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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 3 Episode 4 - Bilko's Valentine
    7.0/10(35 votes)

    #2 - 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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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

    #3 - Gold Fever

    S4:E1

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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

    #4 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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

    #5 - 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
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. The Phil Silvers Show Season 2 Episode 35 - Show Segments
    7.3/10(40 votes)

    #6 - Show Segments

    S2:E35

    The cast meet in Lindy's restaurant to watch scenes edited out of previous shows. Nat Hiken felt these outtakes were too good to end up on the cutting room floor and compiled them into what is possibly television's first 'clip show'.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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

    #7 - 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.

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

    #8 - Bilko's Insurance Company

    S3:E33

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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

    #9 - 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.

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

    #10 - Bilko Presents the McGuire Sisters

    S4:E11

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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

    #11 - 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.

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

    #12 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
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  13. The Phil Silvers Show Season 1 Episode 18 - Kids In the Trailer
    7.4/10(47 votes)

    #13 - 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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  14. The Phil Silvers Show Season 2 Episode 13 - Mink Incorporated
    7.4/10(40 votes)

    #14 - Mink Incorporated

    S2:E13

    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.

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  15. The Phil Silvers Show Season 3 Episode 1 - Bilko's Merry Widow
    7.4/10(37 votes)

    #15 - Bilko's Merry Widow

    S3:E1

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    Director:Unknown
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  16. The Phil Silvers Show Season 3 Episode 7 - Sergeant Bilko Presents
    7.4/10(46 votes)

    #16 - Sergeant Bilko Presents

    S3:E7

    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.

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  17. The Phil Silvers Show Season 3 Episode 8 - Bilko Talks in His Sleep
    7.4/10(36 votes)

    #17 - Bilko Talks in His Sleep

    S3:E8

    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.

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  18. The Phil Silvers Show Season 3 Episode 10 - Bilko Buys A Club
    7.4/10(35 votes)

    #18 - Bilko Buys A Club

    S3:E10

    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.

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  19. The Phil Silvers Show Season 3 Episode 15 - Bilko and the Colonel's Secretary
    7.4/10(36 votes)

    #19 - Bilko and the Colonel's Secretary

    S3:E15

    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:Unknown
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  20. The Phil Silvers Show Season 2 Episode 4 - The Girl From Italy
    7.5/10(48 votes)

    #20 - The Girl From Italy

    S2:E4

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

    #21 - Bilko F.O.B. Detroit

    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.

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

    #22 - Bilko Saves Ritzik's Marriage

    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
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  23. The Phil Silvers Show Season 3 Episode 27 - Bilko's Honeymoon
    7.5/10(31 votes)

    #23 - Bilko's Honeymoon

    S3:E27

    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:Unknown
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  24. The Phil Silvers Show Season 3 Episode 28 - Bilko's Chinese Restaurant
    7.5/10(31 votes)

    #24 - Bilko's Chinese Restaurant

    S3:E28

    When they learn that one of the new recruit's father started a chain of Chinese restaurants with very little money he decides to get in on the food business.

    Director:Unknown
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  25. The Phil Silvers Show Season 3 Episode 29 - Operation Love
    7.5/10(30 votes)

    #25 - Operation Love

    S3:E29

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

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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, "Bilko's Valentine".