My 30 Most Favorite Episodes of "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis".
If the title didn't give it away - these are my 30 most favorite episodes of the TV Show, "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis". Watch one per day for a full month of hilarity and smiles!
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- DirectorRod AmateauStarsDwayne HickmanFrank FaylenFlorida FriebusMr. Gillis fears Dobie's interest in Egyptology is inspired less by mouldering mummies and more by the beautiful Dr. Burkhart.
- DirectorRod AmateauStarsDwayne HickmanFrank FaylenFlorida FriebusWhen 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.
- 1959–196326mTV-Y77.4 (25)TV EpisodeDirectorRod AmateauStarsDwayne HickmanFrank FaylenFlorida FriebusParents 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."
- 1959–196326mTV-Y77.9 (35)TV EpisodeDirectorRod AmateauStarsDwayne HickmanFrank FaylenBob DenverMaynard sues the insurance company after getting his hand stuck in Gillis Grocery's gumball machine.
- 1959–196326mTV-Y78.4 (42)TV EpisodeDirectorGuy ScarpittaStarsDwayne HickmanFrank FaylenFlorida FriebusTo help Mr. Gillis receive an exalted position in his Bison lodge, Dobie and Maynard switch roles.
- 1959–196326mTV-Y77.9 (21)TV EpisodeDirectorRod AmateauStarsDwayne HickmanBob DenverSheila James KuehlDobie scores a gig spinning sides for the campus radio station and is soon offered payola to pump the open-toed sandal songs of folksinger Prudence Virtue. Determined to sway Dobie's savage heart with song, Zelda records and performs "Come a Little Closer."
- DirectorRod AmateauStarsDwayne HickmanFrank FaylenFlorida FriebusMaynard, of whom no man could ever be jealous, suddenly finds himself a hot commodity among the coeds of S. Peter Pryor Junior College when he agrees to serve as their escort to social events while their boyfriends are away. Dobie, fearing his caviar-stuffed friend is headed for a life of dissipation and decay, sets to rescuing him.
- 1959–196326mTV-Y77.8 (35)TV EpisodeDirectorRod AmateauStarsDwayne HickmanFrank FaylenBob DenverAdrift after graduation, Dobie and Maynard seek the counsel of their elders and of professionals on what next to do with their lives.
- 1959–196326mTV-Y77.5 (28)TV EpisodeDirectorRod AmateauStarsDwayne HickmanFrank FaylenFlorida FriebusDobie tells the story of how and why Maynard and Zelda are standing in front of a J.P. about to be married. At Zelda's recent 21st birthday, Zelda implied that the best present she could receive would be to marry Dobie, while Dobie in turn implied that that would never happen. As such, Zelda told Dobie she would embark on a plan to marry him that would involve Maynard. Maynard's most prized possession is his freedom, and Dobie, as his best friend, would never let that freedom be taken away from him. So if Zelda was able to get Maynard to propose to her, Dobie would step in to save Maynard. Zelda was able to use logic to get engaged to Maynard, without telling him her true purpose. As Maynard truly did see marrying Zelda as the best thing for himself, Dobie could not break his heart by telling him Zelda's true purpose. And although most in town, including the parents, didn't approve of the wedding, no one saw it as their place to stop it. So when the J.P. asks if anyone knows of just cause why Maynard and Zelda should not be married, will anyone - most specifically Dobie or Zelda - pipe up?
- 1959–196326mTV-Y77.4 (35)TV EpisodeDirectorRod AmateauStarsDwayne HickmanFrank FaylenFlorida FriebusDobie and Maynard tell their sergeant of the dark and stormy night when they were left minding the store and became convinced a Martian invasion was underway.
- 1959–196326mTV-Y77.4 (50)TV EpisodeDirectorRalph MurphyStarsDwayne HickmanFrank FaylenFlorida FriebusDobie falls in love with the beautiful and brainy Aphrodite, 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.
- 1959–196326mTV-Y77.2 (25)TV EpisodeDirectorRod AmateauStarsDwayne HickmanFrank FaylenBob DenverPills containing the concentrated essence of the Galapagos Island turtle transform Maynard into the powerhouse prizefighter "Killer Krebs."
- 1959–196326mTV-Y77.1 (21)TV EpisodeDirectorRod AmateauStarsDwayne HickmanFrank FaylenFlorida FriebusDobie'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.
- 1959–196326mTV-Y78.0 (37)TV EpisodeDirectorRod AmateauStarsDwayne HickmanFrank FaylenFlorida FriebusDobie 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.
- 1959–196326mTV-Y76.7 (35)TV EpisodeDirectorRod AmateauStarsDwayne HickmanFrank FaylenFlorida FriebusMaynard 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.
- 1959–196326mTV-Y78.0 (41)TV EpisodeDirectorRod AmateauStarsDwayne HickmanFrank FaylenFlorida FriebusDobie 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.
- DirectorRod AmateauStarsDwayne HickmanFrank FaylenBob DenverMaynard discovers in the park one day both an abandoned baby and his paternal instinct. But keeping little, crying Katrina a secret proves to be a herculean task for Maynard, Dobie and Zelda, especially with a suspicious Chatsworth nosing around.
- 1959–196326mTV-Y77.8 (32)TV EpisodeDirectorRobert GordonStarsDwayne HickmanFrank FaylenFlorida FriebusDobie'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.
- 1959–196326mTV-Y77.5 (31)TV EpisodeDirectorRod AmateauStarsDwayne HickmanFrank FaylenFlorida FriebusThe Gilleses believe that the time has come to disabuse Maynard of his belief in Santa Claus and set in motion an elaborate scheme to accomplish the task.
- 1959–196326mTV-Y77.6 (52)TV EpisodeDirectorRalph MurphyStarsDwayne HickmanBob DenverWarren BeattyDobie 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."
- 1959–196326mTV-Y77.9 (40)TV EpisodeDirectorRod AmateauStarsDwayne HickmanFrank FaylenFlorida FriebusThalia hatches a scheme for Dobie to sell sandwiches at the school picnic.
- 1959–196326mTV-Y77.1 (31)TV EpisodeDirectorRalph MurphyStarsDwayne HickmanFrank FaylenBob DenverTo 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.
- 1959–196326mTV-Y77.3 (18)TV EpisodeDirectorDavid DavisStarsDwayne HickmanFrank FaylenBob DenverChatsworth 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.
- 1959–196326mTV-Y76.8 (40)TV EpisodeDirectorRod AmateauStarsDwayne HickmanFrank FaylenFlorida FriebusDobie 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.
- 1959–196326mTV-Y78.4 (36)TV EpisodeDirectorRod AmateauStarsDwayne HickmanFrank FaylenFlorida FriebusMr. 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.
- 1959–196325mTV-Y78.1 (29)TV EpisodeDirectorGuy ScarpittaStarsDwayne HickmanBob DenverSheila James KuehlDr. 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.
- 1959–196326mTV-Y78.0 (27)TV EpisodeDirectorRobert GordonStarsDwayne HickmanFrank FaylenFlorida FriebusAfter 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.
- 1959–196326mTV-Y77.9 (36)TV EpisodeDirectorRod AmateauStarsDwayne HickmanFrank FaylenFlorida FriebusThe Gillises give frumpy Dr. Burkhart an extreme makeover in the hope of provoking a marriage proposal from her longtime boyfriend.
- 1959–196326mTV-Y78.0 (35)TV EpisodeDirectorGuy ScarpittaStarsDwayne HickmanFrank FaylenFlorida FriebusWhen 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.
- 1959–196326mTV-Y76.8 (22)TV EpisodeDirectorRod AmateauStarsDwayne HickmanFrank FaylenBob DenverMaynard will be expelled from S. Peter Pryor College unless he passes a comprehensive exam. Desperate, he sneaks a drink of Professor Dartmoor's LYC-13 formula that can make a man a genius, but too much of which can make a man a monster. Bottoms up!