Maynard G. Krebs

As a certified geezer this only reminded me of Dobie Gillis's Maynard G. Krebs, masterfully played by the pre-Gilligan Bob Denver.

Bob Merlis: Thoughts About Romania and the Inauguration 2009

Society had not progressed beyond the 1950s, when the entire so-called beat generation, a phrase invented by novelist Jack Kerouac, was reduced on television to a character named Maynard G. Krebs, who seldom washed and would croak, "Work!?" in a horrified tone any time gainful employment was suggested.

1968 the Year that Rocked the World Kurlansky, Mark 2004

He has a subtler and longer-lived role model: Bill Murray, the Maynard G. Krebs of the mid-1970s.

Balloon Juice 2010

A Clockwork Orange, by Anthony Burgess, who had possibly annexed it from the Beatnik Maynard G. Krebs, of

Harper's Magazine 2010

To analogize, Maynard G. Krebs is to the beat generation as Kennedy's Children is to the 60s -- at least in this production.

Chicago Reader 2010

Maynard G. Krebs was second banana to Dobie G.llis on a TV show of the early 60s.

AMERICAN DIGEST 2009

Maynard G. Krebs, the beatnik portrayed by the late Bob Denver on the ancient "The Many Loves of Dobie G.llis," would jump and shriek "WORK?!" whenever that dreaded word crept into a conversation.

Statesman - AP Sports 2009

Life and Society Did the hollywood TV moguls get the name of Maynard G. Krebs, from the 1950s biological research of the krebs cycle?

Answerbag: Latest Questions in Question Categories 2009

So, I fetched a pair of bongo drums (which I had acquired as a result of my admiration for Maynard G. Krebs).

Memphis Flyer 2009

So, I fetched a pair of bongo drums (which I had acquired as a result of my admiration for Maynard G. Krebs).

Memphis Flyer Randy Haspel 2009