The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
A teen and his laid-back best friend try to navigate school, family expectations, and changing plans for the future while chasing popularity, money, and romance. Each episode follows their latest scheme and social misstep, mixing generation-gap clashes with fast, joke-filled situations and a distinctly late-’50s youth vibe.
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Season 2
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1
E1
Who Needs Elvis?
Dobie joins the school band solely to be close to piccolo player Esme Lauterbach, who is interested in Maynard.
Sep 27, 1960 · 26m -
2
E2
You Ain't Nothin' But a Houn' Dog
Maynard enters Dobie's old school essay My Dog in a newspaper Father's Day contest, but changes it to My Dad.
Oct 4, 1960 · 26m -
3
E3
Baby Talk
Maynard finds an abandoned baby in the park.
Oct 18, 1960 · 26m -
4
E4
Dobie Goes Beatnik
Thelonius Monk comes to town and invites Maynard to sit in on bongos. But Herbert needs a favor which will require Dobie and Maynard to switch identities.
Oct 25, 1960 · 26m -
5
E5
The Mystic Powers of Maynard G. Krebs
Maynard has temporary ESP, which will allow him to predict the winner of the Kennedy-Nixon presidential election.
Nov 1, 1960 · 26m -
6
E6
The Face That Stopped the Clock
Maynard takes a job selling clock-statues at an army surplus store.
Nov 15, 1960 · 26m -
7
E7
Maynard G. Krebs: Boy Millionaire
Maynard finds a purse full of cash.
Nov 22, 1960 · 26m -
8
E8
Around My Room in 80 Days
Dobie and Maynard help a classmate to not drop out of school.
Nov 29, 1960 · 26m -
9
E9
Drag Strip Dobie
Zelda helps Dobie build a hot rod so that he can impress a girl by beating Chatsworth in a car race.
Dec 6, 1960 · 26m -
10
E10
Jangle Bells
Dobie choses going to a huge Christmas party with Chatsworth rather than a small one with Maynard and feels guilty enough to have a Scrooge-like dream.
Dec 20, 1960 · 26m -
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E11
Parlez-Vous English
Dobie meets a pretty fatalistically morose French girl who savors the negative things in life. She thinks Dobie is an oaf and Dobie hates her bleak attitude. Yet, she keeps coming around.
Dec 27, 1960 · 26m -
12
E12
The Day the Teachers Disappeared
All the teachers come down with the flu and parents have to take over the classes.
Jan 3, 1961 · 26m -
13
E13
What's My Lion?
A lion escapes from a zoo and becomes attached to Maynard.
Jan 10, 1961 · 26m -
14
E14
The Big Question
In order to graduate, Dobie and Maynard must write an essay on the subject of Whither Are We Drifting?
Jan 24, 1961 · 26m -
15
E15
Have You Stopped Beating Your Wife?
Dobie tries to get his father to spend more time with Mrs. Gillis.
Jan 31, 1961 · 26m -
16
E16
The Bitter Feud of Dobie and Maynard
Maynard is convinced that he is dragging Dobie down in life so he tries to antagonize Dobie into ending their friendship.
Feb 7, 1961 · 26m -
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E17
Zelda, Get Off My Back
Zelda decides she's tired of being rejected by Dobie and turns her attentions to Chatsworth.
Feb 14, 1961 · 26m -
18
E18
I Was a High School Scrooge
Dobie, Maynard and Zelda think an old Central High star athlete is a bum, while he is actually a big executive.
Feb 21, 1961 · 26m -
19
E19
Will Success Spoil Dobie's Mother?
Winnie wins a date with Hollywood starlet Merilee Maribou and gives the prize to Dobie.
Feb 28, 1961 · 26m -
20
E20
The Second Childhood of Herbert T. Gillis
It's Dobie's graduation and Herbert, feeling embrassed that he never graduated, goes to night school to earn his diploma.
Mar 7, 1961 · 26m -
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E21
Dobie Versus the Machine
Dobie and Maynard, out of high school, don't know what to do with themselves and seek professional help. In the end they decide to enlist in the army.
Mar 14, 1961 · 26m -
22
E22
Baby Shoes
Herbert, Winifred and Zelda reminisce as Dobie and Maynard prepare to leave for the army.
Mar 21, 1961 · 26m -
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E23
I Didn't Raise My Boy to be a Soldier, Sailor, or Marine
Maynard misses the bus on his first day in the Army, but Chatsworth fills him in for him.
Mar 28, 1961 · 26m -
24
E24
The Chicken Corporal
Being put in charge of his squad's barracks goes to Dobie's head and his friendship with Maynard suffers.
Apr 4, 1961 · 26m -
25
E25
The Solid Gold Dog Tag
Despite opposition from his mother, Chatsworth decides to join Dobie and Maynard in the Army.
Apr 11, 1961 · 26m -
26
E26
The Battle of Maynard's Beard
The Army orders Maynard to shave off his beard.
Apr 18, 1961 · 26m -
27
E27
Spaceville
Maynard and a chimp get launched into space.
Apr 25, 1961 · 26m -
28
E28
Like Mother, Like Daughter, Like Wow
Dobie's mother becomes jealous when she learns that the attractive widowed mother of Dobie's latest girlfriend is an old flame of Mr. Gillis.
May 2, 1961 · 26m -
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E29
Dobie Plays Cupid
Dobie tries to improve Maynard's confidence with girls.
May 9, 1961 · 26m -
30
E30
Like Father, Like Son, Like Trouble
Dobie gets cast in the army play and while in costume, leads an army officer's daughter to believe he is an army official.
May 16, 1961 · 26m -
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E31
Be It Ever So Humble
Dobie and Maynard get weekend passes, but Zelda has been telling all the girls back home that she and Dobie are engaged.
May 23, 1961 · 26m -
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E32
Aah, Yer Fadder Wears Army Shoes
Dobie exaggerates his dad's war record to impress a girl from a long military family.
May 30, 1961 · 26m -
33
E33
Everything But the Truth
Zelda invents a secret engagement to try and impress some sorority girls.
Jun 6, 1961 · 26m -
34
E34
Goodbye Mister Pomfritt, Hello Mr. Chips
Dobie and Maynard organize a tribute to Mr. Pomfritt, hoping to convince him not to leave Central High.
Jun 13, 1961 · 26m -
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E35
Take Me to Your Leader
Dobie, Maynard, and Zelda believe that the store's beautiful blonde next patron is secretly an alien.
Jun 20, 1961 · 26m -
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E36
This Ain't The Way We Used to Do It
Offended by what he sees a laxity in today's army, ex-sergeant Herbert Gillis puts his son's squad through some rugged training exercises before they graduate.
Jun 27, 1961 · 26m