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If I could choose another life, if I could switch the random confluence of genetics and geography that made me an Ulster Prod by birth and a Scottish-based Spurs fans through peer influence and economics, I reckon I wouldn't mind being Phil Silvers.
It would be a toss-up involving him, Little Richard and Danny Blanchflower. But I suspect the man who played Sergeant Ernest Bilko would come out on top. I could put up with the hardscrabble New York upbringing and the poor health and clinical depression that blighted his later years if I knew I'd been in the best sitcom of all time.See the full content of this document
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In Praise of ... Phil Silvers.
The Phil Silvers Show has just come out out on DVD. It is more th...
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