Flipper (1964 TV series)

Flipper
Genre
Created by
Directed byRicou Browning
Starring
Music byHenry Vars
Samuel Matlovsky
Ruby Raksin
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons3
No. of episodes88 (list of episodes)
Production
ProducersIvan Tors
James Buxbaum
CinematographyHoward Winner
Clifford H. Poland Jr.
Running timeapprox. 25 minutes
Production companiesIvan Tors Films, Inc.
MGM Television
Original release
NetworkNBC
ReleaseSeptember 19, 1964 (1964-09-19) –
April 15, 1967 (1967-04-15)
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Flipper is an American television program broadcast on NBC from September 19, 1964, until April 15, 1967.[1] Flipper, a bottlenose dolphin, is the pet of Porter Ricks, chief warden at Coral Key Park and Marine Preserve (a fictional version of John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park in Key Largo, Florida), and his two young sons, Sandy and Bud. The show has been dubbed an "aquatic Lassie", and a considerable amount of children's merchandise inspired by the show was produced during its first run.

  1. ^ Woolery, George W. (1985). Children's Television: The First Thirty-Five Years, 1946-1981, Part II: Live, Film, and Tape Series. The Scarecrow Press. pp. 175–176. ISBN 0-8108-1651-2.