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The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis Season 3 Episodes
Season 3 Episode Guide
36 Episodes 1961 - 1962
Episode 1
The Ruptured Duck
Tue, Oct 10, 196126 mins
Dobie would have thought that he would have looked forward to this day of his and Maynard's honorable discharge from the army, but what Maynard alerts him to is that they will now have to find jobs. Despite his parents and Zelda having Dobie's immediate future mapped out for him, Dobie has no idea what he wants to do. When he thinks about it, what Dobie really wants to do - what his stint in the army taught him - is to get more education, which he knows is impossible since his grades from high school were not good enough to get him into college, and he doesn't have the money. Much to Mr. Pomfritt's chagrin, what the Gillises are alerted to is that S. Peter Pryor Junior College, where Mr. Pomfritt now teaches, is free and will accept anyone who has a high school diploma. After Dobie, Maynard and Zelda's orientation day as freshmen, Dobie still isn't sure if he can handle life at S. Peter Pryor. The last page of the orientation guide may give him an indication if he should at least give it a try.
Episode 2
Dobie, Dobie, Who's Got Dobie?
Tue, Oct 17, 196126 mins
According to Dobie, Zelda seems to be able to break him and any other girl up, that is except him and Maryann Krolisch, that is because Dobie can't get close enough to Maryann for there ever to be anything between the two of them to break up. That is why he is surprised when Maryann, who can have her choice of any guy at S. Peter Pryor Junior College, chooses him. Maryann already knows all about Zelda's usual tactic of highlighting Dobie's deficiencies, which does not dissuade Maryann in the slightest. Zelda is unwittingly the cause of Maryann's attraction to Dobie: if Zelda, the smartest girl in school, wants Dobie, there must be something special in him that only someone of Zelda's high intelligence can see that the rest of the world is missing. Zelda can't fight the logic in Maryann's reasoning. Dobie and Maryann know that Zelda won't give up in trying to break the two of them up. Will any of Zelda's new tricks work?
Episode 3
Move Over, Perry Mason
Tue, Oct 24, 196126 mins
Because Dobie learns in his law class that everyone is protected by the law, Herbert encourages Maynard to sue for any injuries he may sustain, which are many. The most frequent of those injuries are from slipping on the streetcar tracks, which he does all the time. Herbert changes his mind when Maynard gets his hand caught in the broken gum-ball machine in Gillis Store, which results in Maynard mildly spraining his wrist. Upon quick thought, Maynard decides not to sue since the Gillises are like family to him. But Maynard is encouraged by their law professor, Brinkerhoff, to sue since the moneys will not come directly from the Gillis family but rather the insurance company. The insurance company, who are represented by Chester L. Wayzack, believe Maynard has a case until they meet him and learn from big mouthed Dobie that Maynard is accident prone. As such, they have no intention on paying a claim. This irks Professor Brinkerhoff, who agrees to represent Maynard in court. Although Herbert wants Maynard to get a settlement, he will only go so far to prove that Maynard has a case indirectly against him.
Episode 4
The Fast White Mouse
Tue, Oct 31, 196126 mins
Based on his science class' experiment on heredity using white mice, Dobie thinks he knows how to stop Zelda from pursuing him: tell her that his inferior genes will result in the possibility of stupid children. Based on the academics of heredity from that class, she can't argue with his logic. The next step is to find Zelda a replacement boyfriend of high intelligence with whom to eventually breed. The smartest boy in the class is the one they choose: Chatsworth Osborne, Jr. They are eventually able to convince both Chatsworth and Mrs. Osborne that Zelda is a good match for Chatsworth in terms of genetics. But the old adage of "absence makes the heart grow fonder" applies to Dobie as he admits he misses Zelda once she's out of his life for good. Dobie tries to find a way to get Zelda back, and decides to use a couple of white mice to do so, they who may be more driven by basic animal need than intelligence or lack thereof.
Episode 5
The Gigolo
Tue, Nov 7, 196126 mins
Maynard, of whom no man could ever be jealous, suddenly finds himself a hot commodity among the coeds of S. Peter Pryor Junior College when he agrees to serve as their escort to social events while their boyfriends are away. Dobie, fearing his caviar-stuffed friend is headed for a life of dissipation and decay, sets to rescuing him.
Episode 6
Dig, Dig, Dig
Tue, Nov 14, 196126 mins
Despite his father's impression that Dobie is taking easy courses that he is choosing solely because they have a bevy of beautiful girls in the class, Dobie counters that he is taking a variety of courses to discover what truly interests him. In doing so, he believes he has found his true area of interest: Egyptology. Herbert is suspect enough of what career he can carve out of such a subject, even more suspect when Dobie wants to go on a class field trip to Egypt which requires money specifically from him. But Herbert still knows that Dobie's primary interest in the class has to be a girl. However, Herbert finds that the only "girl" in the class is Dobie's professor, thirty-five year old but still voluptuous Dr. Imogene Burkhart. While Dobie's interest in the class is purely Egyptology, Herbert believes it is Dr. Burkhart. Herbert's belief may not only threaten Dobie's trip to Egypt but Dobie's teacher/student relationship with Dr. Burkhart. But Herbert may be the one who suffers the most through the process of dealing with Dobie and Dr. Burkhart on the matter.
Episode 7
Eat, Drink, and Be Merry... for Tomorrow Ker-Boom
Tue, Nov 21, 196125 mins
Dr. Burkhart asks her class to bring items to include in a time capsule, but Maynard refuses, discouraged by his conviction that within a matter of years the world will go "boom, boom, ker-boom!" and there will be nobody left to discover the time capsule.
Episode 8
The Richest Squirrel in Town
Tue, Nov 28, 196126 mins
Mr. Pomfritt reports $41.37 has disappeared from his desk. Earlier that day Maynard arrived to school in a taxi, telling Dobie a squirrel gave him $41.37. Dobie tries to right the wrong, but, proving that no good deed goes unpunished, finds himself the prime suspect.
Episode 9
The Second Most Beautiful Girl in the World
Tue, Dec 5, 196126 mins
The latest girl who Dobie falls in love with at first sight and believes is the only girl for him for eternity is Sally Bean. After she accepts a date with him, she tells him that she already has a date with someone else that day, and that he is to meet her fifteen minutes before the other boy shows up so that she and her parents can outline their dating rules to him. Because Sally is a sensitive soul who is easily swayed by anyone in peril, she is only to date two boys at the same time so that she can evaluate both purely on their merits rather than emotion, such as through gifts or stories of woe. Dobie learns these rules after he convinced Herbert that he needed money again to woo Sally, this the last time he would ever need to ask for money since Sally is the only one for him. Thus Herbert's money was of no use in gaining Sally's affections. But in two two-boy dates with Sally, Dobie may come to a realization of who is truly for her, and Herbert may come to his own realizations of the worth of his money to Dobie in catching girls.
Episode 10
This Town Ain't Big Enough for Me and Robert Browning
Tue, Dec 12, 196126 mins
In discussing the life and works of poet Robert Browning in Mr. Pomfritt's class, specifically the line "ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, or what's a heaven for", Dobie believes he should shoot for the stars and try to reach what, or who, has been been so far unattainable, namely the beautiful, popular, wealthy but slightly dimwitted and vain Poppy Jordan. Zelda gives Dobie notice that if he tries to go running after Poppy, she won't be there for him to go running back to after things with Poppy fail. Dobie maps out a plan of attack to obtain Poppy, but he has to decide if implementing that plan is worth the risk of losing Zelda forever, she who has stated before that she would leave him if he tried such a stunt. Dobie's decision may fundamentally affect his relationships with both Mr. Pomfritt and his father, who give him differing advice on the situation.
Episode 11
Have Reindeer, Will Travel
Tue, Dec 19, 196126 mins
Appointed by chairperson Dobie, Maynard is the treasurer of his class' Christmas dance fund. Maynard believes the seemingly poor Spanish-speaking Mexican shoe shine boy he befriends needs the money more - all $55.78 - especially since it's Christmas. Maynard confesses to the dance committee that he no longer has the money, but won't tell what happened to it if only to protect his new friend. The committee members are angry but don't believe Maynard stole the money. Regardless, Maynard vows to pay it all back. The only way he can is to get a job. Maynard getting a job is easier said than done. But Maynard, who is generous to a fault in the jobs he does end up getting, may end up showing everyone around him the true meaning of the holidays.
Episode 12
Crazylegs Gillis
Tue, Dec 26, 196126 mins
Dobie and the latest girl of his affections, Lila Watkins, are babysitting for the five infants of football player, Truck Horse Bronkowski, and his wife Ethel as they attend night school. Bronk is a dedicated family man, who just doesn't have enough hours in the day to meet all his obligations of school, work, his family and playing on the football team. His goal is to graduate so that he can become coach and thus take care of his family better than he currently can. But because of the number of games he's missed already in looking after his family, he will get kicked off the team if he misses one more game, resulting in him not being able to graduate. Dobie and Lila want to help Bronk and Ethel in any way they can. Based on a misunderstanding, Dobie, Herbert and Maynard have to go to extraordinary efforts to keep Bronk from being kicked off the team.
Episode 13
Blue-Tail Fly
Tue, Jan 2, 196226 mins
Mr. Pomfritt laments the fact that many songs of protest or of the plight of the working class, songs such as "Blue-Tail Fly", have been made popular by today's youth without they truly understanding the songs' origins. He would rather see the youth of today take more concrete actions to deal with the issues and problems which made those songs rise to prominence in the first place, actions such as get involved in political affairs. With the campus elections a week away and no one even yet nominated, Dobie decides to enter the race for member of the student council, not because of Mr. Pomfritt's diatribe, but to impress the beautiful Ursula Forbes, a girl in Dobie's Political Science class who is turned on by political activism. But Dobie ends up not running unopposed, Chatsworth who also decides to run and uses the popular platform of those popular protest songs to woo the voters by using entertainment solely to make him seem like one of the common men. Dobie, with Zelda and Maynard's help, has to decide if he will compromise his values to stoop to such populist but meaningless tactics. Mr. Pomfritt may give Dobie a clearer perspective on the matter.
Episode 14
I Do Not Choose to Run
Tue, Jan 9, 196226 mins
Herbert decides to run for city planning commissioner. Dobie is proud to campaign for his father, that is until he meets a pretty girl, the next love of his life. She is Betty Jane Cheever, the daughter of Herbert's opponent, George G. Cheever. Betty Jane doesn't want the election to get between their possible relationship, but she does open Dobie's eyes to the primary issue of the campaign - Proposition E - which Cheever supports as it would tear down an aging neighborhood that many consider a slum. In discussions with his father about the election, Dobie learns that Herbert doesn't know about the issues at all - that he is campaigning solely on his charisma - but when he does hear about Proposition E, he doesn't support it because it is the neighborhood in which he grew up, which brings with it nostalgic and fond memories for him. This stance places a rift between Dobie and Herbert, which brings up whether standing up for one's beliefs, being informed and correct about an issue, or family is most important.
Episode 15
Happiness Can't Buy Money
Tue, Jan 16, 196226 mins
Chatsworth tries to buy friendship with money, which doesn't seem to be working. As such, the old adage applies in Chatsworth case: money can't buy happiness, Chatsworth who is anything but happy, especially as his mother still treats him like a helpless boy. Chatsworth admits that Dobie is well liked. So Chatsworth decides to use what he believes made Dobie the likable chap that he is: Herbert. Chatsworth believes that rough, tough and mean Herbert is the type of man who can turn him into a real man. In Chatsworth's words, he wants to "rent" (in layman terms, hire) Herbert for the job. He wants the entire Gillis family to move into Osborne Manor for the duration - at a time when Mrs. Osborne will be away on a hunting trip in India - so that he can have Herbert's undivided attention in the matter. In turning Chatsworth into a man, Herbert wants to impress on him the virtues of hard work and the plain simple life. Mrs. Osborne is skeptical about this experiment, which she feels is against everything in that she believes. As such, she decides to hide out in the manor to watch the proceedings and implement an experiment of her own: see if the Gillises will fall prey to the luxuries available to them in Osborne Manor.
Episode 16
Magnificent Failure
Tue, Jan 23, 196226 mins
When Herbert, who is generally seen as a mean and stingy man, buys both Winnie and Dobie expensive gifts, everyone becomes suspicious of his motivations. However, he states that he critically reviewed his life, didn't like what he saw, and vowed to turn over a new leaf, which accounts for both the act of giving and where he got the money: he is on the verge of selling the store to a supermarket chain. With the vast sum he expects to get, he plans on traveling with Winnie, and when the money eventually gets low, he will return to the workforce managing someone else's supermarket, which means regular hours and fewer worries than owning his own business. But when the store purchase and the subsequent search for a managerial position don't pan out quite the way he expects, Herbert has to decide what to do, that is unless someone else helps him make those decisions.
Episode 17
For Whom the Wedding Bell Tolls
Tue, Jan 30, 196226 mins
Dobie is standing at the altar saying "I do" to a woman who is not Zelda, and Zelda, who is truly happy at the event, is standing up for the woman. What's going on? It's a wedding by proxy for the woman, Jane, and her true fiancé, Eddie, Dobie's friend who couldn't be there since he has a job in South America. But the wedding has given Zelda renewed energy to get Dobie to the altar for real. Zelda's tenacity scares Dobie; although he wants someday to get married even perhaps to Zelda, he feels he just isn't ready for a commitment to anyone. To escape from the power of Zelda, Dobie, while attending Jane's bon voyage party aboard her South America bound cargo ship sailing, decides to stow away with Maynard in tow. What they are unaware of is that Zelda has too come to a spur of the moment decision: she will also sail on the ship as Jane's cabin mate, for her absence she hopes will make Dobie's heart grow fonder for her. After they have all set sail, Zelda, without Dobie or Maynard knowing, finds out that they are on board. To get Dobie to the altar on the ship, Zelda hatches a plan that requires her to use new found skill of impersonation and throwing her voice.
Episode 18
Girls Will Be Boys
Tue, Feb 13, 196226 mins
Dobie allows Maynard to tag along on his dates since Maynard doesn't like to be alone. This does not sit well with most of Dobie's dates, Stephanie Trowbridge, the latest, who is determined to find Maynard a date of his own, despite it seemingly an impossible task. Onto the scene arrives Edwina Kegel - Eddie to her friends - who is a female version of Maynard. Eddie has no desire to be a girly girl, much to her parents' chagrin. Despite Maynard and Eddie hanging out doing things together, Dobie notices that Maynard doesn't much treat Eddie like a girl or that they're on traditional romantic dates. To help Maynard, Dobie gives him two tickets to the spring dance to which he can take Eddie. Maynard and Eddie do decide to go, but to gawk at the other people. But will Maynard and/or Eddie find that in a romantic setting that they will fall under the magic of traditional romance?
Episode 19
The Marriage Counselor
Tue, Feb 20, 196226 mins
Despite being a genius, Zelda figures the only reason why she hasn't been able to snag Dobie yet is bad luck. So she decides to take a more scientific tact by being salesperson, selling herself as the perfect mate for Dobie. Zelda gets an unexpected assistant salesperson in the form of Mr. Pomfritt, who discusses the benefits of marriage in his class. Dobie, who wants a happy and prosperous life, believes that marriage to Zelda will achieve that happiness and prosperity Mr. Pomfritt was talking about, so he asks an elated Zelda to marry him, she who says yes. Mr. and Mrs. Gillis believe Dobie is still too young to get married, but take different approaches to get Dobie to change his mind. Mr. Pomfritt takes an academic perspective to the news. But it may be an unexpected source that makes Zelda and ultimately Dobie examine if indeed marriage between the two of them at this time is the right thing.
Episode 20
The Big Blunder and Egg Man
Tue, Feb 27, 196226 mins
In her own words, the beautiful Daphne Winsett, the latest girl who Dobie believes will be his wife, allows him to hang around her because "he's good looking, he's a good dancer, and he has a nice sense of humor", to which Maynard correctly adds "because he does her homework" most specifically in her arts classes. They are a mismatch since Dobie is a dreamer who loves art and culture, while Daphne loves business and commerce. To get their sensibilities closer together, Dobie decides to take an economics class, temporarily taught by Professor Pomfritt, at least he hopes temporarily. Since Daphne doesn't believe Dobie has economics in his blood, Dobie decides to show her that he does by doing their class assignment - buying and selling commodity futures using hypothetical money - using real money, Dobie buying and selling exactly what Daphne is buying and selling, which is eggs. Dobie's next problem is getting $500 to invest. If he does get the money, he has to hope that Daphne knows what she's doing. He also has to hope that he fully understands the nature of the commodities market.
Episode 21
Birth of a Salesman
Tue, Mar 6, 196226 mins
Thalia Menninger reenters Dobie's life, she who is now the assistant sales manager for the Pylon Corporation, which sells clothing door-to-door. She soon will be promoted to sales manager of their Cleveland office. Whatever the reason for Thalia's return, Dobie vows not to fall under her spell again since he knows she will ultimately break his heart as he will never be the money making machine she is looking for in a husband. Indeed, Thalia wants Dobie back, but she figures she can have her cake and eat it too by Dobie dropping out of school and becoming a salesman under her for Pylon. Although he still pines for her, Dobie doesn't want to drop out of school despite he realizing that his liberal arts program isn't providing him with any grounding for a professional life that would attract Thalia. Dobie's parents are mixed on Dobie dropping out to get a job. They all let confirmed academic and lover of anything related to knowledge Mr. Pomfritt decide Dobie's fate. But Mr. Pomfritt, who has always had problems making ends meet, may be easier prey to Thalia's arguments than most would have believed.
Episode 22
Like Oh, Brother
Tue, Mar 13, 196226 mins
Both Dobie and Maynard are failing Dr. Burkhart's sociology class. She offers them a deal: "volunteer" to act as big brothers at the River Street Settlement House - which entails dealing with disadvantaged adolescent boys from the roughest neighborhood in town - and she will issue them a passing grade. They reluctantly accept. She receives funding for the project to test her sociological theses in how best to help the boys in their day to day lives. Despite being scared of the boys and having an initial antagonistic relationship, Dobie but particularly Maynard grow to have a buddy relationship with the boys. The problem ends up being Dr. Burkhart, who can't translate her academic thoughts into a meaningful dialogue and interaction with the boys. This project ends up threatening any friendship between Dr. Burkhart and Dobie and Maynard. Dobie and Maynard have to make Dr. Burkhart understand the problem in time for the visit by the funding committee, who may pull the plug on the project if they don't see tangible results.
Episode 23
Dobie Gillis: Wanted Dead or Alive
Tue, Mar 20, 196226 mins
Dobie and Maynard babysit the Pomfritts' children and are tempted to peek at the test, a high score on which would allow Dobie to transfer to an Ivy League school and meet men of means (a possibility that delights Mr. Gillis in a daydream).
Episode 24
Names My Mother Called Me
Tue, Mar 27, 196226 mins
Dobie will do anything for Giselle Hurlbut, the girl he loves and wants to marry... well, almost anything except the one thing she wants him to do: change his name. Dobie realizes that "Dobie" is an unusual name, and as he contemplates changing it, he goes on a quest to find out how he got the name. His father reveals that it was all his mother's doing, she who refuses to divulge the reason. That refusal is because of the telegram Dobie eventually receives from New York based scientist, humanitarian and Nobel Prize winner Dr. D.W. Kline. After a confused Dobie receives the telegram which asks for Dobie to meet him in New York before he retires and leaves civilization for the next phase of his life, Winnie tells Dobie the story. Dobie was named after Dr. Kline. She asked Dr. Kline's permission to name her offspring after him if it was a boy. In return, Dr. Kline asked her to keep him abreast of Dobie's life goings-on as he grew up. Although many important people want to see Dr. Kline and hear his last words before he drops out of civilization, he will only meet with Dobie. Dobie and Dr. Kline's discussion ends up changing Dobie's life, most specifically regarding thoughts of himself.
Episode 25
An American Strategy
Tue, Apr 3, 196226 mins
With a small hand provided by Gloria Mundy, the company's coffee girl and Dobie's latest girlfriend, Dobie gets one of the summer job positions at Lumpkin Lumber. However, rather than get a white collar job as he was expecting, he instead gets a blue collar one sweeping up. Still, his run-ins with the yard's manager, C.J. Erdlatz, leads to Dobie being on the verge of getting fired. Dobie keeping his job becomes more important to him when he spots Pamela Lumpkin, the daughter of company owner, Woodrow Lumpkin. She replaces Gloria in his heart. Dobie figures that courting Pamela would have the added benefit of a mechanism to allow him to move up the company ladder, which in the long run may become more important than being with Pamela herself. Through his manoeuvrings with Pamela and the Lumpkins, Dobie has to decide whether to listen to that small feeling of guilt or Maynard's army boots against his shins about how badly he is treating Gloria in the process.
Episode 26
The Truth Session
Tue, Apr 10, 196226 mins
Dobie being at home sick in bed with a head cold affects two other people. First, Zelda, who supposedly has eyes only for Dobie, decides to hit on new student Nate Gahagan, as Dobie not being around shows her that she needs a back up if something were to ever happen to Dobie. And second, Maynard, who has never told a lie, decides to lie to Mr. Pomfritt about why he doesn't have his history assignment completed. It isn't complete since Dobie has always done his homework. The result of the lie makes Maynard reevaluate the pros and cons of lying, eventually deciding to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. Maynard, however, takes the truth telling to an extreme, and in the process alienates everyone around him. Seeing what telling the whole truth has done but still believing that telling the truth is an honorable thing, Maynard decides to take a drastic measure to protect his values while not hurting the people he loves.
Episode 27
I Remember Muu Muu
Tue, Apr 17, 196226 mins
Yellow journalist Maynard writes a scandalous article for The Pryor Crier, sensationalizing Dr. Burkhart's anthropology class' planned reenactment of a native dance into a "pagan revel" that raises the blood pressure of outraged parents (especially Mr. Gillis' in a fantasy dream sequence).
Episode 28
The Sweet Success of Smell
Tue, Apr 24, 196226 mins
While Professor McGuffy is performing a demonstration on how certain animals, such as basset hounds, have developed a keen sense of smell to overcome other less developed senses, his science class learns that Maynard's sense of smell is far more powerful, especially when it comes to searching out food. But Maynard's keen sense of smell applies to everything. Dobie believes Maynard can parlay that ability to sniff out anything into a lucrative detective business - finding missing items for clients - with Dobie as his business manager. It does end up becoming a booming and indeed lucrative business. But what Dobie didn't count on was fellow student, the beautiful but conniving and money hungry Elspeth Hummaker, entering the scene. Elspeth, who would normally be way out of Maynard's league, wants to take over the business, moving it into an even more lucrative but less ethical direction, and push Dobie out. Will Maynard stay with his good buddy, or go with a girl he wouldn't otherwise be able to get? And will Maynard always be able to sniff out anything?
Episode 29
When Other Friendships Have Been Forgot
Tue, May 1, 196226 mins
Caprice Pringle, the latest love of Dobie's life, believes he treats Maynard cruelly and inhumanely in that he has made Maynard so dependent upon him for everything in life, that if Dobie was ever no longer around, Maynard would not be able to survive on his own. Dobie comes to the realization that Caprice is right. Without the nerve to say so directly to Maynard's face, Dobie has to figure out a way slyly to get Maynard out of his life. But an eventual Dobie/Maynard break-up might be harder on Dobie and the Gillises than it is on Maynard.
Episode 30
I Was a Boy Sorority Girl
Tue, May 8, 196226 mins
Dobie's latest girlfriend, Samantha Digby, is a blue blood who will only date boys in her social class. So how did Dobie get her to begin with? He didn't tell her that he's a poor schlub from a working class family. To be able to take Samantha to the upcoming dance, Dobie needs $20, which his father refuses to give him. He can't earn enough himself by the time of the dance, so he convinces Maynard to apply with him for two advertised $10 paying jobs for a day's work. Those two jobs end up being waiters for the Eta Theta Sorority open house under the watchful eye of Mrs. Osborne. What Dobie didn't count on was Samantha attending the open house as a potential pledge. He has to figure out a way to be undetected by Samantha while working at the party, doing his job and adhering to Mrs. Osborne's strict rules, which includes not going into the girls-only area of the house.
Episode 31
It Takes a Heap o' Livin' to Make a Cave a Home
Tue, May 15, 196226 mins
Maynard, on the verge of expulsion for failing all his classes, is given one last reprieve from Dean Magruder: find one faculty member to mentor him and, in turn, pass that professor's class. Sympathetic Dr. Burkhart reluctantly agrees to let Maynard take her archaeology class, but Maynard ends up being as close to passing exasperated Dr. Burkhart's class as any of his others - that is, until Dr. Burkhart takes the class on a field trip just outside of town to the Wasatchi Caves where a tribe of stone age savage men once lived. There, Maynard not only finds an artifact - a stone ax - but a living Wasatchi caveman who lives much like his ancestors. Maynard can hand over the ax to Dr. Burkhart and her colleagues, get the praise from the archaeological community and, in turn, receive a passing grade as Dobie thinks he should do, or he can be as truthful as always and tell about the live Wasatchi caveman who gave him the ax, with the result being ridicule and a failing grade. What Dobie doesn't account for in giving Maynard this advice is that the ax is not a thousands-of-years-old artifact but rather new (confirmed through carbon dating), one made by a living caveman who would rather remain hidden from everyone except his new good buddy Maynard.
Episode 32
Back to Nature Boy
Tue, May 22, 196225 mins
Edwina Kegel, the latest object of Dobie's affections, wants to break up with him, not because of him, but because of her. A distant cousin of Chatsworth's, Edwina is feeling restless and unsatisfied, and is looking for a simple life with meaning, one that she figures she can have with uncomplicated Maynard when she sets sight on him for the first time... or so Dobie and Chatsworth believe. In reality, Edwina is Maynard's old beatnik friend, Eddie, who transformed herself into a proper young woman, which in turn broke Maynard's heart in losing a buddy who truly understood him as she was exactly the same. Abhorring the thought of Maynard possibly marrying into the Osborne family, Chatsworth, with mumsie's help, does whatever he can to break-up Edwina and Maynard. Can the Osborne money buy uncomplicated Maynard, or at least make him look the part of an Osborne?
Episode 33
How to Cheat an Honest Man
Tue, May 29, 196226 mins
Dobie is torn between two girls on opposite ends of the spectrum. Dobie, using a scam as always, is trying to convince current girlfriend Mona Monaghan that he shouldn't go out with her tonight since she should study for a Latin exam she has the next day, while in reality he can't take her out since he has no money. She counters that she doesn't need to study since she's going to cheat, for which Dobie chastises her, still solely trying to get out of having to take her out. Overhearing this encounter is Eloise McInerney, a girl who Dobie has known since they were children but who he always thought unattainable. Eloise is a straight arrow who believes in unadulterated honesty, and this encounter shows her that Dobie is an honest fellow unlike what she previously believed. However, when she learns that Dobie's father is using a scam to get out from paying a $10 parking ticket, she figures that the apple doesn't fall far from the tree. To get Eloise's fleeting affections back, Dobie has to prove to her that his father is going to pay the parking ticket, that proof being the payment receipt. But getting Dobie's father to pay the fine and getting the parking violations clerk to accept the money aren't as easy as Dobie believes. And if Eloise won't have him, Dobie convincing Mona that he has larceny in his heart is also easier said than done.
Episode 34
Bachelor Father... and Son
Tue, Jun 5, 196226 mins
Although they love Winnie, both Herbert and Dobie feel she controls their lives and doesn't let them have any fun. Herbert in particular wants to hang out with his lodge buddies, and Dobie wants to chase the new object of his affection, Betty Sue Fosdick. They get their wish for some free time from her when she accepts an invitation to visit her sister in Cleveland for two weeks. Herbert and Dobie end up doing their version of housekeeping, which is just fine with them. But life without Winnie also means life with Mrs. Finchley, their strict next door neighbor who promised to look out for the boys in Winnie's absence, and house guest Maynard, who they allow to stay to keep Mrs. Finchley at bay.
Episode 35
Like Low Noon
Tue, Jun 12, 196226 mins
Butch Baumgartner, someone who used to bully Dobie over a girl named Lorelei Lafferty, someone who left town for Alaska when he joined the army, but someone who vowed revenge against Dobie whenever he did return, is returning to town in about an hour on the twelve o'clock bus i.e. high noon. Despite Butch being muscle-bound and a prized boxer, Herbert wants Dobie to stand up for himself, while Winnie, who believes Dobie doesn't want to fight, should hide out. As the hour counts down, Dobie devises one scheme after another to deal with the standoff against Butch at high noon. In the end, can Dobie be the Gary Cooper that he truly wants to be in dealing with Butch?
Episode 36
The Frat's in the Fire
Tue, Jun 26, 196226 mins
It's club sign-up at college, and all the clubs are suffering from lack of wannabe members... that is except the Silver Spoon club, which is comprised of wealthy and privileged men on campus, like its president, Chatsworth. Dobie aspires to be a member. Herbert realizes that it is his position in life that is largely preventing Dobie from being able to become a member. So Herbert, rightly surmising that the club has mismanaged its food budget, trades free gourmet groceries twice a week for Dobie's membership, the deal about which Chatsworth and the boys are not allowed to tell Dobie. When Dobie accidentally finds out about the deal, Dobie has to decide what to do.