The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (1959)
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from 1959 to 1963. The series and several episode scripts were adapted from a 1951 collection of short stories of the same name, written by Max Shulman, who had also written a feature film adaptation of his short stories for MGM in 1953, The Affairs of Dobie Gillis.
The series revolved around the life of teenager/young adult Dobie Gillis, who, along with his best friend, beatnik Maynard G. Krebs, struggles against the forces of his life - high school, the military, college, and his parents - as he aspires to attain both wealth and dates with girls. The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis was produced by Martin Manulis Productions in association with 20th Century Fox Television. Creator Shulman also wrote the theme song in collaboration with Lionel Newman.
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1x01 Caper at the Bijou
29 September, 1959 9:00 am
Dobie is desperate for money so he can take Thalia to the dance, so he and Maynard hatch a plot to dishonestly win $100 at the Bijou Theater on Jackpot Night.
1x02 The Best Dressed Man
06 October, 1959 8:00 am
Dobie competes with Milton Armitage to see who's wardrobe can most impress Thalia. Milton doesn't know that Dobie is getting his fancy clothes on loan from the local tailor [played by Mel Blanc].
1x03 Love is a Science
13 October, 1959 8:00 am
Dobie forsakes poetry and sets to studying science so he can become a wealthy doctor and win Thalia's greedy heart. This episode introduces Zelda Gilroy and features her and Dobie's first meeting.
1x04 The Right Triangle
20 October, 1959 8:00 am
Dobie's rarely seen older brother Davey [played by Darryl Hickman] convinces him to invent an affair with a married woman to impress a new girl in school,but then everyone starts believing that Dobie really is having an affair with his math teacher [played by Jean Byron].
1x05 Maynard's Farewell to the Troops
03 November, 1959 8:00 am
Maynard receives his draft notice and Mr. Pomfritt and Dobie host a testimonial farewell dinner for him. This episode introduces Michael J. Pollard as Maynard's beatnik cousin Jerome.
1x06 The Sweet Singer of Central High
10 November, 1959 8:00 am
After a throat operation, Dobie starts singing like Elvis Presley, and finds that it drives the girls at school wild. What's even better is that Thalia Meninger, the love of his life, has taken notice and decided to become his manager. [This is the only other show where Jerome Krebs appears.]
1x07 Greater Love Hath No Man
17 November, 1959 8:00 am
When Maynard returns from a short hitch in the service and falls for Dobie's girl Pearl, will Dobie do that far, far greater thing than he has ever done before and step aside for his love-struck friend?
1x08 The Old Goat
24 November, 1959 8:00 am
With the big football game coming up and Central High doomed to lose, Dobie, Maynard and their friends plot to steal Webster High's mascot, a goat which Webster players traditionally pet for good luck just before games.
1x09 Dobie Gillis: Boy Actor
01 December, 1959 8:00 am
Dobie and Maynard conspire to get leading man Milton out of the way by opening night so his understudy Dobie can star opposite the lovely Annabelle in the school play, "Magnolias at Manassas: a Drama of the Civil War."
1x10 It Takes Two
08 December, 1959 8:00 am
Dobie falls for Poppy Herring and must try to convince her he has a loving father to prove he has good genes to pass on to their children.
1x11 Dobie's Birthday Party
15 December, 1959 8:00 am
Dobie thinks everyone has forgotten his birthday.
1x12 Deck the Halls
22 December, 1959 8:00 am
Herbert T. Gillis finds himself in jail on Christmas Eve after being stripped of his holiday spirit and driven to desperation by his family and customers.
1x13 Couchville, USA
29 December, 1959 8:00 am
All Dobie wants is six dollars so he can take Thalia to the junior prom, but Dobie's Dad won't give it to him until Dobie admits he hates his father. A gentle satire on psychiatric trends of the day.
1x14 The Gaucho
05 January, 1960 8:00 am
Carlos, the suave son of an Argentinian general, boards with the Gillis family and immediately wins the fickle heart of Thalia. Dobie and Maynard plot to sabotage his success.
1x15 The Smoke-Filled Room
12 January, 1960 8:00 am
Thalia persuades Dobie to run against Milton Armitage in the election for junior class president. With Thalia serving as campaign manager and Maynard running a dirty tricks operation, how can Dobie lose?
1x16 The Fist Fighter
19 January, 1960 8:00 am
Thalia will give her love only to an athlete, so Dobie schemes to set himself up as a fearless fighter, Top Fist. But Milton Armitage, Dobie's rival for Thalia's fickle heart, calls Dobie's bluff and challenges him to a bout.
1x17 The Hunger Strike
26 January, 1960 8:00 am
Inspired by a poem and the prospect of winning Thalia's heart, Dobie embarks on a hunger strike, evoking from his family and friends admiration, worry and even wrath. Featuring a young Marlo Thomas and [briefly] Ryan O'Neal.
1x18 The Flying Millicans
02 February, 1960 8:00 am
Dobie falls in love with the beautiful and brainy Aphrodite [played by Yvonne Craig], whose robust family of health-food-eating acrobats begin putting Dobie through rigorous training in anticipation of the day he'll join their family and their act.
1x19 Room at the Bottom
09 February, 1960 8:00 am
Thalia wants Dobie to go to Willoughby Hall, an exclusive eastern school, and befriend the sons of wealthy bankers (an idea that also captures Mr. Gillis' fancy in a dream sequence). All Dobie wants is Thalia's love, but to win her heart he must get a 100 on his math test. To what depth will he sink for love? Also features Jean Byron as Dobie's math teacher and little Ronnie Howard as her son.
1x20 The Power of Positive Thinking
16 February, 1960 8:00 am
Dobie becomes enthralled by the theories of Professor Dobkin, author of "The Power of Magnetic Thought," whose teachings promise to make him the "dominating male" that Thalia demands.
1x21 Dobie Spreads a Rumor
23 February, 1960 8:00 am
Dobie plots to make Zelda more appealing to other boys by spreading a rumor that Zelda's father is inheriting one million dollars. Thie episode offers a rare glimpse of Zelda's family including her three sisters and her harried father.
1x22 Love is a Fallacy
01 March, 1960 8:00 am
Thalia attempts to teach Dobie the art of thinking, Maynard thumps out a jazz beat to "cogito ergo sum" on his school desk and new girl Whitney threatens to shake up the status quo.
1x23 The Chicken from Outer Space
08 March, 1960 8:00 am
As a biology class project Maynard gives a chicken an overdose of growth hormones
1x24 Dobie's Navy Blues
15 March, 1960 8:00 am
Dobie lies about joining the navy to impress a girl's sea-mined father
1x25 Taken to the Cleaners
29 March, 1960 8:00 am
Seeing a financial opportunity, Thalia gets Dobie and his Dad mixed up with a shady dry cleaning operation. Will she clean up while they're hung out to dry?
1x26 That's Show Biz
05 April, 1960 8:00 am
Mr & Mrs. Gillis are persuaded to help with the Central High Student-Parent Betterment League's Capers, an amateur revue featuring acts of questionable talent. This episode turns the spotlight on Frank Faylen.
1x27 The Prettiest Collateral in Town
12 April, 1960 9:00 am
To help his father's chances of securing a loan, Dobie agrees to date the banker's spoiled-brat daughter.
1x28 Live Alone and Like It
19 April, 1960 9:00 am
Dobie and Maynard strike out on their own and rent an apartment.
1x29 The Big Sandwich
26 April, 1960 8:00 am
Thalia hatches a scheme for Dobie to sell sandwiches at the school picnic.
1x30 Soup and Fish
03 May, 1960 8:00 am
Chatsworth Osborne, Jr. agrees to assist the under-dressed Dobie and Maynard gain entry to his cousin Sabrina Armitage's black-tie soirée by having each fellow take a turn wearing his tux. Will their jig be up and their pants down?
1x31 Where There's a Will
10 May, 1960 8:00 am
Mr. Gillis dreads signing his will and suffers a nightmare of what his wife and sons would do with his store in his absence.
1x32 Put Your Feet in Our Hands
17 May, 1960 8:00 am
Dobie and Chatsworth compete for the affections of Daphne by setting to work to sell the most shoes in her father's shoe store.
1x33 Competition is the Life of Trade
24 May, 1960 8:00 am
When the Quimbys come to town and open a grocery store, Dobie competes with Chatsworth for Delphine's affections while Mr. Gillis competes with Mr. Quimby for the local grocery trade.
1x34 The French, They are a Funny Race
31 May, 1960 8:00 am
Maynard is smitten with Francoise, and to compete with the similarly smitten Chatsworth Maynard trades in his sweatshirt and jazz sides for a sport coat and tie, but will he agree to shave off his beatnik beard?
1x35 The Unregistered Nurse
07 June, 1960 8:00 am
Dobie falls for a nurse and fakes having a serious illness to win her attentions, but the disease he and Maynard plucked from a medical book sparks a panic.
1x36 The Long Arm of the Law
14 June, 1960 8:00 am
After getting into an argument with a disgruntled police officer over picking flowers in the park Dobie goes to visit his new date that just so happens to be the officer's daughter.
1x37 Here Comes the Groom
21 June, 1960 8:00 am
A discouraged Dobie finally gives up on finding his dream girl and agrees to marry Zelda.
1x38 A Taste of Lobster
28 June, 1960 8:00 am
Dobie meets Gwyneth, a simple girl who despises money, until her kid sister begins dating 13-year-old Chrissie Tyler, who runs a lucrative babysitting racket out of Charlie Wong's ice cream parlor.
1x39 Rock-a-Bye Dobie
05 July, 1960 8:00 am
Dobie and a girl friend take a baby-sitting job,but the Gillises suspect Dobie is secretly a father.
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