Gidget (1965)

Season 1

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.

Released Sept. 15, 1965 Episode 25 min 2+

Genres: Comedy

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Production Companies: Screen Gems Television

Network: ABC

Country: United States
Languages: English

IMDb 3882

6.9

/1964/

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Bruce Bilson
Director

Don Porter
Professor Russell Lawrence

Sally Field
Frances Elizabeth 'Gidget' Lawrence

Betty Conner
Anne Cooper

Lynette Winter
Larue

Pete Duel

Michael Nader

Tim Rooney

Bonnie Franklin

S1E1 - 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.

Sept. 15, 1965, midnight

S1E2 - In God, and Nobody Else, We Trust

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

Sept. 22, 1965, midnight

S1E3 - The Great Kahuna

A 28-year-old surfer dates Gidget.

Sept. 29, 1965, midnight

S1E4 - Daddy Come Home

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

Oct. 6, 1965, midnight

S1E5 - Gidget Gadget

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

Oct. 13, 1965, midnight

S1E6 - A Hearse, a Hearse, My Kingdom for a Hearse

Gidget decides to buy a used hearse.

Oct. 20, 1965, midnight

S1E7 - Gidget is a Proper Noun

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

Oct. 27, 1965, midnight

S1E8 - Image Scrimmage

Gidget has a crush on Larue's cousin.

Nov. 3, 1965, midnight

S1E9 - 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.

Nov. 10, 1965, midnight

S1E10 - All the Best Diseases are Taken

Gidget takes a stand against rising movie ticket prices.

Nov. 17, 1965, midnight

S1E11 - My Ever Faithful Friend

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

Nov. 24, 1965, midnight

S1E12 - Chivalry Isn't Dead

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

Dec. 1, 1965, midnight

S1E13 - The War Between Men, Women and Gidget

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

Dec. 8, 1965, midnight

S1E14 - Gidget's Foreign Policy

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

Dec. 15, 1965, midnight

S1E15 - Now There's a Face

Gidget falls for a fashion photographer.

Dec. 22, 1965, midnight

S1E16 - Too Many Cooks

Gidget has two too many dates for an upcoming dance.

Dec. 29, 1965, midnight

S1E17 - I Love You, I Think

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

Jan. 5, 1966, midnight

S1E18 - Like Voodoo

Gidget is voodoo'd by a fortune teller.

Jan. 13, 1966, midnight

S1E19 - 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!"

Jan. 20, 1966, midnight

S1E20 - Ego-A-Go-Go

Gidget gets a boy to be more self-confident.

Jan. 27, 1966, midnight

S1E21 - In and Out with the In-Laws

Gidget meets Jeff's parents.

Feb. 3, 1966, midnight

S1E22 - We Got Each Other

Gidget becomes jealous of her dad's dates.

Feb. 10, 1966, midnight

S1E23 - Operation Shaggy Dog

Gidget rallies to save the local burger joint.

Feb. 17, 1966, midnight

S1E24 - Ring-a-Ding-Dingbat

Gidget helps a singer have a quiet wedding day.

Feb. 24, 1966, midnight

S1E25 - Love and the Single Gidget

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

March 3, 1966, midnight

S1E26 - 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.

March 10, 1966, midnight

S1E27 - 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.

March 17, 1966, midnight

S1E28 - One More for the Road

Gidget learns to drive for a new job.

March 24, 1966, midnight

S1E29 - 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.

March 31, 1966, midnight

S1E30 - 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.

April 7, 1966, midnight