Plot was a case of Art imitating Reality.
About the time this episode aired, Elvis Presley was inducted into the Army. It wasn't a stretch for the Sgt. Bilko writers to capitalize on it; they had a Rock N' Roll idol (Melvin Pelvin) being drafted, and assigned to Sgt. Bilko's motor pool platoon.
Behind Spelvin's back, Sgt. Bilko sets up a concert for him and sells out the house. Before the concert, Bilko has one of his men (Private Doberman) talk to Spelvin within the range of a tape recorder microphone to get a recording to use on the local radio station for promotion.
On the recording, Spelvin talks about how much he LIKES Ernie Bilko, and how Bilko is different from his manager... Bilko doesn't want anything from him... and he sings a song that he's composed (to the tune of Elvis's "Love Me Tender") talking about his BUDDY, Sgt. Ernie Bilko! On hearing it, Bilko finds that he can't carry out his plot to use Spelvin for his own profit, and destroys the recording that he'd worked so hard to get.
About the time this episode aired, Elvis Presley was inducted into the Army. It wasn't a stretch for the Sgt. Bilko writers to capitalize on it; they had a Rock N' Roll idol (Melvin Pelvin) being drafted, and assigned to Sgt. Bilko's motor pool platoon.
Behind Spelvin's back, Sgt. Bilko sets up a concert for him and sells out the house. Before the concert, Bilko has one of his men (Private Doberman) talk to Spelvin within the range of a tape recorder microphone to get a recording to use on the local radio station for promotion.
On the recording, Spelvin talks about how much he LIKES Ernie Bilko, and how Bilko is different from his manager... Bilko doesn't want anything from him... and he sings a song that he's composed (to the tune of Elvis's "Love Me Tender") talking about his BUDDY, Sgt. Ernie Bilko! On hearing it, Bilko finds that he can't carry out his plot to use Spelvin for his own profit, and destroys the recording that he'd worked so hard to get.
