director jonathan lynn have make some underrated comedy in the past and like greedy and clue . this isn not one of them . more akin to a police academy film than it inspiration and it star steve martin in the old phil silver role a an army sergeant forever pull scam under the nose of his superior . but the idyllic life of bilko and his lazy platoon look shaky when an old enemy visit the base determine to catch bilko in the act . nothing much happens and really . it all quite dull . it not very funny . martin and dan aykroyd and phil hartman squeeze a couple of laugh out through sheer effort and but theyre all good than this and it quite painful watch them work with such thin material .