• Air date: 29 Sep '59 39 episodes
      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.
  • List of Episodes (39)
    • 1. Caper at the Bijou

      29 Sep '59
      Dobie and Maynard conspire tp rig the raffle at the local movie theatre so that Dobie can win enough money to take Thalia to the prom.
    • 2. The Best Dressed Man

      06 Oct '59
      Dobie completes 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 tailer[played by Mel Blanc].
    • 3. Love is a Science

      13 Oct '59
      Thalia urges Dobie to become a doctor, but he meets Zelda Gilroy and learns about the scientific concept of propinquity, the psychological tendency for people to form relationships with those whom they encounter often.
    • 4. The Right Triangle

      20 Oct '59
      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 believing that Dobie really is having an affair with his math teacher,[played by Jean Byron].
    • 5. Maynard's Farewell to the Troops

      03 Nov '59
      Maynard gets drafted [In real life Bob Denver had just been drafted so they had to write him out of the series.] This espiode introduces Michael J. Pollard as Maynard's couisin Jerome Krebs. Bob Denver got rejected 4-f and was soon back with the show and Jerome was never seen again.
    • 6. The Sweet Singer of Central High

      10 Nov '59
      After a throat operation, Dobie can sing better than Milton, thus attracting Thalia.[This is the only other show where Jerome Krebs appears.]
    • 7. Greater Love Hath No Man

      17 Nov '59
      Dobie tries to earn $6 to take Thalia to the Junior Prom.
    • 8. The Old Goat

      24 Nov '59
      Before the big football game, Dobie hatches a scheme for winning by stealing the opposing mascot-a goat.
    • 9. Dobie Gillis: Boy Actor

      01 Dec '59
      Dobie is up against Milton to be leading man in a school play.
    • 10. It Takes Two

      08 Dec '59
      Dobie falls for Poppy Herming but has to win her father's approval too.
    • 11. Dobie's Birthday Party

      15 Dec '59
      Dobie thinks everyone has forgotten his birthday.
    • 12. Deck the Halls

      22 Dec '59
      Mr. Gillis is driven crazy by all the Christian celebrations, and allmost spends the holidays in jail.
    • 13. Couchville, USA

      29 Dec '59
      Herbert seeks free advice from a child psychiologist.
    • 14. The Gaucho

      05 Jan '60
      Mr. and Mrs. Gillis take in a young, handsome border from South America.
    • 15. The Smoke-Filled Room

      12 Jan '60
      Dobie runs against Milton for junior class president. Thalia is Dobie's campaign manager.
    • 16. The Fist Fighter

      19 Jan '60
      Dobie becomes ""Top Fist"" by knocking out the legendary Moose. Milton tries to gaimn the tide[and Thaila's affections] by challenging Dobie
    • 17. The Hunger Strike

      26 Jan '60
      Dobie goes on a hunger strike until Thalia agrees to be his. guest star: Marlo Thomas and [briefly] Ryan O'Neal.
    • 18. The Flying Millicans

      02 Feb '60
      Dobie falls for trapeze Aphrodite Millican, played by Yvonne 'Batgirl' Craig.
    • 19. Room at the Bottom

      09 Feb '60
      halia talks Dobie's parents into sending him to Willoughby prep school. He doesn't go,but there is a bream sequence where Mr. Gillis imagines Dobie with a rich roommate,played by Steven Franken,indicating that despite its production number and date,this episode must have preceded the introduction of the Chatsworth Osborne,Jr. character. Also features Jean Byron as Dobie's math teacher and little Ronnir Howard as her son.
    • 20. The Power of Positive Thinking

      16 Feb '60
      In order to win Thaila from Chatsworth, Dobie reads a book on mental power so he can be the "dominating man" Thalia wants
    • 21. Dobie Spreads a Rumor

      23 Feb '60
      Dobie and Maynard are puzzled when a rumour they spread about Zelda inheriting a fortune seems to become reality. Thie episode offers a rare glimpse of Zelda's family including her three sisters and her harried father.
    • 22. Love is a Fallacy

      01 Mar '60
      Based on one of Shulman's best stories, Thalia tries to educate Dobie in logical thinking.
    • 23. The Chicken from Outer Space

      08 Mar '60
      As a biology class project Maynard gives a chicken an overdose of growth hormones
    • 24. Dobie's Navy Blues

      15 Mar '60
      Dobie and a girl friend take a baby-sitting job,but the Gillies suspect Dobie is secretly a father.
    • 25. Taken to the Cleaners

      29 Mar '60
      Dobie,Maynard,and Thalia capture crooked dry-cleaner who had almost conned them before.[In this episode Thalia admits that, ""Even if my father had kidneys of stell, my mother was younger than springtime, my sister was married to a trillonaire and my brother was president of Harvard, i'd still want money!""]