He Hears Nothing, He Sees Nothing, He Breathes Nothing

Tuesday was a bad day to be a Nazi sympathizer. Larry Hovis, whose ineptitude at Stalag 17 gave constant comfort to Colonel Wilhelm Klink, died yesterday of esophageal cancer at the age of 67. Best known as Sgt. Andrew Carter on the show that made it ok to laugh at the Nazis and the Gestapo and made "the Russian front" a punchline, Hogan's Heroes. He also was a producer of really bad game shows like Liar's Club and Yahtzee. At the time of his death, Hovis was teaching a class on how to be a one-trick pony in the world of sitcoms at Texas State University-San Marcos, with such noted graduates as JM J Bullock, Yakov Smirnoff and Jeff Foxworthy.