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The Worst Episodes of The Phil Silvers Show

Every episode of The Phil Silvers Show ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst 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 a 1959 special. The series starred Phil Silvers as Master Sergeant Ernest G. Bilko of the United States Army. The series was created and largely written by Nat Hiken, and won three consecutive Emmy Awards for Best Comedy Series. The show is sometimes titled Sergeant Bilko or simply Bilko in reruns, and is very often referred to by these names, both on-screen and by viewers. The show's success transformed Silvers from a journeyman comedian into a star, and writer-producer Hiken from a highly-regarded behind-the-scenes comedy writer into a publicly recognized creator.

Genre:Comedy
Network:CBS

Lowest Rated Episodes Summary

The worst episode of "The Phil Silvers Show" is "Cherokee Ernie", rated 6.7/10 from 32 user votes. It was directed by N/A and written by N/A. "Cherokee Ernie" aired on 11/26/1957 and is rated 0.2 point(s) lower than the second lowest rated, "Gold Fever".

  • Cherokee Ernie
    6.7/10 32 votes

    #1 - Cherokee Ernie

    Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 11/26/1957

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Gold Fever
    6.9/10 30 votes

    #2 - 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

    Writer: N/A

  • The Colonel's Promotion
    7.0/10 32 votes

    #3 - 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

  • Guinea Pig Bilko
    7.0/10 29 votes

    #4 - Guinea Pig Bilko

    Season 4 Episode 26 - Aired 4/17/1959

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Bilko's Valentine
    7.1/10 33 votes

    #5 - Bilko's Valentine

    Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 10/8/1957

    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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Bilko and the Crosby's
    7.1/10 23 votes

    #6 - 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

  • Bilko's Insurance Company
    7.2/10 29 votes

    #7 - Bilko's Insurance Company

    Season 3 Episode 33 - Aired 5/30/1958

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Show Segments
    7.3/10 37 votes

    #8 - Show Segments

    Season 2 Episode 35 - Aired 6/4/1957

    No description available

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Sergeant Bilko Presents
    7.3/10 44 votes

    #9 - Sergeant Bilko Presents

    Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 10/29/1957

    Unable to raise the necessary funds to back Pt Hugo Lockman's play 'Sharecropper's Summer', Bilko persuades the army to run a playwriting competition.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Bilko Talks in His Sleep
    7.3/10 35 votes

    #10 - Bilko Talks in His Sleep

    Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 12/19/1957

    Sgt's Grover,and Ritzik overhear Bilko talking in his sleep and he gives away all his betting secrets. Bilko soon realises what is happening and gets his own back.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Bilko Buys A Club
    7.3/10 33 votes

    #11 - Bilko Buys A Club

    Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 12/3/1957

    When Bilko learns that a new member of the platoon is a merchant banker, he tries to get him to invest in a club that Bilko wants to set up.but he asks the wrong man of advice.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Bilko and the Colonel's Secretary
    7.3/10 34 votes

    #12 - Bilko and the Colonel's Secretary

    Season 3 Episode 15 - Aired 1/1/1958

    When the Colonel's secretary gets posted, Bilko make sure that the right WAC is posted in, but this posting takes her away from her fiance, When she learns that Bilko was responsible she makes his and the platoon's life hell, until Bilko gets rid of her and brings in another secretary only to find that he is her boyfriend and the same thing happens all over again.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Bilko's Prize Poodle
    7.3/10 30 votes

    #13 - Bilko's Prize Poodle

    Season 3 Episode 34 - Aired 6/3/1958

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Kids In the Trailer
    7.4/10 44 votes

    #14 - Kids In the Trailer

    Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 1/17/1956

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Mink Incorporated
    7.4/10 38 votes

    #15 - Mink Incorporated

    Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 12/11/1956

    After Bilko loses 100 dollars of the platoons welfare fund on a horse, he tries to get the money back, by starting a mink farm, but the mink's refuse to breed.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • His Highness Doberman
    7.4/10 39 votes

    #16 - His Highness Doberman

    Season 2 Episode 36 - Aired 6/11/1957

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Bilko F.O.B. Detroit
    7.4/10 31 votes

    #17 - Bilko F.O.B. Detroit

    Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 12/24/1957

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Bilko the Potato Sack King
    7.4/10 33 votes

    #18 - 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

    Writer: N/A

  • Ritzik Goes Civilian
    7.4/10 25 votes

    #19 - Ritzik Goes Civilian

    Season 4 Episode 28 - Aired 5/1/1959

    Sgt Ritzik leaves the army, and sets up in roadside diner.But in no time he discovers that he has been swindled and calls for Bilko to help get his money back.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Reunion
    7.5/10 42 votes

    #20 - The Reunion

    Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 12/20/1955

    When Bilko meets up with his old army buddies, he thinks that they are going to be so short of money, that he is going to have to help them out , but it turns out that they have all been very successful.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • War Games
    7.5/10 37 votes

    #21 - War Games

    Season 1 Episode 33 - Aired 5/8/1956

    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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Girl From Italy
    7.5/10 44 votes

    #22 - The Girl From Italy

    Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/9/1956

    Rocco's brother refuses to marry a girl brought over from Italy so Bilko sets out to make him jealous and to change his mind

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Bilko's Merry Widow
    7.5/10 35 votes

    #23 - Bilko's Merry Widow

    Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 9/17/1957

    No description available

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Bilko the Male Model
    7.5/10 30 votes

    #24 - Bilko the Male Model

    Season 3 Episode 25 - Aired 3/19/1958

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Bilko's Honeymoon
    7.5/10 29 votes

    #25 - Bilko's Honeymoon

    Season 3 Episode 27 - Aired 4/9/1958

    When Paparelli wins a competition for a holiday to Florida, he is overjoyed, until he learns that it is for newlyweds, then Bilko has an idea.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A