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...combined gymnasium and rehearsal hall. Silvers says: "When Nat first thought of this Army thing, I didn't like it. But it had one major quality - it wasn't show business. I'm fed up with comedies about show business." So Master Sergeant Ernie Bilko was born. As Silvers plays him, the sergeant's middle name is larceny: he bamboozles everybody on the post with the fast-talking ease of a gypsy promising to double a housewife's savings if she will just wrap up the dough in a clean handkerchief. The show is filmed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Old Army Game | 12/12/1955 | See Source »

...back to the first question. Do you think Bilko will ever hit major league pitching? Will Stanky's firing of Terry Moore hurt us at the gate? Is Mizell really a left-handed Dizzy Dean...

Author: By Andrew E. Norman, | Title: THE SPORTING SCENE | 3/3/1953 | See Source »

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