Bob Denver: Maynard G. Krebs

Quotes 

• Joanne : What is he, some kind of a nut?

  Charlene : He says he's a protest cat.

  Maynard G. Krebs : That's right, I'm protestin'. Cats all over the world are protestin'. My whole social group is, like, protestin'. We're angry young men, and we're all protestin'.

  Joanne : What are you angry young men protesting about?

  Maynard G. Krebs : I don't know. And that's why I'm such an angry young man!

• Charlene : Don't worry, Joanne, if Dobie found you a blind date, you can bet he's a good one. Take my word for it.

  Maynard G. Krebs : You rang?

  Charlene : Oh, it's only you, Maynard.

  Maynard G. Krebs : [annoyed]  'Oh, it's only you, Maynard. It's only you Maynard.'

  Charlene : I'm sorry. I just meant...

  Maynard G. Krebs : My father's been sayin' that ever since the first day I learned to talk. What a way to treat a nine-year-old kid! At school, everybody thinks "Only You" is like my first name. I almost didn't graduate from Grammar School because they couldn't fit "Only You Maynard G. Krebs" on my diploma.