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the same as Faylen's real-life personality, was more of an antagonist to Dobie during the first season of the show, his demeanor underscored by his often-repeated catchphrase "I gotta kill that boy! I just gotta!" Both CBS and
Marlboro strongly disapproved of the catchphrase and the Herbert T. Gillis character's hard edges. An early season-two episode, "You Ain't Nothin' But a Houn' Dog" (episode two), in which Dobie inadvertently wins a father-and-son essay contest, was produced to explain why Herbert ceased use of his catchphrase. Herbert was further softened as the series wore on, the character's anger tempered to frustration.
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Bob Denver, a 23-year-old grade-school teacher and postal worker with no previous professional acting experience, won the part of 18-year-old
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was brought on at the beginning of season four as Dobie's teenaged cousin, Duncan "Dunky" Gillis. By 1962, the 28-year-old Dwayne
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made Weld a star, leading to substantial publicity. She departed the series after the first year to star in features, although she was persuaded by Max
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money into the family; she acknowledges that were this not a factor, she would date Dobie). Weld departed the series after the first season, later returning to make two guest appearances, as a somewhat chastened Thalia, once in season three and once in season four.
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veteran, was often (during the first season of the show) heard to declare, in relation to Dobie, "I gotta kill that boy, I just gotta!" The Gillis family also originally included an older son, Davey Gillis (portrayed by Dwayne Hickman's own older brother,
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a week, working from May to December of each year. Dwayne Hickman's fourth wall-breaking monologues were saved for the end of the production of each episode; their length resulted in Hickman requesting and getting a
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1952:
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1935:Daphne Blake
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1659:Marlo Thomas
1655:Susan Watson
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830:Semiregulars
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663:Zelda Gilroy
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650:Doris Packer
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303:Running time
293:Camera setup
288:Robert Moore
286:Willard Nico
284:Johnny Ehrin
176:Ending theme
136:Frank Faylen
123:Ralph Murphy
97:
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58:Dobie Gillis
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18:Dobie Gillis
3004:CBS sitcoms
2805:Denver, Bob
2411:February 7,
2008:January 11,
1937:on Thalia,
1917:and writer
1786:Steven Paul
1705:had aired,
1697:Other media
1651:Michele Lee
1478:play-or-pay
1412:Gloria Wood
1408:Judd Conlon
1361:laugh track
1335:Rod Amateau
1269:show runner
1196:in 1953 as
1149:The Thinker
968:First aired
963:Rank/Rating
923:Lynn Loring
900:thereafter.
799:The Thinker
757:The Thinker
746:The Thinker
742:fourth wall
737:The Thinker
671:propinquity
638:antagonists
472:Hickman in
452:Max Shulman
330:(1961–1963)
322:(1959–1961)
257:Rod Amateau
224:of episodes
167:Judd Conlon
157:Max Shulman
115:David Davis
110:Rod Amateau
106:Directed by
82:Max Shulman
2898:Categories
2680:August 15,
2104:August 22,
1980:References
1974:stage name
1970:Dobie Gray
1962:Happy Days
1933:on Dobie,
1931:Fred Jones
1923:Scooby-Doo
1915:Ken Spears
1831:Home media
1736:Bob Oksner
1135:Production
1121:1963-06-05
1111:1962-09-26
1082:1962-06-26
1072:1961-10-10
1043:1961-06-27
1033:1960-09-27
1004:1960-07-05
994:1959-09-29
971:Last aired
876:Jean Byron
818:Bob Denver
768:Jean Byron
734:'s statue
555:jazz music
547:Bob Denver
494:Bob Denver
369:1963-06-05
359:1959-09-29
239:Production
213:of seasons
144:Bob Denver
78:Created by
65:(season 4)
2746:March 27,
2736:Povonline
2709:March 18,
2226:(Video).
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1746:in 1969.
1728:DC Comics
1600:Joe Flynn
1486:pneumonia
1449:attended
1400:UPA-style
1323:Hollywood
1214:Bobby Van
1210:Bob Fosse
1204:starring
879:Burkhart.
753:U.S. Army
467:Bobby Van
442:starring
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1768:(1988).
1763:TV movie
1689:Actress
1568:Broadway
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1284:Marlboro
1259:Tony Dow
957:Episodes
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504:Overview
410:telefilm
254:Producer
186:Composer
128:Starring
88:Based on
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2230:. 2013.
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702:Format
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440:sitcom
390:(1953)
306:26 min
73:Sitcom
1756:pilot
1612:Zelda
1608:Zelda
1596:Zelda
1560:Dobie
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794:Rodin
498:Dobie
394:Zelda
70:Genre
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2877:IMDb
2865:IMDb
2839:ISBN
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2711:2013
2682:2020
2558:2014
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