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Release Date:
20 September 1955 (USA) more
Plot:
Sgt. Ernie Bilko is the ultimate con man. He runs the motor pool at a small Kansas US Army Camp. Colonel Hall... more
Awards:
Won 8 Primetime Emmys. Another 1 win & 9 nominations more
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(6 articles)
20 Classic TV Shows Get the Stamp of Approval from the Post Office
(From TVSeriesFinale. 12 August 2009, 4:55 PM, PDT)
Back Catalogue #2 Troma
(From Fangoria. 17 June 2009, 8:40 PM, PDT)
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(Series Cast Summary - 1 of 79) | Phil Silvers | ... | MSgt. Ernest G. 'Ernie' Bilko / ... (143 episodes, 1955-1959) |
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Sergeant Bilko (syndication title)
Sgt. Bilko (Australia) (DVD title)
The Phil Silvers Show: You'll Never Get Rich
You'll Never Get Rich (USA) (first episodes title)
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30 min (143 episodes)
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On 11 August 2009 the US Postal Service issued a pane of twenty 44¢ commemorative postage stamps honoring early USA television programs. A booklet with 20 picture postal cards was also issued. On the stamp honoring "The Phil Silvers Show", star Phil Silvers appears in character as Master Sergeant Ernest G. (Ernie) Bilko. Other shows honored in the Early TV Memories issue were: "The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet" (1952), "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" (1955), "The Dinah Shore Show" (1951), "Dragnet" (1951), "The Ed Sullivan Show" (originally titled "Toast of the Town" (1948)), "The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show" (1950), "Hopalong Cassidy" (1952), "The Honeymooners" (1955), "The Howdy Doody Show" (original title: "Puppet Playhouse" (1947)), "I Love Lucy" (1951), "Kukla, Fran and Ollie" (1947), "Lassie" (1954), "The Lone Ranger" (1949), "Perry Mason" (1957), "The Red Skelton Show" (1951), "Texaco Star Theater" (titled "The Milton Berle Show" (1948), 1954-1956), The Tonight Show (which began as "Tonight!" (1953)), "The Twilight Zone" (1959), and "You Bet Your Life" (1950). more
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MSgt. Ernest G. Bilko: You said "but". I've put the finger on the whole problem. You're a "but" man. Don't say "but". That little word "but" is the difference between success and failure. more
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Referenced in "Whose Line Is It Anyway?: (#1.7)" (1988) more
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As time goes on comedies come and go, some stand up to the test of time and some do not. Both the Brits and the Americans have made their share of funny shows: 'Fawlty Towers', 'Frasier', 'Cheers','The Office' etc, but if one show deserves to be the 'daddy' of all comedies then i think 'The Phil Silvers Show' is it! Just even thinking of Sgt Ernie Bilko makes me smile! Mr Silvers played this character to the max along with the rest of the cast. It still pops up from time to time on British t.v., usually at about 2 'o' clock in the morning or something! But if i'm still up and about i will always watch it, with a beer or two, and laugh my a*s off at the funniest comedy character ever created!