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Billy Friedberg

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The Phil Silvers Show
7.0

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.

The Phil Silvers Show

1955
Camp Runamuck
7.3

Camp Runamuck is an American sitcom which aired on NBC during the 1965-1966 television season. The series was created and executive produced by David Swift, and aired for 26 episodes.

Camp Runamuck

1965
The Desert Song
7.3

Live television version of the classic musical.

The Desert Song

1955
Babes in Toyland
N/A

A young girl becomes lost in a department store during the Christmas shopping rush. The frightened child is comforted by a department store Santa Claus who tells her a tale of storybook characters brought to life - of Tommy Tucker's love for the lovely Jane Piper and the cold-hearted villainy of evil Silas Barnaby. Through the girl's dreams, the viewer is transported to Toyland. Based on the classic Broadway operetta by Victor Herbert and Glen MacDonough, this was its second live television special production, with some new cast members and some returning.

Babes in Toyland

1955
A Connecticut Yankee
6.0

A live television presentation of Rodgers and Hart's 1927 stage musical.

A Connecticut Yankee

1955
Babes in Toyland
6.7

Based on the classic Broadway operetta by Victor Herbert and Glen MacDonough, this live television special became an annual Christmas tradition with rotating cast members.

Babes in Toyland

1954
Satins and Spurs
N/A

A rodeo performer at a show in Madison Square Garden falls for a handsome photographer who's been assigned to do a story on the show for Life Magazine.

Satins and Spurs

1954
Keep in Step
N/A

An hour of music and comedy sketches hosted by Phil Silvers. Sponsored by Pontiac automobiles.

Keep in Step

1959
Lady in the Dark
7.7

The unhappy female editor of a fashion magazine is undergoing psychoanalysis.

Lady in the Dark

1954
The Great Waltz
10.0

Johann Strauss, Jr., a would-be composer of waltzes in mid-19th Century Vienna, attempts to thwart his father's efforts to prevent his success when the older man becomes jealous of his melodic skill.

The Great Waltz

1955
Heidi
N/A

Johanna Spyri's beloved children's story is given the live-television musical treatment.

Heidi

1955
Holiday
N/A

Nell Valentine, a young schoolteacher, breaks the routine of her everyday life to embark on a European adventure. She meets and falls in love with the mysterious Ray Brinton, another American apparently on vacation, whose past poses an obstacle to their romance.

Holiday

1956
The Adventures of Marco Polo
N/A

Venetian merchant Marco Polo travels to the East and the court of Kublai Khan who makes him an emissary and sends him on diplomatic missions throughout his empire. Over many years, Polo learns new cultures and languages, but he is haunted by the face of a mysterious woman whom he had met before leaving Venice and encounters her face in every woman he sees. Eventually returning to Venice to share his exotic and esoteric knowledge, Marco Polo once again finds the woman of his dreams. The Adventures of Marco Polo was an original, live television musical which was broadcast on NBC on April 14, 1956.

The Adventures of Marco Polo

1956
Paris in the Springtime
N/A

An original musical, featuring songs from various composers, about an acting troupe seeking artistic acclaim in Paris.

Paris in the Springtime

1956
Naughty Marietta
N/A

An American comes to New Orleans to get the help of a governor in catching a pirate, though the pirate in question is actually the governor himself.

Naughty Marietta

1955