Episode guide
The Phil Silvers Show: Season 3
37 episodes · premiered Sep 17, 1957
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- Episode 1: Bilko's Merry Widow Sep 17, 1957 · 30m
- Episode 2: Bilko's Boy's Town Sep 24, 1957 · 30m When the army go on maneuvers the Colonel orders Bilko to stay in camp, so with Fort Baxter empty he uses the time to form a boy's camp.
- Episode 3: Hillbilly Whiz Oct 1, 1957 · 30m When the platoon lose again in a baseball game Bilko is desperate to find new players. Then a recruit from the south Hank Lumpkin turns up and Bilko can hardly believe his luck, as Lumpkin…
- Episode 4: Bilko's Valentine Oct 8, 1957 · 30m When Bilko forgets valentines day, Joan Hogan leaves the army, When Bilko realises what he has done, he follows her and tries to get her to reenlist
- Episode 5: The Big Man Hunt Oct 15, 1957 · 30m When two men (who have been employed by a soldier who is looking for the man who saved his life during the war ) come looking for Bilko, he comes to the wrong conclusion, why they want…
- Episode 6: Bilko's Double Life Oct 22, 1957 · 30m When his money problems start to close in on him, Bilko departs for New York, but while there he is mistaken for a millionaire. Meanwhile the real millionaire is in Roseville sorting out…
- Episode 7: Sergeant Bilko Presents Oct 29, 1957 · 30m Unable to raise the necessary funds to back Pt Hugo Lockman's play 'Sharecropper's Summer', Bilko persuades the army to run a playwriting competition.
- Episode 8: Bilko Talks in His Sleep Dec 19, 1957 · 30m Sgt's Grover,and Ritzik overhear Bilko talking in his sleep and he gives away all his betting secrets. Bilko soon realises what is happening and gets his own back.
- Episode 9: Cherokee Ernie Nov 26, 1957 · 30m Bilko goes on leave with Cpl Charlie Whiteagle, a Cherokee Indian, to Tulsa for a poker game, but he gets caught up in a legal fight when a document is found stating that the Indians still…
- Episode 10: Bilko Buys A Club Dec 3, 1957 · 30m When Bilko learns that a new member of the platoon is a merchant banker, he tries to get him to invest in a club that Bilko wants to set up.but he asks the wrong man of advice.
- Episode 11: Lieutenant Bilko Dec 10, 1957 · 30m Bilko decides to leave the army until he learns that during the war he was promoted to Lt . and due to a foul up he is still a Lt, and he is owed over $14,000 in back pay.
- Episode 12: Bilko At Bay Dec 17, 1957 · 30m Trying to get to New York, and to save money Bilko and the corporals arrange to stop off at the homes of members of the platoon for free meals.
- Episode 13: Bilko F.O.B. Detroit Dec 24, 1957 · 30m Bilko and the platoon go to Detroit to get the new trucks, the Colonel orders him back in two days, but he has other plans to stay on.
- Episode 14: Bilko and the Flying saucers Dec 31, 1957 · 30m In order to go Washington for a date with a young singer, Bilko has to report to the Colonel that he has seen a U.F.O. and has to go to Washington to be debriefed.
- Episode 15: Bilko and the Colonel's Secretary Jan 1, 1958 · 30m When the Colonel's secretary gets posted, Bilko make sure that the right WAC is posted in, but this posting takes her away from her fiance, When she learns that Bilko was responsible she…
- Episode 16: Doberman the Crooner Jan 10, 1958 · 30m Bilko discovers that Doberman has a beautiful singing voice but only when he has a cold. So Bilko gets him to make a record, but by then the doctors have cured his cold and his real voice…
- Episode 17: Bilko Presents Kay Kendall Jan 17, 1958 · 30m Movie star Kay Kendall visits Roseville to promote her film & Bilko gets her to appear in a show he's producing. Bilko's hoping to make a bundle of dough but Miss Kendall soon proves to be…
- Episode 18: Bilko's Cousin Jan 24, 1958 · 30m When the Colonel hears that another Bilko is about to arrive he hopes that he is no relation to Ernie because with two Bilko's at the camp life is going to be worse that ever but he turns…
- Episode 19: Bilko's Pigeons Jan 31, 1958 · 30m When an order banning the use of pigeons comes through from Washington, Bilko's source of income dries up.
- Episode 20: Cyrano De Bilko Feb 11, 1958 · 30m Bilko helps out one the platoon when he is to shy to ask for a date with a local girl called Natalie. But complications arise when it turns out that there are two girls called Natalie.
- Episode 21: The Colonel's Reunion Feb 17, 1958 · 30m The Colonel goes all out in his fight against the gambling, so Bilko gets the Colonel to leave the camp to go to a class reunion, but just when he thinks he has a free hand to carry on the…
- Episode 22: Bilko Saves Ritzik's Marriage Feb 22, 1958 · 30m When Sgt Ritzik plays one too many poker games with Bilko, his wife leaves him, so Ernie has to find a way of bringing them back together.
- Episode 23: Bilko The Art Lover Mar 5, 1958 · 30m In New York, Bilko stays with an old buddy who is a prospective artist, but he falls out with his father, until the father realises how good his son is.
- Episode 24: Bilko The Genius Mar 14, 2001 · 30m In a mix up over test results, Bilko is told that he has a genius rating and he goes on a course with other test winners. They try and come up with a foolproof method of predicting the…
- Episode 25: Bilko the Male Model Mar 19, 1958 · 30m When Bilko is caught in a photograph taken in a night club when he should be elsewhere, an advertising agency spots his potential and tries to sign him as a male model.
- Episode 26: The Colonel's Inheritance Apr 4, 1958 · 30m When the Colonel is left $5000 Bilko gets hold of it and invests it on the stock market. When he gets wiped out, he is desperate to replace the money before the Colonel hears about it
- Episode 27: Bilko's Honeymoon Apr 9, 1958 · 30m When Paparelli wins a competition for a holiday to Florida, he is overjoyed, until he learns that it is for newlyweds, then Bilko has an idea.
- Episode 28: Bilko's Chinese Restaurant Apr 25, 1958 · 30m When they learn that one of the new recruit's father started a chain of Chinese restaurants with very little money he decides to get in on the food business.
- Episode 29: Operation Love Apr 30, 1958 · 30m Fort Baxter's WAC's are fed up with their boyfriends gambling with Bilko, instead of taking them out, so they get themselves transferred.
- Episode 30: Bilko's TV Pilot May 6, 1958 · 30m A cowboy joins the platoon, and Bilko gets the idea of building a TV show around him
- Episode 31: Bilko Retires From Gambling May 13, 1958 · 30m Colonel hall hires a professional card player, to beat Bilko at cards. He is so upset at losing that he gives up gambling
- Episode 32: Bilko's Vacation May 23, 1958 · 30m When he wants a free holiday at Dimmeldorf lodge, Bilko convinces the platoon, and the Colonel to go as well. But after they realise what has happened, the Colonel gets his own back.
- Episode 33: Bilko's Insurance Company May 30, 1958 · 30m A car accident near the camp gives Bilko the idea of starting an insurance company.
- Episode 34: Bilko's Prize Poodle Jun 3, 1958 · 30m Doberman gets attached to a poodle, and Bilko sees a chance of winning $10,000 in a dog show.
- Episode 35: Bilko's School Days Jun 10, 1958 · 30m Bilko learns that a new training camp is to be opened at Fort Baxter, Just when it looks like a new source of cash has presented itself, he finds that it is for M.P.'s not trainees.
- Episode 36: Joan's Big Romance Jun 24, 1958 · 30m Joan Hogan is fed up waiting for Bilko, so she takes off for Chicago, and meets up with a wealthy playboy on the train. When her picture appears in the paper, she sees a way of making…
- Episode 37: Papa Bilko Jul 18, 1958 · 30m During the war Bilko befriends a French family. Years later, the daughter of the family calls to see ‘ Papa Bilko ‘ as she calls him. Meanwhile the platoon's lady killer Pearly trying…