steve martin should quit try to do remake of classic comedy . he absolutely do not fit this part . like the woeful remake of the out of towner and this movie fall flat on it face . how anybody ever think steve martin could even come close to jack lemmon wonderful performance be beyond me and the same be true for this movie . dan ackroyd could have play the bilko part well . martin be great when do his own original character but fail miserably try to recreate other people classic work . it a sad statement when the funny part of a movie be contain in the first line of the credit when the movie be over . the line the producer gratefully acknowledge the total lack of cooperation by the united state army be just about the only line that actually make me laugh . if you want to see the real bilko and get hold of the original episode of the phil silver show . those be guarantee to make you laugh and unlike this mistake that should never have happen . i put this movie in the same category a the aforementioned lemmon classic and the remake of psycho . none of them should ever have happen .