The Phil Silvers Show - Season 2 Extras

The Cast of Phil Silvers on Broadway

7 minutes

Phil Silvers performs a little skit with with four other members of the cast of the TV show. I'm guessing that this is all that remains of a longer performance.

I think this clip may be from The Phil Solvers Pontiac Special: Keep in Step from 1959. It was a one hour TV special. 

The other characters in this clip are Henshaw, Fender, Papparelli, and Doberman. There were other actors from the show in the TV special but these are the only ones that appeared in this clip.

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His Highness Doberman

Private Duane Doberman is in love with Lillian Middleton but her mother kicks him out when she finds out that he is a soldier. Bilko finds out that Lillian's father is the head of an important company, in other words that he is rich, and does what he can to convince Lillian's parents that Doberman is actually royalty.

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Show Segments

Phil Silvers meets with Corporals Henshaw and Barbella at Lindy's. They run into Ed Sullivan. They all reminisce about a scene that had to be shortened in the previous episode that Sullivan showed up in. They also tell him some stories about moments that didn't make it into other episodes.

The first story they tell Sullivan is about a time when Sergeants Ritzik and Grover try to get Bilko to bet on Navy instead of Army in the Army-Navy game. The second story is about a time that Bilko had a hot letter from a gal in New York City and insisted on reading it to the platoon. The third and final story is about a time that Bilko auctioned off some memorabilia from his travels in Europe.

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The Colonel Breaks Par

Bilko planned all sort of festivities while Colonel Hall is away on his annual vacation. Bilko's plans almost have to be abandoned when Colonel Hall announces that he isn't going on vacation. Bilko comes up with a new plan to convince Colonel Hall that he should enter the Army's golf tournament, despite not being a very good golfer. Bilko fools Colonel Hall (with some help from professional golfer Sam Snead) into thinking that he is a better golfer than he actually is.

Everything seems back on track but then Bilko starts to have second thoughts about what he did.

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Bilko's Perfect Day

Bilko doesn't know it when he wakes up but it is his day. Everything is going to go his way. He fears the worst before he discovers what's going on. He scrambles to try and lay a wager on a horse race but the day ends before the race ends and takes his luck with it.

Thoughts

This was fun but not great.