117: Bilko and the Chaplain

Bilko returns from a weekend in San Francisco overwhelmed by his experience. He's apparently met a girl there. And he's very keen to return there as soon as possible, but when he puts in a request for more leave (on a flimsy pretext involving a fictional deceased relative, of course), Colonel Hall reminds him that Camp Fremont is a military installation - "not a place to change your shirt between nightclubs".

Bilko attempts to take his mind off it with an uncharacteristic bout of hard work, although of course it's his platoon who have to take the strain.

By a remarkable coincidence, Colonel Hall has been ordered to send a platoon to San Francisco the following weekend. He decides to send the platoon with the highest work record, assuming that this will exclude the motor pool.

The old boy accepts defeat, but assigns the chaplain to accompany Bilko and his men - to protect San Francisco.

There follows a heartwarming tale, in which the chaplain puts Bilko's devious talents to good use in a worthy cause.

Bilko's new girlfriend is certainly a babe, but what about Joan? That's right, for the purposes of this story, she doesn't exist.

You never know, there could yet be a twist. City still have seven games to play.

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Frank Lampard may be available quite soon..🙄

I believe Frank has now lost his last 8 games as a manager, all of them competitive fixtures.

And Chelsea's defeat to Brentford makes it nine in a row.

I think the writing's on the wall for Frank's managerial career now. The media / pundit route is probably his best bet.

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116: Bilko's Allergy

Sherman the Shark (apparently one of Bilko's arch-rivals) has organised a high-stakes poker game in the town. Bilko finds out about it and turns up late, but he's determined to turn up at the next one the following week.

Unfortunately, he doesn't have the necessary funds to take part. But Colonel Hall has just received a $305.40 tax refund ..

Of course, the scheme to separate him from it is deviously clever. But Bilko's main problem is that he's developed an allergy to one of the principal substances used in the manufacture of playing cards ..

A very clever one with a nice, classic Bilko twisty plot. Beautiful farce.

In this episode we learn that Paparelli is 31 years old, but Billy Sands, who played him, was 47.

Sherman is played by an actor called J.D. Cannon. I recognised him as a regular in Alias Smith and Jones (one of the "detectives").

Straightened the stem .. didn't replace the bolts because it turns out they're bigger than the (M5) faceplate bolts and I don't have any spare. Put new bar tape on. It looks and feels a bit cheap & nasty but it was only £5.59 for both rolls. It'll do.

Quote from: Slim on April 26, 2022, 10:25:31 PM420 this month, 1628 this year. This time last year I'd done 1378, and the year before, 1160.

.. and a year later exactly, I've done 1913 miles this year. Interesting. I'm not really trying to increase my overall distances.

About a year ago his son was interviewed on 5 Live - can't remember why, maybe promoting a book or a radio biography. Come to think of it it was almost certainly for A Life Uncharted.

He said that Gerry's mum wouldn't let him have any toys, isn't that ironic? The only things he had were given to him by a prostitute who was a neighbour (if I remember correctly).

And when his brother died, their mum told Gerry that she wished he'd died instead.

I think a City win is the most likely outcome but it could be a cautious and cagey affair.. both sides might take a draw right now but neither can afford the other to get three points out of the encounter.

Can you imagine how annoyed you'd be if you spent your hard-earned on one of these outfits in 1967, then a year later every time you went out in it people thought you were wearing a Captain Scarlet costume?

Here's something I didn't know until today - Sylvia Anderson based the Spectrum uniforms on the Pierre Cardin 'Cosmos' collection from 1967:

If this doesn't put you off eating chocolate, nothing will.

Oh I had a plastic Stingray as well. I used to play with it in the bath.

Oh yes I had a Johnny Seven as well - I loved that. It was a birthday present. I vividly remember going out to play with it in the garden for the first time.

UFO was my favourite of all the Anderson productions and I have both the DVD and BluRay box sets. I started working through them about a year ago, I will resume that I think once I've got through the entire Phil Silvers Show.

I had the green Interceptor but I hated it for being green. Allegedly a senior manager at Dinky decreed that the white one wouldn't appeal to kids. Some people repainted theirs in white. I also had the SHADO mobile, and I still have Staker's car.

I also still have Lady Penelope's FAB1 although it's pretty battered.

I had a beautiful orange plastic Thunderbird 3, can't remember who made those but it wasn't Dinky. I had the Dinky TB2. The yellow plastic legs didn't last long. I still have Captain Scarlet's car somewhere. Actually that probably went when my mum's house was cleared out.

The one I always wanted but never had was the Dinky Spectrum SPV.

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