The New Gidget is an American sitcom sequel to the original 1965–66 sitcom Gidget. It aired in syndication from September 15, 1986, to May 12, 1988. The series was produced by original Gidget series producer Harry Ackerman and was launched after the made-for-television film Gidget's Summer Reunion, starring Caryn Richman as Gidget, aired in 1985.
Plot
The series features Gidget, who is in her late 20s and married to her idol, Jeff Griffin aka "Moondoggie" (Dean Butler).
The couple live in Santa Monica, California, where Moondoggie works as an architect and Gidget runs the "Gidget Travel Agency" with her long-time best friend, Larue (Jill Jacobson).
Also living with her and Jeff is her niece, Danielle "Danni" Collins (Sydney Penny), her older sister, Anne's, daughter.
Anne and her husband were out of the country so Danni was living with her uncle and aunt so her schooling wouldn't be interrupted.
She and her best friend, Gayle, (Lili Haydn) are often getting into mischievous exploits that kind of remind Gidget of her own outlandish exploits when she was her niece's age.
Also living with the family was Gidget's father, retired English professor, Russ Lawrence (William Schallert) who offered solid and sage advice and also to gently remind Gidget that her own exploits were similar to what Danni's are presently.
Cast
Main
Caryn Richman as Francine "Gidget" Lawrence Griffin
Dean Butler as Jeff "Moondoggie" Griffin
Sydney Penny as Danielle "Dani" Collins
Lili Haydn as Gayle Baker
William Schallert as Russell "Russ" Lawrence
Don Stroud as The Great Kahuna
Jill Jacobson as Larue Wilson
Richard Paul as Wilton Parmenter
David Preston as Murph the Surf
Notable guest stars
Judith Barsi
Nina Blackwood
Bob Denver
Elinor Donahue
Alice Ghostley
Alan Hale
Jan and Dean
Patricia Morison
The Safaris
Timothy Stack
Frank Stallone
Jesse White
Wolfman Jack
Episodes
Season 1 (1986–87)
Season 2 (1987–88)
Stations
References
External links
1986 American television series debuts
1988 American television series endings
1980s American sitcoms
English-language television shows
First-run syndicated television programs in the United States
Gidget
American sequel television series
Television series by Fremantle (company) Television series by Sony Pictures Television Television shows set in Santa Monica, California