Flipper (1964–1967): Season 1, Episode 19 - Love and Sandy - full transcript

- Golly, Flipper, look.

- Greetings and joy from The Real McCoy.

- What?

- I said greetings and
joy from The Real McCoy.

McCoy's floating zoo.

- Oh, oh.

- I'm Bonnie McCoy, hi.

Back there, that's the rest of the gang.

Except papa, he's in the hospital.

But they're letting him out tomorrow.

- Oh.



- You don't have much
a vocabulary, do you?

- I'm Sandy Ricks.

You kinda took my by surprise.

I was fishing.

- I suppose it is a bit funny,

our coming on all of a sudden like this.

We usually stay tied
up at a dock somewhere

when we're not working.

But papa's been in the
hospital almost a week,

and the gang was getting kind of restless,

so I thought I'd take 'em sightseeing.

- All those animals are yours?

- Yep, papa's and mine.

Would you like to meet them?



- You bet.

- Well, give me a hand.

This is Leo.

He's a good boy, aren't you.

- Hi Leo.

- And that's Billy.

The rest of these are our friends.

- Gosh, who takes care of 'em all?

- Well papa does, mostly,
but I can handle 'em.

Like Sparky and I have
been learning an act

since papa's been away.

Would you like to see it?

- Sure.

- Come on.

- What was that?

- Flipper, he's my pet dolphin.

- Oh.

Mind handing me the ball?

Sparky, come back.

Sparky, come on.

Come on.

Sparky.

- He's gone.

♫ They call him Flipper, Flipper

♫ Faster than lightning

♫ No one, you see, is smarter than he

♫ And we know Flipper

♫ Lives in a world full of wonder

♫ Lying there under, under the sea

. sparky.

Sparky, he's gone, what do we do?

- We'll get him back.

. Sparky.

Oh, that dolphin.

- I'll get him back for you, don't worry.

- You're gonna get rid
of him first, aren't you?

- Flipper can help me find him.

- Oh no, he'll only frighten him again.

Please.

. Okay-

Flipper, go on home.

Go on, Flipper.

I'll get my boat and start looking.

- Oh, isn't he just beautiful?

Look at those markings.

- Yeah, and it's a shame to deprive

the skunk world of all that beauty.

- What do you mean?

- I mean you take him
back where he belongs,

out in the woods with the other skunks.

- Aw, dad.

- Now look, Bud, this is the third animal

you've brought home this week.

Now first it was the rabbit,

and then the stray cat, do you remember?

And now this.

Look, I'm a park warden, not a zookeeper.

And besides, you don't have enough time

to take care of all of them.

- Sure I do.

- Oh, what about that C in arithmetic?

You ought to be studying
right now instead of

traipsing out in the
woods looking for skunks.

- But dad, a guy can't study all the time.

He needs some relaxation.

- Well you limit your relaxation

to playing with Flipper and Pelican Pete.

At least until that card
shows some improvement.

Go on.

. Okay-

- I'll go over those arithmetic problems

with you when you get them done.

- Okay, dad.

Oh hi, Flipper.

Sorry, can't play now.

Not unless you know
something about arithmetic.

Flipper, I said before that I can't play.

Hey, a sea lion.

Where'd you find him?

Are you lost, or something?

Well, I can't keep you here,

'cause dad wouldn't like it.

I just can't do nothing about you.

Flipper would be mad at me.

Gee, I wonder how you go
about pleasing everybody.

Oh, you're not being any help at all.

Hey yeah, you take your friend
to our secret cove, okay?

And don't let dad know we found him.

Not until I get better mark
on this whole arithmetic.

I'll meet you there tomorrow,
right before school.

And be there, okay?

Take good care of him.

So long,Flipper

So long, sea lion.

- Anything?

- I went all over that side
of the lagoon, nothing.

He might have swam over to
this side and be hiding.

- Well, let's go look.

- Well, I gotta be getting back.

My dad will be angry.

You know how it is.

- But I've just gotta find Sparky.

- Tell you what, I'll bring my dad.

He can help us look.

- Oh no, papa might find out.

Nobody must know until I find Sparky.

That is, if I find him.

- Sure we will.

He didn't run away.

He just got scared and lost.

We'll get him back.

- Couldn't we look some more, please?

- Look, I'll come back
real early in the morning,

spend a couple of hours before school

going over this side of the lagoon.

I know I'll find him for you.

- Alright.

- He may even come back during the night.

- But we can't stay here,
it's against the law.

You have to be tied up
to a dock someplace.

- It's okay, my dad's
the park ranger here.

If there's any trouble, just let me know.

- That's awfully nice of you, Sandy.

Thank you.

- Well, I better get going.

- I appreciate the fact
that you gentlemen have

weighty problems on your minds,

but how about letting
your old man know, huh?

- Nothing, dad.

You're just that, nothing.

- Oh, well that's an
intelligent statement.

Is that the new style this year?

Wearing your shirt inside-out.

- Oh, I didn't notice.

I was thinking.

- Yeah?

- Nothing.

- How about you, sprout?

- Who me?

Oh I was thinking of my arithmetic.

- Well, I'm glad to see
that our little talk

this afternoon made such an impression.

I'll go over your arithmetic with you

just as soon as you finish dinner.

And you and Sandy do the dishes.

Okay?

- Good morning.

- Hey, what are you
doing up here so early?

- Shh, dad.

- Oh, what are you doing up here so early?

- I was just gonna ask you that question.

- Oh, well you see, I have, I have to do.

- Don't tell me you had
to study your arithmetic.

- Oh no, you see, I have to
do a favor for my friend.

It's a big favor.

I promised him I would
do it before school.

- A matter of fact, I have to
do a favor for a friend, too.

- Oh.

- Dad said he was gonna
leave before breakfast,

so he won't notice, anyway.

I won't tell if you won't.

- Deal.

- Every time I woke up last
night, I said a prayer.

First for papa, and then for Sparky.

You don't think praying is square, do you?

- No, of course not.

- I even said a prayer for you.

I called you my knight in shining armor.

You don't mind being called

a knight in shining armor, do you?

- Of course not.

Just show me that dragon, fair lady.

- Right now, let's find Sparky, okay?

. Okay-

- Now come on in, the water's fine.

I can only play for a while.

Then I have to go back to school.

That a boy, Flipper.

- Well now where do we look?

- Well, he may have hidden
in one of those coves

along the beach.

- Well let's go look.

This looks like Sparky's tracks.

Sparky.

Sparky.

- Tree, quick.

- Will he come after us?

- No, alligators can't climb trees.

- Well, do something.

Chase him away.

- Run, get out of here, beat it.

- You're a big help.

Help.

Help.

Help.

- Hey you two, come back here.

If I'm late again, you know
how mad dad's gonna get.

Well, come back here.

Can't depend on anybody.

. Sparky.

Sparky.

- Flipper.

Flipper, go get help, bring dad.

Hey Bud, Bud.

- Sandy, where are you?

- Don't come too close, Bud.

There's an alligator here.

- Look.

- Sandy.

- Bud, go back.

Bud, Bud, look out.

Bud.

- Help, help, help.

- Flipper.

- Flipper.

- Flipper, help.

Flipper.

Sand, waves.

Come on over here.

Come on.

- Sparky, come on.

Come on, Sparky.

Oh, you're a good boy, aren't you.

You're happy to be home.

He's okay.

- I'm glad we finally got my sons'

weighty problem solved.

- Well I guess you know, Mr. Ricks.

You've got a hero in your family.

The way he went after that alligator,

I nearly flipped.

- Who, me?

- You're a very brave boy.

And you're still my
knight in shining armor.

But Flipper, you're my hero.

♫ Everyone loves the king of the sea

♫ Ever so kind and gentle is he

♫ Tricks he will do when children are near

♫ And how they laugh when he's near

♫ They call him Flipper

♫ Flipper, faster than lightning

♫ No one, you see, is smarter than he

♫ And we know Flipper lives
in a world full of wonder

♫ Lying there under, under the sea