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00:00You see before you me, Gidget.
00:02For 15 and a half years, my life was a complete and total ick.
00:06But then, on the 23rd of June, two things happened.
00:10I fell in love with two things.
00:13Jeff, my moondoggie, and surfing.
00:19I am happy to report that falling in love was as easy and natural as learning how to surf.
00:25From the moment we met, we knew we were meant for each other.
00:28Hey, get lost.
00:35I'll never forget the first time he told me he loved me.
00:39Hey, what was your name again?
00:44You know something? You are kind of cute.
01:02If you're in doubt about angels being real, I can arrange to change any doubts you feel.
01:16Wait till you see my Gidget.
01:19You want her for your valentine.
01:23You're gonna say she's all that you adore, but stay away.
01:29Gidget is spoken for.
01:31You're gonna find that Gidget is mine.
01:42Jeff and I drifted happily through the summer months.
01:45Ours is a world of sun and fun and all the wonders of young romance.
01:50Until the night I suddenly realized Jeff Sue would be going back east to college, and I'd be left, facing
01:56a different world.
01:58Well, more about that later.
02:00Meanwhile, back at the ranch, there are some people I'd like you to meet.
02:04This, loosely speaking, is my family.
02:06The handsome, sensible-looking set of tweeds is my father.
02:09He's only the best English professor at UCLA and the most terrific father living, mainly because he makes a practice
02:17of not working at it.
02:18The one over by the window, chewing her fingernails down at the nub, is my sister Anne.
02:24Misname your psychosis of the year.
02:26Her heart's in the right place.
02:27But ever since mother died, Annie's maternal instinct has been working overtime, and she gets plenty of help from that
02:34other character, who happens to be an A-1 first-class nut.
02:37He's her husband, John, and he's studying to be a psychologist, which is great, because if ever anybody needed a
02:43head shrinker, it's Sister Annie.
02:45But you know how it is.
02:47The shoemaker's kids go barefoot, and the psychologist's wife stays flaky.
02:53Dad, it is now five minutes after 11.
02:56Not late. Well, by all means, you two run along home.
02:59That's not what I meant. I mean, Gidget.
03:02Why isn't she home? What's she doing at this hour?
03:06Yeah.
03:08I don't know what she's doing, but I am blitzing your husband.
03:12No, you're not, Jim.
03:14Oh, yes, you are.
03:17Dad, you're being entirely too permissive with Gidget.
03:20She's right, Russ.
03:22You know, permissiveness is out. Strong discipline is in.
03:24Okay. How about disciplining yourself to pay me $3.75?
03:30See? You see? You wonder where she gets it?
03:33From you.
03:34You ignore emotional problems and concern yourself only with mundane facts.
03:38And here's his most mundane.
03:41Hi.
03:42Hi, sweetie.
03:43Gidget, do you realize it is now five minutes after 11?
03:49That late?
03:51Well, then, by all means, you two run along.
03:54Dad, will you talk to her?
03:56Absolutely.
03:57Have fun?
03:58Mm.
04:00Mildly tragic.
04:02I have a problem.
04:03I've had a couple of my own this evening.
04:06I'm getting a sense of deep hostility.
04:08Now who's looking only at facts?
04:10Good night, everyone.
04:12I have to go upstairs and suffer.
04:14What does she mean by that?
04:16It probably means that she's had some slight difference of opinion with Jeff.
04:20Which will no doubt mock her for life.
04:23You think not?
04:24You think not?
04:25I think not.
04:26Good night, children.
04:28That means the word advisedly.
04:32Good night.
04:37LaRue, will you please not argue?
04:39I need your help.
04:40I'm utterly destroyed.
04:42Don't tell me.
04:43You broke up with Jeff.
04:44No, just the opposite.
04:45I still have his ring.
04:46And this destroys you?
04:48I should have such destruction.
04:50You don't understand, LaRue.
04:52Of course, it's wonderful having his ring.
04:55But suddenly driving home, it hit me that I'm all this younger than he is.
04:59He found out you're only 15 and a half?
05:01Oh, no.
05:02I'm still 16 to him.
05:04The point is, he'll be going back to Princeton next week.
05:08And going steady may be fine for him at his age.
05:11But it just doesn't seem right that I should sit around for the whole year and die on the vine.
05:19Actually, it wouldn't be fair to him.
05:21I mean, what man, when he gets married, wants to have as a wife some unsophisticated dodo
05:26who's never been around and met people or anything?
05:29I guess you got a problem.
05:31What are you going to do about it?
05:33I'm not sure yet.
05:35I've got to do some heavy thinking.
05:37Honey?
05:37Just a minute.
05:38I've got to hang up.
05:39Visit from the parent.
05:40Talk to you tomorrow.
05:45They go?
05:46Yeah.
05:47Boy.
05:48They act 180 years old apiece.
05:51It's a good thing they got married.
05:56Saves two other people.
05:57It's not a fine way to talk about your sister.
06:00Oh, Annie's all right.
06:01She means well.
06:02But John.
06:04Dad, do you really think John will ever make it, being a psychologist?
06:08That's what he's studying for.
06:10Personally, I think it's a toss-up.
06:13Whether they'll let him practice or put him away.
06:17Did something go wrong this evening?
06:19Any real problems?
06:20Nothing I can't mishandle myself.
06:22The normal agony.
06:23Yeah.
06:24That's good.
06:25Good night.
06:26Good night.
06:37I called Jeff this morning and told him straight out that it would be best for his sake if I
06:42continued
06:43to date, even if he didn't.
06:45He agreed to think it over and call me back.
06:47Meanwhile, to pass the time of day, I decided to make some extra entries in my diary.
06:53And then, dear diary, I knew I had no choice but to give in.
06:58And he kissed me.
06:59He's never kissed me before.
07:01And I...
07:02And I got goose pimples all over.
07:07Blah.
07:09Fainted dead away.
07:12Blah.
07:15Sank into nothing.
07:18Blah.
07:18Blah.
07:21Blah.
07:22Blah.
07:22Just a sec.
07:25Blah.
07:43Blah.
07:43Oh, hi, Jeff.
07:45Hi.
07:46Hold it.
07:47Sisterville.
07:48If you're looking for Dad, he's at the office.
07:51No, I was just out shopping and...
07:53Well, actually, I stopped by to see you, Gidget.
07:56Oh?
07:58Okay.
07:59Rest the bones.
08:01Thanks.
08:05Um, as John says,
08:07when a girl your age stays out until all hours
08:10and then comes home with a problem,
08:12there has to be some deep-rooted whatchamacallit.
08:15And I thought...
08:20Well, what I'm really trying to say is,
08:22why don't you and I have a little talk?
08:25Dear.
08:26Well, sure, but could we make it some other time?
08:29This happens to be an awfully busy year.
08:31Certainly, we...
08:33Dear.
08:59Your sake, into nothingness?
09:05but jeff you don't understand of course i understand gidge i i think you've got an
09:09excellent point the only difference is each of us will date others for both i sakes both date
09:15but that's the most unfair thing i ever heard of you want to date other women that's all our love
09:21the whole summer the beach is meant to you in that case i never want to see you or the
09:26pacific
09:26ocean again only the direst emergency could ever make me go back there
09:37now i've got to have a dire emergency
09:42larue john oh john you were so right about gidget if only daddy had listened to you oh it's terrible
09:51the worst well i warned him it was obvious that was the way she was heading
09:56listen darling meet me at dad's office right away and we'll tell him excellent idea oh and wait
10:04what's the panic what happened the worst
10:09what's all that stuff for gosh sakes protection how many times do i have to tell you i'm allergic
10:15to the sun please that's the least of my problems
10:23we headed for the beach and i had plenty of time to mull over my discovery that being honest isn't
10:28always the best policy but if you're honest all you can do is settle back and live with the trouble
10:34it brings i was telling larue never never try to deal honestly with the man they simply do not know
10:41how to cope with it when a woman like myself comes along and tries to be direct open honest
10:47completely unselfish it throws him for a loop
11:07well i've learned my lesson i'm through with jeff once and for all you're through with him then what are
11:13we doing at the beach i'm gonna give him a second chance
11:15i'm gonna give him a second chance
11:17oh
11:17ah
11:19though
11:45There he is.
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16:31so who am i kidding i was worrying about it plenty
16:40i was telling myself to face facts i was not so feel or in good grief even she would have
16:47had to think twice about cornbread yeah come in
17:08hey what's with you you look worried can i help that's just what i came upstairs to ask you
17:15have you a real problem you mean you know well how did you know what's the difference how i knew
17:19a lot of difference brother things aren't tough enough i guess you you of all people have to
17:27find out what an idiot i am well everyone makes mistakes honey yeah but you have to have a real
17:34talent to make the kind i make now jeff has me exactly where he wants me and when i think
17:41it
17:41was my idea your idea i don't think jeff would suggest it when it comes to things like that he's
17:49not
17:49square he's cube
17:57you're looking at me funny i am trying to understand yeah but you're trying to understand
18:03like it was the end of the world or something daddy i think you better let me work this out
18:09for myself
18:10you're only going to make a great big thing out of nothing francis francis i do not consider
18:19sinking into nothingness nothing now there's a very serious question of morals involved
18:26sinking into
18:30morals
18:32yes now you and i had an understanding that any time we had a problem we
18:39you're looking at me funny well i'm trying to understand yeah but you're trying to understand as
18:44though i had done something immoral well i think reading someone else's diary is just about as
18:49immoral as you can get just a minute get oh daddy how could you how could you do something like
18:57that
19:10i don't mind you reading my diary but what could i do about it sure i could go to him
19:25and say i don't
19:26mind you reading my diary but that would be a lie just like if he came to me and said
19:31he didn't mind
19:32my sinking into nothingness because that would be a lie at least i hope it would be a lie
19:40i'd hate to think he wouldn't mind if i ever did anything as jerky as that
20:02hi i couldn't sleep either
20:07don't cry anymore
20:10i'm not honest
20:14i haven't got any more tears left
20:39the only thing that's important is
20:42are having faith in each other
20:46as soon as we understand each other
20:50believe in each other we can handle anything
20:53got that much
20:54not that much
20:55okay
20:58now i did not read your diary get you
21:03you didn't
21:05but then how did you know i can't tell you how you just have to take my word for it
21:11okay what about you
21:18me
21:19daddy i didn't sink into nothingness holy cow
21:27wait a minute
21:28something's very hokey here doesn't make sense
21:32what
21:32i just realized something
21:36if you had read my diary
21:38then you'd know i didn't sink into anything
21:41look
21:42right there top of the page
21:45thursday that's tomorrow
21:47yeah
21:47tomorrow i sink into nothingness
21:50and then friday i start living a life of regret
21:52you're writing your diary in a dream
21:55no
21:56i'm not that overconfident
21:59it's just
21:59well when things get dull
22:01i make up a little
22:02in this case i was making up a romantic kiss
22:07oh kid
22:10so if you didn't read the diary
22:12then who didn't told you about it
22:14our own personal tell star annie right
22:18i'm not talking
22:19oh boy
22:22i know annie means well
22:23and i love her and all that
22:25but i do wish she'd stop trying to be my mother
22:29well
22:30i guess she thinks you need one
22:33but i don't
22:34i have you
22:38you do in me
22:43oh
22:48so jeff leaves tomorrow
22:49and i know i'll just shrivel up and die out of loneliness
22:53but at least we got one thing settled
22:55hmm
22:56well that i should date and
22:57he'll think it over
22:59i never heard of a wiser solution
23:01and i think you and i rattled annie and john pretty good
23:04yeah i'd say they were fairly short
23:06poor old annie poo
23:08she wastes all that maternal instinct on me
23:11when she ought to be having a baby of her own
23:13of course that could be john's fault
23:15you know psychologists had the most peculiar ideas on sex
23:19they think it makes you nervous makes you overeat
23:22when actually anybody with an ounce of intelligence
23:24knows all it's good for is making a baby
23:27good night
23:36funny thing about life
23:39a few hours ago i hit the lowest point of my whole absolute existence
23:44and now i'm riding so high i can't even see cloud nine when i look down
23:49john would say that shows a lack of maturity
23:51and i can't argue with him
23:53when you're young it's not easy to level off and fly right
23:57it's too bad you can't be born with maturity
24:00and then lose it later on when you're old enough not to need it anymore
24:04i wonder if thinking about stuff like that means i'm a philosopher
24:10oh i hope not
24:11because i'm too tired for all that joy
24:28you're super Gentleman Thanks to my first watch
24:30a lot of people
24:36but the Multumesors
24:36and even maybe it's not the king ofŠ½Š¾Š²Š°
24:38what to do