Caper at the Bijou

Dobie is desperate for money so he can take Thalia to the dance, so he and Maynard hatch a plot to dishonestly win $100 at the Bijou Theater on Jackpot Night.

The Best Dressed Man

Dobie competes with Milton Armitage to see who's wardrobe can most impress Thalia. Milton doesn't know that Dobie is getting his fancy clothes on loan from the local tailor [played by Mel Blanc].

Love is a Science

Dobie forsakes poetry and sets to studying science so he can become a wealthy doctor and win Thalia's greedy heart. This episode introduces Zelda Gilroy and features her and Dobie's first meeting.

The Right Triangle

Dobie's rarely seen older brother Davey [played by Darryl Hickman] convinces him to invent an affair with a married woman to impress a new girl in school,but then everyone starts believing that Dobie really is having an affair with his math teacher [played by Jean Byron].

Maynard's Farewell to the Troops

Maynard receives his draft notice and Mr. Pomfritt and Dobie host a testimonial farewell dinner for him. This episode introduces Michael J. Pollard as Maynard's beatnik cousin Jerome.

The Sweet Singer of Central High

After a throat operation, Dobie starts singing like Elvis Presley, and finds that it drives the girls at school wild. What's even better is that Thalia Meninger, the love of his life, has taken notice and decided to become his manager. [This is the only other show where Jerome Krebs appears.]

Greater Love Hath No Man

When Maynard returns from a short hitch in the service and falls for Dobie's girl Pearl, will Dobie do that far, far greater thing than he has ever done before and step aside for his love-struck friend?

The Old Goat

With the big football game coming up and Central High doomed to lose, Dobie, Maynard and their friends plot to steal Webster High's mascot, a goat which Webster players traditionally pet for good luck just before games.

Dobie Gillis: Boy Actor

Dobie and Maynard conspire to get leading man Milton out of the way by opening night so his understudy Dobie can star opposite the lovely Annabelle in the school play, "Magnolias at Manassas: a Drama of the Civil War."

It Takes Two

Dobie falls for Poppy Herring and must try to convince her he has a loving father to prove he has good genes to pass on to their children.

Dobie's Birthday Party

Dobie thinks everyone has forgotten his birthday.

Deck the Halls

Herbert T. Gillis finds himself in jail on Christmas Eve after being stripped of his holiday spirit and driven to desperation by his family and customers.

Couchville, USA

All Dobie wants is six dollars so he can take Thalia to the junior prom, but Dobie's Dad won't give it to him until Dobie admits he hates his father. A gentle satire on psychiatric trends of the day.

The Gaucho

Carlos, the suave son of an Argentinian general, boards with the Gillis family and immediately wins the fickle heart of Thalia. Dobie and Maynard plot to sabotage his success.

The Smoke-Filled Room

Thalia persuades Dobie to run against Milton Armitage in the election for junior class president. With Thalia serving as campaign manager and Maynard running a dirty tricks operation, how can Dobie lose?

The Fist Fighter

Thalia will give her love only to an athlete, so Dobie schemes to set himself up as a fearless fighter, Top Fist. But Milton Armitage, Dobie's rival for Thalia's fickle heart, calls Dobie's bluff and challenges him to a bout.

The Hunger Strike

Inspired by a poem and the prospect of winning Thalia's heart, Dobie embarks on a hunger strike, evoking from his family and friends admiration, worry and even wrath. Featuring a young Marlo Thomas and [briefly] Ryan O'Neal.

The Flying Millicans

Dobie falls in love with the beautiful and brainy Aphrodite [played by Yvonne Craig], whose robust family of health-food-eating acrobats begin putting Dobie through rigorous training in anticipation of the day he'll join their family and their act.

Room at the Bottom

Thalia wants Dobie to go to Willoughby Hall, an exclusive eastern school, and befriend the sons of wealthy bankers (an idea that also captures Mr. Gillis' fancy in a dream sequence). All Dobie wants is Thalia's love, but to win her heart he must get a 100 on his math test. To what depth will he sink for love? Also features Jean Byron as Dobie's math teacher and little Ronnie Howard as her son.

The Power of Positive Thinking

Dobie becomes enthralled by the theories of Professor Dobkin, author of "The Power of Magnetic Thought," whose teachings promise to make him the "dominating male" that Thalia demands.

Dobie Spreads a Rumor

Dobie plots to make Zelda more appealing to other boys by spreading a rumor that Zelda's father is inheriting one million dollars. Thie episode offers a rare glimpse of Zelda's family including her three sisters and her harried father.

Love is a Fallacy

Thalia attempts to teach Dobie the art of thinking, Maynard thumps out a jazz beat to "cogito ergo sum" on his school desk and new girl Whitney threatens to shake up the status quo.

The Chicken from Outer Space

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

Dobie's Navy Blues

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

Taken to the Cleaners

Seeing a financial opportunity, Thalia gets Dobie and his Dad mixed up with a shady dry cleaning operation. Will she clean up while they're hung out to dry?

That's Show Biz

Mr & Mrs. Gillis are persuaded to help with the Central High Student-Parent Betterment League's Capers, an amateur revue featuring acts of questionable talent. This episode turns the spotlight on Frank Faylen.

The Prettiest Collateral in Town

To help his father's chances of securing a loan, Dobie agrees to date the banker's spoiled-brat daughter.

Live Alone and Like It

Dobie and Maynard strike out on their own and rent an apartment.

The Big Sandwich

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

Soup and Fish

Chatsworth Osborne, Jr. agrees to assist the under-dressed Dobie and Maynard gain entry to his cousin Sabrina Armitage's black-tie soirée by having each fellow take a turn wearing his tux. Will their jig be up and their pants down?

Where There's a Will

Mr. Gillis dreads signing his will and suffers a nightmare of what his wife and sons would do with his store in his absence.

Put Your Feet in Our Hands

Dobie and Chatsworth compete for the affections of Daphne by setting to work to sell the most shoes in her father's shoe store.

Competition is the Life of Trade

When the Quimbys come to town and open a grocery store, Dobie competes with Chatsworth for Delphine's affections while Mr. Gillis competes with Mr. Quimby for the local grocery trade.

The French, They are a Funny Race

Maynard is smitten with Francoise, and to compete with the similarly smitten Chatsworth Maynard trades in his sweatshirt and jazz sides for a sport coat and tie, but will he agree to shave off his beatnik beard?

The Unregistered Nurse

Dobie falls for a nurse and fakes having a serious illness to win her attentions, but the disease he and Maynard plucked from a medical book sparks a panic.

The Long Arm of the Law

After getting into an argument with a disgruntled police officer over picking flowers in the park Dobie goes to visit his new date that just so happens to be the officer's daughter.

Here Comes the Groom

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

A Taste of Lobster

Dobie meets Gwyneth, a simple girl who despises money, until her kid sister begins dating 13-year-old Chrissie Tyler, who runs a lucrative babysitting racket out of Charlie Wong's ice cream parlor.

Rock-a-Bye Dobie

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