The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis — Season 2
About this season
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.
Episodes (36)
1. Who Needs Elvis?
Aired 27 September 1960
Dobie joins the school band solely to be close to piccolo player Esme Lauterbach, who is interested in Maynard.
2. You Ain't Nothin' But a Houn' Dog
Aired 4 October 1960
Maynard enters Dobie's old school essay My Dog in a newspaper Father's Day contest, but changes it to My Dad.
3. Baby Talk
Aired 18 October 1960
Maynard finds an abandoned baby in the park.
4. Dobie Goes Beatnik
Aired 25 October 1960
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.
5. The Mystic Powers of Maynard G. Krebs
Aired 1 November 1960
Maynard has temporary ESP, which will allow him to predict the winner of the Kennedy-Nixon presidential election.
6. The Face That Stopped the Clock
Aired 15 November 1960
Maynard takes a job selling clock-statues at an army surplus store.
7. Maynard G. Krebs: Boy Millionaire
Aired 22 November 1960
Maynard finds a purse full of cash.
8. Around My Room in 80 Days
Aired 29 November 1960
Dobie and Maynard help a classmate to not drop out of school.
9. Drag Strip Dobie
Aired 6 December 1960
Zelda helps Dobie build a hot rod so that he can impress a girl by beating Chatsworth in a car race.
10. Jangle Bells
Aired 20 December 1960
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.
11. Parlez-Vous English
Aired 27 December 1960
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.
12. The Day the Teachers Disappeared
Aired 3 January 1961 • 30 min
All the teachers come down with the flu and parents have to take over the classes.
13. What's My Lion?
Aired 10 January 1961
A lion escapes from a zoo and becomes attached to Maynard.
14. The Big Question
Aired 24 January 1961
In order to graduate, Dobie and Maynard must write an essay on the subject of Whither Are We Drifting?
15. Have You Stopped Beating Your Wife?
Aired 31 January 1961
Dobie tries to get his father to spend more time with Mrs. Gillis.
16. The Bitter Feud of Dobie and Maynard
Aired 7 February 1961
Maynard is convinced that he is dragging Dobie down in life so he tries to antagonize Dobie into ending their friendship.
17. Zelda, Get Off My Back
Aired 14 February 1961
Zelda decides she's tired of being rejected by Dobie and turns her attentions to Chatsworth.
18. I Was a High School Scrooge
Aired 21 February 1961 • 30 min
Dobie, Maynard and Zelda think an old Central High star athlete is a bum, while he is actually a big executive.
19. Will Success Spoil Dobie's Mother?
Aired 28 February 1961
Winnie wins a date with Hollywood starlet Merilee Maribou and gives the prize to Dobie.
20. The Second Childhood of Herbert T. Gillis
Aired 7 March 1961
It's Dobie's graduation and Herbert, feeling embrassed that he never graduated, goes to night school to earn his diploma.
21. Dobie Versus the Machine
Aired 14 March 1961
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.
22. Baby Shoes
Aired 21 March 1961
Herbert, Winifred and Zelda reminisce as Dobie and Maynard prepare to leave for the army.
23. I Didn't Raise My Boy to be a Soldier, Sailor, or Marine
Aired 28 March 1961
Maynard misses the bus on his first day in the Army, but Chatsworth fills him in for him.
24. The Chicken Corporal
Aired 4 April 1961
Being put in charge of his squad's barracks goes to Dobie's head and his friendship with Maynard suffers.
25. The Solid Gold Dog Tag
Aired 11 April 1961
Despite opposition from his mother, Chatsworth decides to join Dobie and Maynard in the Army.
26. The Battle of Maynard's Beard
Aired 18 April 1961
The Army orders Maynard to shave off his beard.
27. Spaceville
Aired 25 April 1961 • 30 min
Maynard and a chimp get launched into space.
28. Like Mother, Like Daughter, Like Wow
Aired 2 May 1961
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.
29. Dobie Plays Cupid
Aired 9 May 1961
Dobie tries to improve Maynard's confidence with girls.
30. Like Father, Like Son, Like Trouble
Aired 16 May 1961
Dobie gets cast in the army play and while in costume, leads an army officer's daughter to believe he is an army official.
31. Be It Ever So Humble
Aired 23 May 1961
Dobie and Maynard get weekend passes, but Zelda has been telling all the girls back home that she and Dobie are engaged.
32. Aah, Yer Fadder Wears Army Shoes
Aired 30 May 1961
Dobie exaggerates his dad's war record to impress a girl from a long military family.
33. Everything But the Truth
Aired 6 June 1961
Zelda invents a secret engagement to try and impress some sorority girls.
34. Goodbye Mister Pomfritt, Hello Mr. Chips
Aired 13 June 1961
Dobie and Maynard organize a tribute to Mr. Pomfritt, hoping to convince him not to leave Central High.
35. Take Me to Your Leader
Aired 20 June 1961
Dobie, Maynard, and Zelda believe that the store's beautiful blonde next patron is secretly an alien.
36. This Ain't The Way We Used to Do It
Aired 27 June 1961
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.