.....Well, it must have been, because these DVD's are lifted from various U.S. channels like "Comedy Central", as opposed to being from the copyright owner. they were shown extensively by the BBC in the 50's, and repeated in the 80's and 90's: I watched an episode yesterday that I can clearly remember seeing my father near to tears watching, and the one with the chimpanzee has to be one of the greatest bits of comedy, ever.
I think that the great pity is having Steve Martin let loose on a, very unfunny, revival to cloud our vision of great comedy innovation. At the time they were released, most of us had been in some sort of disciplined or military environment and Bilko was a mirror to that.