• Air date: 10 Oct '61 36 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 (36)
    • 1. Ruptured Duck

      10 Oct '61
      Dobie and Maynard get their honorable discharges from the army and decides to go to college.
    • 2. Dobie, Dobie, Who's Got Dobie?

      17 Oct '61
      Zelda competes with a beautifull college girl for Dobie's affections.
    • 3. Move Over, Perry Mason

      24 Oct '61
      Maynard sues after getting his hand struck in the store's gumball machine. Was the machine defective or is Maynard an "accident prune"?
    • 4. The Fast White Mouse

      31 Oct '61
      Dobie and Zelda worry they are genetically inferior and thus doomed to failure like the loser rat in their biology class experiments.
    • 5. The Gigolo

      07 Nov '61
      Maynard becomes the most sought-after date because no girl's boyfriend would be jealous of him. Maynard lets this go to his head and Dobie tries to snap him back to his old, simple self
    • 6. Dig, Dig, Dig

      14 Nov '61
      Dobie wants to study Egyptology, but Mr. Gillis thinks Dobie only has a crush on the teacher, played by Jean Byron, making her first appearance as Dr. Burkhart.
    • 7. Eat, Drink and be Merry...For Tomorrow, Ker-Boom!

      21 Nov '61
      Maynard predicts the end of the world.
    • 8. The Richest Squirrel in Town

      28 Nov '61
      A larcenous rodent is stealing from Mr. Pomfritt's desk, but Maynard and Dobie get blamed.
    • 9. The Second Most Beautiful Girl in the World

      05 Dec '61
      Dobie finds he has to share hie new date, a tender-hearted girl, with another boy on each date he takes her on.[Based loosely on one of Max Shulman's original short story from the first book.]
    • 10. This Town Ain't Big Enough for Me and Robert Browning

      12 Dec '61
      Dobie decides to follow the advice in one of Browning's poems.[A man's reach should exceed his grasp.] This not only costs him his new girl, but almost Zelda as well.
    • 11. Have Reindeer, Will Travel

      19 Dec '61
      Maynard gives the class's Christmas funds to a poor Mexican family.
    • 12. Crazylegs Gillis

      26 Dec '61
      Dobie and girlfriend [played by Michelle Lee] have to babysit for a college football player's kids and ends up having to fill in for him during the game.
    • 13. Blue Tail Fly

      02 Jan '62
      Dobie runs against Chatsworth for student council. Campaign manager Zelda wants to have Dobie sing like Chatsworth and his hired folk-singers, but Dobie wants to run on the issuse alone.
    • 14. I Do Not Choose to Run

      09 Jan '62
      Herbert is running for mayor and Dobie falls in love with his opponent's daughter.
    • 15. Happiness Can't Buy Money

      16 Jan '62
      Chatsworth wants Mr. Gillis to teach him to be more responisble.
    • 16. Magnificent Failure

      23 Jan '62
      Mr. Gillis decides to sell the store.
    • 17. For Whom the Wedding Bells Tolls

      30 Jan '62
      Doibie and Maynard stow away on a boat headed for South America. Dobie wants to get away from Zelda, but she follows them.
    • 18. Girls Will Be Boys

      13 Feb '62
      Maynard goes out with a female version of himself. Dobie thinks she should act more feminine. When she realizes it's fun to be feminine, Maynard gets scared away.
    • 19. Marriage Counselor

      20 Feb '62
      When Dobie's psychology class teaches him about the many benefits of marriage, he decides it's time to marry Zelda. But at Maynard's suggestion, she decides that Dobie must first show her a sign of passionate love, such as a serenade.
    • 20. The Big Blunder and Egg Man

      27 Feb '62
      To impress a girl, Dobie invests more than he should in his economics class project. He buys stock in an egg company and ends up with a room full of eggs. Cheryl Holdridge gueast stars as Daphne Winsett. [Dwayne Hickman began dating Holdridge after this episode.]
    • 21. Birth of a Salesman

      06 Mar '62
      When Dobie wants to join an exclusive fraternity, Mr. Gillis bribes members to accept him.
    • 22. Like, Oh Brother

      13 Mar '62
      Dobie and Maynard help Dr. Burkhart[Jean Byron] establish a center for disadvantaged kids. Maynard wins over the little delinquents by talking to them on their own level.
    • 23. Wanted: Dead or Alive

      20 Mar '62
      Dobie tries to convince Maynard that he is not going to fall for any more money-mad girls, but then successful college dropout Thalia Menninger shows up on campus and asks Dobie and Mr. Pomfritt to come work for her as salesmen.
    • 24. Names My Mother Called Me

      27 Mar '62
      When his latest girlfriend tells him to change his silly name, Dobie learns that he is named after a Noble Prize winner.
    • 25. Dobie Gillis: Wanted Dead or Alive

      03 Apr '62
      In order to get good enough grades to follow his latest heartthrob to Harvard, Dobie must cheat on an exam to pass his poetry class.