I believe you are correct...I was a mere lad when Dobie Gillis played on tv...A young hoodlum in my early teens...
Thinking back on it now, Maynard wasn't all that bad...I guess my biggest problem was I didn't think much of the character of Dwayne Hickman, Dopey Gillis...I guess it was the Zelda and Maynard characters that generated the humor...
In fact, during an 8th grade class picture, my best friend stuck a black go-tee on his chin just before the shutter snapped...Yep, that was a shutter...And that's the way the class picture showed up...Man, were his parents mad...
Check it out on the website obituary, what was the Skippers full name?