About this season
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 (32)
1. Dear Diary-Et Al
Aired 15 September 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. In God, and Nobody Else, We Trust
Aired 22 September 1965 • 25 min
Anne is worried because John goes to a luau with Gidget.
3. The Great Kahuna
Aired 29 September 1965 • 25 min
A 28-year-old surfer dates Gidget.
4. Daddy Come Home
Aired 6 October 1965 • 25 min
Gidget becomes suspicious when she sees her dad with another woman.
5. Gidget Gadget
Aired 13 October 1965 • 25 min
Gidget attempts to get Anne and John to make-up.
6. A Hearse, a Hearse, My Kingdom for a Hearse
Aired 20 October 1965 • 25 min
Gidget decides to buy a used hearse.
7. Gidget is a Proper Noun
Aired 27 October 1965 • 25 min
An old friend of Russ' is now Gidget's English teacher.
8. Image Scrimmage
Aired 3 November 1965 • 25 min
Gidget has a crush on Larue's cousin.
9. Is it Love or Symbiosis?
Aired 10 November 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.
10. All the Best Diseases are Taken
Aired 17 November 1965 • 25 min
Gidget takes a stand against rising movie ticket prices.
11. My Ever Faithful Friend
Aired 24 November 1965 • 25 min
Gidget thinks Russ and Larue are going to get together. Actually Larue is just getting help and advice from Russ.
12. Chivalry Isn't Dead
Aired 1 December 1965 • 25 min
Gidget thinks that all the boys are taking girls for granted.
13. The War Between Men, Women and Gidget
Aired 8 December 1965 • 25 min
Gidget, her friends and the boys fight for possession of an isolated cove at the beach.
14. Gidget's Foreign Policy
Aired 15 December 1965 • 25 min
Gidget tries to show a foreign girl the ""American way.""
15. Now There's a Face
Aired 22 December 1965 • 25 min
Gidget falls for a fashion photographer.
16. Too Many Cooks
Aired 29 December 1965 • 25 min
Gidget has two too many dates for an upcoming dance.
17. I Love You, I Think
Aired 5 January 1966 • 25 min
Gidget falls for a surfer who turns out to be her math teacher.
18. Like Voodoo
Aired 13 January 1966 • 25 min
Gidget is voodoo'd by a fortune teller.
19. Gidget's Career
Aired 20 January 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!"
20. Ego-A-Go-Go
Aired 27 January 1966 • 25 min
Gidget gets a boy to be more self-confident.
21. In and Out with the In-Laws
Aired 3 February 1966 • 25 min
Gidget meets Jeff's parents.
22. We Got Each Other
Aired 10 February 1966 • 25 min
Gidget becomes jealous of her dad's dates.
23. Operation Shaggy Dog
Aired 17 February 1966 • 25 min
Gidget rallies to save the local burger joint.
24. Ring-a-Ding-Dingbat
Aired 24 February 1966 • 25 min
Gidget helps a singer have a quiet wedding day.
25. Love and the Single Gidget
Aired 3 March 1966 • 25 min
Gidget is to be chaperoned by a college student, whom Anne and John paid.
26. Take a Lesson
Aired 10 March 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.
27. Independence -- Gidget Style
Aired 17 March 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.
28. One More for the Road
Aired 24 March 1966 • 25 min
Gidget learns to drive for a new job.
29. Ask Helpful Hannah
Aired 31 March 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.
30. A Hard Night's Night
Aired 7 April 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.
31. I Have This Friend Who . . .
Aired 14 April 1966 • 25 min
Gidget and her boyfriend try to discourage the boys father from going on dates with them.
32. Don't Defrost the Alligator
Aired 21 April 1966 • 25 min
A frozen alligator is the cause of some confusion.