Why did Gidget not become a gay icon?
Our beloved Sally Field played her at one point.
A cloying femme surrounded by sweaty men in speedos, the sun glistening over their beads of perspiration. Who wouldn’t want a Moon Doggie in their life? Or to spend their time surrounded by a fleet of hot men?
by Anonymous | reply 17 | August 16, 2025 5:11 AM
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She sort of is.
Have you not seen the 2001 movie of Charles Busch's "Psycho Beach Party"? It's hilariously campy and is most a satire of the Gidget movies: instead of Gidget, Moondoggie, and the Big Kahuna, there's Chicklet, Starcat, and the Big Kanaka.
it just came out on Criterion,.
by Anonymous | reply 1 | August 15, 2025 10:31 PM
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Watching Gidget Grows Up as part of a Saturday Matinee on my local station in the 1980s was a formative experience for this little gayling. Karen Valtenine, New York City, Paul Lynde and Nina Foch? Who could ask for anything more?
by Anonymous | reply 2 | August 15, 2025 11:55 PM
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She's the first portrayal of real crying of a tv character. I was impressed, Sally!
by Anonymous | reply 3 | August 16, 2025 12:01 AM
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Sandra Dee. Sally was the follow up.
by Anonymous | reply 4 | August 16, 2025 12:21 AM
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[quote]Sandra Dee. Sally was the follow up.
Hardly.
Deborah Walley was Gidget in the sequel, "Gidget Goes Hawaiian," followed by Cindy Carol in "Gidget Goes to Rome."
by Anonymous | reply 5 | August 16, 2025 12:31 AM
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[quote]surrounded by sweaty men in speedos
When???
by Anonymous | reply 6 | August 16, 2025 12:33 AM
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Yeah, there were lots of good looking guys but no speedos.
by Anonymous | reply 7 | August 16, 2025 12:36 AM
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Some of us had doubts about angels being real.
by Anonymous | reply 8 | August 16, 2025 1:10 AM
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She was no Ann Marie. Ann Marie was tinsel on a dream.
by Anonymous | reply 9 | August 16, 2025 1:25 AM
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Because Gidget is a fucking stupid name.
by Anonymous | reply 10 | August 16, 2025 1:30 AM
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It's a cross between girl and midget, r10.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 11 | August 16, 2025 1:34 AM
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r8, I love the Gidget theme!
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 12 | August 16, 2025 1:34 AM
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You can watch the series free on Tubi
by Anonymous | reply 13 | August 16, 2025 2:32 AM
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I found the Sandra Dee movies and Sandra Dee very very annoying. The only reason to watch is James Darren.
by Anonymous | reply 14 | August 16, 2025 2:36 AM
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r14 There was only one Sandra Dee movie.
by Anonymous | reply 15 | August 16, 2025 2:44 AM
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I like the show more than the movies
by Anonymous | reply 16 | August 16, 2025 4:17 AM
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