#Werner Klemperer

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Today in the Department of Before They Were Star Trek Stars, Part 1 of a double feature! William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy guest star in "The Project Strigas Affair," episode 9 of the first season of The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (original air date November 24, 1964). There were too many good shots and too many connections to fit comfortably in one post.

Shatner plays a chemical engineer being used by U.N.C.L.E. to thwart the political ambitions of a hawkish ambassador from an unnamed Eastern bloc nation, by selling him disinformation about a powerful new chemical weapon Shatner's supposed to have developed. Nimoy plays the ambassador's equally ambitious, and far less gullible, aide.

The boys were only in a couple of shots together, and they were all blurry and/or long.

Other Trek connections: This episode was directed by Joseph Sargent, who directed the Star Trek episode "The Corbomite Maneuver."

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Werner Klemperer was likely cast in Hogan's Heroes due to his strong performance in the 1961 film Operation Eichmann.

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I recently made some silly Klink fan art because the Hogan’s Heroes brain rot is real.

Made with oil pastels, soft pastels, coloured paint markers

I envision making more art, I just have to decide on the next victim character to do.

Also!! fun little fact, I have the same birthday as Werner Klemperer (22 March) which is kind of cool??

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Conductor Otto Klemperer (May 14, 1885 - July 6, 1973) was born in Poland and moved to Germany, but when the Nazis rose to power in 1933, he fled with his family, including his son Werner Klemperer who went on to play Colonel Klink on Hogan's Heroes, to the United States.

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Dr. Maureen Robinson says ACAB... in space.

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Life imitating art.

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it is honestly a tragedy that there are no recordings of Werner Klemperer playing the violin

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Sketch o'the Week: Hogan's Heroes!

Here we go with our newest sketch series entitled “TV shows Tom watched after school as a kid”. This week we visit Stalag 13 and everybody’s favorite lovable looney Nazis! This might be the most unlikely sitcom in the history of TV, and that includes all those starring an unattractive male comedian who somehow had a super hot wife. “Hogan’s Heroes” a COMEDY set in a World War II nazi prisoner of…

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THat’S a VacuUm CLeaNer

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Ooooh interesting. But also... @frau-wilhelm-klink It's Werner Klemperer!

HELLO STAR TREK FANS

I found subs of this, so here is a not-really-Star-Trek-but-you-know edit for you

Context: In 1964, the TV series The Man from U.N.C.L.E. had an episode (s1 e9 - The Project Strigas Affair) starring both William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy as secondary characters. This is literally how the two met for the first time.

Some scenes might look confusing without watching the full episode, but I left them because they were funny.

BONUS: in the first scene where Shatner and Nimoy appear together in their career, as part of the mission, Michael (Shatner) is supposed to act as a specific persona at the party:

As you can see in the video, Michael does it pretty well! He gets drunk! He flirts with a woman! And then…

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LOL (no, I don't think I'll ever get over this)

[countesspetofi]

Today in the Department of Before They Were Star Trek Stars, Part 2 of a double feature. William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy guest star in "The Project Strigas Affair," episode 9 of the first season of The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (original air date November 24, 1964). There were too many good shots and too many connections to fit comfortably in one post.

Shatner plays a chemical engineer being used by U.N.C.L.E. to thwart the political ambitions of a hawkish ambassador from an unnamed Eastern bloc nation, by selling him disinformation about a powerful new chemical weapon Shatner's supposed to have developed. Nimoy plays the ambassador's equally ambitious, and far less gullible, aide.

Other Trek connections:

The Man from U.N.C.L.E. creator Sam Rolfe, who produced this and many other episodes, wrote the Next Generation episode "The Vengeance Factor."

Jerry Goldsmith, who wrote the Man from U.N.C.L.E. theme song, also wrote the theme to The Next Generation and contributed music to several Star Trek movies.

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Frank Nelson explains to Werner Klemperer that he isn't all that special in San Francisco

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(via Werner Klemperer)

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Werner Klemperer and Peter Mark Richman in Dark Intruder (1965)