The Phil Silvers Show 2.16

The Blue Blood of the Bilkos

Bilko steps into to help SSgt Bentonhurst, a friend whose son is about to get married to Jenny Wingate. Jenny's family is an extremely old one. They can't stand the the thought of a sergeant in the army being a part of their daughter's wedding. Bilko flies to Philadelphia, the home of the Wingates, He questions Mrs. Wingate, Mr. Wingate, Commodore Wingate, and their servants all under the pretense that he is with Army Intelligence. He asks lots of intrusive questions and accuses them of all sorts of things in the hopes of convincing them to let Biff's father come to the wedding.

The Phil Silvers Show 2.15

Bilko Gets Some Sleep

Bilko hallucinates a conversation with his conscience and his ego. He thinks they are real until he relizaes that no one else can see them. Bilko goes to see Captain Adams, Fort Baxter's phychyitrist, who recommends that he get to bed on time, get up on time, and start living like the rest of the soldiers.

Bilko folows the captain's advice. Everyone gets suspicious of his motives. They start to think that he is up to something. Everyone (Colonel Hall, Master Sergeant Hogan, Mrs. Hall, the men in his platoon) start going to see Captain Adams. Bilko finds out about this and decides somethign has to be done.

The Phil Silvers Show 2.14

Sergeant Bilko Presents Ed Sullivan

Bilko audtions for The Ed Sullivan Show's tribute to the US Army. He goes into a funk when he does hear back from them but then he lucks his way into a request to appear on the show. He shows up at the CBS studio in New York City and takes over. He changes all the plans and convinces all of Sullivan's assistants that Sullivan has done them wrong. Bilko gets Sullivan's righthand men doing his bidding until Sullivan gets word of what's going on.

The Phil Silvers Show 2.13

Mink Incorporated

Sgt Bilko convinces the men of his platoon to raise mink. He tells them about how much money they can make. They use the $300 in the platoon's fund to buy two breeding mink. They do everything they can to encourage the mink to breed but then one of the mink's seems to get sick.

Thoughts

This was an okay episode, not great but not awful. The highlight was the scene where they get medical advice from one of the doctors on the base. Doberman has to act like the mink that is sick. It wasn't enough to convince me that this is one worth watching again but it was okay.

The Phil Silvers Show 2.12

Bilko's Tax Trouble

The IRS accidentally investigate Bilko's 1953 tax return. Bilko works himself, his platoon, and Colonel Hall ragged to prove that he didn't make a dime from all the raffles dances, and other extra curricular events that he ran.

Thoughts

I didn't think that much of this episode. It didn't do very much for me. It felt like filler. The jokes were tired and lacked punch.

The Phil Silvers Show 2.11

Where There's a Will

Gregory Chickering, one of the guys in Bilko's platoon, gets discharged from the army. Chickering's uncle dies. He thinks he stands to inherit quite a bit of money, but all he gets is a parrot. Chickering turns to Bilko for help. Bilko shows up in disguise with four of his men (Barbella, Doberman, Henshaw, Fleischman). They pretend to be part of a gang with whom Chickering's uncle used to run. They fool Chickering's relatives into thinking that there is buried treasure somewhere in the world and only the parrot knows the name of the island where it can be found.

The Phil Silvers Show 2.10

Doberman's Sister

The families of the men in Bilko's platoon are coming to visit. Bilko wants all the men to pair up with the sisters of their fellow soldiers. No one wants Diane, Duane Doberman's sister. Bilko tricks Fielding Zimmerman into offering to take out Diane.

Bilko starts to have second thoughts about tricking Zimmerman into agreeing taking Diane out. Bilko wonders if she is really as beautiful as he made her seem. He convinces Zimmerman that he was wrong about Diane. Bilko cancels a date he had with Sgt Hogan and goes to meet Diane Doberman at the bus station, only to discover that she greatly resembles her brother.

The Phil Silvers Show 2.09

A Mess Sergeant Can't Win

Bilko tries to make amends with a colleague of his, Rupert Ritzik, when he learns that Ritzik has decided not to re-enlist. Bilko is galled when he learns that Ritzik doesn't want him at his going away party. Bilko raises $400 for Ritzik and his wife but Ritzik thinks it is a trick and refuses to take the money.

Bilko is determined to give him the money and cooks up a scheme, a sucker bet which he plans to lose. Ritzik somehow manages to lose the bet. Bilko arranges another sure fire bet but Ritzik gets so nervous he bets the wrong way and loses that one too.