Introduced in the 1963 film Flipper, Sandy Ricks rescues and befriends an injured dolphin and names him Flipper. In the 1964 sequel Flipper's New Adventure, his father Porter is widowed and goes to park warden school. In the 1964 television series, Porter becomes chief warden of Coral Key Park in Florida, and Sandy gains a younger brother Bud.
As
played by Luke Halpin, Sandy has a pretty, boyish face, tousled mop of
blond hair in the first season, and a slender, athletic swimmer's
build. He is often shirtless, dressed in nothing more than blue cutoff
jeans and white sneakers.
In the 1964 series, Sandy's
and Bud's job was to appear to translate for the dolphin and to get
into trouble so that the animal star could rescue them. Sandy
tends to be the more responsible brother. He often accompanies Bud in
his misadventures or his father in his ranger duties.
In
the pervious episode, the Ricks to rescue a father, his daughter
and an animal circus consisting of a troublesome chimpanzee and baby
elephant. They lost their boat and owe money to an unsympathetic
creditor.
In this episode, Sandy, Bud, and Flipper help the daughter run away with the chimpanzee and the elephant, but Flipper gets trapped in low water, and Sandy gets stuck in an alligator-infested swamp when he looks for help.
My favorite scenes are when Sandy is shirtless above water without a diving mask. In
this episode, Sandy has one such scene, after he is rescued from the swamp by his father Porter. Sandy uses a towel and the Florida sun to dry himself from the swamp water without his wet shirt.
Favorite scenes:
This blog is intended to promote the appreciation of Luke Halpin's portrayal of Sandy Ricks in the 1964 television series "Flipper".
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