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[Phil Silvers Archive @ErnestBilko]

Floating an idea for our next exclusive Museum t-shirt. Based around the classic 1956 episode The Con Men. Doberman gets fleeced sending Ernie into full flight, conning the Con Men!

Comment with a thumbs up if you like!

#philsilvers #tshirt #design #exclusive #councilbluffs

[Joe Rutland 🇺🇸 @JosephRutland5]

Bilko! Heaven knows, I want these episodes to run on some network. Maybe @TheRokuChannel can put them up. Phil Silvers was simply amazing and a whole new generation needs to see his brilliance. He went up against Lucy and Gleason in their heyday. Held his own weight against weighty competition (that's a dig at my own favorite, The Great One himself). :-)

[Zepppo @zepppo666]

@TheStingisBack I've been boycotting that company for a few years now and will dance on its grave when it's gone. It gave me my lifelong love of The Phil Silvers Show and the likes of Eric & Ernie but in its current incarnation is not fit for purpose.

[The Sting @TheStingisBack]

My Jerry Lewis story made me question the BBC for the rest of my career.

As a student, I did work experience on a show investigating dodgy hypnotists. I travelled with two female BBC producers to Blackpool to interview a victim (you don’t want to know).

At the hotel, a man was walking out as I walked in. We both held the door and stared at each other.
“After you,” I said.
“No, after you, young man”, he replied.
I smiled, thanked him, and we passed.
I turned to the producers: “Do you know who that was?”
“Nope,” one said, in a tone suggesting I shouldn’t be making eye contact, let alone talking.
“That was Jerry Lewis.”
They stared. “Who?”
“Jerry Lewis. Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis?”
More staring. “Never heard of him.”
“You’ve never heard of Jerry Lewis?” Internally, I was furious. Externally, I was still trying to get a job in TV.
“Is he someone we’re interviewing?” one asked.
“No.”
“Then I’m not interested,” she snapped. “Put the gear over there.”

What struck me wasn’t Jerry Lewis being in Blackpool (I found out later that he was filming Funny Bones). It was that these two women were producers with almost no knowledge of entertainment history, TV or film. I know this because I spent the rest of the week asking them very easy questions they couldn't or wouldn't answer. Yet they’re the people who decide what YOU should watch and what YOU’LL find interesting.

After 25 years of being stuck in tiny edit suites with people like this (and honestly, it’s the norm), I could write a book about idiotic TV decision-makers who think they’re the smartest in the room and make choices based on what they assume YOUR intelligence level is.

[Phil Silvers Archive @ErnestBilko]

@IrvingP20191874 @bamagirl_4_eva Unforgivable.

[Irving Paul @IrvingP20191874]

@bamagirl_4_eva Wait No Phil Silvers Show Sergeant Bilko on the list

[GreenTic @Vaulter67]

@BrianBengal Used to love that movie when I was a kid.
Spencer Tracy and Phil Silvers playing a brilliant Phil Silvers👍

[Phil Silvers Archive @ErnestBilko]

Having fun recreating the signs that adorned The Phil Silvers Show sets. I've tweaked screenshots taken from the episodes, carefully capturing the authenticity of the originals!

An ongoing project as a main feature for the entrance to the Museum.

#philsilvers #bilko #signs

[Mark Ellis @MarkEllis15]

@ErnestBilko Glad to know. Loved them very much both👍😁

[Phil Silvers Archive @ErnestBilko]

@MarkEllis15 Initially not! Williams was unaware Phil was suffering health issues during filming. The situation improved once Jim and Anita explained the reasons for Phil's behaviour to Kenneth...

[Mark Ellis @MarkEllis15]

@ErnestBilko Always wonder how Phil and Kenneth Williams got on. I can’t believe that well somehow 😁😁
Both genius comedians of course.

[AiredOnTVToday @AiredOnTVToday]

70 years ago on October 23, 1956, TV show 'The Phil Silvers Show' aired episode "Bilko's War Against Culture"

[TVARK @tvark]

Remembering actress Diana Dors
1931-1984

Her TV credits include:

Queenie's Castle
Open Dors
The Phil Silvers Show
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Z Cars
Dixon of Dock Green
Whodunnit?
Thriller
Just William
The Sweeney
Hammer House of Horror
The Two Ronnies
Dick Turpin
Punchlines

[Phil Silvers Archive @ErnestBilko]

New and returning Phil fans Simon, Tim & Richard visiting the new Museum.

'Great memories and fantastic displays, love it!'
- Simon & Tim, Bristol.

'A great collection, love the Museum, my 4th visit!'
- Richard, Plymouth.

#philsilvers #Museum #visit #bristol #Plymouth

[Agnes Moorehead @agnesmooreheads]

A great photo of Aggie talking to Phil Silvers at an event in the late 1960s. I’d love to know what she’s saying! 💜

[Phil Silvers Archive @ErnestBilko]

'A truly wonderful archive dedicated to the great Phil Silvers. Full of joy!'
- Tom, Glasgow.

#philsilvers #joy #archive #comedy #greatest

[Canoga Park News @CanogaParkNews]

Live! From the Canoga Park News Weather Nook! It's your up-to-the-minute Accu-Mug™ forecast! Happy birthday to Barrie Chase—the last living actor from IAMMMMW!
Unless that little ratfink kid who gave Phil Silvers lousy directions is still around.

[Phil Silvers Archive @ErnestBilko]

Without resorting to a search engine what is the connection between the episode AWOL and the 1989 movie Batman?

#philsilvers #batman #awol #television #movie

[Jacob Edwards💙 @MrJacobEdwards_]

@Latenitemusic1 Phil Silvers will always be Bilko.

[Dave @Dave_in_718]

@For_Film_Fans The Phil Silvers show is still funny today. Great writers worked on the show.

[sparky01 @sparky01]

@For_Film_Fans Oh my Phil silvers up there with jackie G when mom alive