Flipper (1964–1967): Season 3, Episode 10 - Executive Bud - full transcript
Bud has formed his own business and hired other kids to do the work while he "supervises," only taking 1/3 of the cut for himself. But he's a hard taskmaster and gives no breaks.
- Well now, how'd you like the tour?
- Gee that was great Bud.
Thanks a lot!
- Third customer today.
Boy if this keeps up we'll make a fortune.
- Hey Bud.
Bud, Mr Murphy's been looking
all over the place for you.
- Well what did you tell him?
- I told him you're probably
over here at the museum.
- Oh no.
- Why what's the matter?
- I'm supposed to be over
there cleaning his boat.
- Why aren't ya?
- Because I can't, I'm supposed to be over
at Mrs Murphy's place fixing her ramp.
I can't go over there because I promised
the guys at the yacht club
that I'd paint their bouy.
- OK wise guy, what's going on?
- Well you know Sandy, remember that book
you brought home the other
night, Business and Finance?
Well I started to read it and it says
to make big money, think big.
- Oh, you gotta think about the jobs
instead of doing them huh?
- No, no, no, no, no.
I hire other people to do it.
Like, Eddie Cummings, he's over there
cleaning Mr Murphy's boat.
An Tom Larkin, he's fixing Mrs Grover's ramp.
And Shorty Myers he's doing
the buoy for the yacht club.
- And you collect the money, huh?
- No I only take 1/3 of the profit in.
That's for hiring 'em,
and for supervising 'em.
That's what makes me an executive.
- Oh I see.
So why is Mr Murphy looking for you
if Eddie's supposed to
be cleaning his boat?
- Well see he doesn't know
Eddie's cleaning his boat,
he hired me.
- Oh brother.
- Listen Sandy I'd better get going.
By the way while are you over here?
Why don't you sorta keep
an eye on the museum.
Take a few tours and
take 1/3 of the profit?
- You mean you're trying that on me?
- Well win some lose some.
I'll see ya later.
- Sometimes a guy doesn't
even know his own brother.
♫ 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
- Hi Mr Murphy.
- Where have you been?
This job's hardly begun.
- Well I was on an errand with my dad.
- I saw the ranger driving by just now.
Didn't look like you were
doing no job with him.
Well...
Well, it was
a very secret errand.
- OK.
But if that boat isn't
finished today, I don't pay!
- Yes sir.
- You can knock it off now Bud I'm back.
- Where have you been?
- I had to run an errand for my ma.
- Oh I'll bet.
- Well I did!
- Well, it's lucky I was here.
Mr Murphy came over and said
if we didn't have this
boat finished today,
we weren't gonna get paid.
- OK OK
so I'll finish it!
- All right, if he comes back,
you know what to say though don't you?
- Yeah that you had to go
on an errand for your pa,
and I'm taking over for few minutes.
- No I don't think you better say that.
Tell him I got sick or something.
I don't care what you say,
but I'll be back in about 20 minutes, OK?
Let's go Flipper.
Hi Tom, how ya doing?
- OK, except this ramp's
in a lot worse shape
than you said it was.
- Oh not the shape I said it was in,
Mrs Grover's the one who...
Here, hold this for a second will you?
- Hello boys.
- Oh hello Mrs Grover,
I didn't see you coming.
- I know you were so tied up in your work.
I appreciate diligence,
but don't you think
you're overdoing it?
I thought you might like some lunch.
- Oh thank you very, very much!
- Well such hard work deserves its reward,
don't you think so Tom?
- Yeah, it sure does.
- Well I've gotta go into town.
I'll come by again a little later.
Now enjoy your lunch.
- So long.
That was a close one.
- Wow!
Two peanut butter and jelly sandwiches,
an apple and milk.
- Gosh, peanut butter and
jelly's my favorite kind.
- Lunch wasn't included in our deal.
- Oh come on, a guy's gotta eat!
- Well, OK.
Peanut butter and jelly sandwich for you,
and milk, OK?
- I oughta get the apple too.
- No no no no, the apple's for Flipper.
Remember, 2/3 of the
deal, like in the money.
Mrs Grover comes back you
know what to tell her.
- Yeah that you had to go
on an errand for your dad
and that you'd be back in a few minutes.
- Right, I'll be back in about 20 minutes.
So long.
Come on Flipper!
Hey Shorty!
' Hey Bud!
- Is this all you've done
since I saw you last?
- What do you mean is that all?
You oughta try painting
this thing from the inside.
It's hard standing on this thing.
If you'd left me your boat,
I'd have it finished by now.
- Now how could I have lent you my boat,
what was I gonna get around in?
- I just wanna finish this
part and I'll be ready.
- Ready for what?
- To go back.
I gotta go to the dentist, remember?
- Shorty you can't go back,
I promised the yacht club
that I'd have this finished by noon.
- I told you I had to go to the dentist
and you said it would be all right.
And besides, if I don't get there in time,
my mom will be mad as anything.
- Well,
you could have it finished in
a half an hour couldn't ya?
- Yeah except then I'll
be late for the dentist.
And anyway, I'm hungry.
- The dentist has kept you
waiting before hasn't he?
- Sure, lots of times.
- Well, this is your chance
to get even with him.
- I'm still hungry.
- Well we have some
cake back at the house,
Sandy's girlfriend brought it over.
I was just gonna go back and get you some.
- Well...
- Listen, I'll be back in a half an hour.
Come on Flipper!
- Boy that Bud is gonna get
me into a lot of trouble.
I'm gonna hitch me a ride to this dentist.
Gone to dentist.
- Hey Bud, where you going with the cake?
- This?
Oh I didn't think you'd
mind if I took a piece.
- Hey that's supposed to be my cake
and I haven't even tasted it yet.
- Would you like some?
- Yeah I think I would.
- Oh please Sandy.
It's not for me and it's real important.
- What's so important
about a piece of cake?
- I can't explain now, but it's part
of my business deal.
Please?
- OK.
But I'm gonna have to
tell Bridget a big fat lie
when she asks me how I liked that cake.
- Tell her it was delicious.
Thanks Sandy.
- Yeah thanks Bud.
- Come on Flipper.
Shorty!
Gone to the dentist!
How do you like that?
Can't trust anybody you hire these days.
Must'a hitched a ride in!
If you want something done
right you gotta do it yourself.
No I'd better check with the others first.
- Mom, mom!
It hurts.
- Sandy!
How are you doing?
- Fine dad.
- Oh here's the wax you asked me to get
for you in town.
- Thanks.
- Where's Bud?
- Oh he's got some crazy business
deal going, high finance.
- High finance?
I'll get it.
Hello, Porter Ricks speaking.
- Oh hello Mrs Myers.
Shorty?
No I haven't seen him.
Sandy come down here!
Sandy's here Mrs Myers,
maybe he's seen him.
Hold on.
Have you seen Shorty Myers?
- Yeah he's out painting the yacht buoy.
- Yacht buoy?
Mrs Myers said that he's an hour late
for a dental appointment, she's worried.
- I'm sure of it, that's
part of Bud's business deal.
- Mrs Myers, Sandy says that
he knows where Shorty is,
I'll go out and get him and
send him right home, all right?
Bye.
Let's go out and find
them, we can talk about
that business deal on the way out.
- Hey Eddie.
How you doing?
- Swell, I oughta be
finished in about an hour.
- Great!
You know, I think you deserve a bonus.
- Hey thanks!
- When you're an executive,
giving appreciations is as
important as giving money.
- Where did you get that baloney?
- Hey that's not baloney.
I got it outta this book I'm reading,
How To Be Successful in Business.
- Listen Bud Ricks, if
you're not gonna pay me
for the...
- Oh I'm gonna pay you Eddie.
Some people just
don't appreciate anything!
- There's the buoy.
But no Shorty!
I guess Bud must've picked him up.
- I hope so, and I hope he's all right.
- What could've happened to him dad?
- Well I don't know, but
I promised his mother
I was gonna pick him up and
that's what I'm gonna do.
What'd you say those other jobs were?
- Well the closest is Murphy's dock.
- All right.
- I gotta go now, Shorty chickened out
and I gotta do his job.
- What about the money?
- I'll give it to you this evening OK?
Flipper!
Listen I'll meet you
back at the museum OK?
I'll see ya Eddie.
- Ready to go?
- I don't know!
- I'll bet you've never seen
anything like it before.
It's really great!
It's worth a lot more than a quarter.
- I'd like to see it!
But I don't know as I want him to take me!
- Why what's the matter?
Flipper, he's my pet
dolphin, he's real gentle.
- I don't know!
- Oh.
He's guided lots of tours before.
I better not!
- No wait a minute, wait a minute.
Would you go if I took you?
- Sure! I guess so.
- Have you got a quarter?
- Yep-
- Let's get on.
Gee thanks a lot.
Come back again and bring your friends OK?
OK I will!
- There's Bud, you gonna pick him up?
- No I'm not.
I'm gonna have him swim out.
I want you to take his skiff,
call Mrs Myers and see if
Shorty's there all right?
- OK dad.
' Bud!
Bud,
Shorty Myers' mother called,
she said she's been waiting over an hour
to take him to the dentist.
- That's funny dad, I've
been looking for him myself.
He's supposed to paint a buoy for me.
- Yeah Bud I heard about that.
I want to talk to you about it later.
Right now we gotta find Shorty.
You got any idea where he is?
- No dad, he said he was late
for the dentist or something.
Maybe he got a ride in with another boat.
You sound awful mad at me.
- Well look Bud, if you knew he was late
why didn't you take him in?
- Well it's kinda complicated dad.
Hey, maybe he swam in himself.
- Let's hope not.
Awful bad rip tide in here.
Let's hope not.
Hand me the radio Bud.
PD9598 to base, come in Sandy.
- Yes dad.
- Sandy any word on Shorty Myers?
- No dad, Mrs Myers
hasn't heard from him.
She's plenty worried, over.
- All right Sandy, I'll
keep combing the shoreline.
If I don't find him in a few minutes
I'm gonna call the Coast Guard.
You stand by the radio for further word.
Over and out.
Dad look,
Flipper, he's found something!
- Bud take a look inside, I'll hold the
flashing, hurry up.
- Dad you're right, he's in here!
- All right, get him out!
- Shorty.
Shorty are you OK?
- What?
- Yeah are you all right?
- I think so.
I bumped my head.
- Boy did you get a bump.
- How is he Bud?
- He's all right dad.
- All right,
get him outta there quick!
- I'll bring him right up.
Can you make it?
- I can make it.
Bud, I gotta be on time for the dentist.
- OK Shorty.
Well I guess that's about it Flipper.
- Closing up shop Bud?
- Guess so dad.
- Mrs Myers called.
- And?
- They're back from the
doctor and Shorty's all right.
- That's great.
I'll go over and see
him right away OK dad?
- No I don't think so Bud.
Mrs Myers would rather that you
didn't see Shorty for a while.
- Don't see Shorty?
Dad he's my best friend.
- She's still pretty upset
about the whole thing Bud.
- And Mrs Larkin and Mrs
Cummings called too Bud.
They don't want you to see Tom
or Eddie for a while either.
- Oh.
I guess I see now.
I guess I messed up pretty bad huh dad?
- I'd say that Bud.
- Guess I'm not cut
out to be an executive.
- Well Bud if being an
executive means using people
and lying and cheating,
no I'd say you weren't cut out.
No good executive would do that.
- You make it sound pretty bad dad.
- It was.
But maybe that's how we learn.
The answer is not to keep
making the same mistakes.
- Yes dad.
- About this museum.
You know this could be a good idea
if you had some partners,
some real partners
like Sandy and Flipper.
- How 'bout it Sandy?
We'll share even-Steven OK?
- Sure.
- How 'bout it Flipper is it OK with you?
♫ 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
- Gee that was great Bud.
Thanks a lot!
- Third customer today.
Boy if this keeps up we'll make a fortune.
- Hey Bud.
Bud, Mr Murphy's been looking
all over the place for you.
- Well what did you tell him?
- I told him you're probably
over here at the museum.
- Oh no.
- Why what's the matter?
- I'm supposed to be over
there cleaning his boat.
- Why aren't ya?
- Because I can't, I'm supposed to be over
at Mrs Murphy's place fixing her ramp.
I can't go over there because I promised
the guys at the yacht club
that I'd paint their bouy.
- OK wise guy, what's going on?
- Well you know Sandy, remember that book
you brought home the other
night, Business and Finance?
Well I started to read it and it says
to make big money, think big.
- Oh, you gotta think about the jobs
instead of doing them huh?
- No, no, no, no, no.
I hire other people to do it.
Like, Eddie Cummings, he's over there
cleaning Mr Murphy's boat.
An Tom Larkin, he's fixing Mrs Grover's ramp.
And Shorty Myers he's doing
the buoy for the yacht club.
- And you collect the money, huh?
- No I only take 1/3 of the profit in.
That's for hiring 'em,
and for supervising 'em.
That's what makes me an executive.
- Oh I see.
So why is Mr Murphy looking for you
if Eddie's supposed to
be cleaning his boat?
- Well see he doesn't know
Eddie's cleaning his boat,
he hired me.
- Oh brother.
- Listen Sandy I'd better get going.
By the way while are you over here?
Why don't you sorta keep
an eye on the museum.
Take a few tours and
take 1/3 of the profit?
- You mean you're trying that on me?
- Well win some lose some.
I'll see ya later.
- Sometimes a guy doesn't
even know his own brother.
♫ 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
- Hi Mr Murphy.
- Where have you been?
This job's hardly begun.
- Well I was on an errand with my dad.
- I saw the ranger driving by just now.
Didn't look like you were
doing no job with him.
Well...
Well, it was
a very secret errand.
- OK.
But if that boat isn't
finished today, I don't pay!
- Yes sir.
- You can knock it off now Bud I'm back.
- Where have you been?
- I had to run an errand for my ma.
- Oh I'll bet.
- Well I did!
- Well, it's lucky I was here.
Mr Murphy came over and said
if we didn't have this
boat finished today,
we weren't gonna get paid.
- OK OK
so I'll finish it!
- All right, if he comes back,
you know what to say though don't you?
- Yeah that you had to go
on an errand for your pa,
and I'm taking over for few minutes.
- No I don't think you better say that.
Tell him I got sick or something.
I don't care what you say,
but I'll be back in about 20 minutes, OK?
Let's go Flipper.
Hi Tom, how ya doing?
- OK, except this ramp's
in a lot worse shape
than you said it was.
- Oh not the shape I said it was in,
Mrs Grover's the one who...
Here, hold this for a second will you?
- Hello boys.
- Oh hello Mrs Grover,
I didn't see you coming.
- I know you were so tied up in your work.
I appreciate diligence,
but don't you think
you're overdoing it?
I thought you might like some lunch.
- Oh thank you very, very much!
- Well such hard work deserves its reward,
don't you think so Tom?
- Yeah, it sure does.
- Well I've gotta go into town.
I'll come by again a little later.
Now enjoy your lunch.
- So long.
That was a close one.
- Wow!
Two peanut butter and jelly sandwiches,
an apple and milk.
- Gosh, peanut butter and
jelly's my favorite kind.
- Lunch wasn't included in our deal.
- Oh come on, a guy's gotta eat!
- Well, OK.
Peanut butter and jelly sandwich for you,
and milk, OK?
- I oughta get the apple too.
- No no no no, the apple's for Flipper.
Remember, 2/3 of the
deal, like in the money.
Mrs Grover comes back you
know what to tell her.
- Yeah that you had to go
on an errand for your dad
and that you'd be back in a few minutes.
- Right, I'll be back in about 20 minutes.
So long.
Come on Flipper!
Hey Shorty!
' Hey Bud!
- Is this all you've done
since I saw you last?
- What do you mean is that all?
You oughta try painting
this thing from the inside.
It's hard standing on this thing.
If you'd left me your boat,
I'd have it finished by now.
- Now how could I have lent you my boat,
what was I gonna get around in?
- I just wanna finish this
part and I'll be ready.
- Ready for what?
- To go back.
I gotta go to the dentist, remember?
- Shorty you can't go back,
I promised the yacht club
that I'd have this finished by noon.
- I told you I had to go to the dentist
and you said it would be all right.
And besides, if I don't get there in time,
my mom will be mad as anything.
- Well,
you could have it finished in
a half an hour couldn't ya?
- Yeah except then I'll
be late for the dentist.
And anyway, I'm hungry.
- The dentist has kept you
waiting before hasn't he?
- Sure, lots of times.
- Well, this is your chance
to get even with him.
- I'm still hungry.
- Well we have some
cake back at the house,
Sandy's girlfriend brought it over.
I was just gonna go back and get you some.
- Well...
- Listen, I'll be back in a half an hour.
Come on Flipper!
- Boy that Bud is gonna get
me into a lot of trouble.
I'm gonna hitch me a ride to this dentist.
Gone to dentist.
- Hey Bud, where you going with the cake?
- This?
Oh I didn't think you'd
mind if I took a piece.
- Hey that's supposed to be my cake
and I haven't even tasted it yet.
- Would you like some?
- Yeah I think I would.
- Oh please Sandy.
It's not for me and it's real important.
- What's so important
about a piece of cake?
- I can't explain now, but it's part
of my business deal.
Please?
- OK.
But I'm gonna have to
tell Bridget a big fat lie
when she asks me how I liked that cake.
- Tell her it was delicious.
Thanks Sandy.
- Yeah thanks Bud.
- Come on Flipper.
Shorty!
Gone to the dentist!
How do you like that?
Can't trust anybody you hire these days.
Must'a hitched a ride in!
If you want something done
right you gotta do it yourself.
No I'd better check with the others first.
- Mom, mom!
It hurts.
- Sandy!
How are you doing?
- Fine dad.
- Oh here's the wax you asked me to get
for you in town.
- Thanks.
- Where's Bud?
- Oh he's got some crazy business
deal going, high finance.
- High finance?
I'll get it.
Hello, Porter Ricks speaking.
- Oh hello Mrs Myers.
Shorty?
No I haven't seen him.
Sandy come down here!
Sandy's here Mrs Myers,
maybe he's seen him.
Hold on.
Have you seen Shorty Myers?
- Yeah he's out painting the yacht buoy.
- Yacht buoy?
Mrs Myers said that he's an hour late
for a dental appointment, she's worried.
- I'm sure of it, that's
part of Bud's business deal.
- Mrs Myers, Sandy says that
he knows where Shorty is,
I'll go out and get him and
send him right home, all right?
Bye.
Let's go out and find
them, we can talk about
that business deal on the way out.
- Hey Eddie.
How you doing?
- Swell, I oughta be
finished in about an hour.
- Great!
You know, I think you deserve a bonus.
- Hey thanks!
- When you're an executive,
giving appreciations is as
important as giving money.
- Where did you get that baloney?
- Hey that's not baloney.
I got it outta this book I'm reading,
How To Be Successful in Business.
- Listen Bud Ricks, if
you're not gonna pay me
for the...
- Oh I'm gonna pay you Eddie.
Some people just
don't appreciate anything!
- There's the buoy.
But no Shorty!
I guess Bud must've picked him up.
- I hope so, and I hope he's all right.
- What could've happened to him dad?
- Well I don't know, but
I promised his mother
I was gonna pick him up and
that's what I'm gonna do.
What'd you say those other jobs were?
- Well the closest is Murphy's dock.
- All right.
- I gotta go now, Shorty chickened out
and I gotta do his job.
- What about the money?
- I'll give it to you this evening OK?
Flipper!
Listen I'll meet you
back at the museum OK?
I'll see ya Eddie.
- Ready to go?
- I don't know!
- I'll bet you've never seen
anything like it before.
It's really great!
It's worth a lot more than a quarter.
- I'd like to see it!
But I don't know as I want him to take me!
- Why what's the matter?
Flipper, he's my pet
dolphin, he's real gentle.
- I don't know!
- Oh.
He's guided lots of tours before.
I better not!
- No wait a minute, wait a minute.
Would you go if I took you?
- Sure! I guess so.
- Have you got a quarter?
- Yep-
- Let's get on.
Gee thanks a lot.
Come back again and bring your friends OK?
OK I will!
- There's Bud, you gonna pick him up?
- No I'm not.
I'm gonna have him swim out.
I want you to take his skiff,
call Mrs Myers and see if
Shorty's there all right?
- OK dad.
' Bud!
Bud,
Shorty Myers' mother called,
she said she's been waiting over an hour
to take him to the dentist.
- That's funny dad, I've
been looking for him myself.
He's supposed to paint a buoy for me.
- Yeah Bud I heard about that.
I want to talk to you about it later.
Right now we gotta find Shorty.
You got any idea where he is?
- No dad, he said he was late
for the dentist or something.
Maybe he got a ride in with another boat.
You sound awful mad at me.
- Well look Bud, if you knew he was late
why didn't you take him in?
- Well it's kinda complicated dad.
Hey, maybe he swam in himself.
- Let's hope not.
Awful bad rip tide in here.
Let's hope not.
Hand me the radio Bud.
PD9598 to base, come in Sandy.
- Yes dad.
- Sandy any word on Shorty Myers?
- No dad, Mrs Myers
hasn't heard from him.
She's plenty worried, over.
- All right Sandy, I'll
keep combing the shoreline.
If I don't find him in a few minutes
I'm gonna call the Coast Guard.
You stand by the radio for further word.
Over and out.
Dad look,
Flipper, he's found something!
- Bud take a look inside, I'll hold the
flashing, hurry up.
- Dad you're right, he's in here!
- All right, get him out!
- Shorty.
Shorty are you OK?
- What?
- Yeah are you all right?
- I think so.
I bumped my head.
- Boy did you get a bump.
- How is he Bud?
- He's all right dad.
- All right,
get him outta there quick!
- I'll bring him right up.
Can you make it?
- I can make it.
Bud, I gotta be on time for the dentist.
- OK Shorty.
Well I guess that's about it Flipper.
- Closing up shop Bud?
- Guess so dad.
- Mrs Myers called.
- And?
- They're back from the
doctor and Shorty's all right.
- That's great.
I'll go over and see
him right away OK dad?
- No I don't think so Bud.
Mrs Myers would rather that you
didn't see Shorty for a while.
- Don't see Shorty?
Dad he's my best friend.
- She's still pretty upset
about the whole thing Bud.
- And Mrs Larkin and Mrs
Cummings called too Bud.
They don't want you to see Tom
or Eddie for a while either.
- Oh.
I guess I see now.
I guess I messed up pretty bad huh dad?
- I'd say that Bud.
- Guess I'm not cut
out to be an executive.
- Well Bud if being an
executive means using people
and lying and cheating,
no I'd say you weren't cut out.
No good executive would do that.
- You make it sound pretty bad dad.
- It was.
But maybe that's how we learn.
The answer is not to keep
making the same mistakes.
- Yes dad.
- About this museum.
You know this could be a good idea
if you had some partners,
some real partners
like Sandy and Flipper.
- How 'bout it Sandy?
We'll share even-Steven OK?
- Sure.
- How 'bout it Flipper is it OK with you?
♫ 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