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.
A frozen alligator is the cause of some confusion.
Gidget and her boyfriend try to discourage the boys father from going on dates with them.
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.
Gidget takes over writing for the school's advice column. She then gets caught up trying to put two lonely hearts together.
Gidget learns to drive for a new job.
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.
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.
Gidget is to be chaperoned by a college student, whom Anne and John paid.
Gidget helps a singer have a quiet wedding day.
Gidget rallies to save the local burger joint.
Gidget becomes jealous of her dad's dates.
Gidget meets Jeff's parents.
Gidget gets a boy to be more self-confident.
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!"
Gidget is voodoo'd by a fortune teller.
Gidget falls for a surfer who turns out to be her math teacher.
Gidget has two too many dates for an upcoming dance.
Gidget falls for a fashion photographer.
Gidget tries to show a foreign girl the ""American way.""
Gidget, her friends and the boys fight for possession of an isolated cove at the beach.
Gidget thinks that all the boys are taking girls for granted.
Gidget thinks Russ and Larue are going to get together. Actually Larue is just getting help and advice from Russ.
Gidget takes a stand against rising movie ticket prices.
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.
Gidget has a crush on Larue's cousin.
An old friend of Russ' is now Gidget's English teacher.
Gidget decides to buy a used hearse.
Gidget attempts to get Anne and John to make-up.
Gidget becomes suspicious when she sees her dad with another woman.
A 28-year-old surfer dates Gidget.
Anne is worried because John goes to a luau with Gidget.
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.
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.
Don Porter , Sally Field , Lynette Winter
Harry Ackerman
Screen Gems Television ,
as Professor Russell Lawrence
as Frances Elizabeth 'Gidget' Lawrence
as Larue
