Frances "Gidget" Lawrence lives with her widowed college professor father in California. Her best friend is LaRue, her older sister Anne is married to John Cooper, a psychology student. Gidget spends most of her free time at the beach hanging out with friends and surfing. Each episode she faces a teenage problem (usually of her own making) and spends the episode learning how to solve it.
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01x32 Don't Defrost the Alligator Aired: Apr. 21, 1966A frozen alligator is the cause of some confusion. [continue reading]
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- 01x32 Don't D… (Apr. 21, 1966)
- 01x31 I Have This… (Apr. 14, 1966)
- 01x30 A Hard Nigh… (Apr. 07, 1966)
- 01x29 Ask Helpful… (Mar. 31, 1966)
- 01x28 One More fo… (Mar. 24, 1966)
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Directors
- E.W. Swackhamer (8 episodes)
- William Asher (7 episodes)
- Jerrold Bernstein (5 episodes)
Writers
- Frederick Kohner (31 episodes)
- Ruth Brooks Flippen (8 episodes)
- John McGreevey (5 episodes)
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- The edifice used for Lawrence house is on the back lot known as the "Columbia Ranch". Gidget's home is situated next door to the principal residence on Bewitched, which was in production at…
[show]The edifice used for Lawrence house is on the back lot known as the "Columbia Ranch". Gidget's home is situated next door to the principal residence on Bewitched, which was in production at the same time. In select episodes, Samantha and Darrin Stephens' house is visible in exterior shots from Gidget's front yard.
[hide] - The title character was based on the author's daughter, Kathy Kohner-Zuckerman, and her adventures growing up in the surf culture on the beach at Malibu in the 1950s.
- Television debut for Sally Field.
