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

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

Director: Rod Amateau

Writer: Terry Ryan

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

Director: Rod Amateau

Writer: Max Shulman

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

Director: Rod Amateau

Writer: Max Shulman

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

Director: N/A

Writer: N/A

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

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.

Director: Rod Amateau

Writer: Max Shulman

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

Director: Rod Amateau

Writer: Max Shulman

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

Director: Rod Amateau

Writer: Max Shulman

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

Director: Rod Amateau

Writer: Ben Gershman

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

Director: Rod Amateau

Writer: N/A

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

Director: Rod Amateau

Writer: Rod Amateau

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

Director: H. Bruce Humberstone

Writer: N/A

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

Director: Rod Amateau

Writer: Max Shulman

Dobie and Maynard conspire to rig the raffle at the local movie theatre so that Dobie can win enough money to take Thalia to the prom.

Director: Rod Amateau

Writer: Max Shulman

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

Director: Rod Amateau

Writer: N/A

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

Director: N/A

Writer: N/A

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

Director: Rod Amateau

Writer: N/A

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: N/A

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

Director: Rod Amateau

Writer: N/A

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

Director: Rod Amateau

Writer: N/A

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

Director: N/A

Writer: N/A

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

Director: Rod Amateau

Writer: Rod Amateau

Thalia tries to educate Dobie in logical thinking.

Director: Rod Amateau

Writer: Max Shulman

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

Director: Rod Amateau

Writer: Jerry Davis

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

Director: Robert Butler

Writer: N/A