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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

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    The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis Season 2 Episode 3 - Baby Talk
    8.5/10(46 votes)

    #1 - Baby Talk

    S2:E3

    Maynard finds an abandoned baby in the park.

    Director:Rod Amateau
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis Season 2 Episode 4 - Dobie Goes Beatnik
    8.5/10(49 votes)

    #2 - Dobie Goes Beatnik

    S2:E4

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis Season 3 Episode 16 - Magnificent Failure
    8.5/10(40 votes)

    #3 - Magnificent Failure

    S3:E16

    Mr. Gillis decides to sell the store.

    Director:Rod Amateau
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis Season 3 Episode 34 - Bachelor Father and Son
    8.5/10(34 votes)

    #4 - Bachelor Father and Son

    S3:E34

    Winnie goes to visit her sister in Cleveland, leaving Herbert and Dobie to enjoy the bliss of bachelorhood for a week on their own.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Joel Kane

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  5. The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis Season 2 Episode 5 - The Mystic Powers of Maynard G. Krebs
    8.4/10(38 votes)

    #5 - The Mystic Powers of Maynard G. Krebs

    S2:E5

    Maynard has temporary ESP, which will allow him to predict the winner of the Kennedy-Nixon presidential election.

    Director:Rod Amateau
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis Season 3 Episode 21 - Birth of a Salesman
    8.4/10(43 votes)

    #6 - Birth of a Salesman

    S3:E21

    When Dobie wants to join an exclusive fraternity, Mr. Gillis bribes members to accept him.

    Director:Rod Amateau
    Writer:Joel Kane

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  7. The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis Season 1 Episode 38 - A Taste of Lobster
    8.3/10(45 votes)

    #7 - A Taste of Lobster

    S1:E38

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

    Director:Rod Amateau
    Writer:Arnold Horwitt

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  8. The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis Season 1 Episode 39 - Rock-a-Bye Dobie
    8.3/10(41 votes)

    #8 - Rock-a-Bye Dobie

    S1:E39

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

    Director:Rod Amateau
    Writer:Terry Ryan

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  9. The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis Season 2 Episode 1 - Who Needs Elvis?
    8.3/10(42 votes)

    #9 - Who Needs Elvis?

    S2:E1

    Dobie joins the school band solely to be close to piccolo player Esme Lauterbach, who is interested in Maynard.

    Director:Rod Amateau
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis Season 2 Episode 14 - The Big Question
    8.3/10(47 votes)

    #10 - The Big Question

    S2:E14

    In order to graduate, Dobie and Maynard must write an essay on the subject of Whither Are We Drifting?

    Director:Rod Amateau
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis Season 3 Episode 4 - The Fast White Mouse
    8.3/10(35 votes)

    #11 - The Fast White Mouse

    S3:E4

    Dobie and Zelda worry they are genetically inferior and thus doomed to failure like the loser rat in their biology class experiments.

    Director:Rod Amateau
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis Season 1 Episode 28 - Live Alone and I Like It
    8.2/10(41 votes)

    #12 - Live Alone and I Like It

    S1:E28

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis Season 1 Episode 29 - The Big Sandwich
    8.2/10(46 votes)

    #13 - The Big Sandwich

    S1:E29

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

    Director:Rod Amateau
    Writer:Ben Gershman

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  14. The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis Season 2 Episode 15 - Have You Stopped Beating Your Wife?
    8.2/10(32 votes)

    #14 - Have You Stopped Beating Your Wife?

    S2:E15

    Dobie tries to get his father to spend more time with Mrs. Gillis.

    Director:Robert Gordon
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis Season 2 Episode 28 - Like Mother, Like Daughter, Like Wow
    8.2/10(41 votes)

    #15 - Like Mother, Like Daughter, Like Wow

    S2:E28

    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.

    Director:Rod Amateau
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis Season 2 Episode 34 - Goodbye Mister Pomfritt, Hello Mr. Chips
    8.2/10(44 votes)

    #16 - Goodbye Mister Pomfritt, Hello Mr. Chips

    S2:E34

    Dobie and Maynard organize a tribute to Mr. Pomfritt, hoping to convince him not to leave Central High.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Joel Kane

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  17. The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis Season 3 Episode 7 - Eat, Drink and be Merry...For Tomorrow, Ker-Boom!
    8.2/10(34 votes)

    #17 - Eat, Drink and be Merry...For Tomorrow, Ker-Boom!

    S3:E7

    Maynard predicts the end of the world.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis Season 3 Episode 10 - This Town Ain't Big Enough for Me and Robert Browning
    8.2/10(36 votes)

    #18 - This Town Ain't Big Enough for Me and Robert Browning

    S3:E10

    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.

    Director:Rod Amateau
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis Season 3 Episode 14 - I Do Not Choose to Run
    8.2/10(33 votes)

    #19 - I Do Not Choose to Run

    S3:E14

    Herbert is running for mayor and Dobie falls in love with his opponent's daughter.

    Director:Rod Amateau
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis Season 3 Episode 36 - The Frat's in the Fire
    8.2/10(31 votes)

    #20 - The Frat's in the Fire

    S3:E36

    Dobie gets a job at a lumber company and dates the boss's daughter, although he already has a girlfriend.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis Season 1 Episode 23 - The Chicken from Outer Space
    8.1/10(52 votes)

    #21 - The Chicken from Outer Space

    S1:E23

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

    Director:Rod Amateau
    Writer:Max Shulman

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  22. The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis Season 1 Episode 33 - Competition is the Life of Trade
    8.1/10(33 votes)

    #22 - Competition is the Life of Trade

    S1:E33

    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.

    Director:Robert Gordon
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis Season 2 Episode 13 - What's My Lion?
    8.1/10(45 votes)

    #23 - What's My Lion?

    S2:E13

    A lion escapes from a zoo and becomes attached to Maynard.

    Director:Robert Gordon
    Writer:Dean Riesner

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  24. The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis Season 3 Episode 1 - Ruptured Duck
    8.1/10(45 votes)

    #24 - Ruptured Duck

    S3:E1

    Dobie and Maynard get their honorable discharges from the army and decides to go to college.

    Director:Rod Amateau
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis Season 3 Episode 24 - Names My Mother Called Me
    8.1/10(40 votes)

    #25 - Names My Mother Called Me

    S3:E24

    When his latest girlfriend tells him to change his silly name, Dobie learns that he is named after a Noble Prize winner.

    Director:Rod Amateau
    Writer:Unknown

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Best Episodes Summary

"Baby Talk" is the best rated episode of "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis". It scored 8.5/10 based on 46 votes. Directed by Rod Amateau and written by Unknown, it aired on 10/18/1960. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Dobie Goes Beatnik".