Gidget (Season 1)

Dear Diary-Et Al (Episode 1)

Air date: 1965-09-15

Runtime: 25 min

Overview: 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.

In God, and Nobody Else, We Trust (Episode 2)

Air date: 1965-09-22

Runtime: 25 min

Overview: Anne is worried because John goes to a luau with Gidget.

The Great Kahuna (Episode 3)

Writer: Albert Mannheimer

Air date: 1965-09-29

Runtime: 25 min

Overview: A 28-year-old surfer dates Gidget.

Daddy Come Home (Episode 4)

Air date: 1965-10-06

Runtime: 25 min

Overview: Gidget becomes suspicious when she sees her dad with another woman.

Gidget Gadget (Episode 5)

Air date: 1965-10-13

Runtime: 25 min

Overview: Gidget attempts to get Anne and John to make-up.

A Hearse, a Hearse, My Kingdom for a Hearse (Episode 6)

Writer: John McGreevey

Air date: 1965-10-20

Runtime: 25 min

Overview: Gidget decides to buy a used hearse.

Gidget is a Proper Noun (Episode 7)

Air date: 1965-10-27

Runtime: 25 min

Overview: An old friend of Russ' is now Gidget's English teacher.

Image Scrimmage (Episode 8)

Writer: Barbara Avedon

Air date: 1965-11-03

Runtime: 25 min

Overview: Gidget has a crush on Larue's cousin.

Is it Love or Symbiosis? (Episode 9)

Air date: 1965-11-10

Runtime: 25 min

Overview: 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.

All the Best Diseases are Taken (Episode 10)

Air date: 1965-11-17

Runtime: 25 min

Overview: Gidget takes a stand against rising movie ticket prices.

My Ever Faithful Friend (Episode 11)

Air date: 1965-11-24

Runtime: 25 min

Overview: Gidget thinks Russ and Larue are going to get together. Actually Larue is just getting help and advice from Russ.

Chivalry Isn't Dead (Episode 12)

Writer: John McGreevey

Air date: 1965-12-01

Runtime: 25 min

Overview: Gidget thinks that all the boys are taking girls for granted.

The War Between Men, Women and Gidget (Episode 13)

Air date: 1965-12-08

Runtime: 25 min

Overview: Gidget, her friends and the boys fight for possession of an isolated cove at the beach.

Gidget's Foreign Policy (Episode 14)

Air date: 1965-12-15

Runtime: 25 min

Overview: Gidget tries to show a foreign girl the ""American way.""

Now There's a Face (Episode 15)

Air date: 1965-12-22

Runtime: 25 min

Overview: Gidget falls for a fashion photographer.

Too Many Cooks (Episode 16)

Writer: Albert Mannheimer

Air date: 1965-12-29

Runtime: 25 min

Overview: Gidget has two too many dates for an upcoming dance.

I Love You, I Think (Episode 17)

Air date: 1966-01-05

Runtime: 25 min

Overview: Gidget falls for a surfer who turns out to be her math teacher.

Like Voodoo (Episode 18)

Writer: Albert Mannheimer

Air date: 1966-01-13

Runtime: 25 min

Overview: Gidget is voodoo'd by a fortune teller.

Gidget's Career (Episode 19)

Writer: Joanna Lee

Air date: 1966-01-20

Runtime: 25 min

Overview: 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!"

Ego-A-Go-Go (Episode 20)

Writer: Barbara Avedon

Air date: 1966-01-27

Runtime: 25 min

Overview: Gidget gets a boy to be more self-confident.

In and Out with the In-Laws (Episode 21)

Air date: 1966-02-03

Runtime: 25 min

Overview: Gidget meets Jeff's parents.

We Got Each Other (Episode 22)

Writer: John McGreevey

Air date: 1966-02-10

Runtime: 25 min

Overview: Gidget becomes jealous of her dad's dates.

Operation Shaggy Dog (Episode 23)

Air date: 1966-02-17

Runtime: 25 min

Overview: Gidget rallies to save the local burger joint.

Ring-a-Ding-Dingbat (Episode 24)

Writer: Barbara Avedon

Air date: 1966-02-24

Runtime: 25 min

Overview: Gidget helps a singer have a quiet wedding day.

Love and the Single Gidget (Episode 25)

Writer: John McGreevey

Air date: 1966-03-03

Runtime: 25 min

Overview: Gidget is to be chaperoned by a college student, whom Anne and John paid.

Take a Lesson (Episode 26)

Air date: 1966-03-10

Runtime: 25 min

Overview: 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.

Independence -- Gidget Style (Episode 27)

Writer: Joanna Lee

Air date: 1966-03-17

Runtime: 25 min

Overview: 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.

One More for the Road (Episode 28)

Air date: 1966-03-24

Runtime: 25 min

Overview: Gidget learns to drive for a new job.

Ask Helpful Hannah (Episode 29)

Air date: 1966-03-31

Runtime: 25 min

Overview: Gidget takes over writing for the school's advice column. She then gets caught up trying to put two lonely hearts together.

A Hard Night's Night (Episode 30)

Writer: Barbara Avedon

Air date: 1966-04-07

Runtime: 25 min

Overview: 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.

I Have This Friend Who . . . (Episode 31)

Air date: 1966-04-14

Runtime: 25 min

Overview: Gidget and her boyfriend try to discourage the boys father from going on dates with them.

Don't Defrost the Alligator (Episode 32)

Air date: 1966-04-21

Runtime: 25 min

Overview: A frozen alligator is the cause of some confusion.