Episode 1
Caper at the Bijou
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.
TV season
1959-09-29
Episode 1
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.
Episode 2
1959-10-06
Dobie competes with Milton Armitage to see whose wardrobe can impress Thalia the most.
Episode 3
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.
Episode 4
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.
Episode 5
1959-11-03
Maynard receives his draft notice and Mr. Pomfritt and Dobie host a testimonial farewell dinner for him. This episode introduces Michael J. Pollard as Maynard's beatnik cousin Jerome.
Episode 6
1959-11-10
After a throat operation, Dobie can sing better than Milton, thus attracting Thalia.
Episode 7
1959-11-17
Dobie tries to earn $6 to take Thalia to the Junior Prom.
Episode 8
1959-11-24
Before the big football game, Dobie hatches a scheme for winning by stealing the opposing mascot.
Episode 9
1959-12-01
Dobie is up against Milton to be leading man in a school play.
Episode 10
1959-12-08
Dobie falls for Poppy Herming but has to win her father's approval too.
Episode 11
1959-12-15
Dobie thinks everyone has forgotten his birthday.
Episode 12
1959-12-22
Mr. Gillis is driven crazy by all the Christian celebrations, and almost spends the holidays in jail.
Episode 13
1959-12-29
Herbert seeks free advice from a child psychiologist.
Episode 14
1960-01-05
Mr. and Mrs. Gillis take in a young and handsome border from South America.
Episode 15
1960-01-12
Dobie runs against Milton for junior class president. Thalia is Dobie's campaign manager.
Episode 16
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.
Episode 17
1960-01-26
Dobie goes on a hunger strike until Thalia agrees to be his.
Episode 18
1960-02-02
Dobie falls for trapeze artist Aphrodite Millican,.
Episode 19
1960-02-09
Thalia talks Dobie's parents into sending him to Willoughby prep school.
Episode 20
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.
Episode 21
1960-02-23
Dobie and Maynard are puzzled when a rumor they spread about Zelda inheriting a fortune seems to become reality.
Episode 22
1960-03-01
Thalia tries to educate Dobie in logical thinking.
Episode 23
1960-03-08
Maynard gives a chicken an overdose of growth hormones as a biology class project .
Episode 24
1960-03-15
Dobie lies about joining the navy to impress a girl's sea-minded father.
Episode 25
1960-03-29
Dobie, Maynard, and Thalia capture a crooked dry-cleaner who had almost conned them before.
Episode 26
1960-04-05
Dobie and most of his friends reluctantly participate in a talent show.
Episode 27
1960-04-12
Doblie's dad wants him to romance a banker's daughter so he can get a loan.
Episode 28
1960-04-19 • 30 min
Dobie wants to prove he's grownup, so he moves into a small apartment with Maynard.
Episode 29
1960-04-26
Thalia hatches a scheme for Dobie to sell sandwiches at the school picnic.
Episode 30
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.
Episode 31
1960-05-10 • 30 min
Herbert worries about what will happen to the store after he's gone.
Episode 32
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.
Episode 33
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.
Episode 34
1960-05-31 • 30 min
Maynard falls for a French girl and shaves off his goatee.
Episode 35
1960-06-07
Dobie falls for an older nurse and feigns a disease so he can be near her.
Episode 36
1960-06-14 • 30 min
Dobie's new date's father turns out to be a cop with whom he had a disagreement about picking flowers in the park.
Episode 37
1960-06-21
A discouraged Dobie finally gives up on finding his dream girl and agrees to marry Zelda.
Episode 38
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.
Episode 39
1960-07-05
Dobie and a girlfriend take a baby-sitting job, but the Gillises suspect Dobie is secretly a father.