- 6.9/1030 votes
#1 - Gold Fever
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 9/23/1958
Bilko finds an old map of a secret gold mine near Grove City and investigates the site.
Director: N/A
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- 8.0/1034 votes
#2 - Bilko's Vampire
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 10/1/1958
When Ritzik starts watching horror films instead of playing poker, Bilko tries to scare him off
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/1032 votes
#3 - Bilko's De Luxe Tours
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 10/8/1958
When they have problems getting to town, Bilko goes into the transportation business, by joining the PTA and getting hold of one of their buses.
Director: N/A
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- 7.4/1033 votes
#4 - Bilko the Potato Sack King
Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 10/15/1958
When offered a $20,000 wage Bilko leaves the army for a firm making potato sacks, but it is not long before he is back in the army.
Director: N/A
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- 7.9/1030 votes
#5 - Bilko v's Covington
Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 10/22/1958
Bilko is getting beaten at his own game by a Sgt Covington, so he starts a rumour about a big money making opportunities in Japan, but the plan backfires when Covington learns the truth.
Director: N/A
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- 8.3/1044 votes
#6 - Bilko Joins the Navy
Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 10/28/1958
When word of a big crap game for sailors only gets around Bilko Paparelli, and Zimmerman join the navy to take part but somehow they all end up at sea and have problems getting back ashore.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.0/1031 votes
#7 - Bilko's Big Woman Hunt
Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 11/5/1958
Cpl Henshaw falls in love and ruins Bilko's business,so when the same thing happens to Bilko, when he gets trapped in a lift with a girl, she then disappears and he has to go to the police in order to find her.
Director: N/A
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- 7.1/1023 votes
#8 - Bilko and the Crosby's
Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 11/12/1958
Bilko dreams of what life would be like if he and not Bing were the father of the Crosby Sons.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/1028 votes
#9 - Bilko's Allergy
Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 11/19/1958
Bilko develops an allergy to playing cards which prevents him taking part in poker games.
Director: N/A
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- 7.9/1030 votes
#10 - Bilko and the Chaplin
Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 11/26/1958
The Chaplin and Bilko get back at a crooked real estate agent, who wants to close a boys home and open a parking lot.
Director: N/A
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- 7.6/1027 votes
#11 - Bilko Presents the McGuire Sisters
Season 4 Episode 11 - Aired 12/3/1958
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Director: N/A
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- 7.8/1032 votes
#12 - Bilko's Secret Mission
Season 4 Episode 12 - Aired 12/10/1958
When Ritzik is accidentally given a dose of electricity it makes him magnetic. He doesn't realise it, but it helps him control the ball in a roulette wheel. He thinks he has come up with a foolproof method of winning at roulette.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/1029 votes
#13 - Bilko's Giveaway
Season 4 Episode 13 - Aired 12/17/1958
In Hollywood with no money, Bilko teams up with a child genius to win big prizes on a TV game show. but no cash.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.7/1030 votes
#14 - Bilko and the Medium
Season 4 Episode 14 - Aired 12/22/1958
Hearing that Ritzik's have won $500 ,Bilko tries to borrow the money to open a pool hall.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.7/1029 votes
#15 - Bilko's Bopster
Season 4 Episode 15 - Aired 1/1/1959
When jazz drummer Skinny Sanders joins the platoon, Bilko dreams of forming a band and touring Europe.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.5/1030 votes
#16 - Bilko's Hollywood Romance
Season 4 Episode 16 - Aired 1/9/1959
A film star's agent decides that a romance with a soldier would be a good public relations exercise. Bilko gets chosen but in next to no time he becomes to powerful.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.6/1016 votes
#17 - 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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/1031 votes
#18 - Bilko's Credit Card
Season 4 Episode 18 - Aired 2/4/1959
Bilko signs up the camp to his credit card scheme, the men like the idea, but when it comes time to settle their bills, the camp leave on manoeuvres.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/1025 votes
#19 - Viva Bilko
Season 4 Episode 19 - Aired 2/11/1959
Bilko and three of the platoon are on holiday in Mexico, when they are robbed of their clothes by Mexican bandits, who use the clothes as a disguise to rob a bank. Later when Bilko gets their clothes back, they are arrested, until he can explain what happened.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.0/1032 votes
#20 - The Colonel's Promotion
Season 4 Episode 20 - Aired 2/18/1959
When a promotion he expected doesn't happen Colonel hall goes to Washington and gets to play golf with Eisenhower.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.2/1031 votes
#21 - Bilko's Sharpshooter
Season 4 Episode 21 - Aired 2/25/1959
Bilko discovers a WAC sharpshooter and starts to promote her as a new Annie Oakley, until she falls for another contestant in a competition.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.5/1028 votes
#22 - Bilko's Formula Seven
Season 4 Episode 22 - Aired 3/4/1959
When applejack is accidentally mixed with crankcase oil, Bilko finds that they have discovered a formula for anti wrinkle, which Bilko tries to sell to the cosmetic firms.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.0/1029 votes
#23 - Bilko's Ape Man
Season 4 Episode 23 - Aired 3/18/1959
Bilko hopes to launch Pvt Forbes in a film career, by entering him in a Mister Universe contest
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.9/1031 votes
#24 - Warrant Officer Paparelli
Season 4 Episode 24 - Aired 3/25/1959
Bilko gets Paparelli promoted, but he turns into a monster, so Bilko has to think of a way to demote him.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.7/1028 votes
#25 - Bilko's Godson
Season 4 Episode 25 - Aired 4/3/1959
When he is named as the godfather to the son of a G.I. friend, Bilko tries to get the boy enrolled at Stanford University.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of The Phil Silvers Show Season 4
Every episode of The Phil Silvers Show Season 4 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Phil Silvers Show Season 4!
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
Season 4 Ratings Summary
"Gold Fever" is the best rated episode of "The Phil Silvers Show" season 4. It scored 6.9/10 based on 30 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 9/23/1958. This episode is rated 1.1 points higher than the second-best, "Bilko's Vampire".