Dobie Versus the Machine

March 14, 1961

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The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis - S2 - E21

Dobie and Maynard, out of high school, don't know what to do with themselves and seek professional help. In the end they decide to enlist in the army.

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The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis: Season 2 - 36 Episode s

2x1 - Who Needs Elvis?
September 27, 1960
Dobie joins the school band solely to be close to piccolo player Esme Lauterbach, who is interested in Maynard.
2x2 - You Ain't Nothin' But a Houn' Dog
October 4, 1960
Maynard enters Dobie's old school essay My Dog in a newspaper Father's Day contest, but changes it to My Dad.
2x3 - Baby Talk
October 18, 1960
Maynard finds an abandoned baby in the park.
2x4 - Dobie Goes Beatnik
October 25, 1960
Thelonius Monk comes to town and invites Maynard to sit in on bongos. But Herbert needs a favor which will require Dobie and Maynard to switch identities.
2x5 - The Mystic Powers of Maynard G. Krebs
November 1, 1960
Maynard has temporary ESP, which will allow him to predict the winner of the Kennedy-Nixon presidential election.
2x6 - The Face That Stopped the Clock
November 15, 1960
Maynard takes a job selling clock-statues at an army surplus store.
2x7 - Maynard G. Krebs: Boy Millionaire
November 22, 1960
Maynard finds a purse full of cash.
2x8 - Around My Room in 80 Days
November 29, 1960
Dobie and Maynard help a classmate to not drop out of school.
2x9 - Drag Strip Dobie
December 6, 1960
Zelda helps Dobie build a hot rod so that he can impress a girl by beating Chatsworth in a car race.
2x10 - Jangle Bells
December 20, 1960
Dobie choses going to a huge Christmas party with Chatsworth rather than a small one with Maynard and feels guilty enough to have a Scrooge-like dream.
2x11 - Parlez-Vous English
December 27, 1960
Dobie meets a pretty fatalistically morose French girl who savors the negative things in life. She thinks Dobie is an oaf and Dobie hates her bleak attitude. Yet, she keeps coming around.
2x12 - The Day the Teachers Disappeared
January 3, 1961
All the teachers come down with the flu and parents have to take over the classes.
2x13 - What's My Lion?
January 10, 1961
A lion escapes from a zoo and becomes attached to Maynard.
2x14 - The Big Question
January 24, 1961
In order to graduate, Dobie and Maynard must write an essay on the subject of Whither Are We Drifting?
2x15 - Have You Stopped Beating Your Wife?
January 31, 1961
Dobie tries to get his father to spend more time with Mrs. Gillis.
2x16 - The Bitter Feud of Dobie and Maynard
February 7, 1961
Maynard is convinced that he is dragging Dobie down in life so he tries to antagonize Dobie into ending their friendship.
2x17 - Zelda, Get Off My Back
February 14, 1961
Zelda decides she's tired of being rejected by Dobie and turns her attentions to Chatsworth.
2x18 - I Was a High School Scrooge
February 21, 1961
Dobie, Maynard and Zelda think an old Central High star athlete is a bum, while he is actually a big executive.
2x19 - Will Success Spoil Dobie's Mother?
February 28, 1961
Winnie wins a date with Hollywood starlet Merilee Maribou and gives the prize to Dobie.
2x20 - The Second Childhood of Herbert T. Gillis
March 7, 1961
It's Dobie's graduation and Herbert, feeling embrassed that he never graduated, goes to night school to earn his diploma.
2x21 - Dobie Versus the Machine
March 14, 1961
Dobie and Maynard, out of high school, don't know what to do with themselves and seek professional help. In the end they decide to enlist in the army.
2x22 - Baby Shoes
March 21, 1961
Herbert, Winifred and Zelda reminisce as Dobie and Maynard prepare to leave for the army.
2x23 - I Didn't Raise My Boy to be a Soldier, Sailor, or Marine
March 28, 1961
Maynard misses the bus on his first day in the Army, but Chatsworth fills him in for him.
2x24 - The Chicken Corporal
April 4, 1961
Being put in charge of his squad's barracks goes to Dobie's head and his friendship with Maynard suffers.
2x25 - The Solid Gold Dog Tag
April 11, 1961
Despite opposition from his mother, Chatsworth decides to join Dobie and Maynard in the Army.
2x26 - The Battle of Maynard's Beard
April 18, 1961
The Army orders Maynard to shave off his beard.
2x27 - Spaceville
April 25, 1961
Maynard and a chimp get launched into space.
2x28 - Like Mother, Like Daughter, Like Wow
May 2, 1961
Dobie's mother becomes jealous when she learns that the attractive widowed mother of Dobie's latest girlfriend is an old flame of Mr. Gillis.
2x29 - Dobie Plays Cupid
May 9, 1961
Dobie tries to improve Maynard's confidence with girls.
2x30 - Like Father, Like Son, Like Trouble
May 16, 1961
Dobie gets cast in the army play and while in costume, leads an army officer's daughter to believe he is an army official.
2x31 - Be It Ever So Humble
May 23, 1961
Dobie and Maynard get weekend passes, but Zelda has been telling all the girls back home that she and Dobie are engaged.
2x32 - Aah, Yer Fadder Wears Army Shoes
May 30, 1961
Dobie exaggerates his dad's war record to impress a girl from a long military family.
2x33 - Everything But the Truth
June 6, 1961
Zelda invents a secret engagement to try and impress some sorority girls.
2x34 - Goodbye Mister Pomfritt, Hello Mr. Chips
June 13, 1961
Dobie and Maynard organize a tribute to Mr. Pomfritt, hoping to convince him not to leave Central High.
2x35 - Take Me to Your Leader
June 20, 1961
Dobie, Maynard, and Zelda believe that the store's beautiful blonde next patron is secretly an alien.
2x36 - This Ain't The Way We Used to Do It
June 27, 1961
Offended by what he sees a laxity in today's army, ex-sergeant Herbert Gillis puts his son's squad through some rugged training exercises before they graduate.

2x1 - Who Needs Elvis?

2x2 - You Ain't Nothin' But a Houn' Dog

2x3 - Baby Talk

2x4 - Dobie Goes Beatnik

2x5 - The Mystic Powers of Maynard G. Krebs

2x6 - The Face That Stopped the Clock

2x7 - Maynard G. Krebs: Boy Millionaire

2x8 - Around My Room in 80 Days

2x9 - Drag Strip Dobie

2x10 - Jangle Bells

2x11 - Parlez-Vous English

2x12 - The Day the Teachers Disappeared

2x13 - What's My Lion?

2x14 - The Big Question

2x15 - Have You Stopped Beating Your Wife?

2x16 - The Bitter Feud of Dobie and Maynard

2x17 - Zelda, Get Off My Back

2x18 - I Was a High School Scrooge

2x19 - Will Success Spoil Dobie's Mother?

2x20 - The Second Childhood of Herbert T. Gillis

2x21 - Dobie Versus the Machine

2x22 - Baby Shoes

2x23 - I Didn't Raise My Boy to be a Soldier, Sailor, or Marine

2x24 - The Chicken Corporal

2x25 - The Solid Gold Dog Tag

2x26 - The Battle of Maynard's Beard

2x27 - Spaceville

2x28 - Like Mother, Like Daughter, Like Wow

2x29 - Dobie Plays Cupid

2x30 - Like Father, Like Son, Like Trouble

2x31 - Be It Ever So Humble

2x32 - Aah, Yer Fadder Wears Army Shoes

2x33 - Everything But the Truth

2x34 - Goodbye Mister Pomfritt, Hello Mr. Chips

2x35 - Take Me to Your Leader

2x36 - This Ain't The Way We Used to Do It

S0: Specials

S1: Season 1

S2: Season 2

S3: Season 3

S4: Season 4