Season 2

Season 2

1960-09-27
36 Episodes

Episodes

Who Needs Elvis?

1. Who Needs Elvis?

1960-09-27

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Dobie joins the school band solely to be close to piccolo player Esme Lauterbach, who is interested in Maynard.

You Ain't Nothin' But a Houn' Dog

2. You Ain't Nothin' But a Houn' Dog

1960-10-04

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Maynard enters Dobie's old school essay My Dog in a newspaper Father's Day contest, but changes it to My Dad.

Baby Talk

3. Baby Talk

1960-10-18

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Maynard finds an abandoned baby in the park.

Dobie Goes Beatnik

4. Dobie Goes Beatnik

1960-10-25

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Thelonius Monk comes to town and invites Maynard to sit in on bongos. But Herbert needs a favor which will require Dobie and Maynard to switch identities.

The Mystic Powers of Maynard G. Krebs

5. The Mystic Powers of Maynard G. Krebs

1960-11-01

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Maynard has temporary ESP, which will allow him to predict the winner of the Kennedy-Nixon presidential election.

The Face That Stopped the Clock

6. The Face That Stopped the Clock

1960-11-15

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Maynard takes a job selling clock-statues at an army surplus store.

Maynard G. Krebs: Boy Millionaire

7. Maynard G. Krebs: Boy Millionaire

1960-11-22

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Maynard finds a purse full of cash.

Around My Room in 80 Days

8. Around My Room in 80 Days

1960-11-29

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Dobie and Maynard help a classmate to not drop out of school.

Drag Strip Dobie

9. Drag Strip Dobie

1960-12-06

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Zelda helps Dobie build a hot rod so that he can impress a girl by beating Chatsworth in a car race.

Jangle Bells

10. Jangle Bells

1960-12-20

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Dobie choses going to a huge Christmas party with Chatsworth rather than a small one with Maynard and feels guilty enough to have a Scrooge-like dream.

Parlez-Vous English

11. Parlez-Vous English

1960-12-27

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Dobie meets a pretty fatalistically morose French girl who savors the negative things in life. She thinks Dobie is an oaf and Dobie hates her bleak attitude. Yet, she keeps coming around.

The Day the Teachers Disappeared

12. The Day the Teachers Disappeared

1961-01-03

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All the teachers come down with the flu and parents have to take over the classes.

What's My Lion?

13. What's My Lion?

1961-01-10

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A lion escapes from a zoo and becomes attached to Maynard.

The Big Question

14. The Big Question

1961-01-24

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In order to graduate, Dobie and Maynard must write an essay on the subject of Whither Are We Drifting?

Have You Stopped Beating Your Wife?

15. Have You Stopped Beating Your Wife?

1961-01-31

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Dobie tries to get his father to spend more time with Mrs. Gillis.

The Bitter Feud of Dobie and Maynard

16. The Bitter Feud of Dobie and Maynard

1961-02-07

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Maynard is convinced that he is dragging Dobie down in life so he tries to antagonize Dobie into ending their friendship.

Zelda, Get Off My Back

17. Zelda, Get Off My Back

1961-02-14

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Zelda decides she's tired of being rejected by Dobie and turns her attentions to Chatsworth.

I Was a High School Scrooge

18. I Was a High School Scrooge

1961-02-21

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Dobie, Maynard and Zelda think an old Central High star athlete is a bum, while he is actually a big executive.

Will Success Spoil Dobie's Mother?

19. Will Success Spoil Dobie's Mother?

1961-02-28

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Winnie wins a date with Hollywood starlet Merilee Maribou and gives the prize to Dobie.

The Second Childhood of Herbert T. Gillis

20. The Second Childhood of Herbert T. Gillis

1961-03-07

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It's Dobie's graduation and Herbert, feeling embrassed that he never graduated, goes to night school to earn his diploma.

Dobie Versus the Machine

21. Dobie Versus the Machine

1961-03-14

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Dobie and Maynard, out of high school, don't know what to do with themselves and seek professional help. In the end they decide to enlist in the army.

Baby Shoes

22. Baby Shoes

1961-03-21

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Herbert, Winifred and Zelda reminisce as Dobie and Maynard prepare to leave for the army.

I Didn't Raise My Boy to be a Soldier, Sailor, or Marine

23. I Didn't Raise My Boy to be a Soldier, Sailor, or Marine

1961-03-28

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Maynard misses the bus on his first day in the Army, but Chatsworth fills him in for him.

The Chicken Corporal

24. The Chicken Corporal

1961-04-04

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Being put in charge of his squad's barracks goes to Dobie's head and his friendship with Maynard suffers.

The Solid Gold Dog Tag

25. The Solid Gold Dog Tag

1961-04-11

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Despite opposition from his mother, Chatsworth decides to join Dobie and Maynard in the Army.

The Battle of Maynard's Beard

26. The Battle of Maynard's Beard

1961-04-18

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The Army orders Maynard to shave off his beard.

Spaceville

27. Spaceville

1961-04-25

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Maynard and a chimp get launched into space.

Like Mother, Like Daughter, Like Wow

28. Like Mother, Like Daughter, Like Wow

1961-05-02

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Dobie's mother becomes jealous when she learns that the attractive widowed mother of Dobie's latest girlfriend is an old flame of Mr. Gillis.

Dobie Plays Cupid

29. Dobie Plays Cupid

1961-05-09

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Dobie tries to improve Maynard's confidence with girls.

Like Father, Like Son, Like Trouble

30. Like Father, Like Son, Like Trouble

1961-05-16

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Dobie gets cast in the army play and while in costume, leads an army officer's daughter to believe he is an army official.

Be It Ever So Humble

31. Be It Ever So Humble

1961-05-23

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Dobie and Maynard get weekend passes, but Zelda has been telling all the girls back home that she and Dobie are engaged.

Aah, Yer Fadder Wears Army Shoes

32. Aah, Yer Fadder Wears Army Shoes

1961-05-30

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Dobie exaggerates his dad's war record to impress a girl from a long military family.

Everything But the Truth

33. Everything But the Truth

1961-06-06

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Zelda invents a secret engagement to try and impress some sorority girls.

Goodbye Mister Pomfritt, Hello Mr. Chips

34. Goodbye Mister Pomfritt, Hello Mr. Chips

1961-06-13

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Dobie and Maynard organize a tribute to Mr. Pomfritt, hoping to convince him not to leave Central High.

Take Me to Your Leader

35. Take Me to Your Leader

1961-06-20

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Dobie, Maynard, and Zelda believe that the store's beautiful blonde next patron is secretly an alien.

This Ain't The Way We Used to Do It

36. This Ain't The Way We Used to Do It

1961-06-27

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Offended by what he sees a laxity in today's army, ex-sergeant Herbert Gillis puts his son's squad through some rugged training exercises before they graduate.