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Season 4

Season 4

The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis

1962
Episodes: 36

Episodes

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1. A Funny Thing Happened to Me on the Way to a Funny Thing

September 26, 1962

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

Guest Stars: Raymond Bailey, Marilyn Fox

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2. What's a Little Murder Between Friends

October 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.

Guest Stars: Dennis Patrick, Tuesday Weld, Dennis Patrick

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3. Northern Comfort

October 10, 1962

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

Guest Stars: Charles Lane, Stephanie Hill

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4. The Ugliest American

October 17, 1962

On a class trip to an African jungle, Dobie is captured by a tribe of cannibals.

Guest Stars: Jean Byron, Sig Ruman, Anthony Eustrel

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5. A Splinter Off the Old Block

October 24, 1962

30 min

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

Guest Stars: Bobby Diamond, Ahna Capri, Ellen Burstyn

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6. What Makes the Varsity Drag?

October 31, 1962

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

Guest Stars: Jean Byron, Bert Freed

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7. Like Hi, Exlosives

November 7, 1962

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

Guest Stars: Bobby Diamond, Doris Packer, Peter Virgo

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8. Where is Thy Sting

November 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.

Guest Stars: Jean Byron, Burt Mustin, Howard McNear

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9. Flow Gently, Sweet Money

November 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.

Guest Stars: Bobby Diamond, Yvonne Craig

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10. Strictly for the Birds

November 28, 1962

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

Guest Stars: Jean Byron, Julie Parrish

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11. The Iceman Goeth

December 5, 1962

Maynard and Duncan accidentally lock Mr. Gillis in the meat freezer, and think they've killed him.

Guest Stars: Bobby Diamond, Jean Byron, Richard Reeves

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12. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Gillis

December 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.

Guest Stars: Paul Tripp, Howard McNear

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13. Will the Real Santa Claus Please Come Down the Chimney

December 19, 1962

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

Guest Stars: Bobby Diamond

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14. Who Did William Tell?

January 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.

Guest Stars: Bobby Diamond, Ned Romero, Alejandro Rey

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15. Too Many Kooks Spoil the Broth

January 9, 1963

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

Guest Stars: Charles Lane

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16. Vocal Boy Makes Good

January 16, 1963

Performing at Pryor College, the Lettermen hire Dobie as an emergency replacement singer.

Guest Stars: Carol Christensen

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17. All Right, Dobie, Drop the Gun

January 23, 1963

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

Guest Stars: Joyce Jameson, Ralph Taeger

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18. And Now a Word From Our Sponsor

January 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.

Guest Stars: Jean Byron, Alice Pearce, Carole Cook

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19. Two for the Whipsaw

February 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.

Guest Stars: Alberto Morin, Roy Roberts, Steve Franken

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20. The Moon and No Pence

February 13, 1963

30 min

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.

Guest Stars: Harry Stanton

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21. The Beast with Twenty Fingers

February 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.

Guest Stars: Carole Cook

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22. Thanks for the Memory

February 27, 1963

30 min

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

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23. Three Million Coins in the Fountain

March 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.

Guest Stars: Bobby Diamond, Doris Packer

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24. Beethoven, Presley, and Me

March 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.

Guest Stars: Charles Lane

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25. The Little Chimp That Couldn't

March 20, 1963

A test chimpanzee is doomed unless Maynard can show that he is more talented than he seems.

Guest Stars: Jean Byron, Addison Richards

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26. There's Always Room for One Less

March 27, 1963

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

Guest Stars: Doris Packer

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27. The General Cried at Dawn

April 3, 1963

30 min

Maynard doubles for a Latin American general while on vacation.

Guest Stars: Pepe Hern, Alberto Morin, Ron Nyman

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28. Now I Lay Me Down to Steal

April 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.

Guest Stars: Doris Packer, Willard Waterman

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29. Lassie, Get Lost

April 17, 1963

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

Guest Stars: Joyce Van Patten

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30. The Rice and Old Shoes Caper

April 24, 1963

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

Guest Stars: Burt Mustin

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31. Requiem for an Underweight Heavyweight

May 1, 1963

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

Guest Stars: Jean Byron, Joyce Jameson, Chuck Hicks

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32. I Was a Spy for the F.O.B.

May 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.

Guest Stars: Henry Corden, Joseph Hoover, Barbara Bain

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33. There's a Broken Light for Every Broken Heart on Broadway

May 15, 1963

Maynard guides a fellow student to become a singing sensation, then ponders if he should step aside when a big-time agent wants to take her on.

Guest Stars: Earl Hammond, Linden Chiles

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34. Beauty Is Only Kin Deep

May 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.

Guest Stars: Jean Byron, Peter Lupus

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35. The Call of the, Like, Wild

May 29, 1963

A chemical concoction makes Maynard irresistible to women.

Guest Stars: Jack Raine, Mary Jackson, Susan Bay Nimoy

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36. The Devil and Dobie Gillis

June 5, 1963

30 min

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

Guest Stars: Doris Packer, Barbara Babcock, Grandon Rhodes

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