Gidget (1965)

Name: Gidget
Rating: 6.8

Rating: 6.8

Synopsis

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.

First Air Date: 1965-09-15

Last Air Date: 1966-04-21

Number of Seasons: 1

Number of Episodes: 32

Networks: ABC

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Top Cast

Don Porter as Professor Russell Lawrence
Sally Field as Frances Elizabeth 'Gidget' Lawrence
Betty Conner as Anne Cooper
Lynette Winter as Larue
Pete Duel as N/A
Michael Nader as N/A
Tim Rooney as N/A
Bonnie Franklin as N/A
Janis Hansen as N/A
Beverly Washburn as N/A

Seasons

None (1965)

No overview available for this season.

Episodes:

Ep. 1: Dear Diary-Et Al (1965-09-15)

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.
Ep. 2: In God, and Nobody Else, We Trust (1965-09-22)

Anne is worried because John goes to a luau with Gidget.
Ep. 3: The Great Kahuna (1965-09-29)

A 28-year-old surfer dates Gidget.
Ep. 4: Daddy Come Home (1965-10-06)

Gidget becomes suspicious when she sees her dad with another woman.
Ep. 5: Gidget Gadget (1965-10-13)

Gidget attempts to get Anne and John to make-up.
Ep. 6: A Hearse, a Hearse, My Kingdom for a Hearse (1965-10-20)

Gidget decides to buy a used hearse.
Ep. 7: Gidget is a Proper Noun (1965-10-27)

An old friend of Russ' is now Gidget's English teacher.
Ep. 8: Image Scrimmage (1965-11-03)

Gidget has a crush on Larue's cousin.
Ep. 9: Is it Love or Symbiosis? (1965-11-10)

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.
Ep. 10: All the Best Diseases are Taken (1965-11-17)

Gidget takes a stand against rising movie ticket prices.
Ep. 11: My Ever Faithful Friend (1965-11-24)

Gidget thinks Russ and Larue are going to get together. Actually Larue is just getting help and advice from Russ.
Ep. 12: Chivalry Isn't Dead (1965-12-01)

Gidget thinks that all the boys are taking girls for granted.
Ep. 13: The War Between Men, Women and Gidget (1965-12-08)

Gidget, her friends and the boys fight for possession of an isolated cove at the beach.
Ep. 14: Gidget's Foreign Policy (1965-12-15)

Gidget tries to show a foreign girl the ""American way.""
Ep. 15: Now There's a Face (1965-12-22)

Gidget falls for a fashion photographer.
Ep. 16: Too Many Cooks (1965-12-29)

Gidget has two too many dates for an upcoming dance.
Ep. 17: I Love You, I Think (1966-01-05)

Gidget falls for a surfer who turns out to be her math teacher.
Ep. 18: Like Voodoo (1966-01-13)

Gidget is voodoo'd by a fortune teller.
Ep. 19: Gidget's Career (1966-01-20)

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!"
Ep. 20: Ego-A-Go-Go (1966-01-27)

Gidget gets a boy to be more self-confident.
Ep. 21: In and Out with the In-Laws (1966-02-03)

Gidget meets Jeff's parents.
Ep. 22: We Got Each Other (1966-02-10)

Gidget becomes jealous of her dad's dates.
Ep. 23: Operation Shaggy Dog (1966-02-17)

Gidget rallies to save the local burger joint.
Ep. 24: Ring-a-Ding-Dingbat (1966-02-24)

Gidget helps a singer have a quiet wedding day.
Ep. 25: Love and the Single Gidget (1966-03-03)

Gidget is to be chaperoned by a college student, whom Anne and John paid.
Ep. 26: Take a Lesson (1966-03-10)

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.
Ep. 27: Independence -- Gidget Style (1966-03-17)

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.
Ep. 28: One More for the Road (1966-03-24)

Gidget learns to drive for a new job.
Ep. 29: Ask Helpful Hannah (1966-03-31)

Gidget takes over writing for the school's advice column. She then gets caught up trying to put two lonely hearts together.
Ep. 30: A Hard Night's Night (1966-04-07)

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.
Ep. 31: I Have This Friend Who . . . (1966-04-14)

Gidget and her boyfriend try to discourage the boys father from going on dates with them.
Ep. 32: Don't Defrost the Alligator (1966-04-21)

A frozen alligator is the cause of some confusion.