In 1985, a syndicated made-for-television film called Gidget's Summer Reunion did well in the ratings. Actress Caryn Richman played a now-grown-up Gidget (who owned her own
travel agency); Dean Butler was her girlhood idol (and now husband) Moondoggie; who traded his surfboard for a drafting table as a city architect. The film led to a syndicated series The New Gidget, with Richman, Butler, and Sydney Penny as Gidget's niece Danni, not unlike a modern version of the teenager Gidget used to be. William Schallart of The Patty Duke Show and other series played Gidget's father Russ Lawrence in this version, which ran longer than the original series--a two-year stretch from 1986 until 1988. It was an OK sitcom, but an older Gidget seemed to be a contradiction to the fun-loving girl many of us grew up with. ( I was thinking early 90's, but it was even earlier than that...lol)
. . . my mom used to have all the old Sally Field ones on tape though. Didn't she just have a dad on that one, and no mom, or was that one of the movies? How'd they explain that one? I mean since she did have one in the original movie. Did they ever mention her death or anything like that?
Hi rave, glad you're "kind of" on, better than being "kind of ~ off
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What's that froggy?
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The boys last day of school is tomorrow.Yippppeeee. Dh has to work all this week, ds has to work til 11:30 pm for 3 days then Christmas eve work until 6 when the mall closes. Its his last day, he gave his notice 2 weeks ago.
