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Eliot Rosewater

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1. To this day anyone in comedy either standup or TV etc, will tell you Phil Silvers is considered the

Reply to a kennedy (Original post)

Thu Oct 14, 2021, 08:33 PM

Oct 2021

greatest performer of all time in that show. If not the greatest, top 5. That there has never been anyone like him.

For years it was on late night when I worked a gas station, every night after work I got a bag of choco covered peanuts, smoked a joint and watched two episodes.

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Phil Silvers......in "Bilko" absolutely love him in this show.....it's in black and white too. [View all] a kennedy Oct 2021 OP

To this day anyone in comedy either standup or TV etc, will tell you Phil Silvers is considered the Eliot Rosewater Oct 2021 #1

Absolutely love this show........♥️ ♥️ ♥️ a kennedy Oct 2021 #2

Wasn't the original title "You'll Never Get Rich" ? rickford66 Oct 2021 #3

Yes. The title was changed the "The Phil Silvers Show." rsdsharp Oct 2021 #5

Loved that show as a kid. Thunderbeast Oct 2021 #4

Harold Hecuba ArizonaLib Oct 2021 #6

Loved it! It was a can't miss it show in our house; my WW 2 veteran dad absolutely loved it. yellowdogintexas Nov 2021 #7