Dear Diary...Et Al

Sally Field launches a long and illustrious starring career in this debut episode of her first TV series Gidget. As surf-happy teenager Francie "Gidget" Lawrence, Field is joined by Don Porter as Gidget's widowed father Prof. Russ Lawrence, Betty Conner as her married older sister Anne, Peter Deuel as her brother-in-law John, Lynette Winter as her kooky best friend LaRue, and in this episode, Stephen Mines as her college-age boyfriend Jeff. Today's adventure finds Gidget and Jeff agreeing that she'll be able to date other boys while he's off attending Princeton University--but Gidget isn't keen on Jeff dating other girls at the same time. In any event, our heroine notes down several interesting comments about certain members of the opposite sex in her diary--which sisters Anne happens to read, just before jumping to a number of wrong conclusions!, When Anne sneaks a peek at Gidget's diary, Gidget and Russ decide to teach her a lesson about respecting people's privacy.