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Gidget : The Complete Series

Sally Field (Actor), Don Porter (Actor) | Format: DVD
4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)

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Gidget launched the career of the ever-perky Sally Field (who decades later still looks like the sweetie-pie beach bunny she played in the mid-'60s series). The show is a valentine to Southern California, surfing, and plucky girl power--in fact, Gidget's self-aware musings and intrepid ways of getting out of trouble lay the groundwork for later TV heroines like Buffy and Veronica Mars. The show's aged surprisingly well, mostly because of the undeniable charms of Field, who seems to take her teenage "horror stories"--as when squeeze Jeff (a.k.a. Moon Doggie) is poised to return to Princeton and suggests they date other people--with a knowing grain of salt. The teen drama is all a bit tongue in cheek, since it's clear nothing will get our Gidget down for long. The dialogue is a real treat, a crazy mix of late film noir ("How old's the underripe tomato?") and pre-Summer of Love hipster California-speak ("Well, look at all the wiggy birds around here!"). The set includes all 32 episodes, with a short interview with Field, who has a lot of affection for her young persona--as do we all, Daddy-o. --A.T. Hurley

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4.0 out of 5 stars Gidget Collector, Mar 11 2011
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That's what I call myself. After all, I became a huge fan of the 1959 film back in the 1990s after coming across it in a local video rental outlet. I bought the Gidget Movie Collection, then the book by Frederick Kohner, who based the lead character on his own daughter, Kathy. Now I've proudly added the TV series to my nostalgia roster. While I still love the original Sandra Dee vehicle, this television show featuring a young Sally Field is entertaining and fun in its own right. Don Porter, who portrayed the Gidge's dad in "Gidget Goes To Rome" (1963) reprises his role here, sans wife, since Professor Russ Lawrence is apparently widowed. The series also introduces Gidget's elder sister Anne (Betty Conner), newly married to John Cooper (Pete Duel), and Lynette Winter (who looked so familiar, and then I realized she was from another 60s movie favorite, "The Parent Trap") is her best friend Larue. Francie Lawrence, aka Gidget, is a teen who loves surfing and runs to the Malibu beach whenever she can. She faces the now classic adolescent predicaments, laced with sweet family humor. Great 60s kitsch and what a trip down memory lane (not that I would know, it was all before my time, lol), with familiar faces like Barbara Hershey and Richard Dreyfuss. Too bad the show only lasted one season, but at least the complete series is preserved so wonderfully on four discs.

The series and the films are the perfect way to pass the time and indulge in some swinging fun on a rainy afternoon.

Sally Field is adorable, just before her signature TV role as "The Flying Nun".

Surf is definitely up!
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5.0 out of 5 stars gidget- sally field, July 1 2010
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This series is charmingly "young". Very refreshing. And as usual, the AMAZON products and customer service is Number One.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Fun & refreshing, Jan 26 2009
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This is a wonderful collection. The stories are simple but full of fun and energy. Great interpretation by Sally Field. Good quality DVDs and nice bright colors video. Highly recommended for all ages.
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