SGT. BILKO (50TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION) (3 DISCS)

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• Release Year: 1955
• Genre: Classic, Comedy
• Plot: Salute the 50th Anniversary of the Army comedy that started them all - 'The Phil Silvers Show' - with 18 classic episodes of the Emmy® Award-winning series. ; ; Re-enlist in some of TV's funniest moments with Sergeant Ernie Bilko (Phil Silvers) and his bumbling platoon as he schemes and swindles his way through his tour of duty at Fort Baxter. ; ; With enough guest stars to fill a barrack, and a barrage of bonus features and commentaries, this remastered 3-disc set will assault your funny bone and keep you laughing all the way to the infirmary!; ; 1) New Recruits; 2) The WAC; 3) The Horse; 4) The Eating Champion; 5) Bivouac; 6) The Twitch; 7) The Investigation; 8) The Revolutionary War; 9) The Court Martial; 10) The Con Men; 11) A Mess Sergeant Can't Win; 12) Doberman's Sister; 13) Bilko's Tax Trouble; 14) The Big Scandal; 15) Hillbilly Whiz; 16) Bilko the Art Lover; 17) Bilko Joins the Navy; 18) Weekend Colonel; ; ****************************; ; Disk 1:; ; 1. NEW RECRUITS; Original Airdate 9-20-1955 (Commentary by Allan Melvin); Saturday's big poker game is just around the corner, and Sgt. Bilko is all tapped out. Could a new batch of recruits provide the solution?; ; 2. THE WAC; Original Airdate 10-4-1955; Sgt. Bilko is up for a new job at Fort Baxter, and the personal jeep that comes with it. Only one person stands in his way - and she proves to be a worthy opponent.; ; 3. THE HORSE; Orginal Airdate 10-11-1955; After losing the platoon's money at the race track, Sgt. Bilko hides a sick horse at the base, hoping to nurse it back to health - and transform it into a winner.; ; 4. THE EATING CONTEST; Original Airdate 11-15-1955; When a former army 'eating' champion is transferred to the platoon, Sgt. Bilko sees a chance to end his losing streak. There's only one problem... the champ can't eat unless he's miserable!; ; 5. BIVOUAC; Original Airdate 11-29-1955; As the annual camp maneuvers approach, Sgt. Bilko has to decide which desease he will 'contract' to ensure his continued non-participation. This year, though, Colonel Hall is ready with a plan of his own.; ; ****************************; ; Disk 2:; ; 1. THE TWITCH; Original Airdate 12-13-1955 (Charlotte Rae Guest Stars); To punish the platoon for gambling, the colonel orders them to attend a lecture given by Captain Whitney's wife - also know as 'The Twitch.'; ; 2. THE INVESTIGATION ; Original Airdate (1-10-1956); When a Congressional committee vistis Fort Baxter to investigate wasteful spending, it's up to Sgt. Bilko to throw them off the track.; ; 3. THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR; Orginal Airdate 1-24-1956; Inspired by the diary of an ancestor who served under George Washington, Sgt. Bilko decides to apply for officer training.; ; 4. THE COURT MARTIAL; Orginal Airdate 3-6-1956 (Commentary by George Kennedy); Extreme measures are required when an unlikely 'recruit' is inducted into the Army.; ; 5. THE CON MEN; Orginal Airdate 5-1-1956; It's Sgt. Bilko to the rescue - again - when Doberman loses a bank deposit in a poker game.; ; 6. A MESS SERGEANT CAN'T WIN; Orginal Airdate 11-13-1956; Mess Sgt. Rizik's tour of duty is almost over, but first he has to avoid losing what's left of his savings to Sgt. Bilko.; ; 7. DOBERMAN'S SISTER; Orginal Airdate 11-20-1956 (Commentary by Larry Storch and Mickey Freeman); Doberman's sister is coming to 'Family DaY' and it's up to Sgt. Bilko to locate an escort for the homely private's kin.; ; ****************************; ; Disk 3:; ; 1. BILKO'S TAX TROUBLE; Orginal Airdate 12-4-1956; The Internal Revenue Service proves a formidable foe for Sgt. Bilko when he is accidentally selected for an audit.; ; 2. THE BIG SCANDAL; Orginal Airdate 5-14-1957 (Julie Newmar Guest Stars); Doberman professes his love to the colonel's wife after he is accidentally hypnotized by Sgt. Bilko.; ; 3. HILLBILLY WHIZ; Orginal Airdate 10-1-1957 (Commentary by Dick Van Dyke); Dick Van Dyke guest stars as a Southerner with a great pitching arm who refuses to go alone with Sgt. Bilko's plan to recruit him for the Yankees. (Cameos by Yogi Berra and Phil Rizzuto); ; 4. BILKO THE ART LOVER; Orginal Airdate 3-5-1958; Sgt. Bilco enjoys luxurious hospitality on a trip to New York - until the buddy he is visiting has a falling-out with his wealthy father. (Alan Alda Guests Stars); ; 5. BILKO JOINS THE NAVY; Orginal Airdate 10-28-1958 (Commentary by Larry Storch and Mickey Freeman); Sgt. Bilko, Paparelli and Zimmerman pose as sailors to get in on a huge Navy crap game. But when the game gets raided, they find themselves aboard an aircraft carrier bound for Alaska!; ; 6. WEEKEND COLONEL; Orginal Airdate 3-17-1959 (Al Lewis Guest Stars); Colonel Hall installs closed-circuit cameras to keep an eye on the platoon when he is away from the base. The plan works fine - until Sgt. Bilko notices that a Short-order cook bears more that a passing resemblance to the colonel.
• Cast: Phil Silvers; Paul Ford; Harvey Lembeck; Allan Melvin; Maurice Gosfield; Herbie Faye; Billy Sands; Bernard Fein; Mickey Freeman; Jack Healy; Maurice Brenner; Karl Lukas; Terry Carter; Jimmy Little; P. Jay Sidney; Joe E. Ross; Walter Cartier; Hope Sansberry; Barbara Barrie; Billie Allen; Bern Bennett; Nicholas Saunders; Tige Andrews; Harry Clark; Elisabeth Fraser; John Gibson; Ned Glass; Beatrice Pons; Jim Perry; Paul Lipson; Nelson Olmsted; Jane Dulo; Bob Hastings; Jason Evers; Philippa Bevans; John Boruff; Danny Dayton; Henry Lasko; Dan Frazer; Edith King; Dody Goodman; Midge Ware; David White; Virginia Wilson; Fred Herrick; Jane Kean; Harry Gresham; Frank Marth; Edward Andrews; MacLean Savage; Constance Ford; Darryl Richard; Bern Hoffman; George McIver; Ralph Stantley; Marcel Hillaire; Larry Fletcher; Bert Thorn; Catherine Payne; Fred Stewart; Ben Lackland; Frank M. Thomas; Otto Hulett; Heywood Hale Broun; Kay Lyder; John Alexander; Larry Douglas; Al Lewis; Royal Beal; Frank Campanella; Sandy Kenyon; Alice Yourman; Alfred Sandor; Fay Morley; Eric Fleming; Jack Collins; Charlotte Rae; Fred Gwynne; Eddie Bruce; Ralph Dunn; Raymond Bramley; Humphrey Davis; John C. Becher; Tomi Romer; Gretchen Wyler; Ann Flood; Frederick O'Neal; Leon Belasco; Doro Merande; Ed Sullivan; Grant Code; Dick Van Dyke; Margaret Hamilton; Harold Huber; Augusta Merighi; Tom Poston; Madeline Clive; Paul Lynde; Nancy Gile; Martha Greenhouse; Paula Trueman; Philip Coolidge; House Jameson; Betty Benet; Horace McMahon; Robert Webber; John Griggs; Larry Storch; Mara McAfee; Peggy Cass; George Turner; Abby Lewis; Jack Davis; Eda Heinemann; Norman McKay; Janet Fox; Gordon Polk; Kay Strozzi; R. Norwood Smith; Gordon Peters; Eddie Hanley; Sam Schwartz; Michael Dreyfuss; Robert Shawley; Marlo Lewis; Murray Hamilton; John Wray; Ray Bloch; Walter Greaza; Bruce Kirby; Dina Merrill; Leo Liebman; Clifton James; Charles Cooper; William Bramley; Arny Freeman; Diana Deer; Paul Reed; Ben Astar; Bob Dixon; Russell Hicks; Paul Porter Jr.; Mark Rydell; Temple Texas; Will B. Able; Charles McClelland; Jean Mowry; Arthur Storch; Howard Freeman; Eddie Phillips; Robert Strauss; Bing Crosby; Marjorie Gateson; Al Checco; John Stephen; Joey Faye; Georgina Landau; Athena Lorde; Judith Lowry; Nina Olivette; Everett Crosby; Anne Helm; Mort Stephens; Zippy; Hans Schumm; Johnny Seven; Don Weissmuller; Leonard Elliott; Lilia Skala; Johnny Doran; Stephen Douglas; Eileen Letchworth; Horace Cooper; Janet Medland; Frank Thomas; Frank Albertson; Keefe Brasselle; Christine McGuire; Erin O'Brien-Moore; Elliott Reid; Irwin Corey; Ronny Graham; T.J. Halligan; Claude Harmon; Murray Matheson; Phil Robinson; Natalie Schafer; Kenneth Vaughn; Julie Wilson; Hollis Irving; Howard Smith; Wyrley Birch; Dulcie Cooper; Robert Gist; William Hickey; Ira Lewis; Sam Snead; Alan Alda; Morey Amsterdam; Orson Bean; Jack Hartley; John Lee; Joseph Lieberman; Dorothy McGuire; Kay Medford; Hildy Parks; Wynn Pearce; Howard St. John; Dorothy Stinnette; Frederic Tozere; Herb Voland; Iggie Wolfington; Walter Brooke; Ronald Long; Sally Mansfield; George Mathews; Jule Styne; Jay Barney; Joe Brown Jr.; Tom Gilson; Wyley Hancock; Gerald Hiken; Bob Kilgallen; James Kincaid; Jock MacGregor; Biff McGuire; Charles Mendick; Peter Turgeon; Nydia Westman; Jeff Bryant; Jean Carson; Richard Derr; Joan Holloway; Phyllis McGuire; Lee Meriwether; Erik Rhodes; Bill Sleton; Truman Smith; Joseph Sullivan; Joey Trent; Betty Walker; Rain Winslow; Joseph Calleia; Arthur Coen; Mickey Deems; Richard Farmer; Lucy Landau; David Metcalf; Carlos Montalbán; Sloan Simpson; Sydney Smith; Malcolm Lee Beggs; Donald Douglas; John Drake; Don Hanmer; Alan Hewitt; Eugene Peterson; Grant Richards; Archie Smith; Harry Stanton; Dino Tarronova; Parker Fennelly; Robert P. Lieb; Collette Lyons; Lillian Schaaf; John Silo; John Studer; Percy Verwayen; Dean L. Almquist; Marian Colby; Bruce Evans; George Kluge; Henry Lascoe; Joseph Leon; Lisa Loughlin; Fannie Lyde; Sho Onodera; Jorie Remus; Earl Rowe; Suzanne Storrs; Leonardo Cimino; Arthur Cohen; Josip Elic; Virginia Martin; Frank Maxwell; Tom Noel; Mel Ruick; Edwin Cooper; Lynn Dollar; Doreen McLean; Jessie Pacheco; David Sheiner; Joyce Gladman; Susan Hovey; Scott Moore; Ken Rapiert; Joe Silver; Sammy Smith; Karin Wolfe; Tom Ahern; Casey Allen; Jeri Archer; Walter Arnold; Dort Clark; George Clark; Kevin Coughlin; Claudia Crawford; Don De Leo; Paul Draylen; Russell Hardie; Eddie Lawrence; Kirby Smith; Jim Bowles; Kenneth Brauer; Don Cardwell; Roger Landry; Charles Mendig; Zandu Scott; Louis Badolati; Philip Foster; Tony Galento; Stanley Simmonds; John Adomian; Stephen Chase; Flip Mark; Julie Newmar; Howard Petrie; Edward Ryan; James Carew; Whitfield Connor; Matt Crowley; Pug Flanagan; Art Ford; John Graham; Barnard Hughes; Lester Mack; Madeline Morka; Earl Muron; Carroll Saint; Frank Schofield; Marilyn Hanold; William Hellinger; Al Hodge; Bernard Reed; Salvatore Danò; Viola Roache; Cameron Andrews; Skippy Colby; Bert Freed; Tina Louise; Frank Milan; Lee Papell; Michael Todd; Ben Yaffee; Walter Cahoon; Richard Everhart; Philip Faversham; Richard Keith; Parker McCormick; Dick Noel; Anne Russell; Ray Singer; Norma Leary; Diane Shalet; Vickie Taylor; Harry Bannister; Anna Rosselli; Jim White; Dagmar; Charles Jordan; Guy Repp; Phil Rizzuto; Sammy Cahn; Tim Herbert; Will Hussung; Kenneth Konopka; Roy Monsell; Howard Wierum; Dorothy Dollivar; Yogi Berra; Lee Krieger; James Reese; Grace Carney; Bruce Brighton; Joe E. Marks; Gil McDougald; John Cecil Holm; Susan Steel; Rolly Bester; Whitey Ford; Ken McEwen; Red Barber; Don Keefer; Dale Evans; Kay Kendall; Mickey Rooney; Mark Sako; George Kennedy; Jack Albertson; John Anderson; Robert Dryden; Dennis Crosby; Gary Crosby; Lindsay Crosby; Phillip Crosby; Godfrey Cambridge; John Marley; Kem Dibbs; Pat Hingle; Barney Martin; Jack Mullaney; Arthur Tell; Janet Waldo; Mason Adams; Dickie Belton; Lee Ecuyer; Michael Enserro; Vincent Gardenia; Graham Jarvis; Jack Orrison; Renee Roy; Aaron Ruben; Joseph Walsh; Kippy Campbell; Florence Dunlap; Olga Fabian; Miriam Goldina; Christopher Lloyd; Efrem Zimbalist Jr.; Don 'Red' Barry; Peter G. Benzoni; J.D. Cannon; Jimmy Cross; Frank DeKova; Dovima; Heather Hewitt; Marty Ingels; Beverly Lawrence; George Maharis; Dean Martin; Hubbell Robinson; Wallace Rooney; Alexander Scourby; Frankie Thomas; Wynn Wright; Lucille Ball; Henry Beckman; Dick Cavett; Adele Lamont; Al De Caprio; Nat Hiken; Terry Ryan; Billy Friedberg; Arnie Rosen; Coleman Jacoby; Tony Webster; Neil Simon; Phil Sharp; Barry E. Blitzer; Leonard Stern; A.J. Russell; Sydney Zelinka; Arnold M. Auerbach; Harvey Orkin; Vin Bogert; Lou Meltzer; Paul Jordan
• Director: Al De Caprio
• Runtime: 7:45
• Company: Paramount Pictures
• Media Format: Series