Question: who was maynard g krebs?
Answer: Maynard Gwalter Krebs is the "beatnik" sidekick of the title character in the U.S. television sitcom The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, which aired on CBS from 1959 to 1963. ... He is always banging out a modern jazz beat with his hands, to music in his head, and he also plays jazz piano and bebop trumpet.