The Phil Silvers Show Episode Guide

Episode Guide

The Phil Silvers Show: Season 4 (1958 - 1959)

• Season 4 Episode 36: Weekend Colonel

  During Colonel Hall's absence, Bilko uses a lookalike of his superior to turn the officers' club into a casino. Comedy, starring Phil Silvers, Paul Ford and Allan Metrin

• Season 4 Episode 35: The Bilko Boycott

  The platoon decide to give up gambling for good : can Bilko bring them to their senses? Vintage comedy, starring Phil Silvers, Harvey Lembeck and Maurice Gosfield

• Season 4 Episode 34: Bilko in Outer Space

  Bilko commandeers a dummy space capsule to stage a marathon three-day poker game. Comedy, starring Phil Silvers

• Season 4 Episode 33: The Colonel's Second Honeymoon

  Bilko decides it's time to take a break from his heavy schedule of wheeling and dealing, but ends up going on holiday with Colonel Hall by mistake

• Season 4 Episode 32: Bilko's Casino

  Bilko is over the moon to discover a place in California where gambling is legal. Classic comedy, with Phil Silvers

• Season 4 Episode 31: Doberman's Missing Heir

  Doberman becomes a millionaire, but to Bilko's chagrin he refuses to part with a penny of his new-found wealth. Classic comedy, starring Phil Silvers

• Season 4 Episode 30: Bilko's Small Car

  Bilko goes into the auto business after necessity forces him to convert an Army Jeep into a small car

• Season 4 Episode 29: Ritzik Goes Civilian

  Emma Ritzik persuades her mess-sergeant husband to try civilian life so they can avoid Bilko, but the plan backfires

• Season 4 Episode 28: Bilko, the Butler

  Bilko seeks to mix in aristocratic circles, and accepts an invitation to dine at a wealthy family's residence : unaware he'll be expected to eat with the servants. Classic comedy, starring Phil Silvers

• Season 4 Episode 27: Guinea Pig Bilko

  A hefty dose of tranquillisers makes a new man of Bilko, but his men take advantage of their sergeant's easy-going attitude by taking over his gambling empire. Vintage comedy, starring Phil Silvers

• Season 4 Episode 26: Bilko's Godson

  The canny sergeant becomes godfather to a bouncing baby boy - whom he promptly tries to enrol at prestigious Stanford University. Comedy, starring Phil Silvers, Maurice Brenner and Paul Lipson

• Season 4 Episode 25: Warrant Officer Paparelli

  Bilko gets Paparelli promoted, but the power goes to his head and the sergeant has to think of a cunning plan to demote him again. Classic comedy, starring Phil Silvers

• Season 4 Episode 24: Bilko's Ape Man

  Bilko tries to break into the movie business : but is dressing Doberman in a gorilla costume and getting him to wrestle another soldier really the way to go about it?

• Season 4 Episode 23: Bilko's Formula 7

  Bilko tries to market a homemade wrinkle remover.

• Season 4 Episode 22: Bilko's Formula Seven

  Bilko tries to make a profit from a fake anti-ageing potion made from applejack and motor oil

• Season 4 Episode 21: Bilko's Sharpshooter

  Bilko discovers a female sharpshooter and enters her in a competition - but his latest scheme backfires when she falls in love with an opponent

• Season 4 Episode 20: The Colonel's Promotion

  Col Hall seeks Bilko's help in getting a promotion, so the wily sergeant arranges for him to play golf with the President

• Season 4 Episode 19: Viva Bilko

  Three audacious crooks steal Bilko, Paparelli and Zimmerman's uniforms to pull off a daring bank raid. Classic comedy, starring Phil Silvers

• Season 4 Episode 18: Bilko's Credit Card

  Three audacious crooks steal Bilko, Paparelli and Zimmerman's uniforms to pull off a daring bank raid. Classic comedy, starring Phil Silvers

• Season 4 Episode 17: Bilko's Grand Hotel

  Bilko spies an opportunity in the hotel trade, only to have his grand plans ruined by two fellow soldiers who burn down his property. Vintage comedy, starring Phil Silvers and Harvey Lembeck

• Season 4 Episode 16: Bilko's Hollywood Romance

  A publicity agent gives Bilko dreams of Hollywood stardom by picking him as the ideal US Army representative to date a major film star

• Season 4 Episode 15: Bilko's Bopster

  A jazz drummer is assigned to Bilko's platoon, filling the scheming sergeant's head with hopes for enjoying a European jaunt with a US Army band. Vintage comedy, starring Phil Silvers

• Season 4 Episode 14: Bilko and the Medium

  Bilko fakes a seance in an attempt to separate the gullible Sgt Ritzik from his money

• Season 4 Episode 13: Bilko's Giveaway

  Bilko teams up with a child genius and wins first prize on a quiz show, only to end up facing a taxing problem. Phil Silvers and Maurice Gosfield star

• Season 4 Episode 12: Bilko's Secret Mission

  Bilko turns a secret mission into a Las Vegas gambling trip. Phil Silvers and Harvey Lembeck star

• Season 4 Episode 11: Bilko Presents McGuire Sisters
• Season 4 Episode 10: Bilko and the Chaplain

  The scheming sergeant's attempts to get away from the influence of Camp Freemont's chaplain land them both in jail

• Season 4 Episode 9: Bilko's Allergy

  Bilko develops an allergy to playing cards : and to his horror it prevents him taking part in poker games

• Season 4 Episode 8: Bilko and the Crosbys
• Season 4 Episode 7: Bilko's Big Woman Hunt

  A love-struck Bilko cons the police into helping him track down an attractive woman he's fallen for at first sight

• Season 4 Episode 6: Bilko Joins the Navy

  Bilko, Paparelli and Zimmerman masquerade as sailors so they can infiltrate a big card game - only to find themselves all at sea and unable to get back to shore. Vintage comedy, starring Phil Silvers

• Season 4 Episode 5: Bilko vs. Covington

  Scheming Sergeant Bilko's illicit wheeler-dealing is threatened by the arrival of a fellow con artist. Classic comedy, starring Phil Silvers and Harvey Lembeck

• Season 4 Episode 4: Bilko, the Potato Sack King

  Bilko quits the army to take a well-paid job as a salesman, but soon finds selling potato sacks door to door isn't as easy as he thought

• Season 4 Episode 3: Bilko's De Luxe Tours

  Bilko takes the worst financial beating of his career when he blows his platoon's money on a transportation business

• Season 4 Episode 2: Bilko's Vampire

  Bilko tries to cure Ritzik's horror movie addiction by convincing him the films are turning him into a vampire. Comedy, starring Phil Silvers

• Season 4 Episode 1: Gold Fever

  Sergeant Bilko sets about reopening an abandoned military base and relocating an entire army camp in the hope of striking gold in California

The Phil Silvers Show: Season 3 (1957 - 1958)

• Season 3 Episode 37: Papa Bilko

  Bilko receives a surprise visit from a girl he befriended in France, but has to use all his wiles to protect her from the advances of the camp's resident Romeo

• Season 3 Episode 36: Joan's Big Romance

  Joan goes to extreme lengths to make eternal bachelor boy Bilko notice her, but luring him away from his beloved poker proves a daunting challenge. Comedy, starring Phil Silvers, Elisabeth Fraser and Richard Derr

• Season 3 Episode 35: Bilko's School Days

  Bilko welcomes the opening of a new school at Fort Baxter with glee, convinced a fresh crop of recruits will improve his gambling fortunes

• Season 3 Episode 34: Bilko's Prize Poodle

  Bilko is tempted by the #10,000 prize on offer by a national dog show, and enters a poodle that takes a shine to Doberman. Classic comedy, starring Phil Silvers and Maurice Gosfield

• Season 3 Episode 33: Bilko's Insurance Company

  Bilko's new insurance business plans are ruined by an ill-advised maternity benefits scheme

• Season 3 Episode 32: Bilko's Vacation

  Scheming Bilko sees an opportunity for a free holiday at Dimmeldorf Lodge : but first he has to persuade Colonel Hall to take the whole platoon there

• Season 3 Episode 31: Bilko Retires From Gambling

  Colonel Hall's audacious plan to cure Bilko of his gambling addiction leads to some strange behaviour

• Season 3 Episode 30: Bilko's TV Pilot

  Bilko tries to curry favour with a visitor he believes to be a top TV comedian : but can he sell him his idea for a new show? Vintage comedy, starring Phil Silvers

• Season 3 Episode 29: Operation Love

  Fort Baxter's female residents are transferred, forcing Bilko to embark on an emergency recruitment campaign to replace them. Vintage comedy, starring Phil Silvers

• Season 3 Episode 28: Bilko's Chinese Restaurant

  Bilko learns that the father of one of the new recruits has started a chain of Chinese restaurants with very little money, and decides to get in on the catering business himself. Soon after opening his own restaurant, however, the Pentagon posts Bilko and his platoon to the miserable island of Macoochi

• Season 3 Episode 27: Bilko's Honeymoon

  A holiday turns into a nightmare for Paparelli when he's forced to masquerade as Bilko's bride. Phil Silvers and Billy Sands star

• Season 3 Episode 26: The Colonel's Inheritance

  Col Hall inherits $5,000 dollars, which Bilko 'borrows' to invest on the stock market. However, when his sure thing leaves him completely out of pocket, the crooked sergeant faces a race against time to replace the money

• Season 3 Episode 25: Bilko the Male Model

  Bilko charms his way into the modelling industry, earning a prime site on Madison Avenue. Classic comedy, with Phil Silvers

• Season 3 Episode 24: Bilko, the Genius

  Bilko is mistakenly sent to a special military training centre for geniuses, an opportunity he exploits to his advantage

• Season 3 Episode 23: Bilko, the Art Lover

  Bilko plays peace-maker between a wealthy father and his son, a would-be sculptor who cares more about art than money. Classic comedy, starring Phil Silvers

• Season 3 Episode 22: Bilko Saves Ritzik's Marriage

  Sergeant Ritzik's marriage looks as though it'll be over before it's begun. Can Bilko save the day : seeing as he caused all the trouble in the first place? Phil Silvers stars

• Season 3 Episode 21: The Colonel's Reunion

  Bilko is roped into driving the Colonel to a military academy reunion, ruining his carefully laid plans for a marathon poker game with assorted cronies. Phil Silvers stars

• Season 3 Episode 20: Cyrano de Bilko

  Bilko courts disaster by proposing marriage to a woman he doesn't even like, let alone love

• Season 3 Episode 19: Bilko's Pigeons

  A Pentagon order declares that pigeons are no longer to be used as couriers, cutting off Bilko's major source of income. Classic comedy, starring Phil Silvers

• Season 3 Episode 18: Bilko's Cousin

  Bilko's country cousin arrives at the fort.

• Season 3 Episode 17: Bilko Stars Kay Kendall
• Season 3 Episode 16: Doberman the Crooner

  Scheming Sergeant Bilko discovers Doberman has a hidden talent for singing, and sets out to turn the slovenly private into a superstar. Comedy, starring Phil Silvers and Maurice Gosfield

• Season 3 Episode 15: Bilko and the Colonel's Secretary

  Bilko thinks he's found the colonel the perfect secretary : one who'll give his platoon an easy ride : but he's made a fatal mistake

• Season 3 Episode 14: Bilko and the Flying Saucers

  Bilko claims he's had a close encounter with an alien in an attempt to wangle compassionate leave so he can visit an old flame

• Season 3 Episode 13: Bilko F.O.B. Detroit

  Bilko is sent to Detroit to pick up a delivery of trucks, and makes the most of a few handy short cuts to maximise fun and minimise work

• Season 3 Episode 12: Bilko at Bay

  Bilko hatches a plan to raise some money for a few days' leave in New York

• Season 3 Episode 11: Lieutenant Bilko

  A promotion from the past could mean a pay rise for Sergeant Bilko : or a posting to outer space. Classic comedy, with Phil Silvers

• Season 3 Episode 10: Bilko Buys a Club

  Bilko's plans to transform Twin Oak Flats into the Rendezvous Club are set back due to lack of finance, until a wealthy banker arrives at Fort Baxter. Classic comedy, starring Phil Silvers, Charles Mendick and Florence Anglin

• Season 3 Episode 9: Cherokee Ernie

  Bilko discovers an ancient treaty which would give the state of Oklahoma back to the native Americans. Phil Silvers stars

• Season 3 Episode 8: Bilko Talks in His Sleep

  The scheming sergeant is aghast to learn he's inadvertently revealed his gambling secrets while talking in his sleep. Vintage comedy, starring Phil Silvers

• Season 3 Episode 7: Sgt. Bilko Presents

  Unable to raise funds to back Private Hugo Lockman's play, Bilko persuades the army to run a playwriting competition

• Season 3 Episode 6: Bilko's Double Life

  Bilko visits The Big Apple to escape from the hordes of creditors knocking on his door, but as usual his timing leaves a lot to be desired. Comedy, starring Phil Silvers

• Season 3 Episode 5: The Big Man Hunt

  The irrepressible Sergeant Bilko comes close to receiving part ownership of a diamond mine

• Season 3 Episode 4: Bilko's Valentine

  Joan Hogan leaves the Army when Bilko forgets Valentine's Day, but when he realises what he has done, he tries to get her to re-enlist

• Season 3 Episode 3: Hillbilly Whizz

  A naive new recruit proves to be a dead-eye pitcher on the baseball field, setting Bilko's mind racing with a host of hare-brained money-making schemes : including selling the naive youngster to the New York Yankees

• Season 3 Episode 2: Bilko's Boys Town

  Bilko has a brilliant plan to turn Fort Baxter into a boys' camp during the annual manoeuvres

• Season 3 Episode 1: Bilko's Merry Widow

The Phil Silvers Show: Season 2 (1956 - 1957)

• Season 2 Episode 36: His Highness, Doberman

  Doberman falls in love, but makes such an unlikely Romeo that Bilko feels he has no choice but to give Cupid a helping hand. Classic comedy with Maurice Gosfield

• Season 2 Episode 35: Show Segments

  Ed Sullivan presents segments edited from past shows.

• Season 2 Episode 34: The Colonel Breaks Par

  Bilko enters the Colonel in a golf tournament, but as usual, he has an ulterior motive. Vintage comedy, starring Phil Silvers, Harvey Lembeck and Allan Melvin

• Season 2 Episode 33: Bilko's Perfect Day

  Bilko is in for series of surprises after it is decreed he should receive everything he wants, although nobody has informed him about his special day. Classic comedy, starring Phil Silvers, Harvey Lembeck and Allan Melvin

• Season 2 Episode 32: The Big Scandal

  Bilko's botched bash at hypnotism results in slovenly Private Doberman turning his romantic attentions to Colonel Hall's wife

• Season 2 Episode 31: Bilko Acres

  Bilko buys 25 acres of land adjacent to Fort Baxter, convinced its value is about to skyrocket

• Season 2 Episode 30: Bilko, the Marriage Broker

  Sergeant Bilko is horrified to hear a strict new commander is about to pull the platoon up to scratch with his notoriously gruelling training methods. Classic comedy, starring Phil Silvers

• Season 2 Episode 29: Radio Station B-I-L-K-O

  Bilko takes over the running of Roseville's ailing local radio station, determined to make it a going concern

• Season 2 Episode 28: The Secret Life of Sergeant Bilko

  A snooping reporter investigating a story about leaked Army secrets is given the run-around by Bilko. Comedy, with Phil Coolidge

• Season 2 Episode 27: The Mess Hall Mess

  Sergeant Bilko enters the platoon in a competition to create the best new American dish, convinced his casserole concoction is a sure-fire winner : but first he has to find the recipe

• Season 2 Episode 26: Bilko Goes 'Round the World

  Scheming Sergeant Bilko believes he has what it takes to win a film promotion competition : all he needs is determination and a few contacts. Mike Todd guest stars

• Season 2 Episode 25: Bilko Goes South

  Scheming Sergeant Bilko escapes a cold spell by volunteering the platoon for a visit to the Sunshine State of Florida, little suspecting the horrors which lie ahead

• Season 2 Episode 24: Bilko's Black Magic

  A private who spent years marooned on a desert island is rehabilitated at Fort Baxter, and foolishly brings his massive back-pay with him

• Season 2 Episode 23: Rock 'n' Roll Rookie

  The Army assigns a rock-star recruit to Fort Baxter.

• Season 2 Episode 22: The Son of Bilko

  Bilko takes an orphaned draftee under his wing : not realising he's setting himself up to be the target of a series of practical jokes. Comedy, starring Phil Silvers

• Season 2 Episode 21: Bilko's Television Idea

  A failing TV comedian visits Fort Baxter in search of inspiration, only to be confronted by Bilko's latest script

• Season 2 Episode 20: Bilko Enters Politics

  Bilko's self-serving attempts to open a serviceman's centre are thwarted, leaving him with no choice but to fall back on plan B : which involves getting perennial fall-guy Doberman elected mayor of Roseville. Phil Silvers stars

• Season 2 Episode 19: Bilko Goes to Monte Carlo

  Bilko thinks he may have devised a perfect system for roulette, and plans to test his theory in Monte Carlo. Can he acquire a weekend pass?

• Season 2 Episode 18: Sgt. Bilko Presents Bing Crosby

  Bilko desperately tries to pay back a $200 debt, and a chance encounter with veteran crooner Bing Crosby could prove his saving grace : will the singing superstar come to the rescue?

• Season 2 Episode 17: Love That Guardhouse

  Hall tries to keep a cash-laden GI away from Bilko.

• Season 2 Episode 16: The Blue Blood of Bilko

  Bilko steps in to try to change the minds of a wealthy family who are reluctant to let a sergeant attend his son's wedding. Classic comedy with Phil Silvers

• Season 2 Episode 15: Bilko Gets Some Sleep

  Bilko has insomnia, and it's starting to spread among the rest of the camp. In desperation, the conniving sergeant turns to the resident psychiatrist, who suspects he has something on his conscience

• Season 2 Episode 14: Sgt. Bilko Presents Ed Sullivan

  Bilko believes he is to appear on Ed Sullivan's show.

• Season 2 Episode 13: Mink, Incorporated

  The platoon discover $100 is missing from the treasury, so Bilko sets out to raise some cash by breeding mink

• Season 2 Episode 12: Bilko's Tax Trouble

  Bilko has a run-in with the taxman, who takes a dim view of his latest money-spinning scheme, the Benedict Arnold Forgive and Forget Dance

• Season 2 Episode 11: Where There's a Will

  One of Bilko's former privates is cheated out of an inheritance, so the kind-hearted sergeant decides to help him regain it. Comedy, starring Phil Silvers.

• Season 2 Episode 10: Doberman's Sister

  Bilko tries to find a platoon member dumb or desperate enough to date Doberman's sister

• Season 2 Episode 9: A Mess Sergeant Can't Win

  In a move completely out of character, Bilko turns over a new leaf and tries to gamble all his money away - only to hit one of the luckiest winning streaks he's ever had

• Season 2 Episode 8: Bilko's Engagement

  A mix-up at the jeweller's results in Bilko's girlfriend being sent an engagement ring instead of a charm bracelet : and needless to say, she jumps to the conclusion he wants to marry her

• Season 2 Episode 7: The Song of the Motor Pool

  Sergeant Bilko overhears Paparelli humming one of his own compositions in the shower and realises the motor pool has a musical genius in its ranks. But cashing in on the discovery proves easier said than done

• Season 2 Episode 6: Bilko's War Against Culture

  A beautiful blonde cultural officer arrives at the base to stamp out gambling, but instead sets the platoon's hearts a-flutter. Vintage comedy, starring Phil Silvers

• Season 2 Episode 5: The Face on the Recruiting Poster

  Bilko tries to launch handsome new recruit Mike McLusty on the road to movie stardom. Phil Silvers stars as the scheming sergeant

• Season 2 Episode 4: The Girl From Italy

  Rocco's brother refuses to marry the plain Italian girl he got engaged to years ago, so Bilko tries to change his mind by transforming her into a stunning beauty : and succeeds only too well

• Season 2 Episode 3: Bilko Goes to College

  Bilko enrols in a swanky college to teach motor pool techniques, but is predictably side-tracked by a local gangster's attractive money-making offer. Vintage comedy, starring Phil Silvers

• Season 2 Episode 2: It's for the Birds

  Bilko tries to win big money on TV show the $64000 Question by entering know-all Pvt Honnergar : who performs brilliantly until a sudden mishap robs him of his memory. Phil Silvers stars

• Season 2 Episode 1: Platoon in the Movies

  Bilko produces a musical comedy training film.

The Phil Silvers Show: Season 1 (1955 - 1956)

• Season 1 Episode 34: Bilko in Wall Street

  Scheming Sergeant Bilko pulls out all the stops to help an Army buddy-turned-Wall Street whizz-kid scale the dizzy heights of success. Vintage comedy, starring Phil Silvers and Harvey Lembeck

• Season 1 Episode 33: War Games

  Bilko is assigned to direct Army manoeuvres, but attempts to weedle out of it in favour of attending a wedding ceremony

• Season 1 Episode 32: The Con Men

  Bilko deals out a whole heap of trouble for three card sharps who conned Doberman out of his hard-earned cash. Classic comedy, starring Phil Silvers and Maurice Gosfield

• Season 1 Episode 31: Hair

  Joan falls for a corporal with a luxuriant head of hair, so Bilko pays a visit to Tony the barber, who gives him a miracle baldness cure

• Season 1 Episode 30: Recruiting Sergeant

  Sgt Bilko gets a red-hot tip on a horse from a man whose life he saved, but can't get away to place a bet

• Season 1 Episode 29: The Physical Check Up

  Bilko goes on a 20-mile hike to ensure he's fit enough to avoid being discharged

• Season 1 Episode 28: Bilko and the Beast

  Colonel Hall sends a hard-boiled sergeant to toughen up Bilko and his relaxed platoon. Phil Silvers stars

• Season 1 Episode 27: The Big Uranium Strike

  Bilko thinks he's discovered rich uranium deposits - the only problem is, they're directly under Colonel Hall's living room

• Season 1 Episode 26: Furlough in New York

  Bilko takes a trip to the Big Apple, and ends up getting trapped in a steamy session with his girl

• Season 1 Episode 25: The Court-Martial

  A chimpanzee is accidentally recruited into the US Army : and Sergeant Bilko becomes the red-faced officers' scapegoat

• Season 1 Episode 24: Miss America

  A soldier's white lie convinces the wily Bilko that a potential Miss America lives nearby. Classic comedy with Phil Silvers

• Season 1 Episode 23: Army Memoirs

  Wily Sergeant Bilko plots a suitable revenge on the senior officers who demoted him to the rank of private. Classic comedy, starring Phil Silvers.

• Season 1 Episode 22: Dinner at Sowicis

  Eternal bachelor-boy Bilko tries his hardest to escape the imagined sound of wedding bells by inviting girlfriend Joan to dinner with the most argumentative couple on the post

• Season 1 Episode 21: The Rest Cure

  Bilko can't stand the heat, so he tries to convince the Colonel that all the men are going crazy from mental fatigue and need to have a good few days' rest. Paul Ford co-stars

• Season 1 Episode 20: Transfer

  Bilko gets transferred to a new fort full of incredibly gullible soldiers : while back at Fort Baxter, the scheming sergeant's replacement turns out to be a super-efficient soldier who proves just as much of a headache for Colonel Hall

• Season 1 Episode 19: Revolutionary War

  Bilko discovers one of his ancestors served on General Washington's staff, and promptly decides to keep up the family tradition by becoming an officer

• Season 1 Episode 18: Kids in Trailers

  Bilko tries his hand at babysitting in a caravan so a GI and his wife can take a break

• Season 1 Episode 17: Investigation

  Bilko turns Fort Baxter into a picture of abject poverty once he learns Congress is investigating military waste. Phil Silvers stars

• Season 1 Episode 16: Hollywood

  Bilko becomes a technical adviser for a movie based on a battle in which he participated. Composer Jule Styne guest stars as himself

• Season 1 Episode 15: Rich Kid

  Bilko sets about trying to con a rich new recruit into putting up the cash to buy a saloon

• Season 1 Episode 14: Reunion

  Scheming Sgt Bilko is brought back down to earth by a taste of life on Civvy Street. Vintage comedy, starring Phil Silvers and Ned Glass

• Season 1 Episode 13: The Twitch

  Colonel Hall decides a dose of culture might be just the thing to divert the men's attention from gambling, and arranges a lecture on Beethoven - but as usual, Bilko has an ace up his sleeve

• Season 1 Episode 12: Singing Contest

  The platoon take part in a singing contest with the first prize of a trip to sunny Florida and Bilko is determined to come up trumps

• Season 1 Episode 11: Bivouac

  Bilko feigns a rare disease to avoid bivouac.

• Season 1 Episode 10: The Centennial

  Bilko puts on a show celebrating the camp's centenary year to compete with an over-eager new officer with big ideas on improving morale. But the conniving sergeant finds his extravaganza doesn't show the camp in a particularly good light

• Season 1 Episode 9: Eating Contest

  Bilko dreams of making a quick profit from a new recruit who turns out to be an Army eating champion known as 'The Stomach' : the only problem is, he's lost his appetite

• Season 1 Episode 8: Mardi Gras

  Bilko teaches a beautiful socialite a lesson for cruelly spurning Private Doberman's advances. Phil Silvers and Maurice Gosfield star

• Season 1 Episode 7: The Hoodlum

  An insubordinate recruit, who decides he'd rather be a civilian causes trouble, jeopardising Bilko's bid to be soldier of the month. Classic comedy, with Phil Silvers

• Season 1 Episode 6: Boxer

  Bilko discovers he has a champion boxer among the ranks, but the former Golden Gloves winner's girlfriend refuses to let him fight. Comedy, starring Phil Silvers, Harvey Lembeck and Maurice Gosfield

• Season 1 Episode 5: A.W.O.L.

  Bilko goes to Chicago to pick up a soldier who has gone AWOL, but ends up disrupting a pre-nuptial ceremony instead

• Season 1 Episode 4: The Horse

  Bilko buys an ailing racehorse which he hopes will make him money if he can bring it back to health

• Season 1 Episode 3: WAC

  Bilko battles it out with a WAC officer for the right to have a personal Jeep. American comedy, starring Phil Silvers, Allan Melvin and Elisabeth Fraser

• Season 1 Episode 2: Empty Store

  Bilko rents an empty store and refuses to tell the rest of the platoon what he's up to

• Season 1 Episode 1: New Recruits

  Bilko tries to raise a bankroll to recoup his gambling losses in yet another game