Gidget
Ring-a-Ding-Dingbat | 1966
25 min. | color | ABC | first aired: february 24, 1966 | s01e24
Gidget and Larue track down The Dingbats, a British rock duo, staying at an undisclosed location in Los Angeles. They sell the address to some of their friends but feel bad when they learn that The Dingbats are in town so one of them can get married in private. The girls sneak into the mansion where The Dingbats are staying to warn them that the wedding may be disrupted by hundreds of screaming teenagers.
Written by Barbara Avedon
Directed by Hal Cooper
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
Mr. Goodpasture… Irwin Charone
Newsman… Lindsay Workman
Herbie… Jimmy Murphy
Arthur… Andrew Belling
Shen… Gregory Mullavy
Driver – Florist Truck… Jeff Burton
Desiree… Dorothy Konrad
Ellen… Lynn Marta
Music Consultant… Don Kirshner
Post-production Supervisor… Lawrence Werner
Music Supervisor… Ed Forsyth
Director of Photography… Burnett Guffey, A.S.C.
Art Director… Ross Bellah
Film Editor… Howard Kunin
Set Decorator… Anthony Mondell
Assistant Director… Mark Sandrich
Surfing Technical Consultant… Phil Sauers
Sound Effects… Fred J. Brown
Make-up Supervision… Ben Lane, S.M.A.
Don Porter’s Wardrobe by Lebow Clothes
Color by Pathé