1960's. Such great talent at time and before. Nothing but politically correct BS, in the entertainment industry now!

[@guynorth3277]

My Dad loved Red Skelton, us kids could not stand him, always giggling at this own jokes, I just wanted to see Hogan and Sgt Schultz.

[@buttmunchhanson8765]

Hogan is my favorite

[@marctompkins3001]

I know Nothinzzzz

[@Bond-ik1vn]

Schultz i know nothing.

[@georgschilling2933]

Schade, dass sie Tod sind.

[@FreyaTait]

Oh, come on, now, Newkirk was the magician.

[@kathyhester3066]

Do not know if Ron Cleary (Lebeau ?) was Jewish, but I know he survived Dachu ? concentration camp.

[@LardGreystoke]

I believe all the actors who played the major German characters were Jewish or half-Jewish.

[@mark-nw1qu]

Hogan`s Heros lasted longer than ww2

[@fullashitt9689]

At 42 John Banner puts the piece of paper in his mouth

[@Gatormoves2]

😂😂

[@markjamesmeli2520]

🤣

[@TS_Mind_Swept]

Lol, bad tricks, almost as funny as bad puns XD

[@roxydog2004]

Not that it really matters but at :43 Banner shows he's not that good with tricks

[@christinecole8015]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 09/12/2020

[@FreeThePorgs]

A wired BTS fact about hogans hero’s, 1/2 of the cast and most of the repeating cast were jewish. Ironically funny.

[@ADAMSIXTIES]

Don't quit your day job.