The Generals' Conference

Season 5, Episode 9, Aired

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Michelle arrives to report that it is time for the German Generals' Conference at the chateau. Rene is to photograph the plans, using what is perhaps the funniest device used in the show: a false "caterer" front with a fake hand and a camera hidden beneath a flip-up apron. Edith is assigned to provide the distraction, and given some foam-at-the-mouth pills in a bottle labelled "Curiously Strong Peppermints". Unfortunately, Leclerc has let the Long Distance Duck loose, so he and Alphonse go duck-hunting to recapture it (so it can take the film to England), but Bertorelli shoots it first.

Gruber, planning the arrangements for the conference, finds he doesn't have enough sleeping space, so he needs to rent a room at the Cafe. Flick has Helga try on the wedding dress he has gotten for her (all leather). "London Calling" tells Rene that one of the Generals at the conference is a French collaborator and must be eliminated, but Mimi jumps the gun and paralyzes the French General in the Cafe. Crabtree takes his place at the Conference, which Flick and Von Smallhausen attempt to observe. The Generals at the Conference find the bottle of "mints" and all take one, which results in them all soon foaming at the mouth. As they panic and run to the Hospital, Rene stands on a chair and flips his apron to snap the map.

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      • Crabtree: I thonk that the air fierce should send in several squadrons of farters. These should be followed by bummers. Then we should send in paratrippers to capture all the London dicks. Rene: (to Von Klinkerhoffen) He means docks.

      • Fairfax: I say Carstairs, two men with ducks on their heads have just walked into the public convenience. What do you make of that? Carstairs: They're probably Freemasons.

      • Rene: Mimi! How dare you kill generals in my cafe! Mimi: Well it may be that he is only paralysed. The Resistance give me so many pills that I get 'em mixed up.

      • Herr Flick: In this uniform I am to be married. Helga: Who is the lucky girl? Herr Flick: You. Take off your clothes.

      • Rene: What am I supposed to operate? Michelle: Feel around and you will find a little knob.

      • Michelle: This was made by the best rubber hand maker in Paris. It was smuggled under the skirt of a nun who cycled all the way here ... at great personal inconvenience.

      • Edith: Help us lift the bed. Monsieur Alphonse: Oh, alas, Madame, I cannot. Not only do I have the dicky ticker, but I have also the tricky truss.

      • Rene, having trouble with his camera mechanism: Oh my God! I have lost my little knob!

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      • On the dvd (region 2) this episode is called "Watch the Birdie".

      • The list of Generals who attend the conference: General Erich Von Klinkerhoffen (the host) General Leopold Von Flockenstuffen General Wilhelm Von Walkenstiffen Air Chief Marshal Maximilian Von Winkelmeister Admiral Ulrich Von Sinkenquicken General Jean Louis Marcel Esnovor (impersonated by Crabtree)

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