9.2/10113 votesLoading...#1 - The Court Martial
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 3/6/1956
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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9.0/1077 votesLoading...#2 - A Mess Sergeant Can't Win
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 11/13/1956
Fed up with losing to Bilko all the time Mess Sgt Ritzik is leaving the army having saved up $400 to open a snack bar So Bilko devises a plan to repay all the money that he has won off Ritzik.
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9.0/1080 votesLoading...#3 - Doberman's Sister
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 11/20/1956
It's family day at Fort Baxter and all the platoon have invited their sister's. They all have date's except Doberman's so Bilko sets out to con Zimmerman into taking her out.
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8.7/1067 votesLoading...#4 - The Empty Store
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/27/1955
Bilko is still broke and can't find a way back into the big poker game. When the three sergeant's win again, by beating one of the new recruits, Bilko decides to get even by renting an empty store and getting the sergeant's to invest in it
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8.7/1065 votesLoading...#5 - Dinner at Sowici's
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 2/14/1956
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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8.6/1079 votesLoading...#6 - The Eating Contest
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/15/1955
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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8.6/1064 votesLoading...#7 - Bivouac
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 11/29/1955
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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8.6/1052 votesLoading...#8 - It's For The Birds
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 9/25/1956
Bilko looks around for an expert to go on the 64,000 Dollar quiz show on TV. He ends up with Pvt Honnegar who is an expert on wildlife, After surviving a loss of memory he wins the money but he has a surprise in store for Bilko
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8.6/1056 votesLoading...#9 - Bilko Goes To College
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 10/2/1956
When a local gangster insults the army Bilko takes a bet of 1000 -1 That the local College Schmill can beat Notra Dame in a football game. Nobody gives them a chance, but when Bilko gets to work on the press they start to believe that Schmill can win.
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8.6/1052 votesLoading...#10 - Bilko Goes South
Season 2 Episode 25 - Aired 3/26/1957
During a cold spell the platoon think that they are entering a singing contest which will be held in Florida, but instead they take part in a dangerous medical experiment.
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8.6/1046 votesLoading...#11 - Bilko's Perfect Day
Season 2 Episode 33 - Aired 5/21/1957
For once everything goes right for Bilko, from hot showers in the morning, to picking all the winners in a horse race, but by the time he realizes it the day is over.
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8.6/1041 votesLoading...#12 - Doberman the Crooner
Season 3 Episode 16 - Aired 1/10/1958
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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8.6/1016 votesLoading...#13 - Bilko's Grand Hotel
Season 4 Episode 17 - Aired 1/28/1959
Bilko opens a pizza stand,But it burns down with Paparelli and Zimmerman in charge. So he tries again with a cheap hotel but the same thing happens again.
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8.5/1055 votesLoading...#14 - The Boxer
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/25/1955
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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8.5/1065 votesLoading...#15 - The Twitch
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 12/13/1955
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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8.5/1056 votesLoading...#16 - Hollywood
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 1/3/1956
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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8.5/1067 votesLoading...#17 - Hillbilly Whiz
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 10/1/1957
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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8.4/1063 votesLoading...#18 - The Con Men
Season 1 Episode 32 - Aired 5/1/1956
When Doberman gets a $500 windfall from an insurance policy, he loses it in a poker game with three con men. Bilko gets it back by conning the con men, but then Doberman loses it again by being conned into buying the hotel from another con man
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8.4/1051 votesLoading...#19 - Love That Guardhouse
Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 1/15/1957
After winning 1500 dollars in Las Vegas, Ritzik is desperate to play poker with Bilko, so the Colonel locks him up in the guardhouse for his own protection.
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8.3/1064 votesLoading...#20 - The Horse
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/11/1955
Bilko loses the platoon welfare money on a horse only to find out that it is suffering from a minor leg injury, with the last of the platoon's money he buys the horse and has to keep it on the post until it is fit to run Then a visiting general comes on a surprise visit
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8.3/1051 votesLoading...#21 - The Hoodlum
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/1/1955
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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8.3/1042 votesLoading...#22 - The Big Uranium Strike
Season 1 Episode 27 - Aired 3/20/1956
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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8.3/1053 votesLoading...#23 - The Face On The Recruiting Poster
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 10/16/1956
Bilko hopes to get a handsome young recruit noticed by Hollywood so he tries to get the soldier's face on the new army recruiting poster. But first he must pass a test on the army and with Doberman coaching him a surprise is in store.
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8.3/1039 votesLoading...#24 - Bilko Gets Some Sleep
Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 12/25/1956
Unable to sleep Bilko goes to the camp psychiatrist for advice. He is told to give up gambling and women.
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8.3/1048 votesLoading...#25 - Sergeant Bilko Presents Bing Crosby
Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 1/22/1957
Bilko promotes a show starring Bing Crosby, but when Bing suddenly fails to show up, Bilko has to find a lookalike as a replacement.
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The Best Episodes of The Phil Silvers Show
Every episode of The Phil Silvers Show ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into 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...
Genre:Comedy
Network:CBS
Best Episodes Summary
"The Court Martial" is the best rated episode of "The Phil Silvers Show". It scored 9.2/10 based on 113 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 3/6/1956. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "A Mess Sergeant Can't Win".