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PHIL SILVERS SHOW, THE {YOU'LL NEVER GET RICH}: THE EATING CONTEST (TV)
Summary
One in this series of comedies starring Phil Silvers as Sgt. Ernie Bilko, a fast-talking confidence man stationed at Fort Baxter in Kansas. In this episode, Sgt. Bilko and his men, Company B, are dismayed that Company A, their competitors, seem to be able to beat them at every sport. Then a corporal named Ed Hanagan is transferred to Bilko's outfit. He is commonly known as "The Stomach" since he can out-eat anyone in the Army. Bilko sees his chance to get even with Company A, but what he does not realize is that his new corporal can only eat a lot when he is miserable. Commercials deleted.
(Series title varies; early episodes aired under the title "You'll Never Get Rich," which is retained as a subtitle in later episodes.)
Details
- NETWORK: CBS
- DATE: November 15, 1955 8:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:26:01
- COLOR/B&W: B&W
- CATALOG ID: T85:0928
- GENRE: Comedy
- SUBJECT HEADING: Comedy
- SERIES RUN: CBS - TV series, 1955-1959
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Nat Hiken … Producer, Created by, Writer
- Al DeCaprio … Director
- Arnold Auerbach … Writer
- Hank Sylvern … Music by
- Phil Silvers … Cast, Master Sgt. Ernie Bilko
- Allan Melvin … Cast, Cpl. Henshaw
- Paul Ford … Cast, Col. John Hall
- Harvey Lembeck … Cast, Cpl. Barbella
- Mickey Freeman … Cast, Pvt. Zimmerman
- Fred Gwynne … Cast, Ed Hanagan (The Stomach)
- Bern Hoffman … Cast, Henderson
- Murray Hamilton … Cast, Sgt. Allan