. as a small boy in the 1960s my mother and I watched the reruns of this show and reruns of make room for daddy and Donna Reed and so on. I have nothing but good memories watching all the vintage sitcoms. Now I'm a late middle aged man only three years away from 70. My parents are dead and I'm pretty much alone. Lord what I wouldn't give to go back to the 60s. I would go insane if it wasn't for my two chihuahuas laying by my side. Thank God for my pets and thank God for TH-cam.
Thomas Lucas you need to change up your life and get out and travel some, get an rv and hit the road, taking your dogs with you, there is nothing going to happen while you sit on a couch along watching 60s reruns. Change is good in life and it comes even in later years.
Thank you so much for posting this. Somehow, I missed it when it originally aired. Of all of the reunion movies that I have seen, this was the best. Most of them are just going through the motions but this is maybe the only exception. The script was great with some very funny and clever lines but most of all, it captured the heart of Dobie Gillis. Bob Denver was totally on and all of the cast seemed to be able to recapture the magic of the original. The only negative was that Tuesday was sorely missed.
Got a real kick out of this and thought much of the spirit of the original television series came through. Dobie's teacher (William Schallert) looked much like he did in the 50's series. Missed Tuesday Welds, but Connie Stevens did a fairly good take on Thalia. Dobie's lecturing of his son at the cash register was a pretty good take on Frank Faylen's character (Dobie's father in the television series). Thank you, RiciDawn, for a nostalgic and fun upload being watched during the COVID 19 shutdown here in San Diego, CA. 5/2020
The main writer on the original show was brought in, but was fired because his script was too crazy. This also happened in the 77 version. Both times the actors were under contract before they fired the writer. Sheila Kuehl said she thought the original scripts were better, and the people who ended up making the show really never watched the show. She thought it turned them into mediocre shows when they could have been much better. But the actors were right, so at least they knew how to play their characters. Well except for Connie Stevens who replaced Tuseday Weld.
This film introduced me to Dobie Gillis as a child in the 80s before they re ran the original series on Nick at Night. Thanx 4 uploading the film. Its been years since I've seen it.
Wow, marvelous. Thanks for the upload! In real life Zelda made the most of herself as Sheila Kuehl. Sheila enjoyed incredible success as well as Hickman and Denver. They should have shown Zelda blossoming far more than what they did. Too bad Tuesday Weld wasn't there, but they ruined her role so I don't blame her. Making it a musical was perhaps the dumbest idea. Truly a great show during its time. This movie took something from that brilliant show.
yes, but they always seem to fuck these shows up. Part of has to be that Dobie was a show of it's time, the '50's (1959-1963). I think Frank Faylen had passed away, maybe Florida Frebius could have shown up. It's a good title though and there are some good scenes.
I interviewed Dwayne Hickman at CBS STudios in the 80's. Hickman was made President of Comedy Development. He was responsible for the TV series "My Sister Sam" among several others. He was a very kind man.
I saw this movie when it first came out on February 21, 1988 the day after my 16th Birthday. I recorded this on my Very first VHS that I got for Christmas 1987. Then I started watching reruns of Dobie Gillies TV show on Cable TV. A lot of people in my age range only knew Bob Denver as Gilligan because Dobie Gillis did not air in syndication on local TV in Detroit, Michigan
Missing you today Dwayne I Was In Shock When I Read The News Still Trying to believe it ! Loved you as Dobie you were so funny greatly entertaining I'm glad you didn't marry Thalia she wasn't your type Rest In Peace my friend Dwayne All Of Your Fans are Missing you and all of heaven is rejoicing! It's never goodbye Dobie just so long for now
Thanks RiciDawn, for sharing these memories. Been wanting to see this for a long time. In spite of a little too much emphasis on the teen musical subplot, it had just enough of the old juice to make it work-thanks to a reasonable facsimile of Gillis-ish shenanigans and so many of the original cast being available. (We missed you, Tuesday, but Connie’s decent turn as Thalia helps heal the disappointment.). A fond look back at a more innocent time….and boy, can we ever use that now.
THE CHARACTERS DOLBIE GILLIS AND THELMA IN THIS MOVIE KEEP SAYING 20 YEARS AGO, BUT THE DOLBIE GILLIS SHOW WAS FROM 1959-1963 THAT'S 25 YEARS AGO UP TO 1963. AND SINCE THELMA WAS ON ONLY FOR THE FIRST SEASON THAT'S 28 YEARS BACK.
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. I have been wanting to rewatch this movie, for years. I watched the original airing and had it on video tape. But, that was back when I was 16 and that was decades ago. The tape disappeared and they don't make VCRs anymore. So... Thank you!
Same Here, I remember that day, it was Sunday, February 21,1988. I turned 16 the day before and I also recorded it on VHS (my first Video Cassette Recorder). Isn't that something!!!
This was a great deal of fun! Cheesy musical and sorry Tuesday wasn't in it (she wanted too much money) but the script and acting were very much like the original. Witty and charming. Thanks so much for uploading this. 👍🏻👍🏻to you!
A reference to "Maynard's Farewell to the Troops" episode in the original series, when Maynard's parents asked him about a $28 (about $200 today) long distance charge on their phone bill, and he said he made a call to Monk to congratulate him on his new album, a call made to Copenhagen Denmark which lasted 14 seconds. Phone calls back then were metered and expensive --- they didn't have the satellites and digital equipment they have today.
I just finished watching the whole tv series on the app tubi. This was almost as Hokie as Return to Mayberry....however I enjoyed it very much.🙂 If not Tuesday Weld, who better to play Thalia(?) than Ms. Connie Stevens?
Actually, I appreciate this movie: The Rich get anything they want; even the world for themselves population limit to 500 million. If you have a good friend like Maynard and a girl who wants you consider yourself blessed.
Sheila Kuehl said in an interview that this movie was "mediocre" and she was absolutely right! She said of both the reunion movies that they failed because they really had nothing to do with the original series at all and again she was absolutely right...
Exactly right. The story line was silly... and was largely centered on the kid. This didn't need to be Dobie Gillis... it could have been anyone. This looked like it was just slapped together. Disappointing.
@@walte153 I immediately saw the son/girlfriend story as a parallel to the Dobie/Zelda TV episodes ... would've worked better as a 1/2 hour episode (with a laugh track) or better yet a Mystery Science 3K episode (would've been way funnier)
Nice movie reminds me of the Dobie Gills series that was on tv, good old clean fun. Zelda was one of my favorites and glad to see they had him marry her.
Seasons 1 and 2 were the best. When Dobie and Maynard joined the Army at the end of Season 2, it just wasn't the same. The show never recovered. Season 3 was just okay, but Season 4 was a disaster.
Thanks for the download, haven't seen this in about 15 years, I'm almost 65,and have loved Connie Stevens my whole life,her beauty,soft,sexual voice,and she had comedic talent,and she could sing and dance
Anybody know how to get a hold of the first Dobie Gillis movie from 1977, Whatever Happened to Dobie Gillis? Doesn't seem to be available here on YT or for sale anywhere.
The woman the actress that plays Dobie Gillis wife She Had an occurring Role on The Beverly Hillbillies she was also in an episode of Star Trek Voyager Star Trek Deep Space Nine and a pilot episode that was Never aired called Star Trek Deep Space 87 Delta quadrant
Steve Franken was wonderful. And please let’s remember Chatsworth’s mother played by Doris Packer who also played the principle of Beaver and Wally’s school. She was fantastic.
thanks for posting. I hadn't seen this in years. The other comeback (1977) I'd missed because the CBS affiliate pre-empted it. I finally saw it, but comments were closed. I didn't think it was bad, really. But this was better. Zelda is Dobie's true love. I wonder if they'd wanted to make this a series? Or sequels? It woud have been nice.
A lot of fun seeing all the gang together again 20 years later. Of course, I'm watchin' it 52 tears later (2020) . .......Well, Tuesday Weld is a no-show as usual. Forget the money, it would have been nice if she'd shown up for old time's sake. But I guess that's not how Hollywood works. RIP Dwayne Hickman.
First off you don't know why she didn't do it so it's rude of you to presume you do. Second, maybe she saw how bad the script was so she refused to be apart of a bad reunion movie. Sheila Kuhl said that the cast thought the two reunion movies were mediocre but they were already stuck doing it. No need to bash Tuesday Weld for having standards.
I still have my VHS recording of Bring Me The Head...from when it aired on Encore TV in the 2000s. In his memoir, Bob Denver wrote that CBS made the mistake of scheduling the reunion movie opposite a high-profile miniseries, leading to low ratings. I wish that they had been a few more movies. On a fun note, Dwayne later did a cameo as a CBS executive in Surviving Gilligan's Island. Also, looking at Bob Denver's hair dyed almost orange in the movie. You cannot tell me that wasn't an in-joke by the producers regarding the fact that Manyard is often cited as the inspiration for Scooby Doo's BFF Shaggy.
Unlike the failed pilot from a decade earlier, this TV movie was never intended to lead to a sequel; it was a simple reuniting of some of the cast of the original series. It was meant to be done tongue-in-cheek, the acting was deliberately overstated and corny, and it was little more than an excuse for the original cast members to get together, play their original characters, and reenact some old gags and skits, particularly by Denver's Maynard. As in the original series, Hickman recreates his fourth-estate monologues in front of "The Thinker." and they're true to form. Dobie's TV parents weren't present: Frank Faylen died in 1985, and Florida Friebus wasn't up to performing; she passed on later that year. This is a good reunion for fans of the original series, provided that they don't expect much of a plot and just enjoy the older versions of the series' characters, and the antics they perform.
This movie was done at a time when a lot of TV movies of classic shows was done. I am sure there was more but the only other one I know of around this time was Return to Mayberry (Andy Griffith Show). Mary Tyler Moore Show had one in 2000 called Mary and Rhoda, again, 30 years in the future from the original show.
Can you tell the story where you got this copy and how you first saw it and maybe some of the times you have thought about it over the years? I have a very strange theory about the Mendala effect and Dobie GIllis, I have been waiting for this video to be found.
@9:24, guy in yellow shirt. That's the hotel manager from National lampoon's vacation. Wally world. The check clearing guy, "not without a major credit card" a-hole. where Clark steals the money from the register at the grand canyon. Lol
Well, it makes sense, don't it. As the world spirals into the toilet, big time, we turn to.. D and Maynard. If things in Dobieland were this crappy in '88 just imagine what today's version would look like. OMG!
Something I didn't know watching it now after growing up with this.As one of my favorite shows, I think the secret sauce was Dobie's compassion, I miss that in media.. Everybody loved Dobie because of his compassion toward everyone! Amazing! In the famous opening with the statue pose, does everyone here remember as I do Dobie putting his hand to chin? My wife swears it was hand to the forehead! Just checkin..
It was great to see the cast together again, but the story wasn't great. The last part of the movie was better than the beginning. Thalia wanting Dobie dead didn't resonate with me. I was glad to see Dobie finally realize Zelda was the love of his life. She certainly earned it!!!!
In today’s world Thalia would never be interested in Dobie she would be looking for a young , handsome billionaire like Christian Grey. Zelda would also be looking for Christian Grey and if he ever came along or anyone better than Dobie she will most likely say she’s unhappy and leave poor Dobie. ( over 70% of divorces are initiated by females). Dobie’s kid would grow up in a single household without his father. Dobie will be complaining that he can’t get access to his son and will be weighed down with child support and lifetime alimony. Dobie will be spending a lot more time thinking near the statue regarding how things have changed.
I would have shot this with sets, not on location like the show was. The sets didn’t matter, the story and the rapid banter kept it moving! I’d even use the laugh track! Yeah! I’d use lots of close ups like the old show. I would never have had Maynard wearing that suit. I’d have him running a club and owning the record store. The $ for these enterprises came from his parents who knew that he’d never earn it himself. They had him leave college and go to a school where he learned finance. He has one terrific portfolio as does Dobie.
@ALLAN CHARLES Let's not stop being friends - I aways enjoyed watching the Dobbie t..v series - Frank Faylan was a hoot. I found it hard to get into the movie but then again no one cares what I think but, as Ned Kelly said "Such is life."
Here is the scary part - Thalia Menninger was basically *blackmailing the town into surrender* and the town was perfectly willing to sell their mayor (Dobie) for their own selfishness. It was ugly and sick when this TV movie came out - and the policy is just as sick today. (UNfortunately, we as a society have learned exactly SQUAT since.)
Big Dobie Gillis fan since Nick at Nite days. But...i just didn't care for this movie. Outside of the reunion many years later interest, i just think this movie failed to have the fun, charm, cleverness, and silliness the TV show had.
@@triciasmakeupbag I'll post some videos on my TH-cam channel hopefully I don't get in trouble by TH-cam for posting these videos I'll show you what I'm talking about on the TV shows and movies that he was in hopefully I don't get in trouble for copyright infringement
I like Connie Stevens better as Thalia. Always been a Connie Stevens fan. Why Dobie doesn't say yes to his dream girl makes little sense though. He and Zelda don't seem too happy or in love. I think it would have been funnier if he said yes and Zelda had to get him back.
@@randyventresca4152 Randy, just reaching out to let you know that Dino is missing. If you have been in contact with him, please let Marco or the Pittsburgh Police know. We are all praying for him.
@@randyventresca4152 I'm a friend of Dino's and the family. I hope and pray that he is alright as he went missing Monday. I remembered seeing your name here from a long time ago and took a chance to reach out. I thought that maybe he had been searching out to some of his old friends. Thank you so much for responding. If you pray, please keep him in your prayers.
The movie had a few interesting moments that referred back to the original series but suffered from a weak story. It is really difficult to listen to most of the music numbers, as well.
. as a small boy in the 1960s my mother and I watched the reruns of this show and reruns of make room for daddy and Donna Reed and so on. I have nothing but good memories watching all the vintage sitcoms. Now I'm a late middle aged man only three years away from 70. My parents are dead and I'm pretty much alone. Lord what I wouldn't give to go back to the 60s. I would go insane if it wasn't for my two chihuahuas laying by my side. Thank God for my pets and thank God for TH-cam.
Thomas Lucas you need to change up your life and get out and travel some, get an rv and hit the road, taking your dogs with you, there is nothing going to happen while you sit on a couch along watching 60s reruns. Change is good in life and it comes even in later years.
I love Dwayne Hickman. I only recently discovered the The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis. Great show, writing, and acting. Addicted to, 'Dobie'.
Thank you so much for posting this. Somehow, I missed it when it originally aired. Of all of the reunion movies that I have seen, this was the best. Most of them are just going through the motions but this is maybe the only exception. The script was great with some very funny and clever lines but most of all, it captured the heart of Dobie Gillis. Bob Denver was totally on and all of the cast seemed to be able to recapture the magic of the original. The only negative was that Tuesday was sorely missed.
Not Tuesday, moreso Mr. & Mrs. Gillis. 😉
Dwayne Hickman update: still the kindest, funniest pop in 2020
Does he still act?
That's so cool, tell him thanks from all of us.
steve bishop Retired at home in LA these days
@@alberthickman he will always be one of my all time favorites.
I have a feeling you're related to Dwayne. Maybe one of his kids, based on the same last name? :) If so, I have been a HUGE fan of his for years!
Got a real kick out of this and thought much of the spirit of the original television series came through. Dobie's teacher (William Schallert) looked much like he did in the 50's series. Missed Tuesday Welds, but Connie Stevens did a fairly good take on Thalia. Dobie's lecturing of his son at the cash register was a pretty good take on Frank Faylen's character (Dobie's father in the television series). Thank you, RiciDawn, for a nostalgic and fun upload being watched during the COVID 19 shutdown here in San Diego, CA. 5/2020
Same here SD in June.
Faylen...Not Fay...Frank Faylen....Frank Fay was a commie ....
The main writer on the original show was brought in, but was fired because his script was too crazy. This also happened in the 77 version. Both times the actors were under contract before they fired the writer.
Sheila Kuehl said she thought the original scripts were better, and the people who ended up making the show really never watched the show. She thought it turned them into mediocre shows when they could have been much better.
But the actors were right, so at least they knew how to play their characters. Well except for Connie Stevens who replaced Tuseday Weld.
This film introduced me to Dobie Gillis as a child in the 80s before they re ran the original series on Nick at Night. Thanx 4 uploading the film. Its been years since I've seen it.
Wow, marvelous. Thanks for the upload! In real life Zelda made the most of herself as Sheila Kuehl. Sheila enjoyed incredible success as well as Hickman and Denver. They should have shown Zelda blossoming far more than what they did. Too bad Tuesday Weld wasn't there, but they ruined her role so I don't blame her. Making it a musical was perhaps the dumbest idea. Truly a great show during its time. This movie took something from that brilliant show.
yes, but they always seem to fuck these shows up. Part of has to be that Dobie was a show of it's time, the '50's (1959-1963). I think Frank Faylen had passed away, maybe Florida Frebius could have shown up. It's a good title though and there are some good scenes.
Dr. Barry
There was a musical in
it, but it wasn’t a musical.
WT?
As a kid I watched just about every show and I remember this show on t.v.,now I'm 69 yrs old geeeeees!
Got room on that bench?...
Me Too!!
gross
I interviewed Dwayne Hickman at CBS STudios in the 80's. Hickman was made President of Comedy Development. He was responsible for the TV series "My Sister Sam" among several others. He was a very kind man.
I never knew dobie had a movie thanks for sharing!
This has been in our garage for years. Thank you for uploading
Thank you very much! You make the world a better place. The more the better
No perfect way to send off "Dobie", but a good way. Nice story
I saw this movie when it first came out on February 21, 1988 the day after my 16th Birthday. I recorded this on my Very first VHS that I got for Christmas 1987. Then I started watching reruns of Dobie Gillies TV show on Cable TV. A lot of people in my age range only knew Bob Denver as Gilligan because Dobie Gillis did not air in syndication on local TV in Detroit, Michigan
Missing you today Dwayne I Was In Shock When I Read The News Still Trying to believe it ! Loved you as Dobie you were so funny greatly entertaining I'm glad you didn't marry Thalia she wasn't your type Rest In Peace my friend Dwayne All Of Your Fans are Missing you and all of heaven is rejoicing! It's never goodbye Dobie just so long for now
Thanks RiciDawn, for sharing these memories. Been wanting to see this for a long time. In spite of a little too much emphasis on the teen musical subplot, it had just enough of the old juice to make it work-thanks to a reasonable facsimile of Gillis-ish shenanigans and so many of the original cast being available. (We missed you, Tuesday, but Connie’s decent turn as Thalia helps heal the disappointment.).
A fond look back at a more innocent time….and boy, can we ever use that now.
THE CHARACTERS DOLBIE GILLIS AND THELMA IN THIS MOVIE KEEP SAYING 20 YEARS AGO, BUT THE DOLBIE GILLIS SHOW WAS FROM 1959-1963 THAT'S 25 YEARS AGO UP TO 1963. AND SINCE THELMA WAS ON ONLY FOR THE FIRST SEASON THAT'S 28 YEARS BACK.
Thelma - you mean Thalia?
Fun movie..so glad you uploaded this. Always was a fan of the show.
Thank you so much, couldn’t find this movie anywhere else.
This was a fun movie, and we can defiantly say that there will be no sequel.
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. I have been wanting to rewatch this movie, for years. I watched the original airing and had it on video tape. But, that was back when I was 16 and that was decades ago. The tape disappeared and they don't make VCRs anymore. So... Thank you!
Paul Allen awesome‼️ so glad I could help
Same Here, I remember that day, it was Sunday, February 21,1988. I turned 16 the day before and I also recorded it on VHS (my first Video Cassette Recorder). Isn't that something!!!
This was a great deal of fun! Cheesy musical and sorry Tuesday wasn't in it (she wanted too much money) but the script and acting were very much like the original. Witty and charming. Thanks so much for uploading this. 👍🏻👍🏻to you!
Like, Maynard dialing a THELONIOUS MONK tune long distance at 15:00!
A reference to "Maynard's Farewell to the Troops" episode in the original series, when Maynard's parents asked him about a $28 (about $200 today) long distance charge on their phone bill, and he said he made a call to Monk to congratulate him on his new album, a call made to Copenhagen Denmark which lasted 14 seconds. Phone calls back then were metered and expensive --- they didn't have the satellites and digital equipment they have today.
I just finished watching the whole tv series on the app tubi.
This was almost as Hokie as Return to Mayberry....however I enjoyed it very much.🙂
If not Tuesday Weld, who better to play Thalia(?) than Ms. Connie Stevens?
Actually, I think it was more Hokie. Actually, down right corny
Saw the WHOLE SERIES in a HOSPITAL! Like, dig DAT, dad.
@@oluhamilton2121
I really enjoyed the series.
"I'm gonna kill that Boy..."😉
Actually, I appreciate this movie: The Rich get anything they want; even the world for themselves population limit to 500 million. If you have a good friend like Maynard and a girl who wants you consider yourself blessed.
The series may be "hokey" by today's standards, but it was innovative, groundbreaking, and very on-point for its day, at least in TV programming.
Sheila Kuehl said in an interview that this movie was "mediocre" and she was absolutely right! She said of both the reunion movies that they failed because they really had nothing to do with the original series at all and again she was absolutely right...
Exactly right. The story line was silly... and was largely centered on the kid. This didn't need to be Dobie Gillis... it could have been anyone. This looked like it was just slapped together. Disappointing.
@@walte153 I immediately saw the son/girlfriend story as a parallel to the Dobie/Zelda TV episodes ... would've worked better as a 1/2 hour episode (with a laugh track) or better yet a Mystery Science 3K episode (would've been way funnier)
@hurdygurdyguy1 - Agreed, but still a nice trip down memory lane. Nice to see these actors again.
@@theolamp5312 yep, you're right...
The movie totally stunk.
Maybe intended to be a Sequel T.V. Show for the kid...which if so would have failed...
Crazy. One of my first TV Land favorites. Love finding stuff like this!
Nice movie reminds me of the Dobie Gills series that was on tv, good old clean fun. Zelda was one of my favorites and glad to see they had him marry her.
Seasons 1 and 2 were the best. When Dobie and Maynard joined the Army at the end of Season 2, it just wasn't the same. The show never recovered. Season 3 was just okay, but Season 4 was a disaster.
This is Outstanding!!
Thanks for the download, haven't seen this in about 15 years, I'm almost 65,and have loved Connie Stevens my whole life,her beauty,soft,sexual voice,and she had comedic talent,and she could sing and dance
RlP Dwayne Hickman,u will b missed
Anybody know how to get a hold of the first Dobie Gillis movie from 1977, Whatever Happened to Dobie Gillis? Doesn't seem to be available here on YT or for sale anywhere.
The 1977 thirty minute movie has been on TH-cam for the last 9 months
The woman the actress that plays Dobie Gillis wife She Had an occurring Role on The Beverly Hillbillies she was also in an episode of Star Trek Voyager Star Trek Deep Space Nine and a pilot episode that was Never aired called Star Trek Deep Space 87 Delta quadrant
She pretty much retired from acting after this tv movie. She was never in the Star Trek series
I would watch many loves of Dobie Gillis right before I would go to work every Saturday morning
Thanks for this. Loved the show! Just saw Steven Franken (Chatsworth) in an episode of One Day At A Time on Pluto TV. So fun!
@John Caulfield one of my favorite movies ever!
Steve Franken was wonderful. And please let’s remember Chatsworth’s mother played by Doris Packer who also played the principle of Beaver and Wally’s school. She was fantastic.
If it was Tuesday Weld I would have said yes
I wouldn’t have ever married Zelda. Dobie had many great girlfriends. Zelda was obsessed. She was in his face! Tuesday, Connie….oh boy! YES!
thanks for posting. I hadn't seen this in years. The other comeback (1977) I'd missed because the CBS affiliate pre-empted it. I finally saw it, but comments were closed. I didn't think it was bad, really. But this was better. Zelda is Dobie's true love. I wonder if they'd wanted to make this a series? Or sequels? It woud have been nice.
thank you for the upload!!! :)
You ever have a tv show you really didn't like but you can't stop watching?? Well this is it for me.
Saw this back in 88. Was kinda nice to see it again. Thanks.
A lot of fun seeing all the gang together again 20 years later. Of course, I'm watchin' it 52 tears later (2020) . .......Well, Tuesday Weld is a no-show as usual. Forget the money, it would have been nice if she'd shown up for old time's sake. But I guess that's not how Hollywood works. RIP Dwayne Hickman.
First off you don't know why she didn't do it so it's rude of you to presume you do. Second, maybe she saw how bad the script was so she refused to be apart of a bad reunion movie. Sheila Kuhl said that the cast thought the two reunion movies were mediocre but they were already stuck doing it. No need to bash Tuesday Weld for having standards.
She lost interest in this movie when Rod Amateau was dropped from directing this movie
Way better than most reunion movies. Dobie still looked as youthful as ever!
Another great one that I didn't know existed til now..
Thanks for posting this video 📸📸📸📸📸😅😅😅
Remember the movie "" Bring Me the Heard of Alfredo Garcia"" with Warren Oats! In the late 60s.
Thanks for the Reply Ricci that was the fastest reply from a comment I have ever gotten, Thanks for the Video I am going to watch.😎😁😊
I try 😁
Heard?
I still have my VHS recording of Bring Me The Head...from when it aired on Encore TV in the 2000s. In his memoir, Bob Denver wrote that CBS made the mistake of scheduling the reunion movie opposite a high-profile miniseries, leading to low ratings. I wish that they had been a few more movies. On a fun note, Dwayne later did a cameo as a CBS executive in Surviving Gilligan's Island.
Also, looking at Bob Denver's hair dyed almost orange in the movie. You cannot tell me that wasn't an in-joke by the producers regarding the fact that Manyard is often cited as the inspiration for Scooby Doo's BFF Shaggy.
My first time seeing this. Thanks for sharing! I always liked the TV show. 👍🙂
Scott Grimes later starred as Dr. Archie Morris on 'ER'.
Connie really did a great job. She was doing Tuesday Weld’s version without it being an impression.
Sometimes watching a reunion show is like seeing old friends. This isn't one of those times.
I love that in all this time he still calls him “dobie doo “ 😂😂
Do you have 1977's Whatever Happened to Dobie Gillis?
Austin Pearce no 😢 sorry, I wish I did
@@triciasmakeupbag I had a DVD of it, but it vanished.
Austin Pearce awe that stinks.
@@austinpearce5442 It's here on TH-cam
I wondered how Maynard got off that island. Thaylia was close by. She worked nearrby for Hawaiian Eye.
Unlike the failed pilot from a decade earlier, this TV movie was never intended to lead to a sequel; it was a simple reuniting of some of the cast of the original series. It was meant to be done tongue-in-cheek, the acting was deliberately overstated and corny, and it was little more than an excuse for the original cast members to get together, play their original characters, and reenact some old gags and skits, particularly by Denver's Maynard. As in the original series, Hickman recreates his fourth-estate monologues in front of "The Thinker." and they're true to form.
Dobie's TV parents weren't present: Frank Faylen died in 1985, and Florida Friebus wasn't up to performing; she passed on later that year.
This is a good reunion for fans of the original series, provided that they don't expect much of a plot and just enjoy the older versions of the series' characters, and the antics they perform.
Is it possible that the G. in Maynard G. Krebs was for Gilligan all along?
Very interesting question. But, Seeing as how Dobie Gillis was created before Gillian’s Island, I’m going to guess no.
That is the joke in 1988
@@triciasmakeupbag 51:07 does seem to imply that Maynard and Gillian were one and the same all along.
JESUS i haven't seen this film for 30years
And to feel extra special old, this film was made 30 years AFTER the debut of Dobie Gillis! Yikes!
Our now marriaged Dobie and young lesson-learning Georgie are awesome to finally watch, and laugh forever with.🎯💗🤣🤔💵🌅 Stay safe everyone!
This movie was done at a time when a lot of TV movies of classic shows was done. I am sure there was more but the only other one I know of around this time was Return to Mayberry (Andy Griffith Show). Mary Tyler Moore Show had one in 2000 called Mary and Rhoda, again, 30 years in the future from the original show.
I did not know about the Mary and Rhoda movie. Thanks man!
@@Tim-57 No problem! Right here on TH-cam but really, expectations should be lowered for this one.
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Thanks John!
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It was a little bit better than I thought it would be.
Thanks again for letting me know about it.
Thank you for the Great video
This is rare for sure. Gratitude
why did Georgie Gillis have 2 single beds in his bedroom ?
If you can’t get Tuesday, and you’d sure want her, you get Connie. She’s terrific too.
Can you tell the story where you got this copy and how you first saw it and maybe some of the times you have thought about it over the years? I have a very strange theory about the Mendala effect and Dobie GIllis, I have been waiting for this video to be found.
Andreas Xirtus Im really not even sure. I grew up watching it. My father had a VHS copy of it, he watched the original show as a kid.
I’m down to hear this theory
Did anyone else notice Hickman (RIP) almost break up when he said "so long" at the end?
I'm glad Dobie turned his life around after being the mean kid in "The Boy With The Green Hair".
Dwayne Hickman died today January 9, 2022 ……
@9:24, guy in yellow shirt. That's the hotel manager from National lampoon's vacation. Wally world. The check clearing guy, "not without a major credit card" a-hole. where Clark steals the money from the register at the grand canyon. Lol
Does anyone know where the video tape pilot for a 1970s series went?
7:05-"Compound interest?" What is that?
I could have written a better Dobie reunion n my sleep. Still, I’m glad that they did this!
I never heard of this? Was it a tv movie or theater?
@@privateprivate1865 tv. Back in 1988.
It's weird watching this in color ...
It is weird watching this in color or b & w
I’d have no songs. And the son, I’d recast. Man, that’s one tough job!
This was enjoyable. Let’s not forget townspeople Kathleen Freeman and Dody Goodman who added to the fun.
Well, it makes sense, don't it. As the world spirals into the toilet, big time, we turn to.. D and Maynard. If things in Dobieland were this crappy in '88 just imagine what today's version would look like. OMG!
Something I didn't know watching it now after growing up with this.As one of my favorite shows, I think the secret sauce was Dobie's compassion, I miss that in media.. Everybody loved Dobie because of his compassion toward everyone! Amazing!
In the famous opening with the statue pose, does everyone here remember as I do Dobie putting his hand to chin?
My wife swears it was hand to the forehead! Just checkin..
Joel under his chin
@@triciasmakeupbag Thank you, Rici!
🥰that was excellent ❤
It was great to see the cast together again, but the story wasn't great. The last part of the movie was better than the beginning. Thalia wanting Dobie dead didn't resonate with me. I was glad to see Dobie finally realize Zelda was the love of his life. She certainly earned it!!!!
Omg, I remember this movie!
1:18:31 Dobie inspired the walter white 😂😂
In today’s world Thalia would never be interested in Dobie she would be looking for a young , handsome billionaire like Christian Grey.
Zelda would also be looking for Christian Grey and if he ever came along or anyone better than Dobie she will most likely say she’s unhappy and leave poor Dobie. ( over 70% of divorces are initiated by females).
Dobie’s kid would grow up in a single household without his father. Dobie will be complaining that he can’t get access to his son and will be weighed down with child support and lifetime alimony.
Dobie will be spending a lot more time thinking near the statue regarding how things have changed.
Damn. We always knew D would wind up marrying Zelda, didn't we.
It was his destiny...
Nope. It didn't fit. Awful.
That's an old school name. Zzzeelllllda!.. and Myrna and Alma and Eunice etc... : )
R.I.P.: Bob Denver(Maynard)
I would have shot this with sets, not on location like the show was. The sets didn’t matter, the story and the rapid banter kept it moving! I’d even use the laugh track! Yeah!
I’d use lots of close ups like the old show. I would never have had Maynard wearing that suit. I’d have him running a club and owning the record store. The $ for these enterprises came from his parents who knew that he’d never earn it himself. They had him leave college and go to a school where he learned finance. He has one terrific portfolio as does Dobie.
This movie proves that you can not go home again.
@ALLAN CHARLES Let's not stop being friends - I aways enjoyed watching the Dobbie t..v series - Frank Faylan was a hoot. I found it hard to get into the movie but then again no one cares what I think but, as Ned Kelly said "Such is life."
This plot was taken from the season 4 episode What's a little murder between friends
courtney gates no way! I did not know that.
Actually, the plot was taken from this: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Visit_(play)
Weird, even more so after 30 years.
17:26 are we not going to talk about
Here is the scary part - Thalia Menninger was basically *blackmailing the town into surrender* and the town was perfectly willing to sell their mayor (Dobie) for their own selfishness. It was ugly and sick when this TV movie came out - and the policy is just as sick today. (UNfortunately, we as a society have learned exactly SQUAT since.)
Big Dobie Gillis fan since Nick at Nite days. But...i just didn't care for this movie. Outside of the reunion many years later interest, i just think this movie failed to have the fun, charm, cleverness, and silliness the TV show had.
I always thought Zelda would end up with Maynard.
Decadant dog, No. She's a lesbi.
Do you remember who saved you from that tiny dessereted island🤣🤣🤣
Connie looks terrific!
So the ginger kid's dad is Maynard obviously.
The guy that plays the son in this movie He's also in NCIS LA TV series and NCIS New Orleans
Really?? I didn’t realize that.
@@triciasmakeupbag YES I just saw him on an episode of NCIS LA TV series last Sunday
@@triciasmakeupbag he's going to be on an Episode of Star Trek Discovery this coming July 2021
@@triciasmakeupbag I'll post some videos on my TH-cam channel hopefully I don't get in trouble by TH-cam for posting these videos I'll show you what I'm talking about on the TV shows and movies that he was in hopefully I don't get in trouble for copyright infringement
I asked a guy to hand me a rag. He said that's no rag, that's my shirt. That shirt you got on is a rag.
WORK!!!!!!
The girl Georgie likes was Alice in Nightmare on Elm Street 4 and 5
love thak dobie gillis
That red headed kid was in everything at the time - he couldn't act a lick.
IKR? I remember when a kid like that would suddenly be in all these shows and my parents would always say "must be the producer's kid". LOL! : )
Worst writing I have ever seen.
Just as awful as the tv show...only worse....lol. But, Bob Denver comes off good.
The tv series was ten thousand times better than anything on the air today!
@@stevebishop9468 No it wasn't!!!!!! Ozark? Better Call Saul? Curb Your Enthusiasm? You silly old Boomer looking to be obnoxious.
@@danielstack4158 i found none of the shows you mentioned worth my time...particularly the one about a shister lawyer....
ALLAN CHARLES you love saying that 😊
@@stevebishop9468 yeah...... dobie gillis is better than Breaking Bad, what a disgusting thought, have an A1 day!!!!!!!
I like Connie Stevens better as Thalia. Always been a Connie Stevens fan.
Why Dobie doesn't say yes to his dream girl makes little sense though.
He and Zelda don't seem too happy or in love.
I think it would have been funnier if he said yes and Zelda had to get him back.
Connie Stevens is nothing compared to Tuesday Weld.
@@randyventresca4152 Randy, just reaching out to let you know that Dino is missing. If you have been in contact with him, please let Marco or the Pittsburgh Police know. We are all praying for him.
@@rft2001 may I asked who this is? I haven't been in contact with Dino for years.
@@randyventresca4152 I'm a friend of Dino's and the family. I hope and pray that he is alright as he went missing Monday. I remembered seeing your name here from a long time ago and took a chance to reach out. I thought that maybe he had been searching out to some of his old friends. Thank you so much for responding. If you pray, please keep him in your prayers.
@@rft2001 I hope he is ok. I regret losing touch with Dino. Knew him since junior high. I have lots of fond memories of our time together.
The movie had a few interesting moments that referred back to the original series but suffered from a weak story. It is really difficult to listen to most of the music numbers, as well.