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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4x01 A Funny Thing Happened to Me on the Way to a Funny Thing
26 September, 1962 8:00 am
A misunderstanding results in Maynard being committed to a mental hospital. Dobie is determined to bust out his good buddy by impersonating iconic television doctor Ben Casey.
4x02 What's a Little Murder Between Friends
03 October, 1962 8:00 am
Tuesday Weld returns as Thalia for this atmospheric outing set in a large mansion on a dark and stormy night. After making Thalia the beneficiary of his GI insurance policy, Dobie becomes paranoid that she is plotting to kill him.
4x03 Northern Comfort
10 October, 1962 8:00 am
Dobie's southern-fried cousin Virgil comes north to start a music career and in order to get the electric guitar, fancy threads, leggy girl and loot to launch he lays on the charm as thick and sweet as a mint julep.
4x04 The Ugliest American
17 October, 1962 8:00 am
Dr. Burkhart's anthropology class field trip takes Dobie and Maynard to the heart of the Amazon. While Dobie is off buying a shrunken head to impress beautiful classmate Clydene, Maynard mysteriously disappears.
4x05 A Splinter Off the Old Block
24 October, 1962 8:00 am
To win the sympathies of Clarissa, Duncan Gillis tells her that his cousin Dobie is an alcoholic, a role Dobie is eager to play if it means being rehabilitated by a young Ellen Burstyn as an idealistic social worker.
4x06 What Makes the Varsity Drag?
31 October, 1962 8:00 am
To win the attentions of beautiful Lottie Lee, Dobie joins the school football team and immediately finds himself the target of Lottie's jealous brute of a boyfriend, the quarterback for the opposing team in the upcoming big game.
4x07 Like Hi, Explosives
07 November, 1962 8:00 am
Maynard and Duncan set out in the grocery truck to make a delivery, not realizing their cargo is a highly combustible container of nitroglycerine.
4x08 Where is Thy Sting
14 November, 1962 8:00 am
Dobie plays sick to sucker some succor from pre-med student Emily. But oh what a tangled web Dobie weaves when first he practiced to deceive.
4x09 Flow Gently, Sweet Money
21 November, 1962 8:00 am
An older woman [played by Yvonne Craig] teaches Dunky how to be rotten to succeed in the world so he'll be able to provide for her younger sister. But meanwhile the younger sister is falling for nice, honest Dobie.
4x10 Strictly for the Birds
28 November, 1962 8:00 am
To win the affections of his patriotic dreamgirl Betsy, Dobie must pass Dr. Burkhart's rigorous American History exam. Dobie and Maynard plan to wing it with the help of Arthur the mynah bird.
4x11 The Iceman Goeth
05 December, 1962 8:00 am
Maynard and Duncan go on the lam after accidentally locking Mr. Gillis in the freezer and thinking they've killed him. Meanwhile, Dobie and Mr. Gillis come under suspicion in the disappearance of Duncan.
4x12 Doctor Jekyll and Mister Gillis
12 December, 1962 8:00 am
To avoid failing an upcoming test that will cause him to flunk out of school, Maynard drinks a potion that is supposed to turn him into a genius, but ends up transforming him into a monster.
4x13 Will the Real Santa Claus Please Come Down the Chimney
19 December, 1962 8:00 am
To cure Maynard of his childish belief in Santa Claus, Mr. Gillis climbs down the chimney on Christmas Eve - but gets stuck.
4x14 Who Did William Tell?
02 January, 1963 8:00 am
Cousin Dunky gets a role in a visiting production of William Tell and falls for a young opera star, unaware she has a jealous boyfriend.
4x15 Too Many Kooks Spoil the Broth
09 January, 1963 8:00 am
Dobie falls for a kitchenware heiress and wants to impress her by selling one of the man's Quickie-Cookers, but gets competition from his visiting southern cousin, Virgil.
4x16 Vocal Boy Makes Good
16 January, 1963 8:00 am
Dobie beats Maynard out for a temporary position as a member of the vocal group, The Lettermen. The Lettermen appear as themselves.
4x17 All Right, Dobie, Drop the Gun
23 January, 1963 8:00 am
Escaped convict Clyde "The Goon" Calhoun and his moll Patsy are on the lam and holing up at the Gillises, holding the family hostage while awaiting Big Louie's arrival. A satire of the hard-boiled crime dramas of the day.
4x18 And Now a Word From Our Sponsor
30 January, 1963 8:00 am
Dobie is the new DJ on the college radio station. A mobster tries to give him payola to make his country-singer girlfriend a star. But meanwhile Zelda has singing aspirations of her own with an album called "How To Drive Men Wild", produced by Maynard. Zelda's not half-bad as a singer. We also get a rare glimpse of Maynard playing guitar and singing.
4x19 Two for the Whipsaw
06 February, 1963 8:00 am
Chatsworth pays Dobie $200 to impersonate him at a stuffy dinner party, but Dobie's deception isn't the only one on the evening's menu.
4x20 The Moon and No Pence
13 February, 1963 8:00 am
Dobie attracts the affections of an eccentric Russian girl who wants only to dance barefoot in the moonlight wearing gossamer robes. Conversely, Zelda is determined to transform Dobie into the boy in the gray flannel suit.
4x21 The Beast With Twenty Fingers
20 February, 1963 8:00 am
Maynard and Mr. Gillis' pinkies become entrapped in a Gypsy Love Link bought from a band of novelty-selling Gypsies. While Mr. Gillis and Maynard (beardless and in drag!) attend the grocer's convention, Dobie sets out in search of the secret to unlocking them.
4x22 Thanks For the Memory
27 February, 1963 8:00 am
When a foreign student likes Dobie because he is simple-minded, Zelda decides to teach him how to improve his memory. Meanwhile, Maynard is attracted to her elephant.
4x23 Three Million Coins in the Fountain
06 March, 1963 8:00 am
The Osbornes awake to find themselves bankrupt! But crafty Chatsworth is quick to cook up a scheme that will keep their parsnips buttered.
4x24 Beethoven, Presley, and Me
13 March, 1963 8:00 am
A music publisher and a radio disc jockey possess a mechanical marvel (played by Robby the Robot) that can guarantee hit records. While Virgil T. Gillis is attempting to sell them his southern-fried songs, Maynard monkeys with the machine and is transformed into a robot.
4x25 The Little Chimp That Couldn't
20 March, 1963 8:00 am
Maynard commits to teaching tricks to Seymour the chimp to keep the college from selling the little fellow to a medical school.
4x26 There's Always Room for One Less
27 March, 1963 8:00 am
Thrown out by his mother, Chatsworth moves in with the Gillises for a while. But what are the motives for the Gillis's generosity?
4x27 The General Cried at Dawn
03 April, 1963 9:00 am
While vacationing in the banana republic of Boca Dolce, the boys are abducted and Maynard is forced to impersonate his look-alike, General Ramon, a fearless leader known as El Tigre.
4x28 Now I Lay Me Down to Steal
10 April, 1963 9:00 am
Dobie, Maynard and Mr. Gillis are begrudgingly invited to spend the weekend at Osborne Manor, a visit that coincides with several puzzling robberies. Could our Maynard be a sleepwalking kleptomaniac?
4x29 Lassie, Get Lost
17 April, 1963 9:00 am
When the beautiful Valentine Van Loon broadcasts a plea and a reward for the return of her lost dog Boo Boo, it becomes father vs. son to be the first to find and return the pooch, Dobie for romantic reasons and Mr. Gillis for the hard, cold cash.
4x30 The Rice and Old Shoes Caper
24 April, 1963 9:00 am
Zelda is tired of being rejected by Dobie, while Maynard realizes that no other woman would put up with him. Maynard agrees to marry Zelda but her plan is to induce Dobie to come to Maynard's rescue and take his place.
4x31 Requiem for an Underweight Heavyweight
01 May, 1963 8:00 am
Pills containing the concentrated essence of the Galapagos Island turtle transform Maynard into the powerhouse prizefighter "Killer Krebs."
4x32 I Was a Spy for the F.O.B.
08 May, 1963 8:00 am
Maynard and the Gillises go to Washington D.C. and Maynard gets mistaken for a rocket scientist and sought by foreign spies for his secret fuel formula.
4x33 There's a Broken Light for Every Broken Heart on Broadway
15 May, 1963 8:00 am
Maynard guides a fellow student to become a singing sensation, then ponders if he should step aside when a big-time agent wants to take her on. (The plot was farfetched, but it did have a touching story.)
4x34 Beauty is Only Kin Deep
22 May, 1963 8:00 am
Dobie falls in love with a girl at school, but family tradition prevents her from marrying until a match can be found for her older sister.
4x35 The Call of the, Like, Wild
29 May, 1963 8:00 am
When Maynard confuses a musk ox-derived love potion for his hair tonic he becomes the irresistible desire of every woman. The mercenary Mr. Gillis hopes to capitalize on his catapulting Maynard to Hollywood stardom.
4x36 The Devil and Dobie Gillis
05 June, 1963 8:00 am
Chatsworth approaches Dobie with a scheme to rig the raffle at the Osborne charity bazaar and split the $5,000 prize. Will the allure of all that filthy lucre lead the perpetually poor Dobie down the road to perdition?
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