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Here is the complete episode list for The Phil Silvers Show. It includes original air dates, episode numbers, episode titles, and brief episode descriptions.

	20-Sep-1955	Episode 1	Season 1 Number 1	New Recruits	Bilko tries to recoup his poker losses.
	27-Sep-1955	Episode 2	Season 1 Number 2	Empty Store	Bilko refuses to reveal why he bought an empty store.
	4-Oct-1955	Episode 3	Season 1 Number 3	WAC	Bilko and a Wac sergeant vie for use of a jeep.
	11-Oct-1955	Episode 4	Season 1 Number 4	The Horse	Bilko and his cohorts invest in an ailing race horse.
	18-Oct-1955	Episode 5	Season 1 Number 5	A.W.O.L.	Bilko heads to Chicago to pick up an AWOL soldier.
	25-Oct-1955	Episode 6	Season 1 Number 6	Boxer	Bilko discovers a champion boxer in his platoon.
	1-Nov-1955	Episode 7	Season 1 Number 7	The Hoodlum	An insubordinate GI thwarts Bilko's drive for glory.
SYND	8-Nov-1955	Episode 8	Season 1 Number 8	Mardi Gras	A rich girl refuses to reign as the motor pool's queen. (Episode aka "Bilko Plays Cupid")
	15-Nov-1955	Episode 9	Season 1 Number 9	Eating Contest	Bilko bets on a GI in a Fort Baxter eating contest.
	22-Nov-1955	Episode 10	Season 1 Number 10	The Centennial	Hall wants the gambling stopped at Fort Baxter.
	29-Nov-1955	Episode 11	Season 1 Number 11	Bivouac	Bilko feigns a rare disease to avoid bivouac. (Episode aka "Sick Call Ernie")
	6-Dec-1955	Episode 12	Season 1 Number 12	Singing Contest	Bilko enters his platoon in a singing contest.
	13-Dec-1955	Episode 13	Season 1 Number 13	The Twitch	An officer's wife wants to lecture on Beethoven.
	20-Dec-1955	Episode 14	Season 1 Number 14	Reunion	Army life takes on a new meaning for Bilko.
	27-Dec-1955	Episode 15	Season 1 Number 15	Rich Kid	Bilko sees a rich GI as a ticket to saloon ownership.
SYND	3-Jan-1956	Episode 16	Season 1 Number 16	Hollywood	Bilko is asked to be technical adviser for a movie.
	10-Jan-1956	Episode 17	Season 1 Number 17	Investigation	Bilko tries to prepare for a probe of military waste.
	17-Jan-1956	Episode 18	Season 1 Number 18	Kids in Trailers	Bilko baby-sits in a trailer for a GI on furlough. (Episode aka "Operation Diaper")
	24-Jan-1956	Episode 19	Season 1 Number 19	Revolutionary War	Bilko learns his ancestor served with Washington.
	31-Jan-1956	Episode 20	Season 1 Number 20	Transfer	Irritated Bilko asks for a transfer.
	7-Feb-1956	Episode 21	Season 1 Number 21	The Rest Cure	Overheated Bilko plots to get sent to a rest camp.
	14-Feb-1956	Episode 22	Season 1 Number 22	Dinner at Sowici's	Bilko decides to demonstrate married life for Joan
	21-Feb-1956	Episode 23	Season 1 Number 23	Army Memoirs	Three angry GIs tell Hall of Bilko's misconduct.
	28-Feb-1956	Episode 24	Season 1 Number 24	Miss America	Bilko thinks a potential Miss America lives nearby.
SYND	6-Mar-1956	Episode 25	Season 1 Number 25	The Court-Martial	Bilko is blamed when a chimpanzee is inducted.
SYND	13-Mar-1956	Episode 26	Season 1 Number 26	Furlough in New York	Furloughed Bilko tries to avoid Joan in New York.
	20-Mar-1956	Episode 27	Season 1 Number 27	The Big Uranium Strike	Bilko finds uranium beneath Hall's living room.
	27-Mar-1956	Episode 28	Season 1 Number 28	Bilko and the Beast	Hall sends for a sergeant to shape up Bilko's men.
	10-Apr-1956	Episode 29	Season 1 Number 29	The Physical Check-Up	Bilko tries a 20-mile hike to prove he's fit.
	17-Apr-1956	Episode 30	Season 1 Number 30	Recruiting Sergeant	Bilko gets a hot racing tip, but cannot place a bet.
	24-Apr-1956	Episode 31	Season 1 Number 31	Hair	Jealousy makes Bilko want to hide his bald head.
SYND	1-May-1956	Episode 32	Season 1 Number 32	The Con Men	Bilko tries to teach Doberman about card sharks.
	8-May-1956	Episode 33	Season 1 Number 33	War Games	Bilko is stuck between a wedding an Army maneuvers.
	15-May-1956	Episode 34	Season 1 Number 34	Bilko in Wall Street	Bilko helps an old buddy get ahead in banking.
	18-Sep-1956	Episode 35	Season 2 Number 1	Platoon in the Movies	Bilko produces a musical comedy training film.
SYND	25-Sep-1956	Episode 36	Season 2 Number 2	It's for the Birds	Bilko's quiz-show ace suddenly loses his memory.
	2-Oct-1956	Episode 37	Season 2 Number 3	Bilko Goes to College	Bilko is assigned to teach a college course.
	9-Oct-1956	Episode 38	Season 2 Number 4	The Girl from Italy	Bilko helps a friend find a new love.
	16-Oct-1956	Episode 39	Season 2 Number 5	The Face on the Recruiting Poster	Doberman is accidentally put on a recruiting poster.
	23-Oct-1956	Episode 40	Season 2 Number 6	Bilko's War against Culture	A lovely Wac is sent to deter the GIs from gambling.
	30-Oct-1956	Episode 41	Season 2 Number 7	The Song of the Motor Pool	The Signal Corps uses Bilko's new motor-pool melody.
	6-Nov-1956	Episode 42	Season 2 Number 8	Bilko's Engagement	A jewelry-store mix-up leaves Bilko and Joan engaged.
	13-Nov-1956	Episode 43	Season 2 Number 9	A Mess Sergeant Can't Win	Bilko wants to lose a bet, but can't.
SYND	20-Nov-1956	Episode 44	Season 2 Number 10	Doberman's Sister	Bilko believes his own story about Doberman's sister.
	27-Nov-1956	Episode 45	Season 2 Number 11	Where There's a Will	Bilko tries to help a buddy get an inheritance.
	4-Dec-1956	Episode 46	Season 2 Number 12	Bilko's Tax Trouble	Bilko is mistakenly asked for 1953 tax records.
	11-Dec-1956	Episode 47	Season 2 Number 13	Mink Incorporated	Indebted Bilko starts a mink farm to raise cash.
	18-Dec-1956	Episode 48	Season 2 Number 14	Sgt. Bilko Presents Ed Sullivan	Bilko believes he is to appear on Ed Sullivan's show.
	25-Dec-1956	Episode 49	Season 2 Number 15	Bilko Gets Some Sleep	The camp is surprised by Bilko's change of heart.
	8-Jan-1957	Episode 50	Season 2 Number 16	The Blue Blood of the Bilkos	A sergeant is barred from his son's society wedding.
	15-Jan-1957	Episode 51	Season 2 Number 17	Love That Guardhouse	Hall tries to keep a cash-laden GI away from Bilko.
SYND	22-Jan-1957	Episode 52	Season 2 Number 18	Sgt. Bilko Presents Bing Crosby	Bing Crosby (as himself) visits Fort Baxter.
	29-Jan-1957	Episode 53	Season 2 Number 19	Bilko Goes to Monte Carlo	Bilko takes a bankroll and a system to Monte Carlo.
	5-Feb-1957	Episode 54	Season 2 Number 20	Bilko Enters Politics	Doberman becomes Bilko's mayoral candidate.
	12-Feb-1957	Episode 55	Season 2 Number 21	Bilko's Television Idea	A fading TV comic receives a script from Bilko.
	26-Feb-1957	Episode 56	Season 2 Number 22	The Son of Bilko	Bilko's kindness toward a draftee backfires.
	5-Mar-1957	Episode 57	Season 2 Number 23	Rock 'n' Roll Rookie	The Army assigns a rock-star recruit to Fort Baxter.
	19-Mar-1957	Episode 58	Season 2 Number 24	Bilko's Black Magic	Bilko is interested in a long-marooned GI's back pay.
	26-Mar-1957	Episode 59	Season 2 Number 25	Bilko Goes South	Hoping to go to Florida, Bilko's platoon volunteers.
	2-Apr-1957	Episode 60	Season 2 Number 26	Bilko Goes 'round the World	Bilko takes a satirical world trip. Guest: Mike Todd.
	9-Apr-1957	Episode 61	Season 2 Number 27	The Mess Hall Mess	Bilko steals a French chef's secret family recipe.
	16-Apr-1957	Episode 62	Season 2 Number 28	The Secret Life of Sergeant Bilko	A reporter tries to prove GIs are leaking secrets.
	23-Apr-1957	Episode 63	Season 2 Number 29	Radio Station B.I.L.K.O.	Bilko sets up his own radio station in Roseville.
	30-Apr-1957	Episode 64	Season 2 Number 30	Bilko, the Marriage Broker	Bilko and his buddies decide to marry off Wallace.
	7-May-1957	Episode 65	Season 2 Number 31	Bilko Acres	Rumors prompt Bilko to buy nearby swampland.
	14-May-1957	Episode 66	Season 2 Number 32	The Big Scandal	Bilko involves the colonel's wife in a scandal.
	21-May-1957	Episode 67	Season 2 Number 33	Bilko's Perfect Day	Bilko fails to recognize his long-awaited lucky day.
	28-May-1957	Episode 68	Season 2 Number 34	The Colonel Breaks Par	Golfer Sam Snead helps Col. Hall shoot under par.
SYND	4-Jun-1957	Episode 69	Season 2 Number 35	Show Segments	Ed Sullivan presents segments edited from past shows.
	11-Jun-1957	Episode 70	Season 2 Number 36	His Highness, Doberman	A girl's millionaire father ejects suitor Doberman.
	17-Sep-1957	Episode 71	Season 3 Number 1	Bilko's Merry Widow	Show based on the play 'The Merry Widow'.
	24-Sep-1957	Episode 72	Season 3 Number 2	Bilko's Boys Town	Bilko organizes a boys camp to raise money.
SYND	1-Oct-1957	Episode 73	Season 3 Number 3	Hillbilly Whiz	Bilko tries baseball. Guests: Yogi Berra, Red Barber.
	4-Oct-1957	Episode 74	Season 3 Number 4	Bilko's Valentine	Bilko wants to pursue romance in South Carolina.
	15-Oct-1957	Episode 75	Season 3 Number 5	The Big Man Hunt	Bilko comes close to owning part of a diamond mine.
	22-Oct-1957	Episode 76	Season 3 Number 6	Bilko's Double Life	Bilko is mistaken for a New York City millionaire.
	29-Oct-1957	Episode 77	Season 3 Number 7	Sergeant Bilko Presents	No one will back Bilko's latest scheme.
	5-Nov-1957	Episode 78	Season 3 Number 8	Papa Bilko	A young French visitor calls Bilko "Papa."
	19-Nov-1957	Episode 79	Season 3 Number 9	Bilko Talks in His Sleep	Sleep-talking Bilko reveals his gambling secrets.
	26-Nov-1957	Episode 80	Season 3 Number 10	Cherokee Ernie	Bilko finds a way the Indians could reclaim Oklahoma.
	3-Dec-1957	Episode 81	Season 3 Number 11	Bilko Buys a Club	Bilko and his friend decide to start a nightclub.
	10-Dec-1957	Episode 82	Season 3 Number 12	Lieutenant Bilko	Bilko learns he still has his battlefield commission.
	17-Dec-1957	Episode 83	Season 3 Number 13	Bilko at Bay	Bilko needs money for a New York City furlough.
	24-Dec-1957	Episode 84	Season 3 Number 14	Bilko F.O.B. Detroit	Bilko heads to Detroit to pick up Army trucks.
	31-Dec-1957	Episode 85	Season 3 Number 15	Bilko and the Flying Saucers	Bilko must see UFOs to keep a date.
	7-Jan-1958	Episode 86	Season 3 Number 16	Bilko and the Colonel's Secretary	Bilko picks a Wac to be the colonel's secretary.
	14-Jan-1958	Episode 87	Season 3 Number 17	Doberman the Crooner	Bilko decides to manage promising singer Doberman.
	21-Jan-1958	Episode 88	Season 3 Number 18	Bilko Presents Kay Kendall	Bilko is a British soldier in disguise.
	28-Jan-1958	Episode 89	Season 3 Number 19	Bilko's Cousin	Bilko's country cousin arrives at the fort.
	4-Feb-1958	Episode 90	Season 3 Number 20	Bilko's Pigeons	Bilko is ordered to get rid of his racing pigeons.
	14-Feb-1958	Episode 91	Season 3 Number 21	Cyrano de Bilko	Bilko proposes to a woman he does not love.
	21-Feb-1958	Episode 92	Season 3 Number 22	The Colonel's Reunion	Hall launches an offensive against Bilko's gambling.
	28-Feb-1958	Episode 93	Season 3 Number 23	Bilko Saves Ritzik's Marriage	Bilko tries to save Ritzik's deteriorating marriage.
SYND	7-Mar-1958	Episode 94	Season 3 Number 24	Bilko, the Art Lover	Bilko mediates between a father and son.
	14-Mar-1958	Episode 95	Season 3 Number 25	Bilko, the Genius	The Army's intellectuals encounter Bilko.
	21-Mar-1958	Episode 96	Season 3 Number 26	Bilko, Male Model	Modeling agencies clamor for Bilko's face.
	4-Apr-1958	Episode 97	Season 3 Number 27	The Colonel's Inheritance	Bilko invests the colonel's cash in the stock market.
	11-Apr-1958	Episode 98	Season 3 Number 28	Bilko's Honeymoon	Bilko needs a "wife" to get a free vacation.
	25-Apr-1958	Episode 99	Season 3 Number 29	Bilko's Chinese Restaurant	Bilko may have to leave his newly opened restaurant.
	2-May-1958	Episode 100	Season 3 Number 30	Operation Love	Neglected Wacs transfer away from Fort Baxter.
	9-May-1958	Episode 101	Season 3 Number 31	Bilko's TV Pilot	Bilko produces a TV show starring Doberman.
	16-May-1958	Episode 102	Season 3 Number 32	Bilko Retires from Gambling	Hall hires a card shark to beat Bilko at poker.
	23-May-1958	Episode 103	Season 3 Number 33	Bilko's Vacation	Bilko convinces the platoon to stay at a lodge.
	30-May-1958	Episode 104	Season 3 Number 34	Bilko's Insurance Company	Bilko's insurance-business attempts fall flat.
	6-Jun-1958	Episode 105	Season 3 Number 35	Bilko's Prize Poodle	A dog-show prospect turns sour for Bilko.
	13-Jun-1958	Episode 106	Season 3 Number 36	Bilko's School Days	New recruits mean gambling profits for Bilko.
	27-Jun-1958	Episode 107	Season 3 Number 37	Joan's Big Romance	Joan tries to prove she is more important than poker.
SYND	26-Sep-1958	Episode 108	Season 4 Number 1	Gold Fever	Bilko tries to find gold in California.
	3-Oct-1958	Episode 109	Season 4 Number 2	Bilko's Vampire	Bilko tries to cure horror-movie addict Ritzik.
	10-Oct-1958	Episode 110	Season 4 Number 3	Bilko's De Luxe Tours	Bilko invests platoon money in transportation.
	17-Oct-1958	Episode 111	Season 4 Number 4	Bilko the Potato Sack King	Bilko goes to work in sales for a burlap-bag firm.
	24-Oct-1958	Episode 112	Season 4 Number 5	Bilko vs. Covington	A sharp sergeant threatens Bilko's operations.
	31-Oct-1958	Episode 113	Season 4 Number 6	Bilko Joins the Navy	Bilko and his buddies wind up headed to Alaska.
SYND	7-Nov-1958	Episode 114	Season 4 Number 7	Bilko's Big Woman Hunt	A dancing teacher throws Bilko for a loop.
	14-Nov-1958	Episode 115	Season 4 Number 8	The Bilkos and the Crosbys	Lindsay Crosby joins the platoon.
	21-Nov-1958	Episode 116	Season 4 Number 9	Bilko's Allergy	Bilko becomes mysteriously allergic to cards.
	28-Nov-1958	Episode 117	Season 4 Number 10	Bilko and the Chaplain	Bilko and the Camp Fremont chaplain wind up in jail.
	5-Dec-1958	Episode 118	Season 4 Number 11	Bilko Presents the McGuire Sisters	Bilko puts on a variety show.
	12-Dec-1958	Episode 119	Season 4 Number 12	Bilko's Secret Mission	Bilko's secret Nevada mission leads to Las Vegas
	19-Dec-1958	Episode 120	Season 4 Number 13	Bilko's Giveaway	Bilko cannot pay the taxes on his quiz-show winnings.
	26-Dec-1958	Episode 121	Season 4 Number 14	Bilko and the Medium	Ritzik is maneuvered into a Bilko-backed seance.
	2-Jan-1959	Episode 122	Season 4 Number 15	Bilko's Bopster	A jazz drummer is assigned to Bilko's platoon.
	9-Jan-1959	Episode 123	Season 4 Number 16	Bilko's Hollywood Romance	A press agent picks Bilko to be an actress's date.
	30-Jan-1959	Episode 124	Season 4 Number 17	Bilko's Grand Hotel	Bilko's hotel profits go up in flames.
	6-Feb-1959	Episode 125	Season 4 Number 18	Bilko's Credit Card	Bilko's dining club for GIs runs out of patrons.
	13-Feb-1959	Episode 126	Season 4 Number 19	Viva Bilko	Bandits steal the uniforms of Bilko and his friends.
	20-Feb-1959	Episode 127	Season 4 Number 20	The Colonel's Promotion	Bilko tries to give Hall's career a boost.
	27-Feb-1959	Episode 128	Season 4 Number 21	Bilko's Sharpshooter	Love disrupts Bilko's plans for a girl sharpshooter.
	6-Mar-1959	Episode 129	Season 4 Number 22	Bilko's Formula No. 7	Bilko tries to market a homemade wrinkle remover.
	20-Mar-1959	Episode 130	Season 4 Number 23	Bilko's Ape Man	Gorilla-suited Doberman wrestles another GI.
	27-Mar-1959	Episode 131	Season 4 Number 24	Warrant Officer Paparelli	Bilko has one of his men promoted to officer.
	3-Apr-1959	Episode 132	Season 4 Number 25	Bilko's Godson	Bilko wants his godson to attend Stanford.
	17-Apr-1959	Episode 133	Season 4 Number 26	Guinea Pig Bilko	Tranquilized Bilko may lose his gambling empire.
	24-Apr-1959	Episode 134	Season 4 Number 27	Bilko the Butler	Fortune-seeking Bilko accepts a dinner invitation.
	1-May-1959	Episode 135	Season 4 Number 28	Ritzik Goes Civilian	Emma Ritzik forces her husband to leave the Army.
	8-May-1959	Episode 136	Season 4 Number 29	Bilko's Small Car	Bilko converts a jeep into a small car.
	15-May-1959	Episode 137	Season 4 Number 30	Doberman, Missing Heir	Doberman will not part with his inherited millions.
	22-May-1959	Episode 138	Season 4 Number 31	Bilko's Casino	Bilko finds a place where gambling is legal.
	29-May-1959	Episode 139	Season 4 Number 32	The Colonel's Second Honeymoon	Bilko vacations in the same place as the colonel.
	5-Jun-1959	Episode 140	Season 4 Number 33	Bilko in Outer Space	Bilko holds a poker game in a dummy space chamber.
	12-Jun-1959	Episode 141	Season 4 Number 34	The Bilko Boycott	Bilko uses his gambling expertise on the Wacs.
SYND	19-Jun-1959	Episode 142	Season 4 Number 35	Weekend Colonel	Bilko brings in a substitute colonel for a weekend. (Episode aka "Will the Real Colonel Stand Up?")