Gidget
Ask Helpful Hannah | 1966
25 min. | color | ABC | first aired: march 31, 1966 | s01e29
Gidget stops by her school newspaper office to complain about the lackluster advice given in the “Ask Helpful Hannah” column. When “Helpful Hannah” gets angry and quits, the editor convinces Gidget to take over the position.
Written by Austin Kalish & Irma Kalish
Story by Don Richman & Janet Carlson
Directed by Lee Philips
Produced by William Sackheim
Executive Producer Harry Ackerman
Creator & Script Consultant Frederick Kohner
Associate Producer Stan Schwimmer
Music by Dave Grusin
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 Crowley… Jim Connell
Peggy Bell… Candace Howard
Miss Beckley… Norma Connolly
Toby… Robert Beach
Ted… Rick Cooper
Ellen… Barbara Hershey
Kathy… Jewel Jaffe
Librarian… Sari Price
Music Consultant… Don Kirshner
Post-production Supervisor… Lawrence Werner
Music Supervisor… Ed Forsyth
Director of Photography… Gert Andersen, A.S.C.
Art Director… Ross Bellah
Film Editor… Howard Kunin
Set Decorator… Anthony Mondell
Assistant Director… Maxwell Henry
Surfing Technical Consultant… Phil Sauers
Sound Effects… Fred J. Brown
Make-up Supervision… Ben Lane, S.M.A.
Color by Pathé