View Full Version : Why was it decided there would be no mother in GIDGET?


Ireneparalegal
07-06-2008, 10:45 PM
As a fan of the movie, I always wondered why the tv series decided to have only the father and add a sister instead.

Jude The Obscure
07-06-2008, 10:48 PM
I often wondered that myself.....perhaps following the trend of widowed parents on TV. "Bachelor Father" being a recent series offering and then there was "Family Affair".

gidgetgrape
05-26-2009, 05:53 PM
In the books, the mother and sister are minor characters. Cher Papa, the second published Gidget book, is written through Gidget's father point-of-view.

Marvo301
05-26-2009, 06:33 PM
I often wondered that myself.....perhaps following the trend of widowed parents on TV. "Bachelor Father" being a recent series offering and then there was "Family Affair".
And shortly after that there was "The Courtship of Eddie's Father"".

Jude The Obscure
05-26-2009, 06:45 PM
not to mention "The Andy Griffith Show"--single dads were hot in the '60s :lol: