Gidget

6.825m19651 season

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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Cast

Don Porter

Professor Russell Lawrence

Sally Field

Frances Elizabeth 'Gidget' Lawrence

Betty Conner

Anne Cooper

Lynette Winter

Larue

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Episodes

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Dear Diary-Et Al

1965-09-15 · 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.

In God, and Nobody Else, We Trust

1965-09-22 · 25m

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

The Great Kahuna

1965-09-29 · 25m

A 28-year-old surfer dates Gidget.

Daddy Come Home

1965-10-06 · 25m

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

Gidget Gadget

1965-10-13 · 25m

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

A Hearse, a Hearse, My Kingdom for a Hearse

1965-10-20 · 25m

Gidget decides to buy a used hearse.

Gidget is a Proper Noun

1965-10-27 · 25m

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

Image Scrimmage

1965-11-03 · 25m

Gidget has a crush on Larue's cousin.

Is it Love or Symbiosis?

1965-11-10 · 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.

All the Best Diseases are Taken

1965-11-17 · 25m

Gidget takes a stand against rising movie ticket prices.

My Ever Faithful Friend

1965-11-24 · 25m

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

Chivalry Isn't Dead

1965-12-01 · 25m

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

The War Between Men, Women and Gidget

1965-12-08 · 25m

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

Gidget's Foreign Policy

1965-12-15 · 25m

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

Now There's a Face

1965-12-22 · 25m

Gidget falls for a fashion photographer.

Too Many Cooks

1965-12-29 · 25m

Gidget has two too many dates for an upcoming dance.

I Love You, I Think

1966-01-05 · 25m

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

Like Voodoo

1966-01-13 · 25m

Gidget is voodoo'd by a fortune teller.

Gidget's Career

1966-01-20 · 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!"

Ego-A-Go-Go

1966-01-27 · 25m

Gidget gets a boy to be more self-confident.

In and Out with the In-Laws

1966-02-03 · 25m

Gidget meets Jeff's parents.

We Got Each Other

1966-02-10 · 25m

Gidget becomes jealous of her dad's dates.

Operation Shaggy Dog

1966-02-17 · 25m

Gidget rallies to save the local burger joint.

Ring-a-Ding-Dingbat

1966-02-24 · 25m

Gidget helps a singer have a quiet wedding day.

Love and the Single Gidget

1966-03-03 · 25m

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

Take a Lesson

1966-03-10 · 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.

Independence -- Gidget Style

1966-03-17 · 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.

One More for the Road

1966-03-24 · 25m

Gidget learns to drive for a new job.

Ask Helpful Hannah

1966-03-31 · 25m

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

1966-04-07 · 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.