Gidget
series not in production
Ended
Comedy
Seasons | 1
Episodes | 32
avg.Runtime | 25 min
First EP | 1965-09-15
Last EP | 1966-04-21
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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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Produced by
Screen Gems Television
Season List
season 1 || Season 1
Relesed on | 1965-09-15
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.
2
In God, and Nobody Else, We Trust
1965-09-22
Anne is worried because John goes to a luau with Gidget.
3
The Great Kahuna
1965-09-29
A 28-year-old surfer dates Gidget.
4
Daddy Come Home
1965-10-06
Gidget becomes suspicious when she sees her dad with another woman.
5
Gidget Gadget
1965-10-13
Gidget attempts to get Anne and John to make-up.
6
A Hearse, a Hearse, My Kingdom for a Hearse
1965-10-20
Gidget decides to buy a used hearse.
7
Gidget is a Proper Noun
1965-10-27
An old friend of Russ' is now Gidget's English teacher.
8
Image Scrimmage
1965-11-03
Gidget has a crush on Larue's cousin.
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.
10
All the Best Diseases are Taken
1965-11-17
Gidget takes a stand against rising movie ticket prices.
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.
12
Chivalry Isn't Dead
1965-12-01
Gidget thinks that all the boys are taking girls for granted.
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.
14
Gidget's Foreign Policy
1965-12-15
Gidget tries to show a foreign girl the ""American way.""
15
Now There's a Face
1965-12-22
Gidget falls for a fashion photographer.
16
Too Many Cooks
1965-12-29
Gidget has two too many dates for an upcoming dance.
17
I Love You, I Think
1966-01-05
Gidget falls for a surfer who turns out to be her math teacher.
18
Like Voodoo
1966-01-13
Gidget is voodoo'd by a fortune teller.
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!"
20
Ego-A-Go-Go
1966-01-27
Gidget gets a boy to be more self-confident.
21
In and Out with the In-Laws
1966-02-03
Gidget meets Jeff's parents.
22
We Got Each Other
1966-02-10
Gidget becomes jealous of her dad's dates.
23
Operation Shaggy Dog
1966-02-17
Gidget rallies to save the local burger joint.
24
Ring-a-Ding-Dingbat
1966-02-24
Gidget helps a singer have a quiet wedding day.
25
Love and the Single Gidget
1966-03-03
Gidget is to be chaperoned by a college student, whom Anne and John paid.
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.
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.
28
One More for the Road
1966-03-24
Gidget learns to drive for a new job.
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.
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.
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.
32
Don't Defrost the Alligator
1966-04-21
A frozen alligator is the cause of some confusion.
CAST
charactor: Professor Russell Lawrence
Original: Don Porter
Total EP: 32
charactor: Frances Elizabeth 'Gidget' Lawrence
Original: Sally Field
Total EP: 32
charactor: Anne Cooper
Original: Betty Conner
Total EP: 32
charactor: Larue
Original: Lynette Winter
Total EP: 32
charactor:
Original: Pete Duel
Total EP: 9
charactor:
Original: Michael Nader
Total EP: 4
charactor:
Original: Tim Rooney
Total EP: 2
charactor:
Original: Bonnie Franklin
Total EP: 2
charactor:
Original: Janis Hansen
Total EP: 2
charactor:
Original: Beverly Washburn
Total EP: 2
charactor:
Original: Barbara Hershey
Total EP: 2
charactor:
Original: Robert Random
Total EP: 2
charactor:
Original: Brooke Bundy
Total EP: 1
charactor:
Original: Beverly Adams
Total EP: 1
charactor:
Original: Harvey Korman
Total EP: 1
charactor:
Original: Lynne Marta
Total EP: 1
charactor:
Original: Peggy Rea
Total EP: 1
charactor:
Original: Marvin Kaplan
Total EP: 1
charactor:
Original: Russ Bender
Total EP: 1
charactor:
Original: Frank De Vol
Total EP: 1
charactor:
Original: Murray MacLeod
Total EP: 1
charactor:
Original: Richard Dreyfuss
Total EP: 1
charactor:
Original: Murray Alper
Total EP: 1
charactor:
Original: Charla Doherty
Total EP: 1
charactor:
Original: Daniel J. Travanti
Total EP: 1
charactor:
Original: Hazel Court
Total EP: 1
charactor:
Original: Celeste Yarnall
Total EP: 1
charactor:
Original: Herb Voland
Total EP: 1
charactor:
Original: Roy Stuart
Total EP: 1
charactor:
Original: Noah Keen
Total EP: 1
charactor:
Original: Michael York
Total EP: 1
charactor:
Original: Julie Parrish
Total EP: 1
charactor:
Original: Heather North
Total EP: 1
charactor:
Original: Walter Koenig
Total EP: 1
charactor:
Original: Sandy Kenyon
Total EP: 1
charactor:
Original: Jeff Donnell
Total EP: 1
charactor:
Original: Dick Wilson
Total EP: 1
charactor:
Original: Judy Carne
Total EP: 1
charactor:
Original: Jimmy Cross
Total EP: 1
charactor:
Original: Hal March
Total EP: 1
CREW
“I would rather entertain and hope that people learned something than educate people and hope they were entertained.” – Walt Disney