Season 1 (1965)
Release date: 1965-09-15
Episodes (32):
1. 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.
Release date: 1965-09-15
2. In God, and Nobody Else, We Trust
Anne is worried because John goes to a luau with Gidget.
Release date: 1965-09-22
3. The Great Kahuna
A 28-year-old surfer dates Gidget.
Release date: 1965-09-29
4. Daddy Come Home
Gidget becomes suspicious when she sees her dad with another woman.
Release date: 1965-10-06
5. Gidget Gadget
Gidget attempts to get Anne and John to make-up.
Release date: 1965-10-13
6. A Hearse, a Hearse, My Kingdom for a Hearse
Gidget decides to buy a used hearse.
Release date: 1965-10-20
7. Gidget is a Proper Noun
An old friend of Russ' is now Gidget's English teacher.
Release date: 1965-10-27
8. Image Scrimmage
Gidget has a crush on Larue's cousin.
Release date: 1965-11-03
9. 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.
Release date: 1965-11-10
10. All the Best Diseases are Taken
Gidget takes a stand against rising movie ticket prices.
Release date: 1965-11-17
11. My Ever Faithful Friend
Gidget thinks Russ and Larue are going to get together. Actually Larue is just getting help and advice from Russ.
Release date: 1965-11-24
12. Chivalry Isn't Dead
Gidget thinks that all the boys are taking girls for granted.
Release date: 1965-12-01
13. The War Between Men, Women and Gidget
Gidget, her friends and the boys fight for possession of an isolated cove at the beach.
Release date: 1965-12-08
14. Gidget's Foreign Policy
Gidget tries to show a foreign girl the ""American way.""
Release date: 1965-12-15
15. Now There's a Face
Gidget falls for a fashion photographer.
Release date: 1965-12-22
16. Too Many Cooks
Gidget has two too many dates for an upcoming dance.
Release date: 1965-12-29
17. I Love You, I Think
Gidget falls for a surfer who turns out to be her math teacher.
Release date: 1966-01-05
18. Like Voodoo
Gidget is voodoo'd by a fortune teller.
Release date: 1966-01-13
19. 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!"
Release date: 1966-01-20
20. Ego-A-Go-Go
Gidget gets a boy to be more self-confident.
Release date: 1966-01-27
21. In and Out with the In-Laws
Gidget meets Jeff's parents.
Release date: 1966-02-03
22. We Got Each Other
Gidget becomes jealous of her dad's dates.
Release date: 1966-02-10
23. Operation Shaggy Dog
Gidget rallies to save the local burger joint.
Release date: 1966-02-17
24. Ring-a-Ding-Dingbat
Gidget helps a singer have a quiet wedding day.
Release date: 1966-02-24
25. Love and the Single Gidget
Gidget is to be chaperoned by a college student, whom Anne and John paid.
Release date: 1966-03-03
26. 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.
Release date: 1966-03-10
27. 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.
Release date: 1966-03-17
28. One More for the Road
Gidget learns to drive for a new job.
Release date: 1966-03-24
29. 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.
Release date: 1966-03-31
30. 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.
Release date: 1966-04-07
31. I Have This Friend Who . . .
Gidget and her boyfriend try to discourage the boys father from going on dates with them.
Release date: 1966-04-14
32. Don't Defrost the Alligator
A frozen alligator is the cause of some confusion.
Release date: 1966-04-21
Cast
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Betty Conner - Anne Cooper
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Harry Ackerman - Producer