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.
Episodes
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.
In God, and Nobody Else, We Trust
Anne is worried because John goes to a luau with Gidget.
Daddy Come Home
Gidget becomes suspicious when she sees her dad with another woman.
A Hearse, a Hearse, My Kingdom for a Hearse
Gidget decides to buy a used hearse.
Gidget is a Proper Noun
An old friend of Russ' is now Gidget's English teacher.
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.
All the Best Diseases are Taken
Gidget takes a stand against rising movie ticket prices.
My Ever Faithful Friend
Gidget thinks Russ and Larue are going to get together. Actually Larue is just getting help and advice from Russ.
Chivalry Isn't Dead
Gidget thinks that all the boys are taking girls for granted.
The War Between Men, Women and Gidget
Gidget, her friends and the boys fight for possession of an isolated cove at the beach.
Gidget's Foreign Policy
Gidget tries to show a foreign girl the ""American way.""
I Love You, I Think
Gidget falls for a surfer who turns out to be her math teacher.
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!"
Love and the Single Gidget
Gidget is to be chaperoned by a college student, whom Anne and John paid.
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.
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.
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.
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.
I Have This Friend Who . . .
Gidget and her boyfriend try to discourage the boys father from going on dates with them.
Don't Defrost the Alligator
A frozen alligator is the cause of some confusion.
Top Cast
Don Porter
Professor Russell Lawrence
Sally Field
Frances Elizabeth 'Gidget' Lawrence
Betty Conner
Anne Cooper
Lynette Winter
Larue
