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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 adapted from a 1951 collection of short stories of the same name, written by Max Shulman, who had also written a feature film adaptation of his short stories for MGM in 1953, The Affairs of Dobie Gillis. The series revolved around the life of teenager/young adult Dobie Gillis, who, along with his best friend, beatnik Maynard G. Krebs, struggles against the forces of his life - high school, the military, college, and his parents - as he aspires to attain both wealth and dates with girls. The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis was produced by Martin Manulis Productions in association with 20th Century Fox Television. Creator Shulman also wrote the theme song in collaboration with Lionel Newman.
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Episode 1 - Caper at the Bijou
Release Date: 1959-09-29Dobie 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.
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Episode 2 - The Best Dressed Man
Release Date: 1959-10-06Dobie competes with Milton Armitage to see whose wardrobe can impress Thalia the most.
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Episode 3 - Love is a Science
Release Date: 1959-10-13Thalia 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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Episode 4 - The Right Triangle
Release Date: 1959-10-20Dobie'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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Episode 5 - Maynard's Farewell to the Troops
Release Date: 1959-11-03Maynard gets drafted.
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Episode 6 - The Sweet Singer of Central High
Release Date: 1959-11-10After a throat operation, Dobie can sing better than Milton, thus attracting Thalia.
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Episode 7 - Greater Love Hath No Man
Release Date: 1959-11-17Dobie tries to earn $6 to take Thalia to the Junior Prom.
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Episode 8 - The Old Goat
Release Date: 1959-11-24Before the big football game, Dobie hatches a scheme for winning by stealing the opposing mascot.
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Episode 9 - Dobie Gillis: Boy Actor
Release Date: 1959-12-01Dobie is up against Milton to be leading man in a school play.
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Episode 10 - It Takes Two
Release Date: 1959-12-08Dobie falls for Poppy Herming but has to win her father's approval too.
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Episode 11 - Dobie's Birthday Party
Release Date: 1959-12-15Dobie thinks everyone has forgotten his birthday.
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Episode 12 - Deck the Halls
Release Date: 1959-12-22Mr. Gillis is driven crazy by all the Christian celebrations, and almost spends the holidays in jail.
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Episode 13 - Couchville, USA
Release Date: 1959-12-29Herbert seeks free advice from a child psychiologist.
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Episode 14 - The Gaucho
Release Date: 1960-01-05Mr. and Mrs. Gillis take in a young and handsome border from South America.
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Episode 15 - The Smoke-Filled Room
Release Date: 1960-01-12Dobie runs against Milton for junior class president. Thalia is Dobie's campaign manager.
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Episode 16 - The Fist Fighter
Release Date: 1960-01-19Dobie 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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Episode 17 - The Hunger Strike
Release Date: 1960-01-26Dobie goes on a hunger strike until Thalia agrees to be his.
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Episode 18 - The Flying Millicans
Release Date: 1960-02-02Dobie falls for trapeze artist Aphrodite Millican,.
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Episode 19 - Room at the Bottom
Release Date: 1960-02-09Thalia talks Dobie's parents into sending him to Willoughby prep school.
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Episode 20 - The Power of Positive Thinking
Release Date: 1960-02-16In order to win Thaila from Chatsworth, Dobie reads a book on mental power so he can be the dominating man Thalia wants.
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Episode 21 - Dobie Spreads a Rumor
Release Date: 1960-02-23Dobie and Maynard are puzzled when a rumor they spread about Zelda inheriting a fortune seems to become reality.
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Episode 22 - Love is a Fallacy
Release Date: 1960-03-01Thalia tries to educate Dobie in logical thinking.
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Episode 23 - The Chicken from Outer Space
Release Date: 1960-03-08Maynard gives a chicken an overdose of growth hormones as a biology class project .
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Episode 24 - Dobie's Navy Blues
Release Date: 1960-03-15Dobie and a girl friend take a baby-sitting job. However, the Gillies suspect Dobie is secretly a father.
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Episode 25 - Taken to the Cleaners
Release Date: 1960-03-29Dobie, Maynard, and Thalia capture a crooked dry-cleaner who had almost conned them before.
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Episode 26 - That's Show Biz
Release Date: 1960-04-05Dobie and most of his friends reluctantly participate in a talent show.
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Episode 27 - The Prettiest Collateral in Town
Release Date: 1960-04-12Doblie's dad wants him to romance a banker's daughter so he can get a loan.
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Episode 28 - Live Alone and I Like It
Release Date: 1960-04-19Dobie wants to prove he's grownup, so he moves into a small apartment with Maynard.
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Episode 29 - The Big Sandwich
Release Date: 1960-04-26Thalia hatches a scheme for Dobie to sell sandwiches at the school picnic.
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Episode 30 - Soup and Fish
Release Date: 1960-05-03Dobie, 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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Episode 31 - Where There's a Will
Release Date: 1960-05-10Herbert worries about what will happen to the store after he's gone.
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Episode 32 - Put Your Feet in Our Hands
Release Date: 1960-05-17Dobie 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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Episode 33 - Competition is the Life of Trade
Release Date: 1960-05-24Dobie'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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Episode 34 - The French, They Are a Funny Race
Release Date: 1960-05-31Maynard falls for a French girl and shaves off his goatee.
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Episode 35 - The Unregistered Nurse
Release Date: 1960-06-07Dobie falls for an older nurse and feigns a disease so he can be near her.
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Episode 36 - The Long Arm of the Law
Release Date: 1960-06-14Dobie'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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Episode 37 - Here Come the Groom
Release Date: 1960-06-21A discouraged Dobie finally gives up on finding his dream girl and agrees to marry Zelda.
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Episode 38 - A Taste of Lobster
Release Date: 1960-06-28Dobie 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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Episode 39 - Rock-a-Bye Dobie
Release Date: 1960-07-05Dobie lies about joining the navy to impress a girl's sea-mined father.