An Unforgettable Lesson for Dobie Gillis


by Graham

There is a scene at the end of one of the Dobie Gillis shows where Dobie was lying in bed in his pajamas.  Dobie had been to the doctor to have some x-rays made. The x-rays were switched with some other person who was suffering from a fatal disease, and Dobie thought he was dying. So he took all the sympathy he could get from everyone, stayed in bed and was served hand and foot. When the truth came out that Dobie wasn't sick at all, and his father found out that Dobie wasn't sick, he took Dobie over his knees and "took matters into his own hands."  His dad sat down on the side of Dobie's bed and pulled him over his knees, clamped him in between his knees, bent him over, and spanked him, giving his bottom some good, hard wallops before the fadeout.

Dad walks into Dobie's bedroom, where the young man is sprawled out in bed, lazily enjoying feigning illness so that everybody will treat him special and wait on him. Dad walks over to Dobie's bed and speaks to his stretched out son.

Dad: "Dobie, this is going to stop – right now."

Dobie: "What do you mean, Dad?"

Dad: "I mean this." He sits down on the side of Dobie's bed, reaches over and grabs the young man's arms, and hauls him up and pulls him across Dad's knees.

Dobie: "Whoaaaa! What'r you doing?!"

WHAP! WHAP! WHAPWHAPWHAP! WHAP! WHAP! WHAPWHAPWHAP! WHAP! WHAP!

Dobie's face and eyes react with shock and embarrassment at finding himself taken over his Dad's knees and being spanked.

Dobie: "Wait, Dad! Ummmph! Aaah! Wait! Ow! I said WAIT! Ummph! Ow! WAIT! Uh-ow! I-can-explain! Ooo-ow! I-can-explain! Ow! Ow! Waaait! Ow! Ow! Ow!"

Dobie's head and neck are jerking upwards, as he squirms under the swats from his Dad's hand against the overturned seat of his pajamas.

WHAPWHAPWHAPWHAPWHAP! WHAPWHAPWHAPWHAPWHAP! WHAPWHAPWHAP!

Dobie's eyes are widening and squinting, and he begins wriggling and thrashing around across his Dad's lap, as his Dad continues the volley of swats to Dobie's backside.

Dobie: "Okay, Dad. Ow! Aaa-I'm-uh-uh-ow! Uh! I'm-uh-sorry! Ow! Ow! Stop! Ow! I said-uh-uh! Ahmmm-uh-sorreeee! Ow! Ow! Please! Ow! Pleeezstaaahp! Uh! Uh! I won't-uh-uh! doit-uh! Uh-gaaain! Uh-I promise! Ow! Ow! Stop! Ow! I promise!"

WHAP! WHAP! WHAPWHAPWHAP! WHAPWHAPWHAPWHAPWHAP! WHAP! WHAP!

Dad grabs Dobie's right arm that reached up and back to shield his smacked bottom, holding Dobie's arm up and out of the way while pushing up the back of Dobie's pajama shirt. Dobie's feet and legs are kicking and thrusting out in reaction to the barrage of swats being administered by his Dad to the upturned bottom of his pajamas.

Dobie: "Ow! Ow! Please, Dad! Stop! Ow! Please! Uh! I won't-uh! Ow! Uh! ever-uh! Ow! Ow! Never! Uh-oooo-ow! I won't! Ooo-uh-uh! Ow! Ow! I'llbegood! Ow! I'llbegood! Ow! Dad! I'llbegood! Ow! I promissssss! Owww-uh! Oooooooo-ow! Ow! Ooooooo-uh-Ow! Ow! OW!!"

WHAP! WHAP! WHAPWHAPWHAP! WHAP! WHAP! WHAP! WHAP! WHAPWHAPWHAP!

The scene fades with Dobie still kicking and squirming over his Dads knees while his Dad continues pummeling Dobie's behind.


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