The Phil Silvers Show
Synopsis
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.
Season 3 Episodes
EP 1
EP 2
When the army go on maneuvers the Colonel orders Bilko to stay in camp, so with Fort Baxter empty he uses the time to form a boy's camp.
EP 3
When the platoon lose again in a baseball game Bilko is desperate to find new players. Then a recruit from the south Hank Lumpkin turns up …
EP 4
When Bilko forgets valentines day, Joan Hogan leaves the army, When Bilko realises what he has done, he follows her and tries to get her to…
EP 5
When two men (who have been employed by a soldier who is looking for the man who saved his life during the war ) come looking for Bilko, he…
EP 6
When his money problems start to close in on him, Bilko departs for New York, but while there he is mistaken for a millionaire. Meanwhile t…
EP 7
Unable to raise the necessary funds to back Pt Hugo Lockman's play 'Sharecropper's Summer', Bilko persuades the army to run a playwriting c…
EP 8
Sgt's Grover,and Ritzik overhear Bilko talking in his sleep and he gives away all his betting secrets. Bilko soon realises what is happenin…
EP 9
Bilko goes on leave with Cpl Charlie Whiteagle, a Cherokee Indian, to Tulsa for a poker game, but he gets caught up in a legal fight when a…
EP 10
When Bilko learns that a new member of the platoon is a merchant banker, he tries to get him to invest in a club that Bilko wants to set up…
EP 11
Bilko decides to leave the army until he learns that during the war he was promoted to Lt . and due to a foul up he is still a Lt, and he i…
EP 12
Trying to get to New York, and to save money Bilko and the corporals arrange to stop off at the homes of members of the platoon for free me…
EP 13
Bilko and the platoon go to Detroit to get the new trucks, the Colonel orders him back in two days, but he has other plans to stay on.
EP 14
In order to go Washington for a date with a young singer, Bilko has to report to the Colonel that he has seen a U.F.O. and has to go to Was…
EP 15
When the Colonel's secretary gets posted, Bilko make sure that the right WAC is posted in, but this posting takes her away from her fiance,…
EP 16
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 th…
EP 17
Movie star Kay Kendall visits Roseville to promote her film & Bilko gets her to appear in a show he's producing. Bilko's hoping to make a b…
EP 18
When the Colonel hears that another Bilko is about to arrive he hopes that he is no relation to Ernie because with two Bilko's at the camp …
EP 19
When an order banning the use of pigeons comes through from Washington, Bilko's source of income dries up.
EP 20
Bilko helps out one the platoon when he is to shy to ask for a date with a local girl called Natalie. But complications arise when it turns…
EP 21
The Colonel goes all out in his fight against the gambling, so Bilko gets the Colonel to leave the camp to go to a class reunion, but just …
EP 22
When Sgt Ritzik plays one too many poker games with Bilko, his wife leaves him, so Ernie has to find a way of bringing them back together.
EP 23
In New York, Bilko stays with an old buddy who is a prospective artist, but he falls out with his father, until the father realises how goo…
EP 24
In a mix up over test results, Bilko is told that he has a genius rating and he goes on a course with other test winners. They try and come…
EP 25
When Bilko is caught in a photograph taken in a night club when he should be elsewhere, an advertising agency spots his potential and tries…
EP 26
When the Colonel is left $5000 Bilko gets hold of it and invests it on the stock market. When he gets wiped out, he is desperate to replace…
EP 27
When Paparelli wins a competition for a holiday to Florida, he is overjoyed, until he learns that it is for newlyweds, then Bilko has an id…
EP 28
When they learn that one of the new recruit's father started a chain of Chinese restaurants with very little money he decides to get in on …
EP 29
Fort Baxter's WAC's are fed up with their boyfriends gambling with Bilko, instead of taking them out, so they get themselves transferred.
EP 30
A cowboy joins the platoon, and Bilko gets the idea of building a TV show around him
EP 31
Colonel hall hires a professional card player, to beat Bilko at cards. He is so upset at losing that he gives up gambling
EP 32
When he wants a free holiday at Dimmeldorf lodge, Bilko convinces the platoon, and the Colonel to go as well. But after they realise what h…
EP 33
A car accident near the camp gives Bilko the idea of starting an insurance company.
EP 34
Doberman gets attached to a poodle, and Bilko sees a chance of winning $10,000 in a dog show.
EP 35
Bilko learns that a new training camp is to be opened at Fort Baxter, Just when it looks like a new source of cash has presented itself, he…
EP 36
Joan Hogan is fed up waiting for Bilko, so she takes off for Chicago, and meets up with a wealthy playboy on the train. When her picture ap…
EP 37
During the war Bilko befriends a French family. Years later, the daughter of the family calls to see ‘ Papa Bilko ‘ as she calls him. M…
