tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7307577717655310918.post9165794688915783919..comments2024-03-17T07:25:56.478-04:00Comments on Thrilling Days of Yesteryear: “…’cause Dobie has to have a girl to call his own…”Ivan G Shreve Jrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04067177808320053382noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7307577717655310918.post-88234643402125596962013-06-26T21:50:34.027-04:002013-06-26T21:50:34.027-04:00The Sisters Metzinger gushed:
I like how Dobie is...The Sisters Metzinger gushed:<br /><br /><i>I like how Dobie is featured with a different gal on each disc cover.</i><br /><br />The packaging/artwork for these discs is really first-rate. Dobie and Zelda are featured on the fourth season case in a wedding pose...which kind of foreshadows where the reunion movie went. :-)Ivan G Shreve Jrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04067177808320053382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7307577717655310918.post-15419826789913248552013-06-26T21:48:35.192-04:002013-06-26T21:48:35.192-04:00James Vance walked up to the podium:
Kirby Grant ...James Vance walked up to the podium:<br /><br /><i>Kirby Grant dressed as Sky King and impressing everyone with his singing ability</i><br /><br />Kirby shows off his pipes in the Olsen & Johnson comedy <b>Ghost Chasers</b>, which is tremendously hooty.<br /><br /><i>During the first year or two of "Dobie," Bob Denver showed up at the fundraiser in full Maynard regalia, and my mother took me to the big hall where the show was performed just so I could meet him. I remember the two of us trailing him as he dashed around the hall, my mother calling out "Maynard - Maynard" until he finally gave up and turned to us. He turned out to be thoroughly abashed for having forced a grown woman to chase him and apologized for thinking that he was being stalked by "some kid." He chatted with us for several minutes and was charming and polite. At the age of five or six, I was mostly impressed with his goatee and the holes in his sweatshirt. It's a memory that still makes me smile.</i><br /><br />When Denver relocated to Princeton, WV in his retiring years, he occasionally appeared as a weatherman on one of the local TV stations according to some friends of mine. Never got the opportunity to see him but I find the concept of Maynard G. Krebs, meteorologist screamingly funny. ("It's, like, partly cloudy...")Ivan G Shreve Jrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04067177808320053382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7307577717655310918.post-50689183334902955242013-06-26T11:06:22.729-04:002013-06-26T11:06:22.729-04:00I like how Dobie is featured with a different gal ...I like how Dobie is featured with a different gal on each disc cover. That looks like a great set, and YES, a long awaited for one. ( Giving a shout out to Shout! ) This was a childhood favorite of mine too - from tv reruns - and I always enjoyed Dobie's philosophies on life best.... even though they weren't always sound. The Metzinger Sistershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10728879307994086409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7307577717655310918.post-39816167069032019862013-06-26T03:49:00.673-04:002013-06-26T03:49:00.673-04:00Another thing that impressed me about the show at ...Another thing that impressed me about the show at the time was the feel of late '50s urban funk, almost a "Naked City" or "Car 54" vibe to the scenes in the grocery, despite the apparent small-city setting. The Shulman influence, I'm sure, a welcome change from so many of the fresh-scrubbed sitcoms of the time (and since).<br /><br />Back in those days, our local CBS affiliate produced a live March of Dimes fundraiser every year for which they'd bring in TV stars to perform, usually wearing their familiar costumes. I remember Abby Dalton showing up from "Hennessey" and Kirby Grant dressed as Sky King and impressing everyone with his singing ability. Uncle Sky had nice pipes.<br /><br />During the first year or two of "Dobie," Bob Denver showed up at the fundraiser in full Maynard regalia, and my mother took me to the big hall where the show was performed just so I could meet him. I remember the two of us trailing him as he dashed around the hall, my mother calling out "Maynard - Maynard" until he finally gave up and turned to us. He turned out to be thoroughly abashed for having forced a grown woman to chase him and apologized for thinking that he was being stalked by "some kid." He chatted with us for several minutes and was charming and polite. At the age of five or six, I was mostly impressed with his goatee and the holes in his sweatshirt. It's a memory that still makes me smile.<br /><br />I'm glad to hear that the show's going to be available again. Your write-up makes your own love for the series clear.James Vancenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7307577717655310918.post-21988088289766781002013-06-26T01:38:46.722-04:002013-06-26T01:38:46.722-04:00Terry put in his two cents:
I think it was incre...Terry put in his two cents:<br /><br /><i> I think it was incredibly innovative. In fact, I think of it as the first true Sixties sitcom (even if it debuted in 1959).</i><br /><br />If I stopped to think about how much of an influence <b><i>Dobie Gillis</i></b> had on my sense of humor, I think the implications would be staggering. I quote from it all the time ("You're, like, a real human being").<br /><br /><i>It's really a shame it is not better known today</i><br /><br />A Facebook friend of mine told me that he really wanted to like the series...but he thought there was just a little too much Bob Denver. And I can certainly see his point; the Maynard character kind of took over that show in later seasons like Fonzie conquered <b><i>Happy Days.</i></b>Ivan G Shreve Jrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04067177808320053382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7307577717655310918.post-63958949094481319922013-06-26T01:34:10.265-04:002013-06-26T01:34:10.265-04:00Vince spoke up:
its breakneck pace made "Dob...Vince spoke up:<br /><br /><i>its breakneck pace made "Dobie" to sitcoms what Little Richard was to rock 'n' roll</i><br /><br />Very nice.<br /><br /><i>And I've been lucky enough to interview both Hickman and Schallert as well.</i><br /><br />I'm not jealous of this. My complexion is not green due to envy, it's because...um...jet lag! Yeah, that's the ticket...Ivan G Shreve Jrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04067177808320053382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7307577717655310918.post-65778934322086180732013-06-25T23:31:26.214-04:002013-06-25T23:31:26.214-04:00As you already know, Dobie Gillis is one of my fav...As you already know, Dobie Gillis is one of my favourite sitcoms of all time. I think it was incredibly innovative. In fact, I think of it as the first true Sixties sitcom (even if it debuted in 1959). Aside from centring on teenagers, it had a pace that made its contemporaries seem slow by comparison. And its humour could not only be biting, but also very broad and even surreal at times. I think it can be counted as the direct forerunner of such Sixties comedies as The Monkees, He & She, and even such diverse entries as Bewitched and Get Smart. It's really a shame it is not better known today!abTerence Towles Canotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18397088843628331615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7307577717655310918.post-53026407699169644032013-06-25T08:59:07.678-04:002013-06-25T08:59:07.678-04:00A terrific salute to the first prime-time series I...A terrific salute to the first prime-time series I was a regular fan of, one that would appear to be very much of its time, but had a tempo and tone that makes it hold up more than half a century later (its breakneck pace made "Dobie" to sitcoms what Little Richard was to rock 'n' roll). And I've been lucky enough to interview both Hickman and Schallert as well. VP81955https://www.blogger.com/profile/11792390726196611188noreply@blogger.com