* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: The Revolutionary War flashback episode has some ambiguity about whether Joshua Bilko was a British spy or merely a selfish bum who aided the British by accident (in which case his medal from King George may have been a sarcastic, mocking gesture).
* EnsembleDarkHorse: Pvt. Doberman became so popular that Maurice Gosfield used to get more fan mail than Phil Silvers.
* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: Despite being largely forgotten in North America, the show is still hugely popular in the UK, thanks to perennial reruns on the BBC.[[note]]its last appearance on terrestrial television in the UK was in ''1999''.[[/note]] In fact, it is even considered one of the top few classic sitcom imports there. Some attribute this to the British affection for the "loveable rogue" archetype, which Bilko fits to a tee, and he could be considered a forerunner to popular British TV characters like [[Series/{{Minder}} Arthur Daley]] and [[Series/OnlyFoolsAndHorses Del Boy]]. The show was so iconic in the UK that Silvers became the only American comedian to appear in a ''[[Film/CarryOnSeries Carry On]]'' movie (''Film/FollowThatCamel''.[[note]]If you don't count Creator/CharlesFleischer and Creator/LarryMiller being in ''Film/CarryOnColumbus''.[[/note]])
* IconicCharacterForgottenTitle: Far more people are familiar with the name "Sgt. Bilko" than Phil Silvers, and the show was in fact often renamed after the main character in reruns.
* OnceOriginalNowCommon: At times, the humor can seem formulaic, but it was groundbreaking in TheFifties.
* RetroactiveRecognition:
** A pre-''[[Series/TheMunsters Munsters]]'' Creator/FredGwynne appears in a couple of episodes.
** Al Lewis, aka Grandpa Munster, also appears in an episode.
** Murray Hamilton, Mayor Vaughn from ''Film/{{Jaws}}'', features in the episode "The Eating Contest".
** Two future [[Series/Batman1966 Catwomen]]: Julie Newmar appears in "The Big Scandal" and Lee Meriwether in "Cyrano de Bilko".
** A young Creator/DickVanDyke appeared in two episodes.
** Creator/AlanAlda plays a StarvingArtist from a wealthy family in "Bilko the Art Lover".
** Creator/GeorgeKennedy features as a background character in several episodes.
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