"Love is a Science", a 1959 short story by humorist Max Shulman, features a girl named Zelda Gilroy assuring her science lab tablemate, Dobie Gillis, that he would eventually come to love her through the influence of propinquity, as their similar last names would put them in proximity throughout school. "Love is a Science" was adapted into a 1959 episode of the Shulman-created TV sitcom "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis", featuring Dobie as its main character and Zelda as a semi-regular, and a 1988 made-for-TV movie based on the series, "Bring Me the Head of Dobie Gillis", portrayed Dobie and Zelda as being married.