S3 E1 • The Ruptured Duck

Dobie and Maynard are honorably discharged from the Army and immediately join Zelda in enrolling at S. Peter Pryor Junior College, where their old high school teacher Mr. Pomfritt is now a professor.

Première diffusion : 10 octobre 1961

S3 E2 • Dobie, Dobie, Who's Got Dobie?

Dobie's romances with other women are torpedoed by Zelda's clever schemes.

Première diffusion : 17 octobre 1961

S3 E3 • Move Over, Perry Mason

Maynard sues after getting his hand stuck in Gillis Grocery's gumball machine.

Première diffusion : 24 octobre 1961

S3 E4 • The Fast White Mouse

Dobie uses the heredity factor to convince Zelda to abandon her dreams of marrying and having children with him and to turn her affections towards a more suitable mate: Chatsworth Osborn, Jr.

Première diffusion : 31 octobre 1961

S3 E5 • The Gigolo

Maynard becomes the most sought-after date because no girl's boyfriend would be jealous of him. Maynard lets this go to his head and Dobie tries to snap him back to his old, simple self

Première diffusion : 7 novembre 1961

S3 E6 • Dig, Dig, Dig

Mr. Gillis fears Dobie's interest in Egyptology is inspired less by mouldering mummies and more by the beautiful Dr. Burkhart.

Première diffusion : 14 novembre 1961

S3 E7 • Eat , Drink, and Be Merry ... For Tomorrow: Ker-boom

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.

Première diffusion : 21 novembre 1961

S3 E8 • The Richest Squirrel in Town

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.

Première diffusion : 28 novembre 1961

S3 E9 • The Second Most Beautiful Girl in the World

Dobie falls for the soft-hearted Sally Bean, whose parents insist she must date two boys at a time. Can Dobie hope to compete for Sally's affections against Chatsworth Osborne, Jr.?

Première diffusion : 5 décembre 1961

S3 E10 • This Town Ain't Big Enough for Me and Robert Browning

"A man's reach should exceed his grasp," wrote Robert Browning, and Dobie is inspired to reach for the unattainable Poppy Jordan.

Première diffusion : 12 décembre 1961

S3 E11 • Have Reindeer, Will Travel

Maynard befriends a poor Mexican shoeshine boy and generously gives him $55.78--all the money his classmates had saved to fund their Christmas dance. To earn back the money, Maynard takes a job as a department store Santa Claus.

Première diffusion : 19 décembre 1961

S3 E12 • Crazylegs Gillis

When the irresponsible quarterback the Gillises and Maynard have been trying to help and keep from getting cut from the team disappears just before kickoff, a gridiron veteran volunteers to come out of mothballs to cover for him.

Première diffusion : 26 décembre 1961

S3 E13 • Blue Tail Fly

Dobie runs against Chatsworth for student council. Campaign manager Zelda wants to have Dobie sing like Chatsworth and his hired folk-singers, but Dobie wants to run on the issues alone.

Première diffusion : 2 janvier 1962

S3 E14 • I Do Not Choose to Run

Herbert is running for mayor and Dobie falls in love with his opponent's daughter.

Première diffusion : 9 janvier 1962

S3 E15 • Happiness Can't Buy Money

Chatsworth asks Herbert T. Gillis to come to Osborn Manor and mold him from being a namby-pamby weakling into a a manly man among men, but Mumsy and Trembley conspire to quash Chatsworth's conversion.

Première diffusion : 16 janvier 1962

S3 E16 • Magnificent Failure

Mr. Gillis entertains big dreams of selling his grocery store to a supermarket chain for a big price and being able to give his family more time and luxuries.

Première diffusion : 23 janvier 1962

S3 E17 • For Whom the Wedding Bell Tolls

A wedding-by-proxy sparks Zelda's mania to get married, so Dobie and Maynard seek to escape by stowing away on a cargo ship bound for South America, not realizing Zelda is also aboard.

Première diffusion : 30 janvier 1962

S3 E18 • Girls Will Be Boys

Maynard meets his kind of girl in Edwina "Eddie" Kegel, a tomboy who enjoys hacking around with him, watching building demolitions and sewer excavations and laughing at the "oblongs" at the sophomore dance.

Première diffusion : 13 février 1962

S3 E19 • Marriage Counselor

Mr. Pomfritt's lecture on marriage convinces Dobie that marrying Zelda is his only logical choice. But is marriage meant to be a logical choice?

Première diffusion : 20 février 1962

S3 E20 • The Big Blunder and Egg Man

To impress a girl, Dobie invests more than he should in his economics class project. He buys stock in an egg company and ends up with a room full of eggs. Cheryl Holdridge guest stars as Daphne Winsett. [Dwayne Hickman began dating Holdridge after this episode.]

Première diffusion : 27 février 1962

S3 E21 • Birth of a Salesman

Thalia Menninger, now the assistant sales manager for the Pylon Corporation, reenters Dobie's life. 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.

Première diffusion : 6 mars 1962

S3 E22 • Like, Oh Brother

Dobie and Maynard agree to volunteer as big brothers at the Settlement House for underprivileged children and in doing so help Dr. Burkhart bridge the gap between sociological theory and practice.

Première diffusion : 13 mars 1962

S3 E23 • Dobie Gillis: Wanted Dead or Alive

A remake of the first season's "Room at the Bottom," with Mr. Pomfritt playing the part of the put-upon teacher with a dissatisfied spouse. 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.

Première diffusion : 3 avril 1962

S3 E24 • Names My Mother Called Me

Dobie discovers the significance of his unusual name when his distinguished namesake summons him to New York City to share a parting message. A thoughtful episode with an inspiring message for young people.

Première diffusion : 27 mars 1962

S3 E25 • An American Strategy

Dobie lands a job at Lumpkin Lumber through the influence of his girlfriend Gloria, but when the boss' brash daughter takes a shine to him, Dobie sees a chance to climb the corporate ladder to success.

Première diffusion : 19 juin 1962

S3 E26 • The Truth Session

Maynard learns that while honesty may be the best policy, it's not always the best way to win friends and influence people.

Première diffusion : 10 avril 1962

S3 E27 • I Remember Muu Muu

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.

Première diffusion : 17 avril 1962

S3 E28 • Sweet Success of Smell

When their biology professor discovers that Maynard can track missing objects by their smell, Maynard becomes a Private Nose. Kristen Nelson, Ricky's wife, guest stars.

Première diffusion : 24 avril 1962

S3 E29 • When Other Friendships Have Been Forgot

Dobie determines to toss the co-dependent Maynard from the nest of their friendship to let him learn self-sufficiency, but the tossing proves more difficult than anticipated.

Première diffusion : 1 mai 1962

S3 E30 • I Was a Boy Sorority Girl

To earn $20 to woo his high-class girlfriend Samantha, Dobie and Maynard take a job as waiters at a sorority house party, but when Samantha shows up as a guest, the boys become girls to avoid being detected.

Première diffusion : 8 mai 1962

S3 E31 • It Takes A Heap o' Livin' to Make a Cave a Home

On an anthropology class field trip, Maynard stumbles into a hidden cave and discovers and befriends a stone-age caveman.

Première diffusion : 15 mai 1962

S3 E32 • Back-to-Nature Boy

Chatsworth's cousin Edwina drops out of high society to hack around with her childhood chum Maynard. Fearing Eddie's infatuation will lead to marriage, the scandalized Osbornes set to work making a gentleman of Maynard.

Première diffusion : 22 mai 1962

S3 E33 • How To Cheat an Honest Man

When Dobie tries to impress a girl who expects complete honesty, he, his dad, and Maynard get arrested for trying to reverse a "fixed" parking ticket.

Première diffusion : 29 mai 1962

S3 E34 • Bachelor Father ... and Son

Mrs. Gillis leaves to visit relatives in Cleveland for a few weeks and the Gillis boys welcome the freedom, but quickly learn how much they need her firm and guiding hand upon them.

Première diffusion : 5 juin 1962

S3 E35 • Like Low Noon

Bully Butch Baumgartner is due into town on the noon bus and has a score to settle with Dobie. Will Dobie muster the courage to face the man who hates him, or lie a coward in his grave?

Première diffusion : 12 juin 1962

S3 E36 • The Frat's In The Fire

Due to his humble origins, Dobie is denied membership in Chatsworth's exclusive Silver Spoon Club, so he and Maynard scheme to deliver a low blow to the highbrow frat boys.

Première diffusion : 26 juin 1962