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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Ep 1Dear 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.
Ep 2In God, and Nobody Else, We Trust
Anne is worried because John goes to a luau with Gidget.
Ep 3The Great Kahuna
A 28-year-old surfer dates Gidget.
Ep 4Daddy Come Home
Gidget becomes suspicious when she sees her dad with another woman.
Ep 5Gidget Gadget
Gidget attempts to get Anne and John to make-up.
Ep 6A Hearse, a Hearse, My Kingdom for a Hearse
Gidget decides to buy a used hearse.
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