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   jatman | Aug 24, 2007 08:09pm | #1

   Are you a Sandra Dee or a Sally Fields Gidget fan?  I have to admit that I only vaguely remember the Sally Fields version (I looked up the other one!).  I didn't realize it was from a book.  I bet the book is a good, light summer read!

   JT

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   Cherrypops | Aug 25, 2007 06:04am | #2

   I grew up watching re-runs of Sally Field Gidget and then found the Sandra Dee Movies. Apparantly seven actresses played Gidget.

   The fashions were great. Loved the swimsuits..think my mum wore similar at the Gold Coast Queensland in the 50's/60's.

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   fabricholic | Aug 25, 2007 05:57pm | #7

   Hi Cherrypops,

   Do you have a list of all the Gidgets? 

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   Cherrypops | Aug 26, 2007 02:02am | #9

   Fabricholic,

   This is a good site with links to other pages.

   http://www.hollywoodteenmovies.com/GIDGET.html

   Another brief article about The Real Gidget which may interest you:

   http://www.californiaauthors.com/essay_stillman.shtml

   Lovely photos of Sandra Dee and some with her Son Dodd. Info on Bobby Darin too. You could spend hours reading and looking at all this.

   http://sandradeefans.com/main.html

    

    

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   fabricholic | Aug 26, 2007 04:54am | #11

   Thanks, I will look at this about the real Gidget. I have already seen the stuff about Sandra Dee.

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   Ralphetta | Aug 25, 2007 06:18am | #3

   If I remember correctly the book wasn' t as upbeat as the movies/TV.  It's been a long, long time, so I could be wrong.

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   Tatsy | Aug 25, 2007 06:52am | #4

   Didn't Debbie Reynolds do the very first ones? Or was that some other ingenue role?

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   Cherrypops | Aug 25, 2007 12:36pm | #5

   Deborah Walley played Gidget

   Debbie Reynolds was Tammy in "Tammy and The Bachelor " Movies. As was Sandra Dee. "Tammy and the Doctor" "Tammy tell me true"

   Loved those dresses too.

    

    

    

    

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   fabricholic | Aug 25, 2007 05:54pm | #6

   I am a Sandra Dee fan, mostly.  I have the movie Gidget Goes Hawaiian and I can't remember the Gidget in that one, but she is good, also.  I am about to read the book. 

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   jatman | Aug 25, 2007 07:01pm | #8

   I'm not sure where everyone else gets their info about movies but whenever I have a question about who was in what movie I go to Internet Movie Database (IMDb):

   http://www.imdb.com/find?s=all&q=Gidget

   There are titles at the top that are movies and if you page down there are a few more that are TV movies, etc.

   JT

    

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   fabricholic | Aug 26, 2007 04:53am | #10

   Thanks, JT. I will look at this.

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   cycler1729 | Sep 06, 2007 02:25am | #12

   I saw them all - back then!  And I came across this yesterday

   http://www.tv-links.co.uk/listings.html

   Look down the page for Gidget - they've got the complete episodes.

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   MaryinColorado | Sep 06, 2007 04:00pm | #13

   I remember all too well, I acquired the nickname for years!  I loved the movies.  Mary

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   fabricholic | Sep 06, 2007 05:11pm | #15

   O.k. Gidget. I can see that. Did you end up marrying Moondoggie?Marcy

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   MaryinColorado | Sep 06, 2007 06:31pm | #16

   Moondoggie surfed off into the sunset with Barbie!  But, if I was to join matchmakers.com, that would be a good line....."Gidget" grew up and is ready for "Moondoggie"  "I like pina coladas, and gettin caught in the rain".....remember that song?  lol

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   fabricholic | Sep 06, 2007 07:00pm | #17

   Moondoggie was a cutie pie. Yes, I remember that song and she ended up with her own husband.

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   Linda03052 | Sep 06, 2007 11:45pm | #18

   I wanted to comment on how GREAT Sally Fields looks on those commercials she's been doing!  My goal is to look as good at 60 as she does!  LOL!

   Linda

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   fabricholic | Sep 07, 2007 03:24am | #19

   I know. I was just thinking about Gidget having Osteoparosis. I remember when she was just ninety pounds. Reading the teen magazines, you could find out all of their stats. She probably doesn't weigh much more than that now. She still has those plump little cheeks. I wonder if they are implants?

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   woodruff | Sep 07, 2007 03:36am | #20

   I kind of think the cheekbones are natural. Here's a pic from the Gidget days:http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://i.imdb.com/Photos/Mptv/1070/0603_0003.jpg&imgrefurl=http://us.imdb.com/gallery/mptv/1070/Mptv/1070/0603_0003.jpg.html%3Fhint%3Dtt0058806&h=450&w=335&sz=32&hl=en&start=2&sig2=m0FwDaMufoGuiyfCdwZmQg&tbnid=PnKa4xNPdWjBtM:&tbnh=127&tbnw=95&ei=PpvgRpSYBaWQggOev9XmBw&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dsally%2Bfields%26gbv%3D2%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DGIn plastic surgery discussions, I''ve read that facial aging in men and women is governed to a huge extent by the bony structure of the cheekbones. A substantial malar prominence seems to keep the skin nicely supported there. Conversely, thin or insubstantial cheekbones don't bode well for aging. Compare Sally Fields in youth or age with John Hurt, for example:http://images.google.com/images?client=firefox-a&channel=s&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&hl=en&q=john+hurt&btnG=Search+Images&gbv=2

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   Linda03052 | Sep 07, 2007 04:35pm | #21

   She doesn't look as though she's aged almost at all!  Amazing!

   Linda 03052

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   fabricholic | Sep 08, 2007 12:04am | #22

   I went to that t.v. link last night and watched the Gidget that had her meet a surf bum at the beach, which turns out to be her math teacher. I can't believe how much everything seemed so familiar. I remember the suit she wore and those little yellow pajamas. I think the date on this is wrong. It said 1959 and I was 3 or 4 years old at that time. She is only 9 years older than me and she portrayed a 15 year old in the show. I wouldn't have remember so much in the fifties. I believe it was in the sixties.Marcy

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   cycler1729 | Sep 09, 2007 10:36pm | #23

   I think that the year is wrong also.  The movie was probably in 1959 but the show was definitely in the 1960s.  I remember those bathing suits, too.  What were we thinking?!

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   fabricholic | Sep 06, 2007 05:10pm | #14

   I was talking about the old movies, but this is great. I didn't know you could watch all of these old shows on a computer. Thank you so much. Marcy