S4 E1 • A Funny Thing Happened to Me on the Way to a Funny Thing

A misunderstanding results in Maynard being committed to a mental hospital. Dobie is determined to bust out his good buddy by impersonating iconic television doctor Ben Casey.

Première diffusion : 26 septembre 1962

S4 E2 • What's a Little Murder Between Friends

Tuesday Weld returns as Thalia for this atmospheric outing set in a large mansion on a dark and stormy night. After making Thalia the beneficiary of his GI insurance policy, Dobie becomes paranoid that she is plotting to kill him.

Première diffusion : 3 octobre 1962

S4 E3 • Northern Comfort

Dobie's southern-fried cousin Virgil comes north to start a music career and in order to get the electric guitar, fancy threads, leggy girl and loot to launch he lays on the charm as thick and sweet as a mint julep.

Première diffusion : 10 octobre 1962

S4 E4 • The Ugliest American

Dr. Burkhart's anthropology class field trip takes Dobie and Maynard to the heart of the Amazon. While Dobie is off buying a shrunken head to impress beautiful classmate Clydene, Maynard mysteriously disappears.

Première diffusion : 17 octobre 1962

S4 E5 • A Splinter Off the Old Block

To win the sympathies of Clarissa, Duncan Gillis tells her that his cousin Dobie is an alcoholic, a role Dobie is eager to play if it means being rehabilitated by a young Ellen Burstyn as an idealistic social worker.

Première diffusion : 24 octobre 1962

S4 E6 • What Makes the Varsity Drag?

To win the attentions of beautiful Lottie Lee, Dobie joins the school football team and immediately finds himself the target of Lottie's jealous brute of a boyfriend, the quarterback for the opposing team in the upcoming big game.

Première diffusion : 31 octobre 1962

S4 E7 • Like Hi, Explosives

Maynard and Duncan set out in the grocery truck to make a delivery, not realizing their cargo is a highly combustible container of nitroglycerine.

Première diffusion : 7 novembre 1962

S4 E8 • Where is Thy Sting

Dobie plays sick to sucker some succor from pre-med student Emily. But oh what a tangled web Dobie weaves when first he practiced to deceive.

Première diffusion : 14 novembre 1962

S4 E9 • Flow Gently, Sweet Money

An older woman [played by Yvonne Craig] teaches Dunky how to be rotten to succeed in the world so he'll be able to provide for her younger sister. But meanwhile the younger sister is falling for nice, honest Dobie.

Première diffusion : 21 novembre 1962

S4 E10 • Strictly for the Birds

To win the affections of his patriotic dreamgirl Betsy, Dobie must pass Dr. Burkhart's rigorous American History exam. Dobie and Maynard plan to wing it with the help of Arthur the mynah bird.

Première diffusion : 28 novembre 1962

S4 E11 • The Iceman Goeth

Maynard and Duncan go on the lam after accidentally locking Mr. Gillis in the freezer and thinking they've killed him. Meanwhile, Dobie and Mr. Gillis come under suspicion in the disappearance of Duncan.

Première diffusion : 5 décembre 1962

S4 E12 • Doctor Jekyll and Mister Gillis

To avoid failing an upcoming test that will cause him to flunk out of school, Maynard drinks a potion that is supposed to turn him into a genius, but ends up transforming him into a monster.

Première diffusion : 12 décembre 1962

S4 E13 • Will the Real Santa Claus Please Come Down the Chimney

To cure Maynard of his childish belief in Santa Claus, Mr. Gillis climbs down the chimney on Christmas Eve - but gets stuck.

Première diffusion : 19 décembre 1962

S4 E14 • Who Did William Tell?

Cousin Dunky gets a role in a visiting production of William Tell and falls for a young opera star, unaware she has a jealous boyfriend.

Première diffusion : 2 janvier 1963

S4 E15 • Too Many Kooks Spoil the Broth

Dobie falls for a kitchenware heiress and wants to impress her by selling one of the man's Quickie-Cookers, but gets competition from his visiting southern cousin, Virgil.

Première diffusion : 9 janvier 1963

S4 E16 • Vocal Boy Makes Good

Dobie beats Maynard out for a temporary position as a member of the vocal group, The Lettermen. The Lettermen appear as themselves.

Première diffusion : 16 janvier 1963

S4 E17 • All Right, Dobie, Drop the Gun

Escaped convict Clyde "The Goon" Calhoun and his moll Patsy are on the lam and holing up at the Gillises, holding the family hostage while awaiting Big Louie's arrival. A satire of the hard-boiled crime dramas of the day.

Première diffusion : 23 janvier 1963

S4 E18 • And Now a Word From Our Sponsor

Dobie is the new DJ on the college radio station. A mobster tries to give him payola to make his country-singer girlfriend a star. But meanwhile Zelda has singing aspirations of her own with an album called "How To Drive Men Wild", produced by Maynard. Zelda's not half-bad as a singer. We also get a rare glimpse of Maynard playing guitar and singing.

Première diffusion : 30 janvier 1963

S4 E19 • Two for the Whipsaw

Chatsworth pays Dobie $200 to impersonate him at a stuffy dinner party, but Dobie's deception isn't the only one on the evening's menu.

Première diffusion : 6 février 1963

S4 E20 • The Moon and No Pence

Dobie attracts the affections of an eccentric Russian girl who wants only to dance barefoot in the moonlight wearing gossamer robes. Conversely, Zelda is determined to transform Dobie into the boy in the gray flannel suit.

Première diffusion : 13 février 1963

S4 E21 • The Beast With Twenty Fingers

Maynard and Mr. Gillis' pinkies become entrapped in a Gypsy Love Link bought from a band of novelty-selling Gypsies. While Mr. Gillis and Maynard (beardless and in drag!) attend the grocer's convention, Dobie sets out in search of the secret to unlocking them.

Première diffusion : 20 février 1963

S4 E22 • Thanks For the Memory

When a foreign student likes Dobie because he is simple-minded, Zelda decides to teach him how to improve his memory. Meanwhile, Maynard is attracted to her elephant.

Première diffusion : 27 février 1963

S4 E23 • Three Million Coins in the Fountain

The Osbornes awake to find themselves bankrupt! But crafty Chatsworth is quick to cook up a scheme that will keep their parsnips buttered.

Première diffusion : 6 mars 1963

S4 E24 • Beethoven, Presley, and Me

A music publisher and a radio disc jockey possess a mechanical marvel (played by Robby the Robot) that can guarantee hit records. While Virgil T. Gillis is attempting to sell them his southern-fried songs, Maynard monkeys with the machine and is transformed into a robot.

Première diffusion : 13 mars 1963

S4 E25 • The Little Chimp That Couldn't

Maynard commits to teaching tricks to Seymour the chimp to keep the college from selling the little fellow to a medical school.

Première diffusion : 20 mars 1963

S4 E26 • There's Always Room for One Less

Thrown out by his mother, Chatsworth moves in with the Gillises for a while. But what are the motives for the Gillis's generosity?

Première diffusion : 27 mars 1963

S4 E27 • The General Cried at Dawn

While vacationing in the banana republic of Boca Dolce, the boys are abducted and Maynard is forced to impersonate his look-alike, General Ramon, a fearless leader known as El Tigre.

Première diffusion : 3 avril 1963

S4 E28 • Now I Lay Me Down to Steal

Dobie, Maynard and Mr. Gillis are begrudgingly invited to spend the weekend at Osborne Manor, a visit that coincides with several puzzling robberies. Could our Maynard be a sleepwalking kleptomaniac?

Première diffusion : 10 avril 1963

S4 E29 • Lassie, Get Lost

When the beautiful Valentine Van Loon broadcasts a plea and a reward for the return of her lost dog Boo Boo, it becomes father vs. son to be the first to find and return the pooch, Dobie for romantic reasons and Mr. Gillis for the hard, cold cash.

Première diffusion : 17 avril 1963

S4 E30 • The Rice and Old Shoes Caper

Zelda is tired of being rejected by Dobie, while Maynard realizes that no other woman would put up with him. Maynard agrees to marry Zelda but her plan is to induce Dobie to come to Maynard's rescue and take his place.

Première diffusion : 24 avril 1963

S4 E31 • Requiem for an Underweight Heavyweight

Pills containing the concentrated essence of the Galapagos Island turtle transform Maynard into the powerhouse prizefighter "Killer Krebs."

Première diffusion : 1 mai 1963

S4 E32 • I Was a Spy for the F.O.B.

Maynard and the Gillises go to Washington D.C. and Maynard gets mistaken for a rocket scientist and sought by foreign spies for his secret fuel formula.

Première diffusion : 8 mai 1963

S4 E33 • There's a Broken Light for Every Broken Heart on Broadway

Maynard guides a fellow student to become a singing sensation, then ponders if he should step aside when a big-time agent wants to take her on. (The plot was farfetched, but it did have a touching story.)

Première diffusion : 15 mai 1963

S4 E34 • Beauty is Only Kin Deep

Dobie falls in love with a girl at school, but family tradition prevents her from marrying until a match can be found for her older sister.

Première diffusion : 22 mai 1963

S4 E35 • The Call of the, Like, Wild

When Maynard confuses a musk ox-derived love potion for his hair tonic he becomes the irresistible desire of every woman. The mercenary Mr. Gillis hopes to capitalize on his catapulting Maynard to Hollywood stardom.

Première diffusion : 29 mai 1963

S4 E36 • The Devil and Dobie Gillis

Chatsworth approaches Dobie with a scheme to rig the raffle at the Osborne charity bazaar and split the $5,000 prize. Will the allure of all that filthy lucre lead the perpetually poor Dobie down the road to perdition?

Première diffusion : 5 juin 1963