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| Gidget and the Goreys |
ABC
January 20, 1966
Sitcom
DVD
B
This is both a sweet look at Gidget's friendship with Larue and a gentle satire of then-current rock trends. (The Rolling Stones and Sonny & Cher among others get shout-outs.) The thing of Gidget being the untalented girl playing the tambourine is funny in light of how often this would be a motif in rock & roll cartoons later in the decade and on into the '70s, e.g. The Archies.
Jimmy Hawkins, who plays Paul, was Tommy Bailey in It's a Wonderful Life, and he was making Elvis movies around this time. Sandy Kenyon, who plays Rick Farmer, would be on a few That Girl episodes. And, yes, Joanna Lee proves she can write as well for Gidget as for Gilligan.
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