Word: bilko
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...vaudeville achieved Broadway stardom in High Button Shoes (1947) and Top Banana (1951), appeared in such movies as It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World and A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, but was best known for his portrayal of Master Sergeant Ernie Bilko, the glib, rascally hero of the 1950s TV series the Phil Silvers Show; in Century City, Calif...
...disabled star, saves a big musical, finds love and becomes a star herself. The little girl, this time around, is a whirligig newcomer named Wanda Richert; the laid-up star is Tammy Grimes, who puts over a song like a hybrid of Bea Lillie and Sergeant Bilko; and the hardbitten, long-suffering director is Jerry Orbach, who brings not only freshness but some unexpected bite into the show's title tune...