Gidget is a franchise centering on the title character, a teenage surfer girl and her friends on the beach. Originating in the 1957 novel Gidget, the Little Girl with Big Ideas, the first film version Gidget was released in 1959, followed by two sequels (notably 1961's Gidget Goes Hawaiian, spawning a phrase which would often be referenced in pop culture).
The 1965 Gidget TV series revived the character, followed by TV movies, a Hanna-Barbera special, and the 1985 series The New Gidget.
References
- Rowlf, as Batdog in the February 18, 1966 broadcast of The Jimmy Dean Show, tells the commissioner that the Midget has escaped. He has to clarify that no, it's not Gidget.
- At the end of one of the "Rowlf-In" sections, Rowlf plugs an upcoming showing of Gidget Goes to Sales Training School.
- A newscaster in the third season Dog City episode "Comedy of Horrors" returns viewers to their scheduled movie, Dogzilla Goes Hawaiian.
Connections
- Sally Field played Gidget Lawrence on Gidget (1965-1966)
- Harvey Korman played Joe Hanley in "Daddy Come Home" (1965)
- Paul Lynde played Herman Marshall in "Take a Lesson" (1966) and Louis B. Latimer in Gidget Grows Up (1969 TV movie) and Gidget Gets Marries (1972 TV movie)
- Richard Paul played Wilton Parmenter on The New Gidget (5 episodes, 1985-1986)
- Carl Reiner played Russ Lawrence in Gidget Goes Hawaiian (1961)
- William Schallert played Russ Lawrence on The New Gidget (1985-1986)