The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (season 2)

The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (season 2)
Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	36
Release
Original network	CBS
Original release	September 27, 1960 – June 27, 1961

This is a list of episodes from the second season of The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis; the series' on-screen title was shortened to Dobie Gillis starting with this season.

The first half of the season explores Dobie Gillis' life as a senior at Central High School. Over the course of episodes 18 through 22, Dobie and his best friend Maynard G. Krebs graduate and enlist in the US Army. The rest of the season primarily centers upon Dobie and Maynard's misadventures in basic training, with a handful of episodes featuring the characters back in their Central City hometown while on leave.

Broadcast history

The season originally aired Tuesdays at 8:30-9:00 pm (EST) on CBS from September 27, 1960 to June 27, 1961.^[1]

Nielsen ratings

The season ranked twenty-third with a 23.0 rating.

DVD release

The Region 1 DVD of the entire series was released on July 2, 2013. A Season Two standalone set was released on January 14, 2014.

Cast

Main

• Dwayne Hickman as Dobie Gillis
• Frank Faylen as Herbert T. Gillis (28 episodes)
• Florida Friebus as Winifred "Winnie" Gillis (22 episodes)
• Bob Denver as Maynard G. Krebs

Recurring

• Sheila James as Zelda Gilroy (16 episodes)
• Steve Franken as Chatsworth Osborne, Jr. (11 episodes)
• William Schallert as Mr. Leander Pomfritt (10 episodes)
• Doris Packer as Mrs. Chatsworth Osbourne, Sr. (6 episodes)
• Marjorie Bennett as Mrs. Blossom Kenney (5 episodes)
• Tommy Farrell as Riff Ryan (2 episodes)

Episodes

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original airdate	Production number
40	1	"Who Needs Elvis?"	Rod Amateau	Max Shulman	September 27, 1960	4401
Zelda helps Dobie win a jazz competition at school, even though it may mean losing him to the six-foot-tall Esme Lauterback. Note: Dwayne Hickman sings "I'm a Lover, Not a Fighter" from his Dobie! album.
41	2	"You Ain't Nothin' But a Houn' Dog"	Rod Amateau	Lawrence Williams & Maggie Williams	October 4, 1960	4402
Maynard alters Dobie's essay about his dog and enters it in a "Why My Dad is My Pal" contest, where it wins both the prize and Herbert's admiration. Guest: Jack Albertson.
42	3	"Baby Talk"	Rod Amateau	Joel Kane	October 18, 1960	4405
Maynard discovers an abandoned baby in the park and he, Dobie and Zelda must figure out what to do with it. Guest: Jo Anne Worley.
43	4	"Dobie Goes Beatnik"	Guy Scarpitta	Joel Kane	October 25, 1960	4404
Dobie makes a bad first impression on a visiting bigwig from Herbert's lodge, so Maynard shaves his beard and pretends to be Dobie and vice versa.
44	5	"The Mystic Powers of Maynard G. Krebs"	Rod Amateau	Max Shulman	November 1, 1960	4406
Maynard's newly discovered powers of ESP catapult him to instant fame after Mrs. Osbourne puts him on TV to predict the results of the 1960 U.S. Presidential election. Note: This episode was taken out of syndication after John F. Kennedy's assassination, as it concerned the Kennedy-Nixon election of 1960, which this episode aired one week before (Dobie Gillis was pre-empted on November 8 for election return coverage).
45	6	"The Face That Stopped the Clock"	Rod Amateau	Teleplay: Fred S. Fox & Iz Elinson Story: Max Shulman	November 15, 1960	4412
Encouraged by Dobie to go to work, Maynard takes a job selling job-lot clocks in a surplus store.
46	7	"Maynard G. Krebs - Boy Millionaire"	Rod Amateau	Joel Kane	November 22, 1960	4408
The money Maynard found in the park is all his -- if no one claims it. Guests: Jack Albertson, Homer Garrett's Hollywood Square Dancers
47	8	"Around My Room in 80 Days"	Rod Amateau	Lawrence Williams, Maggie Williams & Max Shulman	November 29, 1960	4407
Dobie and Maynard try to convince a brilliant but bitter friend not to drop out of school.
48	9	"Drag Strip Dobie"	Rod Amateau	Bud Nye & Joel Kane	December 6, 1960	4409
In order to compete with Chatsworth for the attention of speed-lover Charlotte Lamarr, Dobie dupes Zelda into helping him build a sporty hot rod.
49	10	"Jangle Bells"	Rod Amateau	Lawrence Williams, Maggie Williams & Joel Kane	December 20, 1960	4413
Dobie passes up an invitation to Maynard's Christmas party in favor of a ritzy affair at Osborne Manor. Note: Dwayne Hickman sings "I Pass Your House" from his Dobie! album.
50	11	"Parlez-Vous English?"	Guy Scarpitta	Max Shulman	December 27, 1960	4414
Winifred's plan to introduce Dobie to culture falters when the bohemian daughter of a visiting French artist makes a play for Herbert. Based on one of Shulman's original short stories from I was a Teenage Dwarf. Guest: Danielle De Metz
51	12	"The Day the Teachers Disappeared"	Rod Amateau	Teleplay: Dean Riesner Story: Rod Amateau	January 3, 1961	4411
A flu epidemic among the teachers forces Mr. Pomfritt to recruit parents as substitute teachers. Note: Dwayne Hickman sings "Don't Send a Rabbit" from his Dobie! album.
52	13	"What's My Lion?"	Robert Gordon	Teleplay: Dean Riesner Story: Rod Amateau	January 10, 1961	4410
Maynard captures a runaway lion, the gift of an oil-rich Eastern potentate.
53	14	"The Big Question"	Rod Amateau	Max Shulman & Joel Kane	January 24, 1961	4417
About to graduate from high school, Dobie and Maynard must write an essay for Mr. Pomfritt on the question "whither are we drifting?" -- that is, what they plan to do with their lives as adults.
54	15	"Have You Stopped Beating Your Wife?"	Robert Gordon	Teleplay: Ray Allen Story: Rod Amateau	January 31, 1961	4415
Dobie talks Herbert into renewing his courtship of Winnie.
55	16	"The Bitter Feud of Dobie and Maynard"	Rod Amateau	Teleplay: Joel Kane Story: Rod Amateau	February 7, 1961	4418
Maynard fears that he is holding his good buddy Dobie back, so he masterminds a feud to break up their friendship.
56	17	"Zelda, Get Off My Back"	Rod Amateau	Teleplay: Lawrence & Maggie Williams Story: Max Shulman	February 14, 1961	4416
To improve his grades, Chatsworth woos the brainy Zelda Gilroy.
57	18	"I Was a High School Scrooge"	Rod Amateau	Max Shulman	February 20, 1961	4420
Dobie campaigns for the senior class to raise money to help an ex-football hero alumnus of Central High, unaware that the old grad is now a rich industrialist who plans to sue for defamation of character. Guest: Douglas Dumbrille.
58	19	"Will Success Spoil Dobie's Mother?"	Rod Amateau	Teleplay: Ray Allen Story: Max Shulman	February 28, 1961	4419
Winifred enters a contest using Dobie's name and wins him a much-publicized date with a blonde starlet. Note: Dwayne Hickman, Sheila James, and Bob Denver sing "Don't Shoot the Man in the Moon" from Hickman's Dobie! album.
59	20	"The Second Childhood of Herbert T. Gillis"	Robert Gordon	Joel Kane	March 7, 1961	4421
As Dobie prepares to graduate, Herbert -- ashamed because he never graduated from high school -- takes night classes from the same professor who teaches Dobie during the day.
60	21	"Dobie vs. the Machine"	Rod Amateau	Malvin Wald & Max Shulman	March 14, 1961	4423
Recent graduates Dobie and Maynard seek advice about their future from a variety of sources, including a computer.
61	22	"Baby Shoes"	Robert Gordon	Lawrence Williams, Maggie Williams & Max Shulman	March 21, 1961	4422
Herbert, Winifred and Zelda reminisce as new enlistees Dobie and Maynard prepare to leave for the army.
62	23	"I Didn't Raise My Boy to Be a Soldier, Sailor or Marine"	Rod Amateau	Joel Kane	March 28, 1961	4424
When Maynard misses the bus to boot camp, Dobie convinces Chatsworth to stand in for his missing buddy. Guest: John Fiedler.
63	24	"The Chicken Corporal"	Rod Amateau	Arnold Horwitt	April 4, 1961	4425
To keep a double date, Dobie must help Maynard pass an army fitness test.
64	25	"The Solid Gold Dog-Tag"	Guy Scarpitta	Dean Riesner	April 11, 1961	4427
Chatsworth enlists, despite the protests of his mother.
65	26	"The Battle of Maynard's Beard"	Rod Amateau	Dean Riesner	April 18, 1961	4429
Dobie defends Maynard's right to keep his beard while in the army.
66	27	"Spaceville"	Rod Amateau	Arnold Horwitt	April 25, 1961	4428
Dobie, Maynard and a chimpanzee participate in the ground testing of a space capsule.
67	28	"Like Mother, Like Daughter, Like Wow"	Rod Amateau	Ray Allen	May 2, 1961	4430
Winnie learns that the mother of Dobie's latest girl is one of Herbert's old flames. Guest: Yvonne Craig.
68	29	"Dobie Plays Cupid"	Rod Amateau	Joel Kane	May 9, 1961	4431
Dobie tries to bolster Maynard's confidence with women, but his timid buddy becomes an eyebrow-twitching Casanova. Guest: Trudi Ziskind
69	30	"Like Father, Like Son, Like Trouble"	Stanley Z. Cherry	Bud Nye	May 16, 1961	4432
Starring in a play about a gallant war hero, Dobie continues his role offstage in order to impress the pretty daughter of an army colonel.
70	31	"Be It Ever So Humble"	Rod Amateau	Arnold Horwitt	May 23, 1961	4433
When Dobie thinks Maynard has gone AWOL, he secures a pass by claiming his father is deathly ill -- just as Herbert is facing an insurance physical.
71	32	"Ah! Yer Fadder Wears Army Shoes"	Rod Amateau	Bill Gammie & Max Shulman	May 30, 1961	4435
Dobie tells a pretty WAC that his war-hero father was "missing in action."
72	33	"Everything But the Truth"	Stanley Z. Cherry	Joel Kane	June 6, 1961	4434
Zelda brags to an old classmate, lying that she and Dobie are secretly engaged. Guest: Trudi Ziskind
73	34	"Goodbye, Mr. Pomfritt - Hello, Mr. Chips"	Guy Scarpitta	Joel Kane	June 13, 1961	4436
Hoping to prevent Mr. Pomfritt from quitting teaching, Dobie and Maynard plan a reunion of his former students.
74	35	"Take Me to Your Leader"	Rod Amateau	Lawrence Williams, Maggie Williams & Max Shulman	June 20, 1961	4403
Dobie and Maynard tell their sergeant about the dark and stormy night the Martians invaded Central City while Dobie and Maynard were still in high school. Note: The army framing scenes were added because the episode had been shot earlier in the production schedule, before Dobie's and Maynard's enlistments.
75	36	"This Ain't the Way We Used to Do It"	Stanley Z. Cherry	Bud Nye	June 27, 1961	4426
Herbert shows Dobie's platoon what a real soldier should be.

References

1. http://epguides.com/ManyLovesofDobieGillis/