"Gidget" Chivalry Isn't Dead (TV Episode 1965) Poster

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(1965)

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Fight for Chivalry
JordanThomasHall3 August 2017
Gidget (Sally Field) sees how the boys aren't treating girls as chivalrous as in the days of her dad (Don Porter). She works her boyfriend Mark (Robert Random) to where he begins doing things for her. Gidget throws a slumber party for her friends so they'll all have an excuse when the boys calls for a date at the last minute- to teach them a lesson. When the boys find out they go to unsuccessfully crash the party. They then try to get their girls one by one to leave the party by calling them on the telephone and having the others think it's their mother. What will come of Gidget's quest for respect?

Bonnie Franklin ("One Day at a Time") plays Gidget's friend Janie. Barbara Hershey plays Gidget's friend Ellen. Look closely at Pete's familiar living room. It's the living room of Darrin and Samantha Stephens from "Bewitched".
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CHIVALRY IS OUT TO LUNCH. BE BACK SOON.
tcchelsey3 March 2024
Chivalry defined; polite, unselfish, a code of honor.

No doubt inspired by I LOVE LUCY, where Lucy and Ethel found themselves taken for granted. Such is the case with Gidge and her gal friends who are tired of guys being guys. That includes Mark (played by Robert Random), her latest boyfriend, which sparks a do-able idea.

Gidge decides to throw a big slumber party and snub the guys --until they find out about their plan. Their boyfriends strike back, putting into action some clever ways on how to shut down the party, including calling the house and pretending to be their moms? If you're a sitcom fan, you'll recognize this gag in later shows. Creative writing 101.

Some super guest stars to watch for, which is always fun; Bonnie Franklin in an early role as Jane, Barbara Hershey, also beginning her career, playing Ellen and Beverly Washburn, who soon would gain fame appearing in STAR TREK and the cult movie, SPIDER BABY. Robert Random later co-starred in the action series, IRON HORSE.

Written by one of the best, John McGreevey, lead writer for MY THREE SONS, also for Sally Field's next tv series, the FLYING NUN. And yes --- that is the living room from BEWITCHED. In fact, Gidget's kitchen was the same kitchen used on HAZEL and her house was very close by to the BEWITCHED house on the Columbia/Warner Brothers lot. Sadly, all was torn down during the summer of 2023 to make way for new, state of the art sound stages for Warners. Gone, but not forgotten.

10 Stars. From SEASON 1 EPISODE 12 remastered color.
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