Gidget - in Popular Culture

In Popular Culture

• The names "Gidget" and "Moondoggie" were also used for two characters of the anime series Eureka Seven, among many other nods to surf culture.

• In 1979, the Southern Californian punk rock group Suburban Lawns had a small cult hit with the parody single "Gidget Goes To Hell".

• In 1995 Fred Reiss published a novel titled Gidget Must Die: a Killer Surf Novel, about the darker side of surf culture. Except for her name in the title, the book has nothing to do with the character Gidget or her spinoffs.

• Gidget was spoofed in Charles Busch's off-Broadway play (1987) and film (2000), Psycho Beach Party. The play was originally titled Gidget Goes Psychotic, but changed due to copyright concerns.

• The Brunettes have a song titled "Too Big For Gidget".

• In 2001, Brian Gillogly began work on an independent documentary: Accidental Icon: The Real Gidget Story. It was first shown in Malibu in 2006. Copyright issues led to a major re-cut in 2010, with a world premiere in March of that year at the Noosa Festival of Surfing in Australia, and a North American premier at the Newport Beach Film Festival a month later.

• In 2007, Terry McCabe and Marissa McKown adapted a stage play Gidget from Kohner's 1957 novel. It was performed at City Lit Theater in Chicago in May and June 2007, directed by Marissa McKown and starred Sabrina Kramnich as Gidget.

• Gidget Gein (born Bradley Stewart, September 11, 1969 – October 8, 2008) was an American musician and artist. He was the second bassist and co-founder of the alternative metal band Marilyn Manson. His stage name references and dichotomises serial killer Ed Gein and the novel Gidget.