Season 1
Episodes • 1959

1. Caper at the Bijou
minDobie 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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2. The Best Dressed Man
minDobie competes with Milton Armitage to see whose wardrobe can impress Thalia the most.
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3. Love is a Science
minThalia 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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4. The Right Triangle
minDobie'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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6. The Sweet Singer of Central High
minAfter a throat operation, Dobie can sing better than Milton, thus attracting Thalia.
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7. Greater Love Hath No Man
minDobie tries to earn $6 to take Thalia to the Junior Prom.
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8. The Old Goat
minBefore the big football game, Dobie hatches a scheme for winning by stealing the opposing mascot.
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9. Dobie Gillis: Boy Actor
minDobie is up against Milton to be leading man in a school play.
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10. It Takes Two
minDobie falls for Poppy Herming but has to win her father's approval too.
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12. Deck the Halls
minMr. Gillis is driven crazy by all the Christian celebrations, and almost spends the holidays in jail.
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14. The Gaucho
minMr. and Mrs. Gillis take in a young and handsome border from South America.
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15. The Smoke-Filled Room
minDobie runs against Milton for junior class president. Thalia is Dobie's campaign manager.
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16. The Fist Fighter
minDobie 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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17. The Hunger Strike
minDobie goes on a hunger strike until Thalia agrees to be his.
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19. Room at the Bottom
minThalia talks Dobie's parents into sending him to Willoughby prep school.
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20. The Power of Positive Thinking
minIn 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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21. Dobie Spreads a Rumor
minDobie and Maynard are puzzled when a rumor they spread about Zelda inheriting a fortune seems to become reality.
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23. The Chicken from Outer Space
minMaynard gives a chicken an overdose of growth hormones as a biology class project .
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24. Dobie's Navy Blues
minDobie and a girl friend take a baby-sitting job. However, the Gillies suspect Dobie is secretly a father.
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25. Taken to the Cleaners
minDobie, Maynard, and Thalia capture a crooked dry-cleaner who had almost conned them before.
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26. That's Show Biz
minDobie and most of his friends reluctantly participate in a talent show.
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27. The Prettiest Collateral in Town
minDoblie's dad wants him to romance a banker's daughter so he can get a loan.
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28. Live Alone and I Like It
30 minDobie wants to prove he's grownup, so he moves into a small apartment with Maynard.
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29. The Big Sandwich
minThalia hatches a scheme for Dobie to sell sandwiches at the school picnic.
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30. Soup and Fish
minDobie, 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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31. Where There's a Will
30 minHerbert worries about what will happen to the store after he's gone.
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32. Put Your Feet in Our Hands
minDobie 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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33. Competition is the Life of Trade
minDobie'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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34. The French, They Are a Funny Race
30 minMaynard falls for a French girl and shaves off his goatee.
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35. The Unregistered Nurse
minDobie falls for an older nurse and feigns a disease so he can be near her.
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36. The Long Arm of the Law
30 minDobie'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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37. Here Come the Groom
minA discouraged Dobie finally gives up on finding his dream girl and agrees to marry Zelda.
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38. A Taste of Lobster
minDobie 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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39. Rock-a-Bye Dobie
minDobie lies about joining the navy to impress a girl's sea-mined father.
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