Sunday, March 1, 2026

The Phil Silvers Show 4.30

Doberman, Missing Heir

Bilko convinces Lord and Lady Rockford that Private Duane Doberman is their long lost missing son. Doberman is opposed to the idea at first but once he gets accepted by Lord and Lady Rockford he starts to like it and gives Bilko the cold shoulder. Bilko introduces Doberman to Dixie, a burlesque dancer, in the hopes of being able to sponge off of Doberman by proxy once Doberman and Dixie get married. Everything falls apart when the real long lost son of of Lord and Lady Rockford turns up.

Thoughts

Corporals Henshaw and Barbella are in this episode but Colonel Hall is not.

This was a decent but not great episode. It was more focused than some episodes but the I was a bit disappointed to see Bilko show signs of having a conscience although he never got a chance to act on those feelings.

Ronald Long played the part of Lord Rockford. This is the only episode of this show in which he appeared. He also appeared in one episode of The Alfred Hitchcock Hour and Wonder Woman (1974).

Jane Kean played the part of Dixie. This is the third of four episodes of this show in which she appeared.

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