Billy Sands – MRQE

“Phil Silvers Show, The”

Sun, 24 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

The Phil Silvers Show, originally titled You’ll Never Get Rich, was a sitcom which ran on CBS from 1955 to 1959 for 142 episodes, plus a 1959 special. The series starred Phil Silvers as Master Sergeant Ernest G. Bilko of the United States Army.

The series was created and largely written 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 is very often referred to by these names, both on-screen and by viewers. The show’s success transformed Silvers from a journeyman comedian into a star, and writer-producer Hiken from a highly-regarded behind-the-scenes comedy writer into a publicly recognized creator.

Another Nice Mess

Sun, 24 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Nixon and Agnew played as Laurel and Hardy.

McHale’s Navy Joins the Air Force

Sun, 24 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

The crew of PT-73 are in trouble again when Ensign Parker is mistaken for a pilot and gets shanghied into the Air Force.

McHale’s Navy

Sun, 24 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

The crew of PT-73 get into trouble when they back the wrong horse in a race. Now they have to come up with a way to raise the money to pay off the winners.

“McHale’s Navy”

Sun, 24 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

An experienced South Pacific Sea Dog by the name of Quinton McHale, was commissioned as a Lieutenant Commander into the U.S. Navy Reserve at the start of World War II.

McHale was made the Skipper of the Torpedo Patrol (PT) Boat #73 stationed at the U.S. Naval Installation on the island of Taratupa in the Southwest Pacific.

The 73 ‘Family’ included, among others, a con man and amateur Magician, a womanizing hunk, a dedicated Family man, a guitar-playing, moonshine-making Tennessee good ol’ boy, and even a deserter from the Japanese Navy, who was an excellent cook.