The Phil Silvers Show
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The Phil Silvers Show, originally titled You'll Never Get Rich, is an American sitcom which ran on the CBS Television Network from 1955 to 1959. A pilot titled "Audition Show" was made in 1955, but it
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Sgt. Bilko with Col. Hall
An advertisement for Camel cigarettes from 1957. Shown are Pvt Doberman (Maurice Gosfield, center) and Cpl Henshaw (Allan Melvin, right).
Ed Sullivan made his first cameo television appearance on the show.
Top Cat
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Top Cat is an American animated sitcom produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions and originally broadcast in prime time on the ABC network. It aired in a weekly evening time slot from September 27, 1961,
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…with the owner of Me-TV, Weigel Broadcasting). The Bilko persona was borrowed by the Hanna-Barbera animation studio for its television cartoon series Top Cat, which drew on elements from The Phil Silvers Show. Maurice Gosfield from the original platoon voiced Benny the Ball. Hokey Wolf was another Hanna-Barbera…
Top Cat and the gang (left to right): Benny the Ball (foreground); Brain; Officer Dibble (behind fence); Fancy-Fancy; Top Cat; Spook (foreground); Choo-Choo