Gidget

Gidget

TV-G | 1965
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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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Season

1
32 - Don't Defrost the Alligator
Apr. 21,1966

A frozen alligator is the cause of some confusion.

31 - I Have This Friend Who . . .
Apr. 14,1966

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

30 - A Hard Night's Night
Apr. 07,1966

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.

29 - Ask Helpful Hannah
Mar. 31,1966

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

28 - One More for the Road
Mar. 24,1966

Gidget learns to drive for a new job.

27 - Independence -- Gidget Style
Mar. 17,1966

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.

26 - Take a Lesson
Mar. 10,1966

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.

25 - Love and the Single Gidget
Mar. 03,1966

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

24 - Ring-a-Ding-Dingbat
Feb. 24,1966

Gidget helps a singer have a quiet wedding day.

23 - Operation Shaggy Dog
Feb. 17,1966

Gidget rallies to save the local burger joint.

22 - We Got Each Other
Feb. 10,1966

Gidget becomes jealous of her dad's dates.

21 - In and Out with the In-Laws
Feb. 03,1966

Gidget meets Jeff's parents.

20 - Ego-A-Go-Go
Jan. 27,1966

Gidget gets a boy to be more self-confident.

19 - Gidget's Career
Jan. 20,1966

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!"

18 - Like Voodoo
Jan. 13,1966

Gidget is voodoo'd by a fortune teller.

17 - I Love You, I Think
Jan. 05,1966

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

16 - Too Many Cooks
Dec. 29,1965

Gidget has two too many dates for an upcoming dance.

15 - Now There's a Face
Dec. 22,1965

Gidget falls for a fashion photographer.

14 - Gidget's Foreign Policy
Dec. 15,1965

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

13 - The War Between Men, Women and Gidget
Dec. 08,1965

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

12 - Chivalry Isn't Dead
Dec. 01,1965

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

11 - My Ever Faithful Friend
Nov. 24,1965

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

10 - All the Best Diseases are Taken
Nov. 17,1965

Gidget takes a stand against rising movie ticket prices.

9 - Is it Love or Symbiosis?
Nov. 10,1965

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.

8 - Image Scrimmage
Nov. 03,1965

Gidget has a crush on Larue's cousin.

7 - Gidget is a Proper Noun
Oct. 27,1965

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

6 - A Hearse, a Hearse, My Kingdom for a Hearse
Oct. 20,1965

Gidget decides to buy a used hearse.

5 - Gidget Gadget
Oct. 13,1965

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

4 - Daddy Come Home
Oct. 06,1965

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

3 - The Great Kahuna
Sep. 29,1965

A 28-year-old surfer dates Gidget.

2 - In God, and Nobody Else, We Trust
Sep. 22,1965

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

1 - Dear Diary-Et Al
Sep. 15,1965

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.

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