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* BigFishInABiggerOcean: In one episode, Bilko gets a particularly hunky new platoon member to audition for a ''Franchise/{{Tarzan}}'' movie, hoping to ride the guy's coattails to wealth and fame, only for the other auditioning bodybuilders to be even beefier, to the point where the judge calls Bilko's subordinate "Skinny."
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* ActorAllusion: both invoked and subverted. Like Sgt Bilko in fiction Phil Silvers in real life was a notorious gambler. However he had never actually served in the forces, whenever anyone asked about it he would simply point to his hugely thick glasses and remark "With these?".
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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Bilko delivers the details of a bet he wants to place to Barbella and Henshaw via missile. Unfortunately, the rest of the US military assumes the unidentified missile heading towards an army base is hostile, so they shoot it down and arrest Barbella and Henshaw as spies.
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* MonsterBrotherCutieSister: Bilko and the platoon convince themselves that Doberman's sister must be a beauty, because surely no parents would be unlucky enough to have *two* children who look like him. In fact, [[StrongFamilyResemblance she looks exactly like him]] and is also played by Maurice Gosfield.
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* MonsterBrotherCutieSister: Bilko and the platoon convince themselves that Doberman's sister must be a beauty, because surely no parents would be unlucky enough to have *two* children who look like him. In fact, [[StrongFamilyResemblance she looks exactly like him]] and is also played by Maurice Gosfield.
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* MonsterBrotherCutieSister: Bilko and the platoon convince themselves that Doberman's sister must be a beauty, because surely no parents would be unlucky enough to have *two* children who look like him. In fact, [[StrongFamilyResemblance she looks exactly like him]] and is also played by Maurice Gosfield.
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Despite its relative obscurity compared to other contemporary sitcoms like ''Series/ILoveLucy'', ''The Phil Silvers Show'' was highly critically acclaimed in its day and still remains popular among critics. In a post-Second World War society where much of the population had served in the forces virtually everyone had known a Bilko. It was also popular in Britain, where [[Creator/TheBBC the BBC]] re-ran it for many years. It won three consecutive Emmys for Outstanding Comedy Series from 1956 to 1958, and in 2003, the ''Radio Times Guide to TV Comedy'' named it [[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3148934.stm the best sitcom ever made]], beating ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'' and ''Series/FawltyTowers'' to the top spot.
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Despite its relative obscurity compared to other contemporary sitcoms like ''Series/ILoveLucy'', ''The Phil Silvers Show'' was highly critically acclaimed in its day and still remains popular among critics. In a post-Second World War society where much of the population had served in the forces virtually everyone had known a Bilko. Premiering a few years after the real-life desegregation of the Armed Forces, it was one of the first US TV shows with an integrated cast, including the semiregular character of African-American Pvt. Sugie Sugarman (Terry Carter). It was also popular in Britain, where [[Creator/TheBBC the BBC]] re-ran it for many years. It won three consecutive Emmys for Outstanding Comedy Series from 1956 to 1958, and in 2003, the ''Radio Times Guide to TV Comedy'' named it [[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3148934.stm the best sitcom ever made]], beating ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'' and ''Series/FawltyTowers'' to the top spot.
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* DreamSequence: In one episode Bilko tricks the platoon into thinking that Doberman's sister is a beauty, and we see the men dreaming of her.
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* DivideAndConquer: Bilko gets bounced from a planned appearance on ''Series/TheEdSullivanShow'' by playing the crew against Ed himself.
* DreamSequence: In one episode Bilko tricks the platoon into thinking that Doberman's sister is a beauty, and we see the men dreaming of her.
* DreamSequence: In one episode Bilko tricks the platoon into thinking that Doberman's sister is a beauty, and we see the men dreaming of her.
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Despite its relative obscurity compared to other contemporary sitcoms like ''Series/ILoveLucy'', ''The Phil Silvers Show'' was highly critically acclaimed in its day and still remains popular among critics. It was also popular in Britain, where [[Creator/TheBBC the BBC]] re-ran it for many years. It won three consecutive Emmys for Outstanding Comedy Series from 1956 to 1958, and in 2003, the ''Radio Times Guide to TV Comedy'' named it [[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3148934.stm the best sitcom ever made]], beating ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'' and ''Series/FawltyTowers'' to the top spot.
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Despite its relative obscurity compared to other contemporary sitcoms like ''Series/ILoveLucy'', ''The Phil Silvers Show'' was highly critically acclaimed in its day and still remains popular among critics. In a post-Second World War society where much of the population had served in the forces virtually everyone had known a Bilko. It was also popular in Britain, where [[Creator/TheBBC the BBC]] re-ran it for many years. It won three consecutive Emmys for Outstanding Comedy Series from 1956 to 1958, and in 2003, the ''Radio Times Guide to TV Comedy'' named it [[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3148934.stm the best sitcom ever made]], beating ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'' and ''Series/FawltyTowers'' to the top spot.
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Moving to Trivia.
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* {{Corpsing}}: During "The Court Martial", the chimp wanders off and starts playing with a telephone (this wasn't in the script), so Phil Silvers ad-libbed the line "Just a minute sir, I think he's calling for another lawyer!" The rest of the cast can be seen struggling not to laugh.
