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Season 1: 1965-1966

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"Dear Diary-et al." September 15, 1965 1
Anne reads Gidget's diary and believes her sister is living a life unknown to her family.
Guest Stars: Stephen Mines as "Moondoggie", Pamela Colbert as "Cornbread". Director: William Asher. Writer: Ruth Brooks Flippen.
"In God, and Nobody Else, We Trust" September 22, 1965 2
Gidget needs a date for a luau and asks John to escort her. John's over-the-top performance as a sexy hipster turns her friends off.
Guest Stars: Heather North as Pokey, Rickie Sorensen as Randy, Beverly Adams as Treasure, Michael Nader as Siddo (as Mike Nader).
Director: William Asher. Writer: Ruth Brooks Flippen.
"The Great Kahuna" September 29, 1965 3
Gidget worships a rootless surfer bum called Kahuna
Kahoona
The Kahoona is a character created by Frederick Kohner in his 1957 novel, Gidget, the Little Girl with Big Ideas...

 and wants nothing more than to accompany him around the world to the greatest surfing sites. She changes her mind after inviting home for dinner and discovering he has middle class aspirations.
Guest Stars: Michael Nader as Siddo (as Mike Nader), Martin Milner
Martin Milner
Martin Sam Milner is an American actor best known for his performances in two popular television series, Adam-12 and Route 66....

 as Kahuna, Rickie Sorensen as Randy, Julie Parrish as Buff.
Director: William Asher. Story: Frederick Kohner. Teleplay: Albert Mannheimer
Albert Mannheimer
Albert Mannheimer was an American writer, principally of screenplays, including the Academy Award nominated screenplay for Born Yesterday, which screenplay also received the Writers Guild of America award for Best Written American Comedy Award.He was a protege of philosopher-novelist Ayn Rand in...

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"Daddy Come Home" October 6, 1965 4
Russell steps out on a date and Gidget calls the police when he stays out late.
Guest Stars: Michael Nader as Siddo (as Mike Nader), Harvey Korman
Harvey Korman
Harvey Herschel Korman was an American comedic actor who performed in television and movie productions beginning in 1960...

 as Joe Hanley, Marian Collier as Sally Combs, Joseph Perry as Sergeant Kulpepper.
Director: William Asher. Writer: Ruth Brooks Flippen.
"Gidget Gadget" October 13, 1965 5
Gidget plays marriage counselor for John and Anne.
Guest Stars: Dick Gautier as Mark Hillman, Janis Hansen as Girl. Director: E.W. Swackhamer
E.W. Swackhamer
Egbert Warnderink "E. W." Swackhamer Jr. was an American television and film director....

. Writer: Stephen Kandel.
"A Hearse, a Hearse, My Kingdom for a Hearse" October 20, 1965 6
Gidget wants wheels, invests in a jazzed-up hearse with her friends, and takes a course in auto mechanics at school.
Guest Stars: Richard Sinatra as King Mannix, Michael Nader as Siddo (as Mike Nader), Rickie Sorensen as Randy, Herb Ellis as Mr. Walters, James Davidson as Jack Collins. Director: William Asher. Story: Louella MacFarlane. Teleplay: John McGreevey.
"Gidget is a Proper Noun" October 27, 1965 7
Gidget thinks her teacher expects more of her than his other students because she's the daughter of an English professor.
Guest Stars: Noam Pitlik
Noam Pitlik
Noam Pitlik was an American television director and actor. In 1979, Pitlik won an Emmy for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series for his work on the ABC-TV sitcom Barney Miller.-Early life and career:...

 as Donald Hardy, George Winters as Stanley, Astrid Warner as Nancy. Director: Oscar Rudolph. Writer: Austin Kalish, Irma Kalish.
"Image Scrimmage" November 3, 1965 8
Gidget has a crush on Larue's cousin Roger.
Guest Stars: Jan Crawford (2) as Roger Haimes, Melissa Murphy as Mary Haliday. Director: William Asher. Writer: Barbara Avedon.
"Is It Love, or Symbiosis?" November 10, 1965 9
Anne and John convince Russ to send Gidget to school in Paris.
Guest Stars: Roy Stuart as Jerry Rodgers, Donna J. Anderson as Terry Walker, Dan Ferrone as Howie, Judy Carne
Judy Carne
Judy Carne is an English actress best remembered for the phrase "Sock it to me!" on Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In.-Career:...

 as Pat Taylor, Kevin O'Neal as Dick.
Director: E.W. Swackhamer. Story: Frederick Kohner, A. J. Mady. Teleplay: A. J. Mady.
"All the Best Diseases are Taken" November 17, 1965 10
Gidget leads a protest over rising movie ticket prices.
Guest Stars: Dick Wilson
Dick Wilson
Dick Wilson, born Riccardo DiGuglielmo , was a British-born American character actor who played the role of finicky grocery store manager Mr...

 as Mr. Lefferts, Dick Balduzzi as Mr. Corella, Noah Keen as Mr. Evans, Henry Jaglom
Henry Jaglom
- Life and career :Born January 26, 1941 in London, England to Simon and Marie Jaglom, Henry Jaglom trained with Lee Strasberg at the Actors Studio in New York, where he acted, wrote and directed off-Broadway theater and cabaret before settling in Hollywood in the late 1960s...

 as Billy Roy Soames. Director: E.W. Swackhamer. Writer: Anthony Wilson.
"My Ever Faithful Friend" November 24, 1965 11
Gidget gives Larue a make-over.
Guest Stars: Russ Bender as Tacky, Stephanie Hill as Dolly
Director: Gene Reynolds. Writer: Ruth Brooks Flippen.
"Chivalry Isn't Dead, It's Just Hiding" December 1, 1965 12
Gidget and her friends think their boyfriends take them for granted.
Guest Stars: Bonnie Franklin
Bonnie Franklin
Bonnie Gail Franklin is an American actress, best known for her starring role in the television series One Day at a Time.-Personal life:...

 as Janie, Beverly Washburn as Marcia, Bob Beach as Pete, Robert Random as Mark.
Director: E.W. Swackhamer. Story: Martin Ragaway. Teleplay: John McGreevey.
"The War Between Men, Women and Gidget" December 8, 1965 13
A beach cove becomes a battleground for the guys and the girls.
Guest Stars: Randy Kirby as Bret, Linda Gaye Scott as Patty, Charla Doherty as Darcy, Caroline Kido as Karen, Mako as Casey. Director: E.W. Swackhamer.
Writer: Leo Townsend, Pauline Townsend.
"Gidget's Foreign Policy" December 15, 1965 14
Gidget tries to educate a foreign bride-to-be.
Guest Stars: Robert Random as Mark, Walter Koenig
Walter Koenig
Walter Marvin Koenig is an American actor, writer, teacher and director, known for his roles as Pavel Chekov in Star Trek and Alfred Bester in Babylon 5. He wrote the script for the 2008 science fiction legal thriller InAlienable.-Early life:...

 as Gunnar, Jan Crawford as Ben, Brooke Bundy
Brooke Bundy
Brooke Bundy is an American actress who has appeared in a number of films and television shows.-Movie:She is perhaps best known for her role as Elaine Parker in the 1987 hit horror film A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors and its sequel, A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master...

 as Inge. Director: Jerrold Bernstein. Writer: Stephen Kandel.
"Now There's a Face" December 22, 1965 15
Gidget falls for a soon-to-be-married photographer.
Guest Stars: Daniel J. Travanti
Daniel J. Travanti
Danielo Giovanni "Daniel J." Travanti is an American actor best known for his starring role as Captain Frank Furillo in the 1980s television drama Hill Street Blues.-Biography:...

 as Tom Brighton, Lillian Adams as Mrs. Daley, Sabrina Scharf as Penelope Peterson. Director: E.W. Swackhamer. Writer: Dorothy Cooper Foote.
"Too Many Cooks" December 29, 1965 16
Gidget unintentionally makes a dance date with two brothers.
Guest Stars: Don Washbrook as Jimmy Speer, Larry Merrill as Tate, Bonnie Franklin as Jean, Peter Brooks as Corky, Stephen Mines as "Moondoggie".
Director: Oscar Rudolph. Writer: Albert Mannheimer
Albert Mannheimer
Albert Mannheimer was an American writer, principally of screenplays, including the Academy Award nominated screenplay for Born Yesterday, which screenplay also received the Writers Guild of America award for Best Written American Comedy Award.He was a protege of philosopher-novelist Ayn Rand in...

.
"I Love You, I Love You, I Love You, I Think" January 5, 1966 17
Gidget has a crush on a surfer who's a math teacher.
Guest Stars: Tom Gilleran as Baxter Stevenson, Maida Severn as Miss O. Stoddard, Leonard Bremen as Janitor. Director: William Asher. Writer: Ruth Brooks Flippen.
"Like Voodoo" January 13, 1966 18
Gidget thinks a gypsy has put a curse on her.
Guest Stars: Jeanne Gerson as Zangara, Arthur Adams as Casey, Peggy Rea as Fat Lady. Director: E.W. Swackhamer. Writer: Albert Mannheimer
Albert Mannheimer
Albert Mannheimer was an American writer, principally of screenplays, including the Academy Award nominated screenplay for Born Yesterday, which screenplay also received the Writers Guild of America award for Best Written American Comedy Award.He was a protege of philosopher-novelist Ayn Rand in...

.
"Gidget's Career" January 20, 1966 19
Gidget's singing group performs on TV.
Guest Stars: Jimmy Hawkins as Paul, Sandy Kenyon
Sandy Kenyon
Sandy Kenyon, born Sanford Klein was an American voice-over artist and character actor, best-known for voicing Jon Arbuckle in the first Garfield animated television special Here Comes Garfield, and other roles in film and television...

 as Rick Farmer, Steve Rinaldi as Boy, Dennis Joel as Drummer, Murray MacLeod as Doug (as Murray McLeod).
Director: E.W. Swackhamer. Writer: Joanna Lee
Joanna Lee (actor)
Joanna Lee was an American actress, writer and producer.-Early life:Lee was born in Newark, New Jersey; by the time she was 20, she was a divorced single mother with a son, Craig Lee.-Career:...

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"Ego-A- Go-Go" January 27, 1966 20
Gidget is stunned when the school nerd drops her as his dance date.
Guest Stars: Leslie Towner as Marilyn, Sue Yardley as Shari Sue, Ed Griffith as Chuck Batson, Richard Dreyfuss
Richard Dreyfuss
Richard Stephen Dreyfuss is an American actor best known for starring in a number of film, television, and theater roles since the late 1960s, including the films American Graffiti, Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, The Goodbye Girl, Whose Life Is It Anyway?, Stakeout, Always, What About...

 as Norman. Director: Jerrold Bernstein. Writer: Barbara Avedon.
"In and Out with the In-Laws" February 3, 1966 21
Gidget thinks Jeff is going to propose.
Guest Stars: Arthur C Romans as Max, Ray Hastings as Noel, Janis Hansen as Della Mae, William Long, Jr. as Bert, Hal March
Hal March
Hal March was a Jewish-American comedian and actor.-Early career:March first came to note as part of a comedy team with Bob Sweeney. The duo had their own radio show for a time and performed, in the early 1950s, as "Sweeney & March." He also partnered with actor/comic Tom d'Andrea in the early...

 as Jim, Hazel Court
Hazel Court
Hazel Court was an English actress best known for her roles in horror films during the 1950s and early 1960s.-Early life:...

 as Laura. Director: Bruce Bilson. Writer: Ruth Brooks Flippen.
"We Got Each Other" February 10, 1966 22
Gidget tries to prove she's not jealous of her father's dates.
Guest Stars: Kathleen Crowley as Barbara, Michael York as Perry, Ila Britton as Helen (as Ila Briton), Penny Kunard as Katie, Bob Beach as Toby (as Robert Beach), Pat McCaffrie as Pete, Anne Bellamy as Meg. Director: Bruce Bilson.
Writer: John McGreevey.
"Operation Shaggy Dog" February 17, 1966 23
Gidget's favorite burger joint is slated for demolition.
Guest Stars: Don Edmonds as Buzz, Burt Douglas as Gary Preeman, Tim Rooney as Tommy, Bob Beach as Toby, Lew Parker
Lew Parker
Lew Parker was an American television, stage and musical theatre actor...

 as Socrates. Director: Hal Cooper. Writer: Dorothy Cooper Foote.
"Ring-a-Ding-Dingbat" February 24, 1966 24
Gidget schemes to meet a famous singing duo.
Guest Stars: Andrew Belling as Arthur, Lynne Marta as Ellen (as Lynn Marta), Dorothy Konrad as Desiree, Jeff Burton as Florist Truck Driver, Greg Mullavy as Shen (as Gregory Mullavy), Jimmy Murphy as Herbie, C. Lindsay Workman as Newsman, Irwin Charone as Mr. Goodposture. Director: Hal Cooper. Writer: Barbara Avedon.
"Love and the Single Gidget" March 3, 1966 25
Gidget is home alone when her father travels out of town.
Guest Stars: David Macklin as Richie Ryan, Tim Rooney as Ken, Pamela McMyler as Janet, Barbara Hershey
Barbara Hershey
Barbara Hershey , also known as Barbara Seagull, is an American actress. In a career spanning nearly 50 years, she has played a variety of roles on television and in cinema, in several genres including westerns and comedies...

 as Karen, Bridget Hanley as Sally, Carl Reindel as Scott, Ron Rifkin as Mel. Director: Hal Cooper. Story: Lee Karson. Teleplay: John McGreevey, Stephen Kandel.
"Take a Lesson" March 10, 1966 26
Mr. Lawrence thinks Gidget has been kidnapped.
Guest Stars: Jeff Donnell as Hannah, Beverly Washburn as Shirley, Mark Sturges as Willie, Paul Lynde
Paul Lynde
Paul Edward Lynde was an American comedian and actor. A noted character actor, Lynde was well known for his roles as Uncle Arthur on Bewitched and Harry MacAfee, the befuddled father in Bye Bye Birdie...

 as Herman Marshall. Director: Jerrold Bernstein. Writer: Ruth Brooks Flippen.
"Independence -- Gidget Style" March 17, 1966 27
Mr. Lawrence believes Gidget is working in a nightclub.
Guest Stars: Carole Williams as 1st Girl, Celeste Yarnall as 2nd Girl, Lisa Mitchell as Hatcheck Girl, Ralph Leabow as Counterman, Rickie Sorensen as Boy Surfer (as Rick Sorensen), Bob Beach as Toby (as Robert Beach), Viola Harris as Miss Conway, Richard Bull as Maitre d'. Director: Bruce Bilson. Writer: Joanna Lee.
"One More for the Road" March 24, 1966 28
Gidget's job requires her to drive.
Guest Stars: John McGiver
John McGiver
John Irwin McGiver was a character actor who made more than a hundred appearances in television and motion pictures over a two-decade span from 1955 to 1975....

 as Franklin Whiting, Murray Alper as Cab Driver, Jimmy Cross as Policeman, Doug Lambert as Eric. Director: Jerrold Bernstein. Writer: Irma Kalish, Austin Kalish.
"Ask Helpful Hannah" March 31, 1966 29
Gidget writes an advice column.
Guest Stars: Barbara Hershey as Ellen, Sari Price as Librarian, Jewel Jaffe as Kathy, Rick Cooper as Ted, Bob Beach as Toby (as Robert Beach), Norma Connolly as Miss Beckley, Candace Howard as Peggy Bell, Jim Connell as Norman Crowley.
Director: Lee Philips. Story: Janet Carlson, Don Richman. Teleplay: Irma Kalish, Austin Kalish.
"A Hard Night's Night" April 7, 1966 30
Gidget thinks the house is haunted.
Guest Stars: Vince Howard as Policeman #2, Bill Zuckert as Policeman #1, Holly Irving as Fonya, Joseph Mell as Herb, Frank DeVol as Stew (as Frank De Vol). Director: Don Porter. Writer: Barbara Avedon.
"I Have This Friend Who ..." April 14, 1966 31
Gidget discourages her boyfriend's father from tagging along.
Guest Stars: Herb Voland as Mel, Bob Beach as Rick, Joel Fluellen as Officer.
Director: Christopher Cary. Story: Gary Flaum. Teleplay: John McGreevey.
"Don't Defrost the Alligator" April 21, 1966 32
Gidget puts a dead alligator in the freezer.
Guest Stars: Frankie Kabott as Davey, Robert Cornthwaite as Brian Mack, Marvin Kaplan
Marvin Kaplan
Marvin Kaplan is an American character actor and voice artist. Kaplan is probably best known for his recurring role on the sitcom Alice where he portrayed a phone company employee named Henry Beesmeyer who frequented Mel's diner. He was a part of the cast from 1977 to the series end in 1985...

as Jeff Tracy, Jack Fletcher as Harry McCann, Richard Jury as Max.
Director: Jerrold Bernstein. Writer: Ruth Brooks Flippen.
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