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The Best Episodes of The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis

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The Best Episodes of The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis

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...

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  1. Background image for Baby Talk
    8.4/10(43 votes)

    #1 - Baby Talk

    S2:E3

    Maynard finds an abandoned baby in the park.

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    Director:Rod Amateau
    Writer:Unknown
  2. Background image for Dobie Goes Beatnik
    8.4/10(47 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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  3. Background image for The Mystic Powers of Maynard G. Krebs
    8.2/10(36 votes)

    #3 - 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.

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    Director:Rod Amateau
    Writer:Unknown
  4. Background image for The Big Question
    8.2/10(46 votes)

    #4 - The Big Question

    S2:E14

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

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    Director:Rod Amateau
    Writer:Unknown
  5. Background image for Goodbye Mister Pomfritt, Hello Mr. Chips
    8.1/10(41 votes)

    #5 - 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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Joel Kane
  6. Background image for Who Needs Elvis?
    8.0/10(38 votes)

    #6 - Who Needs Elvis?

    S2:E1

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

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    Director:Rod Amateau
    Writer:Unknown
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  8. Background image for Have You Stopped Beating Your Wife?
    8.0/10(31 votes)

    #7 - Have You Stopped Beating Your Wife?

    S2:E15

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

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    Director:Robert Gordon
    Writer:Unknown
  9. Background image for What's My Lion?
    7.9/10(43 votes)

    #8 - What's My Lion?

    S2:E13

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

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  10. Background image for I Was a High School Scrooge
    7.9/10(36 votes)

    #9 - I Was a High School Scrooge

    S2:E18

    Dobie, Maynard and Zelda think an old Central High star athlete is a bum, while he is actually a big executive.

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    Director:Rod Amateau
    Writer:Unknown
  11. Background image for Will Success Spoil Dobie's Mother?
    7.9/10(34 votes)

    #10 - Will Success Spoil Dobie's Mother?

    S2:E19

    Winnie wins a date with Hollywood starlet Merilee Maribou and gives the prize to Dobie.

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    Director:Rod Amateau
    Writer:Unknown
  12. Background image for Like Mother, Like Daughter, Like Wow
    7.9/10(39 votes)

    #11 - 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.

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    Director:Rod Amateau
    Writer:Unknown
  13. Background image for A Splinter Off the Old Block
    7.9/10(40 votes)

    #12 - A Splinter Off the Old Block

    S4:E5

    Dobie's teenage cousin Duncan moves in with the Gillises and tells Dobie's girlfriend that Dobie needs help for a drinking problem.

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    7.9/10(38 votes)

    #13 - The Call of the, Like, Wild

    S4:E35

    A chemical concoction makes Maynard irresistible to women.

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    Director:Unknown
  15. Background image for You Ain't Nothin' But a Houn' Dog
    7.8/10(36 votes)

    #14 - You Ain't Nothin' But a Houn' Dog

    S2:E2

    Maynard enters Dobie's old school essay My Dog in a newspaper Father's Day contest, but changes it to My Dad.

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    Director:Rod Amateau
    Writer:Unknown
  16. Background image for Zelda, Get Off My Back
    7.8/10(33 votes)

    #15 - Zelda, Get Off My Back

    S2:E17

    Zelda decides she's tired of being rejected by Dobie and turns her attentions to Chatsworth.

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    Director:Rod Amateau
    Writer:Unknown
  17. Background image for The Second Childhood of Herbert T. Gillis
    7.8/10(35 votes)

    #16 - The Second Childhood of Herbert T. Gillis

    S2:E20

    It's Dobie's graduation and Herbert, feeling embrassed that he never graduated, goes to night school to earn his diploma.

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    Director:Robert Gordon
    Writer:Joel Kane
  18. Background image for Dobie Versus the Machine
    7.8/10(38 votes)

    #17 - Dobie Versus the Machine

    S2:E21

    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.

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    Director:Rod Amateau
    Writer:Unknown
  19. Background image for Baby Shoes
    7.8/10(38 votes)

    #18 - Baby Shoes

    S2:E22

    Herbert, Winifred and Zelda reminisce as Dobie and Maynard prepare to leave for the army.

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    Director:Rod Amateau
    Writer:Unknown
  20. Background image for Everything But the Truth
    7.8/10(34 votes)

    #19 - Everything But the Truth

    S2:E33

    Zelda invents a secret engagement to try and impress some sorority girls.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Joel Kane
  21. Background image for Beauty Is Only Kin Deep
    7.8/10(39 votes)

    #20 - Beauty Is Only Kin Deep

    S4:E34

    Dobie falls in love with a girl at school, but family tradition prevents her from marrying until a match can be found for her older sister.

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    Director:Rod Amateau
    Writer:Unknown
  22. Background image for Maynard G. Krebs: Boy Millionaire
    7.7/10(43 votes)

    #21 - Maynard G. Krebs: Boy Millionaire

    S2:E7

    Maynard finds a purse full of cash.

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    Director:Rod Amateau
    Writer:Unknown
  23. Background image for The Bitter Feud of Dobie and Maynard
    7.7/10(40 votes)

    #22 - The Bitter Feud of Dobie and Maynard

    S2:E16

    Maynard is convinced that he is dragging Dobie down in life so he tries to antagonize Dobie into ending their friendship.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  24. Background image for Dobie Plays Cupid
    7.7/10(32 votes)

    #23 - Dobie Plays Cupid

    S2:E29

    Dobie tries to improve Maynard's confidence with girls.

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    Director:Rod Amateau
    Writer:Unknown
  25. Background image for And Now a Word From Our Sponsor
    7.7/10(24 votes)

    #24 - And Now a Word From Our Sponsor

    S4:E18

    Dobie is the new DJ on the college radio station. A mobster tries to give him payola to make his country-singer girlfriend a star.

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    Director:Rod Amateau
    Writer:Unknown
  26. Background image for Parlez-Vous English
    7.6/10(43 votes)

    #25 - Parlez-Vous English

    S2:E11

    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.

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    Director:Unknown

Best Episodes Summary

"Baby Talk" is the best rated episode of "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis". It scored 8.4/10 based on 43 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".