Phil Silvers

On stage 6 productions, 33 years

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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

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In the literature8 passages

• A word about Nat Hiken, who wrote that show. He was the comedy genius behind The Phil Silvers Show . When Nat came on board for Carol + 2 , he wrote everything for the entire show with the exception of the musical number “Chutzpah,” by the Welches. He conceived and wrote every one of the sketches we did, and they were some of the funniest…ebooks/Burnett, Carol/This Time Together - Carol Burnett.txt
• W e were just about ready to wrap up our eighth season in March 1975. It was our next-to-last week. I remember that Phil Silvers (of Sgt. Bilko fame) and Jean Stapleton (Edith on All in the Family ) were our guest stars. It was Monday. We had just finished rehearsing and I was in my office getting ready to go home. Joe was working in his…ebooks/Burnett, Carol/This Time Together - Carol Burnett.txt
• It was a matinee day. Celebrity sightings: Phil Silvers, who was about to open in a new comedy titled How the Other Half Loves at the Wilbur, was at the performance. Robert Goulet and Carol Lawrence attended the evening performance, along with Gene Kelly, who was there to cheer on his brother, Fred. Tharon Musser, her assistant Spencer Mo…ebooks/Chapin, Ted/Everything Was Possible_ The Birth of the Musical Follies (Applause Books) - Ted Chapin.txt
• Act One: “The Man of the Year This Week” (Ensemble); “You’re So Beautiful That—” (Lindy Doherty); “Top Banana” (Phil Silvers, Jack Albertson, Lindy Doherty, Joey Faye, Herbie Faye); “Elevator Song” (Ensemble); “Hail to MacCracken’s” (Ensemble); “Only If You’re in Love” (Lindy Doherty, Judy Lynn); “My Home Is in My Shoes” (Bob Scheerer, En…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
• Act Two: “Sans Souci” (Rose Marie, Hal Loman, Joan Fields, Ensemble); “A Dog Is a Man’s Best Friend” (Phil Silvers, Ted “Sport” Morgan, The Three Grenadiers); “That’s for Sure” (Lindy Doherty, Judy Lynn, Ensemble); “A Word a Day” (Phil Silvers, Rose Marie); “Top Banana Ballet” (Phil Silvers, Ensemble); Finale (Company)ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
• Phil Silvers played top banana Jerry Biffle, television’s most popular comedian and something of a madcap micro-manager in his obsession to control his hit TV show (and everything else). According to Walter Kerr in the New York Herald Tribune , he’s surrounded by an entourage of sycophantic gag writers, yes-men, and “the men who laugh bef…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt

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