The Phil Silvers Show: Bilko's Tax Trouble
CBS
December 4, 1956
Sitcom
DVD
B-
The twelfth episode of the second season builds slowly but satisfactorily as Bilko gets audited and has to come up with "proof" that his tax frauds are legit, even to the point of tampering with people's memories. Note that Papparelli is the most honest member of the troop, I guess even more than Doberman.
Elisabeth Fraser returns as Joan Hogan, who helps her sort of boyfriend despite her reservations. Jane Kean is WAC Marion, as she would be again. Dan Frazer's first of eight roles is as Mr. Tom Elliott. And kudos to Hiken & Co for putting a Black woman (admittedly uncredited) at the IRS when other shows would've made it a lily-white office. This series really is more integrated than most sitcoms of even a decade later.
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