Flipper (1964–1967): Season 1, Episode 9 - Mr. Marvello - full transcript

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.

- Now listen here Marvello,

you're through, out, you're fired!

Get out of my circus and stay out!

- You mean to maroon me here?

Here in this forsaken land
of palms and sunshine?

- Exactly.

And here's your old friend
the bottle for company.

- Sir, my star.

- Now pack up your dummy
and throw your voice

somewhere else.

- Very well, if that's
the way you feel about it,



I'll resign.

Alas, poor Yorick.

Good day to you my flukey friend.

- Good day to you, Mr. Marvello.

- What kind of a fish are you?

- Too big to dine on.

- But big enough to talk, eh?

♫ 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,

♫ Flying there-under, under the sea!

- He's an enchanting creature,

let's see what he's got to say today.

Shall we teach him to say something?



Let's teach him the simple R sound,

shall we, shall we do that?

Alright, say R.

- Ar, ar!

- Splendid my friend,
absolutely first rate.

- You see that?

- I knew it, I just knew
he'd start talking someday!

- Now let's teach him
to say a word, shall we?

What word could he say?

Say hello to the children,
after me now, hello.

- Hello!

- What's your name, come
now my fishy friend.

- He's not a fish, he's a mammal.

- He is, well he doesn't seem
to know his name does he?

That's a funny name, squawk squawk!

- His name's Flipper.

He's our dolphin.

- Oh Flipper, that's a wonderful name.

Let's teach it to him shall we?

Say Flipper?

Too hard is it?

Not at all, let's try again,

just to please our young friends.

Say Hipper!

- Flipper!

Flipper!

- Come on Flipper, say your
name, Flipper Flipper Flipper.

- Dad, Dad, Flipper's talking!

- Yeah there's this man
and he got Flipper to talk.

- Oh sure.

- No kidding dad, he really
did, he even said his own name!

- Well it sounded like it.

- That's nice.

- Dad, honest, he really did!

- Alright Bud we'll talk
about it when I get back.

And now I've gotta go down
to Key West and I'll be gone

til late, and I want both
you boys home before dark,

you understand?

' AYE aye, Skipper.
- Okay, Pop.

- See you later.
- See you later.

' Flipper!

- Oh my young friends I've come a long way

just for such an animal.

Now come along with me.

Do you know that I've come all
the way from London England?

Now my purpose as you all have seen

is to find the one
animal intelligent enough

to break the man-animal speech barrier.

Now you young men and
women will realize that

such a scientific expedition
costs time and money,

and I've been away so long
now from the royal clinic

that my funds are lamentably
low, and knowing how

you young ladies and
gentlemen would like to help,

may I borrow your bucket
just a minute, my dear?

Now every penny, every nickel and dime

goes to help this great project.

Now would anybody like to,
nickels, dimes, anything,

look chaps, let's hear
the clink of quarters

and the clank of, ah bless you my boy.

If only her majesty
the Queen could be here

to see such touching generosity.

You sir, you do not wish to help?

- Oh sure...
- Wait a minute Bud.

I don't think you oughta be
collecting money in the park

mister, not unless you
have a permit or something.

- Oh you're right my boy
you're absolutely right,

my enthusiasm overcame my
prudence, you're absolutely right,

I must enlist the help of the authorities.

- Maybe you better wait and see my dad,

he's the ranger here.

- He's the, ranger.

Well certainly, but just
now, I must seek lodging

and I must telephone London to
advise them of my discovery.

Well, goodbye my friends, I
shall return to see you again.

Flipper, say goodbye to the professor.

- Goodbye, goodbye.

- Goodbye children.

- Bye!
- Goodbye.

Marvello and his talking dolphin.

Professor Marvello and his
talking dolphin, that's it.

- Marvello and his talking dolphin.

Professor Marvello and his
talking dolphin, that's it.

- Ladies and gentlemen,
allow me to introduce myself,

Professor Marvello.

Very good my boys, very good,

very good, up and down they
go, up and down they go.

Parkey, Parkey.

Ah, there you are.

- You wanna light?

- Marvello, what do you want?

- I've decided to overlook
your uncivilized behavior

and make you a business proposition.

- Listen buster, I told
you to say out of here.

- Calm yourself friend
or you'll miss the act

that will turn your flea show
into a three-ring circus.

- Yeah what's it this time, you
out a new wig on your dummy?

- In the center ring, Professor Marvello

and his talking dolphin.

- Marvello, you're wasting my time.

- Good evening ladies and
gentlemen, allow me to present

Flipper, the world's only talking animal.

Dolphins are mammals, you know.

Come on Flipper, say
hello to the nice people.

Hello, good evening nice people,

welcome to Parkey Brothers
Circus, squawk squawk.

- Keep talking, Marvello.

- Imagine yourself the ring
master, the tent is dark.

Suddenly the spotlight hits
the center ring, and there,

there is a glass tank full
of shimmering blue water.

The drums roll, and a dolphin
leaps 10 feet into the air,

10 feet, Parkey, and speaks.

- 10 feet?

- I've seen him, he's the pet

of some boys down at the coast.

Of course if you're not interested...

- Now hold on, maybe
you better come inside

so we can talk about the dolphin.

You haven't been drinking have you?

- My dear fellow.

- Nevermind.

- Professor Marvello is
going to turn you and me into

the two greatest showmen
since Barnum and Bailey,

since Barnum and Bailey!

Good day my boys.

- Hi.
- Hi.

- Beautiful day isn't it?

Absolutely first rate.

Where's our dolphin friend,
he's not lost is he?

- Oh no he's just feeding
someplace, I'll call him.

- There he is!

I was a bit worried, we
can't have him lost can we?

Now boys for the good news.

I called London, the royal
college for underwater life...

- I thought you said clinic?

- Clinic, and college both.

They're thrilled with my
discovery, they've agreed to

my request, and Flipper will
be flown to our laboratory,

the paperwork is already underway

and your government has
promised full cooperation.

Now chaps isn't that splendid?

- You mean take Flipper away?

- But you can't do that.

- Oh my boy you must not say that.

You must learn that in this
life it isn't always right

to have everything one
wants, one must share

for the greater good, you understand.

- No I don't.

- Part of growing up my boys
is learning to accept life

as it is, not as one wishes it were.

- Then you'll have to see our dad first,

nothing happens unless he says so.

- Of course, he'll understand.

There you are, you see
Flipper understands.

Oh he's much too intelligent

to want to hinder the progress of science.

You know you must, and I know you will,

share him with all mankind.

- Share him?

I don't wanna share him, he's ours.

- And look mister...
- Professor.

I know what we'll do, we'll ask Flipper,

we'll let him settle it.

Flipper, do you want to go to London

with Professor Marvello,
for the sake of science?

- Yes, Mr. Marvello, yes!

- Flipper, you mean
you really wanna leave?

- Don't worry Bud, Professor Marvello

will take good care of me.

- Flipper, you don't
wanna go, you're ours.

- Flipper you don't wanna go with him.

- You're ours, you're
our pet, stay, please.

- Stay by us.

- Hi Dad.

- Hi Dad.

- You guys aren't getting
your homework done that way.

- Dad, we can't do our homework,

not if he's gonna take Flipper away.

- Look Bud I told you, nobody's
taking Flipper anywhere.

- Dad, Flipper really talked,

even if you don't believe us, he did talk.

He said he wanted to leave.

- No, Bud.

- Dad, he did.

- Now look, Flipper only seemed to talk,

it's some kind of a trick, that's all.

Now I want you two guys to
get busy on your homework.

We'll talk about Flipper in the morning.

- The morning will be too late.

Won't you even listen to Flipper?

- Alright, let's go hear
what Flipper's got to say.

- Flipper, you're still here.

Flipper, he doesn't believe you can talk,

show him Flipper, show him how you talk!

- Alright boys, there's
your talking dolphin.

- Tell him Flipper, tell
him what you told us.

- Come on Bud, Flipper'll
be here in the morning.

- Please tell him.

Sandy?

Sandy?

- Huh?

- Why wouldn't Flipper talk?

- You heard what Dad said, knock it off.

- Well, maybe Flipper's really going

and didn't wanna tell him.

- It's some kind of a
trick, now go to sleep.

- You don't think he'd go, do you?

- Knock it off.

- Flipper!

Flipper!

Flipper!

Pete, have you seen Flipper?

Pete, have you seen Flipper?

Flipper!

Flipper!

Oh there you are.

Flipper, how come you
didn't tell Dad last night?

I mean, like you told us.

Don't you like it here Flipper?

You and me, we're friends
Flipper, aren't we?

Please don't go with him Flipper.

Tell me you won't go.

Flipper please talk to me.

Alright, if you wanna go, go,
don't expect me to stop you.

I won't even miss you.

- Come on boys, get the nets.

Alright, step on it
will ya, come on hurry.

- Flipper, it's Professor Marvello

and the rest of them, they've got nets!

Flipper, I didnt' mean any of
those things I said before,

honest Flipper please don't go with him.

Flipper, you go hide,
don't worry about me,

just beat it Flipper, hide, go on!

- Okay Marvello, where's
your remarkable fish,

you said it'd be here.

- Calm yourself my dear fellow
we can't expect the thing

to be ready and waiting, we
have to wait for it to surface.

Boys had some way of attracting
its attention with

Ah, now just a little
patience, one moment gentlemen.

There she is gentlemen,
there's your dolphin gentlemen.

- Well I'll be.

Okay boys, that tank full of water

in the truck's waiting, go get our fish!

Easy HOW, easy, easy.

That's it.

. Go Flipper', go!

- Come on, fish.

Come on fishie!

- Don't go with em Flipper, we love you!

- Who's that?

- That's one of the kids I told you about.

Parkey, maybe we shouldn't
take their dolphin away.

- And maybe I oughta sue you

for breach of contract, Professor.

- Don't you dare take Flipper, he's ours!

- Come on Marvello.

Hey Crown, we gotta get
that kid, the rest of you,

get that fish and get him in the truck!

Cut him off.

- Will ya let me go?

Let go!

Hey, hey, help, help!

- That oughta hold him.

Okay let's get the fish.

- Dad, look!

- You alright Bud, you hurt?

- I'm fine Dad but they're
trying to steal Flipper!

- I'll get him out of the net.

- You buys stay here.

- What's a matter with your guys?

Come on, net that fish?

- Now what is this, what's
this about taking Flipper away?

- Oh don't get excited friend.

- Come on.

- We can make a nice deal,
we can make that dolphin

into a big money-making
attraction for all of us.

- Mr. Parkinson here owns a small circus,

and we thought that...

- They were gonna steal him
Dad, look at those nets!

- You're a fake, you
said Flipper could talk!

- The boy's right, he's a fake alright.

Now what do you say, can we make a deal?

- Yeah we can make a deal.

The deal is for you and
your men to get outta here.

- You're outnumbered here, friend.

- Well I may not be for long.

- You may have a point there
friend, I had a passing thought

that maybe we could make
some money with that.

- Well come on what are we waiting for,

let's get outta here!

- Let him go, let him
go, he won't come back.

It's all my fault, I had some crazy idea.

- You sure had a crazy idea.

- Like Flipper wanting
to leave here, Professor.

- I'll bet he's not even a professor.

- Me too, just a big fake and a liar.

- Alright that's enough boys.

Now Professor Marvello made a mistake,

and I think he's proved
to us that he's sorry.

- But why'd ya do it?

- He did it because he's a ventriloquist.

He thought Flipper would make a charming

ventriloquist's dummy.

He didn't realize then how
much you boys loved your pet.

But now he does because he's
learned to love Flipper too.

Professor Marvello is
sorry for what he did,

and he hopes that you will forgive him.

- Professor?

Professor we're going back
for some pancakes and sausage,

and I think the boys would be
very happy if you'd join us.

- Sure.

- Of course we would Professor Marvello.

- Mister Marvello.

- After what I did to
you I shouldn't think

you'd want me as a guest in your house.

- Well all we remember is
that you came through for us.

Now how about that food?

- Well with your unanimous
approval I accept.

.Dad?

- What's bothering you son?

- I'm confused.

- About what?

- I'm not clear about how
the professor helped us.

- Well he did it with that neat
imitation of a police siren.

- That's you?

- Well I don't know, I really
think it was Flipper, I think

he called the police, after
all he was in trouble too.

- Ah naw, you can't fool us anymore.

- Well you just listen.

- See, what'd I tell ya?

- See you later, 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, is smarter than he

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

♫ Flying there under, under the sea.