The Phil Silvers Show 4.32

The Colonel's Second Honeymoon

Bilko manipulates things so that General Colonel Hall gets jealous of General Wade who once danced with Mrs. Hall. Bilko talks the Colonel into taking Mrs. Hall on a second honeymoon. Bilko sneaks off base, while the Halls are out of town, and goes on vacation only to discover that he is at the same ski resort as them.

Thoughts

Captain Barker is in this episode but blink and you'll miss him.

This is a decent but not great episode. Bilko uses his manipulative talents but this is one of those rare occasions when it doesn't have anything to do with making himself some money.

The Phil Silvers Show 4.31

Bilko's Casino

Bilko finds an exception to the law prohibiting gambling in California. He tries to exploit it but finds out that someone else is going to exploit him if he does. He comes up with a scheme to turn the tables on them and abandons his plan to open a casino.

Thoughts

This episode was okay but the ending did not satisfy me. Bilko turns the tables on the crooks and then abandons his plans. I don't get it.

Notes

Al Lewis played one of the guys trying to strongarm Bilko in this episode. This is the second of three episodes of this show in which he appeared. The first was 4.18 Bilko's Credit Card. I've also seen him recently in The Night Strangler (1973). He is best known to me for playing the part of Grandpa on The Munsters.

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.

The Phil Silvers Show 4.29

Bilko's Small Car

Bilko is sent into town to pick up Colonel Hall's new car. The car gets impounded by the police when they find gambling equipment in the trunk. Bilko has his men throw together a substitute car. It fools the Colonel but then Bilko gets the idea of going into business making cars. The catch is that they will use parts from jeeps in the manufacture of the cars. Eventually the Colonel catches on to what Bilko is doing and calls in the MPs.

Thoughts

This was an okay episode. I thought the story drifted a little too much. Not a favorite of mine but I guess I've see worse.

The Phil Silvers Show 4.28

Ritzik Goes Civilian

Sgt Ritzik gets out of the Army earlier than Bilko anticipated. Bilko can't stand to see him go, for the usual reason: one less person with whom to gamble. Mrs. Ritzik has her husband take out a loan against his life insurance policy and buy a road side diner. The venture does not prove successful. Bilko shows up just in time to help out Rupert and Emma. He talks the man who sold them the diner into repaying the Ritziks or else get a lot of bad publicity for ripping off an army veteran. 

Thoughts

There was a dream sequence in which Bilko, influenced by something Henshaw and Barbella told him, dreams that everyone he knows is poor but he is rich. It looked like A Christmas Carol, but without Christmas. Colonel Hall and some of the men from Bilko's platoon (Fender, Mullen, Paparelli) show up in the dream sequence.

This was fun. I enjoyed this episode. It wasn't great but it works.

The Phil Silvers Show 4.27

Bilko the Butler

Bilko goes to the USO in the hopes of getting invited to the home of a rich family and marrying their daughter. He gets invited to the home of a rich family for a meal but the invitation comes from the butler. The family isn't home at the time.

Things start to look up for Bilko after he volunteers to help the butler and the made serve at a big dinner. He overhears a big stock tip and runs to the phone and calls Barbella and Henshaw. The stock turns out to be no good but he can't reach them to tell them to avoid investing the money.

Thoughts

Colonel Hall wasn't in this episode. Most of the other regulars on this show only showed up very briefly at the beginning and end of this episode.

This was a fun episode. I enjoyed it quite a bit. Bilko at his best.

The Phil Silvers Show 4.26

Guinea Pig Bilko

Colonel Hall is looking for a new way to restrain Bilko when he learns that the army wants to test a treatment for over active soldiers on some of the men at Camp Fremont. Colonel Hall tricks Bilko into becoming one of the test subjects for the new treatment. Bilko is given a new drug that makes him much more passive. Colonel Hall loves it until he discovers that the men in Bilko's platoon are worse than him and out of control without Bilko to keep them on a short leash.

Thoughts

This was a fun one. I enjoyed it very much. It wasn't the very best episode I have seen but it is better than the average episode of this show.

The Phil Silvers Show 4.25

Bilko's Godson

Bilko is thinking of changing his name, to help him avoid bill collectors, when he learns that an old friend wants him to be his newborn son's godfather. Bilko tries to enroll his new godson at Stanford only to learn that he can only enroll his godson early if he is an alum or a current student.

Bilko has to take the entrance exam but he winds up hiring other guys (who know considerably more than him) to take the three parts of the exam.

Thoughts

Colonel Hall is not in this episode.