Gidget Page #4

I'll be the teacher

That's the way it's gonna be

Gidget is the one for me

Hey, you don't look very good.

I'd better see if I can get one

of the guys to drive you home.

Moondoggie?

G-gee, I don't want to be

a drag to you,

but I was thinking...

maybe you could take me home?

Well, uh, I'm...

Hi...

How's our mascot?

Oh, she'll live. What

time is it, Kahuna?

A little after 5:00.

After 5:
00?

Oh, brother, I got to go.

I'll see you later.

What jet-propelled him

all of a sudden?

Oh, you know men.

After sunset, they get

a little restless.

Rumor has it Moondoggie's

got a big date tonight.

Oh...

Hey, don't tell me

that Gidget's jealous.

Who, me?

I never heard anything

so ridiculous...

Oh, just a passing impression.

Oh.

Oh...

Hey, baby, you really are sick.

No, I just feel like

I've been hit on the back of

the head with a sledgehammer.

Moondoggie...

Moondoggie...

There, there, dear.

It's just the fever.

Doctor said it was

too much sun and water.

Just a touch of tonsillitis,

but you'll be all right.

No, Mommy, no, it...

it's something else.

Darling, what is it?

You kept saying Moondoggie.

Well, that's it. He's the one.

Oh, Mom. It's all true,

just like you said about...

about a person knowing

when it happens.

Mom, but what does

a person do about it?

Do?

Darling, according to Dr. West,

you won't be doing anything

away from this room

for at least a couple of weeks.

Oh, a couple of weeks.

Besides, one of the advantages

of being a young lady is

is it's not up to you.

It's up to the young man.

There, now, try

and get some sleep, huh?

Don't worry.

Yeah, but what if the young man

doesn't know you're alive?

The young lady be darned.

I've got to figure out

a plan of attack.

I mean, it's...

it's perfectly obvious

that you get a man

through his own interests.

Put one foot a few

inches ahead of the other,

near the center of the board.

Yeah?

Stop forward or back to meet the

changing pitch of the wave.

Oh, boy, when I think of

all the hours I spent

cramming on math and biology...

No, I'm to blame.

That time I congratulated you

for getting straight A's?

What a friend.

You know, I... I should've

belted you one, right then.

No, no, no, it's my fault.

I should have worked at being

an "A" student in both,

but don't worry,

I've never flunked out

on a subject yet,

and by the time I shake

this crummy tonsillitis,

I'm going to be the best

female surfer in California!

Oh! What's happening?

She just got thrown under

by a 30-foot wave!

Hi.

Hi. Not bad for a beginner.

Were you really sick, or did you go

hire yourself a coach somewhere?

No, not a coach,

just some books.

Some books?

Oh, I boned up on a few

basic principles...

You can learn anything

from books, you know.

Now make a wish

and blow.

A wish, uh...

Okay...

Oh, I did it!

Oh, golly, it's beautiful.

Uh, where's...

where's all your friends

from the beach,

and... and where's B.L.?

Oh, well, B.L.

would've broken her date,

and, well, as for the crew...

I... I guess I'll get

them here sometime.

I mean, you know what Saturday

night means to most fellows.

Well, uh...

I know what it means

in the Lawrence house.

Duet time, eh, Francie-girl?

Moondoggie! Hey, wait...

Put her down, boys.

Set her right down.

Crowned!

Hey! Hip, hip, hooray!

Hip, hip, hooray!

My turn.

That's great!

Whoo-hoo!

Oh, Moondoggie!

Hey, Joanne!

This is the kid

I was telling you about.

She's only been surfing

a little over a month.

Really?

It must be wonderful, if you

like that sort of thing.

Of course,

Moondoggie can tell you

I'm not the outdoor type.

Then you better get out of

the sun before you melt.

Oh, ho, ho.

Yeah, that's right. Come on.

See you at the luau, huh?

What luau? Oh, no.

You aren't gonna scare

our Gidget there. Uh-uh.

Honest, fellows,

I'd love a luau.

When is it?

Not for a couple of weeks.

But don't give it

another thought, baby.

But why?

Because it's not

a coming-out party.

And it's not a weenie-roast.

As a matter of fact, honey,

this luau is not a luau...

It's an orgy. Yeah.

Yeah, yeah. Ha, ha.

Will you fellows stop

treating me like an infant?

Oh...

Forget it. You're not the type.

So long, Gidge.

One, two, one, two,

one, two, one, two,

one, two, one, two,

one, two, one, two, one, two,

one, two, one, two...

Oh, I'm exhausted.

Oh, come on. Don't

give up so easily.

What's the use?

Well, let's see how much

progress we've made.

Oh, it'll take forever

to add even an inch,

and the luau's

only 10 days away.

If I want to be the type

of girl to get invited,

I have to think

of something faster.

Francie, I've told you,

there's only one way.

Oh, I just couldn't.

I mean, I'd feel like

a man with a toupee.

Oh, no.

Gee, all my life,

I've found the answer

to all my problems

in these books,

but who wants to

solve their love life

with poison or a dagger?

Gee, if I could only

make Moondoggie jealous.

Jealous of who?

Whom.

Well, gee, not any of the

high school creeps I know.

Man, would I give

a tidy sum to be...

I've got it!

How to get to the luau

and make him jealous!

20 bucks?

Just to take you to a luau?

No, I told you,

not just to take me.

You've got pretend like

you're real gone over me.

You know, give me the mad rush.

Hey, who is this guy

you're out to turn green?

Oh... no.

Well, I don't know. It just

sounds like easy money, but...

I kind of had some plans

of my own at that luau.

Just till midnight.

Well...

Just till midnight, huh?

Okay, it's a deal.

Oh, great.

But picking you up first,

that's extra for gas.

Oh, that's the last

of my allowance again.

Hey, couldn't we compromise,

you know, meet somewhere?

Well, you know the espresso

cafe on Wilshire, Portofino?

Uh-huh. Yeah, there.

A week from Saturday night.

Yeah, but you got to square

it with the Kahuna first.

Oh, don't worry, I will.

Kahuna, I want

to come to that luau.

Baby-doll, what is it with you?

Don't you ever give up?

Well, not when I want something.

Well, it's like anything,

you want it bad enough,

you work for it,

and right now what I want more than

anything else in the whole wide world

is to go to that luau!

Well, Kahuna, you know yourself,

it's the bang-up finish

to the whole summer!

Why, it's like graduation day.

I mean, it's the ultimate!

Oh, Gidget, Gidget, Gidget...

Besides, what's it

to the great Kahuna

whether I'm the type or not.

You said it yourself,

the code is,

"Live and let live."

Oh, it's no skin off

my nose what you do,

but the rest of the crew

might not like it.

Oh, Kahuna, they won't care,

not if you say it's all right,

and besides, I've already

got an escort, and...

oh, I'll bring piles of food...

piles and piles of food.

We've got more stuff

in our freezer

that's practically

forgotten, and...

and if you ever tasted

my mom's cheesecake...

All right.

A man's got to look after

his own stomach.

You got any steaks

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