- 5.2/1025 votesLoading...
#1 - Beethoven, Presley, and Me
Season 4 Episode 24 - Aired 3/13/1963
The song-analyzing qualities of a computer are transfered to Maynard, and cousin Virgil uses his ability to predict hit songs to become a singing star.
Director: N/A
Writer: Dean Riesner
- 5.9/1022 votesLoading...
#2 - Who Did William Tell?
Season 4 Episode 14 - Aired 1/2/1963
Duncan gets a role in a visiting production of William Tell and falls for a young opera star, unaware she has a jealous boyfriend.
Director: Rod Amateau
Writer: N/A
- 5.9/1029 votesLoading...
#3 - The Little Chimp That Couldn't
Season 4 Episode 25 - Aired 3/20/1963
A test chimpanzee is doomed unless Maynard can show that he is more talented than he seems.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.0/1027 votesLoading...
#4 - The Moon and No Pence
Season 4 Episode 20 - Aired 2/13/1963
Dobie falls for brainy a Russian ballerina and solicits Zelda's aid to improve his grades. When that fails, he ends up dancing outside her window.
Director: Rod Amateau
Writer: N/A
- 6.1/1035 votesLoading...
#5 - The Ugliest American
Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 10/17/1962
On a class trip to an African jungle, Dobie is captured by a tribe of cannibals.
Director: Rod Amateau
Writer: Joel Kane
- 6.4/1029 votesLoading...
#7 - The Solid Gold Dog Tag
Season 2 Episode 25 - Aired 4/11/1961
Despite opposition from his mother, Chatsworth decides to join Dobie and Maynard in the Army.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.4/1033 votesLoading...
#8 - It Takes A Heap o'Livin' to Make a Cave a Home
Season 3 Episode 31 - Aired 5/15/1962
Maynard discovers a prehistoric throwback living in a cave and decides to move in with him
Director: Rod Amateau
Writer: N/A
- 6.5/1044 votesLoading...
#9 - The Gaucho
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 1/5/1960
Mr. and Mrs. Gillis take in a young and handsome border from South America.
Director: Rod Amateau
Writer: N/A
- 6.5/1036 votesLoading...
#10 - The Chicken Corporal
Season 2 Episode 24 - Aired 4/4/1961
Being put in charge of his squad's barracks goes to Dobie's head and his friendship with Maynard suffers.
Director: Rod Amateau
Writer: N/A
- 6.6/1036 votesLoading...
#11 - Dobie's Navy Blues
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 3/15/1960
Dobie and a girl friend take a baby-sitting job. However, the Gillies suspect Dobie is secretly a father.
Director: Rod Amateau
Writer: Terry Ryan
- 6.6/1033 votesLoading...
#12 - That's Show Biz
Season 1 Episode 26 - Aired 4/5/1960
Dobie and most of his friends reluctantly participate in a talent show.
Director: Rod Amateau
Writer: Max Shulman
- 6.6/1021 votesLoading...
#13 - Vocal Boy Makes Good
Season 4 Episode 16 - Aired 1/16/1963
Performing at Pryor College, the Lettermen hire Dobie as an emergency replacement singer.
Director: Rod Amateau
Writer: N/A
- 6.6/1030 votesLoading...
#14 - The General Cried at Dawn
Season 4 Episode 27 - Aired 4/3/1963
Maynard doubles for a Latin American general while on vacation.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.8/1048 votesLoading...
#15 - Greater Love Hath No Man
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/17/1959
Dobie tries to earn $6 to take Thalia to the Junior Prom.
Director: Rod Amateau
Writer: Joel Kane
- 6.8/1034 votesLoading...
#16 - Aah, Yer Fadder Wears Army Shoes
Season 2 Episode 32 - Aired 5/30/1961
Dobie exaggerates his dad's war record to impress a girl from a long military family.
Director: Rod Amateau
Writer: N/A
- 6.8/1036 votesLoading...
#17 - 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
- 6.8/1024 votesLoading...
#18 - Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Gillis
Season 4 Episode 12 - Aired 12/12/1962
To avoid failing an upcoming test that will cause him to flunk out of school, Maynard drinks a potion that is supposed to turn him into a genius, but ends up transforming him into a monster.
Director: Rod Amateau
Writer: Dean Riesner
- 6.8/1022 votesLoading...
#19 - The Beast with Twenty Fingers
Season 4 Episode 21 - Aired 2/20/1963
Maynard and Herbert get struck in one of those finger toys just as Mr. Gillis is about to leave for a grocer's convention.
Director: Rod Amateau
Writer: N/A
- 6.9/1041 votesLoading...
#20 - The Power of Positive Thinking
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 2/16/1960
In order to win Thaila from Chatsworth, Dobie reads a book on mental power so he can be the dominating man Thalia wants.
Director: Rod Amateau
Writer: N/A
- 6.9/1029 votesLoading...
#21 - The Iceman Goeth
Season 4 Episode 11 - Aired 12/5/1962
Maynard and Duncan accidentally lock Mr. Gillis in the meat freezer, and think they've killed him.
Director: Rod Amateau
Writer: Max Shulman
- 7.0/1062 votesLoading...
#22 - Maynard's Farewell to the Troops
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 11/3/1959
Maynard gets drafted.
Director: Rod Amateau
Writer: Max Shulman, Rod Amateau
- 7.0/1038 votesLoading...
#23 - I Didn't Raise My Boy to be a Soldier, Sailor, or Marine
Season 2 Episode 23 - Aired 3/28/1961
Maynard misses the bus on his first day in the Army, but Chatsworth fills him in for him.
Director: Rod Amateau
Writer: N/A
- 7.0/1034 votesLoading...
#24 - The Battle of Maynard's Beard
Season 2 Episode 26 - Aired 4/18/1961
The Army orders Maynard to shave off his beard.
Director: Rod Amateau
Writer: N/A
- 7.1/1037 votesLoading...
#25 - The Face That Stopped the Clock
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 11/15/1960
Maynard takes a job selling clock-statues at an army surplus store.
Director: Rod Amateau
Writer: N/A
The Worst Episodes of The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
Every episode of The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst 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...
Genre:Comedy
Network:CBS
Worst Episodes Summary
"Beethoven, Presley, and Me" is the worst rated episode of "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis". It scored 5.2/10 based on 25 votes. Directed by N/A and written by Dean Riesner, it aired on 3/13/1963. This episode scored 0.7 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Who Did William Tell?".