| As Bilko, Silvers was never less than sensational, delivering his lines with speed and guile and marvellously ad-libbing when the situation required it. |
| He created a half-dozen memorable characters that often winked and made funny, out-of-context asides to the audience, and no one topped him at ad-libbing. |
| He was cold, he was bad at ad-libbing and he was very bad at setting up the panelists to be funny. |
| His political ad-libbing in response to changing conditions has so far been deft. |
| He was confident, quick, very good at ad-libbing and feeding off the audience. |
| The easy conversational tone and apparent ad-libbing of the broadcast shows were really the product of meticulous attention to the script and years of experience as performers. |
