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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 a 1959 special. The series starred Phil Silvers as Master

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    The Phil Silvers Show Season 3 Episode 9 - Cherokee Ernie
    6.6/10(34 votes)

    #1 - Cherokee Ernie

    S3:E9

    Bilko goes on leave with Cpl Charlie Whiteagle, a Cherokee Indian, to Tulsa for a poker game, but he gets caught up in a legal fight when a document is found stating that the Indians still own most of Oklahoma.

    Director:Unknown
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  2. The Phil Silvers Show Season 1 Episode 1 - New Recruits
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #2 - New Recruits

    S1:E1

    During a poker game the other sergeant's cheat and clean Bilko out of his bankroll so he has to look around for some more money. Just when it looks like he will miss out a new squad of rookies arrive for basic training. With a new source of cash the platoon think he can get back into the game but Bilko's conscience will not let him.

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  3. The Phil Silvers Show Season 1 Episode 2 - The Empty Store
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #3 - The Empty Store

    S1:E2

    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

    Director:Unknown
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  4. The Phil Silvers Show Season 1 Episode 3 - The WAC
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #4 - The WAC

    S1:E3

    A job comes up for a sergeant that has a jeep allocated Bilko applies for it only to find that he is beaten by a Sgt Joan Hogan. (1st appearance by Elisabeth Fraser As Joan Hogan)

    Director:Unknown
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  5. The Phil Silvers Show Season 1 Episode 4 - The Horse
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #5 - The Horse

    S1:E4

    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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  6. The Phil Silvers Show Season 1 Episode 10 - The Centennial
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #6 - The Centennial

    S1:E10

    Bilko organises a pageant to celebrate 100 years of Camp Baxter but after some investigation finds that it does not show the camp in a very good light

    Director:Unknown
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  7. The Phil Silvers Show Season 1 Episode 15 - The Rich Kid
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #7 - The Rich Kid

    S1:E15

    Bilko gets an idea to buy the local bar and grill, but he is stumped for cash, until he learns that one of the platoon's new recruits, is heir to a steel fortune. So they play up to him in order to get him to invest in their scheme, but Bilko's conscience wins out in the end.

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  8. The Phil Silvers Show Season 1 Episode 18 - Kids In the Trailer
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #8 - Kids In the Trailer

    S1:E18

    While babysitting for a member of the platoon Bilko panics when he finds that he can't change the baby's nappy

    Director:Unknown
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  9. The Phil Silvers Show Season 1 Episode 19 - The Revolutionary War
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #9 - The Revolutionary War

    S1:E19

    Bilko's aunt sends him a diary showing him that his great uncle Joshua was on the staff of George Washington so Bilko applies to become an officer but on reading the diary he discovers that Joshua was a traitor so Bilko keeps quiet and withdraws his application

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  10. The Phil Silvers Show Season 1 Episode 23 - Army Memoirs
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #10 - Army Memoirs

    S1:E23

    When Sgt's Pendleton,Grover, and Sowici get Bilko busted to private, he gets his own back by pretending to write a book on his army life

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  11. The Phil Silvers Show Season 1 Episode 24 - Miss America
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #11 - Miss America

    S1:E24

    When Bilko asks for pictures of the platoons girlfriends Pvt Honnagar shows them a photo of a beautiful girl taken years ago. they think it is his girl but they have a surprise in store

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  12. The Phil Silvers Show Season 1 Episode 26 - Furlough in New York
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #12 - Furlough in New York

    S1:E26

    Bilko and Joan Hogan go separately to New York and keep missing each other but when they meet up again at Fort Baxter they find that they have somehow ended up with each others dog tags

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  13. The Phil Silvers Show Season 1 Episode 32 - The Con Men
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #13 - The Con Men

    S1:E32

    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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  14. The Phil Silvers Show Season 1 Episode 33 - War Games
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #14 - War Games

    S1:E33

    Bilko is asked to be best man at a friends wedding but it coincides with a war game battle between the army and the national guard

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  15. The Phil Silvers Show Season 3 Episode 4 - Bilko's Valentine
    7.0/10(35 votes)

    #15 - Bilko's Valentine

    S3:E4

    When Bilko forgets valentines day, Joan Hogan leaves the army, When Bilko realises what he has done, he follows her and tries to get her to reenlist

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  16. The Phil Silvers Show Season 4 Episode 1 - Gold Fever
    7.1/10(33 votes)

    #16 - Gold Fever

    S4:E1

    Bilko finds an old map of a secret gold mine near Grove City and investigates the site.

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  17. The Phil Silvers Show Season 4 Episode 8 - Bilko and the Crosby's
    7.1/10(25 votes)

    #17 - Bilko and the Crosby's

    S4:E8

    Bilko dreams of what life would be like if he and not Bing were the father of the Crosby Sons.

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  18. The Phil Silvers Show Season 4 Episode 20 - The Colonel's Promotion
    7.2/10(35 votes)

    #18 - The Colonel's Promotion

    S4:E20

    When a promotion he expected doesn't happen Colonel hall goes to Washington and gets to play golf with Eisenhower.

    Director:Unknown
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  19. The Phil Silvers Show Season 2 Episode 35 - Show Segments
    7.3/10(39 votes)

    #19 - Show Segments

    S2:E35

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    Director:Unknown
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  20. The Phil Silvers Show Season 2 Episode 36 - His Highness Doberman
    7.3/10(42 votes)

    #20 - His Highness Doberman

    S2:E36

    Doberman is dating the daughter of a Roseville millionaire, but when her parents find out that he is just another soldier they refuse permission for them to marry.

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  21. The Phil Silvers Show Season 3 Episode 33 - Bilko's Insurance Company
    7.3/10(32 votes)

    #21 - Bilko's Insurance Company

    S3:E33

    A car accident near the camp gives Bilko the idea of starting an insurance company.

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  22. The Phil Silvers Show Season 3 Episode 34 - Bilko's Prize Poodle
    7.3/10(33 votes)

    #22 - Bilko's Prize Poodle

    S3:E34

    Doberman gets attached to a poodle, and Bilko sees a chance of winning $10,000 in a dog show.

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  23. The Phil Silvers Show Season 4 Episode 11 - Bilko Presents the McGuire Sisters
    7.3/10(30 votes)

    #23 - Bilko Presents the McGuire Sisters

    S4:E11

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  24. The Phil Silvers Show Season 4 Episode 19 - Viva Bilko
    7.3/10(29 votes)

    #24 - Viva Bilko

    S4:E19

    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.

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  25. The Phil Silvers Show Season 4 Episode 26 - Guinea Pig Bilko
    7.3/10(32 votes)

    #25 - Guinea Pig Bilko

    S4:E26

    Bilko takes a tranquilliser and loses his love for gambling, but the Colonel can't stand the change and tries to shock him out of it.

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Cherokee Ernie" is the worst rated episode of "The Phil Silvers Show". It scored 6.6/10 based on 34 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 11/26/1957. This episode scored 0.4 points lower than the second lowest rated, "New Recruits".