Flipper (1964–1967): Season 1, Episode 24 - Flipper and the Elephant: Part 1 - full transcript

Bonnie McCoy is back, this time with her father and different animals. After they are shipwrecked, Porter saves them. But they have a man after their elephant and he is determined to get it and send it to a zoo.

. My leg!

MY leg!

' Hang on!

Oh!

' Dad!

Dad, Sandy, come out here quick!

Dad, look what Flipper's got!

- Papa, there's a boat coming!

- Hey!

- Hey!

Help!



Over here!

- I got him.

I got him.

- You all right?

- Yeah.

I'll take the chimp, you hold Papa.

Where's Esme?

- Who's Esme?

- Our elephant.

- Elephant?

- She's in a wooden crate.

- I don't see it.

We'd better get to the boat.

- Oh, my leg!



- Take it easy.

Bud, give him a hand.

All right, let's take a look at that leg.

- Oh, my leg!

- Bud, give him a hand.

Take it easy, take it easy.

Well, it's stopped bleeding,
you won't need a tourniquet.

- Does it hurt much, Papa?

- Ah, that it does, girl, but it'll mend.

Any sign of Esme?

- No, Papa.

- You mean there's somebody else?

- It's their elephant, Dad.

- An elephant?

- What, out here in the open sea?

- Oh, we'd better go
back and look for her.

- We'd better get you to Coral Key.

This leg might be broken.

- Well, right now Esme is
worth a lot more than myself.

When we had to abandon the
boat her crate washed over.

I saw it floating over that way.

Could you circle around a bit, sir?

The leg'll wait.

- All right, we'll take a look for her.

Hang on.

♫ They call him Flipper

♫ Flipper faster than lightning

♫ No one you see

♫ ls smarter than he

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

♫ Lying there under

♫ Under the sea

- Don't worry, Papa.

After we get you to the
doctor we'll find Esme.

- And... and the boat too.

- All right, let's go.

Take it easy now.

Come on.

- Not now, Flipper!

This is an emergency!

What?

Look what Flipper found!

- Esme!

- Ah, she's been saved!

- It is an elephant!

- Yes.

Come on.

- Ah, yes, sir, Mr. Ricks.

Seven fat years and seven lean.

We've lost all our animals
these past seven years.

All except these two.

Our luck must change.

- You've been saying that
for three years, Papa.

- Ah, be patient, girl.

Lady Luck's a capricious one.

- What's capricious?

- A person who keeps changing
their mind, right, Dad?

- Yeah, that's right.

- Oh, you mean like a girl!

- I plan to bill Esme as the
smallest elephant in the world.

After all, what did Barnum
himself start with but a midget?

- That's right, General Tom Thumb.

' Exactly!

- But Papa, Esme won't always be small.

She'll grow up.

- Well, that won't matter too much.

She'll be famous by then.

Ah, we'll take her from port to port

until the name Esme
becomes a household world.

- And what will we take her in?

The boat's lost, remember?

- Ah, now the damage can't be great.

We'll find her and have her repaired.

- Yeah, with what?

That takes money.

And if Mr. Simpson finds
us, we may even lose Esme.

- What, you owe him money?

- 200 dollars.

- He threatened to take
Esme away unless we pay.

You wouldn't be having that
kind of money about, would you?

- No, I'm sorry, I don't.

- I suppose now that you
know we're on the lam,

you'll be denying us your hospitality.

- Well, Mr. McCoy,

I am a government officer, you know.

- And a credit to your calling, I'm sure.

Bonnie, give me a hand up

and we won't be troubling you no more.

- Now wait a minute, wait a minute.

You can't go anywhere
until that leg is healed.

- Ah, thank you very much, Ranger.

A gentleman you are.

Even though a minion of the law.

- We won't stay any
longer than we have to.

- Well, you let me worry about that.

- Uh...

You wanted to try these.

- Hey, yeah!

- Gee, I'm glad you're staying, Bonnie.

- Me, too, but I'm worried about Papa.

- Let's stop worrying for a while.

- I'll try.

- Gee, that was great!

- Do you want to try it again?

- Sure!

- Gee, you look beautiful underwater.

- Just underwater?

- Oh, no.

No, I mean, well...

Hey, look!

Esme!

How'd she get out?

- Oh, no!

Sandy, you've gotta help me catch her!

Esme!

Esme!

Esme!

Esme!

- Now, children.

Between today and our
next nature study trip

I want all of you to read the book,

Animals Are Man's Best Friends by Swift.

It will supplement what I
have told you here today,

which is?

- Not to call my brother a skunk,

because a skunk is one
of our forest friends.

- All right, children.

We'll take up your manners
towards your brother

some other time.

But at least part of your
statement was correct.

Skunks are our friends
as well as chipmunks,

squirrels, and even the larger
animals unless provoked.

Oh!

- Look at teacher!

- Look at her run!

- You're nothing but a robber and a thief!

- Honey, don't get so excited.

- That's what you are,
a robber and a thief!

Extra continental breakfast:
a crummy cup of coffee.

Extra entertainment:
television I can watch at home!

Extra boat service: for tying up a line?

- Everything costs money.

I'm not in business for charity.

- Well, I got a good mind to report you

to the National Boating Association!

- Why don't you do that?

Charlie!

Hey, Charlie!

Come here, take a look at this, will ya?

- A 250 pound elephant and a chimpanzee

were the cause of a near riot
at Coral Key Park yesterday.

A chimp and an elephant, that's pretty...

That's pretty funny.

Hey!

Them's the McCoys who sailed outta here

without paying their bill!

- Charlie if you get any smarter

I'll get my money's worth out of you yet.

Get my boat ready

and clear the junk outta the garage!

- We having guests or something?

- Yeah, an elephant.

- Elephant?

That's pretty funny.

- I'm not a hard man, Mr. Ricks.

I only want what's owing to me.

You don't think I want
to take the elephant

away from these people.

It'll probably cost me a lot
of money before I get her sold.

I hear them zoos drive a tough bargain.

- A zoo for Esme?

Papa!

- Now, now, honey.

Don't you worry.

Mr. Ricks here spotted our boat

and if I can salvage it,

we can get into business again.

I'll give you an IOU.

Ah, please.

It won't take long to salvage the boat.

- And I'll cosign that IOU.

- I'm sorry, Mr. Ricks.

I'll take the elephant.

Where is it?

- She's gone!

- I don't know, she was here a minute ago!

- Well, too bad.

Looks like you'll have to
take that IOU after all.

- Wait a minute, what
kind of a trick is this?

- Well, you see, she's not here.

- Esme?

- What's that?

- Uh, that.

That's my brother, Bud.

- The little boy?

What's the matter with him?

- Uh, there's nothing the matter with him.

He's practicing.

That's it, he's practicing, see?

- Practicing what?

- Uh, he's gonna sing in the choir

and he's practicing his part.

- Yes, you see
his voice is changing.

- You better watch that
upper register, son.

You're gonna strain your tonsils.

- Tonsils?

What tons...

- Uh, yeah, we'll watch it.

Dad's giving him voice lessons.

- That's the elephant!

Voice lessons.

Baloney!

- Good try, fellas.

- What's going on here?

- That's what I'd like to know, Ranger.

- Come on.

Yeah, come on now.

- Papa, he's taking her away!

- There, there, girl.

She's not gone yet.

- Come aboard!

Come up, you beast!

Come on up here!

Come on here!

Come on!

Come on, boy!

Come on, you beast!

Come on!

Come on!

Come on, you!

Come on!

You beast!

Come on, come on!

Come on!

Ah!

Stop!

Stop, monkey!

Stop, monkey!

Stop!

Stop!

Stop!

' Dad!

Dad, come here quick!

Mr. Simpson fell in the water!

Dad!

- What happened?

- He stole my boat!

That chimp!

Look, look, he stole my boat!

Look at him!

- Stole your boat?

- Yeah, look!

Look out there!

- Get off the dock!

Go on, go on!

Go on, get off the dock!

- Holy Toledo!

- And then there's the
charge of abandoning ship.

- Now wait a minute, Ranger,
that was an accident!

- Besides, you let an unlicensed
operator run the boat.

That happens to be a misdemeanor.

Besides the damage you
did to the park launch,

which happens to be government property.

- Oh, my insurance will handle that.

Okay, Warden, I'll take
the rap for the boat.

After all, you did save my life.

What do you want me to do?

- Well, Flipper saved your life.

Why don't you ask him?

- You mean that dolphin talks, too?

- Sure, he talks!

Tell him, Flipper!

- What's he saying?

- He says he doesn't want
Esme the elephant to leave.

- Well, seeing as how
I'm obligated to you all,

I'll give McCoy a little
time to get on his feet

like he asked for.

But that's all.

I'll be back for my money.

Business is business!

- See, what did I tell ya, girl?

Lady Luck's come through for us at last.

- With the help of a gentleman.

Flipper!

♫ 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

♫ ls smarter than he

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

♫ Lying there under

♫ Under the sea