The Phil Silvers Show Season 1

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1x01 New Recruits aired Sep 20, 1955

During a poker game the other sergeants cheat and clean Bilko out of his bankroll so he has to look around for some more money. Just when it looks like he ... read more

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1x02 Empty Store aired Sep 27, 1955

Bilko is still broke and can't find a way back into the big poker game. When the three sergeants win again, by beating one of the new recruits, Bilko decides... read more

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1x03 The WAC aired Oct 04, 1955

A job comes up for a sergeant that has a jeep allocated Bilko applies for it only to find that he is beaten by a Sgt Joan Hogan. (1st appearance by Elisabeth... read more

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1x04 The Horse aired Oct 11, 1955

Bilko loses the platoon welfare money on a horse only to find out that it is suffering from a minor leg injury, with the last of the platoon's money he buys ... read more

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1x05 AWOL aired Oct 18, 1955

Pvt Steve Nagy goes awol so Bilko has to go and fetch him back only to find himself caught up in the middle of a family feud

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1x06 The Boxer aired Oct 25, 1955

Bilko discovers that one of the platoon Claude Dillingham is a boxing champ so Bilko enters him for the interplatoon championship only to learn that Dillingh... read more

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1x07 The Hoodlum aired Nov 01, 1955

After several transfers a young tough guy is moved to the motor pool platoon and it is left to the Bilko to cut him down to size. Meanwhile Bilko is after th... read more

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1x08 Mardi Gras aired Nov 08, 1955

When the platoon ask local socialite Miss Joy Landers to be their Mardi Gras queen she laughs and turns them down flat, so Bilko finds a way to change her mind. read more

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1x09 The Eating Contest aired Nov 15, 1955

In an eating contest between the platoons Bilko puts his money on a new member of the platoon nicknamed 'The Stomach' only to find that he can only eat when ... read more

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1x10 The Centennial aired Nov 22, 1955

Bilko organises a pageant to celebrate 100 years of Camp Baxter but after some investigation finds that it does not show the camp in a very good light

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1x11 Bivouac aired Nov 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... read more

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1x12 The Singing Contest aired Dec 06, 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 ... read more

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1x13 The Twitch aired Dec 13, 1955

Colonel Hall tells Bilko to provide an audience for a lecture on music. He finds that nobody wants to come until they learn that the lecture will be given by... read more

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1x14 The Reunion aired Dec 20, 1955

When Bilko meets up with his old army buddies, he thinks that they are going to be so short of money, that he is going to have to help them out , but it turn... read more

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1x15 The Rich Kid aired Dec 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 for... read more

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1x16 Hollywood aired Jan 03, 1956

Hollywood plans a film of the "Battle of Kabuchi" and they hire Bilko as the technical adviser, but after a couple of days he has taken over the whole produc... read more

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1x17 The Investigation aired Jan 10, 1956

A Congressional committee visit Fort Baxter to investigate waste and high living but Bilko has other ideas, he wants a pay rise instead

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1x18 Kids in the Trailer aired Jan 17, 1956

While babysitting for a member of the platoon Bilko panics when he finds that he can't change the baby's nappy

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1x19 The Revolutionary War aired Jan 24, 1956

Bilko's aunt sends him a diary showing him that his great uncle Joshua was on the staff of George Washington so Bilko applies to become an officer but on rea... read more

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1x20 The Transfer aired Jan 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 ... read more

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1x21 The Rest Cure aired Feb 07, 1956

During a heat wave Bilko discovers that the army have a rest centre in the Rockies but the trick is trying to persuade the doctors and the Colonel to let him... read more

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1x22 Dinner at Sowici's aired Feb 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... read more

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1x23 Army Memoirs aired Feb 21, 1956

When Sgt's Pendleton,Grover, and Sowici get Bilko busted to private, he gets his own back by pretending to write a book on his army life

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1x24 Miss America aired Feb 28, 1956

When Bilko asks for pictures of the platoons girlfriends Pvt Honnagar shows them a photo of a beautiful girl taken years ago. they think it is his girl but t... read more

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1x25 The Court Martial aired Mar 06, 1956

When Zippo the ape is accidently inducted into the army the only way to get the army off the hook is to get Bilko as defense council and court martial the ap... read more

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1x26 Furlough in New York aired Mar 13, 1956

Bilko and Joan Hogan go separately to New York and keep missing each other but when they meet up again at Fort Baxter they find that they have somehow ended ... read more

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1x27 The Big Uranium Strike aired Mar 20, 1956

Bilko suspects that there are large deposits of uranium underneath Fort Baxter but he has to get rid of the Colonel before he can start digging

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1x28 Bilko and the Beast aired Mar 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

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1x29 The Physical Check Up aired Apr 10, 1956

When Bilko tries to get out of a 20 mile hike the Colonel preempts him and allows him to miss the hike. Bilko is so shocked that he thinks the Colonel might ... read more

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1x30 The Recruiting Sergeant aired Apr 17, 1956

When Bilko gets a tip on a horse from a jockey he persuades the Colonel to take him on a recruiting drive to Topeka so he can get to a bookie and get a bet on

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1x31 Hair aired Apr 24, 1956

Bilko's head is constantly being used by his barber to find a cure for baldness. The other three sergeants know this and while Bilko is asleep decide to play... read more

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1x32 The Con Men aired May 01, 1956

When Doberman gets a $500 windfall from an insurance policy, he loses it in a poker game with three con men. Bilko gets it back by conning the con men, but t... read more

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1x33 War Games aired May 08, 1956

Bilko is asked to be best man at a friends wedding but it coincides with a war game battle between the army and the national guard

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1x34 Bilko on Wall St aired May 15, 1956

Thinking his friend is a big man on Wall Street Bilko goes to stay but when he discovers that his friend is just a clerk, Bilko sets out to get him a better ... read more

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