#The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis

[lunarhobbits]

memes for people who either are huge dobie gillis fans or have made it over 19 hours into the new Quinton Reviews video

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[amostexcellentblog]

Shout out to the woman who laid the groundwork for canon Lesbian Velma before Scooby-Doo even existed.

Sheila Kuehl played Zelda Gilroy, the character on whom Velma was modeled, on the late 50s TV show The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (the other human members of Mystery Inc are also modeled on characters from the show.) 

Although it seems quaint today, the Zelda character diverged from television’s usual depiction of women at the time. Zelda was an academic overachiever who knew a lot about traditionally masculine subjects like science and cars. In an era when June Cleaver put on high heels and a pearl necklace to mop the kitchen floor, Zelda could be seen wearing her hair in a pony tail and dressing in flannel shirts. All of this was enough for network execs to deem the character and the actress “too butch” to lead her own series and cancel a planned spin-off. For Kuehl, who was struggling with her sexuality even as she played probably the most lesbian-coded woman on TV at the time, (a low bar, but still) this was not the sort of thing she needed to hear.

Kuehl would eventually leave the entertainment industry for politics, becoming the first openly gay person elected to the California state legislator. Her acting career was brief, but it left a lasting pop culture legacy in the form of Velma. Zelda was not supposed to be a recurring character, but Kuehl brought a certain subversive quality to the role that elevated it beyond a one-off character, and helped open the door for other non-conformist female characters on TV.

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[bigfoursandotherlists]

First Generation TV part 2

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[oldshowbiz]

People often complain that Los Angeles is crime-ridden. Sometimes it’s true, but most of the time it’s greatly exaggerated. Either way, it is not a new complaint. The same characterization was frequently made throughout the 1950s, the 1960s, the 1970s, the 1980s, and the 1990s. 

Bob Denver said that while filming the Adventures of Dobie Gillis in 1959, on the old Fox lot on Western Avenue, the neighborhood was rife with crime.

“It wasn’t in the greatest neighborhood,” he said. “In fact, prostitutes worked the alley only a couple of blocks away.” 

Blowing johns out in the open was not ideal in 1959 and some hookers devised ways to conceal their activity.

Frank Faylen, Bob Denver’s costar, noticed that someone had been breaking into his dressing room overnight. Faylen was determined to catch the culprit. 

“It seemed,” recalled Denver, “[Faylen[ was staked out in his car, watching his dressing room, at two-thirty A.M. when it happened. A car drove up and two people got out and went into his dressing room. Frank leaped out of his car and flung open the door and screamed, ‘I got you! I finally got you!’ What he had gotten was a sergeant from the LAPD with a hooker.”

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[helloparkerrose]

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[dobiegillisthemusical]

I think Maynard is aroace

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[tgsclassics]

I discovered a piece of information last week about our bodacious British bombshell June Palmer. The IMDb, among other sites and blogs, suggests that Miss Palmer had a walk-on role in a 1961 episode of "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis". This is simply 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑒. I have reviewed S2E34 of the series, and there is indeed a June Palmer, but she's not the curvaceous kitten from Kent. In fact, the girl without a speaking role looks nothing like our June — far from it. In the episode, the high school teacher, played by William Schallert, considers leaving the teaching profession. I think the IMDb should do likewise. After all, Socrates was slain for false teachings.

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[haveyouheardofthisshow]

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[fuckyesdobiegillis]

i am now 24 and im TRIGGERED

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[citizenscreen]

“The Many Loves Of Dobie Gillis” premiered on CBS on September 29, 1959.

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[nocontext-dobiegillis]

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[kwebtv]

Character Actress

Doris Packer (May 30, 1904 – March 31, 1979) Character actress possibly best known for her recurring role as Mrs. Cornelia Rayburn, Theodore Cleaver's elementary school principal in the television series, Leave It to Beaver.

Packer portrayed the mother of millionaire playboy Chatsworth Osborne, Jr. on CBS's The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis. Earlier, she played Clarice Armitage, mother of Milton Armitage, whose character on the series Osborne replaced. In most of her screen roles, she was known for her aristocratic and intellectual bearing and precise use of the English language.

In 1954, she appeared as Florence on an episode ("Sixteen Vertical") of Rod Cameron's crime drama series, City Detective. In 1955–1956, Packer appeared three times as a nurse in the NBC sitcom It's a Great Life, featuring Frances Bavier. In 1958, she guest-starred on Rod Cameron's subsequent syndicated series, State Trooper, in "The Last Stage Robbery", an episode with a surprise ending.

Packer played wealthy society matrons on The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show and I Love Lucy and as Mrs. Wiley on The Andy Griffith Show. She had a recurring role as Clara Mason in the 1960-61 sitcom Happy. Packer played Mrs. McGillicuddy in the 1961 episode "Gladys' Political Campaign" on the CBS sitcom, Pete and Gladys.

She appeared in an episode of The Twilight Zone entitled "I Sing the Body Electric". She played the wealthy Mrs Huntingdon in a 1963 episode "I'm No Henry Walden!" on CBS's The Dick Van Dyke Show. She appeared on three episodes of The Beverly Hillbillies as wealthy matron Mrs. Fenwick. She made a guest appearance on Perry Mason in 1962 as Mrs. Campion in "The Case of the Polka Dot Pony".

During the first season of Petticoat Junction in 1964, Packer appeared in the thirtieth episode, titled "Kate and the Dowager". She portrayed a hotel guest whom Kate Bradley was trying to impress.

Packer appeared on NBC's anthology series, The Barbara Stanwyck Show. In 1964–1965, Packer appeared on the short-lived CBS sitcom, Many Happy Returns, starring John McGiver and set in the complaint division of a fictitious Los Angeles department store with the unlikely name of Crockmyer's. In 1965 she appeared in the episode, 'We Love You, Miss Pringle' in My Favorite Martian: Season 2, Episode 26. In 1973, she guest-starred in an episode of the situation comedy A Touch of Grace.  (Wikipedia)

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[amostexcellentblog]

I nominate The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis to be the next beloved Boomer IP to get a Riverdale-style reboot. Maynard can be the narrator, Milton Armitage is the murder victim whose death sets the story in motion.

Dobie is Archie, Chatsworth is Cheryl Blossom, Thalia is Veronica, Zelda is Betty but as a lesbian, see it writes itself!

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[ami-ven]

Happy Birthday, Dobie Gillis!

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[oldshowbiz]

The Nipples of Maynard G. Krebs.

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[greensparty]

Remembering Ryan O'Neal 1941-2023

Actor Ryan O'Neal has died at 82. He was nominated for an Oscar for Love Story. But for me, his biggest movie was the title role in Stanley Kubrick's Barry Lyndon. As much as I love Kubrick, this is not a perfect film and it got a very mixed response and many felt that O'Neal was highly miscast as the Irish rogue in 18th century England. You couldn't help but dislike him throughout the film. But as with all of Kubrick's films, it definitely had its moments. He even appeared as a featured interviewee in the documentary Filmworker. Read my review of that doc here.

O'Neal and Kubrick

Other notable performances include an episode of The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, What's Up, Doc? (one of several Peter Bogdanovich films he starred in), Nickelodeon (a buried treasure Bogdanovich did about the early silent film era), Irreconcilable Differences, and Jake Kasdan's debut Zero Effect.

The link above is the obit from Hollywood Reporter.

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