The Phil Silvers Show: Season 4
Season 4 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of The Phil Silvers Show Season 3.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
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Gold Fever
Sep 23, 1958 · 30 min
Bilko finds an old map of a secret gold mine near Grove City and investigates the site.
Bilko's Vampire
Oct 1, 1958 · 30 min
When Ritzik starts watching horror films instead of playing poker, Bilko tries to scare him off
Bilko's De Luxe Tours
Oct 8, 1958 · 30 min
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.
Bilko the Potato Sack King
Oct 15, 1958 · 30 min
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.
Bilko v's Covington
Oct 22, 1958 · 30 min
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
Bilko Joins the Navy
Oct 28, 1958 · 30 min
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 ba
Bilko's Big Woman Hunt
Nov 5, 1958 · 30 min
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 th
Bilko and the Crosby's
Nov 12, 1958 · 30 min
Bilko dreams of what life would be like if he and not Bing were the father of the Crosby Sons.
Bilko's Allergy
Nov 19, 1958 · 30 min
Bilko develops an allergy to playing cards which prevents him taking part in poker games.
Bilko and the Chaplin
Nov 26, 1958 · 30 min
The Chaplin and Bilko get back at a crooked real estate agent, who wants to close a boys home and open a parking lot.
Bilko's Secret Mission
Dec 10, 1958 · 30 min
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 u
Bilko's Giveaway
Dec 17, 1958 · 30 min
In Hollywood with no money, Bilko teams up with a child genius to win big prizes on a TV game show. but no cash.
Bilko and the Medium
Dec 22, 1958 · 30 min
Hearing that Ritzik's have won $500 ,Bilko tries to borrow the money to open a pool hall.
Bilko's Bopster
Jan 1, 1959 · 30 min
When jazz drummer Skinny Sanders joins the platoon, Bilko dreams of forming a band and touring Europe.
Bilko's Hollywood Romance
Jan 9, 1959 · 30 min
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.
Bilko's Grand Hotel
Jan 28, 1959 · 30 min
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.
Bilko's Credit Card
Feb 4, 1959 · 30 min
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.
Viva Bilko
Feb 11, 1959 · 30 min
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
The Colonel's Promotion
Feb 18, 1959 · 30 min
When a promotion he expected doesn't happen Colonel hall goes to Washington and gets to play golf with Eisenhower.
Bilko's Sharpshooter
Feb 25, 1959 · 30 min
Bilko discovers a WAC sharpshooter and starts to promote her as a new Annie Oakley, until she falls for another contestant in a competition.
Bilko's Formula Seven
Mar 4, 1959 · 30 min
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.
Bilko's Ape Man
Mar 18, 1959 · 30 min
Bilko hopes to launch Pvt Forbes in a film career, by entering him in a Mister Universe contest
Warrant Officer Paparelli
Mar 25, 1959 · 30 min
Bilko gets Paparelli promoted, but he turns into a monster, so Bilko has to think of a way to demote him.
Bilko's Godson
Apr 3, 1959 · 30 min
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.
Guinea Pig Bilko
Apr 17, 1959 · 30 min
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.
Bilko the Butler
Apr 24, 1959 · 30 min
While helping out as a waiter, Bilko overhears a stock tip so he phones Cpl Henshaw to invest their money, but before Henshaw can act the Stock falls and Bilko thinks that their mo
Ritzik Goes Civilian
May 1, 1959 · 30 min
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.
Bilko's Small Car
May 8, 1959 · 30 min
When the police seize the Colonel's sports car Bilko converts a jeep and takes an order for ten from a local motor dealer.
Doberman Missing Heir
May 15, 1959 · 30 min
Lord and Lady Rockford think they have discovered Doberman as their long lost son and heir, then they find it is all a mistake.
Bilko's Casino
May 20, 1959 · 30 min
Bilko discovers an old document saying that the Grove City USO is exempt from California's Gambling laws. So Bilko opens a gambling club, but the mob muscle in on him so Bilko reve
The Colonel's Second Honeymoon
May 29, 1959 · 30 min
With the Colonel away on a second honeymoon, Bilko and Zimmerman who has won a prize in a competition find that they are staying at the same hotel
Bilko in Outer Space
Jun 5, 1959 · 30 min
Sgt's Ritzik and Grover win $600 but are terrified of losing it to Bilko, so they hide out in a space capsule mock up, but Bilko finds them
The Bilko Boycott
Jun 12, 1959 · 30 min
Tired of the way Bilko is fleecing the platoon, Cpl Henshaw sets up a gamblers anonymous organisation, so with his source of money drying up ,he starts on the WAC's
Weekend Colonel
Jun 17, 1959 · 30 min
CCTV set up by the Colonel cleans up the gambling, so Bilko finds a double of the Colonel who then orders the removal of the camera's.