The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis season 4
| The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis | |
|---|---|
| Season 4 | |
| No. of episodes | 36 |
| Release | |
| Original network | CBS |
| Original release | September 26, 1962 – June 5, 1963 |
| Season chronology | |
This is a list of episodes from the fourth and final season of The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis; the series' title was changed to Max Shulman's Dobie Gillis during this season.
This season continues with the misadventures of Dobie Gillis and his best friend Maynard G. Krebs at Central City's S. Peter Pryor Junior College, Dobie continuing to deal with life with his parents, Herbert and Winifred Gillis, and working in (or trying not to work in) his father's grocery store. Two new recurring characters were added: Virgil Gillis, Herbert's dishonest would-be music star cousin from Tennessee, and Duncan "Dunky" Gillis, Dobie's cousin and Herbert's nephew, who comes to live with the Gillis family and becomes Maynard's running partner.
Sheila James and William Schallert left Dobie Gillis before the start of the fourth season; Schallert to star in the pilot for Philbert and James to star in the pilot for a Dobie Gillis spinoff, Zelda. Both shows went unsold, and James returned to Dobie on a freelance basis for four episodes towards the end of this final season.
Broadcast history
The season originally aired Wednesdays at 8:30-9:00 pm (EST) on CBS from September 26, 1962 to June 5, 1963, moving from its original Tuesday at 8:30pm slot. The series fell out of the Top 30 during this season and was cancelled by CBS in spring 1963.
DVD release
The entire series was released on DVD by Shout! Factory.
Cast
Main
- Dwayne Hickman as Dobie Gillis
- Frank Faylen as Herbert T. Gillis (28 episodes)
- Florida Friebus as Winifred "Winnie" Gillis (19 episodes)
- Bob Denver as Maynard G. Krebs
Recurring
- Ray Hemphill as Cousin Virgil Gillis (3 episodes)
- Bobby Diamond as Duncan "Dunky" Gillis (7 episodes)
- Sheila James as Zelda Gilroy (4 episodes)
- Steve Franken as Chatsworth Osborne, Jr. (4 episodes)
- Doris Packer as Mrs. Chatsworth Osbourne, Sr. (5 episodes)
- Jean Byron as Dr. Imogene Burkhart (10 episodes)
- Tuesday Weld as Thalia Menninger (1 special guest appearance)
Episodes
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 112 | 1 | "A Funny Thing Happened to Me on the Way to a Funny Thing" | Rod Amateau | Bud Nye | September 26, 1962 |
| 113 | 2 | "What's a Little Murder Between Friends?" | Rod Amateau | Max Shulman | October 3, 1962 |
| 114 | 3 | "Northern Comfort" | Rod Amateau | Dean Riesner | October 10, 1962 |
| 115 | 4 | "The Ugliest American" | Rod Amateau | Joel Kane | October 17, 1962 |
| 116 | 5 | "A Splinter Off the Old Block" | Rod Amateau | Max Shulman | October 24, 1962 |
| 117 | 6 | "What Makes the Varsity Drag?" | Guy Scarpitta | Bud Nye | October 31, 1962 |
| 118 | 7 | "Like, Hi, Explosives" | Rod Amateau | Bud Nye & Joel Kane | November 7, 1962 |
| 119 | 8 | "Where Is Thy Sting?" | Rod Amateau | Joel Kane | November 14, 1962 |
| 120 | 9 | "Flow Gently, Sweet Money" | Rod Amateau | Arnold Horwitt | November 21, 1962 |
| 121 | 10 | "Strictly for the Birds" | Guy Scarpitta | Arnold Horwitt | November 28, 1962 |
| 122 | 11 | "The Iceman Goeth" | Rod Amateau | Max Shulman | December 5, 1962 |
| 123 | 12 | "Dr. Jerkell & Mr. Gillis" | Rod Amateau | Dean Riesner | December 12, 1962 |
| 124 | 13 | "Will the Real Santa Claus Please Come Down the Chimmey?" | Rod Amateau | Arnold Horwitt | December 19, 1962 |
| 125 | 14 | "Who Did William Tell?" | Rod Amateau | Arnold Horwitt | January 2, 1963 |
| 126 | 15 | "Too Many Kooks Spoil the Broth" | Guy Scarpitta | Bud Nye | January 9, 1963 |
| 127 | 16 | "Vocal Boy Makes Good" | Rod Amateau | Dean Riesner | January 16, 1963 |
| 128 | 17 | "All Right, Dobie, Drop the Gun" | Rod Amateau | Arnold Horwitt | January 23, 1963 |
| 129 | 18 | "And Now a Word from Our Sponsor" | Rod Amateau | Arnold Horwitt | January 30, 1963 |
| 130 | 19 | "Two for the Whipsaw" | David Davis | Bud Nye | February 6, 1963 |
| 131 | 20 | "The Moon and No Pence" | Rod Amateau | Bud Nye | February 13, 1963 |
| 132 | 21 | "The Beast with Twenty Fingers" | Rod Amateau | Arnold Horwitt | February 20, 1963 |
| 133 | 22 | "Thanks for the Memory" | Rod Amateau | Max Shulman | February 27, 1963 |
| 134 | 23 | "Three Million Coins in the Fountain" | Rod Amateau | Joel Kane | March 6, 1963 |
| 135 | 24 | "Beethoven, Presley, and Me" | Guy Scarpitta | Dean Riesner | March 13, 1963 |
| 136 | 25 | "The Little Chimp That Couldn't" | Stanley Z. Cherry | Arnold Horwitt | March 20, 1963 |
| 137 | 26 | "There's Always Room for One Less" | Tom Montgomery | Bud Nye | March 27, 1963 |
| 138 | 27 | "The General Cried at Dawn" | David Davis | Bud Nye | April 3, 1963 |
| 139 | 28 | "Now I Lay Me Down to Steal" | Guy Scarpitta | Arnold Horwitt | April 10, 1963 |
| 140 | 29 | "Lassie, Get Lost" | Rod Amateau | Dean Riesner | April 17, 1963 |
| 141 | 30 | "The Rice and Old Shoes Caper" | Rod Amateau | Arnold Horwitt | April 24, 1963 |
| 142 | 31 | "Requiem for an Underweight Heavyweight" | Rod Amateau | Arnold Horwitt | May 1, 1963 |
| 143 | 32 | "I Was a Spy for the F.O.B." | Tom Montgomery | Bud Nye | May 8, 1963 |
| 144 | 33 | "There's a Broken Light for Every Broken Heart on Broadway" | David Davis | Joel Kane | May 15, 1963 |
| 145 | 34 | "Beauty Is Only Kin Deep" | Rod Amateau | Bud Nye | May 22, 1963 |
| 146 | 35 | "The Call of the, Like, Wild" | Guy Scarpitta | Dean Riesner | May 29, 1963 |
| 147 | 36 | "The Devil and Dobie Gillis" | Guy Scarpitta | Teleplay: Bud Nye Story: Max Shulman | June 5, 1963 |