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FightingIrish

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5. My dad was an Army master sergeant who looked like Bilko.

Reply to a kennedy (Original post)

Wed Aug 24, 2022, 09:31 PM

Aug 2022

He loved the show and, when he was elected Mayor, he had city council meetings moved from Tuesdays to Thursdays so he wouldn’t have to miss the show. Sixty years later, the meetings are still on Thursday.

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The Phil Silvers Show.......Sargent Bilko. [View all] a kennedy Aug 2022 OP

No person has ever done what he did on that show. Eliot Rosewater Aug 2022 #1

Great. You can watch old shows on TV Time streaming. NoRethugFriends Aug 2022 #2

I have all the DVD's but did not know about this app/channel, thanks Eliot Rosewater Aug 2022 #10

Yep NoRethugFriends Aug 2022 #11

One of my favorites. rickford66 Aug 2022 #3

Remember Harry Speakup ? rickford66 Aug 2022 #4

That's Private Harry Speakup to you, sir. NoRethugFriends Aug 2022 #12

My dad was an Army master sergeant who looked like Bilko. FightingIrish Aug 2022 #5

Originally titled You'll Never Get Rich. rsdsharp Aug 2022 #6

Our family named our parakeet "Bilko" Thunderbeast Aug 2022 #7

It was a great show. My father was an old army man... brush Aug 2022 #8

Oh how I wish Nat Hiken hadn't smoked so much. Frasier Balzov Aug 2022 #9