The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis

1959 – 1963
Ended
Comedy
~28m / ep
4 seasons
6.4/10

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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E1. 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.
E2. What's a Little Murder Between Friends
Oct 3, 1962
Dobie names Thaila as his beneficiary on a life insurance policy, then becomes paranoid that she and Maynard are trying to kill him.
E3. 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.
E4. The Ugliest American
Oct 17, 1962
On a class trip to an African jungle, Dobie is captured by a tribe of cannibals.
E5. A Splinter Off the Old Block
Oct 24, 1962 · 30m
Dobie's teenage cousin Duncan moves in with the Gillises and tells Dobie's girlfriend that Dobie needs help for a drinking problem.
E6. 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.