Gidget
I Have This Friend Who... | 1966
25 min. | color | ABC | first aired: april 14, 1966 | s01e31
Gidget and her new boyfriend, Toby, can’t seem to be able to spend any time together without Toby’s father tagging along. When Gidget asks John for help, she’s too vague and he gets the wrong idea about the situation.
Written by John McGreevey
Story by Gary Flaum
Directed by Christopher Cary
Produced by William Sackheim
Executive Producer Harry Ackerman
Creator & Script Consultant Frederick Kohner
Associate Producer Stan Schwimmer
Music by Dave Grusin
Title Song Sung by: Johnny Tillotson
Title Song by Howard Greenfield & Jack Keller
Gidget… Sally Field
Russell Lawrence… Don Porter
John… Pete Deuel
Anne… Betty Conner
Mel… Herb Voland
Toby (billed as Rick)… Robert Beach
Officer… Joel Fluellen
Music Consultant… Don Kirshner
Post-production Supervisor… Lawrence Werner
Music Supervisor… Ed Forsyth
Director of Photography… Gert Andersen, A.S.C.
Art Director… Ross Bellah
Film Editor… Howard Kunin
Set Decorator… Louis Diage
Assistant Director… Maxwell Henry
Surfing Technical Consultant… Phil Sauers
Sound Effects… Fred J. Brown
Make-up Supervision… Ben Lane, S.M.A.
Color by Pathé