The Affairs Of Dobie Gillis

Starring: Reynolds, Debbie and Van, Bobby

All I Do Is Dream of You. Not a bad preoccupation for singing lovebirds Dobie (Bobby Van) and Pansy (Debbie Reynolds). But they may want to add more to their cranial cogitations. Like dour Prof. Pomfritt's English class. And chemistry of the test tube and bunsen-burner kind. Dobie and Pansy are students at Grainbelt U., where the motto is Learn, learn, learn. Work, work, work. Yet who can blame them for having fun, fun, fun in this musical comedy scripted by Dobie author Max Shulman? Bob Fosse (one year from his breakthrough The Pajama Game stage choreography) plays Dobie's roomie and fellow skirt-chaser, showing wow, wow, wow brilliance with Van in the exuberant You Can't Do Wrong Doin' Right.

• Format: DVD
• Language: English
• UPC: 883316395707
• Release Date: November 2011
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Publisher: Allied Vaughn
• Director: Weis, Don
• Starring: Reynolds, Debbie, Van, Bobby
• Runtime: 1 hour, 13 minutes
• Number of Disks: 1
• Other Video Info: DVD
• Weight: 0.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.5" x 5.4"

Customer Reviews

Great title for a dud movie.

If you remember “The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis” (1959 TV series) (1959-1963), you’re about to be disappointed, as the movie “The Affairs of Dobie Gillis” (1953), even though it is played by popular actors of the day, the story is weak, and the acting is too tongue-in-cheek. Dobie (Bobby Van) and a buddy are going to college to party and have fun, as that is what college is for. However, Dobie falls in love with the studious Pansy (Debbie Reynolds), who is there to work, work, work and study, study, study. Will Dobie learn to work, work, work? On the other hand, will Pansy learn to play, play, and play? One actor I recognized right off was Hans Conried. He was Kerry West, T.V. owner in “The Twonky” (1953).