Flipper (1964–1967): Season 1, Episode 27 - Bud Minds Baby - full transcript

After sending Flipper away, Bud gets trapped in a lonely buoy with little Tina.

- You sure you don't want me to help you?

- Dad said I could build
this raft by myself,

and I don't need any help from anybody.

- You better tell that to Flipper.

- Flipper bring that back.

Flipper bring that back here.

Bring. You bring that back.
- Come on Flipper.

- Flipper, bring it back!

- There's absolutely no reason
for you to go traipsing off

to Nassau for another modeling assignment.

- You used to find my modeling exciting.



- Well that was before Tina was old enough

to really begin missing you,
things are different now.

- Are they? I can be a mother and a model.

I've managed it this far haven't I?

- Have you?

I'm telling you now this is
the last time I am driving

all the way down to Key West just

to turn my mother into
a babysitter for Tina.

- Hey we can get some coffee over there.

- I just don't seem to
get through to you do I?

Fill it up and check under the hood.

- Fill it up.

- My receipt Andy?

- Yeah just sign the ticket Porter.



. Okay-

Thank you, see ya later Andy.

♫ They call him Flipper

♫ Flipper

♫ Faster than lightning

♫ No one is you see

♫ ls smarter than he

♫ And we know Flipper

♫ Lives in a world full of wonder

♫ Lying there under

♫ Under the sea

- You ready to go Sandy?

- Just waiting for you dad.

- Well Bud, how's it going?

- Oh I think in a few
minutes I think it'll

be ready for a shake down cruise.

- Shake down, looks more
like you mean break down.

- Break down, I'd like
to see you do that Sandy.

- Yeah, come on Sandy.

Bud I think you're doing a very good job.

I'd be finished much sooner
if it wasn't for that Flipper.

You know what it is? It's a gazenta.

- Gazenta?

- Yeah, a gazenta is a pest
that gets into everything.

- You really wanna get rid of Flipper Bud?

- Til I finish this raft I do.

- Watch this dad.

♫ Once an elephant went to sea

♫ Tra la la, trala la yo.

♫ Tra lala layo.

I found it out last week dad when I

was practicing for the school show.

Flipper can't stand the
sound of a musical saw.

- Yeah, well he's got company.

- Sandy, I don't think Flipper
hates the sound of the saw.

I think he hates the
sound of your singing.

Ugh!

- Bud I think you've got a
beautiful first race ship here.

Ready to go, good work.

Come on Sandy let's go.

- See ya later Bud.

- So long Sandy, so long dad.

See ya later.

- Hi!

- Gosh it's a girl!

- What are you doing?

- Building a bath, I
mean, building a raft.

Who are you?

- I'm Gina, what's your name?

- Bud Ricks.

Oh it's you again.

You mind your P's and Q's.

That's Flipper.

- Flipper? Hi Flipper.

- Where are you from?

- Oh, over there.

- Where?

- Did you build this all by yourself?

- Oh oh, sure.

Where are your folks?

. Why did you?

- Huh? Why did I what?

- Why did you build it?

- Oh oh.

Well,

for treasure hunting.

- Aw, I bet you're just teasing me.

There probably isn't any
old treasure around here.

- There is too!

- If there's so much treasure,

you better take me along to help carry it.

- What about your parents?

- Oh we don't have to worry about that.

' Why not?

- Because I don't have any.

- What?

Who takes care of you?

- I do, every since I ran away.

- Ran away. From where?

- From the farm.

I almost starved to death there.

- On a farm?

- An orphan farm.

The wicked old farmer always ate

the best then sold what was left.

And you know what else he did?

- What?

- He beat me and locked me in
the cell with his alligators.

- Alligators?

- But I broke a window in time
so I could finally get out

and ran away.

- BOY-

- That's really why I wanted you

to help me escape on your raft.

- Well I couldn't do that.

- He'll put me back with the alligators.

- Well, at least it's about ready to go.

I guess I could hide you
on the offshore islands

just until dad got back.

- Oh no, no one must
know, especially your dad.

Isn't he the one in the uniform?

Anybody in a uniform would have

to take me back, wouldn't they?

- Well.

Well hold up, hold up, okay.

- And we could also look for treasure.

- Treasure? Oh yeah, treasure hunting.

Would you hand me that box please.

Thank you.

well, if these nails don't hold

the rope will hold us together.

Uh oh.

- What's wrong?

- My friend flipper.

We can't let him follow us.

- But, why not?

- Big mouth.

The second someone asks him
where we went he'll show them.

I'll fix that though.

There we go.

Sorry Flipper, this is where you go home.

This is one time I don't
want you anywhere around.

- Now bud?

- Now.

Keep doing it until
he's out of sight okay?

She wasn't built for this kind of water.

Hey, maybe we oughta turn back.

Look the rope's broken!

The raft's gonna fall
apart, hold onto that tight!

Flipper!

Flipper!

- I guess you should have
never chased him away!

- I'm sorry now.

Hey look! There's a bouey!

Hey, maybe we can reach it.

It's not so choppy over there.

It's out of the channel, you want to try?

Okay, now, let's go.

- Let's go see how Bud's
doing with his raft.

- Alright.

I'll be down in a minute.

- Hi Flipper, where's Bud?

You don't know?

Flipper, you're slipping.

- Where's Bud?

- He's fooling' around on that
raft some place I guess, why?

- I wanna find out if there's
been anybody around here.

That telephone call's about
a little girl that's missing.

'A Girl?

- Yeah, she was last seen
at Andy's station just about

the time I pulled out.

Where'd you get this?

- It was on the dock.

- This is the same color scarf
the little girl was wearing.

- Oh boy that Bud.

- Look you warm up the boat
I'm gonna make a phone call.

- Right.

- And try and find Flipper.

- Well he's already here dad,

but he won't be much help,
I don't think he knows

where Bud is either.

- You're okay.

Come on, keep moving.

Go to the other side.

- I can't hang on. I'm too tired.

- Listen, there's a way to get in here.

Now you'll be safe in there.

Tina, change here.

Gotta get outta here.

- There's Flipper again.

He still hasn't seen anything either.

- And the coast guard didn't
waste any time in getting here.

I can't understand it. We've searched

the islands, we've searched everywhere.

Even Flipper doesn't seem
to know where they are.

- Even if something terrible did happen

they'd still be floating.

Bud had life jackets with him.

- Let's hope.

- I want my mother.

- You want your mother?

I thought you told me you didn't
have any mother and father.

- Well I do, but now I'll
probably never see them again.

Oh.

- Don't worry, I'll think of something.

The chopper.

Help! Help!

Help!
- Help!

- Come on help us in here!

- Dad, you think it's from the raft?

- I hope not.

- Keep looking Flipper.

- Alright let's go.

- We've gotta find 'em before dark dad!

- I know I know.

- Flipper!

Flipper!

- Do you think he could ever here you?

- If anybody could he could.

Anyway I can't think
of anything else to do.

Hey, wait a minute.

Flipper's always so curious of things.

Maybe if we made this buoy
look odd or something.

Make it sway back and forth
more than it should you know.

Or make a lot of noise.

Here's what you can do.

I want you to go pound.

- There's Flipper, he's
still searching too.

- I'm getting sea sick.

- Just keep pounding, the vibrations

in the water might attract Flipper.

- Dad, look, Flipper's
heading back that way fast.

- We just came from there,
there's nothing back there.

- Keep pounding.

- Flipper?

It is Flipper! It is Flipper!

- Dad that buoy there's something strange.

- Let me have this.

- I think it's my dad's boat.

Dad, dad, in here!

Dad, dad, we're in here!

Dad!

Dad!

Dad!

- Bud!

Bud hold on we're tying off.

- Here, come on honey.

You alright?

' Hey Bud.

- Come on Bud.

You alright honey?

Okay you sit down right here.

Well are you still going to Key West?

- No we're going home, for good.

I think I know where I'm needed most.

- Here, let me help you with the door.

Well have a safe trip.

- So long Tina.

. Bye Bud!

Bye Flipper!

- Well Bud, there goes
your damsel in distress.

- What's distress?

- Distress means, trouble.

- That's Tina alright, trouble.

- Well it sounds as if Flipper's
vote makes it unanimous.

Come OH, come on, come on.

♫ Everyone loves

♫ A king of the sea

♫ Ever so kind

♫ And gentle as 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