Arlo and Janis by Jimmy Johnson for January 19, 2022

You rang?

Wow! I remember watching “The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis.” I didn’t know Dwayne Hickman had passed away until I saw this comic.

Amid the recent spate of celebrity deaths, I’m surprised this never made any news report I watch (and I watch them all).

Dobie was my hero. (Telling my age?) RIP

Never watched it that many times. My father didn’t like it and I was just the remote control. Bob Denver I remember more from Gilligan’s Island.

Joining Bob Denver aka Maynard G. Krebs. RIP guys.

Very nice tribute!! Thanks, Jimmy

I never saw his death on the news or messages like most. I only saw him listed on CBS Sunday Mornings weekly report on deaths. I have fond memories of Dobie.

I knew he passed earlier this month. It was unfortunate he was overshadowed by the death of Bob Saget. Dwayne was an icon in his day, and I felt the loss in his passing. RIP.

Our condolences to Zelda.

Not a word on most channels about Mr. Hickman. Most were praising Bob Saget. I guess death of a star is a generational thing.

Maynard G Krebs and Dobie Gillis - we would pretend to be them on the playground at recess. And the girls were Zelda. That was such a long time ago

https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/producer-dwayne-hickman-played-dobie-gillis-died-82168148

Got to watch all the episodes on Antenna TV or Me TV about 8 yrs ago, in the wee hours. Good show.

Dobie was not before my time, but ahead of my level of interest. I know about it though.

Farewell poodle skirts.

Aww.

Great comic. Almost as many LIKES as on Calvin and Hobbes at 0451 this morning.

The curtain falls for all of us. Early or late with the result always the same: The loss of missing of what was given if only temporary. RIP

When I visited Paris in the 80’s, I went out of my way to visit Musee Rodin. Solely to see The Thinker, solely because of Dobie Gillis.

Was Dwayne any relation to Bill Hickman, perhaps the greatest film stunt driver who ever lived?

I found that show on my own many years after it left the air. It seemsI found a private classic since so few talk about it when doing histories of television. RIP.

had a survey yesterday: Who’s your favorite musician? A: I don’t think any of them are still alive.

Thank you for this wonderful tribute.

I liked the show’s theme song too …

What a wonderful tribute, I loved Dobie Gillis. Dwayne Hickman’s passing was overshadowed by several other celebrity deaths so it is nice to see this tribute.

Unfortunately, Bob Denver died in 2005, so there’s no Maynard G. Krebs, either.

P3: In the background the song “Music to Watch Girls By” plays.

Great memories of a seemingly simpler time

Nice nod to Dwayne Hickman

JJ is really showing his age.

I just KNEW it would be about Dobie Gillis and Co. at the first panel ! ♥♥

All the worlds a stage……….

Nice tip of the hat; from someone who remembers The Many Loves, thank you for this!

Dobie Gillis lives on to this day. The four members of the main cast have been acknowledged as the inspiration for the four human characters in Scooby-Doo.

and let’s not forget Tuesday Weld who played Dobie’s dream girl Thalia (sp?) on the show

Thank you JJ. This brought back a flood of wonderful memories from a far sweeter time.A gentle time where all felt good, safe and dependable. These guys were hero’s to us as kids. This with Zorro, , McCales Navy, F Troop, Gunsmoke, Rawhide, Lassie, Ozzie and Harriet. And every Sunday night we would finish dinner and head to the TV to watch Walt Disney then Bonanza. Great childhood memories!

That Poodle skirt must have been a second…

DC had a licensed comic for Dobie Gillis. Great artwork by Bob Oksner.

Then licensed comics got too expensive so they slightly changed the artwork and called it Windy & Willy.

A very good memorial Jimmy.

Thank you, Jimmy! I watched the reruns on morning TV as a child and loved Dobie and Maynard. And Warren Beaty was on there as some character whose name escapes me.

That works … WORK!?!?!!

loved Dobie!!!!!!!!!

Thank you. Read about this yesterday and, yes, felt the pang of sadness.

Used to be one of my favorite shows. Then Maynard changed his name and became first mate on a tiny ship.

My feelings exactly. Thanks, good buddy.

Excellent tribute, Jimmy. Well done.

Hi

Fortunately for all of us who had mammoth crushes on Zelda (“Now cut that out!”) Gilroy, all 4 seasons are streaming for free on nine different platforms!

most excellent

The poodle skirt – priceless – and the treasure that it held. Thanks, JJ

Thanks for the memories…..

I remember him sitting there on the episodes. Wonderful tribute.

Nice homage. “Work? Ugh!”

Dobie Gillis is so long ago that most people today have barely heard of it…

<3

Liked him best in “Cat Ballou”, a step outside teen angst!

On the subject of loss, Dwayne Hickman’s obit in the NY Times made mention that his hair was brown instead of blonde … until the peroxide treatments made it start falling out. Hoo-ray for Hollywood.

Why now? He’s been dead since ’05

Great tribute!

Thanks for the memories, Jimmy.

humor has lost a lot since then

My brother-5 yrs older- and my dad read sci-fi back in the day. I read them when I had nothing else to read. Then my brother got into Conan and Doc Savage-them I really liked. And my dad got into Ann McAffery- the Dragons of Pern series. Those werepre tty good, too.

Yup…loved Dobie and Maynard…grew up watching that show. RIP

WOW! That hit’s home for us seniors.

do I feel old, i was born the first year of the show…

I had a red felt poodle skirt with can-can petticoats.

That’s a classy acknowledgement! Well done.

Also the many other TV shows and movies he was in from the mid 1940s to the 2000s.

There has been a rash of a lot of actors/singers dying in the past several days to weeks. I think that the other day there were 3 or 4 of them at the same time – including Meat Loaf.