List of episodes of the series «The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis»

Caper at the Bijou

• Episode number: 1
• Episode description:
  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.

The Best Dressed Man

• Episode number: 2
• Episode description:
  Dobie competes with Milton Armitage to see whose wardrobe can impress Thalia the most.

Love is a Science

• Episode number: 3
• Episode description:
  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.

The Right Triangle

• Episode number: 4
• Episode description:
  Dobie's older brother Davey convinces him to invent an affair with a married woman to impress a new girl in school.

Maynard's Farewell to the Troops

• Episode number: 5
• Episode description:
  Maynard gets drafted.

The Sweet Singer of Central High

• Episode number: 6
• Episode description:
  After a throat operation, Dobie can sing better than Milton, thus attracting Thalia.

Greater Love Hath No Man

• Episode number: 7
• Episode description:
  Dobie tries to earn $6 to take Thalia to the Junior Prom.

The Old Goat

• Episode number: 8
• Episode description:
  Before the big football game, Dobie hatches a scheme for winning by stealing the opposing mascot.

Dobie Gillis: Boy Actor

• Episode number: 9
• Episode description:
  Dobie is up against Milton to be leading man in a school play.

It Takes Two

• Episode number: 10
• Episode description:
  Dobie falls for Poppy Herming but has to win her father's approval too.

Dobie's Birthday Party

• Episode number: 11
• Episode description:
  Dobie thinks everyone has forgotten his birthday.

Deck the Halls

• Episode number: 12
• Episode description:
  Mr. Gillis is driven crazy by all the Christian celebrations, and almost spends the holidays in jail.

Couchville, USA

• Episode number: 13
• Episode description:
  Herbert seeks free advice from a child psychiologist.

The Gaucho

• Episode number: 14
• Episode description:
  Mr. and Mrs. Gillis take in a young and handsome border from South America.

The Smoke-Filled Room

• Episode number: 15
• Episode description:
  Dobie runs against Milton for junior class president. Thalia is Dobie's campaign manager.

The Fist Fighter

• Episode number: 16
• Episode description:
  Dobie becomes Top Fist by knocking out the legendary Moose. Milton tries to gain the title and Thaila's affections by challenging Dobie.

The Hunger Strike

• Episode number: 17
• Episode description:
  Dobie goes on a hunger strike until Thalia agrees to be his.

The Flying Millicans

• Episode number: 18
• Episode description:
  Dobie falls for trapeze artist Aphrodite Millican,.

Room at the Bottom

• Episode number: 19
• Episode description:
  Thalia talks Dobie's parents into sending him to Willoughby prep school.

The Power of Positive Thinking

• Episode number: 20
• Episode description:
  In order to win Thaila from Chatsworth, Dobie reads a book on mental power so he can be the dominating man Thalia wants.

Dobie Spreads a Rumor

• Episode number: 21
• Episode description:
  Dobie and Maynard are puzzled when a rumor they spread about Zelda inheriting a fortune seems to become reality.

Love is a Fallacy

• Episode number: 22
• Episode description:
  Thalia tries to educate Dobie in logical thinking.

The Chicken from Outer Space

• Episode number: 23
• Episode description:
  Maynard gives a chicken an overdose of growth hormones as a biology class project .

Dobie's Navy Blues

• Episode number: 24
• Episode description:
  Dobie and a girl friend take a baby-sitting job. However, the Gillies suspect Dobie is secretly a father.

Taken to the Cleaners

• Episode number: 25
• Episode description:
  Dobie, Maynard, and Thalia capture a crooked dry-cleaner who had almost conned them before.

That's Show Biz

• Episode number: 26
• Episode description:
  Dobie and most of his friends reluctantly participate in a talent show.

The Prettiest Collateral in Town

• Episode number: 27
• Episode description:
  Doblie's dad wants him to romance a banker's daughter so he can get a loan.

Live Alone and I Like It

• Episode number: 28
• Episode duration: 30 min.
• Episode description:
  Dobie wants to prove he's grownup, so he moves into a small apartment with Maynard.

The Big Sandwich

• Episode number: 29
• Episode description:
  Thalia hatches a scheme for Dobie to sell sandwiches at the school picnic.

Soup and Fish

• Episode number: 30
• Episode description:
  Dobie, Maynard, and Chatsworth must all share the same tuxedo to get in to a black-tie party at the Armitage mansion.

Where There's a Will

• Episode number: 31
• Episode duration: 30 min.
• Episode description:
  Herbert worries about what will happen to the store after he's gone.

Put Your Feet in Our Hands

• Episode number: 32
• Episode description:
  Dobie and Chatsworth complete for the attention of a shoe store owner's daughter in order to get a job at the store.

Competition is the Life of Trade

• Episode number: 33
• Episode description:
  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.

The French, They Are a Funny Race

• Episode number: 34
• Episode duration: 30 min.
• Episode description:
  Maynard falls for a French girl and shaves off his goatee.

The Unregistered Nurse

• Episode number: 35
• Episode description:
  Dobie falls for an older nurse and feigns a disease so he can be near her.

The Long Arm of the Law

• Episode number: 36
• Episode duration: 30 min.
• Episode description:
  Dobie's new date's father turns out to be a cop with whom he had a disagreement about picking flowers in the park.

Here Come the Groom

• Episode number: 37
• Episode description:
  A discouraged Dobie finally gives up on finding his dream girl and agrees to marry Zelda.

A Taste of Lobster

• Episode number: 38
• Episode description:
  Dobie finds a girl who doesn't care about money, until her younger sister starts going on finance dates with a richer boy.

Rock-a-Bye Dobie

• Episode number: 39
• Episode description:
  Dobie lies about joining the navy to impress a girl's sea-mined father.