Gidget
Ego A-Go-Go | 1966
25 min. | color | ABC | first aired: january 27, 1966 | s01e20
Gidget asks the school nerd, Derf the Drag (played by a very young Richard Dreyfuss), to a dance in order to build his self-confidence. But her plan works too well and Derf’s ego soon gets out of control, causing him to break off their date.
Written by Barbara Avedon
Directed by Jerrold Bernstein
Produced by William Sackheim
Executive Producer Harry Ackerman
Creator & Script Consultant Frederick Kohner
Associate Producer Stan Schwimmer
Music by Stu Phillips
Title Song Sung by: Johnny Tillotson
Title Song by Howard Greenfield & Jack Keller
Gidget… Sally Field
Russell Lawrence… Don Porter
Larue… Lynette Winter
Anne… Betty Conner
John… Pete Deuel
Norman… Richard Dreyfuss
Chuck Batson… Ed Griffith
Shari Sue… Susan Yardley
Marilyn… Leslie Towner
Director of Photography… Gert Anderson, A.S.C.
Art Director… Ross Bellah
Film Editor… Howard Kunin
Set Decorator… Louis Diage
Make-up Supervision… Ben Lane, S.M.A.
Surfing Technical Consultant… Phil Sauers
Production Supervisor… Seymour Friedman
Post-production Supervisor… Lawrence Werner
Assistant Director… Bill Lukather
Music Supervisor… Ed Forsyth
Sound Effects… Fred J. Brown
Don Porter’s Wardrobe by Lebow Clothes
Color by Pathé