8.4/1045 votesLoading...#1 - Dobie Goes Beatnik
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/25/1960
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.4/1037 votesLoading...
#2 - Magnificent Failure
Season 3 Episode 16 - Aired 1/23/1962
Mr. Gillis decides to sell the store.
Director: Rod Amateau
Writer: N/A
- 8.3/1041 votesLoading...
#3 - Baby Talk
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 10/18/1960
Maynard finds an abandoned baby in the park.
Director: Rod Amateau
Writer: N/A
- 8.3/1040 votesLoading...
#4 - Birth of a Salesman
Season 3 Episode 21 - Aired 3/6/1962
When Dobie wants to join an exclusive fraternity, Mr. Gillis bribes members to accept him.
Director: Rod Amateau
Writer: Joel Kane
- 8.2/1044 votesLoading...
#6 - The Big Question
Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 1/24/1961
In order to graduate, Dobie and Maynard must write an essay on the subject of Whither Are We Drifting?
Director: Rod Amateau
Writer: N/A
- 8.1/1037 votesLoading...
#7 - Rock-a-Bye Dobie
Season 1 Episode 39 - Aired 7/5/1960
Dobie lies about joining the navy to impress a girl's sea-mined father.
Director: Rod Amateau
Writer: Terry Ryan
- 8.1/1033 votesLoading...
#8 - The Mystic Powers of Maynard G. Krebs
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 11/1/1960
Maynard has temporary ESP, which will allow him to predict the winner of the Kennedy-Nixon presidential election.
Director: Rod Amateau
Writer: N/A
- 8.1/1031 votesLoading...
#10 - The Fast White Mouse
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 10/31/1961
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: N/A
- 8.1/1031 votesLoading...
#11 - Eat, Drink and be Merry...For Tomorrow, Ker-Boom!
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 11/21/1961
Maynard predicts the end of the world.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.1/1029 votesLoading...
#12 - The Frat's in the Fire
Season 3 Episode 36 - Aired 6/26/1962
Dobie gets a job at a lumber company and dates the boss's daughter, although he already has a girlfriend.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.0/10101 votesLoading...
#13 - The Best Dressed Man
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/6/1959
Dobie competes with Milton Armitage to see whose wardrobe can impress Thalia the most.
Director: Rod Amateau
Writer: Max Shulman
- 8.0/1048 votesLoading...
#14 - The Chicken from Outer Space
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 3/8/1960
Maynard gives a chicken an overdose of growth hormones as a biology class project .
Director: Rod Amateau
Writer: Max Shulman
- 8.0/1037 votesLoading...
#15 - Live Alone and I Like It
Season 1 Episode 28 - Aired 4/19/1960
Dobie wants to prove he's grownup, so he moves into a small apartment with Maynard.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.0/1042 votesLoading...
#16 - The Big Sandwich
Season 1 Episode 29 - Aired 4/26/1960
Thalia hatches a scheme for Dobie to sell sandwiches at the school picnic.
Director: Rod Amateau
Writer: Ben Gershman
- 8.0/1042 votesLoading...
#17 - A Taste of Lobster
Season 1 Episode 38 - Aired 6/28/1960
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
- 8.0/1035 votesLoading...
#18 - Who Needs Elvis?
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/27/1960
Dobie joins the school band solely to be close to piccolo player Esme Lauterbach, who is interested in Maynard.
Director: Rod Amateau
Writer: N/A
- 8.0/1040 votesLoading...
#19 - What's My Lion?
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 1/10/1961
A lion escapes from a zoo and becomes attached to Maynard.
Director: Robert Gordon
Writer: Dean Riesner
- 8.0/1029 votesLoading...
#20 - Have You Stopped Beating Your Wife?
Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 1/31/1961
Dobie tries to get his father to spend more time with Mrs. Gillis.
Director: Robert Gordon
Writer: N/A
- 8.0/1040 votesLoading...
#21 - Dig, Dig, Dig
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 11/14/1961
Dobie wants to study Egyptology, but Mr. Gillis thinks Dobie only has a crush on the teacher.
Director: Rod Amateau
Writer: N/A
- 8.0/1033 votesLoading...
#22 - This Town Ain't Big Enough for Me and Robert Browning
Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 12/12/1961
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: N/A
- 8.0/1030 votesLoading...
#23 - I Do Not Choose to Run
Season 3 Episode 14 - Aired 1/9/1962
Herbert is running for mayor and Dobie falls in love with his opponent's daughter.
Director: Rod Amateau
Writer: N/A
- 8.0/1027 votesLoading...
#24 - Girls Will Be Boys
Season 3 Episode 18 - Aired 2/13/1962
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.
Director: Rod Amateau
Writer: Joel Kane
- 8.0/1038 votesLoading...
#25 - Names My Mother Called Me
Season 3 Episode 24 - Aired 3/27/1962
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: N/A
The Best Episodes of The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
Every episode of The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into 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...
Genre:Comedy
Network:CBS
Best Episodes Summary
"Dobie Goes Beatnik" is the best rated episode of "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis". It scored 8.4/10 based on 45 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 10/25/1960. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Magnificent Failure".