The Phil Silvers Show
(1955)Streaming Episode Guide
Season 4
Keep In Step
Episode 101 - 1-23-1959
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Weekend Colonel
Episode 35 - 6-17-1959
CCTV set up by the Colonel cleans up the gambling, so Bilko finds a double of the Colonel who then orders the removal of the camera's.
7.6/10Haven't Seen
The Bilko Boycott
Episode 34 - 6-12-1959
30m
Tired of the way Bilko is fleecing the platoon, Cpl Henshaw sets up a gamblers anonymous organisation, so with his source of money drying up ,he starts on the WAC's
7.9/10Haven't Seen
Bilko in Outer Space
Episode 33 - 6-05-1959
30m
Sgt's Ritzik and Grover win $600 but are terrified of losing it to Bilko, so they hide out in a space capsule mock up, but Bilko finds them
7.9/10Haven't Seen
The Colonel's Second Honeymoon
Episode 32 - 5-29-1959
With the Colonel away on a second honeymoon, Bilko and Zimmerman who has won a prize in a competition find that they are staying at the same hotel
7.7/10Haven't Seen
Bilko's Casino
Episode 31 - 5-20-1959
30m
Bilko discovers an old document saying that the Grove City USO is exempt from California's Gambling laws. So Bilko opens a gambling club, but the mob muscle in on him so Bilko reverts the club back to the USO
7.6/10Haven't Seen
Doberman Missing Heir
Episode 30 - 5-15-1959
30m
Lord and Lady Rockford think they have discovered Doberman as their long lost son and heir, then they find it is all a mistake.
7.8/10Haven't Seen
Bilko's Small Car
Episode 29 - 5-08-1959
30m
When the police seize the Colonel's sports car Bilko converts a jeep and takes an order for ten from a local motor dealer.
7.9/10Haven't Seen
Ritzik Goes Civilian
Episode 28 - 5-01-1959
Sgt Ritzik leaves the army, and sets up in roadside diner.But in no time he discovers that he has been swindled and calls for Bilko to help get his money back.
7.4/10Haven't Seen
Bilko the Butler
Episode 27 - 4-24-1959
30m
While helping out as a waiter, Bilko overhears a stock tip so he phones Cpl Henshaw to invest their money, but before Henshaw can act the Stock falls and Bilko thinks that their money has been lost.
7.6/10Haven't Seen
Guinea Pig Bilko
Episode 26 - 4-17-1959
Bilko takes a tranquilliser and loses his love for gambling, but the Colonel can't stand the change and tries to shock him out of it.
7/10Haven't Seen
Bilko's Godson
Episode 25 - 4-03-1959
30m
When he is named as the godfather to the son of a G.I. friend, Bilko tries to get the boy enrolled at Stanford University.
7.7/10Haven't Seen
Warrant Officer Paparelli
Episode 24 - 3-25-1959
Bilko gets Paparelli promoted, but he turns into a monster, so Bilko has to think of a way to demote him.
8/10Haven't Seen
Bilko's Ape Man
Episode 23 - 3-18-1959
30m
Bilko hopes to launch Pvt Forbes in a film career, by entering him in a Mister Universe contest
8/10Haven't Seen
Bilko's Formula Seven
Episode 22 - 3-04-1959
30m
When applejack is accidentally mixed with crankcase oil, Bilko finds that they have discovered a formula for anti wrinkle, which Bilko tries to sell to the cosmetic firms.
7.5/10Haven't Seen
Bilko's Sharpshooter
Episode 21 - 2-25-1959
30m
Bilko discovers a WAC sharpshooter and starts to promote her as a new Annie Oakley, until she falls for another contestant in a competition.
8.2/10Haven't Seen
The Colonel's Promotion
Episode 20 - 2-18-1959
30m
When a promotion he expected doesn't happen Colonel hall goes to Washington and gets to play golf with Eisenhower.
6.9/10Haven't Seen
Viva Bilko
Episode 19 - 2-11-1959
Bilko and three of the platoon are on holiday in Mexico, when they are robbed of their clothes by Mexican bandits, who use the clothes as a disguise to rob a bank. Later when Bilko gets their clothes back, they are arrested, until he can explain what happened.
7.6/10Haven't Seen
Bilko's Credit Card
Episode 18 - 2-04-1959
Bilko signs up the camp to his credit card scheme, the men like the idea, but when it comes time to settle their bills, the camp leave on manoeuvres.
7.6/10Haven't Seen
Bilko's Grand Hotel
Episode 17 - 1-28-1959
1h 0m
Bilko opens a pizza stand,But it burns down with Paparelli and Zimmerman in charge. So he tries again with a cheap hotel but the same thing happens again.
8.6/10Haven't Seen
Bilko's Hollywood Romance
Episode 16 - 1-09-1959
30m
A film star's agent decides that a romance with a soldier would be a good public relations exercise. Bilko gets chosen but in next to no time he becomes to powerful.
7.5/10Haven't Seen
Bilko's Bopster
Episode 15 - 1-01-1959
When jazz drummer Skinny Sanders joins the platoon, Bilko dreams of forming a band and touring Europe.
7.7/10Haven't Seen
Bilko and the Medium
Episode 14 - 12-22-1958
30m
Hearing that Ritzik's have won $500 ,Bilko tries to borrow the money to open a pool hall.
7.7/10Haven't Seen
Bilko's Giveaway
Episode 13 - 12-17-1958
30m
In Hollywood with no money, Bilko teams up with a child genius to win big prizes on a TV game show. but no cash.
7.8/10Haven't Seen
Bilko's Secret Mission
Episode 12 - 12-10-1958
When Ritzik is accidentally given a dose of electricity it makes him magnetic. He doesn't realise it, but it helps him control the ball in a roulette wheel. He thinks he has come up with a foolproof method of winning at roulette.
7.8/10Haven't Seen
Bilko and the Chaplin
Episode 10 - 11-26-1958
The Chaplin and Bilko get back at a crooked real estate agent, who wants to close a boys home and open a parking lot.
7.9/10Haven't Seen
Bilko's Allergy
Episode 9 - 11-19-1958
30m
Bilko develops an allergy to playing cards which prevents him taking part in poker games.
7.8/10Haven't Seen
Bilko and the Crosby's
Episode 8 - 11-12-1958
Bilko dreams of what life would be like if he and not Bing were the father of the Crosby Sons.
7.1/10Haven't Seen
Bilko's Big Woman Hunt
Episode 7 - 11-05-1958
Cpl Henshaw falls in love and ruins Bilko's business,so when the same thing happens to Bilko, when he gets trapped in a lift with a girl, she then disappears and he has to go to the police in order to find her.
8/10Haven't Seen
Bilko Joins the Navy
Episode 6 - 10-28-1958
When word of a big crap game for sailors only gets around Bilko Paparelli, and Zimmerman join the navy to take part but somehow they all end up at sea and have problems getting back ashore.
8.3/10Haven't Seen
Bilko v's Covington
Episode 5 - 10-22-1958
Bilko is getting beaten at his own game by a Sgt Covington, so he starts a rumour about a big money making opportunities in Japan, but the plan backfires when Covington learns the truth.
7.8/10Haven't Seen
Bilko the Potato Sack King
Episode 4 - 10-15-1958
When offered a $20,000 wage Bilko leaves the army for a firm making potato sacks, but it is not long before he is back in the army.
7.4/10Haven't Seen
Bilko's De Luxe Tours
Episode 3 - 10-08-1958
When they have problems getting to town, Bilko goes into the transportation business, by joining the PTA and getting hold of one of their buses.
7.6/10Haven't Seen
Bilko's Vampire
Episode 2 - 10-01-1958
30m
When Ritzik starts watching horror films instead of playing poker, Bilko tries to scare him off
8/10Haven't Seen
Gold Fever
Episode 1 - 9-23-1958
Bilko finds an old map of a secret gold mine near Grove City and investigates the site.
6.9/10Haven't Seen
Season 3
Papa Bilko
Episode 37 - 7-18-1958
30m
During the war Bilko befriends a French family. Years later, the daughter of the family calls to see ‘ Papa Bilko ‘ as she calls him. Meanwhile the platoon's lady killer Pearly trying to find dates for the platoon falls for her.
7.9/10Haven't Seen
Joan's Big Romance
Episode 36 - 6-24-1958
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 appears in the paper, she sees a way of making Bilko jealous.
7.8/10Haven't Seen
Bilko's School Days
Episode 35 - 6-10-1958
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 finds that it is for M.P.'s not trainees.
7.9/10Haven't Seen
Bilko's Prize Poodle
Episode 34 - 6-03-1958
30m
Doberman gets attached to a poodle, and Bilko sees a chance of winning $10,000 in a dog show.
7.3/10Haven't Seen
Bilko's Insurance Company
Episode 33 - 5-30-1958
30m
A car accident near the camp gives Bilko the idea of starting an insurance company.
7.2/10Haven't Seen
Bilko's Vacation
Episode 32 - 5-23-1958
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 has happened, the Colonel gets his own back.
8.1/10Haven't Seen
Bilko Retires From Gambling
Episode 31 - 5-13-1958
30m
Colonel hall hires a professional card player, to beat Bilko at cards. He is so upset at losing that he gives up gambling
7.9/10Haven't Seen
Bilko's TV Pilot
Episode 30 - 5-06-1958
A cowboy joins the platoon, and Bilko gets the idea of building a TV show around him
7.9/10Haven't Seen
Operation Love
Episode 29 - 4-30-1958
Fort Baxter's WAC's are fed up with their boyfriends gambling with Bilko, instead of taking them out, so they get themselves transferred.
7.7/10Haven't Seen
Bilko's Chinese Restaurant
Episode 28 - 4-25-1958
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 the food business.
7.5/10Haven't Seen
Bilko's Honeymoon
Episode 27 - 4-09-1958
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 idea.
7.4/10Haven't Seen
The Colonel's Inheritance
Episode 26 - 4-04-1958
30m
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 the money before the Colonel hears about it
7.6/10Haven't Seen
Bilko the Male Model
Episode 25 - 3-19-1958
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 to sign him as a male model.
7.5/10Haven't Seen
Bilko The Genius
Episode 24 - 3-14-2001
30m
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 up with a foolproof method of predicting the result of any horse race.
8.2/10Haven't Seen
Bilko The Art Lover
Episode 23 - 3-05-1958
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 good his son is.
8.2/10Haven't Seen
Bilko Saves Ritzik's Marriage
Episode 22 - 2-22-1958
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.
7.8/10Haven't Seen
The Colonel's Reunion
Episode 21 - 2-17-1958
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 when he thinks he has a free hand to carry on the Colonel decides it would crazy to leave him at the camp, so Bilko has to drive the Colonel to the reunion.
7.8/10Haven't Seen
Cyrano De Bilko
Episode 20 - 2-11-1958
30m
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 out that there are two girls called Natalie.
7.6/10Haven't Seen
Bilko's Pigeons
Episode 19 - 1-31-1958
When an order banning the use of pigeons comes through from Washington, Bilko's source of income dries up.
8/10Haven't Seen
Bilko's Cousin
Episode 18 - 1-24-1958
30m
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 life is going to be worse that ever but he turns out to be Ernie's cousin Swifty, but there is a surprise in store for everybody.
7.7/10Haven't Seen
Bilko Presents Kay Kendall
Episode 17 - 1-17-1958
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 bundle of dough but Miss Kendall soon proves to be more than a match for the wily Sgt.
7.9/10Haven't Seen
Doberman the Crooner
Episode 16 - 1-10-1958
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 the doctors have cured his cold and his real voice returns.
8.6/10Haven't Seen
Bilko and the Colonel's Secretary
Episode 15 - 1-01-1958
30m
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, When she learns that Bilko was responsible she makes his and the platoon's life hell, until Bilko gets rid of her and brings in another secretary only to find that he is her boyfriend and the same thing happens all over again.
7.3/10Haven't Seen
Bilko and the Flying saucers
Episode 14 - 12-31-1957
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 Washington to be debriefed.
8/10Haven't Seen
Bilko F.O.B. Detroit
Episode 13 - 12-24-1957
30m
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.
7.4/10Haven't Seen
Bilko At Bay
Episode 12 - 12-17-1957
30m
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 meals.
7.8/10Haven't Seen
Lieutenant Bilko
Episode 11 - 12-10-1957
30m
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 is owed over $14,000 in back pay.
8/10Haven't Seen
Bilko Buys A Club
Episode 10 - 12-03-1957
30m
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.but he asks the wrong man of advice.
7.1/10Haven't Seen
Cherokee Ernie
Episode 9 - 11-26-1957
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 document is found stating that the Indians still own most of Oklahoma.
6.7/10Haven't Seen
Bilko Talks in His Sleep
Episode 8 - 12-19-1957
Sgt's Grover,and Ritzik overhear Bilko talking in his sleep and he gives away all his betting secrets. Bilko soon realises what is happening and gets his own back.
7.3/10Haven't Seen
Sergeant Bilko Presents
Episode 7 - 10-29-1957
Unable to raise the necessary funds to back Pt Hugo Lockman's play 'Sharecropper's Summer', Bilko persuades the army to run a playwriting competition.
7.2/10Haven't Seen
Bilko's Double Life
Episode 6 - 10-22-1957
30m
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 the real millionaire is in Roseville sorting out Bilko's problems.
8.4/10Haven't Seen
The Big Man Hunt
Episode 5 - 10-15-1957
30m
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 comes to the wrong conclusion, why they want him, until he recognises the name of the soldier, but when the two of them finally meet, Bilko has changed so much, that the soldier fails to recognise him.
7.6/10Haven't Seen
Bilko's Valentine
Episode 4 - 10-08-1957
30m
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 reenlist
7/10Haven't Seen
Hillbilly Whiz
Episode 3 - 10-01-1957
26m
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 and Bilko can hardly believe his luck, as Lumpkin is a baseball star in the making. Bilko then contrives to have a New York Yankee's scout to 'accidentally' find Lumpkin so he can traded, but as a Southerner Lumpkin doesn't want to play for the Yankee's
8.5/10Haven't Seen
Bilko's Boy's Town
Episode 2 - 9-24-1957
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.
7.8/10Haven't Seen
Season 2
His Highness Doberman
Episode 36 - 6-11-1957
30m
Doberman is dating the daughter of a Roseville millionaire, but when her parents find out that he is just another soldier they refuse permission for them to marry.
7.4/10Haven't Seen
The Colonel Breaks Par
Episode 34 - 5-28-1957
30m
Bilko wants the Colonel away from the camp so he can operate without obstruction he decides to get the Colonel to enter a golf tournament in Palm Springs but the Colonel doesn't think he is good enough to play. So Bilko gets Sam Snead to act as a golf novice and for Bilko to give him some golf lessons while the Colonel is watching.
8/10Haven't Seen
Bilko's Perfect Day
Episode 33 - 5-21-1957
30m
For once everything goes right for Bilko, from hot showers in the morning, to picking all the winners in a horse race, but by the time he realizes it the day is over.
8.6/10Haven't Seen
The Big Scandal
Episode 32 - 5-14-1957
Bilko tries to hypnotize Ritzik, but it's Doberman who falls under the influence and he tells the Colonel's wife that he loves her
8.3/10Haven't Seen
Bilko Acres
Episode 31 - 5-07-1957
30m
When Bilko thinks that the camp is being enlarged he buys swamp land next door hoping to make a killing only to find that the camp is being slimmed down. Trying to recoup his money he tries to sell it as building land but first he has to kill all the mosquitoes in the swamp and he gives the job to Doberman with unfortunate repercussions
8.1/10Haven't Seen
Bilko the Marriage Broker
Episode 30 - 4-30-1957
30m
When Lt Wallace gets transferred to become Bilko's platoon officer he works them hard all day. So they try and get him to fall for a new WAC officer Lt Rogers but he doesn't seem to be interested but unknown to Bilko the two officers are having a secret affair and no one is to find out.
7.9/10Haven't Seen
Radio Station B.I.L.K.O.
Episode 29 - 4-23-1957
When the local radio station is to close down Bilko sees a good way to make money using army equipment
7.9/10Haven't Seen
The Secret Life Of Sergeant Bilko
Episode 28 - 4-16-1957
30m
An investigative reporter tries to find evidence that American soldiers are giving away defense secrets. Bilko gets to hear and helps the reporter out
8.3/10Haven't Seen
The Mess Hall Mess
Episode 27 - 4-09-1957
30m
Bilko has dinner at a French restaurant and finds an old recipe that will win a prize in a competition to find a brand new American recipe.
7.9/10Haven't Seen
Bilko Goes Around The World
Episode 26 - 4-02-1957
30m
After watching ' Around the World in 80 Days ' Bilko calls the producer Mike Todd and suggests that to publicize the film he offer a prize to the first person who can do the same.
8.2/10Haven't Seen
Bilko Goes South
Episode 25 - 3-26-1957
During a cold spell the platoon think that they are entering a singing contest which will be held in Florida, but instead they take part in a dangerous medical experiment.
8.6/10Haven't Seen
Bilko's Black Magic
Episode 24 - 3-19-1957
When Pvt Mendleson who has been lost in the jungle for years receives $7000 in back pay he loses it to Grover and Ritzik in a poker game. Bilko uses their fear of black magic to get his money back.
8.2/10Haven't Seen
Rock 'n' Roll Rookie
Episode 23 - 3-05-1957
When singer Elvin Pelvin joins the platoon, Bilko sees a way to make money but he can't get him to sing.
8.3/10Haven't Seen
The Son Of Bilko
Episode 22 - 2-26-1957
A young practical joker joins the platoon and drives everybody crazy until Bilko finds a way to give give him a taste of his own medicine.
7.6/10Haven't Seen
Bilko's Television Idea
Episode 21 - 2-12-1957
When T.V. star Buddy Bickford come to Fort Baxter to research background for a new television show. Bilko tries to sell him a T.V. idea of his own.
8.3/10Haven't Seen
Bilko Enters Politics
Episode 20 - 2-05-1957
30m
When the plan for a new serviceman's center is turned down by the mayor Bilko gets Doberman to run for Mayor. When it looks like Doberman will win, the campaign manager makes a deal with Bilko to build the center if Doberman will drop out
8.1/10Haven't Seen
Bilko Goes To Monte Carlo
Episode 19 - 1-29-1957
Bilko comes up with a foolproof method of winning at roulette, so all the camp come up with a bankroll and send him off Monte Carlo to try it out.
8.2/10Haven't Seen
Sergeant Bilko Presents Bing Crosby
Episode 18 - 1-22-1957
30m
Bilko promotes a show starring Bing Crosby, but when Bing suddenly fails to show up, Bilko has to find a lookalike as a replacement.
8.3/10Haven't Seen
Love That Guardhouse
Episode 17 - 1-15-1957
After winning 1500 dollars in Las Vegas, Ritzik is desperate to play poker with Bilko, so the Colonel locks him up in the guardhouse for his own protection.
8.4/10Haven't Seen
The Blue Blood Of The Bilko's
Episode 16 - 1-08-1957
30m
A sergeant from Fort Baxter is to be excluded from his son's wedding to an heiress. They only want officers to attend so Bilko decides to change their minds
8.1/10Haven't Seen
Bilko Gets Some Sleep
Episode 15 - 12-25-1956
Unable to sleep Bilko goes to the camp psychiatrist for advice. He is told to give up gambling and women.
8.3/10Haven't Seen
Sergeant Bilko Presents Ed Sullivan
Episode 14 - 12-18-1956
30m
When TV host Ed Sullivan tries to put on ‘A Salute to the Army' show, the talent scout leaves Bilko out to start with, but when the producer decides to use a jeep in the finale, they turn Bilko to organise things, but he tries to change the show to suit himself.
8.2/10Haven't Seen
Mink Incorporated
Episode 13 - 12-11-1956
30m
After Bilko loses 100 dollars of the platoons welfare fund on a horse, he tries to get the money back, by starting a mink farm, but the mink's refuse to breed.
7.4/10Haven't Seen
Bilko's Tax Trouble
Episode 12 - 12-04-1956
30m
Through an error Bilko is called before the tax people to explain his earnings
8.2/10Haven't Seen
Where There's A Will
Episode 11 - 11-27-1956
30m
A member of the platoon is cheated out of his share in his uncles will. The only thing he gets is a parrot so Bilko starts a rumor that the parrot holds the clue to a hidden treasure map.
7.7/10Haven't Seen
Doberman's Sister
Episode 10 - 11-20-1956
It's family day at Fort Baxter and all the platoon have invited their sister's. They all have date's except Doberman's so Bilko sets out to con Zimmerman into taking her out.
9/10Haven't Seen
A Mess Sergeant Can't Win
Episode 9 - 11-13-1956
30m
Fed up with losing to Bilko all the time Mess Sgt Ritzik is leaving the army having saved up $400 to open a snack bar So Bilko devises a plan to repay all the money that he has won off Ritzik.
9/10Haven't Seen
Bilko's Engagement
Episode 8 - 11-06-1956
30m
After a mix up at the jewelers Bilko finds that Joan has been given an engagement ring and she thinks that they are to married. Bilko has to think fast of a way out.
8.2/10Haven't Seen
The Song Of The Motor Pool
Episode 7 - 10-30-1956
30m
Bilko looks for a song that the motor pool can adopt. He hears Paparelli singing one in the shower but it turns out that someone thought of it first
8/10Haven't Seen
Bilko's War Against Culture
Episode 6 - 10-23-1956
30m
When two special service officers come to educate the platoon the men promise Bilko they will not attend the lectures until they see who attractive the ladies are
8.2/10Haven't Seen
The Face On The Recruiting Poster
Episode 5 - 10-16-1956
Bilko hopes to get a handsome young recruit noticed by Hollywood so he tries to get the soldier's face on the new army recruiting poster. But first he must pass a test on the army and with Doberman coaching him a surprise is in store.
8.3/10Haven't Seen
The Girl From Italy
Episode 4 - 10-09-1956
30m
Rocco's brother refuses to marry a girl brought over from Italy so Bilko sets out to make him jealous and to change his mind
7.5/10Haven't Seen
Bilko Goes To College
Episode 3 - 10-02-1956
When a local gangster insults the army Bilko takes a bet of 1000 -1 That the local College Schmill can beat Notra Dame in a football game. Nobody gives them a chance, but when Bilko gets to work on the press they start to believe that Schmill can win.
8.6/10Haven't Seen
It's For The Birds
Episode 2 - 9-25-1956
30m
Bilko looks around for an expert to go on the 64,000 Dollar quiz show on TV. He ends up with Pvt Honnegar who is an expert on wildlife, After surviving a loss of memory he wins the money but he has a surprise in store for Bilko
8.6/10Haven't Seen
Platoon in the Movies
Episode 1 - 9-18-1956
The platoon is chosen to make a film about the correct use of the spark plug.
7.8/10Haven't Seen
Season 1
Bilko on Wall Street
Episode 34 - 5-15-1956
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 job.
8.1/10Haven't Seen
War Games
Episode 33 - 5-08-1956
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
7.5/10Haven't Seen
The Con Men
Episode 32 - 5-01-1956
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 then Doberman loses it again by being conned into buying the hotel from another con man
8.4/10Haven't Seen
Hair
Episode 31 - 4-24-1956
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 a trick on him, but Bilko has the last laugh
8.1/10Haven't Seen
The Recruiting Sergeant
Episode 30 - 4-17-1956
30m
When Bilko gets a tip from a jockey on a horse 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
8.1/10Haven't Seen
The Physical Check Up
Episode 29 - 4-10-1956
30m
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 be trying to get rid of him
8/10Haven't Seen
Bilko and the Beast
Episode 28 - 3-27-1956
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
8.1/10Haven't Seen
The Big Uranium Strike
Episode 27 - 3-20-1956
30m
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
8.3/10Haven't Seen
Furlough in New York
Episode 26 - 3-13-1956
30m
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 up with each others dog tags
8.1/10Haven't Seen
The Court Martial
Episode 25 - 3-06-1956
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 ape before anybody finds out
9.2/10Haven't Seen
Miss America
Episode 24 - 2-28-1956
30m
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 they have a surprise in store
7.9/10Haven't Seen
Army Memoirs
Episode 23 - 2-21-1956
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
8.2/10Haven't Seen
Dinner at Sowici's
Episode 22 - 2-14-1956
30m
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 surprise.
8.7/10Haven't Seen
The Rest Cure
Episode 21 - 2-07-1956
30m
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 go there
8.2/10Haven't Seen
The Transfer
Episode 20 - 1-31-1956
30m
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 camp life is to easy and Bilko hopes he can find a way to get back to Camp Baxter
8.1/10Haven't Seen
The Revolutionary War
Episode 19 - 1-24-1956
30m
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 reading the diary he discovers that Joshua was a traitor so Bilko keeps quiet and withdraws his application
8/10Haven't Seen
Kids In the Trailer
Episode 18 - 1-17-1956
30m
While babysitting for a member of the platoon Bilko panics when he finds that he can't change the baby's nappy
7.4/10Haven't Seen
The Investigation
Episode 17 - 1-10-1956
A Congressional committee visit Fort Baxter to investigate waste and high living but Bilko has other ideas, he wants a pay rise instead
7.8/10Haven't Seen
Hollywood
Episode 16 - 1-03-1956
30m
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 production, and the film people want shot of him.
8.5/10Haven't Seen
The Rich Kid
Episode 15 - 12-27-1955
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 fortune. So they play up to him in order to get him to invest in their scheme, but Bilko's conscience wins out in the end.
8/10Haven't Seen
The Reunion
Episode 14 - 12-20-1955
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 turns out that they have all been very successful.
7.5/10Haven't Seen
The Twitch
Episode 13 - 12-13-1955
30m
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 a friend of the Colonel's wife and they can bet on the number of ' twitches' that she will give during the lecture
8.5/10Haven't Seen
The Singing Contest
Episode 12 - 12-06-1955
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 them to lose. While he is putting on the bet a new platoon member is found to have a beautiful singing voice
7.9/10Haven't Seen
Bivouac
Episode 11 - 11-29-1955
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 order to make him go the colonel uses reverse psychology
8.6/10Haven't Seen
The Centennial
Episode 10 - 11-22-1955
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
8/10Haven't Seen
The Eating Contest
Episode 9 - 11-15-1955
30m
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 he is depressed
8.7/10Haven't Seen
Mardi Gras
Episode 8 - 11-08-1955
30m
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.
8.3/10Haven't Seen
The Hoodlum
Episode 7 - 11-01-1955
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 the ' Soldier of the Month' competition. Little does he know that the tough guy will spring a surprise.
8.3/10Haven't Seen
The Boxer
Episode 6 - 10-25-1955
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 Dillingham refuses to fight
8.5/10Haven't Seen
AWOL
Episode 5 - 10-18-1955
30m
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
7.6/10Haven't Seen
The Horse
Episode 4 - 10-11-1955
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 the horse and has to keep it on the post until it is fit to run Then a visiting general comes on a surprise visit
8.3/10Haven't Seen
The WAC
Episode 3 - 10-04-1955
30m
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 Fraser As Joan Hogan)
7.9/10Haven't Seen
The Empty Store
Episode 2 - 9-27-1955
Bilko is still broke and can't find a way back into the big poker game. When the three sergeant's win again, by beating one of the new recruits, Bilko decides to get even by renting an empty store and getting the sergeant's to invest in it
8.7/10Haven't Seen
New Recruits
Episode 1 - 9-20-1955
During a poker game the other sergeant's cheat and clean Bilko out of his bankroll so he has to look around for some more money. Just when it looks like he will miss out a new squad of rookies arrive for basic training. With a new source of cash the platoon think he can get back into the game but Bilko's conscience will not let him.
8.1/10Haven't Seen
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The Court Martial
Episode 25 - 3-06-1956
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 ape before anybody finds out
9.2/10Haven't Seen
A Mess Sergeant Can't Win
Episode 9 - 11-13-1956
30m
Fed up with losing to Bilko all the time Mess Sgt Ritzik is leaving the army having saved up $400 to open a snack bar So Bilko devises a plan to repay all the money that he has won off Ritzik.
9/10Haven't Seen
Doberman's Sister
Episode 10 - 11-20-1956
It's family day at Fort Baxter and all the platoon have invited their sister's. They all have date's except Doberman's so Bilko sets out to con Zimmerman into taking her out.
9/10Haven't Seen
The Empty Store
Episode 2 - 9-27-1955
Bilko is still broke and can't find a way back into the big poker game. When the three sergeant's win again, by beating one of the new recruits, Bilko decides to get even by renting an empty store and getting the sergeant's to invest in it
8.7/10Haven't Seen
The Eating Contest
Episode 9 - 11-15-1955
30m
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 he is depressed
8.7/10Haven't Seen
