Thursday, October 21, 2021

The Phil Silvers Show 1.34

Bilko on Wall Street

Bilko goes to New York to visit Morgan Twinhasey, a friend of his who works on Wall Street. Ernie thinks that Twinhasey is rich but soon finds out that he is underpaid and overworked. Ernie does what he can to trick the firm of Butherworth Butterworth and Butterworth, Twinhasey's employer, into giving him a raise. Bilko's plan doesn't exactly work. Butterworth Butterworth and Butterworth fires Twinhasey, instead of giving him a raise. Bilko solves the problem by coming up with a scheme to convince Butterworth Butterworth and Butterworth that they have to get Twinhasey back.

Thoughts

Most of the story is set in New York but the very beginning takes place on Fort Baxter. Colonel Hall is not in this episode.

This one was fun. It made me smile more than it made me laugh but I enjoyed it quite a bit. Its nice to see Bilko work his magic away from Fort Baxter.

Notes

Eddie Phillips played the part of Morgan Twinhasey. He has almost 190 screen credits but this is his last one, according to IMDB. His earliest screen credit is from 1913. He worked steadily from 1921 to 1943. He only has seven screen credits after 1943. Many of his later roles were uncredited. He died in 1965.

MacLean Savage played the part of Mr. Butterworth I. He doesn't have many screen credits according to IMDB but this is the first of three appearances he made on this show.

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