Nanticoke natives of a certain age will never forget his longball exploits. Southern Californians who saw his titanic blasts in person will always remember, too. But there’s a whole country full of ...
Nanticoke natives of a certain age will never forget his long-ball exploits. Southern Californians who saw his titanic blasts in person will always remember too. But there’s a whole country full of ...
He bilked his men out of their hard-earned money. He lied to his superior officers. He was a gambler, a hustler and a con artist. He had the most ferocious growl. In short, he was a scoundrel. Yet Sgt ...
In the 1970s, Hallmark published a greeting card booklet titled: What Makes This Country So Great? The booklet features Peanuts comic strip characters and opens with Linus saying, "Just think of all ...
Today, Phil Silvers’ legacy might be that his voice and TV persona were ripped off by Hanna-Barbera for the character of Top Cat. As a result, today’s generation is missing out on watching a truly ...
In the history of TV con-men, no one was con-nier or cannier (but never corny) than Phil Silvers’ Sgt. Bilko. Silvers invested staff sergeant Ernie Bilko with the sort of snappy, cynical, quick New ...
Los Angeles Times Saturday May 27, 2006 Home Edition Main News Part A Page 2 National Desk 1 inches; 36 words Type of Material: Correction ‘Sgt. Bilko’: A story in last Sunday’s Calendar about the ...
Minor League Baseball players don’t usually become famous – at least not when they’re still in the minor leagues. Between 1949 and 1962, Steve Bilko played for six Major League Baseball teams. But it ...
In the early 1950s, when he enlisted in the ranks of those creating TV sitcoms, Nat Hiken was no raw recruit. After a career in radio comedy writing for Fred Allen and Milton Berle, and then helping ...