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 this episode, Sandy is stung by a jellyfish and needs help to get into the boat before he drowns.
Sandy has an underwater scene searching for Flipper, who seems to be spending more time with an oceanographer in his minisub emanating dolphin sounds. He also has a lengthy above-water scenes with his diving mask, when he is attacked by a jellyfish and helped by Bud to the side of the skiff.
However, my favorite scenes are when Sandy is shirtless above water without a diving mask. In this episode, Sandy has a few such scenes. First, at the beginning, playing football with Bud, Sandy discusses how they are missing Flipper, who seems to be spending more time with an oceanographer in his minisub emanating dolphin sounds. Then, he and Bud find that Flipper escaped from his enclosure and grab the skiff to go and find her. Finally, after the underwater scene, Bud tries to help Sandy into the boat after the jellyfish attack and is assisted by the oceanographer who is brought to them by Flipper, and their father arrive to treat Sandy.
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