Gidget
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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1.Dear Diary-Et Al
15-09-196525mIn 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...
2.In God, and Nobody Else, We Trust
22-09-196525mAnne is worried because John goes to a luau with Gidget.
3.The Great Kahuna
29-09-196525mA 28-year-old surfer dates Gidget.
4.Daddy Come Home
06-10-196525mGidget becomes suspicious when she sees her dad with another woman.
5.Gidget Gadget
13-10-196525mGidget attempts to get Anne and John to make-up.
6.A Hearse, a Hearse, My Kingdom for a Hearse
20-10-196525mGidget decides to buy a used hearse.
7.Gidget is a Proper Noun
27-10-196525mAn old friend of Russ' is now Gidget's English teacher.
8.Image Scrimmage
03-11-196525mGidget has a crush on Larue's cousin.
9.Is it Love or Symbiosis?
10-11-196525mGidget'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
17-11-196525mGidget takes a stand against rising movie ticket prices.
11.My Ever Faithful Friend
24-11-196525mGidget thinks Russ and Larue are going to get together. Actually Larue is just getting help and advice from Russ.
12.Chivalry Isn't Dead
01-12-196525mGidget thinks that all the boys are taking girls for granted.
13.The War Between Men, Women and Gidget
08-12-196525mGidget, her friends and the boys fight for possession of an isolated cove at the beach.
14.Gidget's Foreign Policy
15-12-196525mGidget tries to show a foreign girl the ""American way.""
15.Now There's a Face
22-12-196525mGidget falls for a fashion photographer.
16.Too Many Cooks
29-12-196525mGidget has two too many dates for an upcoming dance.
17.I Love You, I Think
05-01-196625mGidget falls for a surfer who turns out to be her math teacher.
18.Like Voodoo
13-01-196625mGidget is voodoo'd by a fortune teller.
19.Gidget's Career
20-01-196625mGidget 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
27-01-196625mGidget gets a boy to be more self-confident.
21.In and Out with the In-Laws
03-02-196625mGidget meets Jeff's parents.
22.We Got Each Other
10-02-196625mGidget becomes jealous of her dad's dates.
23.Operation Shaggy Dog
17-02-196625mGidget rallies to save the local burger joint.
24.Ring-a-Ding-Dingbat
24-02-196625mGidget helps a singer have a quiet wedding day.
25.Love and the Single Gidget
03-03-196625mGidget is to be chaperoned by a college student, whom Anne and John paid.
26.Take a Lesson
10-03-196625mGidget 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...
27.Independence -- Gidget Style
17-03-196625mRuss 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
24-03-196625mGidget learns to drive for a new job.
29.Ask Helpful Hannah
31-03-196625mGidget 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
07-04-196625mRuss'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 o...
31.I Have This Friend Who . . .
14-04-196625mGidget and her boyfriend try to discourage the boys father from going on dates with them.
32.Don't Defrost the Alligator
21-04-196625mA frozen alligator is the cause of some confusion.
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