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The Best Episodes of The Phil Silvers Show Season 3

Every episode of The Phil Silvers Show Season 3 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Phil Silvers Show Season 3!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    The Phil Silvers Show Season 3 Episode 3 - Hillbilly Whiz
    8.5/10(69 votes)

    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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. The Phil Silvers Show Season 3 Episode 6 - Bilko's Double Life
    8.4/10(46 votes)

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. The Phil Silvers Show Season 3 Episode 16 - Doberman the Crooner
    8.4/10(44 votes)

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. The Phil Silvers Show Season 3 Episode 24 - Bilko The Genius
    8.4/10(47 votes)

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. The Phil Silvers Show Season 3 Episode 32 - Bilko's Vacation
    8.2/10(33 votes)

    S3:E32

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. The Phil Silvers Show Season 3 Episode 11 - Lieutenant Bilko
    8.1/10(38 votes)

    S3:E11

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. The Phil Silvers Show Season 3 Episode 35 - Bilko's School Days
    8.1/10(29 votes)

    S3:E35

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. The Phil Silvers Show Season 3 Episode 14 - Bilko and the Flying saucers
    8.0/10(44 votes)

    S3:E14

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. The Phil Silvers Show Season 3 Episode 23 - Bilko The Art Lover
    8.0/10(49 votes)

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. The Phil Silvers Show Season 3 Episode 2 - Bilko's Boy's Town
    7.9/10(38 votes)

    S3:E2

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. The Phil Silvers Show Season 3 Episode 12 - Bilko At Bay
    7.9/10(34 votes)

    S3:E12

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. The Phil Silvers Show Season 3 Episode 19 - Bilko's Pigeons
    7.9/10(35 votes)

    S3:E19

    When an order banning the use of pigeons comes through from Washington, Bilko's source of income dries up.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. The Phil Silvers Show Season 3 Episode 21 - The Colonel's Reunion
    7.8/10(36 votes)

    S3:E21

    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 Colonel decides it would crazy to leave him at the camp, so Bilko has to drive the Colonel to the reunion.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. The Phil Silvers Show Season 3 Episode 25 - Bilko the Male Model
    7.8/10(32 votes)

    S3:E25

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. The Phil Silvers Show Season 3 Episode 26 - The Colonel's Inheritance
    7.8/10(34 votes)

    S3:E26

    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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. The Phil Silvers Show Season 3 Episode 31 - Bilko Retires From Gambling
    7.8/10(30 votes)

    S3:E31

    Colonel hall hires a professional card player, to beat Bilko at cards. He is so upset at losing that he gives up gambling

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. The Phil Silvers Show Season 3 Episode 37 - Papa Bilko
    7.8/10(35 votes)

    S3:E37

    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 to find dates for the platoon falls for her.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. The Phil Silvers Show Season 3 Episode 17 - Bilko Presents Kay Kendall
    7.7/10(33 votes)

    S3:E17

    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 more than a match for the wily Sgt.

    Director:Al De Caprio
    Writer:Neil Simon

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  19. The Phil Silvers Show Season 3 Episode 18 - Bilko's Cousin
    7.7/10(43 votes)

    S3:E18

    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 out to be Ernie's cousin Swifty, but there is a surprise in store for everybody.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. The Phil Silvers Show Season 3 Episode 30 - Bilko's TV Pilot
    7.7/10(30 votes)

    S3:E30

    A cowboy joins the platoon, and Bilko gets the idea of building a TV show around him

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. The Phil Silvers Show Season 3 Episode 36 - Joan's Big Romance
    7.7/10(31 votes)

    S3:E36

    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 Bilko jealous.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. The Phil Silvers Show Season 3 Episode 5 - The Big Man Hunt
    7.6/10(37 votes)

    S3:E5

    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 him, until he recognises the name of the soldier, but when the two of them finally meet, Bilko has changed so much, that the soldier fails to recognise him.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. The Phil Silvers Show Season 3 Episode 20 - Cyrano De Bilko
    7.6/10(35 votes)

    S3:E20

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. The Phil Silvers Show Season 3 Episode 13 - Bilko F.O.B. Detroit
    7.5/10(34 votes)

    S3:E13

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. The Phil Silvers Show Season 3 Episode 22 - Bilko Saves Ritzik's Marriage
    7.5/10(32 votes)

    S3:E22

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 3 Ratings Summary

"Hillbilly Whiz" is the best rated episode of The Phil Silvers Show season 3. It scored 8.5/10 from 69 votes. Written and directed by Unknown, it aired on October 1, 1957. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Bilko's Double Life".