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The Best Episodes of The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis Season 4

Every episode of The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis Season 4 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis Season 4!

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
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  • A Splinter Off the Old Block
    7.9/10(39)
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    #1 - A Splinter Off the Old Block

    Season 4 Episode 5

    Aired 10/24/1962

    Dobie's teenage cousin Duncan moves in with the Gillises and tells Dobie's girlfriend that Dobie needs help for a drinking problem.

    Director: Rod Amateau

    Writer: Max Shulman, Rod Amateau

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  • The Call of the, Like, Wild
    7.9/10(37)
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    #2 - The Call of the, Like, Wild

    Season 4 Episode 35

    Aired 5/29/1963

    A chemical concoction makes Maynard irresistible to women.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Dean Riesner

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  • And Now a Word From Our Sponsor
    7.8/10(23)
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    #3 - And Now a Word From Our Sponsor

    Season 4 Episode 18

    Aired 1/30/1963

    Dobie is the new DJ on the college radio station. A mobster tries to give him payola to make his country-singer girlfriend a star.

    Director: Rod Amateau

    Writer: N/A

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  • Beauty Is Only Kin Deep
    7.8/10(38)
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    #4 - Beauty Is Only Kin Deep

    Season 4 Episode 34

    Aired 5/22/1963

    Dobie falls in love with a girl at school, but family tradition prevents her from marrying until a match can be found for her older sister.

    Director: Rod Amateau

    Writer: N/A

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  • What's a Little Murder Between Friends
    7.6/10(29)
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    #5 - What's a Little Murder Between Friends

    Season 4 Episode 2

    Aired 10/3/1962

    Dobie names Thaila as his beneficiary on a life insurance policy, then becomes paranoid that she and Maynard are trying to kill him.

    Director: Rod Amateau

    Writer: Max Shulman

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  • Now I Lay Me Down to Steal
    7.6/10(32)
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    #6 - Now I Lay Me Down to Steal

    Season 4 Episode 28

    Aired 4/10/1963

    Staying overnight at the Osbourne mansion with Dobie and his new girlfriend, Maynard is suspected of stealing jewelry from their safe when he is found sleepwalking.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • A Funny Thing Happened to Me on the Way to a Funny Thing
    7.5/10(29)
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    #7 - A Funny Thing Happened to Me on the Way to a Funny Thing

    Season 4 Episode 1

    Aired 9/26/1962

    Maynard saves a suicidal jumper but falls from the ledge himself and is taken to a psycho ward.

    Director: Rod Amateau

    Writer: N/A

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  • What Makes the Varsity Drag?
    7.5/10(36)
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    #8 - What Makes the Varsity Drag?

    Season 4 Episode 6

    Aired 10/31/1962

    Dobie joins the football squad to impress a girl, but only succeeds in making her big bruiser boyfriend jealous.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • Where is Thy Sting
    7.5/10(31)
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    #9 - Where is Thy Sting

    Season 4 Episode 8

    Aired 11/14/1962

    Dobie pretends to be terminaly ill to gain a girl's sympathy. However, due to a mixup, Dobie is led to believe he's really in poor health.

    Director: Rod Amateau

    Writer: Joel Kane

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  • Will the Real Santa Claus Please Come Down the Chimney
    7.5/10(36)
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    #10 - Will the Real Santa Claus Please Come Down the Chimney

    Season 4 Episode 13

    Aired 12/19/1962

    To cure Maynard of his childish belief in Santa Claus, Mr. Gillis climbs down the chimney on Christmas Eve and gets stuck.

    Director: Rod Amateau

    Writer: N/A

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  • All Right, Dobie, Drop the Gun
    7.5/10(28)
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    #11 - All Right, Dobie, Drop the Gun

    Season 4 Episode 17

    Aired 1/23/1963

    A fugitive criminal and his girlfriend hold up the Gillises in the store. Maynard arrives and complicates the situation.

    Director: Rod Amateau

    Writer: N/A

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  • Thanks for the Memory
    7.5/10(31)
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    #12 - Thanks for the Memory

    Season 4 Episode 22

    Aired 2/27/1963

    When a foreign student likes Dobie because he is simple-minded, Zelda decides to teach him how to improve his memory

    Director: Rod Amateau

    Writer: Max Shulman

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  • The Devil and Dobie Gillis
    7.5/10(29)
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    #13 - The Devil and Dobie Gillis

    Season 4 Episode 36

    Aired 6/5/1963

    Desperate for date money, Dobie figuratively sells his soul to Chatsworth and agrees to fix the outcome of a $5,000 charity raffle.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Max Shulman

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  • Flow Gently, Sweet Money
    7.4/10(30)
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    #14 - Flow Gently, Sweet Money

    Season 4 Episode 9

    Aired 11/21/1962

    An older woman teaches Duncan how to be rotten to succeed in the world so he'll be able to provide for her younger sister. But meanwhile the younger sister is falling for nice, honest Dobie.

    Director: Rod Amateau

    Writer: N/A

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  • There's Always Room for One Less
    7.4/10(31)
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    #15 - There's Always Room for One Less

    Season 4 Episode 26

    Aired 3/27/1963

    Thrown out by his mother, Chatsworth moves in with the Gillises for a while.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • The Rice and Old Shoes Caper
    7.4/10(30)
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    #16 - The Rice and Old Shoes Caper

    Season 4 Episode 30

    Aired 4/24/1963

    Zelda is tired of being rejected by Dobie, while Maynard realizes that no other woman would put up with him.

    Director: Rod Amateau

    Writer: N/A

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  • I Was a Spy for the F.O.B.
    7.4/10(30)
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    #17 - I Was a Spy for the F.O.B.

    Season 4 Episode 32

    Aired 5/8/1963

    On a trip to Washington DC with the Gillises, Maynard gets mistaken for a rocket scientist and sought by foreign spies for his secret fuel formula.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • Like Hi, Exlosives
    7.3/10(26)
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    #18 - Like Hi, Exlosives

    Season 4 Episode 7

    Aired 11/7/1962

    Duncan and Maynard don't realize they loaded up the Gillis Grocery delivery truck with a case of nitroglycerin.

    Director: Rod Amateau

    Writer: Joel Kane

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  • Three Million Coins in the Fountain
    7.3/10(33)
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    #19 - Three Million Coins in the Fountain

    Season 4 Episode 23

    Aired 3/6/1963

    When Chatsworth's family goes broke, he gets Maynard and Duncan to help him raise money claiming it is charity for a needy family.

    Director: Rod Amateau

    Writer: N/A

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  • Northern Comfort
    7.2/10(24)
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    #20 - Northern Comfort

    Season 4 Episode 3

    Aired 10/10/1962

    Mrs. Gillis's cousin Virgil visits and gets the Gillises to supply him with all he needs for a singing engagement.

    Director: Rod Amateau

    Writer: Dean Riesner

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  • Two for the Whipsaw
    7.2/10(20)
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    #21 - Two for the Whipsaw

    Season 4 Episode 19

    Aired 2/6/1963

    Chatsworth pays Dobie to take his place at a fancy dinner with old friends of the family, whose daughter he remembers as being particularly ugly.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • Lassie, Get Lost
    7.2/10(28)
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    #22 - Lassie, Get Lost

    Season 4 Episode 29

    Aired 4/17/1963

    A teenage celebrity's dog is lost and Dobie tries to find it.

    Director: Rod Amateau

    Writer: Dean Riesner

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  • Requiem for an Underweight Heavyweight
    7.2/10(28)
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    #23 - Requiem for an Underweight Heavyweight

    Season 4 Episode 31

    Aired 5/1/1963

    Maynard temporarily gains super-strength. Mr. Gillis becomes his prize fighting manager.

    Director: Rod Amateau

    Writer: N/A

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  • Strictly for the Birds
    7.1/10(32)
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    #24 - Strictly for the Birds

    Season 4 Episode 10

    Aired 11/28/1962

    Dobie and Maynard train a mynah bird to help them with their history exam.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • Too Many Kooks Spoil the Broth
    7.1/10(21)
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    #25 - Too Many Kooks Spoil the Broth

    Season 4 Episode 15

    Aired 1/9/1963

    Dobie falls for a kitchenware heiress and wants to impress her by selling one of the man's Quickie-Cookers.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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Season 4 Ratings Summary

"A Splinter Off the Old Block" is the best rated episode of "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis" season 4. It scored 7.9/10 based on 39 votes. Directed by Rod Amateau and written by Max Shulman, Rod Amateau, it aired on 10/24/1962. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "The Call of the, Like, Wild".