Gidget
In God, and Nobody Else, We Trust | 1965
25 min. | color | ABC | first aired: september 22, 1965 | s01e02
In the previous episode, Gidget and Moondoggie came to an understanding that the two of them would see other people while Moondoggie was away at school. Gidget’s boyfriends get tired of hearing about the “implicit faith and trust” she has in Moondoggie so much that Gidget finds herself dateless for the big upcoming luau. In desperation, Gidget asks her brother-in-law, John, to accompany her. John, who is studying to be a psychologist, accepts Gidget’s invitation in the hopes of doing some field research on modern teenagers. Anne, Gidget’s older sister, thinks it’s a great idea until she meets some of Gidget’s sexy friends. Things begin to fall apart when Anne disguises herself and crashes the luau to rescue her husband. To further embarass Gidget, her father shows up at the luau to stop Anne and is mistaken for a peeping tom.
Written by Ruth Brooks Flippen
Directed by William Asher
Produced by William Sackheim
Executive Producer Harry Ackerman
Creator & Script Consultant Frederick Kohner
Associate Producer Stan Schwimmer
Music by Dave Grusin
Title Song by Howard Greenfield, BMI & Jack Keller, BMI
Recorded by: Johnny Tillotson
Gidget… Sally Field
Russell Lawrence… Don Porter
Anne… Betty Conner
John… Pete Deuel
Treasure… Beverly Adams
Pokey… Heather North
Siddo… Mike Nader
Randy… Rickie Sorensen
Midge… Joy Harmon (uncredited)
Surfer… Johnny Fain (uncredited)
Girl… Sue Hamilton (uncredited)
Director of Photography… Robert Tobey, A.S.C.
Art Director… Ross Bellah
Film Editor… Howard Kunin, A.C.E.
Set Decorator… Louis Diage
Make-up Supervision… Ben Lane, S.M.A.
Production Supervisor… Seymour Friedman
Post-production Supervisor… Lawrence Werner
Assistant Director… Jerrold Bernstein
Music Supervisor… Ed Forsyth
Sound Effects… Fred J. Brown
Surfing Technical Consultant… Phil Sauers
Don Porter’s Wardrobe by Lebow Clothes
Color by Pathé