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Sgt. Bilko is a 1996 American military comedy film directed by Jonathan Lynn and written by Andy Breckman. It is an adaptation of the 1950s television series The Phil Silvers Show , often informally called Sgt. Bilko , or simply Bilko , and stars Steve Martin , Dan Aykroyd , Phil Hartman and Glenne Headly .
The series starred Phil Silvers as Master Sergeant Ernest G. Bilko of the United States Army. The series was created by Nat Hiken and won three consecutive Emmy Awards for Best Comedy Series. The show is sometimes titled Sergeant Bilko or simply Bilko in reruns, and it is very often referred to by these names, both on-screen and by viewers. The ...
Throughout Hiken's career, he was known for relentless hard work and perfectionism on his shows and his unwillingness to cede control. He handled most aspects of Bilko and Car 54 himself. The stress of his schedule, writing, production and dealing with the foibles of certain actors on each show, combined with a poor diet and heavy smoking ...
Bilko pampers the dog. Seven months later, the dog has grown. Doberman is temporarily transferred to Alaska and Louise is depressed. Bilko tries to dress and act like Doberman, but Louise knows better. Bilko wants to enter Louise in a dog show in New York to win $10,000. Bilko finds a way to get Doberman to New York. Louise wins in the poodle ...
In the 1963–1964 television season, he appeared as Harry Grafton, a factory foreman interested in get-rich-quick schemes, much like the previous Bilko character, in CBS's 30-episode The New Phil Silvers Show, [13] with co-stars Stafford Repp, Herbie Faye, Buddy Lester, Elena Verdugo as his sister, Audrey, and her children, played by Ronnie ...
For 16 years, a suburban New York prosecutor’s office insisted it had the right man in a notorious 1996 double killing. The office tried him five times, through a series of hung juries and ...
February 16, 1996: Happy Gilmore: co-production with Brillstein-Grey Entertainment and Robert Simonds Productions: March 15, 1996: Ed: co-production with Longview Entertainment March 29, 1996: Sgt. Bilko: distribution only; produced by Imagine Entertainment: April 12, 1996: Fear: April 19, 1996: Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie
Hiken had previously produced The Phil Silvers Show in New York; it was a military comedy with Silvers (as Sgt. Bilko) and his gang of comical soldiers. Hiken recruited many of the Bilko alumni for this new series. Joe E. Ross and Fred Gwynne had featured roles on the Bilko show, and Beatrice Pons was hired to reprise her old role of Ross's wife.