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Season 4
September 26, 1962

Season 4

01. A Funny Thing Happened to Me on the Way to a Funny Thing

Maynard saves a suicidal jumper but falls from the ledge himself and is taken to a psycho ward.

September 26, 1962

02. What's a Little Murder Between Friends

Dobie names Thaila as his beneficiary on a life insurance policy, then becomes paranoid that she and Maynard are trying to kill him.

October 3, 1962

03. Northern Comfort

Mrs. Gillis's cousin Virgil visits and gets the Gillises to supply him with all he needs for a singing engagement.

October 10, 1962

04. The Ugliest American

On a class trip to an African jungle, Dobie is captured by a tribe of cannibals.

October 17, 1962

05. A Splinter Off the Old Block

Dobie's teenage cousin Duncan moves in with the Gillises and tells Dobie's girlfriend that Dobie needs help for a drinking problem.

30min
October 24, 1962

06. What Makes the Varsity Drag?

Dobie joins the football squad to impress a girl, but only succeeds in making her big bruiser boyfriend jealous.

October 31, 1962

07. Like Hi, Exlosives

Duncan and Maynard don't realize they loaded up the Gillis Grocery delivery truck with a case of nitroglycerin.

November 7, 1962

08. Where is Thy Sting

Dobie pretends to be terminaly ill to gain a girl's sympathy. However, due to a mixup, Dobie is led to believe he's really in poor health.

November 14, 1962

09. Flow Gently, Sweet Money

An older woman teaches Duncan 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.

November 21, 1962

10. Strictly for the Birds

Dobie and Maynard train a mynah bird to help them with their history exam.

November 28, 1962

11. The Iceman Goeth

Maynard and Duncan accidentally lock Mr. Gillis in the meat freezer, and think they've killed him.

December 5, 1962

12. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. 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.

December 12, 1962

13. 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 and gets stuck.

December 19, 1962

14. Who Did William Tell?

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

January 2, 1963

15. 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.

January 9, 1963

16. Vocal Boy Makes Good

Performing at Pryor College, the Lettermen hire Dobie as an emergency replacement singer.

January 16, 1963

17. All Right, Dobie, Drop the Gun

A fugitive criminal and his girlfriend hold up the Gillises in the store. Maynard arrives and complicates the situation.

January 23, 1963

18. 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.

January 30, 1963

19. Two for the Whipsaw

Chatsworth pays Dobie to take his place at a fancy dinner with old friends of the family, whose daughter he remembers as being particularly ugly.

February 6, 1963

20. The Moon and No Pence

Dobie falls for brainy a Russian ballerina and solicits Zelda's aid to improve his grades. When that fails, he ends up dancing outside her window.

30min
February 13, 1963

21. The Beast with Twenty Fingers

Maynard and Herbert get struck in one of those finger toys just as Mr. Gillis is about to leave for a grocer's convention.

February 20, 1963

22. 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

30min
February 27, 1963

23. Three Million Coins in the Fountain

When Chatsworth's family goes broke, he gets Maynard and Duncan to help him raise money claiming it is charity for a needy family.

March 6, 1963

24. Beethoven, Presley, and Me

The song-analyzing qualities of a computer are transfered to Maynard, and cousin Virgil uses his ability to predict hit songs to become a singing star.

March 13, 1963

25. The Little Chimp That Couldn't

A test chimpanzee is doomed unless Maynard can show that he is more talented than he seems.

March 20, 1963

26. There's Always Room for One Less

Thrown out by his mother, Chatsworth moves in with the Gillises for a while.

March 27, 1963

27. The General Cried at Dawn

Maynard doubles for a Latin American general while on vacation.

30min
April 3, 1963

28. Now I Lay Me Down to Steal

Staying overnight at the Osbourne mansion with Dobie and his new girlfriend, Maynard is suspected of stealing jewelry from their safe when he is found sleepwalking.

April 10, 1963

29. Lassie, Get Lost

A teenage celebrity's dog is lost and Dobie tries to find it.

April 17, 1963

30. 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.

April 24, 1963

31. Requiem for an Underweight Heavyweight

Maynard temporarily gains super-strength. Mr. Gillis becomes his prize fighting manager.

May 1, 1963

32. I Was a Spy for the F.O.B.

On a trip to Washington DC with the Gillises, Maynard gets mistaken for a rocket scientist and sought by foreign spies for his secret fuel formula.

May 8, 1963

33. 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.

May 15, 1963

34. 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.

May 22, 1963

35. The Call of the, Like, Wild

A chemical concoction makes Maynard irresistible to women.

May 29, 1963

36. The Devil and Dobie Gillis

Desperate for date money, Dobie figuratively sells his soul to Chatsworth and agrees to fix the outcome of a $5,000 charity raffle.

30min
June 5, 1963