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S3 E84 Lieutenant Bilko

Comedy

9+

26 minutes

9 Dec 1957

Sgt. Bilko upsets the Pentagon when he discovers that, through some error, the Army has failed to cancel his battlefield commission.Featuring: Phil Silvers, Paul Ford, Allan Melvin, Harvey Lembeck, Herbie Faye, Billy Sands, Maurice Gosfield, Joe E. Ross, Hope Sansberry, Bernard Fein

Season 3, 15 Episodes

The Phil Silvers Show - Bilko's Boys Town

Bilko's Boys Town,

Ordered to stay away from Las Vegas' gambling tables, Sgt. Bilko organizes a boys' camp at Fort Baxter to raise some extra cash.

The Phil Silvers Show - Bilko F.O.B. Detroit

Bilko F.O.B. Detroit,

Sgt. Bilko, in Detroit to pick up a consignment of trucks for the Army, puts fun ahead of business.

The Phil Silvers Show - Papa Bilko

When a young girl he met in France decides to visit him in the U.S. Sgt. Bilko finds it difficult to explain why she calls him Papa.

The Phil Silvers Show - Bilko Buys a Club

Bilko Buys a Club,

Their minds set on easy money, Sgt. Bilko and his cronies set out to establish a night club on the out skirts of Fort Baxter.

The Phil Silvers Show - Bilko Talks in His Sleep

Bilko Talks in His Sleep,

Sgt. Ernie Bilko causes his own undoing when he divulges his gambling secrets in his sleep to his Army rivals.

The Phil Silvers Show - Lieutenant Bilko

Lieutenant Bilko,

Sgt. Bilko upsets the Pentagon when he discovers that, through some error, the Army has failed to cancel his battlefield commission.

The Phil Silvers Show - Bilko's Cousin

Bilko's Cousin,

The Bilko blood proves quite thin when Sgt. Bilko's country cousin, Swifty, arrives at Fort Baxter.

The Phil Silvers Show - Bilko at Bay

The necessity for money for a furlough in New York sets little wheels clicking in Bilko's fertile mind.

The Phil Silvers Show - Bilko's Pigeons

Bilko's Pigeons,

Sgt. Bilko is told to get rid of Fort Baxter's carrier pigeons, which he has secretly trained to be cash winning racing birds.

The Phil Silvers Show - Bilko and the Colonel's Story

Bilko and the Colonel's Story,

Sgt. Bilko handpicks the Wac to replace Col. Hall's secretary, a move he soon wishes he had never made.

The Phil Silvers Show - Doberman the Crooner

Doberman the Crooner,

When it's discovered that Pfc. Duane Doberman owns a million-dollar voice, Sgt. Bilko is quick to be come his manager.

The Phil Silvers Show - The Colonel's Reunion

The Colonel's Reunion,

When Col. Hall launches an all-out war on Sgt. Bilko's gambling activities in camp, the sarge decides to fight back.

The Phil Silvers Show - Bilko, the Art Lover

Bilko, the Art Lover,

Sgt. Bilko plays peacemaker in fight between wealthy father who wants son to be shipping tycoon and son who wants to be an artist.

The Phil Silvers Show - The Colonel's Inheritance

The Colonel's Inheritance,

Sgt. Bilko, always looking for a 'killing. takes a flier in the stock market with $5000 of the Colonel's money.

The Phil Silvers Show - Bilko's School Days

Bilko's School Days,

Sgt. Bilko happily sees much grist for his gambling mill in the news that Fort Baxter is opening a school for 1500 new recruits.

Details

The Phil Silvers Show

Comedy

9+

3 Seasons

25 minutes

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.

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