Flipper
A Dolphin in Time
TV Flash files “A Dolphin in Time” as hour 81 of 88 in the TV Flash guide — Flipper (1964–1967) on NBC, season 3, episode 21, aired 1967-02-25, 30 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S03E21: listed hour 81 of 88 in the Flipper guide, hour 21 of 28 in season 3. It aired 1967-02-25 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Dolphin for Ransom” (S03E20). Next is “Decision for Bud” (S03E22).
Viewer FAQ
Where does A Dolphin in Time sit in the Flipper guide?
S03E21 is listed hour 81 of 88 — hour 21 of 28 in season 3, season 3 episode 21.
When did Flipper S03E21 air?
A Dolphin in Time aired 1967-02-25 and is listed at 30 minutes.
Where should I start?
Porter Ricks, the boys, and Flipper on a Keys rescue is the marine co-lead contract. Whistled theme, ocean footage, family-hour stakes.
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Why this series still plays
Flipper made a bottlenose dolphin a primetime co-lead for Porter Ricks and his sons in the Florida Keys. Ivan Tors's animal-adventure brand — after the Sea Hunt orbit — turned marine-park wonder into family hour. Kids, ocean footage, and a whistled theme fused into proof a dolphin could hold a close-up as well as any human guest star.
A bottlenose dolphin holding a close-up as well as any human guest star — that is the historical claim, not a children's-hour slight. Flipper made the animal a primetime co-lead for Porter Ricks and his sons in the Florida Keys. Ivan Tors's animal-adventure brand, after the Sea Hunt orbit, turned marine-park wonder into family hour on NBC (1964–1967; three seasons, 88 episodes). Brian Kelly, Luke Halpin's Sandy, and Tommy Norden's Bud solve coastal crises with ocean footage and a whistled theme. Based on the 1963…
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- Brian Kelly as Porter Ricks
Brian Kelly played Porter Ricks on Flipper, the Florida Keys ranger whose bottlenose co-lead made marine-park wonder into family hour. Kids, ocean footage, a whistled theme: Ivan Tors animal-adventure after the Sea Hunt orbit. TV Flash…
- Luke Halpin as Sandy Ricks
Luke Halpin swam the lead as Sandy Ricks on Flipper — a bottlenose dolphin as primetime co-star, Porter Ricks and his sons in the Florida Keys, Ivan Tors animal-adventure after the Sea Hunt orbit. Kids, ocean footage, a whistled theme. TV…
- Tommy Norden as Bud Ricks
Tommy Norden played Bud Ricks on Flipper — one of Porter Ricks’s sons in a 1960s Florida Keys hour that made a bottlenose dolphin a primetime co-lead. Ivan Tors’s animal-adventure brand, marine-park wonder as family hour, a whistled theme…