The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis

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1x1
Caper at the Bijou
Episode overview
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.
1x2
The Best Dressed Man
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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].
1x3
Love is a Science
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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.
1x4
The Right Triangle
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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 .. show full overview
1x5
Maynard's Farewell to the Troops
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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.
1x6
The Sweet Singer of Central High
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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, .. show full overview
1x7
Greater Love Hath No Man
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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?
1x8
The Old Goat
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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.
1x9
Dobie Gillis: Boy Actor
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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
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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
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Dobie thinks everyone has forgotten his birthday.
1x12
Deck the Halls
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
Episode overview
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
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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
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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 .. show full overview
1x20
The Power of Positive Thinking
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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
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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
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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
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As a biology class project Maynard gives a chicken an overdose of growth hormones
1x24
Dobie's Navy Blues
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Dobie lies about joining the navy to impress a girl's sea-mined father
1x25
Taken to the Cleaners
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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
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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
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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
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Dobie and Maynard strike out on their own and rent an apartment.
1x29
The Big Sandwich
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Thalia hatches a scheme for Dobie to sell sandwiches at the school picnic.
1x30
Soup and Fish
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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
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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
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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
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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
Episode overview
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
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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
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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
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A discouraged Dobie finally gives up on finding his dream girl and agrees to marry Zelda.
1x38
A Taste of Lobster
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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
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Dobie and a girl friend take a baby-sitting job,but the Gillises suspect Dobie is secretly a father.

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