Phil Silvers Archive

Great news! From Wed 18th March Phil's Spitting Image head will be on display. We are planning a celebratory weekend around Phil's heavenly birthday 11th May. Possibly the 9th & 10th May to celebrate the Museum's new home! #philsilvers #bilko #museum #spittingimage #celebrate

Duped to beta from a 16mm master broadcast reel, here's the original 1955 animated intro and outro for The Phil Silvers Show (often known as Sergeant Bilko), which ran on CBS from September 1955 to September 1959 youtu.be/IpATBSS2Lng?si… via @YouTube

He will always be "Sergeant Bilko" to me. I learned a lot from him! 🤣

@ErnestBilko @Escartefigue777 @EmmaLouiseWebb3 @Petwill1 @carryonbook @WhenCarryOn @CarryOnJoan @carryontitterin @AbbaFan102 @RonFogelman "Oooh what a funny way to punch a ticket"

@ErnestBilko @Escartefigue777 @EmmaLouiseWebb3 @DJNeilNeale @Petwill1 @carryonbook @WhenCarryOn @CarryOnJoan @AbbaFan102 @RonFogelman "Are you travelling alone, Miss?" 🚂🐪

That's lovely. Just had a Facebook friend request from Angela Douglas! An accomplished actor, married to Kenneth More and starred with Phil in Follow That Camel 🐫 #philsilvers #carryon #britishcomedy #actor

@kl_to_the_max_1 Ty!!! I base hokey off of Phil silvers whenever I draw him lol 😂

@xopilin Love that hokey has glasses 🔥🔥🔥 Also amazing art

@AB52240639 @hwinkler4real Nancy (With the Laughing Face was composed in 1942 by Jimmy Van Heusen, with lyrics by Phil Silvers. The song was originally titled "Bessie (With the Laughing Face)" and was written for the wife of lyricist Johnny Burke, Bessie, for her birthday.

@hwinkler4real Nancy with the Laughing Face, written about Phil Silvers’ wife originally but adopted by Sinatra whose wife was also called Nancy …

"In the Wee Small Hours Of The Morning "

@WG_RumblePants Groucho Marx as Chairman Phil Silvers as Chief Exec Larry David as Director of Cricket Harpo Marx as Coach (communication may be difficult with Harpo I grant you)

With the Spitting Image head on display, as promised a Museum credit to our loyal supporters. This is the list compiled by Crowdfunder but if you've donated on a visit and are AWOL please message us! #philsilvers #bilko #museum #spittingimage #crowdfunder

@Papaalphabravo @burackbobby_ @TheDeuce 1 The Phil Silvers Show 2 Car 54 Where Are You? 3 The Honeymooners 4 Taxi 5 Cheers

@burackbobby_ @TheDeuce 1) Phil Silvers Show 2) Curb your enthusiasm 3) Blackadder 4) Seinfeld 5) The League of Gentlemen

Debating comedy shows w/@TheDeuce. My top 5: 1) Seinfeld 2) According to Jim 3) King of Queens 4) George Lopez 5) Two and a Half Men Patrick's top 5: 1) Larry Sanders Show 2) Seinfeld 3) Louie 4) Curb Your Enthusiasm 5) Frasier Who won?

@TobyWoody Bilko would have tied them up with his deal, and then sold it to them so well that they actually thought it was their own idea in the first place.

Watching Bilko's Pigeons from the 3rd season. The show kept retakes down to a bare minimum so one presumes this glorious scene with the feather was filmed in one take! #philsilvers #bilko #filming #genius #comedy

In the 1960s I loved Sgt. Bilko: The Phil Silvers Show - it was funny, chaotic and featured US service people who were out of their depth, always looking for the main chance and were hilariously useless. Little did I know that in 2026 the ghost of Bilko would be in government

@GylesB1 That is Maurice Gosfield wearing a Phil Silvers mask painted by Pablo Picasso.

A 2017 memory, Ernie on manoeuvres and recent visitors to the new Museum. Reaction has been unanimously positive with everyone agreeing it has a more Museum feel compared to the old one. We think Phil would be overjoyed! #philsilvers #museum #comedy #tribute #new