#bilko

[dollopheadsandclotpoles]

wait what iconic photo is that drawing based on? bradley in a crop top?????????

Oh no no it's not Bradley in the original shoot, it's a Chinese model called Ye Hao. It was from a photoshoot for GQ China.

But the picture went viral and people started drawing their favourite characters in the same style, so I was just happy to see Arthur drawn to match the iconic picture!

[marvolord]

BOOP

BOOP

[mydailyvintagephotos]

Remembering Phil Silvers🌹🕊️

On his Birthday 🎂

May 11th 1911

[travsd]

Beatrice Pons: From MacLeish to "Mother's Day"

Beatrice Pons: From MacLeish to “Mother’s Day”

In the mid ’80s, I was briefly diverted by the charmless charms of a low-budget independent horror movie called Mother’s Day (1980). I am not ordinarily a fan of graphic horror, nor was I then, but something about this appalling exercise captured my attention for a few weeks. Somehow, I had acquired the VHS tape, I think, back when my personal library was quite small, or else I taped it off of…

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[abriefingwithmichael]

[harveylembecks]

phil silvers bean jar

[oldshowbiz]

great american literature

[gladaseeya]

Top Cue magazine, 22 January 1955. Bottom TV Guide magazine, 1-7 January 1955.

Filming on Bilko started in December 1954, with three episodes completed by year end.

The show’s premiere was provisionally scheduled for 25 January 1955. On 12th January it was reported that CBS would wait "until the best possible time and date” could be found for their “world-beater”. It would be another eight months before they took the plunge.

October 1955 (Bivouac).

April 1958 (Bilko’s Chinese Restaurant).

February 1956.