The Phil Silvers Show: The Weekend Colonel

The Phil Silvers Show: The Weekend Colonel
CBS
June 17, 1959
Sitcom
DVD
C

The very last episode is an odd one to end on for the following reasons:

1. It's about close-circuit television on the base and the ironic last line is that "the show" will never be cancelled;
2. It has a lookalike plot, where Colonel Hall's double is a crude possibly drunk letch;
3. Henshaw has hardly any lines;
4. We don't see much of Bilko's men.

I don't think it works very well, but it's certainly interesting.  George Kennedy returns in an uncredited role.  That's Al "Grandpa" Lewis as Bruno.  This time Jane Dulo plays Marge.

I don't know if these episodes are a best-of or a representative sample, but they range from C's like this to one B, averaging out to a C+.  Like I said before, I don't think it's one of the great sitcoms, but I've certainly seen worse, especially on this project.