Flipper

Total Seasons :3Total Episodes : 88

Flipper, from Ivan Tors Films in association with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Television, is an American television program first broadcast on NBC from September 19, 1964, until April 15, 1967. Flipper, a bottlenose dolphin, is the companion animal of Porter Ricks, Chief Warden at fictional Coral Key Park and Marine Preserve in southern Florida, and his two young sons, Sandy and Bud. The show has been du...

Episodes(30)

1. 300 Feet Below

Dr Phil Harmon is attacked by a shark. He radios to bring a rare blood type that can save his life.

Air Date : 1964-09-19

2. The Red Hot Car

The boys find themselves in deep water when they disobey their father and dive down to investigate a car that has been dumped in the ocean.

Air Date : 1964-09-26

3. SOS Dolphin

Flipper comes to the rescue when a submarine gets caught on the bottom of the ocean, trapping its occupant who is fast running out of air.

Air Date : 1964-10-03

4. The Gulf Between

Bud isn't happy with the new woman in his father's life. Feeling alone in the world, Bud stays out in the ocean too late and winds up lost in an underwater cave at high tide.

Air Date : 1964-10-10

5. City Boy

City boy, Mike Beldon arrives in Corel Key with a huge chip on his shoulder about his mother's new husband. However, a near death accident helps him see his new step-father in a different light.

Air Date : 1964-10-17

6. Dolphin for Sale

Dorrie steals Flipper and sells him to a carnival owner.

Air Date : 1964-10-24

7. Not Necessarily Gospel

Porter is concerned that Bud is taking old Hap Gorman's stories too seriously and warns his son that not everything the old man tells him is true.

Air Date : 1964-10-31

8. Countdown for Flipper

Flipper's days are numbered when he is accused of eating a prized fish worth a lot of money. Just as Flipper is to be cut open to retrieve the fish, Bud and Sandy discover it has been stolen by Jim and race to prove their pet's innocence in before it's too late.

Air Date : 1964-11-07

9. Mr. Marvello

Bud and Sandy hear Flipper say in plain English he wants to leave for London with Professor Marvello, and the professor's circus colleagues bring nets to take Flipper away.

Air Date : 1964-11-14

10. My Brother Flipper

Flipper saves the life of an old Greek sponge poacher in the preserve, but Bud and Sandy tell Po of his illegal activities.

Air Date : 1964-11-21

11. The Second Time Around

Po and Sandy rescue a despondent former water ski champion, now in a wheelchair, and her mother from a hurricane. Flipper gets tangled in a fishnet.

Air Date : 1964-11-28

12. Lady and the Dolphin (1)

Despite their best attempts to impress a visiting Congress woman, Porter and the boys are devastated to learn that she plans to close the park.

Air Date : 1964-12-05

13. Lady and the Dolphin (2)

In a last ditch attempt to convince Congress woman Helen Browning that she should use government funding to keep the Park open, Sandy and Bud take her skin-diving.

Air Date : 1964-12-12

14. Danger

Bud and Sandy, on a trip with Hap Gorman to his secret fishing grounds, board an abandoned boat, not knowing that a hidden charge of dynamite is about to blow it to pieces.

Air Date : 1964-12-19

15. The Misanthrope

Sandy, Bud and Flipper decide to become detectives when reports claim that someone has been looting boats in Coral Key Park.

Air Date : 1964-12-26

16. Flipper's Bank Account

When Flipper finds a Spanish doubloon on the ocean bottom and brings it to Bud and Sandy, rumours about Spanish Treausures spread quickly and an underwater gold rush ensues.

Air Date : 1965-01-02

17. The Lifeguard

Flipper leads Bud to a beach where Lynn Borden lies half conscious after falling off a boat 20 miles at sea.

Air Date : 1965-01-09

18. The Day of the Shark

Porter Ricks, Sandy and Marine Researcher Dr Williams Tollner go to sea to investigate a school of lemon sharks which have invaded Coral Key Park.

Air Date : 1965-01-16

19. Love and Sandy

Pretty teenager Bonnie McCoy takes Sandy by surprise when she sails into view aboard a floating zoo.

Air Date : 1965-01-23

20. Money to Blow

Flipper finds money underwater and presents some of the bills to Bud. Flipper shows Bud where it came from and they collect more from the underwater wreck.

Air Date : 1965-01-30

21. Flipper's Treasure

Flipper goes to Bud and Porter Ricks for detective help after seeing a treasure chest stolen from the wreck of a sunken Spanish ship hidden on a nearby island.

Air Date : 1965-02-06

22. The White Dolphin

Flipper disappears for several days and, when found by Porter Ricks, Sandy and Bud, is with another dolphin, an amazing albino the only white dolphin in Porter's memory.

Air Date : 1965-02-13

23. Teamwork

While Sandy and Bud prepare for the annual Coral Key Park swimming race, Porter is overcome by toxic chemicals dropped from a passing ship while he is carrying out an underwater investigation.

Air Date : 1965-02-20

24. Flipper and the Elephant (1)

Sentinel of the sea Flipper discovers a sinking raft, manned by Bonnie McCoy, her father, an elephant and a chimpanzee.

Air Date : 1965-02-27

25. Flipper and the Elephant (2)

In an effort to raise money to pay off creditors of McCoy's Floating Zoo, Sandy and Bud join Bonnie McCoy in a scheme to run away with her father's elephant and chimpanzee.

Air Date : 1965-03-06

26. Flipper and the Elephant (3)

Judy the chimp steals a briefcase full of money and Sean McCoy of McCoy's Floating Zoo is arrested. Sandy, Bud and Bonnie decide to put on a show with Flipper to raise money for her father's bail.

Air Date : 1965-03-13

27. Bud Minds Baby

Like the heroes he sees on TV, Bud tries to rescue a damsel in distress, but fails to tell Porter or Sandy of his intentions, and suddenly finds himself caught in a dangerous rip.

Air Date : 1965-03-20

28. Sailor Bud

Bud trying to help an injured man and his wife marooned on a sailboat, has to call desperately for help from Flipper when the boat becomes caught in treacherous coral reefs.

Air Date : 1965-03-27

29. The Call of the Dolphin

Flipper, being a pack animal by instinct, is attracted by the sound of a school of dolphins and nothing Porter, Sandy or Bud can do will bring him back.

Air Date : 1965-04-03