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WHO WAS MAYNARD G. KREBS?

The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis was a situation comedy which ran on CBS from 1959 to 1963. The television series and some episode scripts were adapted from a 1951 collection of short stories with the same name, written by Max Shulman, that also inspired the 1953 film The Affairs of Dobie Gillis.

In the TV series, teenager Dobie Gillis (played by Dwayne Hickman) aspired to have popularity, money, and the attention of beautiful women. He didn't have much of any of these qualities in abundance, and the tiny crises surrounding Dobie's lack of success made the story in each weekly episode. His partner in crime was television's first beatnik, Maynard G. Krebs (played by Bob Denver); Maynard was the whole reason for watching the show. He disliked work and always dreamed of how he was going to get the money and the girls.

Each episode began and ended with Dobie pondering his problem, posing à la "The Thinker" by Auguste Rodin. One hot summer Saturday morning Dobie and Maynard pondered their situation. Maynard said, I know what we're going to do to get money and gorgeous women? He stated with deep conviction coming straight from the bottom of his heart, "what we need is a life that will be filled with fun, beauty and adventure". Their love affair of the century came true as they both agreed to quickly pack their bags, loaded their 57 convertible Chevy and immediately left town before their parents could find out their secret. They traveled 3 long days and nights until they reached Marysvale Utah, pitched a tent next to the Colorado River and started mining for Gold in the Bromide Mountain Range. To this day, they are both Very Long and Very Strong.