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The Best Episodes of The Phil Silvers Show Season 3

Genre:Comedy
Network:CBS

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!

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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37
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  • Doberman the Crooner
    8.6/10(41)
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    #1 - 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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • Hillbilly Whiz
    8.5/10(67)
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    #2 - 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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • Bilko's Double Life
    8.3/10(44)
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    #3 - Bilko's Double Life

    Season 3 Episode 6

    Aired 10/22/1957

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • Bilko The Genius
    8.2/10(44)
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    #4 - Bilko The Genius

    Season 3 Episode 24

    Aired 3/14/2001

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • Bilko's Vacation
    8.2/10(30)
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    #5 - Bilko's Vacation

    Season 3 Episode 32

    Aired 5/23/1958

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • Bilko's Pigeons
    8.1/10(31)
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    #6 - Bilko's Pigeons

    Season 3 Episode 19

    Aired 1/31/1958

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • Bilko The Art Lover
    8.1/10(49)
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    #7 - Bilko The Art Lover

    Season 3 Episode 23

    Aired 3/5/1958

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • Lieutenant Bilko
    8.0/10(36)
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    #8 - Lieutenant Bilko

    Season 3 Episode 11

    Aired 12/10/1957

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • Bilko and the Flying saucers
    8.0/10(39)
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    #9 - Bilko and the Flying saucers

    Season 3 Episode 14

    Aired 12/31/1957

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • Bilko Presents Kay Kendall
    7.9/10(29)
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    #10 - Bilko Presents Kay Kendall

    Season 3 Episode 17

    Aired 1/17/1958

    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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  • Bilko Saves Ritzik's Marriage
    7.9/10(30)
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    #11 - Bilko Saves Ritzik's Marriage

    Season 3 Episode 22

    Aired 2/22/1958

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • Bilko's TV Pilot
    7.9/10(27)
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    #12 - Bilko's TV Pilot

    Season 3 Episode 30

    Aired 5/6/1958

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • Bilko Retires From Gambling
    7.9/10(28)
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    #13 - Bilko Retires From Gambling

    Season 3 Episode 31

    Aired 5/13/1958

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • Bilko's School Days
    7.9/10(26)
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    #14 - Bilko's School Days

    Season 3 Episode 35

    Aired 6/10/1958

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • Bilko's Boy's Town
    7.8/10(34)
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    #15 - Bilko's Boy's Town

    Season 3 Episode 2

    Aired 9/24/1957

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • Bilko At Bay
    7.8/10(33)
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    #16 - Bilko At Bay

    Season 3 Episode 12

    Aired 12/17/1957

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • The Colonel's Reunion
    7.8/10(33)
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    #17 - The Colonel's Reunion

    Season 3 Episode 21

    Aired 2/17/1958

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • Joan's Big Romance
    7.8/10(28)
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    #18 - Joan's Big Romance

    Season 3 Episode 36

    Aired 6/24/1958

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • Bilko's Cousin
    7.7/10(39)
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    #19 - Bilko's Cousin

    Season 3 Episode 18

    Aired 1/24/1958

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • Operation Love
    7.7/10(28)
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    #20 - Operation Love

    Season 3 Episode 29

    Aired 4/30/1958

    Fort Baxter's WAC's are fed up with their boyfriends gambling with Bilko, instead of taking them out, so they get themselves transferred.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • Papa Bilko
    7.7/10(32)
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    #21 - Papa Bilko

    Season 3 Episode 37

    Aired 7/18/1958

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • The Big Man Hunt
    7.6/10(35)
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    #22 - The Big Man Hunt

    Season 3 Episode 5

    Aired 10/15/1957

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • Cyrano De Bilko
    7.6/10(33)
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    #23 - Cyrano De Bilko

    Season 3 Episode 20

    Aired 2/11/1958

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • The Colonel's Inheritance
    7.6/10(31)
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    #24 - The Colonel's Inheritance

    Season 3 Episode 26

    Aired 4/4/1958

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • Bilko's Merry Widow
    7.5/10(35)
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    #25 - Bilko's Merry Widow

    Season 3 Episode 1

    Aired 9/17/1957

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    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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Season 3 Ratings Summary

"Doberman the Crooner" is the best rated episode of "The Phil Silvers Show" season 3. It scored 8.6/10 based on 41 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 1/10/1958. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Hillbilly Whiz".