The Phil Silvers Show*: Audition Show
CBS
1955
Sitcom
DVD
C+
This never aired at the time, but I decided to watch it anyway, and just not count it towards the average. It's rough around the edges but shows potential, and I like such things as Bilko's moral conflict about whether to keep the innocent, young recruits' savings, and his conflict with the spokesman of those recruits. It's notable that two men (one in that group and one in the first group) are black and have a line each, which is more than you'd see on most '50s shows. I'm just tagging the two performers I recognize, Silvers of course and Lembeck, as well as creator and main writer Nat Hiken.
*It was then known as You'll Never Get Rich and is mostly remembered as Bilko, but this is the proper name for the series.
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