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Flipper

Season 1 1964 - 1965
TV-G

  • 1964-09-19T04:00:00Z on NBC
  • 26m
  • 13h (30 episodes)
  • United States
  • English
  • Family, Action, Adventure, Drama
Flipper, from Ivan Tors Films in association with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Television, is an American television program first broadcast on NBC from September 19, 1964, until April 15, 1967. Flipper, a bottlenose dolphin, is the companion animal of Porter Ricks, Chief Warden at fictional Coral Key Park and Marine Preserve in southern Florida, and his two young sons, Sandy and Bud. The show has been dubbed an "aquatic Lassie", and a considerable amount of juvenile merchandise inspired by the show was produced during its first-run.

30 episodes

Series Premiere

1964-09-19T04:00:00Z

1x01 300 Feet Below

Series Premiere

1x01 300 Feet Below

  • 1964-09-19T04:00:00Z26m

Dr Phil Harmon is attacked by a shark. He radios to bring a rare blood type that can save his life.

1964-09-26T04:00:00Z

1x02 The Red Hot Car

1x02 The Red Hot Car

  • 1964-09-26T04:00:00Z26m

The boys find themselves in deep water when they disobey their father and dive down to investigate a car that has been dumped in the ocean.

1964-10-03T04:00:00Z

1x03 SOS Dolphin

1x03 SOS Dolphin

  • 1964-10-03T04:00:00Z26m

Flipper comes to the rescue when a submarine gets caught on the bottom of the ocean, trapping its occupant who is fast running out of air.

1964-10-10T04:00:00Z

1x04 The Gulf Between

1x04 The Gulf Between

  • 1964-10-10T04:00:00Z26m

Bud isn't happy with the new woman in his father's life. Feeling alone in the world, Bud stays out in the ocean too late and winds up lost in an underwater cave at high tide.

1964-10-17T04:00:00Z

1x05 City Boy

1x05 City Boy

  • 1964-10-17T04:00:00Z26m

City boy, Mike Beldon arrives in Corel Key with a huge chip on his shoulder about his mother's new husband. However, a near death accident helps him see his new step-father in a different light.

1964-10-24T04:00:00Z

1x06 Dolphin for Sale

1x06 Dolphin for Sale

  • 1964-10-24T04:00:00Z26m

Dorrie steals Flipper and sells him to a carnival owner.

1964-10-31T05:00:00Z

1x07 Not Necessarily Gospel

1x07 Not Necessarily Gospel

  • 1964-10-31T05:00:00Z26m

Porter is concerned that Bud is taking old Hap Gorman's stories too seriously and warns his son that not everything the old man tells him is true.

1964-11-07T05:00:00Z

1x08 Countdown for Flipper

1x08 Countdown for Flipper

  • 1964-11-07T05:00:00Z26m

Flipper's days are numbered when he is accused of eating a prized fish worth a lot of money. Just as Flipper is to be cut open to retrieve the fish, Bud and Sandy discover it has been stolen by Jim and race to prove their pet's innocence in before it's too late.

1964-11-14T05:00:00Z

1x09 Mr. Marvello

1x09 Mr. Marvello

  • 1964-11-14T05:00:00Z26m

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.

1964-11-21T05:00:00Z

1x10 My Brother Flipper

1x10 My Brother Flipper

  • 1964-11-21T05:00:00Z26m

Flipper saves the life of an old Greek sponge poacher in the preserve, but Bud and Sandy tell Po of his illegal activities.

1964-11-28T05:00:00Z

1x11 The Second Time Around

1x11 The Second Time Around

  • 1964-11-28T05:00:00Z26m

Po and Sandy rescue a despondent former water ski champion, now in a wheelchair, and her mother from a hurricane. Flipper gets tangled in a fishnet.

1964-12-05T05:00:00Z

1x12 Lady and the Dolphin (1)

1x12 Lady and the Dolphin (1)

  • 1964-12-05T05:00:00Z26m

Despite their best attempts to impress a visiting Congress woman, Porter and the boys are devastated to learn that she plans to close the park.

1964-12-12T05:00:00Z

1x13 Lady and the Dolphin (2)

1x13 Lady and the Dolphin (2)

  • 1964-12-12T05:00:00Z26m

In a last ditch attempt to convince Congress woman Helen Browning that she should use government funding to keep the Park open, Sandy and Bud take her skin-diving.

1964-12-19T05:00:00Z

1x14 Danger

1x14 Danger

  • 1964-12-19T05:00:00Z26m

Bud and Sandy, on a trip with Hap Gorman to his secret fishing grounds, board an abandoned boat, not knowing that a hidden charge of dynamite is about to blow it to pieces.

1964-12-26T05:00:00Z

1x15 The Misanthrope

1x15 The Misanthrope

  • 1964-12-26T05:00:00Z26m

Sandy, Bud and Flipper decide to become detectives when reports claim that someone has been looting boats in Coral Key Park.

1965-01-02T05:00:00Z

1x16 Flipper's Bank Account

1x16 Flipper's Bank Account

  • 1965-01-02T05:00:00Z26m

When Flipper finds a Spanish doubloon on the ocean bottom and brings it to Bud and Sandy, rumours about Spanish Treausures spread quickly and an underwater gold rush ensues.

1965-01-09T05:00:00Z

1x17 The Lifeguard

1x17 The Lifeguard

  • 1965-01-09T05:00:00Z26m

Flipper leads Bud to a beach where Lynn Borden lies half conscious after falling off a boat 20 miles at sea.

1965-01-16T05:00:00Z

1x18 The Day of the Shark

1x18 The Day of the Shark

  • 1965-01-16T05:00:00Z26m

Porter Ricks, Sandy and Marine Researcher Dr Williams Tollner go to sea to investigate a school of lemon sharks which have invaded Coral Key Park.

1965-01-23T05:00:00Z

1x19 Love and Sandy

1x19 Love and Sandy

  • 1965-01-23T05:00:00Z26m

Pretty teenager Bonnie McCoy takes Sandy by surprise when she sails into view aboard a floating zoo.

1965-01-30T05:00:00Z

1x20 Money to Blow

1x20 Money to Blow

  • 1965-01-30T05:00:00Z26m

Flipper finds money underwater and presents some of the bills to Bud. Flipper shows Bud where it came from and they collect more from the underwater wreck.

1965-02-06T05:00:00Z

1x21 Flipper's Treasure

1x21 Flipper's Treasure

  • 1965-02-06T05:00:00Z26m

Flipper goes to Bud and Porter Ricks for detective help after seeing a treasure chest stolen from the wreck of a sunken Spanish ship hidden on a nearby island.

1965-02-13T05:00:00Z

1x22 The White Dolphin

1x22 The White Dolphin

  • 1965-02-13T05:00:00Z26m

Flipper disappears for several days and, when found by Porter Ricks, Sandy and Bud, is with another dolphin, an amazing albino the only white dolphin in Porter's memory.

1965-02-20T05:00:00Z

1x23 Teamwork

1x23 Teamwork

  • 1965-02-20T05:00:00Z26m

While Sandy and Bud prepare for the annual Coral Key Park swimming race, Porter is overcome by toxic chemicals dropped from a passing ship while he is carrying out an underwater investigation.

Sentinel of the sea Flipper discovers a sinking raft, manned by Bonnie McCoy, her father, an elephant and a chimpanzee.

In an effort to raise money to pay off creditors of McCoy's Floating Zoo, Sandy and Bud join Bonnie McCoy in a scheme to run away with her father's elephant and chimpanzee.

Judy the chimp steals a briefcase full of money and Sean McCoy of McCoy's Floating Zoo is arrested. Sandy, Bud and Bonnie decide to put on a show with Flipper to raise money for her father's bail.

1965-03-20T05:00:00Z

1x27 Bud Minds Baby

1x27 Bud Minds Baby

  • 1965-03-20T05:00:00Z26m

Like the heroes he sees on TV, Bud tries to rescue a damsel in distress, but fails to tell Porter or Sandy of his intentions, and suddenly finds himself caught in a dangerous rip.

1965-03-27T05:00:00Z

1x28 Sailor Bud

1x28 Sailor Bud

  • 1965-03-27T05:00:00Z26m

Bud trying to help an injured man and his wife marooned on a sailboat, has to call desperately for help from Flipper when the boat becomes caught in treacherous coral reefs.

1965-04-03T05:00:00Z

1x29 The Call of the Dolphin

1x29 The Call of the Dolphin

  • 1965-04-03T05:00:00Z26m

Flipper, being a pack animal by instinct, is attracted by the sound of a school of dolphins and nothing Porter, Sandy or Bud can do will bring him back.

Season Finale

1965-04-10T05:00:00Z

1x30 Flipper's Monster

Season Finale

1x30 Flipper's Monster

  • 1965-04-10T05:00:00Z26m

A motion picture company moves in to film an underwater monster picture in Coral Key Park, and Flipper become star struck.

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