Season 1

Episodes • 1959

Dwayne Hickman
Bob Denver
Frank Faylen
Florida Friebus
Sheila James Kuehl
Caper at the Bijou

1. Caper at the Bijou

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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.

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The Best Dressed Man

2. The Best Dressed Man

min

Dobie competes with Milton Armitage to see whose wardrobe can impress Thalia the most.

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Love is a Science

3. Love is a Science

min

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.

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The Right Triangle

4. The Right Triangle

min

Dobie'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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Maynard's Farewell to the Troops

5. Maynard's Farewell to the Troops

min

Maynard gets drafted.

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The Sweet Singer of Central High

6. The Sweet Singer of Central High

min

After a throat operation, Dobie can sing better than Milton, thus attracting Thalia.

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Greater Love Hath No Man

7. Greater Love Hath No Man

min

Dobie tries to earn $6 to take Thalia to the Junior Prom.

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The Old Goat

8. The Old Goat

min

Before the big football game, Dobie hatches a scheme for winning by stealing the opposing mascot.

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Dobie Gillis: Boy Actor

9. Dobie Gillis: Boy Actor

min

Dobie is up against Milton to be leading man in a school play.

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It Takes Two

10. It Takes Two

min

Dobie falls for Poppy Herming but has to win her father's approval too.

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Dobie's Birthday Party

11. Dobie's Birthday Party

min

Dobie thinks everyone has forgotten his birthday.

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Deck the Halls

12. Deck the Halls

min

Mr. Gillis is driven crazy by all the Christian celebrations, and almost spends the holidays in jail.

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Couchville, USA

13. Couchville, USA

min

Herbert seeks free advice from a child psychiologist.

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The Gaucho

14. The Gaucho

min

Mr. and Mrs. Gillis take in a young and handsome border from South America.

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The Smoke-Filled Room

15. The Smoke-Filled Room

min

Dobie runs against Milton for junior class president. Thalia is Dobie's campaign manager.

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The Fist Fighter

16. The Fist Fighter

min

Dobie 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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The Hunger Strike

17. The Hunger Strike

min

Dobie goes on a hunger strike until Thalia agrees to be his.

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The Flying Millicans

18. The Flying Millicans

min

Dobie falls for trapeze artist Aphrodite Millican,.

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Room at the Bottom

19. Room at the Bottom

min

Thalia talks Dobie's parents into sending him to Willoughby prep school.

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The Power of Positive Thinking

20. The Power of Positive Thinking

min

In 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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Dobie Spreads a Rumor

21. Dobie Spreads a Rumor

min

Dobie and Maynard are puzzled when a rumor they spread about Zelda inheriting a fortune seems to become reality.

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Love is a Fallacy

22. Love is a Fallacy

min

Thalia tries to educate Dobie in logical thinking.

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The Chicken from Outer Space

23. The Chicken from Outer Space

min

Maynard gives a chicken an overdose of growth hormones as a biology class project .

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Dobie's Navy Blues

24. Dobie's Navy Blues

min

Dobie and a girl friend take a baby-sitting job. However, the Gillies suspect Dobie is secretly a father.

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Taken to the Cleaners

25. Taken to the Cleaners

min

Dobie, Maynard, and Thalia capture a crooked dry-cleaner who had almost conned them before.

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That's Show Biz

26. That's Show Biz

min

Dobie and most of his friends reluctantly participate in a talent show.

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The Prettiest Collateral in Town

27. The Prettiest Collateral in Town

min

Doblie's dad wants him to romance a banker's daughter so he can get a loan.

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Live Alone and I Like It

28. Live Alone and I Like It

30 min

Dobie wants to prove he's grownup, so he moves into a small apartment with Maynard.

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The Big Sandwich

29. The Big Sandwich

min

Thalia hatches a scheme for Dobie to sell sandwiches at the school picnic.

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Soup and Fish

30. Soup and Fish

min

Dobie, 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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Where There's a Will

31. Where There's a Will

30 min

Herbert worries about what will happen to the store after he's gone.

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Put Your Feet in Our Hands

32. Put Your Feet in Our Hands

min

Dobie 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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Competition is the Life of Trade

33. Competition is the Life of Trade

min

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.

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The French, They Are a Funny Race

34. The French, They Are a Funny Race

30 min

Maynard falls for a French girl and shaves off his goatee.

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The Unregistered Nurse

35. The Unregistered Nurse

min

Dobie falls for an older nurse and feigns a disease so he can be near her.

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The Long Arm of the Law

36. The Long Arm of the Law

30 min

Dobie'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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Here Come the Groom

37. Here Come the Groom

min

A discouraged Dobie finally gives up on finding his dream girl and agrees to marry Zelda.

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A Taste of Lobster

38. A Taste of Lobster

min

Dobie 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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Rock-a-Bye Dobie

39. Rock-a-Bye Dobie

min

Dobie lies about joining the navy to impress a girl's sea-mined father.

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