| The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis | |
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| Also known as | Dobie Gillis (seasons 2–3) Max Shulman's Dobie Gillis (season 4) |
| Genre | Sitcom |
| Created by | Max Shulman |
| Based on | The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis and I Was a Teen-Age Dwarf by Max Shulman |
| Directed by | Rod Amateau Stanley Z. Cherry David Davis Robert Gordon Tom Montgomery Ralph Murphy |
| Starring | Dwayne Hickman Frank Faylen Florida Friebus Bob Denver |
| Theme music composer | Lionel Newman Max Shulman |
| Opening theme | "Dobie", performed by Judd Conlon's Rhythmaires (season 1–2) "Dobie" (Instrumental) (seasons 3–4) |
| Ending theme | "Dobie", performed by Judd Conlon's Rhythmaires (seasons 1–2) "Dobie" (Instrumental) (seasons 3–4) |
| Composer | Lionel Newman |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 147 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Martin Manulis |
| Producer | Rod Amateau |
| Production location | 20th Century Fox Studios – Hollywood, California |
| Cinematography | James Van Trees |
| Editors | Johnny Ehrin Willard Nico Robert Moore |
| Camera setup | Single-camera setup |
| Running time | 26 min |
| Production companies | 20th Century-Fox Television Martin Manulis Productions (1959–1961) (seasons 1–2) Marman Productions (1961–1963) (seasons 3–4) |
| Original release | |
| Network | CBS |
| Release | September 29, 1959 – June 5, 1963 |
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The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (also known as simply Dobie Gillis or Max Shulman's Dobie Gillis in later seasons and in syndication) is an American sitcom starring Dwayne Hickman that aired on CBS from September 29, 1959, to June 5, 1963. The series was adapted from the "Dobie Gillis" short stories written by Max Shulman since 1945, and first collected in 1951 under the same title as the subsequent TV series, which drew directly on the stories in some scripts. Shulman also wrote a feature-film adaptation of his "Dobie Gillis" stories for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1953, titled The Affairs of Dobie Gillis, which featured Bobby Van in the title role.
Hickman in Dobie Gillis was among the first leads to play a teenager on an American television program.[1] Dobie Gillis broke ground by depicting elements of the current counterculture, particularly the Beat Generation, primarily embodied in a stereotypical version of the "beatnik," mainly in the character of Maynard G. Krebs, portrayed by actor Bob Denver, though a few others are shown.[2] Series star Dwayne Hickman wrote in 1994 that Dobie represented "the end of innocence of the 1950s before the oncoming 1960s revolution".[2]
- ^ Fox, Margalit (January 10, 2022). "Dwayne Hickman, TV's Lovelorn Dobie Gillis, Is Dead at 87". The New York Times. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
- ^ a b Hickman (1994), pp. 104–159.