[Andrew999]

Where would you expect to find the Phil Silvers Museum - Brooklyn perhaps, where he was born? Century City, where he died? Broadway? Hollywood?

No, the Museum is in Coventry, England - a place that as far as I know, Phil never visited:

https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/inside-only-phil-silvers-museum-18991406

There were loads of Bilko comics (and Doberman and Top Cat) but I'm pretty sure they are all in copyright so the chances are we will never get to see them legally (except for expensive reprint collections)

A strip also appeared in a short-lived UK comic called Solo which was built around the Man from Uncle. Solo also reprinted Disney strips and was my introduction to Uncle Scrooge!

[Robb_K]

It is absolutely unbelievable that Phil Silvers would have a memorial museum in The UK, but nothing like that for him in USA. where he was a superstar from the late 1940s through the 1960s.  Both his own name and his TV character's name were household words back then.  I'm sure he was never as big in The UK.  But, I know he has many loyal fans there.  Was his TV show ever shown there on over-the-airwaves-TV?  I'm SURE it has been shown there on satellite TV during recent times now that they have 1,000s of channels who need programmes to fill their schedule.

[The Australian Panther]

We Got Sgt Bilko down under and it was very popular. To me the best Memorial to Bilko is the Top Cat cartoons and comic books. Top Cat was done on a level that was as much for adults as for Children.
The Steve Martin Bilko Remake I have seen small bits of, and that's all I really want to see.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idhkRJdrJcI

The Voices and the timing were right on the money.
List of Voice actors.
https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/tv-shows/Top-Cat/

Interestingly, Benny was voiced by the original 'Maurice Gosfield'   

Back to Hoagy's Alley The making of Top Cat
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvASzpZ05-I

[Robb_K]

We Got Sgt Bilko down under and it was very popular. To me the best Memorial to Bilko is the Top Cat cartoons and comic books. Top Cat was done on a level that was as much for adults as for Children.
The Steve Martin Bilko Remake I have seen small bits of, and that's all I really want to see.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idhkRJdrJcI

The Voices and the timing were right on the money.
List of Voice actors.
https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/tv-shows/Top-Cat/

Interestingly, Benny was voiced by the original 'Maurice Gosfield'   

Back to Hoagy's Alley The making of Top Cat

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvASzpZ05-I
Having grown up with Disney, WB, MGM, Lantz, and the best of Fleischer/Famous full animation, I never could stand watching Hanna-Barbera limited animation.  I also wasn't watching much TV by the early-mid 1960s.  I only looked at Top Cat for about 30 seconds.  Yes, I can see how they patterned him after Sgt. Bilko.  And it's interesting that they got the original TV show actor who played "Doberman" to play the voice of the smallest cat, who played the analogous part. To me, animation is like still cartoon art.  I can't look at inferior art, no matter how good the story might be, and therefore, can't look at limited animation, no matter how good the script writing is.

Actually, when I look back on old Bilko shows, I realise that many of the shows have only a few really funny lines, and so, are not all that funny by today's more sophisticated standards.  But, during the 1950s, there were a LOT less TV shows to watch, so we were happy to get any shows that were reasonably, or somewhat funny.  Usually, I am VERY nostalgic, and things from the 1940s and 1950s are almost always better to me.  But, I think a lot of people will agree with me that some of the humour from back then seems "corny" now, after our having experienced more modern standup comedy acts.

[Andrew999]

Sure, Bilko was shown in the UK - usually late at night as I recall, something to amuse you before falling into bed. Top Cat, was probably much more popular. It was shown during 'Children's Hour', the BBC slot that ran daily after school from about 4.30pm-5.50pm, followed by the news.