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The Best Episodes of The Phil Silvers Show

The Phil Silvers Show, originally titled You'll Never Get Rich, was a sitcom which ran on CBS from 1955 to 1959 for 142 episodes, plus...

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  1. Background image for The Court Martial
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #1 - The Court Martial

    S1:E25

    When Zippo the ape is accidently inducted into the army the only way to get the army off the hook is to get Bilko as defense council and court martial the ape before anybody finds out

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  2. Background image for Hillbilly Whiz
    8.5/10(69 votes)

    #2 - Hillbilly Whiz

    S3:E3

    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 is a baseball star in the making. Bilko then contrives to have a New York Yankee's scout to 'accidentally' find Lumpkin so he can traded, but as a Southerner Lumpkin doesn't want to play for the Yankee's

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  3. Background image for Doberman the Crooner
    8.5/10(42 votes)

    #3 - Doberman the Crooner

    S3:E16

    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 returns.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  4. Background image for Bilko's Double Life
    8.3/10(45 votes)

    #4 - Bilko's Double Life

    S3:E6

    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 Bilko's problems.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  5. Background image for Bilko The Art Lover
    8.1/10(51 votes)

    #5 - Bilko The Art Lover

    S3:E23

    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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  6. Background image for Bilko The Genius
    8.1/10(45 votes)

    #6 - Bilko The Genius

    S3:E24

    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 result of any horse race.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  8. Background image for AWOL
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #7 - AWOL

    S1:E5

    Pvt Steve Nagy goes awol so Bilko has to go and fetch him back only to find himself caught up in the middle of a family feud

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  9. Background image for The Boxer
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #8 - The Boxer

    S1:E6

    Bilko discovers that one of the platoon Claude Dillingham is a boxing champ so Bilko enters him for the interplatoon championship only to learn that Dillingham refuses to fight

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  10. Background image for The Hoodlum
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #9 - The Hoodlum

    S1:E7

    After several transfers a young tough guy is moved to the motor pool platoon and it is left to the Bilko to cut him down to size. Meanwhile Bilko is after the ' Soldier of the Month' competition. Little does he know that the tough guy will spring a surprise.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  11. Background image for Mardi Gras
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #10 - Mardi Gras

    S1:E8

    When the platoon ask local socialite Miss Joy Landers to be their Mardi Gras queen she laughs and turns them down flat, so Bilko finds a way to change her mind.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  12. Background image for The Eating Contest
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #11 - The Eating Contest

    S1:E9

    In an eating contest between the platoons Bilko puts his money on a new member of the platoon nicknamed 'The Stomach' only to find that he can only eat when he is depressed

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  13. Background image for Bivouac
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #12 - Bivouac

    S1:E11

    When maneuvers come round again the Colonel is interested in which illness Bilko has in order to miss out on the joys of marching through the countryside. In order to make him go the colonel uses reverse psychology

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  14. Background image for The Singing Contest
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #13 - The Singing Contest

    S1:E12

    Bilko hears of a singing contest in Miami and to get away from the bitterly cold weather he enters the platoon but on hearing them sing he puts a bet on for them to lose. While he is putting on the bet a new platoon member is found to have a beautiful singing voice

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  15. Background image for The Twitch
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #14 - The Twitch

    S1:E13

    Colonel Hall tells Bilko to provide an audience for a lecture on music. He finds that nobody wants to come until they learn that the lecture will be given by a friend of the Colonel's wife and they can bet on the number of ' twitches' that she will give during the lecture

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  16. Background image for The Reunion
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #15 - The Reunion

    S1:E14

    When Bilko meets up with his old army buddies, he thinks that they are going to be so short of money, that he is going to have to help them out , but it turns out that they have all been very successful.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #16 - Hollywood

    S1:E16

    Hollywood plans a film of the ' Battle of Kabuchi' and they hire Bilko as the technical adviser, but after a couple of days he has taken over the whole production, and the film people want shot of him.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  18. Background image for The Investigation
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #17 - The Investigation

    S1:E17

    A Congressional committee visit Fort Baxter to investigate waste and high living but Bilko has other ideas, he wants a pay rise instead

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  19. Background image for The Transfer
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #18 - The Transfer

    S1:E20

    When the Colonel makes life difficult Bilko decides to bluff and puts in a transfer, but the Colonel calls the bluff and Bilko is on his way, but at his new camp life is to easy and Bilko hopes he can find a way to get back to Camp Baxter

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  20. Background image for The Rest Cure
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #19 - The Rest Cure

    S1:E21

    During a heat wave Bilko discovers that the army have a rest centre in the Rockies but the trick is trying to persuade the doctors and the Colonel to let him go there

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  21. Background image for Dinner at Sowici's
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #20 - Dinner at Sowici's

    S1:E22

    When Bilko thinks that Joan is trying to trap him into marriage, he takes her to dinner at Sgt Sowici's to see how bad marriage can be, but they are in for a surprise.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  22. Background image for The Big Uranium Strike
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #21 - The Big Uranium Strike

    S1:E27

    Bilko suspects that there are large deposits of uranium underneath Fort Baxter but he has to get rid of the Colonel before he can start digging

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  23. Background image for Bilko and the Beast
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #22 - Bilko and the Beast

    S1:E28

    When a new drill sergeant known as ' The Beast ' takes over at Fort Baxter Bilko and the platoon come up with a scheme to get rid of him

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Nat Hiken
  24. Background image for The Physical Check Up
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #23 - The Physical Check Up

    S1:E29

    When Bilko tries to get out of a 20 mile hike the Colonel preempts him and allows him to miss the hike Bilko is so shocked that he thinks the Colonel might be trying to get rid of him

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  25. Background image for The Recruiting Sergeant
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #24 - The Recruiting Sergeant

    S1:E30

    When Bilko gets a tip from a jockey on a horse he persuades the Colonel to take him on a recruiting drive to Topeka so he can get to a bookie and get a bet on

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    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #25 - Hair

    S1:E31

    Bilko's head is constantly being used by his barber to find a cure for baldness. The other three sergeants know this and while Bilko is asleep decide to play a trick on him, but Bilko has the last laugh

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

Best Episodes Summary

"The Court Martial" is the best rated episode of "The Phil Silvers Show". It scored 9/10 based on 1 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 3/6/1956. This episode scored 0.5 points higher than the second highest rated, "Hillbilly Whiz".