List of The Phil Silvers Show episodes
This is a list of all episodes of The Phil Silvers Show.
Series overview[edit]
| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
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| First aired | Last aired | |||
| Pilot | Unaired | |||
| 1 | 34 | September 20, 1955 | May 15, 1956 | |
| 2 | 36 | September 18, 1956 | June 11, 1957 | |
| 3 | 37 | September 17, 1957 | June 27, 1958 | |
| 4 | 35 | September 26, 1958 | June 19, 1959 | |
| Special | January 23, 1959 | |||
Episodes[edit]
Pilot[edit]
| Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Audition Show" | Jerome Shaw | Nat Hiken | Unaired |
Season 1 (1955–56)[edit]
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
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| 1 | 1 | "New Recruits" | Al De Caprio | Nat Hiken | September 20, 1955 | |
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Col. John Hall brings in new recruits just to make Sgt. Ernie Bilko uneasy. | ||||||
| 2 | 2 | "Empty Store" | Al De Caprio | Nat Hiken | September 27, 1955 | |
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Bilko rents an empty store in town setting off a real-estate boom. | ||||||
| 3 | 3 | "The WAC" | Al De Caprio | Nat Hiken & Arnold Auerbach | October 4, 1955 | |
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Bilko competes with a WAC for their own personal jeep. | ||||||
| 4 | 4 | "The Horse" | Al De Caprio | Nat Hiken, Terry Ryan & Barry Blitzer | October 11, 1955 | |
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Bilko and company attempt to sneak a sick horse into Fort Baxter. | ||||||
| 5 | 5 | "AWOL" | Al De Caprio | Nat Hiken, Terry Ryan & Barry Blitzer | October 18, 1955 | |
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A private goes AWOL to end a family feud. | ||||||
| 6 | 6 | "The Boxer" | Al De Caprio | Nat Hiken, Terry Ryan & Barry Blitzer | October 25, 1955 | |
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Upon learning that one of his men is a former boxing champ, Bilko decides to enter him in a post boxing tournament. | ||||||
| 7 | 7 | "The Hoodlum" | Al De Caprio | Nat Hiken | November 1, 1955 | |
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A troublemaking recruit threatens Bilko's chances of being Soldier of the Month. | ||||||
| 8 | 8 | "Mardi Gras" | Al De Caprio | Nat Hiken, Terry Ryan & Barry Blitzer | November 8, 1955 | |
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Bilko plots revenge against a socialite who refused to be Queen of the Motor Pool at Mardi Gras. | ||||||
| 9 | 9 | "The Eating Contest" | Al De Caprio | Nat Hiken & Arnold Auerbach | November 15, 1955 | |
| 10 | 10 | "The Centennial" | Al De Caprio | Nat Hiken, Terry Ryan & Barry Blitzer | November 22, 1955 | |
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Col. Hall hatches another plan to end the gambling at Fort Baxter. | ||||||
| 11 | 11 | "Bivouac" | Al De Caprio | Nat Hiken, Terry Ryan & Barry Blitzer | November 29, 1955 | |
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Col. Hall has a trick up his sleeve when Bilko becomes a victim of the "bivouac disease". | ||||||
| 12 | 12 | "The Singing Contest" | Al De Caprio | Nat Hiken, Terry Ryan & Barry Blitzer | December 6, 1955 | |
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Bilko hatches a scheme to win a singing contest for a trip to Miami. | ||||||
| 13 | 13 | "The Twitch" | Al De Caprio | Nat Hiken, Terry Ryan & Barry Blitzer | December 13, 1955 | |
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Col. Hall forces Bilko and his men to attend a lecture on Beethoven to punish them for gambling. | ||||||
| 14 | 14 | "The Reunion" | Al De Caprio | Nat Hiken & Arnold Auerbach | December 20, 1955 | |
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Bilko feels depressed at a reunion with his war buddies since they've all become successful businessmen. | ||||||
| 15 | 15 | "The Rich Kid" | Al De Caprio | Nat Hiken, Barry Blitzer & Terry Ryan | December 27, 1955 | |
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Bilko befriends a new recruit - the sole heir to a fortune. | ||||||
| 16 | 16 | "Hollywood" | Al De Caprio | Nat Hiken | January 3, 1956 | |
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Bilko goes to Hollywood to serve as a technical advisor on a war picture. | ||||||
| 17 | 17 | "The Investigation" | Al De Caprio | Nat Hiken, Terry Ryan & Barry Blitzer | January 10, 1956 | |
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Bilko tries to get raises for Fort Baxter from Senate investigators. | ||||||
| 18 | 18 | "Kids in the Trailer" | Al De Caprio | Nat Hiken, Terry Ryan & Barry Blitzer | January 17, 1956 | |
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Bilko becomes a babysitter when he forges paperwork to allow one of his privates to spend time with his wife. | ||||||
| 19 | 19 | "The Revolutionary War" | Al De Caprio | Nat Hiken, Terry Ryan & Barry Blitzer | January 24, 1956 | |
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Bilko changes his ways when he learns that an ancestor served with George Washington in the American Revolution. | ||||||
| 20 | 20 | "The Transfer" | Al De Caprio | Harvey Orkin, Vincent Bogert and Nat Hiken | January 31, 1956 | |
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Bilko transfers to another post to get away from Col. Hall's restrictions. | ||||||
| 21 | 21 | "The Rest Cure" | Al De Caprio | Nat Hiken, Harvey Orkin & Barry Blitzer | February 7, 1956 | |
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Bilko comes up with a plan to beat the summer heat at Fort Baxter. | ||||||
| 22 | 22 | "Dinner at Sowici's" | Al De Caprio | Nat Hiken, Harvey Orkin & Barry Blitzer | February 14, 1956 | |
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Bilko suspects that his girlfriend wants to marry him. | ||||||
| 23 | 23 | "Army Memoirs" | Al De Caprio | Nat Hiken, Harvey Orkin & Barry Blitzer | February 21, 1956 | |
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Bilko threatens to write an exposé of his superiors if he's demoted in rank. | ||||||
| 24 | 24 | "Miss America" | Al De Caprio | Nat Hiken, Arnie Rosen, Coleman Jacoby, Terry Ryan & Barry Blitzer | February 28, 1956 | |
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Bilko creates a Sweetheart of the Platoon contest. | ||||||
| 25 | 25 | "The Court Martial" | Al De Caprio | Nat Hiken, Coleman Jacoby & Arnie Rosen | March 6, 1956 | |
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Col. Hall holds a court martial to discharge a private after a chimpanzee is accidentally inducted as part of an attempt to set a time record at the induction center. | ||||||
| 26 | 26 | "Furlough in New York" | Al De Caprio | Nat Hiken & Terry Ryan | March 13, 1956 | |
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Bilko and his girlfriend each plan furloughs in New York with the intention of keeping a secret from one another. | ||||||
| 27 | 27 | "The Big Uranium Strike" | Al De Caprio | Nat Hiken, Tony Webster, Coleman Jacoby & Arnie Rosen | March 20, 1956 | |
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Bilko and his men dig for uranium at Fort Baxter. | ||||||
| 28 | 28 | "Bilko and the Beast" | Al De Caprio | Nat Hiken, Tony Webster, Coleman Jacoby & Arnie Rosen | March 27, 1956 | |
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Bilko and company clash with a tough drill sergeant. | ||||||
| 29 | 29 | "The Physical Check Up" | Al De Caprio | Nat Hiken, Terry Ryan, Coleman Jacoby & Arnie Rosen | April 10, 1956 | |
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Bilko tries to convince Col. Hall that he can embark on a 20-mile hike. | ||||||
| 30 | 30 | "The Recruiting Sergeant" | Al De Caprio | Nat Hiken, Tony Webster & Terry Ryan | April 17, 1956 | |
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Bilko hatches a scheme to place a sure-fire bet on a horse race. | ||||||
| 31 | 31 | "Hair" | Al De Caprio | Nat Hiken, Terry Ryan, Barry Blitzer & Arnold Auerbach | April 24, 1956 | |
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Bilko's girlfriend prefers men with flowing locks of hair. | ||||||
| 32 | 32 | "The Con Men" | Al De Caprio | Nat Hiken & Tony Webster | May 1, 1956 | |
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Doberman loses $500 in a card game with three con artists. | ||||||
| 33 | 33 | "War Games" | Al De Caprio | Nat Hiken & Arnold Auerbach | May 8, 1956 | |
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Bilko is best man at a wedding that happens to be on the same day as Army maneuvers. | ||||||
| 34 | 34 | "Bilko on Wall St." | Al De Caprio | Nat Hiken & Tony Webster | May 15, 1956 | |
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Bilko helps an old Army buddy become a successful financier on Wall Street. | ||||||
Season 2 (1956–57)[edit]
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
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| 35 | 1 | "Platoon in the Movies" | Al De Caprio | Story by : Nat Hiken Teleplay by : Nat Hiken, Tony Webster & Billy Friedberg | September 18, 1956 | |
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Fort Baxter is chosen as the location for an Army training film that Bilko manages to make into a musical comedy. | ||||||
| 36 | 2 | "It's for the Birds" | Al De Caprio | Story by : Nat Hiken Teleplay by : Nat Hiken & Billy Friedberg | September 25, 1956 | |
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A member of Bilko's unit with an incredible knowledge of birds goes on a TV quiz show. | ||||||
| 37 | 3 | "Bilko Goes to College" | Al De Caprio | Nat Hiken, Leonard Stern, Tony Webster & Billy Friedberg | October 2, 1956 | |
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Bilko's latest scheme involves a college football game. | ||||||
| 38 | 4 | "The Girl from Italy" | Al De Caprio | Nat Hiken, Leonard Stern, Billy Friedberg & Tony Webster | October 9, 1956 | |
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Bilko attempts to make a newly arrived immigrant girl look presentable. | ||||||
| 39 | 5 | "The Face on the Recruiting Poster" | Al De Caprio | Nat Hiken, Tony Webster, Leonard Stern & Billy Friedberg | October 16, 1956 | |
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Doberman is chosen as the face on the recruiting poster. | ||||||
| 40 | 6 | "Bilko's War Against Culture" | Al De Caprio | Story by : Aaron Ruben and Phil Sharp Teleplay by : Nat Hiken, Aaron Ruben and Phil Sharp | October 23, 1956 | |
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A WAC lieutenant is sent to Fort Baxter to stop the gambling. | ||||||
| 41 | 7 | "The Song of the Motor Pool" | Al De Caprio | Nat Hiken, Billy Friedberg, Tony Webster and Leonard Stern | October 30, 1956 | |
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When Bilko needs a song as the Motor Corps' theme, he decides to use the tune Paparelli hums in the shower. | ||||||
| 42 | 8 | "Bilko's Engagement" | Al De Caprio | Nat Hiken, Billy Friedberg, Tony Webster and Leonard Stern | November 6, 1956 | |
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Bilko tries to get out of his engagement to a WAC. | ||||||
| 43 | 9 | "A Mess Sergeant Can't Win" | Al De Caprio | Nat Hiken, Tony Webster, Leonard Stern & Billy Friedberg | November 13, 1956 | |
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With Ritzik retiring from the Army, Bilko tries to increase his bank roll. | ||||||
| 44 | 10 | "Doberman's Sister" | Al De Caprio | Nat Hiken, Billy Friedberg, Tony Webster and Leonard Stern | November 20, 1956 | |
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No one is willing to date Doberman's visiting sister. | ||||||
| 45 | 11 | "Where There's a Will" | Al De Caprio | Nat Hiken, Leonard Stern, Billy Friedberg & Tony Webster | November 27, 1956 | |
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Bilko steps in when a member of his platoon is cut out of a will. | ||||||
| 46 | 12 | "Bilko's Tax Trouble" | Al De Caprio | Nat Hiken, Leonard Stern, Billy Friedberg & Tony Webster | December 4, 1956 | |
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Bilko finds himself against the IRS. | ||||||
| 47 | 13 | "Mink Incorporated" | Al De Caprio | Nat Hiken, Billy Friedberg & Tony Webster | December 11, 1956 | |
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When Bilko loses the platoon treasury money he borrowed, he tries to replace it. | ||||||
| 48 | 14 | "Sergeant Bilko Presents Ed Sullivan" | Al De Caprio | Story by : Nat Hiken Teleplay by : Nat Hiken, Billy Friedberg & Terry Ryan | December 18, 1956 | |
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Bilko sets out to represent Fort Baxter on The Ed Sullivan Show. | ||||||
| 49 | 15 | "Bilko Gets Some Sleep" | Al De Caprio | Nat Hiken, Tony Webster & Billy Friedberg | December 25, 1956 | |
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When Bilko is unable to sleep, a psychiatrist advises him to reform, but when the sergeant does, everyone suspects he's up to something. | ||||||
| 50 | 16 | "The Blue Blood of Bilko" | Al De Caprio | Nat Hiken, Billy Friedberg & Tony Webster | January 8, 1957 | |
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Bilko tries to help a fellow sergeant who's been snubbed by Philadelphia blue bloods. | ||||||
| 51 | 17 | "Love That Guardhouse" | Al De Caprio | Nat Hiken, Billy Friedberg, Arnie Rosen & Coleman Jacoby | January 15, 1957 | |
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Col. Hall tries to stop Bilko from getting Ritzik's Las Vegas winnings. | ||||||
| 52 | 18 | "Sergeant Bilko Presents Bing Crosby" | Al De Caprio | Nat Hiken, Billy Friedberg, Aaron Ruben and Phil Sharp | January 22, 1957 | |
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Bilko uses Bing Crosby in a scheme to recoup the platoon treasury money he lost. | ||||||
| 53 | 19 | "Bilko Goes to Monte Carlo" | Al De Caprio | Nat Hiken & Billy Friedberg | January 29, 1957 | |
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Bilko goes to Monte Carlo to try out a new gambling system. | ||||||
| 54 | 20 | "Bilko Enters Politics" | Al De Caprio | Nat Hiken, Billy Friedberg, Arnie Rosen & Coleman Jacoby | February 5, 1957 | |
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Bilko manages Doberman's mayoral campaign. | ||||||
| 55 | 21 | "Bilko's Television Idea" | Al De Caprio | Nat Hiken & Billy Friedberg | February 12, 1957 | |
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Bilko and his men help a comic regain his popularity. | ||||||
| 56 | 22 | "The Son of Bilko" | Al De Caprio | Nat Hiken, Billy Friedberg, Arnie Rosen & Coleman Jacoby | February 26, 1957 | |
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Bilko becomes a father figure to a draftee no one else can stand. | ||||||
| 57 | 23 | "Rock 'n' Roll Rookie" | Al De Caprio | Nat Hiken & Billy Friedberg | March 5, 1957 | |
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Bilko's latest pigeon is a rock star recruited into the Army. | ||||||
| 58 | 24 | "Bilko's Black Magic" | Al De Caprio | Nat Hiken, Tony Webster & Billy Friedberg | March 19, 1957 | |
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A World War II veteran makes friends with the soldiers of Fort Baxter when he makes a fortune in back pay. | ||||||
| 59 | 25 | "Bilko Goes South" | Al De Caprio | Nat Hiken, Billy Friedberg & Lou Meltzer | March 26, 1957 | |
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Bilko and company unwittingly volunteer for a series of medical experiments. | ||||||
| 60 | 26 | "Bilko Goes Around the World" | Al De Caprio | Nat Hiken, Billy Friedberg & Tony Webster | April 2, 1957 | |
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Bilko schemes to win a contest to go around the world in 80 hours. | ||||||
| 61 | 27 | "The Mess Hall Mess" | Al De Caprio | Nat Hiken, Billy Friedberg & Terry Ryan | April 9, 1957 | |
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Bilko uses a French recipe to win a contest for the best American dish. | ||||||
| 62 | 28 | "The Secret Life of Sergeant Bilko" | Al De Caprio | Nat Hiken, Billy Friedberg & Terry Ryan | April 16, 1957 | |
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A snooping reporter thinks there's a security leak at Fort Baxter. | ||||||
| 63 | 29 | "Radio Station B.I.L.K.O." | Al De Caprio | Nat Hiken, Billy Friedberg & Terry Ryan | April 23, 1957 | |
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Bilko starts a radio station at Fort Baxter. | ||||||
| 64 | 30 | "Bilko the Marriage Broker" | Al De Caprio | Nat Hiken, Billy Friedberg, Coleman Jacoby, Arnie Rosen & Terry Ryan | April 30, 1957 | |
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Bilko tries to get an Army efficiency expert interested in a girl. | ||||||
| 65 | 31 | "Bilko Acres" | Al De Caprio | Nat Hiken & Billy Friedberg | May 7, 1957 | |
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Bilko gets into the real-estate business when he finds out Fort Baxter will be deserted. | ||||||
| 66 | 32 | "The Big Scandal" | Al De Caprio | Nat Hiken, Billy Friedberg & Tony Webster | May 14, 1957 | |
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Doberman thinks he's fallen for Col. Hall's wife. | ||||||
| 67 | 33 | "Bilko's Perfect Day" | Al De Caprio | Nat Hiken, Billy Friedberg & Terry Ryan | May 21, 1957 | |
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Bilko feels lucky until he decides to cash in on his good luck. | ||||||
| 68 | 34 | "The Colonel Breaks Par" | Al De Caprio | Sydney Zelinka, A.J. Russell, Nat Hiken & Billy Friedberg | May 28, 1957 | |
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Sam Snead helps Bilko talk Col. Hall into entering a golf tournament. | ||||||
| 69 | 35 | "Show Segments" | Al De Caprio | Nat Hiken & Billy Friedberg | June 4, 1957 | |
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Phil Silvers and crew review segments cut from the show. | ||||||
| 70 | 36 | "His Highness Doberman" | Al De Caprio | A.J. Russell, Sydney Zelinka & Billy Friedberg | June 11, 1957 | |
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Doberman falls for an heiress whose parents are given the royal treatment courtesy of Sgt. Bilko. | ||||||
Season 3 (1957–58)[edit]
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
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| 71 | 1 | "Bilko's Merry Widow" | Al De Caprio | Nat Hiken & Billy Friedberg | September 17, 1957 | |
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Bilko puts on a production of The Merry Widow for Roseville, Kansas. | ||||||
| 72 | 2 | "Bilko's Boy's Town" | Al De Caprio | Phil Sharp & Terry Ryan | September 24, 1957 | |
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Bilko starts a boys' camp at Fort Baxter. | ||||||
| 73 | 3 | "Hillbilly Whiz" | Al De Caprio | Coleman Jacoby & Arnie Rosen | October 1, 1957 | |
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Bilko tries to sell his new recruit to a baseball team. | ||||||
| 74 | 4 | "Bilko's Valentine" | Al De Caprio | Phil Sharp & Terry Ryan | October 8, 1957 | |
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To get back at Bilko for forgetting her on Valentine's Day, Joan quits the Army and heads for home. | ||||||
| 75 | 5 | "The Big Man Hunt" | Al De Caprio | Phil Sharp & Terry Ryan | October 15, 1957 | |
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An ex-GI is looking for the man who saved his life in World War II -- and Bilko thinks he's the one. | ||||||
| 76 | 6 | "Bilko's Double Life" | Al De Caprio | A.J. Russell and Sydney Zelinka | October 22, 1957 | |
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Bilko is mistaken for a millionaire while he's in New York on furlough. | ||||||
| 77 | 7 | "Sergeant Bilko Presents" | Al De Caprio | Phil Sharp & Terry Ryan | October 29, 1957 | |
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A playwright-recruit gives Bilko the idea of producing a Broadway show. | ||||||
| 78 | 8 | "Papa Bilko" | Al De Caprio | Sydney Zelinka & A.J. Russell | November 5, 1957 | |
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A French girl comes to Fort Baxter and calls Bilko "Papa". | ||||||
| 79 | 9 | "Bilko Talks in His Sleep" | Al De Caprio | Phil Sharp & Terry Ryan | November 19, 1957 | |
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Bilko unwittingly gives away money while talking in his sleep. | ||||||
| 80 | 10 | "Cherokee Ernie" | Al De Caprio | Arnie Rosen, Coleman Jacoby, Phil Sharp & Terry Ryan | November 26, 1957 | |
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Bilko nearly gives the Indians back Oklahoma. | ||||||
| 81 | 11 | "Bilko Buys a Club" | Al De Caprio | Phil Sharp & Terry Ryan | December 3, 1957 | |
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Bilko starts a nightclub to raise money. | ||||||
| 82 | 12 | "Lieutenant Bilko" | Al De Caprio | Sydney Zelinka & A.J. Russell | December 10, 1957 | |
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Bilko decides to leave the army until he learns he was promoted to lieutenant during World War II and sets out to collect his back pay. | ||||||
| 83 | 13 | "Bilko at Bay" | Al De Caprio | A.J. Russell, Sydney Zelinka & Terry Ryan | December 17, 1957 | |
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Bilko, Henshaw and Rocco are held hostage by bank robbers. | ||||||
| 84 | 14 | "Bilko F.O.B. Detroit" | Al De Caprio | Sydney Zelinka & A.J. Russell | December 24, 1957 | |
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Bilko and his men are sent to Detroit to pick up a load of trucks. | ||||||
| 85 | 15 | "Bilko and the Flying Saucers" | Al De Caprio | Coleman Jacoby & Arnie Rosen | December 31, 1957 | |
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Bilko claims to have seen flying saucers. | ||||||
| 86 | 16 | "Bilko and the Colonel's Secretary" | Al De Caprio | Sydney Zelinka, A.J. Russell, Phil Sharp & Terry Ryan | January 7, 1958 | |
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Col. Hall's secretary gives Bilko and his men the worst assignments. | ||||||
| 87 | 17 | "Doberman the Crooner" | Al De Caprio | Phil Sharp, Terry Ryan & Vincent Bogert | January 14, 1958 | |
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Bilko's latest scheme involves Doberman's singing, but Doberman is only a good crooner when he's sick. | ||||||
| 88 | 18 | "Bilko Presents Kay Kendall" | Al De Caprio | Neil Simon & Terry Ryan | January 21, 1958 | |
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Bilko talks Kay Kendall into performing for his men. | ||||||
| 89 | 19 | "Bilko's Cousin" | Al De Caprio | Phil Sharp & Terry Ryan | January 28, 1958 | |
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Bilko hatches a scheme to make his dim-witted cousin look good. | ||||||
| 90 | 20 | "Bilko's Pigeons" | Al De Caprio | Phil Sharp & Terry Ryan | February 4, 1958 | |
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Bilko uses carrier pigeons as racing birds to make money. | ||||||
| 91 | 21 | "Cyrano de Bilko" | Al De Caprio | Phil Sharp & Terry Ryan | February 14, 1958 | |
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Bilko suspects that one of his recruits is being duped by an older woman. | ||||||
| 92 | 22 | "The Colonel's Reunion" | Al De Caprio | Coleman Jacoby & Arnie Rosen | February 21, 1958 | |
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A conflict ensues between Bilko and Col. Hall, who's come up with another effort to stop the gambling. | ||||||
| 93 | 23 | "Bilko Saves Ritzik's Marriage" | Al De Caprio | Arnie Rosen & Coleman Jacoby | February 28, 1958 | |
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Bilko becomes a marriage counselor when Ritzik and his wife fight over a card game. | ||||||
| 94 | 24 | "Bilko, the Art Lover" | Al De Caprio | Phil Sharp & Terry Ryan | March 7, 1958 | |
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An old Army buddy of Bilko's (Alan Alda in his television debut) aspires to be a Bohemian artist. | ||||||
| 95 | 25 | "Bilko, the Genius" | Al De Caprio | Arnie Rosen, Coleman Jacoby, Phil Sharp & Terry Ryan | March 14, 1958 | |
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Bilko teaches Army scientists the art of a sure-fire gambling system. | ||||||
| 96 | 26 | "Bilko the Male Model" | Al De Caprio | Arnie Rosen & Coleman Jacoby | March 21, 1958 | |
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Bilko is offered a modeling job. | ||||||
| 97 | 27 | "The Colonel's Inheritance" | Al De Caprio | Phil Sharp, Terry Ryan and Paul Jordan | April 4, 1958 | |
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Bilko invests Col. Hall's inheritance money in a stock tip that plunges. | ||||||
| 98 | 28 | "Bilko's Honeymoon" | Al De Caprio | Arnie Rosen & Coleman Jacoby | April 11, 1958 | |
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Bilko and Paparelli dress as newlyweds to win a free vacation in Miami. | ||||||
| 99 | 29 | "Bilko's Chinese Restaurant" | Al De Caprio | Arnie Rosen & Coleman Jacoby | April 25, 1958 | |
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Bilko starts a Chinese restaurant business. | ||||||
| 100 | 30 | "Operation Love" | Al De Caprio | Arnie Rosen, Coleman Jacoby & Terry Ryan | May 2, 1958 | |
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Bilko begins a campaign to bring WACs to Fort Baxter. | ||||||
| 101 | 31 | "Bilko's TV Pilot" | Al De Caprio | Arnie Rosen & Coleman Jacoby | May 9, 1958 | |
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Bilko produces a pilot for a TV show. | ||||||
| 102 | 32 | "Bilko Retires from Gambling" | Al De Caprio | Arnie Rosen & Coleman Jacoby | May 16, 1958 | |
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Col. Hall uses a card expert to trick Bilko into thinking he's gotten bad at gambling. | ||||||
| 103 | 33 | "Bilko's Vacation" | Al De Caprio | Terry Ryan & Neil Simon | May 23, 1958 | |
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Bilko tries to convince his platoon to vacation at Dimmeldorf Lodge since he'll get a free week there. | ||||||
| 104 | 34 | "Bilko's Insurance Company" | Al De Caprio | Arnie Rosen & Coleman Jacoby | May 30, 1958 | |
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Bilko starts an insurance business that also offers maternity benefits. | ||||||
| 105 | 35 | "Bilko's Prize Poodle" | Al De Caprio | Neil Simon & Terry Ryan | June 6, 1958 | |
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Bilko enters a poodle in a dog show to win $10,000. | ||||||
| 106 | 36 | "Bilko's School Days" | Al De Caprio | Neil Simon & Terry Ryan | June 13, 1958 | |
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Bilko hopes to make money of a training school being planned at Fort Baxter. | ||||||
| 107 | 37 | "Joan's Big Romance" | Al De Caprio | Arnie Rosen & Coleman Jacoby | June 27, 1958 | |
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Joan has a picture taken of her with a millionaire to get back at Bilko for choosing poker over her. | ||||||
Season 4 (1958–59)[edit]
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
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| 108 | 1 | "Gold Fever" | Al De Caprio | Neil Simon & Terry Ryan | September 26, 1958 | |
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Bilko plots to have his platoon transferred to the site of a gold mine. | ||||||
| 109 | 2 | "Bilko's Vampire" | Al De Caprio | Arnie Rosen & Coleman Jacoby | October 3, 1958 | |
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Ritzik is too addicted to horror movies on TV to focus on poker games. | ||||||
| 110 | 3 | "Bilko's De Luxe Tours" | Al De Caprio | Arnie Rosen & Coleman Jacoby | October 10, 1958 | |
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Bilko organizes Hollywood tours and guarantees meetings with movie stars. | ||||||
| 111 | 4 | "Bilko the Potato Sack King" | Al De Caprio | Neil Simon & Terry Ryan | October 17, 1958 | |
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Bilko tries to convince the Army that the million burlap bags can be useful. | ||||||
| 112 | 5 | "Bilko vs. Covington" | Al De Caprio | Neil Simon, Terry Ryan & Arnie Rosen | October 24, 1958 | |
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A visiting sergeant challenges Bilko's gambling business. | ||||||
| 113 | 6 | "Bilko Joins the Navy" | Al De Caprio | Neil Simon & Terry Ryan | October 31, 1958 | |
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Bilko, Paparelli and Zimmerman pretend to be sailors to get into a dice game. | ||||||
| 114 | 7 | "Bilko's Big Woman Hunt" | Al De Caprio | Neil Simon & Terry Ryan | November 7, 1958 | |
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Bilko falls for a dancing teacher. | ||||||
| 115 | 8 | "Bilko and the Crosbys" | Al De Caprio | Neil Simon & Terry Ryan | November 14, 1958 | |
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Bing Crosby's son Lindsay joins the army, leading Bilko to wonder what life would be like if he were head of the Crosby clan. | ||||||
| 116 | 9 | "Bilko's Allergy" | Al De Caprio | Arnie Rosen & Coleman Jacoby | November 21, 1958 | |
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Bilko develops an allergy to playing cards. | ||||||
| 117 | 10 | "Bilko and the Chaplain" | Al De Caprio | Arnie Rosen & Coleman Jacoby | November 28, 1958 | |
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Col. Hall assigns a chaplain to the platoon in order to keep Bilko and his men in line. | ||||||
| 118 | 11 | "Bilko Presents the McGuire Sisters" | Al De Caprio | Phil Sharp & Terry Ryan | December 5, 1958 | |
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Bilko plots to make money off managing the McGuire Sisters. Note: Features an uncredited appearance by Maude/The Golden Girls star Bea Arthur and Mickey Rooney. | ||||||
| 119 | 12 | "Bilko's Secret Mission" | Al De Caprio | Arnie Rosen & Coleman Jacoby | December 12, 1958 | |
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Bilko and Ritzik end up in Las Vegas on a secret mission in Nevada. | ||||||
| 120 | 13 | "Bilko's Giveaway" | Al De Caprio | Arnie Rosen & Coleman Jacoby | December 19, 1958 | |
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Bilko wins a lot of merchandise on a quiz show, then tries to sell it on his own giveaway program. | ||||||
| 121 | 14 | "Bilko and the Medium" | Al De Caprio | Neil Simon & Terry Ryan | December 26, 1958 | |
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Bilko uses a medium to get Ritzik's money. | ||||||
| 122 | 15 | "Bilko's Bopster" | Al De Caprio | Arnie Rosen & Coleman Jacoby | January 2, 1959 | |
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Bilko learns that his new recruit is a famous bandleader. | ||||||
| 123 | 16 | "Bilko's Hollywood Romance" | Al De Caprio | Arnie Rosen & Coleman Jacoby | January 9, 1959 | |
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Bilko becomes part of a press agent's scheme to fix a movie star up with a "simple" soldier. | ||||||
| 124 | 17 | "Bilko's Grand Hotel" | Al De Caprio | Neil Simon & Terry Ryan | January 30, 1959 | |
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Bilko purchases a rundown hotel in the hope that a famous chain will buy him out. | ||||||
| 125 | 18 | "Bilko's Credit Card" | Al De Caprio | Arnie Rosen & Coleman Jacoby | February 6, 1959 | |
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Bilko starts a credit card club for the Camp Fremont service personnel. | ||||||
| 126 | 19 | "Viva Bilko" | Al De Caprio | Neil Simon & Terry Ryan | February 13, 1959 | |
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Bilko and his men vacation in Mexico where they have trouble with the language and the law. | ||||||
| 127 | 20 | "The Colonel's Promotion" | Al De Caprio | Arnie Rosen & Coleman Jacoby | February 20, 1959 | |
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When Col. Hall misses out on a promotion, Bilko talks him into complaining to the President. | ||||||
| 128 | 21 | "Bilko's Sharpshooter" | Al De Caprio | Neil Simon & Terry Ryan | February 27, 1959 | |
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Bilko's latest scheme involves a sharpshooting WAC. | ||||||
| 129 | 22 | "Bilko's Formula Seven" | Al De Caprio | Arnie Rosen & Coleman Jacoby | March 6, 1959 | |
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Bilko believes that a mixture of applejack juice and crankshaft oil will make a fortune as the next best cosmetic product. | ||||||
| 130 | 23 | "Bilko's Ape Man" | Al De Caprio | Arnie Rosen & Coleman Jacoby | March 20, 1959 | |
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Bilko attempts to make Private Forbes a star by casting him in an ape picture. Features an uncredited appearance by Lucille Ball. | ||||||
| 131 | 24 | "Warrant Officer Paparelli" | Al De Caprio | Neil Simon & Terry Ryan | March 27, 1959 | |
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Bilko promotes Paparelli to warrant officer. | ||||||
| 132 | 25 | "Bilko's Godson" | Al De Caprio | Neil Simon & Terry Ryan | April 3, 1959 | |
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Bilko becomes godfather to a baby boy -- and begins planning the infant's future. | ||||||
| 133 | 26 | "Guinea Pig Bilko" | Al De Caprio | Arnie Rosen & Coleman Jacoby | April 17, 1959 | |
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Col. Hall tricks Bilko into being a test subject for a new tranquilizer. | ||||||
| 134 | 27 | "Bilko, the Butler" | Al De Caprio | Arnie Rosen & Coleman Jacoby | April 24, 1959 | |
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Bilko worms his way into a society dinner dressed as a butler. | ||||||
| 135 | 28 | "Ritzik Goes Civilian" | Al De Caprio | Arnie Rosen & Coleman Jacoby | May 1, 1959 | |
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After Ritzik's wife talks him into leaving the army, they lose their life savings to swindlers for their newly opened diner, so Bilko tries to help them get it back. | ||||||
| 136 | 29 | "Bilko's Small Car" | Al De Caprio | Neil Simon & Terry Ryan | May 8, 1959 | |
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Bilko uses Col. Hall's new car to transport gambling equipment, but when the police impound the car, Bilko must replace it. | ||||||
| 137 | 30 | "Doberman: Missing Heir" | Al De Caprio | Arnie Rosen & Coleman Jacoby | May 15, 1959 | |
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When Doberman is discovered to be the long-lost heir to a British fortune, Bilko schemes to receive his cut of the dough. | ||||||
| 138 | 31 | "Bilko's Casino" | Al De Caprio | Neil Simon & Terry Ryan | May 22, 1959 | |
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Bilko converts USO headquarters into a casino. | ||||||
| 139 | 32 | "The Colonel's Second Honeymoon" | Al De Caprio | Arnie Rosen & Coleman Jacoby | May 29, 1959 | |
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For his vacation, Bilko picks the same location where Col. Hall is on his second honeymoon. | ||||||
| 140 | 33 | "Bilko in Outer Space" | Al De Caprio | Neil Simon & Terry Ryan | June 5, 1959 | |
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Bilko tricks Ritzik and Grover into taking a space endurance test before winning $600 from them in a poker game. | ||||||
| 141 | 34 | "The Bilko Boycott" | Al De Caprio | Arnie Rosen & Coleman Jacoby | June 12, 1959 | |
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Bilko concentrates his gambling efforts on the WACs when Henshaw sets up a Gamblers' Anonymous club. | ||||||
| 142 | 35 | "Weekend Colonel" | Al De Caprio | Neil Simon & Terry Ryan | June 19, 1959 | |
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Someone resembling Col. Hall turns the officers' club into a casino while the real Col. Hall is on a weekend break with his wife. | ||||||
Special (1959)[edit]
| Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
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| "The Phil Silvers Pontiac Special: Keep in Step" | Al De Caprio | Unknown | January 23, 1959 | |
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In this hour-long special, Bilko stages a musical celebration of silver screen beauties entitled Bilko's Brevities. | ||||