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Gidget Season 1, Ep. 1 "Dear Diary -- Et Al"

Gidget Lawrence, fifteen and a half years old, falls in love with Jeff, a college student, and takes up surfing to be with him.
  • Runtime: 31 minutes
  • Original air date: September 15, 1965
  • Network: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
 
 
 
 

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  Episode   Original Air Date
Synopsis
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1. Dear Diary -- Et Al
  September 15, 1965
Gidget Lawrence, fifteen and a half years old, falls in love with Jeff, a college student, and takes up surfing to be with him.
 
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2. In God, And Nobody Else, We Trust
  September 22, 1965
Gidget tells Russ she hasn't a date for Saturday's Luau. Suddenly both seize on John, Anne's husband, as the logical last minute choice as an escort.
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3. The Great Kahuna
  September 29, 1965
Twenty-eight year old Cass Cobb, known to the surfing set as the Great Kahuna, takes up with Gidget to fend off Buff, a blonde beauty who has followed him from Hawaii.
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4. Daddy Come Home
  October 6, 1965
Professor Russell Lawrence complains that surfing has become an obsession with Gidget.
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5. Gidget Gadget
  October 13, 1965
Anne leaves John, claiming that he is so involved in his studies that he completely ignores her.
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6. A Hearse, A Hearse, My Kingdom For A Hearse
  October 20, 1965
Gidget decides that the purchase of a hearse owned by King Mannix will make her independent of waiting for lifts to the beach.
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7. Gidget Is A Proper Noun
  October 27, 1965
Donald Hardy, Gidget's English teacher, was a pupil of her father.
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8. Image Scrimmage
  November 3, 1965
On a blind date, Gidget falls for Roger Haines, Larue's cousin. She is mortified when he buys a junior ticket for her at the movies.
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9. Is It Love Or Symbiosis
  November 10, 1965
Anne and John announce they have arranged a scholarship for Gidget at a school in Paris where she can become a sophisticated young lady.
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10. All The Best Diseases Are Taken
  November 17, 1965
Elected president of her school Civics Club, Gidget decides to fight injustice by opposing the local movie's
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11. My Ever Faithful - Friend
  November 24, 1965
plan to raise prices for the early Saturday night show.
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12. Chivalry Isn't Dead
  December 1, 1965
Observing how nervously Gidget waits for Mark to pick her up, Russ tells her, in his day, wooing the girl was half the fun and he is sorry for the boys, who, by taking the girls for granted, are missing the excitement of the chase.
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13. The War Between Men, Women And Gidget
  December 8, 1965
Gidget, Bret and their friends find an isolated cove at the beach. When Larry, Darcy and four of their friends arrive, war breaks out between the two groups.
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14. Gidget's Foreign Policy
  December 15, 1965
Gunner Malstrom brings his fianc?e, Inge Lindner, to the Lawrence home as a houseguest until the university opens.
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15. Now There's A Face
  December 22, 1965
Although annoyed at first, Gidget becomes quite interested when Tom Brighton, aged twenty-four, snaps photos of her at the beach.
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16. Too Many Cooks
  December 29, 1965
Although cousins, football captain Tate Cook and basketball captain Corky Cook are bitter enemies.
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17. I Love You, I Love You, I Love You, I Think
  January 5, 1966
With Jeff back at Princeton, Gidget prepares for a lonely existence. Then she becomes attracted to a handsome surfer in his late twenties.
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18. Like Voodoo
  January 13, 1966
Gidget's surfboard is stolen. Gidget and Larue discover it in front of the trailer of Zangara, a female fortuneteller.
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19. Gidget's Career
  December 31, 1969
Determined to push Larue into popularity, Gidget gets her involved with Paul and Doug who are forming a singing group.
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20. Ego A Go Go
  January 27, 1966
Norman Durfner, a teenage nervous wreck, is known as "Durf the Drag" to his female classmates.
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21. In And Out With The In-Laws
  February 3, 1966
Gidget receives a letter from Jeff asking her to get in touch with his parents, Jim and Laura Matthews, who are stopping for a short time at the local hotel.
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22. We Got Each Other
  February 10, 1966
Gidget starts worrying when her boy friend, Toby, criticizes her close relationship with her father. Discussing it with Larue, Gidget concludes she might be jealous of her father's dates.
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23. Operation Shaggy Dog
  February 17, 1966
The "Shaggy Dog," a hamburger shack, is the hangout for Gidget's crowd, because its owner, Henry B. Socrates, known as Socks, understands young people's problems.
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24. Ringa-Ding-Dingbat
  February 24, 1966
Gidget and Larue join the screaming fans to welcome the Dingbats, Herbie and Arthur.
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25. Love And The Single Gidget
  March 3, 1966
Russ entrusts Gidget to Anne and John while he goes on a fishing trip.
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26. Take A Lesson
  March 10, 1966
Following a call from Shirley Marshall, Gidget throws a coat over her pajamas and rushes to her friend's home before Russ can stop her.
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27. Independence-Gidget Style
  March 17, 1966
Gidget determines to surprise Russ with an expensive camera for his birthday.
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28. One More For The Road
  December 31, 1969
After Gidget takes a part time job in Franklin Whiting's florist shop, she finds she is expected to drive the delivery truck.
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29. Ask Helpful Hannah
  March 31, 1966
Gidget decides that "Ask Helpful Hannah," the advice column in the school paper isn't the least bit helpful.
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30. A Hard Night's Night
  April 7, 1966
With Russ on his way to San Francisco, Gidget plans to stay with Larue. Larue asks Gidget's opinion of a mystery story she has written.
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31. I Have This Friend Who
  April 14, 1966
Gidget and Toby Whitley would really have a wonderful time together if Toby's father, Professor Mel Whitley didn't insist on turning their dates into threesomes.
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32. Don't Defrost The Alligator
  April 21, 1966
When Charley, a tiny alligator belonging to young Dewey Seldon dies, Gidget puts it into the Lawrence freezer in a casserole until the boy gets permission to preserve his pet.
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Episode 1, "Dear Diary -- Et Al"
Synopsis: Gidget Lawrence, fifteen and a half years old, falls in love with Jeff, a college student, and takes up surfing to be with him.
Original air date: September 15, 1965
Runtime: 31 minutes
ASIN: B001M0KBCO
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #109,835 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
Gidget Season 1
Synopsis: Sand, surf, fun, and plenty of boys combined to make Gidget one of the 1960s' most memorable TV series. Sally Field is "Gidget" Lawrence, a perky 15-year-old Southern California girl who loves to surf and longs for romance. With the help of her widower dad (Don Porter) and best friend (Lynette Winter), Gidget relies on her boundless enthusiasm to triumph over the conventional wisdom of the adults in her life, making the series a fun-filled frolic on California's beaches.
Season year: 1966
Network: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
ASIN: B001M0J1Z2
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