The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis is an American sitcom starring Dwayne Hickman. The series was adapted from the short stories written by Max Shulman since 1945 and first collected in 1951 under the same title as the subsequent TV series. Dobie's best friend was American television's first beatnik, Maynard G. Krebs, who became the series' breakout character. Main running gag would have Dobie or one of the other characters rattling off a series of adjectives describing something undesirable or disgusting.
