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The Phil Silvers Show

1955–1959CBSComedy

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A military march for a sergeant running every racket on the base — the ancestor of every workplace comedy about a charming fraud.

The Phil Silvers Show opens with a main title sequence of 44 seconds.

It arrived on CBS in 1955, when Candid Camera, Guiding Light and Truth or Consequences were also on the network.

1 sequence26th most looked up of 46 in the 1950sIMDb ↗
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The opening titles

Season 1

44s

The opening theme, from Shout! Studios.

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