Flipper The Fabulous Dolphin 1964 T-Shirt

Flipper is an American television program broadcast from September 19, 1964, until April 15, 1967. The star and title character of the series is Flipper, a bottlenose dolphin who is the pet of Porter Ricks, chief warden at Coral Key Park and Marine Preserve, 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. One interesting note about the series is that it was shot in amazing color at a time when color still wasn't the norm. The color footage captured the subtropical waters of Florida and all the action like few TV shows had done to date, looking more like a nature program than a TV drama.