7.9/1041 votes#1 - Ruptured Duck
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 10/10/1961
Dobie and Maynard get their honorable discharges from the army and decides to go to college.
Director: Rod Amateau
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/1032 votes
#2 - Dobie, Dobie, Who's Got Dobie?
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 10/17/1961
Zelda competes with a beautifull college girl for Dobie's affections.
Director: Rod Amateau
Writer: N/A
- 7.9/1036 votes
#3 - Move Over, Perry Mason
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 10/24/1961
Maynard sues after getting his hand struck in the store's gumball machine.
Director: Rod Amateau
Writer: Dean Riesner
- 8.1/1031 votes
#4 - 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
- 7.8/1037 votes
#5 - The Gigolo
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 11/7/1961
Maynard becomes the most sought-after date because no girl's boyfriend would be jealous of him.
Director: Rod Amateau
Writer: N/A
- 8.0/1040 votes
#6 - 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
- 8.1/1031 votes
#7 - 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
- 7.6/1032 votes
#8 - The Richest Squirrel in Town
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 11/28/1961
A larcenous rodent is stealing from Mr. Pomfritt's desk, but Maynard and Dobie get blamed.
Director: Rod Amateau
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/1033 votes
#9 - The Second Most Beautiful Girl in the World
Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 12/5/1961
Dobie finds he has to share his new date, a tender-hearted girl, with another boy on each date he takes her on.
Director: N/A
Writer: Max Shulman
- 8.0/1033 votes
#10 - 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
- 6.8/1036 votes
#11 - Have Reindeer, Will Travel
Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 12/19/1961
Maynard gives the class's Christmas funds to a poor Mexican family.
Director: Rod Amateau
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/1027 votes
#12 - Crazylegs Gillis
Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 12/26/1961
Dobie and his girlfriend have to babysit for a college football player's kids and he ends up having to fill in for him during the game.
Director: Rod Amateau
Writer: Terry Ryan
- 7.7/1026 votes
#13 - Blue Tail Fly
Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 1/2/1962
Dobie runs against Chatsworth for student council.
Director: Rod Amateau
Writer: N/A
- 8.0/1030 votes
#14 - 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
- 7.7/1027 votes
#15 - Happiness Can't Buy Money
Season 3 Episode 15 - Aired 1/16/1962
Chatsworth wants Mr. Gillis to teach him to be more responsible.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.4/1037 votes
#16 - Magnificent Failure
Season 3 Episode 16 - Aired 1/23/1962
Mr. Gillis decides to sell the store.
Director: Rod Amateau
Writer: N/A
- 7.5/1034 votes
#17 - For Whom the Wedding Bells Tolls
Season 3 Episode 17 - Aired 1/30/1962
Doibie and Maynard stow away on a boat headed for South America. Dobie wants to get away from Zelda, but she follows them.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.0/1027 votes
#18 - 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
- 7.7/1034 votes
#19 - Marriage Counselor
Season 3 Episode 19 - Aired 2/20/1962
When Dobie's psychology class teaches him about the many benefits of marriage, he decides it's time to marry Zelda.
Director: Rod Amateau
Writer: N/A
- 7.7/1034 votes
#20 - The Big Blunder and Egg Man
Season 3 Episode 20 - Aired 2/27/1962
To impress a girl, Dobie invests more than he should in his economics class project. He buys stock in an egg company and ends up with a room full of eggs.
Director: Rod Amateau
Writer: N/A
- 8.3/1040 votes
#21 - 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
- 7.8/1030 votes
#22 - Like, Oh Brother
Season 3 Episode 22 - Aired 3/13/1962
Dobie and Maynard help Dr. Burkhart establish a center for disadvantaged kids. Maynard wins over the little delinquents by talking to them at their own level.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.9/1026 votes
#23 - Wanted: Dead or Alive
Season 3 Episode 23 - Aired 3/20/1962
Dobie tries to convince Maynard that he is not going to fall for any more money-mad girls, but then a successful college dropout shows up on campus and asks Dobie and Mr. Pomfritt to come work for her as salesmen.
Director: Rod Amateau
Writer: N/A
- 8.0/1038 votes
#24 - 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
- 7.7/1025 votes
#25 - Dobie Gillis: Wanted Dead or Alive
Season 3 Episode 25 - Aired 4/3/1962
In order to get good enough grades to follow his latest heartthrob to Harvard, Dobie must cheat on an exam to pass his poetry class.
Director: Rod Amateau
Writer: Joel Kane, Rod Amateau
The Best Episodes of The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis Season 3
Every episode of The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis Season 3 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis Season 3!
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Season 3 Ratings Summary
"Ruptured Duck" is the best rated episode of "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis" season 3. It scored 7.9/10 based on 41 votes. Directed by Rod Amateau and written by N/A, it aired on 10/10/1961. This episode is rated 0.5 points higher than the second-best, "Dobie, Dobie, Who's Got Dobie?".