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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3x01 The Ruptured Duck
10 October, 1961 9:00 am
Dobie and Maynard are honorably discharged from the Army and immediately join Zelda in enrolling at S. Peter Pryor Junior College, where their old high school teacher Mr. Pomfritt is now a professor.
3x02 Dobie, Dobie, Who's Got Dobie?
17 October, 1961 9:00 am
Dobie's romances with other women are torpedoed by Zelda's clever schemes.
3x03 Move Over, Perry Mason
24 October, 1961 9:00 am
Maynard sues after getting his hand stuck in Gillis Grocery's gumball machine.
3x04 The Fast White Mouse
31 October, 1961 8:00 am
Dobie uses the heredity factor to convince Zelda to abandon her dreams of marrying and having children with him and to turn her affections towards a more suitable mate: Chatsworth Osborn, Jr.
3x05 The Gigolo
07 November, 1961 8:00 am
Maynard becomes the most sought-after date because no girl's boyfriend would be jealous of him. Maynard lets this go to his head and Dobie tries to snap him back to his old, simple self
3x06 Dig, Dig, Dig
14 November, 1961 8:00 am
Mr. Gillis fears Dobie's interest in Egyptology is inspired less by mouldering mummies and more by the beautiful Dr. Burkhart.
3x07 Eat , Drink, and Be Merry... For Tomorrow... Ker-boom
21 November, 1961 8:00 am
Dr. Burkhart asks her class to bring items to include in a time capsule, but Maynard refuses, discouraged by his conviction that within a matter of years the world will go "boom, boom, ker-boom!" and there will be nobody left to discover the time capsule.
3x08 The Richest Squirrel in Town
28 November, 1961 8:00 am
Mr. Pomfritt reports $41.37 has disappeared from his desk. Earlier that day Maynard arrived to school in a taxi, telling Dobie a squirrel gave him $41.37. Dobie tries to right the wrong, but, proving that no good deed goes unpunished, finds himself the prime suspect.
3x09 The Second Most Beautiful Girl in the World
05 December, 1961 8:00 am
Dobie falls for the soft-hearted Sally Bean, whose parents insist she must date two boys at a time. Can Dobie hope to compete for Sally's affections against Chatsworth Osborne, Jr.?
3x10 This Town Ain't Big Enough for Me and Robert Browning
12 December, 1961 8:00 am
"A man's reach should exceed his grasp," wrote Robert Browning, and Dobie is inspired to reach for the unattainable Poppy Jordan.
3x11 Have Reindeer, Will Travel
19 December, 1961 8:00 am
Maynard befriends a poor Mexican shoeshine boy and generously gives him $55.78--all the money his classmates had saved to fund their Christmas dance. To earn back the money, Maynard takes a job as a department store Santa Claus.
3x12 Crazylegs Gillis
26 December, 1961 8:00 am
When the irresponsible quarterback the Gillises and Maynard have been trying to help and keep from getting cut from the team disappears just before kickoff, a gridiron veteran volunteers to come out of mothballs to cover for him.
3x13 Blue Tail Fly
02 January, 1962 8:00 am
Dobie runs against Chatsworth for student council. Campaign manager Zelda wants to have Dobie sing like Chatsworth and his hired folk-singers, but Dobie wants to run on the issues alone.
3x14 I Do Not Choose to Run
09 January, 1962 8:00 am
Herbert is running for mayor and Dobie falls in love with his opponent's daughter.
3x15 Happiness Can't Buy Money
16 January, 1962 8:00 am
Chatsworth asks Herbert T. Gillis to come to Osborn Manor and mold him from being a namby-pamby weakling into a a manly man among men, but Mumsy and Trembley conspire to quash Chatsworth's conversion.
3x16 Magnificent Failure
23 January, 1962 8:00 am
Mr. Gillis entertains big dreams of selling his grocery store to a supermarket chain for a big price and being able to give his family more time and luxuries.
3x17 For Whom the Wedding Bell Tolls
30 January, 1962 8:00 am
A wedding-by-proxy sparks Zelda's mania to get married, so Dobie and Maynard seek to escape by stowing away on a cargo ship bound for South America, not realizing Zelda is also aboard.
3x18 Girls Will Be Boys
13 February, 1962 8:00 am
Maynard meets his kind of girl in Edwina "Eddie" Kegel, a tomboy who enjoys hacking around with him, watching building demolitions and sewer excavations and laughing at the "oblongs" at the sophomore dance.
3x19 Marriage Counselor
20 February, 1962 8:00 am
Mr. Pomfritt's lecture on marriage convinces Dobie that marrying Zelda is his only logical choice. But is marriage meant to be a logical choice?
3x20 The Big Blunder and Egg Man
27 February, 1962 8:00 am
To impress a girl, Dobie invests more than he should in his economics class project. He buys stock in an egg company and ends up with a room full of eggs. Cheryl Holdridge guest stars as Daphne Winsett. [Dwayne Hickman began dating Holdridge after this episode.]
3x21 Birth of a Salesman
06 March, 1962 8:00 am
Thalia Menninger, now the assistant sales manager for the Pylon Corporation, reenters Dobie's life. Dobie vows not to fall under her spell again since he knows she will ultimately break his heart as he will never be the money making machine she is looking for in a husband.
3x22 Like, Oh Brother
13 March, 1962 8:00 am
Dobie and Maynard agree to volunteer as big brothers at the Settlement House for underprivileged children and in doing so help Dr. Burkhart bridge the gap between sociological theory and practice.
3x23 Dobie Gillis: Wanted Dead or Alive
03 April, 1962 9:00 am
A remake of the first season's "Room at the Bottom," with Mr. Pomfritt playing the part of the put-upon teacher with a dissatisfied spouse. Dobie and Maynard babysit the Pomfritts' children and are tempted to peek at the test, a high score on which would allow Dobie to transfer to an Ivy League school.
3x24 Names My Mother Called Me
27 March, 1962 9:00 am
Dobie discovers the significance of his unusual name when his distinguished namesake summons him to New York City to share a parting message. A thoughtful episode with an inspiring message for young people.
3x25 An American Strategy
19 June, 1962 8:00 am
Dobie lands a job at Lumpkin Lumber through the influence of his girlfriend Gloria, but when the boss' brash daughter takes a shine to him, Dobie sees a chance to climb the corporate ladder to success.
3x26 The Truth Session
10 April, 1962 9:00 am
Maynard learns that while honesty may be the best policy, it's not always the best way to win friends and influence people.
3x27 I Remember Muu Muu
17 April, 1962 9:00 am
Yellow journalist Maynard writes a scandalous article for The Pryor Crier, sensationalizing Dr. Burkhart's anthropology class' planned reenactment of a native dance into a "pagan revel" that raises the blood pressure of outraged parents.
3x28 Sweet Success of Smell
24 April, 1962 9:00 am
When their biology professor discovers that Maynard can track missing objects by their smell, Maynard becomes a Private Nose. Kristen Nelson, Ricky's wife, guest stars.
3x29 When Other Friendships Have Been Forgot
01 May, 1962 8:00 am
Dobie determines to toss the co-dependent Maynard from the nest of their friendship to let him learn self-sufficiency, but the tossing proves more difficult than anticipated.
3x30 I Was a Boy Sorority Girl
08 May, 1962 8:00 am
To earn $20 to woo his high-class girlfriend Samantha, Dobie and Maynard take a job as waiters at a sorority house party, but when Samantha shows up as a guest, the boys become girls to avoid being detected.
3x31 It Takes a Heap O' Livin' to Make a Cave a Home
15 May, 1962 8:00 am
On an anthropology class field trip, Maynard stumbles into a hidden cave and discovers and befriends a stone-age caveman.
3x32 Back-to-Nature Boy
22 May, 1962 8:00 am
Chatsworth's cousin Edwina drops out of high society to hack around with her childhood chum Maynard. Fearing Eddie's infatuation will lead to marriage, the scandalized Osbornes set to work making a gentleman of Maynard.
3x33 How to Cheat an Honest Man
29 May, 1962 8:00 am
When Dobie tries to impress a girl who expects complete honesty, he, his dad, and Maynard get arrested for trying to reverse a "fixed" parking ticket.
3x34 Bachelor Father... and Son
05 June, 1962 8:00 am
Mrs. Gillis leaves to visit relatives in Cleveland for a few weeks and the Gillis boys welcome the freedom, but quickly learn how much they need her firm and guiding hand upon them.
3x35 Like Low Noon
12 June, 1962 8:00 am
Bully Butch Baumgartner is due into town on the noon bus and has a score to settle with Dobie. Will Dobie muster the courage to face the man who hates him, or lie a coward in his grave?
3x36 The Frat's in the Fire
26 June, 1962 8:00 am
Due to his humble origins, Dobie is denied membership in Chatsworth's exclusive Silver Spoon Club, so he and Maynard scheme to deliver a low blow to the highbrow frat boys.
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