The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis

The Best Episodes of The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis

Genre:Comedy
Network:CBS

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...
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  1. 8.4/10(42 votes)

    #1 - Baby Talk

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    S2:E3

    Maynard finds an abandoned baby in the park.

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    Director:Rod Amateau
    Writer:N/A
  2. 8.4/10(45 votes)

    #2 - Dobie Goes Beatnik

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    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:N/A
    Writer:N/A
  3. 8.4/10(37 votes)

    #3 - Magnificent Failure

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    S3:E16

    Mr. Gillis decides to sell the store.

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    Director:Rod Amateau
    Writer:N/A
  4. 8.3/10(40 votes)

    #4 - Birth of a Salesman

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    S3:E21

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

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    Director:Rod Amateau
    Writer:Joel Kane
  5. 8.3/10(33 votes)

    #5 - Bachelor Father and Son

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    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.

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    Director:N/A
    Writer:Joel Kane
  6. 8.2/10(45 votes)

    #6 - The Big Question

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    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:N/A
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  8. 8.1/10(37 votes)

    #7 - Rock-a-Bye Dobie

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    S1:E39

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

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    Director:Rod Amateau
    Writer:Terry Ryan
  9. 8.1/10(33 votes)

    #8 - The Mystic Powers of Maynard G. Krebs

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    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:N/A
  10. 8.1/10(40 votes)

    #9 - Goodbye Mister Pomfritt, Hello Mr. Chips

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    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:N/A
    Writer:Joel Kane
  11. 8.1/10(31 votes)

    #10 - The Fast White Mouse

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    S3:E4

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

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    Director:Rod Amateau
    Writer:N/A
  12. 8.1/10(31 votes)

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

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    S3:E7

    Maynard predicts the end of the world.

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    Director:N/A
    Writer:N/A
  13. 8.1/10(29 votes)

    #12 - The Frat's in the Fire

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    S3:E36

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

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    Director:N/A
    Writer:N/A
  14. 8.0/10(103 votes)

    #13 - The Best Dressed Man

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    S1:E2

    Dobie competes with Milton Armitage to see whose wardrobe can impress Thalia the most.

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    Director:Rod Amateau
  15. 8.0/10(49 votes)

    #14 - The Chicken from Outer Space

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    S1:E23

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

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    Director:Rod Amateau
  16. 8.0/10(38 votes)

    #15 - Live Alone and I Like It

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    S1:E28

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

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    Director:N/A
    Writer:N/A
  17. 8.0/10(43 votes)

    #16 - A Taste of Lobster

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    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.

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  18. 8.0/10(35 votes)

    #17 - Who Needs Elvis?

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    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:N/A
  19. 8.0/10(41 votes)

    #18 - What's My Lion?

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    S2:E13

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

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  20. 8.0/10(30 votes)

    #19 - Have You Stopped Beating Your Wife?

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    S2:E15

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

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    Director:Robert Gordon
    Writer:N/A
  21. 8.0/10(40 votes)

    #20 - Dig, Dig, Dig

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    S3:E6

    Dobie wants to study Egyptology, but Mr. Gillis thinks Dobie only has a crush on the teacher.

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    Director:Rod Amateau
    Writer:N/A
  22. 8.0/10(33 votes)

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

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    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.

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    Director:Rod Amateau
    Writer:N/A
  23. 8.0/10(30 votes)

    #22 - I Do Not Choose to Run

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    S3:E14

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

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    Director:Rod Amateau
    Writer:N/A
  24. 8.0/10(27 votes)

    #23 - Girls Will Be Boys

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    S3:E18

    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.

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    Director:Rod Amateau
    Writer:Joel Kane
  25. 8.0/10(38 votes)

    #24 - Names My Mother Called Me

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    S3:E24

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

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    Director:Rod Amateau
    Writer:N/A
  26. 8.0/10(27 votes)

    #25 - Like Low Noon

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    S3:E35

    Dobie's old nemesis Butch Baumgartner, now the army's heavyweight boxing champ, is coming home and the word is that he is coming to knock Dobie's brains out.

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    Director:Rod Amateau

Best Episodes Summary

"Baby Talk" is the best rated episode of "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis". It scored 8.4/10 based on 42 votes. Directed by Rod Amateau and written by N/A, it aired on 10/18/1960. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Dobie Goes Beatnik".