Gidget(1965)

6.6

1 Seasons

Comedy

Overview

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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Ep 1

Dear Diary-Et Al

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.

15/09/196525 min

Ep 2

In God, and Nobody Else, We Trust

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

22/09/196525 min

Ep 3

The Great Kahuna

A 28-year-old surfer dates Gidget.

29/09/196525 min

Ep 4

Daddy Come Home

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

06/10/196525 min

Ep 5

Gidget Gadget

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

13/10/196525 min

Ep 6

A Hearse, a Hearse, My Kingdom for a Hearse

Gidget decides to buy a used hearse.

20/10/196525 min

Ep 7

Gidget is a Proper Noun

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

27/10/196525 min

Ep 8

Image Scrimmage

Gidget has a crush on Larue's cousin.

03/11/196525 min

Ep 9

Is it Love or Symbiosis?

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.

10/11/196525 min

Ep 10

All the Best Diseases are Taken

Gidget takes a stand against rising movie ticket prices.

17/11/196525 min

Ep 11

My Ever Faithful Friend

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

24/11/196525 min

Ep 12

Chivalry Isn't Dead

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

01/12/196525 min

Ep 13

The War Between Men, Women and Gidget

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

08/12/196525 min

Ep 14

Gidget's Foreign Policy

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

15/12/196525 min

Ep 15

Now There's a Face

Gidget falls for a fashion photographer.

22/12/196525 min

Ep 16

Too Many Cooks

Gidget has two too many dates for an upcoming dance.

29/12/196525 min

Ep 17

I Love You, I Think

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

05/01/196625 min

Ep 18

Like Voodoo

Gidget is voodoo'd by a fortune teller.

13/01/196625 min

Ep 19

Gidget's Career

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!"

20/01/196625 min

Ep 20

Ego-A-Go-Go

Gidget gets a boy to be more self-confident.

27/01/196625 min

Ep 21

In and Out with the In-Laws

Gidget meets Jeff's parents.

03/02/196625 min

Ep 22

We Got Each Other

Gidget becomes jealous of her dad's dates.

10/02/196625 min

Ep 23

Operation Shaggy Dog

Gidget rallies to save the local burger joint.

17/02/196625 min

Ep 24

Ring-a-Ding-Dingbat

Gidget helps a singer have a quiet wedding day.

24/02/196625 min

Ep 25

Love and the Single Gidget

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

03/03/196625 min

Ep 26

Take a Lesson

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.

10/03/196625 min

Ep 27

Independence -- Gidget Style

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.

17/03/196625 min

Ep 28

One More for the Road

Gidget learns to drive for a new job.

24/03/196625 min

Ep 29

Ask Helpful Hannah

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

31/03/196625 min

Ep 30

A Hard Night's Night

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.

07/04/196625 min