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The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis

Season 1 1959 - 1960
TV-PG

  • 1959-09-29T04:00:00Z on CBS
  • 26m
  • 17h 10m (39 episodes)
  • United States
  • English
  • Comedy
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.

39 episodes

Series Premiere

1959-09-29T04:00:00Z

1x01 Caper at the Bijou

Series Premiere

1x01 Caper at the Bijou

  • 1959-09-29T04:00:00Z26m

Dobie and Maynard conspire to rig the raffle at the local movie theatre so that Dobie can win enough money to take Thalia to the prom.

1959-10-06T04:00:00Z

1x02 The Best Dressed Man

1x02 The Best Dressed Man

  • 1959-10-06T04:00:00Z26m

Dobie competes with Milton Armitage to see whose wardrobe can impress Thalia the most.

1959-10-13T04:00:00Z

1x03 Love is a Science

1x03 Love is a Science

  • 1959-10-13T04:00:00Z26m

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.

1959-10-20T04:00:00Z

1x04 The Right Triangle

1x04 The Right Triangle

  • 1959-10-20T04:00:00Z26m

Dobie's older brother Davey convinces him to invent an affair with a married woman to impress a new girl in school.

Maynard gets drafted.

After a throat operation, Dobie can sing better than Milton, thus attracting Thalia.

1959-11-17T05:00:00Z

1x07 Greater Love Hath No Man

1x07 Greater Love Hath No Man

  • 1959-11-17T05:00:00Z26m

Dobie tries to earn $6 to take Thalia to the Junior Prom.

1959-11-24T05:00:00Z

1x08 The Old Goat

1x08 The Old Goat

  • 1959-11-24T05:00:00Z26m

Before the big football game, Dobie hatches a scheme for winning by stealing the opposing mascot.

1959-12-01T05:00:00Z

1x09 Dobie Gillis: Boy Actor

1x09 Dobie Gillis: Boy Actor

  • 1959-12-01T05:00:00Z26m

Dobie is up against Milton to be leading man in a school play.

1959-12-08T05:00:00Z

1x10 It Takes Two

1x10 It Takes Two

  • 1959-12-08T05:00:00Z26m

Dobie falls for Poppy Herming but has to win her father's approval too.

1959-12-15T05:00:00Z

1x11 Dobie's Birthday Party

1x11 Dobie's Birthday Party

  • 1959-12-15T05:00:00Z26m

Dobie thinks everyone has forgotten his birthday.

1959-12-22T05:00:00Z

1x12 Deck the Halls

1x12 Deck the Halls

  • 1959-12-22T05:00:00Z26m

Mr. Gillis is driven crazy by all the Christian celebrations, and almost spends the holidays in jail.

1959-12-29T05:00:00Z

1x13 Couchville, USA

1x13 Couchville, USA

  • 1959-12-29T05:00:00Z26m

Herbert seeks free advice from a child psychiologist.

1960-01-05T05:00:00Z

1x14 The Gaucho

1x14 The Gaucho

  • 1960-01-05T05:00:00Z26m

Mr. and Mrs. Gillis take in a young and handsome border from South America.

1960-01-12T05:00:00Z

1x15 The Smoke-Filled Room

1x15 The Smoke-Filled Room

  • 1960-01-12T05:00:00Z26m

Dobie runs against Milton for junior class president. Thalia is Dobie's campaign manager.

1960-01-19T05:00:00Z

1x16 The Fist Fighter

1x16 The Fist Fighter

  • 1960-01-19T05:00:00Z26m

Dobie becomes Top Fist by knocking out the legendary Moose. Milton tries to gain the title and Thaila's affections by challenging Dobie.

1960-01-26T05:00:00Z

1x17 The Hunger Strike

1x17 The Hunger Strike

  • 1960-01-26T05:00:00Z26m

Dobie goes on a hunger strike until Thalia agrees to be his.

1960-02-02T05:00:00Z

1x18 The Flying Millicans

1x18 The Flying Millicans

  • 1960-02-02T05:00:00Z26m

Dobie falls for trapeze artist Aphrodite Millican,.

1960-02-09T05:00:00Z

1x19 Room at the Bottom

1x19 Room at the Bottom

  • 1960-02-09T05:00:00Z26m

Thalia talks Dobie's parents into sending him to Willoughby prep school.

In order to win Thaila from Chatsworth, Dobie reads a book on mental power so he can be the dominating man Thalia wants.

1960-02-23T05:00:00Z

1x21 Dobie Spreads a Rumor

1x21 Dobie Spreads a Rumor

  • 1960-02-23T05:00:00Z26m

Dobie and Maynard are puzzled when a rumor they spread about Zelda inheriting a fortune seems to become reality.

1960-03-01T05:00:00Z

1x22 Love is a Fallacy

1x22 Love is a Fallacy

  • 1960-03-01T05:00:00Z26m

Thalia tries to educate Dobie in logical thinking.

1x23 The Chicken from Outer Space

  • 1960-03-08T05:00:00Z26m

Maynard gives a chicken an overdose of growth hormones as a biology class project .

1960-03-15T05:00:00Z

1x24 Dobie's Navy Blues

1x24 Dobie's Navy Blues

  • 1960-03-15T05:00:00Z26m

Dobie and a girl friend take a baby-sitting job. However, the Gillies suspect Dobie is secretly a father.

1960-03-29T05:00:00Z

1x25 Taken to the Cleaners

1x25 Taken to the Cleaners

  • 1960-03-29T05:00:00Z26m

Dobie, Maynard, and Thalia capture a crooked dry-cleaner who had almost conned them before.

1960-04-05T05:00:00Z

1x26 That's Show Biz

1x26 That's Show Biz

  • 1960-04-05T05:00:00Z26m

Dobie and most of his friends reluctantly participate in a talent show.

Doblie's dad wants him to romance a banker's daughter so he can get a loan.

1960-04-19T05:00:00Z

1x28 Live Alone and I Like It

1x28 Live Alone and I Like It

  • 1960-04-19T05:00:00Z30m

Dobie wants to prove he's grownup, so he moves into a small apartment with Maynard.

1960-04-26T04:00:00Z

1x29 The Big Sandwich

1x29 The Big Sandwich

  • 1960-04-26T04:00:00Z26m

Thalia hatches a scheme for Dobie to sell sandwiches at the school picnic.

1960-05-03T04:00:00Z

1x30 Soup and Fish

1x30 Soup and Fish

  • 1960-05-03T04:00:00Z26m

Dobie, Maynard, and Chatsworth must all share the same tuxedo to get in to a black-tie party at the Armitage mansion.

1960-05-10T04:00:00Z

1x31 Where There's a Will

1x31 Where There's a Will

  • 1960-05-10T04:00:00Z30m

Herbert worries about what will happen to the store after he's gone.

1x32 Put Your Feet in Our Hands

  • 1960-05-17T04:00:00Z26m

Dobie and Chatsworth complete for the attention of a shoe store owner's daughter in order to get a job at the store.

Dobie's newest girlfriend's father happens to be opening a new grocery store. Mr. Gillis tries to spy under the name Fred C. Dobbs.

Maynard falls for a French girl and shaves off his goatee.

1960-06-07T04:00:00Z

1x35 The Unregistered Nurse

1x35 The Unregistered Nurse

  • 1960-06-07T04:00:00Z26m

Dobie falls for an older nurse and feigns a disease so he can be near her.

1960-06-14T04:00:00Z

1x36 The Long Arm of the Law

1x36 The Long Arm of the Law

  • 1960-06-14T04:00:00Z30m

Dobie's new date's father turns out to be a cop with whom he had a disagreement about picking flowers in the park.

1960-06-21T04:00:00Z

1x37 Here Come the Groom

1x37 Here Come the Groom

  • 1960-06-21T04:00:00Z26m

A discouraged Dobie finally gives up on finding his dream girl and agrees to marry Zelda.

1960-06-28T04:00:00Z

1x38 A Taste of Lobster

1x38 A Taste of Lobster

  • 1960-06-28T04:00:00Z26m

Dobie finds a girl who doesn't care about money, until her younger sister starts going on finance dates with a richer boy.

Season Finale

1960-07-05T04:00:00Z

1x39 Rock-a-Bye Dobie

Season Finale

1x39 Rock-a-Bye Dobie

  • 1960-07-05T04:00:00Z26m

Dobie lies about joining the navy to impress a girl's sea-mined father.

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