The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis

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  • : 1959
  • : 148
  • : 5
  • CBS
  • Comedy Family

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4x1
A Funny Thing Happened to Me on the Way to a Funny Thing
Episode overview
26, 1962
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.
4x2
What's a Little Murder Between Friends
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03, 1962
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.
4x3
Northern Comfort
Episode overview
10, 1962
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.
4x4
The Ugliest American
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17, 1962
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.
4x5
A Splinter Off the Old Block
Episode overview
24, 1962
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.
4x6
What Makes the Varsity Drag?
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31, 1962
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.
4x7
Like Hi, Explosives
Episode overview
07, 1962
Maynard and Duncan set out in the grocery truck to make a delivery, not realizing their cargo is a highly combustible container of nitroglycerine.
4x8
Where is Thy Sting
Episode overview
14, 1962
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.
4x9
Flow Gently, Sweet Money
Episode overview
21, 1962
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
Episode overview
28, 1962
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
Episode overview
05, 1962
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
Episode overview
12, 1962
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
Episode overview
19, 1962
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?
Episode overview
02, 1963
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
Episode overview
09, 1963
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
Episode overview
16, 1963
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
Episode overview
23, 1963
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
Episode overview
30, 1963
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 .. show full overview
4x19
Two for the Whipsaw
Episode overview
06, 1963
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
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13, 1963
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
Episode overview
20, 1963
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 .. show full overview
4x22
Thanks For the Memory
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27, 1963
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
Episode overview
06, 1963
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
Episode overview
13, 1963
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 .. show full overview
4x25
The Little Chimp That Couldn't
Episode overview
20, 1963
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
Episode overview
27, 1963
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
Episode overview
03, 1963
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
Episode overview
10, 1963
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
Episode overview
17, 1963
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
Episode overview
24, 1963
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
Episode overview
01, 1963
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.
Episode overview
08, 1963
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
Episode overview
15, 1963
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
Episode overview
22, 1963
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
Episode overview
29, 1963
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
Episode overview
05, 1963
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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