Flipper (1964–1967): Season 2, Episode 1 - Flipper - full transcript

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- Six times six is 36, so five...

35.

Hey, dad, there's Flipper!

- You never mind about Flipper, Bud.

Listen, hand me that chipping hammer.

Remember, you've got
another week of school left

so stay with that multiplication.

'A girl!

- You all right?

- Yes, I am now, thanks to him.

- What happened?



- I have never been so scared in my life,

and I'm not exactly the scary type.

Barracuda kept circling me.

I don't understand why.

They never bothered me before.

- Well, if you'd been doing
a little diving before,

you'd know that barracudas are
attracted to shiny objects.

- I beg your pardon.

- The medallion you're wearing.

- Oh, I'm sorry.

I should have known,

but, if divers didn't do any
silly things on occasion,

there would be nothing
for you to keep you busy,

would there, ranger?



- Look, I've got quite enough
to keep me busy, thank you.

All right, I'll take you back in.

Did you come by boat?

- In a manner of speaking.

Anyway, I'm not due for the day.

I'm going back down.

- Now, wait a minute, Miss?

- Norstrand. Ulla Norstrand.

- All right, Miss Norstand,
then listen to this.

We operate and maintain
the underwater section

of Coral Key Park for the safety

and for the convenience
of the divers that use it.

Now, I can't be responsible
for every amateur diver

that comes in here and
breaks the safety rule.

- Oh, now, just a minute, ranger.

I am not an amateur.

- Well, you certainly are acting like one.

Don't you know that you're
not supposed to dive alone?

- For your information, ranger,

I'm a graduate oceanographer,

and I am here on a grant
from Spencer University

to study and collect sea specimens.

- Well, you're certainly acting like one,

diving out here by yourself.

You know better than that.

- I'm quite aware of what
I can and can't do, ranger,

and, for your information,
I do have a permit.

- Well, I haven't seen it.

- It hasn't arrived then.

Oh, just what I need.

- Hey now, wait a minute!

- Wow.

- She really got the best
of you, didn't she, dad?

- All right, smart guy.

Just get right back to the books.

Come on, let's get this job finished.

♫ We call him Flipper, Flipper

♫ You'll see him smiling

♫ Right from the start,
he'll play it smart

♫ Beware of Flipper, Flipper

♫ He's such a lover

♫ You will discover when
he steals your heart

- Six times seven?

. 43-

- Don't talk with your mouth full.

- 38.

- Try again, Bud.

- Six times seven is...

- Six times seven.

Hello, Warden Ricks.

- I've got it.

Six times seven is 52.

- What do you mean rope
off the whole area?

What are you talking about?

Now, wait a minute, Dennis.

Just who the...

Just who does she think she is?

Yeah.

All right, Dennis, I'll do it.

- Trouble, dad?

- Well, a lot of unnecessary work, Sandy,

and that's always trouble,
and, on top of that,

part of the park's gonna
be restricted to visitors.

- How come?

- Well, it seems like
our lady oceanographer

wants the entire East lagoon
for her own private use.

- She can't do that, can she?

- Looks like she can, Bud.

Dennis got her documents today,

and they were signed by the
park commissioner, no less.

- She must really be a VIP, huh?

- A very...
- Important person.

- Yeah.

- All right, Sandy, let's
get those markers set.

Bud, you're gonna have to do the dishes.

- On account of some dame?

- Mhm, on account of some dame.

- You're the best lifeguard I ever had.

Well, if it isn't the kindly
guardian of Coral Key, hi.

What's the matter?

Didn't you seafaring gentlemen
ever see a submarine before?

- Yeah, I've seen a submarine before.

What I'm wondering about is how one rates

the kind of setup you have.

- Oh, now that's a nasty
implication, Mr. Ricks.

Besides, I don't know why
I should have to account

to you about myself.

- No, that's right.

You don't. I'm sorry.

I got my orders from
the park commissioner,

and that's enough.

All right, Sandy, let's
get these markers out.

- Mr. Ricks, maybe if you
saw the work I'm doing,

you'd be more sympathetic to the cause.

Wouldn't you like to come aboard and see?

- Yeah, dad, let's go.

- All right, you go ahead, Sandy.

I'll get the anchor.

- Well, all the gadgets in
this submarine are to help me

study the ocean and its life.

- Hey, dad, look; hamsters.

- Oh, that's my underwater family.

- What are you gonna do with them?

- They will help me study cosmic
rays and pressure effects.

The Navy's commissioned me to do a study

on cosmic ray penetration.

- The Navy? Wow.

- That's how I rate the setup, Mr. Ricks.

Look, out the window.

Now, hand me that camera on the bulkhead.

See, I always document
my work with pictures

whenever I can.

For example, when the colors
are unusual, beautiful,

and formation intriguing.

- Isn't that Flipper?

What's he into now?

- Oh, so you know my little helper?

He is a godsend.

- Yeah, well, that little
helper you're talking about

happens to be my son's pet.

- I'm sure Sandy won't mind if
I borrow him for the Summer,

will you, Sandy?

- I guess not, no.

- Well, I do.

Bud was looking forward to
spending his Summer with Flipper.

- Mr. Ricks, may I remind
you that I have permission

to do important research
work on any and all

of the sea animals in the park?

Surely your Bud can find
something else to play with.

Besides which, it was your
idea that I don't be down there

alone, and Flipper is a
marvelous diving companion,

all the help I need.

Now, if you don't mind, I have work to do.

- Let's get out of here, Sandy.

- $20 for the buoy and $10
to tow it to the East lagoon?

- Do it yourself, and
save the charges, lady.

- I don't have a suitable boat for it.

Please, I am anxious to sink
it and start my fish farm.

- Fish farm?

Thought they used old wrecks for that?

- Yes, they do, but, you see,
I'm trying something new.

I'm attaching an electronic
device to emit pleasant sounds

to see if that won't induce
the fish to propagate

in the selected area.

- Pleasant sounds?

You mean fish music?

- Something like that.

- How soon did you say you want it, lady?

- The sooner, the better.

- I'll go along with that.

- Thank you.

- Hey, Joe, bring the rope over here.

- I just can't understand it.

I call, and I call, but he doesn't come.

- He's probably got other things to do.

- Like what other things?

- Well, eating or working,
or whatever dolphins do

when they're not playing.

- What would Flipper be doing working?

- Well, some dolphins work.

The Navy's doing lots of
research with dolphins.

- But Flipper isn't working for the Navy.

- Well, Bud, he is in
a manner of speaking.

I mean, he's been
employed by Miss Norstrand,

the lady oceanographer, for the Summer.

- You mean I can't play with
Flipper for the whole Summer?

- He'll have some
time left to play, I guess.

- But I thought you said you
wanted me to play with Flipper

to keep me out of trouble,
or didn't you tell

Miss Norstrand that?

- Bud, your vacation hasn't started yet.

All right, Sandy, let's
get this gear aboard.

- That should do nicely, Flipper.

Thank you.

I should promote you to
a mate.

Now, to open the sink
hubs and sink this thing.

- I thought you were supposed
to be working for that girl.

Don't you lie to me, Flipper.

I know you too well.

If only I could believe you,

but I called and called earlier, Flipper.

I might even have to
get myself another pet.

- Sorry, Flipper, we're busy.

- All right, Sandy.

That's the last one.

Let's head for home.

- Something's bothering him, dad.

Maybe Miss Norstrand sent him back

to borrow the chipping hammer.

- Miss Norstrand?

- Miss Norstrand.

Flipper, show us where she is.

Flipper stopped.

Must be over there.

- We need the tank, Sandy.

Come on.

Put the ladder over, and follow me down.

Here you are.

I think that'll warm you up a little bit.

- Thank you.

It's probably the first time in my life,

but I don't quite know what to say.

- Well, that's all right, Miss Norstrand.

You don't have to explain it.

I think I can guess what happened.

- Oh, but I do.

I do have to explain.

I owe it to you to tell
you that I am a stubborn,

harebrained female who
ought not to have been

at loose by herself.

- Well, I, uh...

- I know.

It's what you've been trying
to tell me all along, isn't it?

- No, what I've been trying
to tell you is that, well,

it's very dangerous to go diving alone.

- I plead guilty on all counts.

I'm going to be needing some help.

- I'll be glad to help you, Miss Norstrand.

I'll be free all Summer.

- Uh uh, Sandy.

Now, you've got plenty
to do to keep you busy

all Summer long.

Now, Miss Norstrand is doing
some very important work here,

and, as the Chief Ranger
of Coral Key Park,

well, I think I should
be the one to assist her.

- Thank you, ranger.

- Then, Flipper doesn't
have to work anymore.

- Flipper is a wonderful dolphin,

and he's all yours, Bud.

- Yippee!

Flipper, did you hear that?

♫ When you're feeling sad

♫ When you're feeling blue

♫ He'll make you glad

♫ Yes, that's what he'll do

♫ And what can you do

♫ You'll never believe

♫ For he's got tricks up his sleeve

♫ Beware of Flipper, Flipper

♫ He's such a lover

♫ You will discover when
he steals your heart