Talk:Maynard G. Krebs

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I believe it was Maynard G. Krebs who popularized the phrase "You rang?", that was later used by Lurch in The Addams Family, although Lurch did it in a much lower register, and much more slowly.

The opening paragraph says "the G. stood for Walter; see below", but it is not explained elsewhere in the article. If no one can provide the background, we should remove the "see below". - Mark Dixon 06:57, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

Page needs edit/ rewrite. Maynard most certainly not a hippie. Hippies had not come into being when Maynard was created. Maynard had short hair, a goatee and played bongos. that = beatnick. Only 1.5 to 2 generations off tho. See Bob Denver's page http://www.bobdenver.com/dobie-gillis/ Cgould — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.248.155.6 (talk) 05:51, 21 May 2012 (UTC)

Maynard G. Krebs
And wasn't it Maynard G. Krebs who coined the phrase: "That's the way the bongo bingles"? Kewlchik (talk) 07:04, 4 January 2010 (UTC)

Middle name
What is Maynard's middle name? If it were actually "Walter" his middle initial would be "W". I think the name is intended to be "Gwallter" a Welsh name that in English is commonly pronounced like "Walter". It may even have appeared as "Walter" in a script even if it was "Gwallter" in the show bible, because scripts often use phonetic spellings. Does anyone have any more data?

Here are some Gwallters: Gwallter Mechain, Castell Gwallter, Madog ap Gwallter    Randall Bart    Talk   03:21, 16 March 2010 (UTC)

My recollection about the middle name was that the gag went like so:

"What's the G stand for?"

"Walter. My father couldn't spell."

I can't find any references to corroborate.

MRubenzahl (talk) 23:02, 11 August 2013 (UTC)

Duh... quote
I vaguely remember Maynard responding to common courtesies with something like "Duh...likewise I'm sure". Can anyone verify this?

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Good Stuff Maynard
"Among the memorable phrases uttered in the series is Gillis' regular comment, "Good stuff, Maynard," which long-preceded its use in the Malt-O-Meal commercial from the early 1980s that so many reference as the phrase's origin."

This is complete BS. The phrase has NEVER been said on Dobie Gillis never mind being a 'regular comment. I challenge anyone to find any clip of Dobie or anyone else saying it on Dobie Gillis. It doesn't exist. If it did there would already be a YouTube clip of it, but lo and behold the only "Good Stuff Maynard" clip on YouTube is the Malt-O-Meal commercial. More proof that Wikipedia is a joke... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.199.5.24 (talk) 07:13, 18 May 2018 (UTC)

Check out IMBd. They have the quote as it was used in the TV series. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.161.52.49 (talk) 17:57, 12 September 2020 (UTC)


 * IMBd is not considered a reliable source by Wikipedia, if memory serves, due to no editorial oversight. As such, only if it can be verified by a reliable 3rd party source can the info be restored. THX1136 (talk) 14:56, 23 September 2020 (UTC)

I am the original writer of the complaint about 'Good Stuff Maynard' here. I am glad to see it has been removed from this page. I did a semi-deep-dive and have concluded that the rumor started on a forum post on the Straight Dope website in 2003. However, a page on Malt-o-Meal.com from around the same time, which now only exists in the Wayback Archive, from 2001, clearly states that "Good Stuff Maynard" is copyrighted by the Malt-O-Meal corporation: https://web.archive.org/web/20010211061600/www.malt-o-meal.com/COPYRIGHT2.HTM

Unfortunately it seems that by 2005, Malt-o-Meal had removed the phrase from that page, probably because they were alerted to the Dobie Gillis claim on Straight Dope, probably because 30 years after the commercial aired, they couldn't be sure they originated it. But they did. This proves that Malt-o-Meal had filed a copyright for the phrase, or at least claimed to own it in 2001.

I hope this clears up the issue once and for all. Even though many websites still repeat the claim, that old Straight Dope post is where it originated. Just goes to show how a flippant comment on a website almost 20 years ago has contributed to a great amount of misinformation havoc, much of which will likely remain forever. I don't know why this bugged me so much but I've now watched every episode of Dobie Gillis several times and not once did anyone ever say, "Good stuff, Maynard". — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.180.92.37 (talk) 08:22, 13 May 2022 (UTC)

"This article has multiple issues"
I had to laugh... of course the article has multiple issues, it's about Maynard G. Krebs! Assambrew (talk) 07:18, 20 April 2022 (UTC)