The Phil Silvers Show a Korean War patrol – Cpl. Allan Melvin, Pvt. Silvers, Pvt. Hiken, and Pvt. Lembeck. The characters also appear in the novel "The Manchurian Candidate", which has been plagued with multiple assertions of plagiarism. In 1987 a British tourist visiting Tibet wearing a Phil Silvers "Sgt. Bilko" T-shirt had Chinese soldiers attempt to rip it off her because they thought the picture was the Dalai Lama. Larry David, creator and star of "Curb Your Enthusiasm", has called "The Phil Silvers Show" his favorite television show. From 1957 to 1960, DC Comics published a Sergeant Bilko comic book which lasted 16
Larry David story outline, direction, and their own creativity. David has said that his character in the show, a fictionalized version of himself, is what he would be like in real life if he lacked social awareness and sensitivity. The character's numerous and frequent social faux pas, misunderstandings, and ironic coincidences are the basis of much of the show's comedy and have led to the entry into the American pop culture lexicon of the expression "Larry David moment", meaning an inadvertently created socially awkward situation. The basis of the show is the events in David's life following the fortune he earned from