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Gidget
Gidget

Gidget

★ 6.8•1965•1 Seasons•ANIME
Comedy

Gidget is an American sitcom about a surfing, boy-crazy teenager called "Gidget" and her widowed father Russ Lawrence, a UCLA professor. Sally Field stars as Gidget with Don Porter as father Russell Lawrence. The series was first broadcast on ABC from September 15, 1965 to April 21, 1966. Gidget was among the first regularly scheduled color programs on ABC, but did poorly in the Nielsen ratings and was cancelled at the end of its first season.

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Top Cast

Don Porter

Don Porter

Professor Russell Lawrence

Sally Field

Sally Field

Frances Elizabeth 'Gidget' Lawrence

B

Betty Conner

Anne Cooper

Lynette Winter

Lynette Winter

Larue

Episodes

Dear Diary-Et Al

1. Dear Diary-Et Al

25m

In the pilot episode, Gidget falls in love with two things: surfing and her surf boy Jeff. Life's swell until Gidget's protective older sister Anne, reads her diary and assumes her highly imaginative confessions are true.

Aired: 9/15/1965
In God, and Nobody Else, We Trust

2. In God, and Nobody Else, We Trust

25m

Anne is worried because John goes to a luau with Gidget.

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Aired: 9/22/1965
The Great Kahuna

3. The Great Kahuna

25m

A 28-year-old surfer dates Gidget.

Aired: 9/29/1965
Daddy Come Home

4. Daddy Come Home

25m

Gidget becomes suspicious when she sees her dad with another woman.

Aired: 10/6/1965
Gidget Gadget

5. Gidget Gadget

25m

Gidget attempts to get Anne and John to make-up.

Aired: 10/13/1965
A Hearse, a Hearse, My Kingdom for a Hearse

6. A Hearse, a Hearse, My Kingdom for a Hearse

25m

Gidget decides to buy a used hearse.

Aired: 10/20/1965
Gidget is a Proper Noun

7. Gidget is a Proper Noun

25m

An old friend of Russ' is now Gidget's English teacher.

Aired: 10/27/1965
Image Scrimmage

8. Image Scrimmage

25m

Gidget has a crush on Larue's cousin.

Aired: 11/3/1965
Is it Love or Symbiosis?

9. Is it Love or Symbiosis?

25m

Gidget's meddling sister and brother-in-law convince her father he's too dependent on her. So he decides to send Gidget away to a private girl's school in Paris.

Aired: 11/10/1965
All the Best Diseases are Taken

10. All the Best Diseases are Taken

25m

Gidget takes a stand against rising movie ticket prices.

Aired: 11/17/1965
My Ever Faithful Friend

11. My Ever Faithful Friend

25m

Gidget thinks Russ and Larue are going to get together. Actually Larue is just getting help and advice from Russ.

Aired: 11/24/1965
Chivalry Isn't Dead

12. Chivalry Isn't Dead

25m

Gidget thinks that all the boys are taking girls for granted.

Aired: 12/1/1965
The War Between Men, Women and Gidget

13. The War Between Men, Women and Gidget

25m

Gidget, her friends and the boys fight for possession of an isolated cove at the beach.

Aired: 12/8/1965
Gidget's Foreign Policy

14. Gidget's Foreign Policy

25m

Gidget tries to show a foreign girl the ""American way.""

Aired: 12/15/1965
Now There's a Face

15. Now There's a Face

25m

Gidget falls for a fashion photographer.

Aired: 12/22/1965
Too Many Cooks

16. Too Many Cooks

25m

Gidget has two too many dates for an upcoming dance.

Aired: 12/29/1965
I Love You, I Think

17. I Love You, I Think

25m

Gidget falls for a surfer who turns out to be her math teacher.

Aired: 1/5/1966
Like Voodoo

18. Like Voodoo

25m

Gidget is voodoo'd by a fortune teller.

Aired: 1/13/1966
Gidget's Career

19. Gidget's Career

25m

Gidget joins a folksy singing group. They audition for a teenage music TV show and get the gig! Gidget decides to change the group's image—they become "Gidget and the Gories!"

Aired: 1/20/1966
Ego-A-Go-Go

20. Ego-A-Go-Go

25m

Gidget gets a boy to be more self-confident.

Aired: 1/27/1966
In and Out with the In-Laws

21. In and Out with the In-Laws

25m

Gidget meets Jeff's parents.

Aired: 2/3/1966
We Got Each Other

22. We Got Each Other

25m

Gidget becomes jealous of her dad's dates.

Aired: 2/10/1966
Operation Shaggy Dog

23. Operation Shaggy Dog

25m

Gidget rallies to save the local burger joint.

Aired: 2/17/1966
Ring-a-Ding-Dingbat

24. Ring-a-Ding-Dingbat

25m

Gidget helps a singer have a quiet wedding day.

Aired: 2/24/1966
Love and the Single Gidget

25. Love and the Single Gidget

25m

Gidget is to be chaperoned by a college student, whom Anne and John paid.

Aired: 3/3/1966
Take a Lesson

26. Take a Lesson

25m

Gidget gets a late evening phone call from a friend to hurry over to her house. She runs out of the house in her pajamas and a raincoat, not knowing that her friend wants her to go out of town with her to get a car. Along the way Gidget keeps trying to call home to tell Russ where she is but, it just ends up causing friction with the girls dad. Eventually they end up just going back home without a car.

Aired: 3/10/1966
Independence -- Gidget Style

27. Independence -- Gidget Style

25m

Russ gets the idea that Gidget is working at a nightclub. When actually she's taken a job elsewhere to make enough money to buy him a birthday present.

Aired: 3/17/1966
One More for the Road

28. One More for the Road

25m

Gidget learns to drive for a new job.

Aired: 3/24/1966
Ask Helpful Hannah

29. Ask Helpful Hannah

25m

Gidget takes over writing for the school's advice column. She then gets caught up trying to put two lonely hearts together.

Aired: 3/31/1966
A Hard Night's Night

30. A Hard Night's Night

25m

Russ's friend moves into the Lawrence home, while he is away, to get some peace and quiet. Unfortunately Gidget comes home early from Larue's. With neither one knowing about the other they start to get scared about all the things going bump in the night.

Aired: 4/7/1966
I Have This Friend Who . . .

31. I Have This Friend Who . . .

25m

Gidget and her boyfriend try to discourage the boys father from going on dates with them.

Aired: 4/14/1966
Don't Defrost the Alligator

32. Don't Defrost the Alligator

25m

A frozen alligator is the cause of some confusion.

Aired: 4/21/1966