The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis — Season 1

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S1
E1
Caper at the Bijou

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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S1
E2
The Best Dressed Man

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

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S1
E3
Love is a Science

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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S1
E4
The Right Triangle

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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S1
E5
Maynard's Farewell to the Troops

Maynard gets drafted.

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S1
E6
The Sweet Singer of Central High

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

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S1
E7
Greater Love Hath No Man

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

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S1
E8
The Old Goat

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

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S1
E9
Dobie Gillis: Boy Actor

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

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S1
E10
It Takes Two

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

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S1
E11
Dobie's Birthday Party

Dobie thinks everyone has forgotten his birthday.

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S1
E12
Deck the Halls

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

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S1
E13
Couchville, USA

Herbert seeks free advice from a child psychiologist.

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S1
E14
The Gaucho

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

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S1
E15
The Smoke-Filled Room

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

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S1
E16
The Fist Fighter

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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S1
E17
The Hunger Strike

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

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S1
E18
The Flying Millicans

Dobie falls for trapeze artist Aphrodite Millican,.

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S1
E19
Room at the Bottom

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

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S1
E20
The Power of Positive Thinking

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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S1
E21
Dobie Spreads a Rumor

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

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S1
E22
Love is a Fallacy

Thalia tries to educate Dobie in logical thinking.

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S1
E23
The Chicken from Outer Space

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

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S1
E24
Dobie's Navy Blues

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

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S1
E25
Taken to the Cleaners

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

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S1
E26
That's Show Biz

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

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S1
E27
The Prettiest Collateral in Town

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

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S1
E28
Live Alone and I Like It

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

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S1
E29
The Big Sandwich

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

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S1
E30
Soup and Fish

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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S1
E31
Where There's a Will

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

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S1
E32
Put Your Feet in Our Hands

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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S1
E33
Competition is the Life of Trade

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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S1
E34
The French, They Are a Funny Race

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

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S1
E35
The Unregistered Nurse

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

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S1
E36
The Long Arm of the Law

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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S1
E37
Here Come the Groom

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

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S1
E38
A Taste of Lobster

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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S1
E39
Rock-A-Bye Dobie

Dobie and a girlfriend take a baby-sitting job, but the Gillises suspect Dobie is secretly a father.

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