The BEST episodes of The Phil Silvers Show
Every episode of The Phil Silvers Show ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The Phil Silvers Show!
Classic military comedy set on the fictional Army base of Fort Baxter in Kansas and starred Phil Silvers as Sgt. Ernest Bilko, a fast-talking sharpster who would do anything to make an extra buck. Paul Ford co-starred as Colonel Hall, Bilko's harried commanding officer who often found himself stuck in the middle of Bilko's schemes.
#2 - Love That Guardhouse
Season 2 - Episode 17 - Aired 1/15/1957
After winning 1500 dollars in Las Vegas, Ritzik is desperate to play poker with Bilko, so the Colonel locks him up in the guardhouse for his own protection.
#3 - Doberman the Crooner
Season 3 - Episode 17 - Aired 1/10/1958
Bilko discovers that Doberman has a beautiful singing voice but only when he has a cold. So Bilko gets him to make a record, but by then the doctors have cured his cold and his real voice returns.
#4 - It's for the Birds
Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/25/1956
Bilko looks around for an expert to go on the 64,000 Dollar quiz show on TV. He ends up with Pvt Honnegar who is an expert on wildlife, After surviving a loss of memory he wins the money but he has a surprise in store for Bilko
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#5 - Sergeant Bilko Presents Bing Crosby
Season 2 - Episode 18 - Aired 1/22/1957
Bilko promotes a show starring Bing Crosby, but when Bing suddenly fails to show up, Bilko has to find a lookalike as a replacement.
#6 - Bilko Goes to College
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/2/1956
When a local gangster insults the army Bilko takes a bet of 1000 -1 That the local College Schmill can beat Notra Dame in a football game. Nobody gives them a chance, but when Bilko gets to work on the press they start to believe that Schmill can win.
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#8 - Bilko's Hollywood Romance
Season 4 - Episode 16 - Aired 1/9/1959
A film star's agent decides that a romance with a soldier would be a good public relations exercise. Bilko gets chosen but in next to no time he becomes to powerful.
#9 - The Face on the Recruiting Poster
Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/16/1956
Bilko hopes to get a handsome young recruit noticed by Hollywood so he tries to get the soldier's face on the new army recruiting poster. But first he must pass a test on the army and with Doberman coaching him a surprise is in store.
#10 - Bivouac
Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/29/1955
When maneuvers come round again the Colonel is interested in which illness Bilko has in order to miss out on the joys of marching through the countryside. In order to make him go the Colonel uses reverse psychology
#12 - The Blue Blood of the Bilkos
Season 2 - Episode 16 - Aired 1/8/1957
A sergeant from Fort Baxter is to be excluded from his son's wedding to an heiress. They only want officers to attend so Bilko decides to change their minds
#14 - The Transfer
Season 1 - Episode 20 - Aired 1/31/1956
When the Colonel makes life difficult Bilko decides to bluff and puts in a transfer, but the Colonel calls the bluff and Bilko is on his way, but at his new camp life is to easy and Bilko hopes he can find a way to get back to Camp Baxter
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#17 - Dinner at Sowici's
Season 1 - Episode 22 - Aired 2/14/1956
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 can be, but they are in for a surprise.
#19 - Bilko and the Beast
Season 1 - Episode 28 - Aired 3/27/1956
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 of him
#21 - The Singing Contest
Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/6/1955
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 sing he puts a bet on for them to lose. While he is putting on the bet a new platoon member is found to have a beautiful singing voice
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#23 - Doberman's Sister
Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/20/1956
It's family day at Fort Baxter and all the platoon have invited their sisters. They all have dates except Doberman's so Bilko sets out to con Zimmerman into taking her out.
#25 - The Rich Kid
Season 1 - Episode 15 - Aired 12/27/1955
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 recruits, is heir to a steel fortune. So they play up to him in order to get him to invest in their scheme, but Bilko's conscience wins out in the end.
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