The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis Season 2, Episode 17: Zelda, Get Off My Back

Who Needs Elvis?

Dobie joins the school band solely to be close to piccolo player Esme Lauterbach, who is interested in Maynard.

You Ain't Nothin' But a Houn' Dog

Maynard enters Dobie's old school essay My Dog in a newspaper Father's Day contest, but changes it to My Dad.

Baby Talk

Maynard finds an abandoned baby in the park.

Dobie Goes Beatnik

Thelonius Monk comes to town and invites Maynard to sit in on bongos. But Herbert needs a favor which will require Dobie and Maynard to switch identities.

The Mystic Powers of Maynard G. Krebs

Maynard has temporary ESP, which will allow him to predict the winner of the Kennedy-Nixon presidential election.

The Face That Stopped the Clock

Maynard takes a job selling clock-statues at an army surplus store.

Maynard G. Krebs: Boy Millionaire

Maynard finds a purse full of cash.

Around My Room in 80 Days

Dobie and Maynard help a classmate to not drop out of school.

Drag Strip Dobie

Zelda helps Dobie build a hot rod so that he can impress a girl by beating Chatsworth in a car race.

Jangle Bells

Dobie choses going to a huge Christmas party with Chatsworth rather than a small one with Maynard and feels guilty enough to have a Scrooge-like dream.

Parlez-Vous English

Dobie meets a pretty fatalistically morose French girl who savors the negative things in life. She thinks Dobie is an oaf and Dobie hates her bleak attitude. Yet, she keeps coming around.

The Day the Teachers Disappeared

All the teachers come down with the flu and parents have to take over the classes.

30 min

What's My Lion?

A lion escapes from a zoo and becomes attached to Maynard.

The Big Question

In order to graduate, Dobie and Maynard must write an essay on the subject of Whither Are We Drifting?

Have You Stopped Beating Your Wife?

Dobie tries to get his father to spend more time with Mrs. Gillis.

The Bitter Feud of Dobie and Maynard

Maynard is convinced that he is dragging Dobie down in life so he tries to antagonize Dobie into ending their friendship.

I Was a High School Scrooge

Dobie, Maynard and Zelda think an old Central High star athlete is a bum, while he is actually a big executive.

30 min

Will Success Spoil Dobie's Mother?

Winnie wins a date with Hollywood starlet Merilee Maribou and gives the prize to Dobie.

The Second Childhood of Herbert T. Gillis

It's Dobie's graduation and Herbert, feeling embrassed that he never graduated, goes to night school to earn his diploma.

Dobie Versus the Machine

Dobie and Maynard, out of high school, don't know what to do with themselves and seek professional help. In the end they decide to enlist in the army.

Baby Shoes

Herbert, Winifred and Zelda reminisce as Dobie and Maynard prepare to leave for the army.

I Didn't Raise My Boy to be a Soldier, Sailor, or Marine

Maynard misses the bus on his first day in the Army, but Chatsworth fills him in for him.

The Chicken Corporal

Being put in charge of his squad's barracks goes to Dobie's head and his friendship with Maynard suffers.

The Solid Gold Dog Tag

Despite opposition from his mother, Chatsworth decides to join Dobie and Maynard in the Army.

The Battle of Maynard's Beard

The Army orders Maynard to shave off his beard.

Spaceville

Maynard and a chimp get launched into space.

30 min

Like Mother, Like Daughter, Like Wow

Dobie's mother becomes jealous when she learns that the attractive widowed mother of Dobie's latest girlfriend is an old flame of Mr. Gillis.

Dobie Plays Cupid

Dobie tries to improve Maynard's confidence with girls.

Like Father, Like Son, Like Trouble

Dobie gets cast in the army play and while in costume, leads an army officer's daughter to believe he is an army official.

Be It Ever So Humble

Dobie and Maynard get weekend passes, but Zelda has been telling all the girls back home that she and Dobie are engaged.

Aah, Yer Fadder Wears Army Shoes

Dobie exaggerates his dad's war record to impress a girl from a long military family.

Everything But the Truth

Zelda invents a secret engagement to try and impress some sorority girls.

Goodbye Mister Pomfritt, Hello Mr. Chips

Dobie and Maynard organize a tribute to Mr. Pomfritt, hoping to convince him not to leave Central High.

Take Me to Your Leader

Dobie, Maynard, and Zelda believe that the store's beautiful blonde next patron is secretly an alien.

This Ain't The Way We Used to Do It

Offended by what he sees a laxity in today's army, ex-sergeant Herbert Gillis puts his son's squad through some rugged training exercises before they graduate.