The Phil Silvers Show

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1955

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Episodes

EP 2: The Empty Store

Bilko is still broke and can't find a way back into the big poker game. When the three sergeant's win again, by beating one of the...

EP 3: The WAC

A job comes up for a sergeant that has a jeep allocated Bilko applies for it only to find that he is beaten by a Sgt Joan Hogan. (...

EP 4: The Horse

Bilko loses the platoon welfare money on a horse only to find out that it is suffering from a minor leg injury, with the last of t...

EP 5: AWOL

Pvt Steve Nagy goes awol so Bilko has to go and fetch him back only to find himself caught up in the middle of a family feud...

EP 6: The Boxer

Bilko discovers that one of the platoon Claude Dillingham is a boxing champ so Bilko enters him for the interplatoon championship ...

EP 7: The Hoodlum

After several transfers a young tough guy is moved to the motor pool platoon and it is left to the Bilko to cut him down to size. ...

EP 8: Mardi Gras

When the platoon ask local socialite Miss Joy Landers to be their Mardi Gras queen she laughs and turns them down flat, so Bilko f...

EP 9: The Eating Contest

In an eating contest between the platoons Bilko puts his money on a new member of the platoon nicknamed 'The Stomach' only to find...

EP 10: The Centennial

Bilko organises a pageant to celebrate 100 years of Camp Baxter but after some investigation finds that it does not show the camp ...

EP 11: Bivouac

When maneuvers come round again the Colonel is interested in which illness Bilko has in order to miss out on the joys of marching ...

EP 12: The Singing Contest

Bilko hears of a singing contest in Miami and to get away from the bitterly cold weather he enters the platoon but on hearing them...

EP 13: The Twitch

Colonel Hall tells Bilko to provide an audience for a lecture on music. He finds that nobody wants to come until they learn that t...

EP 14: The Reunion

When Bilko meets up with his old army buddies, he thinks that they are going to be so short of money, that he is going to have to ...

EP 15: The Rich Kid

Bilko gets an idea to buy the local bar and grill, but he is stumped for cash, until he learns that one of the platoon's new recru...

EP 16: Hollywood

Hollywood plans a film of the ' Battle of Kabuchi' and they hire Bilko as the technical adviser, but after a couple of days he has...

EP 17: The Investigation

A Congressional committee visit Fort Baxter to investigate waste and high living but Bilko has other ideas, he wants a pay rise in...

EP 18: Kids In the Trailer

While babysitting for a member of the platoon Bilko panics when he finds that he can't change the baby's nappy...

EP 19: The Revolutionary War

Bilko's aunt sends him a diary showing him that his great uncle Joshua was on the staff of George Washington so Bilko applies to b...

EP 20: The Transfer

When the Colonel makes life difficult Bilko decides to bluff and puts in a transfer, but the Colonel calls the bluff and Bilko is ...

EP 21: The Rest Cure

During a heat wave Bilko discovers that the army have a rest centre in the Rockies but the trick is trying to persuade the doctors...

EP 22: Dinner at Sowici's

When Bilko thinks that Joan is trying to trap him into marriage, he takes her to dinner at Sgt Sowici's to see how bad marriage ca...

EP 23: Army Memoirs

When Sgt's Pendleton,Grover, and Sowici get Bilko busted to private, he gets his own back by pretending to write a book on his arm...

EP 24: Miss America

When Bilko asks for pictures of the platoons girlfriends Pvt Honnagar shows them a photo of a beautiful girl taken years ago. they...

EP 25: The Court Martial

When Zippo the ape is accidently inducted into the army the only way to get the army off the hook is to get Bilko as defense counc...

EP 26: Furlough in New York

Bilko and Joan Hogan go separately to New York and keep missing each other but when they meet up again at Fort Baxter they find th...

EP 27: The Big Uranium Strike

Bilko suspects that there are large deposits of uranium underneath Fort Baxter but he has to get rid of the Colonel before he can ...

EP 28: Bilko and the Beast

When a new drill sergeant known as ' The Beast ' takes over at Fort Baxter Bilko and the platoon come up with a scheme to get rid ...

EP 29: The Physical Check Up

When Bilko tries to get out of a 20 mile hike the Colonel preempts him and allows him to miss the hike Bilko is so shocked that he...

EP 30: The Recruiting Sergeant

When Bilko gets a tip from a jockey on a horse he persuades the Colonel to take him on a recruiting drive to Topeka so he can get ...

EP 31: Hair

Bilko's head is constantly being used by his barber to find a cure for baldness. The other three sergeants know this and while Bil...

EP 32: The Con Men

When Doberman gets a $500 windfall from an insurance policy, he loses it in a poker game with three con men. Bilko gets it back by...

EP 33: War Games

Bilko is asked to be best man at a friends wedding but it coincides with a war game battle between the army and the national guard...

EP 34: Bilko on Wall Street

Thinking his friend is a big man on Wall Street Bilko goes to stay but when he discovers that his friend is just a clerk, Bilko se...

Overview

The Phil Silvers Show, originally titled You'll Never Get Rich, was a sitcom which ran on CBS from 1955 to 1959 for 142 episodes, plus a 1959 special. The series starred Phil Silvers as Master Sergeant Ernest G. Bilko of the United States Army. The series was created and largely written by Nat Hiken, and won three consecutive Emmy Awards for Best Comedy Series. The show is sometimes titled Sergeant Bilko or simply Bilko in reruns, and is very often referred to by these names, both on-screen and by viewers. The show's success transformed Silvers from a journeyman comedian into a star, and writer-producer Hiken from a highly-regarded behind-the-scenes comedy writer into a publicly recognized creator.

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Episode 1

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The Empty Store

Episode 2

Bilko is still broke and can't find a way back into the big poker game. When the...

The WAC

Episode 3

A job comes up for a sergeant that has a jeep allocated Bilko applies for it onl...

The Horse

Episode 4

Bilko loses the platoon welfare money on a horse only to find out that it is suf...

AWOL

Episode 5

Pvt Steve Nagy goes awol so Bilko has to go and fetch him back only to find hims...

The Boxer

Episode 6

Bilko discovers that one of the platoon Claude Dillingham is a boxing champ so B...

The Hoodlum

Episode 7

After several transfers a young tough guy is moved to the motor pool platoon and...

Mardi Gras

Episode 8

When the platoon ask local socialite Miss Joy Landers to be their Mardi Gras que...

The Eating Contest

Episode 9

In an eating contest between the platoons Bilko puts his money on a new member o...

The Centennial

Episode 10

Bilko organises a pageant to celebrate 100 years of Camp Baxter but after some i...

Bivouac

Episode 11

When maneuvers come round again the Colonel is interested in which illness Bilko...

The Singing Contest

Episode 12

Bilko hears of a singing contest in Miami and to get away from the bitterly cold...

The Twitch

Episode 13

Colonel Hall tells Bilko to provide an audience for a lecture on music. He finds...

The Reunion

Episode 14

When Bilko meets up with his old army buddies, he thinks that they are going to ...

The Rich Kid

Episode 15

Bilko gets an idea to buy the local bar and grill, but he is stumped for cash, u...

Hollywood

Episode 16

Hollywood plans a film of the ' Battle of Kabuchi' and they hire Bilko as the te...

The Investigation

Episode 17

A Congressional committee visit Fort Baxter to investigate waste and high living...

Kids In the Trailer

Episode 18

While babysitting for a member of the platoon Bilko panics when he finds that he...

The Revolutionary War

Episode 19

Bilko's aunt sends him a diary showing him that his great uncle Joshua was on th...

The Transfer

Episode 20

When the Colonel makes life difficult Bilko decides to bluff and puts in a trans...

The Rest Cure

Episode 21

During a heat wave Bilko discovers that the army have a rest centre in the Rocki...

Dinner at Sowici's

Episode 22

When Bilko thinks that Joan is trying to trap him into marriage, he takes her to...

Army Memoirs

Episode 23

When Sgt's Pendleton,Grover, and Sowici get Bilko busted to private, he gets his...

Miss America

Episode 24

When Bilko asks for pictures of the platoons girlfriends Pvt Honnagar shows them...

The Court Martial

Episode 25

When Zippo the ape is accidently inducted into the army the only way to get the ...

Furlough in New York

Episode 26

Bilko and Joan Hogan go separately to New York and keep missing each other but w...

The Big Uranium Strike

Episode 27

Bilko suspects that there are large deposits of uranium underneath Fort Baxter b...

Bilko and the Beast

Episode 28

When a new drill sergeant known as ' The Beast ' takes over at Fort Baxter Bilko...

The Physical Check Up

Episode 29

When Bilko tries to get out of a 20 mile hike the Colonel preempts him and allow...

The Recruiting Sergeant

Episode 30

When Bilko gets a tip from a jockey on a horse he persuades the Colonel to take ...

Hair

Episode 31

Bilko's head is constantly being used by his barber to find a cure for baldness....

The Con Men

Episode 32

When Doberman gets a $500 windfall from an insurance policy, he loses it in a po...

War Games

Episode 33

Bilko is asked to be best man at a friends wedding but it coincides with a war g...

Bilko on Wall Street

Episode 34

Thinking his friend is a big man on Wall Street Bilko goes to stay but when he d...