Now that we're like totally into summer -- even up here in Nova Scotia -- it's time to make clear the television connection to contemporary hot weather garb. Except for at work (probably), do women wear anything but capris anymore at this time of the year? I'm talking women, not young girls or very young ladies who can do the shorts thing with impunity. I think -- I see -- that capris are the pants of choice, and there are exactly two reasons why:1.) No matter how tall you are or aren't, you don't have to hem them. They just work as is, and what a relief that is.
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2.) Every woman feels a little like Gidget when she wears them. A little perkier than usual, a little peppier than she really is -- just plain more Gidget-y.
You ladies will know what I mean, I think. I offer up a poster from the original 1959 Gidget movie, except it's actually Cliff Robertson as The Big Kahuna who's wearing the capris -- or I guess he would have called them "clam diggers" -- not Gidget herself, Sandra Dee. You get the idea, though.
And to tie this back into TV, let's have a short Nose-talgia video moment with the opening credits to the 1965 ABC Gidget series starring Sally Field. I know that those of us of a certain age will remember this theme song like it was yesterday. Enjoy!
