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The Phil Silvers Show, originally titled You'll Never Get Rich, is a sitcom which ran on the CBS Television Network from 1955 to 1959. A pilot titled "Audition Show" was made in 1955, but it was never broadcast. 143 other episodes were broadcast – all half-an-hour long except for a 1959 one-hour live special. [1]
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With Phil Silvers, Harvey Lembeck, Paul Ford, Allan Melvin. Master Sergeant Bilko, regularly helped by the soldiers at Fort Baxter's motor pool, spends little time performing his duties by constantly trying to obtain money through various get-rich-quick scams and promotions.
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Learn more about the full cast of The Phil Silvers Show with news, photos, videos and more at TV Guide.
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Creator Nat Hiken. Country United States. Languages English. Studio CBS Television Studios. Genres Comedy. Classic military comedy set on the fictional Army base of Fort Baxter in Kansas and starred Phil Silvers as Sgt. Ernest Bilko, a fast-talking sharpster who would do anything to make an extra buck.
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Sep 5, 2014 · by Nick Hasted Friday, 05 September 2014. The gang's all here: Bilko (Phil Silvers, centre) and his platoon. Bilko doesn’t date. The 143 episodes here are as deathless as Fawlty Towers ’ 12, but occupy a very different place at the sitcom’s peak.
02:50. About. Highlights. Who talked about this show. From the Museum of Broadcast Communications Encyclopedia of Television originally published 1997. The Phil Silvers Show, a half-hour comedy series, first ran on CBS from September 1955 to September 1959.
