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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2x01 Who Needs Elvis?
20 September, 1960 8:00 am
Aiming high to win the affections of Esme Lauterbach (a 6'2"-tall beauty), Dobie allows Zelda to compose his entry in Mr. Pomfritt's music class contest. Dobie performs the song "I'm a Lover, Not a Fighter" from Dwayne Hickman's 1960 Capitol LP.
2x02 You Ain't Nothin' But a Houn' Dog
04 October, 1960 8:00 am
Maynard enters Dobie's old school essay "My Dog" in a newpaper Father's Day contest,but changes it to "My Dad". Dobie unexpectedly wins the newpapers contest-and becomes closer to his father as a result.
2x04 Dobie Goes Beatnik
25 October, 1960 8:00 am
Thelonius Monk comes to town and invites Maynard to sit in on bongos! But Herbert needa a favor which will require Dobie and Maynard to switch identities.
2x05 The Mystic Powers of Maynard G. Krebs
01 November, 1960 8:00 am
Maynard has temporary ESP, which will allow hiw to prodict the winner of the Kennedy-Nixon pressidential election
2x06 The Face That Stopped the Clock
15 November, 1960 8:00 am
Maynard takes a job selling clock-statues at an army surplus store, where he is assigned the impossible task of selling the overstock on grotesque Confucius statues with clocks in their bellies.
2x07 Maynard G. Krebs: Boy Millionaire
22 November, 1960 8:00 am
Maynard finds a purse containing $512 and eagerly awaits the day six months later when he can claim the money, but two con men see in Maynard an easy mark to make them some easy money.
2x08 Around My Room in 80 Days
29 November, 1960 8:00 am
A rare glimpse of Maynard's home life. Most of this episode has to do with Dobie and Maynard helping a classmate not to drop out of school.
2x09 Drag Strip Dobie
06 December, 1960 8:00 am
Dobie has eyes for the cute new girl in school, Charlotte Lamarr, and gets a hot rod to impress her. He has competition from the rich and snooty Chatsworth Osborne Jr., so Zelda gives him a hand in thwarting Chatsworth's plans.
2x10 Jangle Bells
20 December, 1960 8:00 am
Maynard throws a Christmas party for his friends, but status seeker Zelda persuades Dobie it would be better to attend Chatsworth's posh party. Troubled, Dobie is haunted by ghosts in this spoof of Dickens' "A Christmas Carol."
2x11 Parlez-Vous English
27 December, 1960 8:00 am
Hungry for culture and sophistication, Mrs. Gillis befriends a French modern artist and encourages Dobie to date his existentialist poet daughter, but Yvette has her eyes set on the elder Mr. Gillis.
2x12 The Day the Teachers Disappeared
03 January, 1961 8:00 am
Parents pinch-hit for the teachers when a flu epidemic fells the faculty. Dobie livens up Mrs. Kenney's music class by singing "Don't Send a Rabbit" from Dwayne Hickman's 1960 Capitol LP "Dobie."
2x13 What's My Lion?
10 January, 1961 8:00 am
Maynard befriends a real cool cat: the lion belonging to His Imperial Radiance Prince Dumiphon of Ambodia.
2x14 The Big Question
24 January, 1961 8:00 am
Mr. Pomfritt assigns an essay addressing a big question: "Whither are we drifting?" Dobie and Maynard mull the question and their uncertain futures in an atypical episode that is more thoughtful than humorous.
2x15 Have You Stopped Beating Your Wife?
31 January, 1961 8:00 am
After too many late nights with the boys at the Bison Lodge, Mr. Gillis seeks to bring the romance back to his neglected marriage, heeding the sound advice of Dobie and his trusty marriage manual.
2x16 The Bitter Feud of Dobie and Maynard
07 February, 1961 8:00 am
Maynard realizes his close friendship with Dobie is affecting Dobie's social and educational advancement, so Maynard decides he must end their friendship for Dobie's own good.
2x17 Zelda, Get Off My Back
14 February, 1961 8:00 am
Dobie encourages Zelda to go and be wined and dined while tutoring the Yale-aspiring Chatsworth (thus freeing Dobie to date other girls). Will it be "out of sight, out of mind" or will Zelda's absence make his heart grow fonder?
2x18 I Was a High School Scrooge
28 February, 1961 8:00 am
Central High's yearbook editor Zelda assigns Dobie and Maynard to write a "where are they now" feature on the school's former star football player and 1911 graduate Walter "show 'em no mercy" Appleby, whom the boys discover has seemingly fallen on hard times.
2x19 Will Success Spoil Dobie's Mother?
28 February, 1961 8:00 am
Mrs. Gillis writes the winning entry in a contest and Dobie eagerly anticipates the prize: a date with glamorous movie starlet Merilee Maribou. Seeing the date as a stepping stone to success, Dobie performs "Don't Shoot The Man on the Moon" from Dwayne Hickman's 1960 Capitol LP, "Dobie."
2x20 The Second Childhood of Herbert T. Gillis
07 March, 1961 8:00 am
Dobie's upcoming graduation brings to light the embarrassing fact that Herbert T. Gillis never graduated high school, but thanks to evening classes for adults Dobie's Dad is determined to finally finish what he started long ago.
2x21 Dobie Versus the Machine
14 March, 1961 8:00 am
Adrift after graduation, Dobie and Maynard seek the counsel of their elders and of professionals on what next to do with their lives. In the end they decide to enlist in the army.
2x22 Baby Shoes
21 March, 1961 8:00 am
Dobie receives a friendly letter from his Uncle Sam: "Greetings. Your enlistment in the United States Army has been processed." As the Gillises prepare to send their boy into the service, Dobie's baby shoes spark a flashback to the 1940s when Mr. and Mrs. Gillis were eagerly expecting their baby.
2x23 I Didn't Raise My Boy to Be a Solider, Sailor, or Marine
28 March, 1961 9:00 am
Maynard misses the bus on his first day in the Army, but Chatsworth fills him in for him. After they switch back, Maynard finds that thanks to Chatsworth, he has become eligible for Officer Candidate School.
2x24 The Chicken Corporal
04 April, 1961 9:00 am
Being put in charge of his squad's barracks goes to Dobie's head and his friendship with Maynard suffers, along with the opportunity for a double date.
2x25 The Solid Gold Dog Tag
11 April, 1961 9:00 am
Despite opposition from his mother, Chatsworth decides to join Dobie and Maynard in the Army.
2x26 The Battle of Maynard's Beard
18 April, 1961 9:00 am
After getting his beard caught in his rifle's bolt release, Maynard is ordered to shave off the offending fuzz. When the protest cat protests the order, Dobie defends his friend before a military tribunal.
2x27 Spaceville
25 April, 1961 9:00 am
Dobie, Maynard and Corporal Kilroy (a chimpanzee) are selected to participate in Operation Moonshot, which requires them to spend 30 days in a simulated space capsule. Will Maynard and Kilroy's antics bring them from the frying pan to the launching pad?
2x28 Like Mother, Like Daughter, Like Wow
02 May, 1961 8:00 am
Mr. Gillis' high school squeeze Bubbles moves back to town with her beautiful daughter Hazel, stirring up fond memories and green-eyed monsters.
2x29 Dobie Plays Cupid
09 May, 1961 8:00 am
Home from the Army on furlough, Dobie attempts to boost Maynard's confidence with girls by convincing him that his twitchy eyebrows give him irresistible sex appeal.
2x30 Like Father, Like Son, Like Trouble
16 May, 1961 8:00 am
Dobie gets cast in the army play and while in costume, leads a girl to believe he is an army official. The problem: she is the daughter of a real army officer.
2x31 Be It Ever So Humble
23 May, 1961 8:00 am
After watching a sentimental war movie, Maynard is stricken with acute homesickness and secures a pass home. Dobie fears his buddy has gone AWOL and returns home to bring him back, securing his own pass home by claiming that his father is deathly ill.
2x32 Aah, Yer Fadder Wears Army Shoes
30 May, 1961 8:00 am
Not to be upstaged by a beautiful Army brat with an impressive pedigree, Dobie claims his father is a missing in action WWII hero and sets to spinning yarns of his extraordinary exploits.
2x33 Everything but the Truth
06 June, 1961 8:00 am
Zelda tells the snooty Rochelle that she and Dobie are secretly engaged, weaving a web of deception that threatens to ensnare her at the big society party. This time the spotlight shines on Sheila James in what appears to be a set up for a spin-off.
2x34 Goodbye Mister Pomfritt, Hello Mr. Chips
13 June, 1961 8:00 am
Mr. Pomfritt is discouraged and decides to leave the teaching profession, inspiring Dobie and Maynard to host a testimonial dinner to encourage and hearten him in his calling.
2x35 Take Me to Your Leader
20 June, 1961 8:00 am
On a dark and stormy night inside the grocery store, Dobie, Maynard,and Zelda discuss alien possession, and thus believe that the store's next patron, a beautiful blonde, is secretly an alien.
2x36 This Ain't the Way We Used to Do It
27 June, 1961 8:00 am
When Maynard suffers a head injury, a feisty WWII veteran comes out of retirement to help the platoon complete Operation Xerxes.
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