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JamesMAnders · 06-21-2005, 12:44 PM

Hello I am new here, this is my first post. Sally Field is my favorite actress but I am wondering, would Gidget have continued if they had recast it after it was cancelled? I doubt it but what do you think?

gidgetgrape · 06-30-2005, 01:59 PM

Hmmm...I don't know, maybe. I think some people expected the Gidget they saw on TV to be more like Gidget they saw in the movies. Blond hair, blue eyes, the whole Sandra Dee bit.

I LOVE Sally Field as Gidget but I think that this show would have gone on another season if her character weren't named Gidget Lawerence and she didn't have the weight of the Gidget franchise on her back.

I think one mistake the writers made was not making Jeff a bigger part of Gidget's life the way he was in the movies. He should have went to a local college and been apart of Gidget's daily activities. I love the closeness between Russ and Gidget and the squabbles with Anne and John. Two things not in the movies, but wonderful in the series.

06-21-2005, 12:44 PM	#1
JamesMAnders Member Forum Cub Join Date: Jun 21, 2005 Posts: 2	Would Recasting Have worked? Hello I am new here, this is my first post. Sally Field is my favorite actress but I am wondering, would Gidget have continued if they had recast it after it was cancelled? I doubt it but what do you think?

06-30-2005, 01:59 PM	#2
gidgetgrape Forever Gidget Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Sep 20, 2003 Location: Texas Posts: 3,503	Hmmm...I don't know, maybe. I think some people expected the Gidget they saw on TV to be more like Gidget they saw in the movies. Blond hair, blue eyes, the whole Sandra Dee bit. I LOVE Sally Field as Gidget but I think that this show would have gone on another season if her character weren't named Gidget Lawerence and she didn't have the weight of the Gidget franchise on her back. I think one mistake the writers made was not making Jeff a bigger part of Gidget's life the way he was in the movies. He should have went to a local college and been apart of Gidget's daily activities. I love the closeness between Russ and Gidget and the squabbles with Anne and John. Two things not in the movies, but wonderful in the series.