The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis: Season 1 Episode 1 - Caper At The Bijou (Full Episode) 

I discovered this show in reruns in the 90s. It would be on late night tv after I got home from my summer job waiting tables. My sweet dad was amused that I liked it. Discovered The Honeymooners and Gidget at the same time. If my dad was up, he would come down and watch them with me in the living room. He passed away recently, after four years with Dementia. I moved in the last year to take care of him. I tried to play as much music and television shows from his day to keep him ‘with’ me. I miss him so much.

I was born in 1957 and remember this opening theme music and Dobie talking into the camera next to the thinker statue, and that is about it as I was pretty young then. Still it brings me back to those wonderful times and almost makes me cry as I remember how innocent the world was then and how happy we were and all the people gone now from my life. I'll always be sentimental about those days until I am gone. I was just another grain of sand on the beach back then. How fleeting this life is.

Grew up watching this show with my Dad. He’s unfortunately passed away but being able to revisit this show and the great memories that came from it really brightens my day. Thanks for posting it and keeping Dobie alive.

I used to watch this show 60 years ago when it first aired on TV...there were so many great shows back then including Phil Silvers show, Car 54 where are you etc...ahh the memories. 🤓🤪🤩

See, if Maynard would have paid more attention in class, he wouldn't have had to take that job on the Minnow!

Thank you for putting this on RU-vid. God bless Dwayne Hickman, RIP. I watched Dobie Gillis as a 7-year-old kid and I've loved this show ever since. Dobie and cast captured the zeitgeist of the late 1950's and early 1960's, a time of youthful innocence, or so it seemed, to us kids and young adults. I loved seeing the old cash register in the grocery store...high school kids in conventional clothes and without tattoos...Dear God, what happened? What happened?

Frank Faylen as Dobie's dad was a terrific character and an integral member of the cast. Very funny man - he played wonderful roles in the movies too like the cabby in "It's a Wonderful Life" in 1946.

Rest In Peace, Dwayne Hickman. You and Bob Denver are together again 😢💔🙏🏻

One of the severely underrated TV shows, at least the first two seasons.

I had a rare spat with my wife, and in my sadness I came opon this episode, and at minute 8:30 Thalia gets introduced as a character. Hitting me like a body blow. She was my first big crush, and I never realized what a dead ringer my new bride is to Ms. Weld. I instantly recognized a hidden reason for my continual fervor for my Irene ... she fulfilled my very first crush. No wonder I am crazy about her, she is what I always wanted. My fervor has mirrorred Dobie's ardor, and I suddenly understand a bit more as to why. Ah, the glory that is a girl! May we all chase after our own Thalia, wholeheartedly, without reticence. The value that we impart into something is the worth it has for us, so I hope that all of us have something as precious as Dobie finds Thalia. It took me a half century of chasing, but I finally had my old sigh of yearning become the smile of possession. I love my girl, as much as Dobie loves his.

Was a little too young to appreciate this when it aired originally. Rip Dobie, hanging now with Maynard in the park.

I hadn't seen this show in decades until they started showing the reruns on Decades a year or so ago. Glad to see them again! RIP Dobie and Maynard!

I was born in 1957 and as a very young boy, I used to watch this series in the early 1960's. I was mesmerized by Dwayne Hickman's opening monologue! He was very charismatic! I was very young but I knew Dobie was a very smart and clever young man. Man, I sometimes wish I can go back to that innocent time!

My two older sisters were in love with Doberman Gillis; most of the humor went right over my head. I’m getting such a kick watching it now that I get the jokes.

Ahead of its time, great cast, clever scripts.

I loved this show when I was a kid. I called my dad ‘Daddy-O’, which I picked up from Maynard Krebs. Years later I had a miniature schnauzer I named Dobie Gillis.

I used to sneek out of bed in the 80's and watch Dobie Gillis with my brother. Such a classic.

I used to watch this show on MeTV. I loved watching it!! Dwayne Hickman died on January 9, 2022 from Parkinson's Disease at the age of 87 years old. That made me sad.

It shocks me how I remember this from when I was 6. Especially the statue. Having fun watching!

Great memories watching these. I loved watching this show on Nick at Nite when I was a kid.

I always thought Dobie Gillis was mad corny. But, as a young child, i had no choice but to watch what my folks watched. Or, "go outside" and "play".Way back when in the day. Rest In Peace Dwayne Hickman.🙏🏽🙏🏽

Thank you, DWAYNE HICKMAN for doing your part to help tame mankind with your comedy, gift and talent. May GOD bless your legacy and surviving family.

I remember seeing the product placement of the sponsors mid two seasons at the grocery store: Philip Morris and Colgate-Palmolive company. Also, the comparison of the first season of this show to the the early seasons of Scooby Doo, Where Are You!. Dobie/Fred, Zelda/Velma, Thalia/Daphne and Maynard/Shaggy.

Never seen this show before its hilarious and brilliant!!!!

RIP Dwayne Hickman, thnx for the memories! 🙏

My mom used to watch the repeats on Nick at Night, so I watched a few back then. I found it interesting that it spawned Scooby Doo, with Dobie as the Fred character, Zelda as Velma, and Maynard as Shaggy.

Loved this show 😊 I had a crush on Tuesday Weld. She was underrated.

My life is a Dobie Gillis sitcom!🤪👍

A classic 📺 show. RIP Dwayne Hickman and Bob Denver.🙏 They're getting reacquainted in heaven 🌈.

It was this show that taught me a very important word that I still use to this day: "propinquity"

I loved that show!

I always heard about Bob"Gilligan" Denver being Maynard first and what a good character he was. Just from watching this, I totally agree! I am an 80s kid so I never got to watch this show. It's too bad that he became better-known for Gilligan since that got syndicated and this show didn't. He was actually quite good looking and it's funny how he's totally Shaggy! (All the Scooby Doo characters are inspired by this show)

Pretty well written show

RIP Dwayne Hickmen. Its strange that I checked up to see if he was still alive Jan 3 and was impressed only to find out he passed on Jan 10. Seems like we are losing all our stars.

Maynard G.Krebbs. In the words of Obi Wan Kenobi, "Now there's a name I've not heard in a long time, ...a LONG time!"

WHOA!! Did Bob Denver just call Dobie "good buddy"? Like the skipper used to call Gilligan? My head is spinning.

I was pretty young when I watched this, so a lot of it went right over my head. But I still enjoyed it.

This classic situation comedy-"The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis"-originally aired on CBS from September, 1959 to September, 1963! It featured the comedic talents of Dwayne Hickman, Bob Denver,Frank Faylen, Florida Friebus, Sheila James, Tuesday Weld, Warren Beatty, Tommy Farrell, Yvonne Lime, Darryl Hickman, William Schallert, Doris Packer, Steve Franken, Jean Byron, Richard Clair, Raymond Bailey, and Bobby Diamond. The show was based on characters created by author Max Shulman. I've enjoyed watching reruns of "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis" since 1980! :)

Dennis The Menace's father as the teacher..lol... I loved this show so much. The Beat generation, daddio...lol... was just before my time but loved Maynard..he was the rebel, the bad boy.

This show is so funny...I love these old shows. I was born 1960, so I didn't get to watch this new, but saw alot of its eps when it was on a local channel during 1980 and 1981. I like the singing theme of it. Bob Denver sure looks young...before he was ever on the SS Minow. LOL. Dobie was a goof, but he was really sweet.

Oh cool! I was wondering if they will put "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis" on DVD. I especially love the character Maynard G.Krebs portrayed by Bob Denver and it was the First Hipster/Slacker TV character.Around that era, The Beatniks were the thing and they were the counterculture before we even knew.

I remember thinking of Dobie as a grown up back when the show was new,, course I was just a little kid when this show first aired. Now i see him differently, he looks like a teenager in this episode.

Damn I remember seeing this when it first ran. Feeling a little old.

Remember watching this show in the 60’s. Classic television shows!

Maynard is more beatnik-y in the early episodes, using lots of beat words & making his voice sound jazzy. He wasn’t as stupid in the first few episodes - he connived with Dobie & gave him some good advice sometimes. As the show went on they dropped the beat words, just using the occasional “big daddy.” Beats were already getting outdated when the show started, so Maynard was turned into more of an innocent idiot than a beatnik who talked about jazz & wanted to be cool. But he still didn’t change his clothes. Beats were known for wearing dark clothes, whereas Maynard wore light colored clothes & shoes. Could’ve been the network censors insisting that the character not be too dark in character or clothes, or it just could be that white looked better onscreen & showed off the dirt & holes in Maynard’s outfit. Showrunners were portraying beatniks as dirty & sloppy stereotypes. The dirt disappeared as time went on & there were fewer holes in his clothes as the Maynard character became more dim & childish. Dobie calms down in later episodes. His manic obsessive stalking of Thalia in early episodes was tamped down & eventually the show featured Dobie & Maynard’s adventures more than Dobie chasing girls. There was just so much you could do with a girl-chaser character in 1959. Even double entendres were forbidden on teen shows back then. You’ll notice Dobie became less manic & less stupid as his hair darkens over time. By the end of the series Dobie disappears (Hickman started looking too old) & was replaced by his younger cousin “Dunky” while Maynard turns into a unicorn type fantasy character, eventually wearing footie pajamas & hugging a teddy bear as he waits for Santa in what looks like an oversized child’s bed in the Gillis household on Christmas Eve. Some of Maynard’s later episodes feature fantasy/dream sequences that were lifted straight from Dobie Gillis & plunked onto Gilligan’s Island a few years later. CBS, like all networks, retreaded their sitcom tropes over & over again (like chimpanzees - you couldn’t have a 60s sitcom without a chimpanzee in there somewhere).

Agree this TV show impressed me when I was a young teen. I related to Maynard BTW.

A show from the good ole school.💡❤😊

RIP Dwayne.

this show rules, I just found it in 2022 and it's funnier than anything on tv this year

Wowie... Tuesday Wells you are beautiful... so young ...so innocent... so gorgeous.. you made the first episode of Dobie Gillis senstational.....

r.i.p. dobie and thank you

This is one show that slipped by me in my 1990's youth of watching tons of old shows. I would have really dug it

I'll be 70 in less than a month. I watched this show in first run or reruns. This was the first time I saw Frank Faylen. Much later I learned that he had a career in the movies.

I remember when I was young watching this show all the time and really enjoying it.

Thank you very much! You make the world a better place place. The more the better

I’M A HUGE FAN OF TMLDG

RIP MY FRIEND

watched this show many times. wholesome entertainment.

I once worked in a Mom and Pop Grocery once. It was very like the one Herbert Gillis owed. No one can identify with that in the age of Walmart.

I'm British but I used to watch this when 12 years old as a £10. Pom in Oz. We all loved it but no-one in the UK knows of it!

Tuesday Weld was quite the gal!!!

Frank Faylen and Florida Freibus were favorite TV parents. More realistic; like mine. 1959-60 were great years.

This was probably the first television program I ever saw. What I remember about this show is the statue. I saw Bob Denver in person at New River Gorge Bridge Day in 1994 in West Virginia.

Wonderful to hear Shiela Kuehl’s (Zelda) reminiscences of both Bob Denver and Dwayne Hickman here oin RU-vid. Lovely to hear that they were both lovely to work with. I loved Dobie Gillis as a kid. Love it that much more now.

Tuesday Weld was so gorgeous! I always loved her soft spoken voice and her beautiful blonde hair! ~Dutch

So this was when the use of the word ''like'' as it's used now, started!

I watched all the episodes of this tv comedy program, it's so old that even the new young american teens don't know about this. I always laughed when his dad said "I gotta kill this boy" so hilarious.

RIP Dwayne Hickman

I'm here for Maynard G. Krebs

I just realized how much I loved this show in junior high-- esp. Maynard!

I like that the dad in this show seems more realistic than the dads in most TV shows from that time - Father Knows Best, Leave it to Beaver, Ozzie and Harriet, etc.

inspiration for scooby-doo

I remember watching this. Reruns. The dad is a trip.

Rest well, Dwayne Hickman. ❤️😔

to think that the main characters were used as templates for Shaggy,Fred,Daphne and Velma in Scooby Doo

Use to love this shit as a kid when they played it on Nick at night lol none of my friends never knew what I was talking bout

He looked like a PERVERT in the opening title sequence....Actually, this WAS an intelligently written series, l watched it every week. Dig this... l was at a hospital watching TV, and saw the WHOLE SERIES sequentially. Wow.

Hey, I didn't know Maynard could play piano!

One of the best shows from the '60's. I watched it when first aired as a teenager and liked it immensely. I still find it quite relevant exploring American mores....just wish the canned laughter was axed.

Love how they timed the laugh track wrong. "My Father's 60 years old and has a kidney condition..." hahahaha

People: Your generation cant live without phones Me: *watches the portable radio scene* Yes, proof they be the same way

Just wonderful!!

These were great TV shows. They made me laugh and looked forward to watching them weekly. How'd we get to the point that all they produce is crap?

One of my favorite series when Nick at Nite first appeared. THX 4 Posting!

A very good tv show. Tuesday Weld was very Beautiful, back in her day.

This show feels so much like a Proto- "That 70's Show"

I remember watching this with my grandmother and my grandfather on the old Nick at night. Along with car 54 and the Donna Reed show.

I'm surprised Dobie never became a a popular name.

I saw these shows as a five year old. Didn't really understand much of it, but my parents and sister were laughing.

What a great show !!!!

Lets go to the repair shop and watch Tuesday Weld. ;)

Hey, the Dad played Ernie the Cab Driver in "It's a Wonderful Life!" Frank Faylen.

I use to watch this in the early 90s brings back so much nostalgia

LOved that show!

STILL MY FAVORITE SHOW!!!!

"Introduce me to that big blond She's got a touch of Tuesday Weld She's wearing Ambush and a French twist She's got us wild and she can tell She loves to limbo, that much is clear She's got the right dynamics for the new frontier" Donald Fagen - New Frontier

He died on his good buddie's birthday. Together again.

"you're fancy groceries" HAHAAAA

Thank you for the Great video

Ham $0.53! "Where are you going to get $5.00?!" Hot dang inflation.