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The Best Episodes of The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis Season 1

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The Best Episodes of The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis Season 1

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. 8.0/10(106 votes)

    #1 - 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
  2. 8.0/10(49 votes)

    #2 - 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
  3. 8.0/10(38 votes)

    #3 - 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
  4. 8.0/10(43 votes)

    #4 - 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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  5. 8.0/10(39 votes)

    #5 - 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
  6. 7.9/10(71 votes)

    #6 - Love is a Science

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    S1:E3

    Thalia urges Dobie to become a doctor, but he meets Zelda Gilroy and learns about the scientific concept of propinquity, the psychological tendency for people to form relationships with those whom they encounter often.

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    Director:Rod Amateau
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  8. 7.9/10(52 votes)

    #7 - The Smoke-Filled Room

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    S1:E15

    Dobie runs against Milton for junior class president. Thalia is Dobie's campaign manager.

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    Director:Rod Amateau
  9. 7.9/10(50 votes)

    #8 - Room at the Bottom

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    S1:E19

    Thalia talks Dobie's parents into sending him to Willoughby prep school.

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    Director:Rod Amateau
  10. 7.9/10(43 votes)

    #9 - The Big Sandwich

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    S1:E29

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

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    Director:Rod Amateau
  11. 7.8/10(54 votes)

    #10 - The Hunger Strike

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    S1:E17

    Dobie goes on a hunger strike until Thalia agrees to be his.

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    Director:Rod Amateau
    Writer:N/A
  12. 7.8/10(36 votes)

    #11 - Soup and Fish

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    S1:E30

    Dobie, Maynard, and Chatsworth must all share the same tuxedo to get in to a black-tie party at the Armitage mansion.

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    Director:Rod Amateau
  13. 7.8/10(32 votes)

    #12 - The Unregistered Nurse

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    S1:E35

    Dobie falls for an older nurse and feigns a disease so he can be near her.

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    Writer:N/A
  14. 7.8/10(38 votes)

    #13 - Here Come the Groom

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    S1:E37

    A discouraged Dobie finally gives up on finding his dream girl and agrees to marry Zelda.

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    Director:Rod Amateau
  15. 7.7/10(43 votes)

    #14 - Deck the Halls

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    S1:E12

    Mr. Gillis is driven crazy by all the Christian celebrations, and almost spends the holidays in jail.

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    Director:Rod Amateau
    Writer:N/A
  16. 7.7/10(49 votes)

    #15 - The Fist Fighter

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    S1:E16

    Dobie becomes Top Fist by knocking out the legendary Moose. Milton tries to gain the title and Thaila's affections by challenging Dobie.

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    Director:N/A
    Writer:N/A
  17. 7.7/10(40 votes)

    #16 - Where There's a Will

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    S1:E31

    Herbert worries about what will happen to the store after he's gone.

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    Director:Rod Amateau
    Writer:N/A
  18. 7.7/10(31 votes)

    #17 - Competition is the Life of Trade

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    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.

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    Director:Robert Gordon
    Writer:N/A
  19. 7.7/10(33 votes)

    #18 - The French, They Are a Funny Race

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    S1:E34

    Maynard falls for a French girl and shaves off his goatee.

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    Director:Rod Amateau
    Writer:N/A
  20. 7.6/10(64 votes)

    #19 - The Right Triangle

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    S1:E4

    Dobie's older brother Davey convinces him to invent an affair with a married woman to impress a new girl in school.

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    Director:Rod Amateau
    Writer:N/A
  21. 7.6/10(54 votes)

    #20 - Dobie Gillis: Boy Actor

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    S1:E9

    Dobie is up against Milton to be leading man in a school play.

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    Writer:N/A
  22. 7.6/10(40 votes)

    #21 - Dobie Spreads a Rumor

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    S1:E21

    Dobie and Maynard are puzzled when a rumor they spread about Zelda inheriting a fortune seems to become reality.

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    Director:Rod Amateau
  23. 7.6/10(46 votes)

    #22 - Love is a Fallacy

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    S1:E22

    Thalia tries to educate Dobie in logical thinking.

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    Director:Rod Amateau
  24. 7.6/10(32 votes)

    #23 - The Long Arm of the Law

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    S1:E36

    Dobie's new date's father turns out to be a cop with whom he had a disagreement about picking flowers in the park.

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    Director:N/A
    Writer:Joel Kane
  25. 7.5/10(45 votes)

    #24 - The Prettiest Collateral in Town

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    S1:E27

    Doblie's dad wants him to romance a banker's daughter so he can get a loan.

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    Director:Rod Amateau
  26. 7.5/10(32 votes)

    #25 - Put Your Feet in Our Hands

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    S1:E32

    Dobie and Chatsworth complete for the attention of a shoe store owner's daughter in order to get a job at the store.

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    Director:Robert Butler
    Writer:N/A

Season 1 Ratings Summary

"The Best Dressed Man" is the best rated episode of "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis" season 1. It scored 8/10 based on 106 votes. Directed by Rod Amateau and written by Max Shulman, it aired on 10/6/1959. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "The Chicken from Outer Space".