tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7210602.post2927280006136035710..comments2024-03-25T18:01:05.147-05:00Comments on A Shroud of Thoughts: The Phil Silvers ShowTerence Towles Canotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18397088843628331615noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7210602.post-90923409939041079862012-05-12T18:44:12.591-05:002012-05-12T18:44:12.591-05:00Fans of Phil and The Phil Silvers Show might like ...Fans of Phil and The Phil Silvers Show might like to check out the website run by Phil's official UK-based fan club The British PHIL SILVERS Appreciation Society (formed in 1984 with the permission of Phil himself)....<br /><br />http://www.bpsas.co.uk/Mick Clewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06327596417922409298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7210602.post-56956895217484616272012-05-12T18:24:48.861-05:002012-05-12T18:24:48.861-05:00Hal, I have to agree. I think the first two season...Hal, I have to agree. I think the first two seasons were by far the best. It was still a good show, but it does seem the high points it had hit during the first two seasons were fewer!<br /><br />I've been watching Car 54 on ME-TV and it holds up remarkably well. Nat Hiken clearly hadn't lost his touch!<br /><br />It's hard to pick my favourite episodes (so many to choose from), but I think I'd go with "The Court Martial," "Mardi Gras," The Centennial," "Bivouac," and "The Secret Life of Sgt. Bilko."Terence Towles Canotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18397088843628331615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7210602.post-826927499108704112012-05-12T17:06:35.045-05:002012-05-12T17:06:35.045-05:00Excellent write up; refreshing to see the writer r...Excellent write up; refreshing to see the writer recognised for the show's success, something the industry seems to have forgotten in recent years.K. A. Laityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05983280397279864583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7210602.post-65091126575185123232012-05-12T16:07:05.319-05:002012-05-12T16:07:05.319-05:00BILKO certainly lost something without Hiken. The...BILKO certainly lost something without Hiken. The 'batting average' was astoundingly high the first two seasons; without him, it became a little more hit and miss but still had a number of shows that hit the heights of the first two seasons.<br /><br />It was Fred Gwynne's appearance ("The Eating Contest") that led to him being cast alongside fellow BILKO alumni Joe E. Ross in CAR 54, which still looks great (working my way through the S. 2 DVD now). Hiken continued to cast African-American performers regularly on CAR 54, with Mel Stewart, Frederick O'Neal, Nipsey Russell and the great Ossie Davis being among the semi-regulars.<br /><br />So what are your favorite BILKO episodes? Mine: "Centennial", "Empty Store", "The Secret Life of Sergeant Bilko" and "Bilko Goes to Monte Carlo".Halhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09291930694234773688noreply@blogger.com