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.
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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: |