Product Details

• Actors: Phil Silvers
• Format: NTSC
• Region: All Regions
• Studio: A&E Home Video
• DVD Release Date: May 2, 2006
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: B000FKP1XG
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #151,866 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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Born of immigrant parents in 1912, Phil Silvers grew up on the mean streets of Brownsville in Brooklyn. His talent and wit launched a show business career that culminated with the smash Broadway show, Top Banana, and the heights of TV stardom in the 1950s as the star of his own Army sitcom. Eyewitness accounts of the comedian's life connect the show-business persona with the real-life husband and father. Among those interviewed are former wife Jo-Carroll Dennison, comedians Milton Berle, Red Buttons, Rose Marie, Jonathon Winters and Phil Hartman. It's a fascinating story of a career in which Silvers enjoyed the heights of success while suffering through the depths of gambling addiction and depression.

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A bunch of Bilko, June 21, 2009

By	Girvan Paterson (Melbourne,Vic. Australia) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Not a bad Bio of the great Phil Silvers, but it should have included a few scenes from the film of the stage show the title was taken from, 'Top Banana', otherwise quite an interesting look at the man forever associated with 'Sgt.Bilko' from his famous television series. A man who more than once found himself ruining his life and family because of a life long gambling addiction, he was perhaps more like 'Bilko' than he'd care to let on, however, faults aside, Silvers was undoubtedly one of the great vaudevillian style comedians, who succeded in translating his talent to the big and small screen for over 40 years. He deserves to be remembered!