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The television series, "Gidget", was based upon concepts and characters created by Frederick Kohner in his 1957 novel Gidget, the Little Girl with Big Ideas, which Kohner based upon the adventures of his teenage daughter Kathy. The novel was adapted into a 1959 movie starring Sandra Dee, James Darren, and Cliff Robertson. The 1965 weekly, half-hour television series is seen by some as a sequel to the 1959 film, despite numerous discontinuities in plot, time frame and other details. It can also be seen as an independent incarnation, related to but distinct from either the novels or the films. Kohner served as a script consultant on the show. The series reintroduced Gidget's friend Larue and married sister Anne Cooper, both of whom appear in Kohner's original novel, but are absent from the motion picture series. Gidget's brother in law, who appears in the novels as the intelligent but condescending child psychiatrist Larry Cooper is reinvented in the TV series as John Cooper, an obtuse but lovable psychology student. "Gidget" is about the father-daughter relationship between Frances "Gidget" Lawrence and her father Russell Lawrence. Episodes follow Gidget's zany adventures in school, at home, and on the nearby beaches. Russell Lawrence has much ado guiding his daughter through her fifteenth year. Married sister Anne and her husband John offer child-rearing tips. Gidget's friend Larue sometimes takes part in her escapades. Episodes typically end with Gidget receiving moral instruction from her father and gaining wisdom from her zany experiences. On occasion, Gidget "breaks through the Fourth wall" and directly addresses her audience, usually reflecting on what she's learned from the evening's story, sometimes ending with "Toodles!" The DVD set features all 32 episodes plus the original pilot. This is a lot of fun to see where Sally Field's career started. Years later, she would go on to win 2 Best Actress Oscars for "Norma Rae" and "Places In The Heart" plus 3 Emmy awards for her portrayal of "Sybil", and appearances in "ER" and "Brothers & Sisters". But, it is the role of "Gidget" where she started it all. Toodles!Read full review
I Love Gidget!!! Always have and always will and I highly reccomend this show to anyone looking to evoke the whimsy of the sixties and the greatness of Sally Field all over again. I first remember seeing it in the 80's when KTLA CHANEL 5 used to show, The Munsters, Elvira and Gidget on Saturday's in the afternoons. I remember being mesmerized by the wholesomeness, saviness and confidence of Sally Fields character. She embodied the 60's nostalgia in every way of being wholesome, yet still slightly a bit wild at any given time.I loved her house, her stylish Dad and her quirky best friend, Larue. One of my favorite memories of this show was it's amazing theme song: If youre in doubt about angels being real I can arrange/exchange any doubts you feel Wait till you see my GIDGET Youll want her for your valentine Youre gonna say Shes all that you adore But stay away Gidget is spoken for Youre gonna Find That gidget is mine!!!!!!!! Im so excited now, that this Gidget series is mine and at an amazing price!!! **If you found this information at all helpful, please take a moment to select the "yes" button below. The more people that select the "yes" button, the better the chance this REVIEW is seen by more eBay members.Read full review
Very enjoyable to watch. Typical of this era in TV, each episode is a small story, usually with some moral point made amongst the comedy. It revolves around a teen girl's sweet and trusting relationship with her single father, which is refreshing. The writing is good, snappy and witty, the acting is good, and the underlying sound track, mostly by jazzman Dave Grusin, is nice. Sally Field was well cast as an energetic, cute, expressive teenager and I think she rises to the occasion in the serious and emotional scenes as well. Dig the mid-60s hairdos, clothes, slang, and (only in a couple of episodes) outdated ideas on women by today's standards. These episodes run on TV today are missing some brief scenes that are in the DVDs, apparently to make more time for the commercials. The reolution of the DVDs is also better, and of course no commercials, so the DVDs are nice to have.Read full review
If you like sitcoms, easy going comedies fron the 50's, 60's and 70'S, such as The Patty Duke Show, Father knows Best, The Donna Reed Show, Ossie And Harriet, The Partridge Family and so on, then you are bound to like this one. The struggles of growing, understanding the world, being naive and willful. Gidget is a classic of the surfing scene along with Jan & Dean, the Beach Boys, Annette and Frankie, even Archie, Betty and Veronica, in a world where everybody is young charming and beautifil forever. As for me, I will watch this series a thousand times, I am madly in love with the Gidg. I'm expecting to become younger to propose.
I try hard to keep uplifting and clean media in my home. I purchased the Gidget DVD because I remember enjoying it as a teenager. I had forgotten how many bikini beach scenes there were and was a little concerned about keeping the DVD until I continued to search the series for the clean, wholesome episodes I thought I had remembered as a youth. To my delight, after the 1st disk, I don't think there were any more bikini beach scenes - just sweet family interaction and humorous antecdotes. Most people would probably be fine with the tame beach episodes but our family standards preclude any immodesty in dress and action thus my reason for giving it a "good" rating - just short of "excellent". I only wish the talented artists of today would create more wholesome family entertainment.
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