Season 1 (1959)
Episodes: 39
Star Cast: Dwayne Hickman , Bob Denver , Frank Faylen , Florida Friebus ,
Episodes List
Ep.1 Caper at the Bijou
Air Date: 1959-09-29
Dobie and Maynard conspire to rig the raffle at the local movie theatre so that Dobie can win enough money to take Thalia to the prom.
Ep.2 The Best Dressed Man
Air Date: 1959-10-06
Dobie competes with Milton Armitage to see whose wardrobe can impress Thalia the most.
Ep.3 Love is a Science
Air Date: 1959-10-13
Thalia urges Dobie to become a doctor, but he meets Zelda Gilroy and learns about the scientific concept of propinquity, the psychological tendency for people to form relationships with those whom they encounter often.
Ep.4 The Right Triangle
Air Date: 1959-10-20
Dobie's older brother Davey convinces him to invent an affair with a married woman to impress a new girl in school.
Ep.5 Maynard's Farewell to the Troops
Air Date: 1959-11-03
Maynard gets drafted.
Ep.6 The Sweet Singer of Central High
Air Date: 1959-11-10
After a throat operation, Dobie can sing better than Milton, thus attracting Thalia.
Ep.7 Greater Love Hath No Man
Air Date: 1959-11-17
Dobie tries to earn $6 to take Thalia to the Junior Prom.
Ep.8 The Old Goat
Air Date: 1959-11-24
Before the big football game, Dobie hatches a scheme for winning by stealing the opposing mascot.
Ep.9 Dobie Gillis: Boy Actor
Air Date: 1959-12-01
Dobie is up against Milton to be leading man in a school play.
Ep.10 It Takes Two
Air Date: 1959-12-08
Dobie falls for Poppy Herming but has to win her father's approval too.
Ep.11 Dobie's Birthday Party
Air Date: 1959-12-15
Dobie thinks everyone has forgotten his birthday.
Ep.12 Deck the Halls
Air Date: 1959-12-22
Mr. Gillis is driven crazy by all the Christian celebrations, and almost spends the holidays in jail.
Ep.13 Couchville, USA
Air Date: 1959-12-29
Herbert seeks free advice from a child psychiologist.
Ep.14 The Gaucho
Air Date: 1960-01-05
Mr. and Mrs. Gillis take in a young and handsome border from South America.
Ep.15 The Smoke-Filled Room
Air Date: 1960-01-12
Dobie runs against Milton for junior class president. Thalia is Dobie's campaign manager.
Ep.16 The Fist Fighter
Air Date: 1960-01-19
Dobie becomes Top Fist by knocking out the legendary Moose. Milton tries to gain the title and Thaila's affections by challenging Dobie.
Ep.17 The Hunger Strike
Air Date: 1960-01-26
Dobie goes on a hunger strike until Thalia agrees to be his.
Ep.18 The Flying Millicans
Air Date: 1960-02-02
Dobie falls for trapeze artist Aphrodite Millican,.
Ep.19 Room at the Bottom
Air Date: 1960-02-09
Thalia talks Dobie's parents into sending him to Willoughby prep school.
Ep.20 The Power of Positive Thinking
Air Date: 1960-02-16
In order to win Thaila from Chatsworth, Dobie reads a book on mental power so he can be the dominating man Thalia wants.
Ep.21 Dobie Spreads a Rumor
Air Date: 1960-02-23
Dobie and Maynard are puzzled when a rumor they spread about Zelda inheriting a fortune seems to become reality.
Ep.22 Love is a Fallacy
Air Date: 1960-03-01
Thalia tries to educate Dobie in logical thinking.
Ep.23 The Chicken from Outer Space
Air Date: 1960-03-08
Maynard gives a chicken an overdose of growth hormones as a biology class project .
Ep.24 Dobie's Navy Blues
Air Date: 1960-03-15
Dobie and a girl friend take a baby-sitting job. However, the Gillies suspect Dobie is secretly a father.
Ep.25 Taken to the Cleaners
Air Date: 1960-03-29
Dobie, Maynard, and Thalia capture a crooked dry-cleaner who had almost conned them before.
Ep.26 That's Show Biz
Air Date: 1960-04-05
Dobie and most of his friends reluctantly participate in a talent show.
Ep.27 The Prettiest Collateral in Town
Air Date: 1960-04-12
Doblie's dad wants him to romance a banker's daughter so he can get a loan.
Ep.28 Live Alone and I Like It
Air Date: 1960-04-19
Dobie wants to prove he's grownup, so he moves into a small apartment with Maynard.
Ep.29 The Big Sandwich
Air Date: 1960-04-26
Thalia hatches a scheme for Dobie to sell sandwiches at the school picnic.
Ep.30 Soup and Fish
Air Date: 1960-05-03
Dobie, Maynard, and Chatsworth must all share the same tuxedo to get in to a black-tie party at the Armitage mansion.
Ep.31 Where There's a Will
Air Date: 1960-05-10
Herbert worries about what will happen to the store after he's gone.
Ep.32 Put Your Feet in Our Hands
Air Date: 1960-05-17
Dobie and Chatsworth complete for the attention of a shoe store owner's daughter in order to get a job at the store.
Ep.33 Competition is the Life of Trade
Air Date: 1960-05-24
Dobie's newest girlfriend's father happens to be opening a new grocery store. Mr. Gillis tries to spy under the name Fred C. Dobbs.
Ep.34 The French, They Are a Funny Race
Air Date: 1960-05-31
Maynard falls for a French girl and shaves off his goatee.
Ep.35 The Unregistered Nurse
Air Date: 1960-06-07
Dobie falls for an older nurse and feigns a disease so he can be near her.
Ep.36 The Long Arm of the Law
Air Date: 1960-06-14
Dobie's new date's father turns out to be a cop with whom he had a disagreement about picking flowers in the park.
Ep.37 Here Come the Groom
Air Date: 1960-06-21
A discouraged Dobie finally gives up on finding his dream girl and agrees to marry Zelda.
Ep.38 A Taste of Lobster
Air Date: 1960-06-28
Dobie finds a girl who doesn't care about money, until her younger sister starts going on finance dates with a richer boy.
Ep.39 Rock-a-Bye Dobie
Air Date: 1960-07-05
Dobie lies about joining the navy to impress a girl's sea-mined father.
