As of July 2026, The Phil Silvers Show Season 1 aired in 1955 with 34 episodes. Full episode guide and where to watch below.

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The Phil Silvers Show Season 1

1955 34 Episodes Comedy ⭐ 7/10

If you are after a comedy that actually makes you laugh out loud, The Phil Silvers Show Season 1 is available on streaming right now. A single, tightly-focused season means there is plenty to get through without ever feeling padded. Its 7/10 TMDB score, built from 24 ratings, reflects a title that consistently delivers. Phil Silvers is the obvious draw, but the whole ensemble earns its laughs. Available now — press play and find out why people keep recommending it.

Part of the current wave of titles people are actually watching, The Phil Silvers Show Season 1 earns its spot. The jokes in The Phil Silvers Show Season 1 land because the characters underneath them are worth caring about. Season 1 of The Phil Silvers Show includes 34 episodes. It aired from September 1955 to May 1956. This season stars Phil Silvers, Harvey Lembeck and Paul Ford. Phil Silvers and Harvey Lembeck lead a cast that brings real weight to the material. It was aired in 1955. The Phil Silvers Show Season 1 earns its laughs from character rather than situation, which is why it does not wear thin the way pure farce tends to. It delivers reliably on what it promises, which is more than most of its competition manages.

Comedy fans looking for a reliably funny watch will find it in The Phil Silvers Show Season 1. It stands on its own even without an obvious comparison point. A contained run means every episode is doing real work. Phil Silvers is funny in a way that holds up on rewatch. Put it on when you need something guaranteed to land.

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🎬 The Phil Silvers Show Season 1 — Episode Guide

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 ...

The Empty Store

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

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)

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

Pvt Steve Nagy goes awol so Bilko has to go and fetch him back only to find himself caught up in the middle of a family feud

Bilko discovers that one of the platoon Claude Dillingham is a boxing champ so Bilko enters him for the interplatoon championship only to learn that Dillingham refuses to fight

After several transfers a young tough guy is moved to the motor pool platoon and it is left to the Bilko to cut him down to size. Meanwhile Bilko is after the ' Soldier of the Month' competition. Little does he know that the tough guy will spring a surprise.

When the platoon ask local socialite Miss Joy Landers to be their Mardi Gras queen she laughs and turns them down flat, so Bilko finds a way to change her mind.

The Eating Contest

In an eating contest between the platoons Bilko puts his money on a new member of the platoon nicknamed 'The Stomach' only to find that he can only eat when he is depressed

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

When maneuvers come round again the Colonel is interested in which illness Bilko has in order to miss out on the joys of marching through the countryside. In order to make him go the colonel uses reverse psychology

The Singing Contest

Bilko hears of a singing contest in Miami and to get away from the bitterly cold weather he enters the platoon but on hearing them sing he puts a bet on for them to lose. While he is putting on the bet a new platoon member is found to have a beautiful singing voice

Colonel Hall tells Bilko to provide an audience for a lecture on music. He finds that nobody wants to come until they learn that the lecture will be given by a friend of the Colonel's wife and they can bet on the number of ' twitches' that she will give during the lecture

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.

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.

Hollywood plans a film of the ' Battle of Kabuchi' and they hire Bilko as the technical adviser, but after a couple of days he has taken over the whole production, and the film people want shot of him.

The Investigation

A Congressional committee visit Fort Baxter to investigate waste and high living but Bilko has other ideas, he wants a pay rise instead

Kids In the Trailer

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

The Revolutionary War

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

When the Colonel makes life difficult Bilko decides to bluff and puts in a transfer, but the Colonel calls the bluff and Bilko is on his way, but at his new camp life is to easy and Bilko hopes he can find a way to get back to Camp Baxter

🎭 Cast of The Phil Silvers Show Season 1

Phil Silvers

Harvey Lembeck

Paul Ford

Allan Melvin

Billy Sands

Maurice Gosfield

Maurice Gosfield

Herbie Faye

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