Flipper (1964–1967): Season 2, Episode 16 - Flipper's Odyssey: Part 1 - full transcript
Flipper is captured by fisherman and brought to a marine exhibit more than 200 miles from Coral Key. When Peter and his sons find out, they hurriedly sail their boat up the coast searching for him. Meanwhile, Flipper tries to escape and find his way back home.
- We got him, start hauling, Joe!
- Have a look, Steve.
- Wow, he's a beauty!
- I'll say.
- I'll hope he'll train
as easy as he got caught.
- I haven't met a dolphin
yet I couldn't train.
But first, we gotta
make friends, huh baby?
Start crankin' real slow,
I'll watch so he doesn't knock
himself against the hull.
Okay, slack off.
Don't be scared, boy.
We're not trying' to hurt you.
We just gotta take you to Point Horizon,
a couple hundred miles up the coast.
You'll have a real comfortable
pad at our marine exhibit.
You might even be our
star attraction some day.
Start her up, Joe.
♫ 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
- Sandy, can't you read that
magazine when we get home?
- What's the rush?
- Nothing, it's just that I wanna get home
and do my homework, so I can
do the things I wanna do.
- Today's Friday, remember?
We've got the whole weekend.
- Well, if you must know, Sandy,
I'm worried about Flipper.
- Not again.
- Oh, but Sandy, you know
he wasn't at the dock
when we left for school this morning.
- He's not there lots of mornings
when we leave for school.
- But, well, this is different.
I just have that feeling.
- You and your feelings.
Hey!
- That's one way to make you move fast.
- Very funny.
- Flipper!
Flipper!
Hey, that's funny.
He doesn't answer!
- It's not like him to
stay away for a whole day.
- I told you something was wrong, Sandy.
Come on, we better go look for him.
- No.
Dad'll be back soon.
We stand a much better
chance of finding him
if we use the underwater TV.
- Yeah.
- How's our guest doing?
- Still pretty unhappy, I'm afraid.
- We're almost at Port Horizon, baby.
And there'll be an extra
bucket of fish waiting for you
at the dock.
- You hear that, boy?
Everything's gonna be all right.
- Easy, now.
Easy,easy.
Watch your fin.
His flipper's stuck on here.
That's got it.
Take this end, Joe.
Okay, lift it up.
Let's get him into the tank in the truck
as quickly as possible so
his skin won't dry out.
- Okay, I'll back the
truck as close as I can.
- I wish I could make you understand
that we're not trying' to hurt you.
As soon as you get used to us humans,
you'll find we can be a bit of okay.
It's just that you've never
had any dealings with people,
that's what's the matter.
All right, Stan, bring it back.
Closer, watch your boat!
We might still catch him, come on!
- Wait a minute, he'll
never go in that net again.
We'll have to spear him if
we can catch him at all.
- Look, I'm not in this
business for sentiment.
We're gonna have to go quick!
Now, we gotta go!
- I wish Dad would get back.
- Dad'll be back any time now.
What's so urgent?
- I wanna tell him about Flipper.
- I think you're overdoing
this whole thing, Bud.
Flipper'll be back.
- Sandy, you don't understand.
Dad, Dad, Dad!
We've been waiting for you!
We gotta go out and find Flipper.
I haven't seen him all day.
- Now wait a minute, Bud, wait a minute.
Just slow down.
Sandy, get those boxes
off the launch, will ya?
- But Dad, listen.
- Now Bud, what's this all about?
- When Sandy and I went to
school this morning, Dad,
Flipper wasn't here.
And when we got back,
he wasn't here either.
- Well, there's nothing
so unusual about that.
He's been gone before.
- But Dad, this is different.
I just had this feeling like
something's happened to him,
like he's been hurt.
- Yes, Bud, I know about that feeling.
You've had it before,
and Flipper's always come back, right?
- Well, oh but please, Dad.
Can't we go, please?
- Dad, if you've got the time,
can we go out and look for him?
- Please?
- All right, let's go.
Cast off.
- There he is!
Ready with the gun, get closer, Joe.
Closer, Joe!
- See anything, Bud?
- Just a bunch of fish.
- Well, one more trip
around the park, Bud,
and that's it.
- Aw, Dad.
- Bud, I have an important
report to get out.
Besides, I'll bet you
that Flipper'll be home
before we get there.
- What kind of a bet?
- Well, if I lose, I'll
do the dishes tonight.
That's a pretty good deal, isn't it?
- Well, thanks Dad.
- There he is!
Closer, Joe!
Remember, we don't wanna hurt
him any more than we have to.
- Don't worry.
I never killed a dolphin yet.
Missed him!
- He'll be up there in
a couple of minutes.
- Yeah, but where?
- Hey, friend or foe?
If you're a friend,
you won't mind if I take
your picture, will ya?
If you make the cover
of Ocean World Magazine,
I'll send you a copy.
I have visitors, don't go away.
- Hi!
Haven't seen a dolphin
anywheres around here, have you?
- What are you doing, hunting dolphins?
- We don't aim to kill 'em.
We collect dolphins for marine exhibits.
- No, I haven't seen any dolphin.
- I guess he got away.
Okay buddy, thanks.
Take her away, Joe.
- Coast is clear, boy.
You know, even if they hadn't hurt you,
you look much too independent
to be cooped up in an exhibit.
You're welcome, I'm sure.
Wait just a minute, I'll
get my gear and join you.
If you wanna see the best
underwater photographer in America
at work, come on.
- WK8157 calling Coast Guard.
WK8157 calling Coast Guard.
Come in, Coast Guard, over.
- WK8157,
this is Coast Guard station Point Horizon,
Chief Petty Officer Judson speaking, over.
- Uh, Chief my name is Ellery,
staff photographer for
Ocean World Magazine.
I've been taking some
underwater pictures here,
about a mile off the point,
and I've just come across
an unexploded torpedo
on the bottom, over.
- Probably one that went sour
during the recent maneuvers.
Can you give me the exact
position, Mr. Ellery?
- I don't have a compass, but
it's just west of the point,
about a mile, over.
- We'll send the
cutter out right away.
- Say, isn't that thing liable to go off?
Over.
- Not likely,
an undetonated torpedo
will temporarily deactivate itself
and sink to the bottom.
It can't go off unless
it strikes something,
but stay away from it until
we can get there, Mr. Ellery.
Over and out.
- Pal, you and I have hit on a story here
that could get your buddy
Dave a big fat raise.
Only I gotta have some pictures.
The man said to stay away.
On the other hand, he
said it wouldn't go off.
He who hesitates, stays broke.
- Bud, to show you what a good loser I am,
I'm not only doing the dishes,
but I'm gonna pop for
a movie tonight, too.
How about that?
- Sure, sounds okay.
- Hey, listen to this.
Dolphin responsible for
rescue of photographer.
At Point Horizon today,
photographer Dave Ellery
barely escaped with his life
when an unexploded torpedo
fell off an underwater shelf
and struck a rock.
Ellery, unconscious, was
towed to safety by a dolphin.
- Dad, do you suppose it was Flipper?
- Well, I don't know, Bud.
Point Horizon, that's
over 200 miles from here.
What would Flipper be doing up there?
- But Dad, it could be
Flipper, couldn't it?
- Well.
- It says here that Ellery
still has the dolphin,
and he's gonna do a
magazine story around him.
- Oh Dad, couldn't we just go to see
if it is Flipper, please?
- Now look, Bud, it's not
that rare an occurrence
for a dolphin to rescue a drowning person.
- Dad, we've gotta see if it's Flipper.
- And if it isn't Flipper,
I'll wash and dry the
dishes for a whole week!
Please?
- All right, we'll leave
at six in the morning.
- Thanks, Dad.
♫ Everyone loves the king of the sea
♫ Ever so kind and gentle is he
♫ Tricks he will do when children are near
♫ Oh 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
- Have a look, Steve.
- Wow, he's a beauty!
- I'll say.
- I'll hope he'll train
as easy as he got caught.
- I haven't met a dolphin
yet I couldn't train.
But first, we gotta
make friends, huh baby?
Start crankin' real slow,
I'll watch so he doesn't knock
himself against the hull.
Okay, slack off.
Don't be scared, boy.
We're not trying' to hurt you.
We just gotta take you to Point Horizon,
a couple hundred miles up the coast.
You'll have a real comfortable
pad at our marine exhibit.
You might even be our
star attraction some day.
Start her up, Joe.
♫ 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
- Sandy, can't you read that
magazine when we get home?
- What's the rush?
- Nothing, it's just that I wanna get home
and do my homework, so I can
do the things I wanna do.
- Today's Friday, remember?
We've got the whole weekend.
- Well, if you must know, Sandy,
I'm worried about Flipper.
- Not again.
- Oh, but Sandy, you know
he wasn't at the dock
when we left for school this morning.
- He's not there lots of mornings
when we leave for school.
- But, well, this is different.
I just have that feeling.
- You and your feelings.
Hey!
- That's one way to make you move fast.
- Very funny.
- Flipper!
Flipper!
Hey, that's funny.
He doesn't answer!
- It's not like him to
stay away for a whole day.
- I told you something was wrong, Sandy.
Come on, we better go look for him.
- No.
Dad'll be back soon.
We stand a much better
chance of finding him
if we use the underwater TV.
- Yeah.
- How's our guest doing?
- Still pretty unhappy, I'm afraid.
- We're almost at Port Horizon, baby.
And there'll be an extra
bucket of fish waiting for you
at the dock.
- You hear that, boy?
Everything's gonna be all right.
- Easy, now.
Easy,easy.
Watch your fin.
His flipper's stuck on here.
That's got it.
Take this end, Joe.
Okay, lift it up.
Let's get him into the tank in the truck
as quickly as possible so
his skin won't dry out.
- Okay, I'll back the
truck as close as I can.
- I wish I could make you understand
that we're not trying' to hurt you.
As soon as you get used to us humans,
you'll find we can be a bit of okay.
It's just that you've never
had any dealings with people,
that's what's the matter.
All right, Stan, bring it back.
Closer, watch your boat!
We might still catch him, come on!
- Wait a minute, he'll
never go in that net again.
We'll have to spear him if
we can catch him at all.
- Look, I'm not in this
business for sentiment.
We're gonna have to go quick!
Now, we gotta go!
- I wish Dad would get back.
- Dad'll be back any time now.
What's so urgent?
- I wanna tell him about Flipper.
- I think you're overdoing
this whole thing, Bud.
Flipper'll be back.
- Sandy, you don't understand.
Dad, Dad, Dad!
We've been waiting for you!
We gotta go out and find Flipper.
I haven't seen him all day.
- Now wait a minute, Bud, wait a minute.
Just slow down.
Sandy, get those boxes
off the launch, will ya?
- But Dad, listen.
- Now Bud, what's this all about?
- When Sandy and I went to
school this morning, Dad,
Flipper wasn't here.
And when we got back,
he wasn't here either.
- Well, there's nothing
so unusual about that.
He's been gone before.
- But Dad, this is different.
I just had this feeling like
something's happened to him,
like he's been hurt.
- Yes, Bud, I know about that feeling.
You've had it before,
and Flipper's always come back, right?
- Well, oh but please, Dad.
Can't we go, please?
- Dad, if you've got the time,
can we go out and look for him?
- Please?
- All right, let's go.
Cast off.
- There he is!
Ready with the gun, get closer, Joe.
Closer, Joe!
- See anything, Bud?
- Just a bunch of fish.
- Well, one more trip
around the park, Bud,
and that's it.
- Aw, Dad.
- Bud, I have an important
report to get out.
Besides, I'll bet you
that Flipper'll be home
before we get there.
- What kind of a bet?
- Well, if I lose, I'll
do the dishes tonight.
That's a pretty good deal, isn't it?
- Well, thanks Dad.
- There he is!
Closer, Joe!
Remember, we don't wanna hurt
him any more than we have to.
- Don't worry.
I never killed a dolphin yet.
Missed him!
- He'll be up there in
a couple of minutes.
- Yeah, but where?
- Hey, friend or foe?
If you're a friend,
you won't mind if I take
your picture, will ya?
If you make the cover
of Ocean World Magazine,
I'll send you a copy.
I have visitors, don't go away.
- Hi!
Haven't seen a dolphin
anywheres around here, have you?
- What are you doing, hunting dolphins?
- We don't aim to kill 'em.
We collect dolphins for marine exhibits.
- No, I haven't seen any dolphin.
- I guess he got away.
Okay buddy, thanks.
Take her away, Joe.
- Coast is clear, boy.
You know, even if they hadn't hurt you,
you look much too independent
to be cooped up in an exhibit.
You're welcome, I'm sure.
Wait just a minute, I'll
get my gear and join you.
If you wanna see the best
underwater photographer in America
at work, come on.
- WK8157 calling Coast Guard.
WK8157 calling Coast Guard.
Come in, Coast Guard, over.
- WK8157,
this is Coast Guard station Point Horizon,
Chief Petty Officer Judson speaking, over.
- Uh, Chief my name is Ellery,
staff photographer for
Ocean World Magazine.
I've been taking some
underwater pictures here,
about a mile off the point,
and I've just come across
an unexploded torpedo
on the bottom, over.
- Probably one that went sour
during the recent maneuvers.
Can you give me the exact
position, Mr. Ellery?
- I don't have a compass, but
it's just west of the point,
about a mile, over.
- We'll send the
cutter out right away.
- Say, isn't that thing liable to go off?
Over.
- Not likely,
an undetonated torpedo
will temporarily deactivate itself
and sink to the bottom.
It can't go off unless
it strikes something,
but stay away from it until
we can get there, Mr. Ellery.
Over and out.
- Pal, you and I have hit on a story here
that could get your buddy
Dave a big fat raise.
Only I gotta have some pictures.
The man said to stay away.
On the other hand, he
said it wouldn't go off.
He who hesitates, stays broke.
- Bud, to show you what a good loser I am,
I'm not only doing the dishes,
but I'm gonna pop for
a movie tonight, too.
How about that?
- Sure, sounds okay.
- Hey, listen to this.
Dolphin responsible for
rescue of photographer.
At Point Horizon today,
photographer Dave Ellery
barely escaped with his life
when an unexploded torpedo
fell off an underwater shelf
and struck a rock.
Ellery, unconscious, was
towed to safety by a dolphin.
- Dad, do you suppose it was Flipper?
- Well, I don't know, Bud.
Point Horizon, that's
over 200 miles from here.
What would Flipper be doing up there?
- But Dad, it could be
Flipper, couldn't it?
- Well.
- It says here that Ellery
still has the dolphin,
and he's gonna do a
magazine story around him.
- Oh Dad, couldn't we just go to see
if it is Flipper, please?
- Now look, Bud, it's not
that rare an occurrence
for a dolphin to rescue a drowning person.
- Dad, we've gotta see if it's Flipper.
- And if it isn't Flipper,
I'll wash and dry the
dishes for a whole week!
Please?
- All right, we'll leave
at six in the morning.
- Thanks, Dad.
♫ Everyone loves the king of the sea
♫ Ever so kind and gentle is he
♫ Tricks he will do when children are near
♫ Oh 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