The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (Season 4)

A Funny Thing Happened to Me on the Way to a Funny Thing (Episode 1)

Air date: 1962-09-26

Overview: Maynard saves a suicidal jumper but falls from the ledge himself and is taken to a psycho ward.

What's a Little Murder Between Friends (Episode 2)

Writer: Max Shulman

Air date: 1962-10-03

Overview: Dobie names Thaila as his beneficiary on a life insurance policy, then becomes paranoid that she and Maynard are trying to kill him.

Northern Comfort (Episode 3)

Writer: Dean Riesner

Air date: 1962-10-10

Overview: Mrs. Gillis's cousin Virgil visits and gets the Gillises to supply him with all he needs for a singing engagement.

The Ugliest American (Episode 4)

Writer: Joel Kane

Air date: 1962-10-17

Overview: On a class trip to an African jungle, Dobie is captured by a tribe of cannibals.

A Splinter Off the Old Block (Episode 5)

Writer: Max Shulman

Air date: 1962-10-24

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Dobie's teenage cousin Duncan moves in with the Gillises and tells Dobie's girlfriend that Dobie needs help for a drinking problem.

What Makes the Varsity Drag? (Episode 6)

Air date: 1962-10-31

Overview: Dobie joins the football squad to impress a girl, but only succeeds in making her big bruiser boyfriend jealous.

Like Hi, Exlosives (Episode 7)

Writer: Joel Kane

Air date: 1962-11-07

Overview: Duncan and Maynard don't realize they loaded up the Gillis Grocery delivery truck with a case of nitroglycerin.

Where is Thy Sting (Episode 8)

Writer: Joel Kane

Air date: 1962-11-14

Overview: Dobie pretends to be terminaly ill to gain a girl's sympathy. However, due to a mixup, Dobie is led to believe he's really in poor health.

Flow Gently, Sweet Money (Episode 9)

Air date: 1962-11-21

Overview: An older woman teaches Duncan how to be rotten to succeed in the world so he'll be able to provide for her younger sister. But meanwhile the younger sister is falling for nice, honest Dobie.

Strictly for the Birds (Episode 10)

Air date: 1962-11-28

Overview: Dobie and Maynard train a mynah bird to help them with their history exam.

The Iceman Goeth (Episode 11)

Writer: Max Shulman

Air date: 1962-12-05

Overview: Maynard and Duncan accidentally lock Mr. Gillis in the meat freezer, and think they've killed him.

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Gillis (Episode 12)

Writer: Dean Riesner

Air date: 1962-12-12

Overview: To avoid failing an upcoming test that will cause him to flunk out of school, Maynard drinks a potion that is supposed to turn him into a genius, but ends up transforming him into a monster.

Will the Real Santa Claus Please Come Down the Chimney (Episode 13)

Air date: 1962-12-19

Overview: To cure Maynard of his childish belief in Santa Claus, Mr. Gillis climbs down the chimney on Christmas Eve and gets stuck.

Who Did William Tell? (Episode 14)

Air date: 1963-01-02

Overview: Duncan gets a role in a visiting production of William Tell and falls for a young opera star, unaware she has a jealous boyfriend.

Too Many Kooks Spoil the Broth (Episode 15)

Air date: 1963-01-09

Overview: Dobie falls for a kitchenware heiress and wants to impress her by selling one of the man's Quickie-Cookers.

Vocal Boy Makes Good (Episode 16)

Air date: 1963-01-16

Overview: Performing at Pryor College, the Lettermen hire Dobie as an emergency replacement singer.

All Right, Dobie, Drop the Gun (Episode 17)

Air date: 1963-01-23

Overview: A fugitive criminal and his girlfriend hold up the Gillises in the store. Maynard arrives and complicates the situation.

And Now a Word From Our Sponsor (Episode 18)

Air date: 1963-01-30

Overview: Dobie is the new DJ on the college radio station. A mobster tries to give him payola to make his country-singer girlfriend a star.

Two for the Whipsaw (Episode 19)

Air date: 1963-02-06

Overview: Chatsworth pays Dobie to take his place at a fancy dinner with old friends of the family, whose daughter he remembers as being particularly ugly.

The Moon and No Pence (Episode 20)

Air date: 1963-02-13

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Dobie falls for brainy a Russian ballerina and solicits Zelda's aid to improve his grades. When that fails, he ends up dancing outside her window.

The Beast with Twenty Fingers (Episode 21)

Air date: 1963-02-20

Overview: Maynard and Herbert get struck in one of those finger toys just as Mr. Gillis is about to leave for a grocer's convention.

Thanks for the Memory (Episode 22)

Writer: Max Shulman

Air date: 1963-02-27

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: When a foreign student likes Dobie because he is simple-minded, Zelda decides to teach him how to improve his memory

Three Million Coins in the Fountain (Episode 23)

Air date: 1963-03-06

Overview: When Chatsworth's family goes broke, he gets Maynard and Duncan to help him raise money claiming it is charity for a needy family.

Beethoven, Presley, and Me (Episode 24)

Writer: Dean Riesner

Air date: 1963-03-13

Overview: The song-analyzing qualities of a computer are transfered to Maynard, and cousin Virgil uses his ability to predict hit songs to become a singing star.

The Little Chimp That Couldn't (Episode 25)

Air date: 1963-03-20

Overview: A test chimpanzee is doomed unless Maynard can show that he is more talented than he seems.

There's Always Room for One Less (Episode 26)

Air date: 1963-03-27

Overview: Thrown out by his mother, Chatsworth moves in with the Gillises for a while.

The General Cried at Dawn (Episode 27)

Air date: 1963-04-03

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Maynard doubles for a Latin American general while on vacation.

Now I Lay Me Down to Steal (Episode 28)

Air date: 1963-04-10

Overview: Staying overnight at the Osbourne mansion with Dobie and his new girlfriend, Maynard is suspected of stealing jewelry from their safe when he is found sleepwalking.

Lassie, Get Lost (Episode 29)

Writer: Dean Riesner

Air date: 1963-04-17

Overview: A teenage celebrity's dog is lost and Dobie tries to find it.

The Rice and Old Shoes Caper (Episode 30)

Air date: 1963-04-24

Overview: Zelda is tired of being rejected by Dobie, while Maynard realizes that no other woman would put up with him.

Requiem for an Underweight Heavyweight (Episode 31)

Air date: 1963-05-01

Overview: Maynard temporarily gains super-strength. Mr. Gillis becomes his prize fighting manager.

I Was a Spy for the F.O.B. (Episode 32)

Air date: 1963-05-08

Overview: On a trip to Washington DC with the Gillises, Maynard gets mistaken for a rocket scientist and sought by foreign spies for his secret fuel formula.

There's a Broken Light for Every Broken Heart on Broadway (Episode 33)

Writer: Joel Kane

Air date: 1963-05-15

Overview: Maynard guides a fellow student to become a singing sensation, then ponders if he should step aside when a big-time agent wants to take her on.

Beauty Is Only Kin Deep (Episode 34)

Air date: 1963-05-22

Overview: Dobie falls in love with a girl at school, but family tradition prevents her from marrying until a match can be found for her older sister.

The Call of the, Like, Wild (Episode 35)

Writer: Dean Riesner

Air date: 1963-05-29

Overview: A chemical concoction makes Maynard irresistible to women.

The Devil and Dobie Gillis (Episode 36)

Writer: Max Shulman

Air date: 1963-06-05

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Desperate for date money, Dobie figuratively sells his soul to Chatsworth and agrees to fix the outcome of a $5,000 charity raffle.