by actor Bob Denver.) In The Simpsons episode "Homer the Vigilante", Homer fantasizes riding a nuclear bomb in a parody of a scene from Dr. Strangelove, after which he says, "Take that Maynard G. Krebs!" In the Family Guy episode "Tales of a Third Grade Nothing", Frank Sinatra Jr. refers to the DJ in the nightclub as Maynard G. Krebs. References Television characters introduced in 1959 The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis characters Television sidekicks Fictional United States Army personnel Teenage characters in television