Sgt. Bilko

:shrug:

In fact, my mother was a little kid when that debuted.

Series Description:
The Sgt. Bilko TV show was a comedy series about a con man Army Sergeant who used his position as leader of a motor pool to earn money via various underhanded schemes. He regularly ran illegal poker games, would sell Army tires and other supplies to local mechanics, etc. Sgt. Bilko's commander, Colonel Hall is constantly trying to catch Bilko and comes close but is never successful.



Cast:
Phil Silvers .......... Master Sergeant Ernest G. Bilko
Harvey Lembeck ........ Corporal Rocco Barbella
Herbie Faye ........... Corporal Sam Fender
Fred Gwynne ........... Private Honergan
George Kennedy ........ Military Policeman
Paul Ford ............. Colonel John Hall
Tige Andrews .......... Private Gander
Maurice Gosfield ...... Private Duane Doberman
Joe E. Ross ........... Sergeant Rupert Ritzik
Allan Melvin .......... Corporal Henshaw
Billy Sands ........... Private Dino Paparelli
Hope Sansberry ........ Nell Hall
Jimmy Little .......... Sergeant Francis Grover
Billie Allen .......... WAC Billie
Maurice Brenner ....... Private Fleischman
Terry Carter .......... Private Sugarman
Bernard Fein .......... Private Gomez
Walter Cartier ........ Private Claude Dillingham
Harry Clark ........... Sergeant Stanly Sowicki
Mickey Freeman ........ Private Fielding Zimmerman
Beatrice Pons ......... Mrs. Emma Ritzik
Jack Healy ............ Private Mullen
P. Jay Sidney ......... Private Palmer
Karl Lukas ............ Private Stash Kadowski
Nick Saunders ......... Captain Barker
Elisabeth Fraser ...... Sergeant Joan Hogan

tryin' to remember which episode that was.

God, I loved that show. Used to watch it back-to-back every night with "The Honeymooners."

I LOVED them......*sigh*

Now those were quality shows...... :loveya: :hug:

When I was a teenager, KTVU in San Francisco showed them back-to-back starting at 11 p.m. weeknights.

"HIIIIiiiii-UP!"

"Bang! Zoom!"

:rofl:

That is kind of personal.....you can refuse to answer if you wish....

I suspect that I am a lot older....I'm 62 now.....

And I did my teenage growing up in San Jose...and that's where we watched those shows....

:hi:

Bilko (actual title "The Phil Silvers Show," subtitled "You'll Never Get Rich") ran from September 1956 through September 1959. So I was 3 1/2 when it went off the air.

I was just a bit south of ya, in Salinas. :hi:

http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/P/htmlP/philsilvers/philsilvers.htm



Hey! Do you remember "Record Hop" on channel 11? My cousin's band was on that once.

Out of the dim memories of my ancient brain.....Come the poodle skirts of the girls, and duck-tails of the boys.

Good times, good times!

:pals: :loveya:

They played "Bumble Boogie" by B. Bumble and the Stingers. He was the pianist.

One of my earliest memories is of him playing that and another B. Bumble tune, "Nut Rocker," in our living room.

That was my introduction to rock 'n' roll. I was maybe 4.

Awhile back, I found a B. Bumble CD on eBay. God, the memories...

years ago. It was a funny show.