Gidget

1965 - 1966

Dear Diary-Et Al

15th September 1965

Episode 1

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.

In God, and Nobody Else, We Trust

22nd September 1965

Episode 2

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

The Great Kahuna

29th September 1965

Episode 3

A 28-year-old surfer dates Gidget.

Daddy Come Home

6th October 1965

Episode 4

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

Gidget Gadget

13th October 1965

Episode 5

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

A Hearse, a Hearse, My Kingdom for a Hearse

20th October 1965

Episode 6

Gidget decides to buy a used hearse.

Gidget is a Proper Noun

27th October 1965

Episode 7

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

Image Scrimmage

3rd November 1965

Episode 8

Gidget has a crush on Larue's cousin.

Is it Love or Symbiosis?

10th November 1965

Episode 9

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.

All the Best Diseases are Taken

17th November 1965

Episode 10

Gidget takes a stand against rising movie ticket prices.

My Ever Faithful Friend

24th November 1965

Episode 11

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

Chivalry Isn't Dead

1st December 1965

Episode 12

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

The War Between Men, Women and Gidget

8th December 1965

Episode 13

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

Gidget's Foreign Policy

15th December 1965

Episode 14

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

Now There's a Face

22nd December 1965

Episode 15

Gidget falls for a fashion photographer.

Too Many Cooks

29th December 1965

Episode 16

Gidget has two too many dates for an upcoming dance.

I Love You, I Think

5th January 1966

Episode 17

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

Like Voodoo

13th January 1966

Episode 18

Gidget is voodoo'd by a fortune teller.

Gidget's Career

20th January 1966

Episode 19

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!"

Ego-A-Go-Go

27th January 1966

Episode 20

Gidget gets a boy to be more self-confident.

In and Out with the In-Laws

3rd February 1966

Episode 21

Gidget meets Jeff's parents.

We Got Each Other

10th February 1966

Episode 22

Gidget becomes jealous of her dad's dates.

Operation Shaggy Dog

17th February 1966

Episode 23

Gidget rallies to save the local burger joint.

Ring-a-Ding-Dingbat

24th February 1966

Episode 24

Gidget helps a singer have a quiet wedding day.

Love and the Single Gidget

Episode 25

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

Take a Lesson

10th March 1966

Episode 26

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.

Independence -- Gidget Style

17th March 1966

Episode 27

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.

One More for the Road

24th March 1966

Episode 28

Gidget learns to drive for a new job.

Ask Helpful Hannah

31st March 1966

Episode 29

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

A Hard Night's Night

Episode 30

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.

I Have This Friend Who . . .

14th April 1966

Episode 31

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

Don't Defrost the Alligator

21st April 1966

Episode 32

A frozen alligator is the cause of some confusion.

Top Cast

Don Porter•Sally Field•Betty Conner

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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Professor Russell Lawrence

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Frances Elizabeth 'Gidget' Lawrence

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Anne Cooper

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Larue

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