THE PHIL SILVERS SHOW MARATHON
Decades, 7:00 a.m. ET
Yesterday, Decades presented a marathon Saturday showing of Nat Hiken’s deliriously goofy New York cop comedy from 1961-63, Car 54, Where Are You? Today, as a sort of weekend double feature, Decades presents Hiken’s previous, more revered classic sitcom: 1955-59’s The Phil Silvers Show, also known as You’ll Never Get Rich (its original title) and Sgt. Bilko (its title in syndication). Basically, Bilko is to WWII what Alan Alda’s Hawkeye is to the Korean War – a fast-talking, fast-thinking anti-authority noncomformist. Silvers’ Bilko was an enlisted Army sergeant, where Hawkeye Pierce was a grudgingly drafted doctor – but under their respective military systems, they both really knew how to operate.