1965년에 텔레비전 조연 배우로서 일찍 성공을 거두었던 Bob Crane은 KNX 로스앤젤레스에서 성공적인 아침 라디오 DJ로 일하고 있었습니다. 자신의 작업, 사진(특히 여성의 모습), 드럼 연주를 즐겼음에도 불구하고 크레인은 영화배우가 되고 싶었습니다. 그래서 그는 Hogan's Heroes(196)라는 새로운 TV 시트콤에서 주연을 맡은 타이틀을 수락하는 것을 다소 꺼려했습니다.

In 1965, Bob Crane, who had achieved some earlier success as a television supporting actor, was working as a successful morning radio DJ at KNX Los Angeles. Despite enjoying his work, photography (especially of the female form) and drumming, Crane wanted to be a movie star. So it was with some reluctance that he accepted the title starring role in a new television sitcom called Hogan's Heroes (1965), a WWII POW comedy. To his surprise, the show became a hit and catapulted him to television stardom. The fame resulting from the show led to excesses and a meeting with home video salesman and technician John Carpenter, with who he would form a friendship based on their mutual interests, namely excessive sex (for Crane, purely heterosexual sex) and capturing nude females on celluloid. His fame allowed Crane to have as much sex as he wanted, which was incongruent to his somewhat wholesome television friendly image, and the way he portrayed himself to almost everyone except Carpenter and his...