We loved The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (1959) with Dwayne Hickman as Dobie Gillis and Bob Denver as Maynard Crebs. This was pre Gilligan’s Island Bob Denver. Dobie Gillis worked in his father’s grocery store if you could call it that.

His dad was always trying to get a little real work out of Dobie but it never really happened. Dobie was too busy chasing girls at the high school and dodging Zelda Gilroy played by Sheila James Kuehl who was in love with him.

One of the girls is a young Tuesday Weld as the pie in Dobie’s eye, Thalia Menninger. Several other people that made guest spots later were seen in other tv show later on. The TV series was baser on a movie from 1953 named The Affairs of Dobie Gillis. Classic Television at it’s best and available on DVD.

Tags: Bob Denver, Classic TV, Dobie Gillis, Dwayne Hickman

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