Bilko, Barbella, and Henshaw go to New York City to see My Fair Lady on Broadway. Angelo, Barbella's brother, is engaged to Rosa, a girl from Italy, whom he has never met before. His parents promised her parents that they would get married but Angelo doesn't want to go through with it.
Bilko uses the plot of My Fair Lady as a model and does what he can to make Rosa more appealing to Angelo. Barbella's brother comes around and wants another shot at Rosa but Bilko has other ideas when he finds out how the musical ends.
Bilko, Barbella, and Henshaw are the only three regular members of the cast to appear in this episode.
Barbella's mother is played by Augusta Merighi. This is the first of two appearances for her on the show. Her other appearance isn't until season 4 and she plays a different character in that episode.
Mrs. Gluckle, one of the customers in the beauty salon, is played by Edith King. This is the second of five appearances she made on the show. She played a different character in each episode. Her previous appearance was in 1.19 (The Revolutionary War) where she played Mrs. George Washington.
I enjoyed this one quite a bit. It was easy to see where it was all going but I still thought it was a lot of fun. Phil Silvers hams it up so frequently in this episode that it is easy to overlook how ridiculous the situation gets.
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