For All Family Classics. Flipper (1963)🤩 Flipper is an American feature film released on August 14, 1963 written by Arthur Weiss based upon a story by Ricou Browning and Jack Cowden. Produced by Ivan Tors and directed by James B. Clark, it portrays a 12-year-old boy living with his parents in the Florida Keys, who befriends an injured wild dolphin. The lad and his pet become inseparable, eventually overcoming the misgivings of his fisherman father. The film introduced the popular song Flipper,

Do you remember Flipper? Here's footage of the Miami Dolphins' mascot retrieving a football during the 1966 inaugural season. From 1966 to 1968, Flipper was situated in a tank behind the east end zone of the Orange Bowl. The dolphin would jump out of the tank and perform flips after every score. Flipper's tank was removed after 1968 to save on costs. The Miami Seaquarium brought the Flipper tank back to the Orange Bowl during the 1978 season. Special thanks to Alex Carter for sending this classi