Never before available but now available on the 1st season 5-DVD set, is the unaired pilot called "You'll Never Get Rich" from Nat Hiken's private collection archives. This never broadcast pilot had Jack Warden in the role of Cpl. Steve Henshaw. When the real pilot was finally aired, it was re-titled "The New Recruits" with Allan Melvin permanently replacing Jack Warden as Cpl. Henshaw. It kept the same storyline of Bilko needing to raise money at all costs in order to get in a big stakes poker game.
John Strauss (I) composed a suite of cues and theme music that would be used throughout the rest of the series.