E1Dear Diary-Et AlSep 15, 1965 · 30m · 15½-year-old Gidget falls in love with a surfer and with surfing, discovering a new sport and a new lifestyle along with it; Anne reads Gidget's fanciful diary and assumes that all of her sister's outlandish entries ("...and I sink into nothingness") are true.Not rated yet

E2In God, and Nobody Else, We TrustSep 22, 1965 · 30m · Anne is worried when Gidget asks her husband John to be her date to a luau; John, wanting to fit in with the surfing crowd, tries so hard to be hip that Gidget's friends immediately pin him as aposeur.Not rated yet

E3The Great KahunaSep 29, 1965 · 30m · Gidget becomes infatuated with a rootless surfer bum calledKahunaand wants nothing more than to accompany him around the world to the greatest surfing sites. She changes her mind after inviting him home for dinner and discovering he has middle class aspirationsNot rated yet

E4Daddy Come HomeOct 6, 1965 · 30m · Gidget encourages her widowed father Russell to start dating again. His first date goes well but worries Gidget when stays out late without calling.Not rated yet

E5Gidget GadgetOct 13, 1965 · 30m · Gidget plays marriage counselor for John and Anne.Not rated yet

E6A Hearse, a Hearse, My Kingdom for a HearseOct 20, 1965 · 30m · Gidget decides she needs her own transportation and buys an old hearse with 99,000 miles, then enrolls in Auto Shop at school.Not rated yet

E7Gidget Is a Proper NounOct 27, 1965 · 30m · Gidget in convinced that her English teacher expects more of her than his other students because she is the daughter of his former English professor, Russell.Not rated yet

E8Image ScrimmageNov 3, 1965 · 30m · Gidget has a crush onLarue's cousin Roger from New York, and goes to extremes in hopes of being invited to his "kidnap" party.Not rated yet

E9Is it Love or Symbiosis?Nov 10, 1965 · 30m · Anne and John convince Russ that he has become too dependent on Gidget and suggest he send her to a private school in Paris.Not rated yet

E10All the Best Diseases are TakenNov 17, 1965 · 30m · Gidget leads a protest over rising movie ticket prices by getting protest singer Billy Roy Soames to perform.Not rated yet

E11My Ever Faithful FriendNov 24, 1965 · 30m · Gidget gives Larue a makeover, but becomes alarmed when she thinks Russ has become attracted to her.Not rated yet

E12Chivalry Isn't DeadDec 1, 1965 · 30m · Gidget and her friends hold a slumber party in order to teach their boyfriends some chivalry.Not rated yet

E13The War Between Men, Women and GidgetDec 8, 1965 · 30m · An isolated beach cove becomes the object of a battle between the boys, Gidget and the girls.Not rated yet

E14Gidget's Foreign PolicyDec 15, 1965 · 30m · Gidget educates Swedish college student and bride-to-be in the "American Way", resulting in a transformation from meek to man-chaser.Not rated yet

E15Now There's a FaceDec 22, 1965 · 30m · Gidget falls for a photographer who believes she is the face of her generation, not realizing he is engaged.Not rated yet

E16Too Many CooksDec 29, 1965 · 30m · Gidget unintentionally makes a dance date with the dueling Cook cousin, unaware thatMoondoggiewill also be in town the same weekend.Not rated yet

E17I Love You, I ThinkJan 5, 1966 · 30m · Gidget develops a crush on a surfer over the summer; only to discover in the fall that he is her new math teacher.Not rated yet

E18Like VoodooJan 13, 1966 · 30m · When Gidget becomes accident-prone, she believes a fortune-telling gypsy who stole her surfboard has put a curse on hNot rated yet

E19Gidget's CareerJan 20, 1966 · 30m · Gidget accompanies a shy Larue to her guitar class, and ends up joining a band who gets a shot on television—provided Larue is removed.Not rated yet

E20Ego-A- Go-GoJan 27, 1966 · 30m · Gidget decides to date the class nerd and invites him to the Spinster Hop—where his ego balloons.Not rated yet

E21In and Out with the In-LawsFeb 3, 1966 · 30m · A nervous Gidget has a luncheon date to meet Jeff's parents, but causes confusion when she switches sweaters with friend Della Mae who accompanies her to the meeting.Not rated yet

E22We Got Each OtherFeb 10, 1966 · 30m · Russ begins to date again, causing Gidget to become jealous—despite her best efforts to prove she is not.Not rated yet

E23Operation Shaggy DogFeb 17, 1966 · 30m · Gidget mounts a public relations campaign to save her favorite restaurant, The Shaggy Dog, from being demolished to build a new museum—unaware that Russ is on the museum committee.Not rated yet

E24Ring-a-Ding-DingbatFeb 24, 1966 · 30m · Gidget and Larue scheme to meet the popular British rock group the Dingbats.Not rated yet

E25Love and the Single GidgetMar 3, 1966 · 30m · While Russ is out of town, Gidget attends a surfing tournament in Oceanside with Anne and John's blessing—unaware that they have hired a college student to look after her.Not rated yet

E26Take a LessonMar 10, 1966 · 30m · Gidget is lured out of her house—in her pajamas—to join a friend on a surprise car buying trip in Pasadena, which is complicated by her repeated attempts at contacting Russ to keep him informed of her whereabouts.Not rated yet

E27Independence -- Gidget StyleMar 17, 1966 · 30m · When Gidget gets a job at a local teenage diner in order to buy Russ a birthday present, the family mistakenly believe she is actually working at the Tomcat Club, a local Gentlemen's Club.Not rated yet

E28One More for the RoadMar 24, 1966 · 30m · Gidget gets a job driving a floral delivery truck, except she does not have a driver's license.Not rated yet

E29Ask Helpful HannahMar 31, 1966 · 30m · Gidget gets involved with bringing two lovebirds together after she taking over the "Helpful Hannah" teen advice column on the school newspaper.Not rated yet

E30A Hard Night's NightApr 7, 1966 · 30m · Gidget and Larue find themselves spooked while unknowingly sharing the house with a friend of Russ's whom he had chance meeting with at the airport—all during a raging thunderstorm.Not rated yet

E31I Have This Friend Who . . .Apr 14, 1966 · 30m · The father of Gidget's latest boyfriend insists on coming along on their date as a chaperone, so they scheme to find a way to be alone.Not rated yet

E32Don't Defrost the AlligatorApr 21, 1966 · 30m · Gidget places a deceased frozen alligator in the freezer without mentioning it to anybody, causing chaos when it is discovered.Not rated yet

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Betty ConnerAnne Cooper Don PorterProfessor Russell Lawrence Lynette WinterLarue Pete DuelJohn Cooper Sally FieldFrances Elizabeth 'Gidget' Lawrence Michael NaderSiddo Robert BeachToby

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Premiered: September 15, 1965
Ended: April 21, 1966
Status: Ended
Network: ABC
Country of origin: United States
Language: English
Episode runtime: 30m
TVmaze ID: 4045

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