Gidget

1965–1966 · Ended · 1 season · 32 episodes · Comedy · United States

Channel ABC · Starring Don Porter, Sally Field, Betty Conner

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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Episodes

32 episodes · September 1965 – April 1966
  1. Episode 1: 1. Dear Diary-Et AlSeptember 15, 1965 · 25 min
    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. Episode 2: 2. In God, and Nobody Else, We TrustSeptember 22, 1965 · 25 min
    Anne is worried because John goes to a luau with Gidget.
  3. Episode 3: 3. The Great KahunaSeptember 29, 1965 · 25 min
    A 28-year-old surfer dates Gidget.
  4. Episode 4: 4. Daddy Come HomeOctober 6, 1965 · 25 min
    Gidget becomes suspicious when she sees her dad with another woman.
  5. Episode 5: 5. Gidget GadgetOctober 13, 1965 · 25 min
    Gidget attempts to get Anne and John to make-up.
  6. Episode 6: 6. A Hearse, a Hearse, My Kingdom for a HearseOctober 20, 1965 · 25 min
    Gidget decides to buy a used hearse.
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  1. Episode 7: 7. Gidget is a Proper NounOctober 27, 1965 · 25 min
    An old friend of Russ' is now Gidget's English teacher.
  2. Episode 8: 8. Image ScrimmageNovember 3, 1965 · 25 min
    Gidget has a crush on Larue's cousin.
  3. Episode 9: 9. Is it Love or Symbiosis?November 10, 1965 · 25 min
    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.
  4. Episode 10: 10. All the Best Diseases are TakenNovember 17, 1965 · 25 min
    Gidget takes a stand against rising movie ticket prices.
  5. Episode 11: 11. My Ever Faithful FriendNovember 24, 1965 · 25 min
    Gidget thinks Russ and Larue are going to get together. Actually Larue is just getting help and advice from Russ.
  6. Episode 12: 12. Chivalry Isn't DeadDecember 1, 1965 · 25 min
    Gidget thinks that all the boys are taking girls for granted.
  7. Episode 13: 13. The War Between Men, Women and GidgetDecember 8, 1965 · 25 min
    Gidget, her friends and the boys fight for possession of an isolated cove at the beach.
  8. Episode 14: 14. Gidget's Foreign PolicyDecember 15, 1965 · 25 min
    Gidget tries to show a foreign girl the ""American way.""
  9. Episode 15: 15. Now There's a FaceDecember 22, 1965 · 25 min
    Gidget falls for a fashion photographer.
  10. Episode 16: 16. Too Many CooksDecember 29, 1965 · 25 min
    Gidget has two too many dates for an upcoming dance.
  11. Episode 17: 17. I Love You, I ThinkJanuary 5, 1966 · 25 min
    Gidget falls for a surfer who turns out to be her math teacher.
  12. Episode 18: 18. Like VoodooJanuary 13, 1966 · 25 min
    Gidget is voodoo'd by a fortune teller.
  13. Episode 19: 19. Gidget's CareerJanuary 20, 1966 · 25 min
    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!"
  14. Episode 20: 20. Ego-A-Go-GoJanuary 27, 1966 · 25 min
    Gidget gets a boy to be more self-confident.
  15. Episode 21: 21. In and Out with the In-LawsFebruary 3, 1966 · 25 min
    Gidget meets Jeff's parents.
  16. Episode 22: 22. We Got Each OtherFebruary 10, 1966 · 25 min
    Gidget becomes jealous of her dad's dates.
  17. Episode 23: 23. Operation Shaggy DogFebruary 17, 1966 · 25 min
    Gidget rallies to save the local burger joint.
  18. Episode 24: 24. Ring-a-Ding-DingbatFebruary 24, 1966 · 25 min
    Gidget helps a singer have a quiet wedding day.
  19. Episode 25: 25. Love and the Single GidgetMarch 3, 1966 · 25 min
    Gidget is to be chaperoned by a college student, whom Anne and John paid.
  20. Episode 26: 26. Take a LessonMarch 10, 1966 · 25 min
    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.
  21. Episode 27: 27. Independence -- Gidget StyleMarch 17, 1966 · 25 min
    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.
  22. Episode 28: 28. One More for the RoadMarch 24, 1966 · 25 min
    Gidget learns to drive for a new job.
  23. Episode 29: 29. Ask Helpful HannahMarch 31, 1966 · 25 min
    Gidget takes over writing for the school's advice column. She then gets caught up trying to put two lonely hearts together.
  24. Episode 30: 30. A Hard Night's NightApril 7, 1966 · 25 min
    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.
  25. Episode 31: 31. I Have This Friend Who . . .April 14, 1966 · 25 min
    Gidget and her boyfriend try to discourage the boys father from going on dates with them.
  26. Episode 32: 32. Don't Defrost the AlligatorApril 21, 1966 · 25 min
    A frozen alligator is the cause of some confusion.

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Film and series details

EPISODE LENGTH
25 minutes
FIRST AIRED
September 15, 1965
LAST AIRED
April 21, 1966
PRODUCTION COMPANY
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