The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis

The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis

TV-PG | 1959
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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.

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36 - The Devil and Dobie Gillis
Jun. 05,1963

Desperate for date money, Dobie figuratively sells his soul to Chatsworth and agrees to fix the outcome of a $5,000 charity raffle.

35 - The Call of the, Like, Wild
May. 29,1963

A chemical concoction makes Maynard irresistible to women.

34 - Beauty Is Only Kin Deep
May. 22,1963

Dobie falls in love with a girl at school, but family tradition prevents her from marrying until a match can be found for her older sister.

33 - There's a Broken Light for Every Broken Heart on Broadway
May. 15,1963

Maynard guides a fellow student to become a singing sensation, then ponders if he should step aside when a big-time agent wants to take her on.

32 - I Was a Spy for the F.O.B.
May. 08,1963

On a trip to Washington DC with the Gillises, Maynard gets mistaken for a rocket scientist and sought by foreign spies for his secret fuel formula.

31 - Requiem for an Underweight Heavyweight
May. 01,1963

Maynard temporarily gains super-strength. Mr. Gillis becomes his prize fighting manager.

30 - The Rice and Old Shoes Caper
Apr. 24,1963

Zelda is tired of being rejected by Dobie, while Maynard realizes that no other woman would put up with him.

29 - Lassie, Get Lost
Apr. 17,1963

A teenage celebrity's dog is lost and Dobie tries to find it.

28 - Now I Lay Me Down to Steal
Apr. 10,1963

Staying overnight at the Osbourne mansion with Dobie and his new girlfriend, Maynard is suspected of stealing jewelry from their safe when he is found sleepwalking.

27 - The General Cried at Dawn
Apr. 03,1963

Maynard doubles for a Latin American general while on vacation.

26 - There's Always Room for One Less
Mar. 27,1963

Thrown out by his mother, Chatsworth moves in with the Gillises for a while.

25 - The Little Chimp That Couldn't
Mar. 20,1963

A test chimpanzee is doomed unless Maynard can show that he is more talented than he seems.

24 - Beethoven, Presley, and Me
Mar. 13,1963

The song-analyzing qualities of a computer are transfered to Maynard, and cousin Virgil uses his ability to predict hit songs to become a singing star.

23 - Three Million Coins in the Fountain
Mar. 06,1963

When Chatsworth's family goes broke, he gets Maynard and Duncan to help him raise money claiming it is charity for a needy family.

22 - Thanks for the Memory
Feb. 27,1963

When a foreign student likes Dobie because he is simple-minded, Zelda decides to teach him how to improve his memory

21 - The Beast with Twenty Fingers
Feb. 20,1963

Maynard and Herbert get struck in one of those finger toys just as Mr. Gillis is about to leave for a grocer's convention.

20 - The Moon and No Pence
Feb. 13,1963

Dobie falls for brainy a Russian ballerina and solicits Zelda's aid to improve his grades. When that fails, he ends up dancing outside her window.

19 - Two for the Whipsaw
Feb. 06,1963

Chatsworth pays Dobie to take his place at a fancy dinner with old friends of the family, whose daughter he remembers as being particularly ugly.

18 - And Now a Word From Our Sponsor
Jan. 30,1963

Dobie is the new DJ on the college radio station. A mobster tries to give him payola to make his country-singer girlfriend a star.

17 - All Right, Dobie, Drop the Gun
Jan. 23,1963

A fugitive criminal and his girlfriend hold up the Gillises in the store. Maynard arrives and complicates the situation.

16 - Vocal Boy Makes Good
Jan. 16,1963

Performing at Pryor College, the Lettermen hire Dobie as an emergency replacement singer.

15 - Too Many Kooks Spoil the Broth
Jan. 09,1963

Dobie falls for a kitchenware heiress and wants to impress her by selling one of the man's Quickie-Cookers.

14 - Who Did William Tell?
Jan. 02,1963

Duncan gets a role in a visiting production of William Tell and falls for a young opera star, unaware she has a jealous boyfriend.

13 - Will the Real Santa Claus Please Come Down the Chimney
Dec. 19,1962

To cure Maynard of his childish belief in Santa Claus, Mr. Gillis climbs down the chimney on Christmas Eve and gets stuck.

12 - Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Gillis
Dec. 12,1962

To avoid failing an upcoming test that will cause him to flunk out of school, Maynard drinks a potion that is supposed to turn him into a genius, but ends up transforming him into a monster.

11 - The Iceman Goeth
Dec. 05,1962

Maynard and Duncan accidentally lock Mr. Gillis in the meat freezer, and think they've killed him.

10 - Strictly for the Birds
Nov. 28,1962

Dobie and Maynard train a mynah bird to help them with their history exam.

9 - Flow Gently, Sweet Money
Nov. 21,1962

An older woman teaches Duncan how to be rotten to succeed in the world so he'll be able to provide for her younger sister. But meanwhile the younger sister is falling for nice, honest Dobie.

8 - Where is Thy Sting
Nov. 14,1962

Dobie pretends to be terminaly ill to gain a girl's sympathy. However, due to a mixup, Dobie is led to believe he's really in poor health.

7 - Like Hi, Exlosives
Nov. 07,1962

Duncan and Maynard don't realize they loaded up the Gillis Grocery delivery truck with a case of nitroglycerin.

6 - What Makes the Varsity Drag?
Oct. 31,1962

Dobie joins the football squad to impress a girl, but only succeeds in making her big bruiser boyfriend jealous.

5 - A Splinter Off the Old Block
Oct. 24,1962

Dobie's teenage cousin Duncan moves in with the Gillises and tells Dobie's girlfriend that Dobie needs help for a drinking problem.

4 - The Ugliest American
Oct. 17,1962

On a class trip to an African jungle, Dobie is captured by a tribe of cannibals.

3 - Northern Comfort
Oct. 10,1962

Mrs. Gillis's cousin Virgil visits and gets the Gillises to supply him with all he needs for a singing engagement.

2 - What's a Little Murder Between Friends
Oct. 03,1962

Dobie names Thaila as his beneficiary on a life insurance policy, then becomes paranoid that she and Maynard are trying to kill him.

1 - A Funny Thing Happened to Me on the Way to a Funny Thing
Sep. 26,1962

Maynard saves a suicidal jumper but falls from the ledge himself and is taken to a psycho ward.

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