The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
Season 3 Episode 16 - Magnificent Failure
Something's definitely wrong with Herbert T. Gillis. The normally tight-fisted patriarch loosens the family purse strings and showers his family with gifts. Then he announces he plans to sell the grocery store and settle down to a life of leisure.
Season 3
S03:E01 - The Ruptured Duck
Discharged from the Army, Dobie and Maynard try to find their way in civilian life and decide to enroll at the local junior college after discovering that their favorite high school teacher, Mr. Pomfritt, is now a member of the faculty there.
S03:E02 - Dobie, Dobie, Who's Got Dobie?
Enrolled in junior college, Dobie is certain he can score with the campus hotties but Zelda is also enrolled and she continues to cramp his style.
S03:E03 - Move Over, Perry Mason
After taking a law course in college, Maynard decides to sue Herbert when his hand gets caught in a supposedly defective gumball machine in the Gillis Grocery Store.
S03:E04 - The Fast, White Mouse
In order to finally get rid of Zelda, Dobie uses the laws of heredity to prove that a potential marriage would be doomed to failure.
S03:E05 - The Gigolo
Usually dateless Maynard comes up with a scheme to go out with chicks. He rents himself out to girls who are afraid that going out with hunky guys will make their out-of-town boyfriends jealous.
S03:E06 - Dig, Dig, Dig
Dobie asks for Herbert's permission to go on an archaeological dig with his ancient history instructor. The older Gillis can't fathom sonny's sudden interest in the subject until he discovers that the instructor is an attractive female.
S03:E07 - Eat, Drink and be Merry. For Tomorrow, Ker-Boom!
Maynard declines to contribute an item to a class time capsule scheduled to be opened in one thousand years because he's convinced that the world will have ended by then.
S03:E08 - The Richest Squirrel in Town
Maynard can't convince anyone that a squirrel and not he stole a roll of money from Mr. Pomfritt's desk drawer.
S03:E09 - The Second Most Beautiful Girl in the World
The parents of a kind-hearted damsel insist that she have two escorts when she goes out on a date.
S03:E10 - This Town Ain't Big Enough for Me and Robert Browning
Inspired by a Robert Browning poem, Dobie decides to reach for something unattainable namely a smokin' hot new damsel on campus. But this desire might cost him Zelda.
S03:E11 - Have Reindeer, Will Travel
Appointed class treasurer, soft-hearted Maynard ends up giving the money raised for the Christmas dance to a poor Hispanic family.
S03:E12 - Crazylegs Gillis
Dobie and his new galpal end up having to babysit for a star football player's kids and our hero might end up Landing in Knots when he has to fill in for the athlete during the game.
S03:E13 - Blue Tail Fly
When Dobie opposes Chatsworth in a campus election, the rich kid hires the folk group, The Lettermen, to aid his campaign. Despite advice from campaign manager Zelda to do something similar, he's determined to win by sticking to the issues.
S03:E14 - I Do Not Choose to Run
Herbert T. Gillis decides to throw his hat in the political ring and run for Mayor but Dobie has fallen for the daughter of his opponent.
S03:E15 - Happiness Can't Buy Money
Chatsworth wants Herbert to move into the Osborne mansion with him so that the elder Gillis will turn him into a man.
S03:E16 - Magnificent Failure
Something's definitely wrong with Herbert T. Gillis. The normally tight-fisted patriarch loosens the family purse strings and showers his family with gifts. Then he announces he plans to sell the grocery store and settle down to a life of leisure.
S03:E17 - For Whom the Wedding Bell Tolls
In order to get away from Zelda, Dobie convinces Maynard to stow away on an ocean liner bound for South America but the diminutive love-starved damsel is also on the ship.
S03:E18 - Girls Will Be Boys
Maynard goes out with a chick who's a slacker just like himself but when Dobie convinces her to be more feminine his beatnik pal loses interest.
S03:E19 - Marriage Counselor
Zelda is overjoyed when Dobie finally decides to marry her after he learns in psychology class that marriage has many benefits. But then Maynard reminds her that his good buddy still hasn't shown any signs of passionate love.
S03:E20 - The Big Blunder and Egg Man
In order to impress his new money hungry galpal (shades of Thalia Menninger), Dobie buys stock in an egg company.
S03:E21 - Birth of a Salesman
Dobie's old galpal, the smokin' hot Thalia Menninger, arrives on the scene and announces that she's chunked college and become a successful saleswoman. Now she wants Dobie and Maynard to work for her.
S03:E22 - Like, Oh Brother
Dobie and Maynard help Dr. Burkhart establish a center for disadvantaged youths as part of their sociology class.
S03:E23 - Wanted: Dead or Alive
Dobie falls for a hottie named Gisele Hurlbut but she plans on enrolling at an exclusive women's school in order to snare herself a rich husband. That doesn't stop Dobie who decides to enroll at a correspondingly exclusive men's school.
S03:E24 - Names My Mother Called Me
When galpal Gisele Hurlbut decides that his first name is ridiculous, Dobie decides to change it until Winnie puts her foot down and informs him that he's named after a Nobel Prize winning scientist.
S03:E25 - An American Strategy
This time it's a case of too many women for Dobie as he attempts to juggle a waitress and the daughter of a lumber company executive.
S03:E26 - The Truth Session
Maynard decides that he will always speak the truth but this policy upsets a lot of people.
S03:E27 - I Remember Muu Muu
Maynard writes an article for the school newspaper about primitive dances but borrows a few descriptions from a tabloid so that they seem like orgies.
S03:E28 - Sweet Success of Smell
A biology professor discovers that Maynard has an unusual sense of smell.
S03:E29 - When Other Friendships Have Been Forgot
Dobie decides to terminate his friendship with Maynard after it appears that his beatnik pal has become too dependant on him.
S03:E30 - I Was a Boy Sorority Girl
To raise money to carry on like a rich playboy, Dobie takes a job as a waiter in a sorority house.
S03:E31 - It Takes a Heap of Living to Make a Cave a Home
On an anthropology class field trip, Maynard discovers a man living in a cave and decides to move in with him.
S03:E32 - Back to Nature Boy
Chatsworth's cousin visits and soon becomes bored with society life. So she gets Maynard to show her how to live like a simple gal.
S03:E33 - How to Cheat an Honest Man
Dobie's newest flame believes in complete honesty from her fellow--and his friends and family.
S03:E34 - Bachelor Father and Son
Winnie heads out to Cleveland to visit her sister leaving Herbert and Dobie to fend for themselves.
S03:E35 - Like Low Noon
An old high school nemesis of Dobie is arriving back in town on the noon bus and this news has Maynard's good buddy worried. It seems as though the bully has sent word that he's going to knock Dobie's block off.
S03:E36 - The Frat's in the Fire
Dobie is dead set on membership in the Silver Spoon Club, the best fraternity on campus. Knowing that his son may not get accepted on his own merits, Herbert bribes the members so they'll accept Dobie.
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