List of The Phil Silvers Show episodes

This is a list of all episodes of The Phil Silvers Show.

Series overview

Season		Episodes		Originally aired
				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

Pilot

Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
"Audition Show"	Jerome Shaw	Nat Hiken	Unaired

Season 1 (1955–56)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
1	1	"New Recruits"	Al De Caprio	Nat Hiken	September 20, 1955
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Bilko discovers that the G.I. he's sponsoring in an eating contest only eats when he's miserable. In 1997, TV Guide ranked this episode #53 on its list of the 100 Greatest Episodes.[1]
10	10	"The Centennial"	Al De Caprio	Nat Hiken, Terry Ryan & Barry Blitzer	November 22, 1955
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
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
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
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
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
Bilko befriends a new recruit - the sole heir to a fortune.
16	16	"Hollywood"	Al De Caprio	Nat Hiken	January 3, 1956
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Bilko helps an old Army buddy become a successful financier on Wall Street.

Season 2 (1956–57)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
35	1	"Platoon in the Movies"	Al De Caprio	Story by : Nat Hiken Teleplay by : Nat Hiken, Tony Webster & Billy Friedberg	September 18, 1956
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Bilko finds himself against the IRS.
47	13	"Mink Incorporated"	Al De Caprio	Nat Hiken, Billy Friedberg & Tony Webster	December 11, 1956
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Bilko manages Doberman's mayoral campaign.
55	21	"Bilko's Television Idea"	Al De Caprio	Nat Hiken & Billy Friedberg	February 12, 1957
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
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
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
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
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
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
Bilko uses a French reciple 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Doberman falls for an heiress whose parents are given the royal treatment courtesy of Sgt. Bilko.

Season 3 (1957–58)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
71	1	"Bilko's Merry Widow"	Al De Caprio	Nat Hiken & Billy Friedberg	September 17, 1957
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
Bilko starts a boys' camp at Fort Baxter.
73	3	"Hillbilly Whiz"	Al De Caprio	Coleman Jacoby & Arnie Rosen	October 1, 1957
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Bilko nearly gives the Indians back Oklahoma.
81	11	"Bilko Buys a Club"	Al De Caprio	Phil Sharp & Terry Ryan	December 3, 1957
Bilko starts a nightclub to raise money.
82	12	"Lieutenant Bilko"	Al De Caprio	Sydney Zelinka & A.J. Russell	December 10, 1957
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
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
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
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
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
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
Bilko talks Kay Kendall into performing for his men.
89	19	"Bilko's Cousin"	Al De Caprio	Phil Sharp & Terry Ryan	January 28, 1958
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
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
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
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
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
An old Army buddy of Bilko's 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
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
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
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
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
Bilko starts a Chinese restaurant business.
100	30	"Operation Love"	Al De Caprio	Arnie Rosen, Coleman Jacoby & Terry Ryan	May 2, 1958
Bilko begins a campaign to the WACs in Fort Baxter.
101	31	"Bilko's TV Pilot"	Al De Caprio	Arnie Rosen & Coleman Jacoby	May 9, 1958
Bilko produces a pilot for a TV show.
102	32	"Bilko Retires from Gambling"	Al De Caprio	Arnie Rosen & Coleman Jacoby	May 16, 1958
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
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
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
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
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
Joan has a picture taken of her with a millionaire to get back at Bilko for choosing poker over her.

Season 4 (1958–59)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
108	1	"Gold Fever"	Al De Caprio	Neil Simon & Terry Ryan	September 26, 1958
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
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
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
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
A visiting sergeant challenges Bilko's gambling business.
113	6	"Bilko Joins the Navy"	Al De Caprio	Neil Simon & Terry Ryan	October 31, 1958
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
Bilko falls for a dancing teacher.
115	8	"Bilko and the Crosby's"	Al De Caprio	Neil Simon & Terry Ryan	November 14, 1958
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
Bilko develops an allergy to playing cards.
117	10	"Bilko and the Chaplain"	Al De Caprio	Arnie Rosen & Coleman Jacoby	November 28, 1958
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
Bilko plots to make money off managing the McGuire Sisters. Note: Features an uncredited appearance by Maude/The Golden Girls star Bea Arthur
119	12	"Bilko's Secret Mission"	Al De Caprio	Arnie Rosen & Coleman Jacoby	December 12, 1958
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
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
Bilko uses a medium to get Ritzik's money.
122	15	"Bilko's Bopster"	Al De Caprio	Arnie Rosen & Coleman Jacoby	January 2, 1959
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
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
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
Bilko starts a credit card club for the Fort Baxter servicemen.
126	19	"Viva Bilko"	Al De Caprio	Neil Simon & Terry Ryan	February 13, 1959
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
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
Bilko's latest scheme involves a sharpshooting WAC.
129	22	"Bilko's Formula Seven"	Al De Caprio	Arnie Rosen & Coleman Jacoby	March 6, 1959
Bilko believes that a mixture applejack juice and crankshaft oil would 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
Bilko attempts to make Private Forbes a star by casting him in an ape picture.
131	24	"Warrant Officer Paparelli"	Al De Caprio	Neil Simon & Terry Ryan	March 27, 1959
Bilko promotes Paparelli to warrant officer.
132	25	"Bilko's Godson"	Al De Caprio	Neil Simon & Terry Ryan	April 3, 1959
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
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
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
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
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
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
Bilko converts USO headquarters into a casino.
139	32	"The Colonel's Second Honeymoon"	Al De Caprio	Arnie Rosen & Coleman Jacoby	May 29, 1959
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
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
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
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)

Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
"The Phil Silvers Pontiac Special: Keep in Step"	Al De Caprio	Billy Friedberg, Arnie Rosen, Coleman Jacoby & Terry Ryan	January 23, 1959
In this hour-long special, Bilko stages a musical celebration of silver screen beauties entitled Bilko's Brevities.

References

1. "Special Collector's Issue: 100 Greatest Episodes of All Time". TV Guide (June 28-July 4). 1997.

External links

• The British Phil Silvers Appreciation Society
• The Phil Silvers Show – list of episodes at IMDb
• List of The Phil Silvers Show episodes at TV.com