Gidget: Episode Guide
This episode guide contains the title, original airdate, brief summary,
and guest stars when available. 32 total half-hour episodes were made during Gidget's only
season in 1965-1966. Episodes are in the original airdate order on ABC, the episode guide is
from the book 153 Television Episode Guides by Joel Eisner, copyright 1983. If you have any additional details about the
episodes or guest stars, please e-mail me.
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1. Dear Diary -- Et Al. (original airdate: 09/15/65)
Anne reads Gidget's diary and jumps to the wrong conclusion.
Writer: Ruth Brooks Flippen
Guest stars: Stephen Mines, Pamela Colbert
2. In God, and Nobody Else, We Trust (09/22/65)
John takes Gidget to a Luau, leaving Anne to worry.
Writer: Ruth Brooks
Guest stars: Beverly Adams, Heather North
3. The Great Kahuna (09/29/65)
Gidget falls for a Hawaiian surfer who uses her to make his girlfriend jealous.
Writer: Albert Mannheimer
Guest stars: Martin Milner, Julie Parrish
4. Daddy Come Home (10/06/65)
Gidget worries when her father dates a golddigger.
Writer: Ruth Brooke Flippen
Guest stars: Marian Collier, Joseph Perry, Harvey Korman
5. Gidget Gadget (10/13/65)
Gidget schemes to bring Ann and John Back together again.
Writer: Stephen Kandel
Guest star: Janis Hansen
6. A Hearse, A Hearse, My Kingdom for a Hearse (10/20/65)
Gidget buys a hearse in order to become independent.
Writer: John McGreevey
Guest stars: James Davidson, Richard Sinatra, Herb Ellis
7. Gidget Is a Proper Noun (10/27/65)
Gidget believes her English teacher, a former student of her father, is prejudiced
against her.
Writer: Austin & Irma Kalish
Guest star: Noam Pitlik
8. Image Scrimmage (11/03/65)
Gidget falls for Larue's Cousin Roger.
Writer: Barbara Avedon
Guest stars: Jan Crawford, Melissa Murphy
9. Is It Love or Symbiosis? (11/10/65)
Anne and John arrange for Gidget to attend school in Paris.
Writer: A.J. Mady & Frederick Kohner
Guest stars: Roy Stuart, Judy Carne, Kevin O'Neal
10. All the Best Diseases Are Taken (11/17/65)
Gidget stages a demonstration to keep theater prices down.
Writer: Tony Wilson
Guest stars: Henry Jaglom, Dick Wilson, Noah Keen, Dick Balduzzi
11. My Ever Faithful Friend (11/24/65)
Gidget plans to improve the apperance of her friend Larue.
Writer: Ruth Brooke Flippen
Guest stars: Stephanie Hill, Russ Bender
12. Chivalry Isn't Dead (12/01/65)
Gidget and her friends scheme to get the boys to stop taking them for granted.
Writer: John McGreevey
Guest stars: Bob Random, Barbara Hershey, Bonnie Franklin
13. The War Between Men, Women and Gidget (12/08/65)
Gidget and the girls battle against the boys for possession of an isolated cove
at the beach.
Writer: Pauline & Leo Townsend
Guest stars: Mako, Linda Gaye Scott, Randy Kirby
14. Gidget's Foreign Policy (12/15/65)
Gidget tries to bring a bride-to-be into the modern world, but almost wrecks the marriage.
Writer: Stephen Kandel
Guest stars: Walter Koenig, Brooke Bundy
15. Now There's a Face (12/22/65)
Gidget falls for a photographer who happens to be engaged.
Writer: Dorothy Cooper Foote
Guest stars: Daniel J. Travanti, Sabrina Scarf, Lillian Adams
16. Too Many Cooks (12/29/65)
Gidget unwittingly makes a date with the Cook Brothers on the same night.
Writer: Albert Mannheimer
Guest stars: Peter Brooks, Larry Merrill, Bonnie Franklin
17. I Love You, I Love You, I Love You, I Think (01/05/66)
Gidget falls for a surfer only to find out he is her new math teacher.
Writer: Ruth Brooke Flippen
Guest stars: Tom Gilleran, Maida Severn, Lennie Bremen
18. Like Voodoo (01/13/66)
Gidget believes that a curse put on her by a gypsy is coming true when accidents
begin to happen.
Writer: Albert Mannheimer
Guest stars: Jeanne Gerson, Peggy Rea, Arthur Adams
19. Gidget's Career (01/20/66)
Gidget and Larue join a singing group and appear on a TV show.
Writer: Joanna Lee
Guest stars: Sandy Kenyon, Murray McLeod, Dennis Joel
20. Ego a Go Go (01/27/66)
Gidget tries to build up the confidence of a teenage nervous wreck.
Writer: Barbara Avedon
Guest stars: Richard Dreyfuss, Ed Griffith
21. In and Out with the In-Laws (02/03/66)
Misunderstandings occur when Gidgt visits with Jeff's parents.
Writer: Ruth Brooke Flippen
Guest stars: Hal March, Hazel Court, Janis Hansen
22. We Got Each Other (02/10/66)
Gidget tries to prove she is not jealous of her father's dates.
Writer: John McGreevey
Guest star: Michael York
23. Operation Shaggy Dog (02/17/66)
Gidget tries to save a hamburger shack from being torn down.
Writer: Dorothy Cooper Foote
Guest stars: Lee Parker, Tim Rooney, Burt Douglas
24. Ringa-Ding-Dingbat (02/24/66)
Gidget helps a singing star avoid his fans so he can get married.
Writer: Barbara Avedon
Guest stars: Greg Mullavey, Jeff Burton, Irwin Charone
25. Love and the Single Gidget (03/03/66)
While her Dad is away, Gidget stays with Anne and John, causing them to hire
a chaperone for her.
Writer: John McGreevey & Stephen Kandel
Guest stars: David Macklin, Barbara Hershey, Ron Rifkin
26. Take a Lesson (03/10/66)
Russ thinks Gidget was kidnapped when Shirley's parents take her to find a new
car in her pajamas.
Writer: Ruth Brooke Flippen
Guest stars: Paul Lynde, Jeff Donnell
27. Independence--Gidget Style (03/17/66)
Gidget tries to find a job in order to buy her father a birthday present.
Writer: Joanna Lee
Guest stars: Richard Bull, Celeste Yarnell, Viola Harris
28. One More for the Road (03/24/66)
Writer: Austin & Irma Kalish
Guest star: John McGiver
29. Ask Helpful Hannah (03/31/66)
Gidget takes over as the writer of the school advice column.
Writer: Don Richman
Guest stars: Jim Connell, Candace Howard
30. A Hard Night's Night (04/07/66)
Russ's friend moves into the Lawrence home, while he is away, causing Gidget
to think the house is haunted.
Writer: Barbara Avedon
Guest stars: Frank DeVol, Bill Zuckert, Vince Howard
31. I Have This Friend Who-- (04/14/66)
Gidget's boyfriend's father insists on joining them on their dates.
Writer: Gary Flavin
Guest stars: Herb Voland, Bob Beach
32. Don't Defrost the Alligator (04/21/66)
Gidget tries to comfort Davey Seldon who is upset over the death and impending burial
of his pet alligator.
Writer: Ruth Brooke Flippen
Guest stars: Marvin Kaplan, Jack Fletcher, Robert Cornthwaite, Frankie Abbott
Director: William Asher
Director: William Asher
Director: William Asher
Director: William Asher
Director: E.W. Swackhamer
Director: William Asher
Director: E.W. Swackhamer
Director: E.W. Swackhamer
Director: E.W. Swackhamer
Director: E.W. Swackhamer
Director: Gene Reynolds
Director: E.W. Swackhamer
Director: E.W. Swackhamer
Director: Jerry Bernstein
Director: E.W. Swackhamer
Director: Oscar Rudolph
Director: William Asher
Director: E.W. Swackhamer
Director: E.W. Swackhamer
Director: Jerry Bernstein
Director: Bruce Bilson
Director: Bruce Bilson
Director: Hal Cooper
Director: Hal Cooper
Director: Hal Cooper
Director: Jerry Bernstein
Director: Bruce Bilson
Director: Jerry Bernstein
Director: Lee Phillips
Director: Don Porter
Director: Chris Cary
Director: E.W. Swackhamer
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