# Seeking Phil Silvers role **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [June 25, 2023, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-phil-silvers-role/986089 "2023-06-25T19:12:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2023, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-phil-silvers-role/986089/1 "2023-06-25T19:12:35Z")
This has been bugging me for days. I’m trying to find a movie where Phil Silvers played a restaurant owner, possibly a pizza parlor, and he verbally abuses a young man of Oceanic descent, calling him a “pineapple head.” It’s in Silvers’ oeuvre, ala _Sgt. Bilko_, playing an unlikable and coarse character. In my mind, this movie is from late 70s or early 80s, maybe a teen comedy. Both IMDb and Wikipedia have been no help. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2023, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-phil-silvers-role/986089/2 "2023-06-25T19:27:05Z")
Are you sure it was Phil Silvers and not the [Dalai Lama](https://apnews.com/article/a412d64ebd335577a8b3b119a7954155)? ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2023, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-phil-silvers-role/986089/3 "2023-06-25T19:33:23Z")
Maybe it’s the episode “Bilko’s Chinese Restaurant” from _The Phil Silvers Show_? > Bilko unveils plans to open his own Chinese restaurant. Noticing the huge quantities of Chinese ingredients being ordered by Sgt.Ritzik the Pentagon decide to send Bilko and his platoon to the island of Macoochi. -IMDB ---
**Author:** ![Dropo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@Dropo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dropo)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2023, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-phil-silvers-role/986089/4 "2023-06-25T19:38:26Z")
> **[The Chicken Chronicles (1977) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075836/?ref_=tt_urv)** > > The Chicken Chronicles: Directed by Frank Simon. With Phil Silvers, Ed Lauter, Steve Guttenberg, Lisa Reeves. A high school senior tries to score with Margaret. I haven’t seen this, but Mr. Silvers plays the owner of a fastfood restaurant. One of his employees looks “Oceanic” (I think the actor is actually Native American). ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2023, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-phil-silvers-role/986089/5 "2023-06-25T19:40:29Z")
That’s the ticket. The script shows someone (probably Phil) calling somebody “Pineapple”. Script here: [The Chicken Chronicles (1977) Movie Script | Subs like Script](https://subslikescript.com/movie/The_Chicken_Chronicles-75836) ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2023, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-phil-silvers-role/986089/6 "2023-06-25T21:58:41Z")
That’s it! Thanks @Dropo! Steve Guttenberg. I wonder whoever made that guy a star. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2023, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-phil-silvers-role/986089/7 "2023-06-25T22:02:42Z")
But he was so good in _The Boys from Brazil_! ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2023, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-phil-silvers-role/986089/8 "2023-06-25T23:36:06Z")
We do, we do! ---
**Author:** ![P-man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/p-man/32/3606_2.png) [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2023, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-phil-silvers-role/986089/9 "2023-06-26T00:50:24Z")
I remember going to see it on a whim and really liking it. No idea how it would stand up today. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2023, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-phil-silvers-role/986089/10 "2023-06-26T12:09:49Z")
The Dope comes through again in less than one hour. We be awesome, but @Dropo is especially awesome. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2023, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-phil-silvers-role/986089/11 "2023-06-26T14:48:05Z")
Agreed. The Dope has a tremendous record of answering queries like this. @Dropo continues the legacy.