Product Details

• Actors: Florida Friebus, Yvonne Lime, Robert Paget, Richard Clair, Raymond Bailey
• Directors: Robert Butler, Tom Montgomery
• Format: NTSC
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00005JOXY
• For more information about "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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76 of 76 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars O Dobie, Where Art Thou?, July 29, 2006

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A. Gammill (West Point, MS United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (DVD)

When you look at some of the t.v. shows, old and new, that get DVD releases, it seems a crime that this brilliant sitcom has largely been ignored. For the uninitiated, DOBIE GILLIS followed the unlucky-in-love title character (Dwayne Hickman) through four seasons of comic misadventures from 1959-1963. Dobie and his beatnik buddy Maynard G. Krebbs (a pre-Gilligan Bob Denver) led a cast of zany characters. There was Frank Faylen as Dobie's long-suffering father ("I gotta kill that boy...I just gotta"), Sheila James as his unwanted pursuer Zelda Gilroy. . .plus early roles for Tuesday Weld (as Dobie's ultimate fantasy, the unattainable Thalia Menninger) and Warren Beatty.

DOBIE's premise and its characters have been likened to the popular Archie comic books. . .and that's probably a valid analogy. While Maynard's interests lay primarily in listening to jazz and avoiding work, Dobie was steadfast in his pursuit of the elusive "perfect girl." He was a dreamer who was given to poetic gestures and philosophic observations on the nature of the opposite sex. These weren't just acted out, however. At the beginning and end of most episodes, Dobie addressed the camera directly with his observations and endless questions. It's just one of many characteristics that set the show apart from its competition. That. . .plus a flawless cast of comic actors and sharp, fast-paced writing.

I appeal to whatever entity controls the rights to this almost-forgotten gem of classic television: Please bring Dobie back to our living rooms with a DVD release!

33 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Call Fox & tell them you want Dobie & Maynard on DVD!, April 18, 2007

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BobC (TN) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (DVD)

I've called Fox & asked them several times to release Dobie Gillis on DVD. If you want to see Dobie released on DVD, call Fox Customer Affairs toll-free at 1-(888)-223-2FOX. Tell them that you'd like them to release "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis" - the Complete Series, on DVD so that you can buy it. You might want to also remind them of the undying popularity of Bob Denver as Maynard G. Krebs. I also suggest that you go to www.tvshowsonDVD.com & vote for Dobie to be released. Together, we can bring back Dobie, Maynard, Zelda, & company, for ourselves, & younger generations.

24 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars 50's classic, April 4, 2007

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rash67 (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (DVD)

A great 50's show, perhaps the prototye for "The 70's Show" and "Happy Days", a series with the TV's most beautiful, golddigging goddess Thalia Menninger (Tuesday Weld), beatnik Maynard G Krebs (Bob Denver, aka Gilligan), clothes-hound Milton Armitage (Warren Beatty), dwarfish Zelda Gilroy (propinquity) and let's not forget the rich Chatsworth Osborne Jr with his watercress sandwiches (Family motto "Never dip into Capital").

Another member of the cast was Rodin's "The Thinker" statue in the park. Dobie would sit in the same attitude as the Thinker and then philosophize about his (mostly girl) problems. Maynard, the unemployed, bearded, buddy (model for Kelso), would scream everytime the word "Work" was mentioned. Dobie was lusting over the untouchable Thalia, who was brought back over and over, for more laughs. She remains one of the most beautiful women ever in Hollywood, here the eternal teenager (See the cover of Matthew Sweet's classic album "Girlfriend"). Zelda was in love with Dobie, who ignored her. She felt that if she hung around him enough he would eventually like her, (that never happened). Chatworth Osborne would show up in a polo outfit, hat, rediculous pants and mallet, looking for his string of polo ponies. Thalia liked Dobie, but he wasn't rich enough for her and she was repulsed by Chatsworth but attracted by his money.

Series created by Max Shulman (who wrote "Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys" with Paul Newman). Archie? The DG series was edgier and funnier than Archie, I think. There are over 120 episodes out there in limbo, this was a popular series for years.

Let's hope this version is better than the one previously available. New Review to follow.