Flipper
The Firing Line (1)
TV Flash files “The Firing Line (1)” as hour 83 of 88 in the TV Flash guide — Flipper (1964–1967) on NBC, season 3, episode 23, aired 1967-03-11, 30 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S03E23: listed hour 83 of 88 in the Flipper guide, hour 23 of 28 in season 3. It aired 1967-03-11 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Decision for Bud” (S03E22). Next is “The Firing Line (2)” (S03E24).
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Firing Line (1) sit in the Flipper guide?
S03E23 is listed hour 83 of 88 — hour 23 of 28 in season 3, season 3 episode 23.
When did Flipper S03E23 air?
The Firing Line (1) aired 1967-03-11 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…