The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis

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2x1
Who Needs Elvis?
Episode overview
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.
2x2
You Ain't Nothin' But a Houn' Dog
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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.
2x3
Baby Talk
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Maynard finds an abandoned baby in the park.
2x4
Dobie Goes Beatnik
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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.
2x5
The Mystic Powers of Maynard G. Krebs
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Maynard has temporary ESP, which will allow hiw to prodict the winner of the Kennedy-Nixon pressidential election
2x6
The Face That Stopped the Clock
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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.
2x7
Maynard G. Krebs: Boy Millionaire
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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.
2x8
Around My Room in 80 Days
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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.
2x9
Drag Strip Dobie
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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
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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
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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
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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?
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Maynard befriends a real cool cat: the lion belonging to His Imperial Radiance Prince Dumiphon of Ambodia.
2x14
The Big Question
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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?
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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
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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
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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
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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 .. show full overview
2x19
Will Success Spoil Dobie's Mother?
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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 .. show full overview
2x20
The Second Childhood of Herbert T. Gillis
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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
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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
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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 .. show full overview
2x23
I Didn't Raise My Boy to Be a Solider, Sailor, or Marine
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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
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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
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Despite opposition from his mother, Chatsworth decides to join Dobie and Maynard in the Army.
2x26
The Battle of Maynard's Beard
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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
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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 .. show full overview
2x28
Like Mother, Like Daughter, Like Wow
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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
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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
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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
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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, .. show full overview
2x32
Aah, Yer Fadder Wears Army Shoes
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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