Top Banana

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Top Banana is a 1951 Broadway musical comedy, later adapted into a film, that satirizes the television industry and starred comedian Phil Silvers in a career-defining role.

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instanceOf Broadway musical
film adaptation
satire
stage musical
adaptedInto Top Banana (film) NERFINISHED
awardReceived Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical NERFINISHED
awardReceivedBy Phil Silvers NERFINISHED
basedOn Top Banana NERFINISHED
bookBy Hy Kraft NERFINISHED
broadwayRun over 300 performances
character Jerry Biffle NERFINISHED
composer Johnny Mercer NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
creativeRole vehicle for Phil Silvers
genre musical comedy
satire
hasType commercial theatre production
language English
lyricist Johnny Mercer NERFINISHED
mainSubject television industry
medium live theatre
motion picture
musicStyle American popular song
notableFor career-defining role for Phil Silvers
notableSong A Word a Day NERFINISHED
I Fought Every Step of the Way NERFINISHED
Top Banana (title song) NERFINISHED
originalBroadwayOpeningDate 1951
originalBroadwayTheatre Winter Garden Theatre NERFINISHED
originalProductionType Broadway NERFINISHED
period early 1950s American musical theatre
producer Albert Sidney Fleischman NERFINISHED
releaseDate 1954
satirizes television advertising
television industry
setting television variety show world
starring Jack Albertson NERFINISHED
Judy Lynn NERFINISHED
Phil Silvers NERFINISHED
Rose Marie NERFINISHED

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