Sgt. Bilko: The Phil Silvers Show - First Season

Season One is brilliant - and it has subtitles. Please let's have seasons 2, 3 and 4 ASAP
This set has English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired. As someone with bad hearing, I find that information vital whenever I buy a DVD these days.

Of all the TV comedies I ever saw, this one has to be the best. Not even Lucy or The Honeymooners, the two other great series from the golden age of US sitcom, came anywhere near it. Maybe it hit me at an impressionable age; maybe I missed some other great series; maybe they showed only the best episodes here (Melbourne, Australia, the early 1960s). But the pleasure that I've had from watching this long-awaited set of the first season has proven to me at least that Sgt Bilko really is the best. For anyone who wants proof of the genius of Phil Silvers, I'd suggest they try the episode where Bilko goes to bring back a Hungarian private who's gone AWOL. The story is practically non-existent and the dialogue is forgettable, but from the moment when Bilko enters the house of the celebrating Hungarians, the laughs just keep...

Blarney-ed to the max=Sgt.Bilko!
When one watches the Phil Silvers Show,one cannot help but ask who else but Phil Silvers could ever have successfully pulled off such a brilliant characterization of one Sgt.Ernest T.Bilko?I cannot honestly think of any actor then extant who had the moxy and energy coupled with such an innate ability for ad libbing than Silvers had who could have.He was creator Nat Hiken's first and best choice for the role.
This is the first season of "The Phil Silvers Show",for a short time known as "You'll Never Get Rich",with eps spanning from Sept.20/55 to May 15/56.The opening credits are the syndication animated titles which show a group of soldiers walking on with the shows title card ,Bilko barking orders,the group marching off,then Doberman appearing with an upside down card only to be righted by Bilko shouting again.However the original titles,bumpers and end credits ARE included in this five single DVD set which are a delight to see.Also included are numerous commentaries,show...

Sgt. Bilko: The Phil Silvers Show-First Season
I thought they would never release this show. My father and I watched it when it first came out in 1955.
We thought it was the funniest of any of the comedy shows of that era, and I still do.
This is one show all of the family can watch.
Hope they release the rest of them.

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