
Season 1
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
Episodes
1. Caper at the Bijou
September 29, 1959
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.
Guest Stars: Bart Patton, Tuesday Weld, Herbert Anderson
2. The Best Dressed Man
October 6, 1959
Dobie competes with Milton Armitage to see whose wardrobe can impress Thalia the most.
Guest Stars: William Schallert, Warren Beatty, Mel Blanc
3. Love is a Science
October 13, 1959
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.
Guest Stars: Tuesday Weld
4. The Right Triangle
October 20, 1959
Dobie's older brother Davey convinces him to invent an affair with a married woman to impress a new girl in school.
Guest Stars: Jean Byron, Darryl Hickman
5. Maynard's Farewell to the Troops
November 3, 1959
Maynard gets drafted.
Guest Stars: Michael J. Pollard, William Schallert, Tommy Farrell
6. The Sweet Singer of Central High
November 10, 1959
After a throat operation, Dobie can sing better than Milton, thus attracting Thalia.
Guest Stars: Michael J. Pollard, Warren Beatty, Tuesday Weld
7. Greater Love Hath No Man
November 17, 1959
Dobie tries to earn $6 to take Thalia to the Junior Prom.
8. The Old Goat
November 24, 1959
Before the big football game, Dobie hatches a scheme for winning by stealing the opposing mascot.
Guest Stars: Joel Crothers, Milton Frome
9. Dobie Gillis: Boy Actor
December 1, 1959
Dobie is up against Milton to be leading man in a school play.
Guest Stars: Warren Beatty
10. It Takes Two
December 8, 1959
Dobie falls for Poppy Herming but has to win her father's approval too.
Guest Stars: William Schallert
11. Dobie's Birthday Party
December 15, 1959
Dobie thinks everyone has forgotten his birthday.
Guest Stars: Tommy Farrell, Ron Howard
12. Deck the Halls
December 22, 1959
Mr. Gillis is driven crazy by all the Christian celebrations, and almost spends the holidays in jail.
Guest Stars: Verna Felton, Jack Albertson, Darryl Hickman
13. Couchville, USA
December 29, 1959
Herbert seeks free advice from a child psychiologist.
Guest Stars: Tuesday Weld, Harvey Stephens
14. The Gaucho
January 5, 1960
Mr. and Mrs. Gillis take in a young and handsome border from South America.
Guest Stars: Tuesday Weld, Alberto Morin
15. The Smoke-Filled Room
January 12, 1960
Dobie runs against Milton for junior class president. Thalia is Dobie's campaign manager.
Guest Stars: Warren Beatty, Tuesday Weld
16. The Fist Fighter
January 19, 1960
Dobie becomes Top Fist by knocking out the legendary Moose. Milton tries to gain the title and Thaila's affections by challenging Dobie.
Guest Stars: Warren Beatty, Bob Barran, Page Slattery
17. The Hunger Strike
January 26, 1960
Dobie goes on a hunger strike until Thalia agrees to be his.
Guest Stars: Ryan O'Neal, Tuesday Weld, Steve Franken
18. The Flying Millicans
February 2, 1960
Dobie falls for trapeze artist Aphrodite Millican,.
Guest Stars: Francis X. Bushman, Yvonne Craig, Doug McClure
19. Room at the Bottom
February 9, 1960
Thalia talks Dobie's parents into sending him to Willoughby prep school.
Guest Stars: Jean Byron, Ron Howard, John Bryant
20. The Power of Positive Thinking
February 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.
Guest Stars: John Abbott, Tuesday Weld, Steve Franken
21. Dobie Spreads a Rumor
February 23, 1960
Dobie and Maynard are puzzled when a rumor they spread about Zelda inheriting a fortune seems to become reality.
Guest Stars: Dabbs Greer
22. Love is a Fallacy
March 1, 1960
Thalia tries to educate Dobie in logical thinking.
Guest Stars: Jason Wingreen, Tuesday Weld
23. The Chicken from Outer Space
March 8, 1960
Maynard gives a chicken an overdose of growth hormones as a biology class project .
Guest Stars: Marjorie Bennett
24. Dobie's Navy Blues
March 15, 1960
Dobie and a girl friend take a baby-sitting job. However, the Gillies suspect Dobie is secretly a father.
Guest Stars: Harry von Zell, Yvonne Craig, Anne Whitfield
25. Taken to the Cleaners
March 29, 1960
Dobie, Maynard, and Thalia capture a crooked dry-cleaner who had almost conned them before.
Guest Stars: Tuesday Weld, Marjorie Bennett, Ben Welden
26. That's Show Biz
April 5, 1960
Dobie and most of his friends reluctantly participate in a talent show.
Guest Stars: Doris Packer, Jean Byron, Marjorie Bennett
27. The Prettiest Collateral in Town
April 12, 1960
Doblie's dad wants him to romance a banker's daughter so he can get a loan.
Guest Stars: Rose Marie, Sherry Jackson
28. Live Alone and I Like It
April 19, 1960
Dobie wants to prove he's grownup, so he moves into a small apartment with Maynard.
Guest Stars: Esther Dale
29. The Big Sandwich
April 26, 1960
Thalia hatches a scheme for Dobie to sell sandwiches at the school picnic.
Guest Stars: Gordon Jones, Tuesday Weld
30. Soup and Fish
May 3, 1960
Dobie, Maynard, and Chatsworth must all share the same tuxedo to get in to a black-tie party at the Armitage mansion.
Guest Stars: Doris Packer
31. Where There's a Will
May 10, 1960
Herbert worries about what will happen to the store after he's gone.
Guest Stars: Eduardo Noriega, Arlene Harris, Blanche Sweet
32. Put Your Feet in Our Hands
May 17, 1960
Dobie and Chatsworth complete for the attention of a shoe store owner's daughter in order to get a job at the store.
Guest Stars: Diana Millay, Steve Franken, Marjorie Bennett
33. Competition is the Life of Trade
May 24, 1960
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.
Guest Stars: Jack Albertson
34. The French, They Are a Funny Race
May 31, 1960
Maynard falls for a French girl and shaves off his goatee.
35. The Unregistered Nurse
June 7, 1960
Dobie falls for an older nurse and feigns a disease so he can be near her.
Guest Stars: Tommy Ivo, John Stephenson, Herb Vigran
36. The Long Arm of the Law
June 14, 1960
Dobie's new date's father turns out to be a cop with whom he had a disagreement about picking flowers in the park.
Guest Stars: Margie Liszt, Jane Wald, Richard Reeves
37. Here Come the Groom
June 21, 1960
A discouraged Dobie finally gives up on finding his dream girl and agrees to marry Zelda.
Guest Stars: Dabbs Greer, Joan Banks, Burt Mustin
38. A Taste of Lobster
June 28, 1960
Dobie finds a girl who doesn't care about money, until her younger sister starts going on finance dates with a richer boy.
Guest Stars: Gina Gillespie, Joey D. Vieira, Michael Burns
39. Rock-a-Bye Dobie
July 5, 1960
Dobie lies about joining the navy to impress a girl's sea-mined father.
Guest Stars: Don Knotts, Kathleen Freeman, Denise Alexander
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