Elvin Pelvin, one of the hottest acts in the country, gets drafted into the US Army. The Army decides, after numrous failed attempts to place him at big bases, that the best place for him is at Fort Baxter in Bilko's platoon. Colonel Hall tries to talk them out of sending Pelvin to Fort Baxter but he loses the argument.
Bilko sees dollars signs when he learns that Pelvin will be joining his platoon. He
tries to record Elvin singing, without his knowledge, but every attempt fails miserably. Bilko finally gets Elvin recorded only to have second thoughts about what he is doing.
This isn't a great episode but I thought it was fun. Elvin Pelvin is pretty clearly supposed to be Elvis the Pelvis aka Elvis Presley. One of his hit songs is You're Nothin' But a Raccoon. Bilko writes a song for Pelvin to sing called Brown Suede Combat Boots.
Tom Gilson played the part of Elvin Pelvin. Gilson's credits on IMDB are spread across a decade. He was just 28 when he died, considerably younger than Elvis Presley when he died about 15 years later.
Dan Frazer played Captain Williams in this episode. This is the third of four episodes of the second season of this show in which he appeared. He also showed up in four other episodes of the show. He played a different character in each episode in which he appeared. He was later a regular member of the cast of Kojak (1973). He also appeared in a couple episodes of the second season of The Invaders.
John Gibson played the Chaplain. This is the 9th of 15 episodes of the show in which he appeared. He played the Chaplain in all of those episodes.
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