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 3
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1
E1
Ruptured Duck
Dobie and Maynard get their honorable discharges from the army and decides to go to college.
Oct 10, 1961 · 26m -
2
E2
Dobie, Dobie, Who's Got Dobie?
Zelda competes with a beautifull college girl for Dobie's affections.
Oct 17, 1961 · 26m -
3
E3
Move Over, Perry Mason
Maynard sues after getting his hand struck in the store's gumball machine.
Oct 24, 1961 · 26m -
4
E4
The Fast White Mouse
Dobie and Zelda worry they are genetically inferior and thus doomed to failure like the loser rat in their biology class experiments.
Oct 31, 1961 · 26m -
5
E5
The Gigolo
Maynard becomes the most sought-after date because no girl's boyfriend would be jealous of him.
Nov 7, 1961 · 26m -
6
E6
Dig, Dig, Dig
Dobie wants to study Egyptology, but Mr. Gillis thinks Dobie only has a crush on the teacher.
Nov 14, 1961 · 26m -
7
E7
Eat, Drink and be Merry...For Tomorrow, Ker-Boom!
Maynard predicts the end of the world.
Nov 21, 1961 · 25m -
8
E8
The Richest Squirrel in Town
A larcenous rodent is stealing from Mr. Pomfritt's desk, but Maynard and Dobie get blamed.
Nov 28, 1961 · 26m -
9
E9
The Second Most Beautiful Girl in the World
Dobie finds he has to share his new date, a tender-hearted girl, with another boy on each date he takes her on.
Dec 5, 1961 · 26m -
10
E10
This Town Ain't Big Enough for Me and Robert Browning
Inspired by Robert Browning's assertion that a man's reach should exceed his grasp, Dobie goes after an unattainable girl, putting his relationship with Zelda at risk.
Dec 12, 1961 · 26m -
11
E11
Have Reindeer, Will Travel
Maynard gives the class's Christmas funds to a poor Mexican family.
Dec 19, 1961 · 26m -
12
E12
Crazylegs Gillis
Dobie and his girlfriend have to babysit for a college football player's kids and he ends up having to fill in for him during the game.
Dec 26, 1961 · 26m -
13
E13
Blue Tail Fly
Dobie runs against Chatsworth for student council.
Jan 2, 1962 · 26m -
14
E14
I Do Not Choose to Run
Herbert is running for mayor and Dobie falls in love with his opponent's daughter.
Jan 9, 1962 · 26m -
15
E15
Happiness Can't Buy Money
Chatsworth wants Mr. Gillis to teach him to be more responsible.
Jan 16, 1962 · 26m -
16
E16
Magnificent Failure
Mr. Gillis decides to sell the store.
Jan 23, 1962 · 26m -
17
E17
For Whom the Wedding Bells Tolls
Doibie and Maynard stow away on a boat headed for South America. Dobie wants to get away from Zelda, but she follows them.
Jan 30, 1962 · 26m -
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E18
Girls Will Be Boys
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.
Feb 13, 1962 · 26m -
19
E19
Marriage Counselor
When Dobie's psychology class teaches him about the many benefits of marriage, he decides it's time to marry Zelda.
Feb 20, 1962 · 26m -
20
E20
The Big Blunder and Egg Man
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.
Feb 27, 1962 · 26m -
21
E21
Birth of a Salesman
When Dobie wants to join an exclusive fraternity, Mr. Gillis bribes members to accept him.
Mar 6, 1962 · 26m -
22
E22
Like, Oh Brother
Dobie and Maynard help Dr. Burkhart establish a center for disadvantaged kids. Maynard wins over the little delinquents by talking to them at their own level.
Mar 13, 1962 · 26m -
23
E23
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Dobie tries to convince Maynard that he is not going to fall for any more money-mad girls, but then a successful college dropout shows up on campus and asks Dobie and Mr. Pomfritt to come work for her as salesmen.
Mar 20, 1962 · 26m -
24
E24
Names My Mother Called Me
When his latest girlfriend tells him to change his silly name, Dobie learns that he is named after a Noble Prize winner.
Mar 27, 1962 · 26m -
25
E25
An American Strategy
Dobie gets a job at Lumpkin Lumber thanks to his girlfriend Gloria. When the boss's brash daughter takes a shine to him, Dobie sees a chance to climb the corporate ladder to success.
Apr 3, 1962 · 26m -
26
E26
The Truth Session
Maynard decides to always speak the truth, upsetting all his friends in the process.
Apr 10, 1962 · 26m -
27
E27
I Remember Muu Muu
Maynard writes an article for the school newspaper about a primitive dance demonstration in his anthropology class, but takes his cue from tabloid writing and makes it sound like an orgy.
Apr 17, 1962 · 26m -
28
E28
Sweet Success of Smell
When their biology professor discovers that Maynard can track missing objects by their smell, Maynard becomes a Private Nose.
Apr 24, 1962 · 26m -
29
E29
When Other Friendships Have Been Forgot
Maynard moves away and Dobie misses him greatly.
May 1, 1962 · 26m -
30
E30
I Was a Boy Soronity Girl
Dobie and Maynard take jobs as waiters at a soronity house party.
May 8, 1962 · 26m -
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E31
It Takes A Heap o'Livin' to Make a Cave a Home
Maynard discovers a prehistoric throwback living in a cave and decides to move in with him
May 15, 1962 · 26m -
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E32
Back-to-Nature Boy
Chatsworth's cousin Edwina is tired of society life. She wants Maynard to show her how to live the simple life.
May 22, 1962 · 25m -
33
E33
How to Cheat an Honest Man
When Dobie tries to impress a girl who expects complete honesty, he as well as his dad and Maynard get arrested for trying to reverse a fixed parking ticket.
May 29, 1962 · 26m -
34
E34
Bachelor Father and Son
Winnie goes to visit her sister in Cleveland, leaving Herbert and Dobie to enjoy the bliss of bachelorhood for a week on their own.
Jun 5, 1962 · 26m -
35
E35
Like Low Noon
Dobie's old nemesis Butch Baumgartner, now the army's heavyweight boxing champ, is coming home and the word is that he is coming to knock Dobie's brains out.
Jun 12, 1962 · 26m -
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E36
The Frat's in the Fire
Dobie gets a job at a lumber company and dates the boss's daughter, although he already has a girlfriend.
Jun 26, 1962 · 26m