| Flipper - The Original Series, Season 1 | 
 enlarge | Actor: Luke Halpin
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  34 reviews
Format: Box Set, Color, Dolby, Dvd-video, Full Screen, Subtitled, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Running Time: 759 minutes
Number Of Items: 4
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 7.8 x 5.5 x 0.7
MPN: M107253
UPC: 027616072535
EAN: 0027616072535
Theatrical Release Date: September 19, 1964
Release Date: April 24, 2007
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Excellent Family Entertainment June 20, 2008
Thanks MGM for a great job on this release, every aspect is perfect, this was great show for the kids. Hope you will complete the series. I am disappointed that Green Acres is on hold and still hold out hope for a series release for Mister Ed.
Sun, Fun, and Flipper! May 21, 2008
This has to be one of the most enjoyable family shows of all time. A lot of family shows are kind of boring, but Flipper is never boring, there's always something happening, even if it's just Flipper laughing at the world. Who wouldn't want to be young and healthy and living in Florida and have a dolphin for a pet? Actually, Flipper is more than a pet, he's the very symbol of freedom and independence. The father is tough but fair, and makes his sons really tow the line, but he lets them have fun when their schoolwork and chores are done. The picture quality on this DVD set is excellent, everything is clear and bright and colorful. If you like fun, family shows you'll really enjoy Flipper. If you remember it from your childhood then you're going to love seeing it again.
 Mostly a Splash April 23, 2008
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
What better life could two boys imagine? Sandy (Luke Halpin) and Bud Ricks (Tommy Norden) live with their father Porter (Brian Kelly) on the beach. Literally. See, Porter is the ranger for Coral Key Park and Reserve, and they live within the park. Better yet, they have a pet dolphin they've named Flipper.
Life is never dull in the park. There are crises of all kinds to face. Natural dangers like shark attacks, two hurricanes, and poisonous snakes threaten the family and park visitors. But human dangers are just as real. How did a sunken car get in the middle of the preserve? Who is stealing from visitor boats in the park? Matters of the heart are even explored when Bud thinks that Porter's new friend is out to replace his dead mother and Sandy develops his first crush.
But through it all, it is Flipper who saves the day. This heroic dolphin seems to understand his human family and know exactly what they need. He's always showing up in the nick of time.
Let's be honest, this isn't great TV. The acting is mediocre at best, and the writing is lazy quite a bit of time. I can't count the number of episodes that drop or gloss over a plot point to make the time limit. Plus the effects are rather cheesy most of the time.
But let's not count out the charm of the shows. Even though I know the outcome (yes, this show is also predictable), I can get so caught up in the moment that I am on the edge of my seat. Quite a few of these shows got my heart pumping. And, while the spoken acting isn't that great, everyone does a good job of acting underwater. I had never realized just how much of the show was done silent since humans can't talk while diving. Yet I always followed the story.
And let's not leave out the scenery. The underwater shots are quite often breathtakingly beautiful.
This set is packed full of underwater fun. There are 30 episodes on four double sided DVD's. While some of the material doesn't look so good, most of the episodes still look great. The only extra is a trivia game, which is actually about dolphins in general and only marginally about the show. I actually learned quite a bit from playing it.
At the end of the day, the fun of this show outweighs the negatives. So if you have fond memories or love the water, get this set. Just be prepared to put up with some cheese.
The rest of the series, please! April 21, 2008
Flipper - The Original Series, Season 1Watching these shows again after so many years brought back wonderful memories of growing up, and how it contributed greatly to my appreciation of wildlife and the environment. Programs like this are still sorely needed. They are still being produced by companies like PBS and Animal Planet, but alas they deserve to be a lot more mainstream. The re-release on home video of older series like this certainly go a long way towards filling that void. Here's hoping the rest of the series will be released on DVD!
holds up better than expected February 19, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I buy a lot of TV shows on dvd, mostly older shows from my childhood (1960s and 1970s as well as shows from the 1950s that were rerun a lot when I was a child). Sometimes the memory of a certain show is grander than the show itself. A number of times I've put on a dvd only to wonder how it was that I ever found the show entertaining in the first place. The Flipper dvd set has proven to be a nice exception to this, however. Apart from the pretty bad acting delivered by the younger boy, the show is actually fairly well done. Yes, the plots are predictable, but there's a certain charm to the entire affair that helps to mitigate that.
Oh, and Brian Kelly, who played the father, was quite a handsome man and has his shirt off in at least one scene in almost every episode. What's not to like about that?
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