Dobie and Maynard strike out on their own and rent an apartment.Dobie and Maynard strike out on their own and rent an apartment.Dobie and Maynard strike out on their own and rent an apartment.
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Dobie Gillis: There's no freedom in this house. I'm treated like a child.
Herbert T. Gillis: [reading the paper, ignoring Dobie] Hey, y'know that Daddy Warbucks, he had a haircut like that years before Yul Brynner.
Dobie Gillis: I must be given more independence. The little bird learns to test its wings by being pushed from the nest. I ask for the same right.
Herbert T. Gillis: If nobody pushes you, promise me one thing - you'll jump!
Winifred Gillis: Herbert! That's no way to talk to Dobie. You know how sensitive he is. There, there, Darling, everything will be all...
Dobie Gillis: Stop that, Mom. Dontcha see, you're treatin' me like a child, too. I don't want ya to take care of things for me. I don't want ya to protect me.
Herbert T. Gillis: One more interruption, and you will need all the protection you can get.
Dobie Gillis: I will reject it. I prefer to stand on my own two feet.
Herbert T. Gillis: Well, while you are on your own two feet, how about putting a broom in your own two hands and doing a little work around here, just as a change of pace.
Dobie Gillis: Awwwh, what's the use. In China, they used to tie ropes around the little girls' feet, so the feet wouldn't grow. You're doin' the same thing to my mind. Keepin' it small, undeveloped and puny.
Herbert T. Gillis: So that's what happened to it, huh?
- SoundtracksDobie
Composed by Lionel Newman & Max Shulman
Series theme song played over the opening titles and closing credits
What to do about it? MOVE OUT ASAP.
And that's what Dobie does, though lacking the necessary cash flow. Naturally, Maynard enters the picture and somehow, someway the guys manage to get their own shabby, little apartment -- and about everything that goes with it. You have to give the set decorators an "A plus" for creativity, the apartment is a complete shambles.
More over, Dobie and Maynard's experiment in independence is short lived, what with lots of unforseen problems, foremost a warm and delicious breakfast, lunch and dinner!
It's also a duel between father and son egos. Who will give in first, and does Winnie save the day?
Good support from veteran character actress Esther Dale as Mrs. Finch, the landlady --who wants her dough! Esther was in endless classic films, and retired not too long after this episode.
Top direction by Guy Scarpitta, who also served as series associate producer, later behind PETTICOAT JUNCTION and GREEN ACRES. The only episode written by Sumner Long, who wrote for the DONNA REED SHOW.
A good, old fashioned tug of war for the Gillis men of the house. SEASON 1, EPISODE 28 remastered. 5 dvd set. Released 2020.
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- Apr 16, 2024
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- Runtime26 minutes
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