This is a great episode. A visit by Congresswoman Browning, prompted by a letter about taxes from Hap Gorman (Andy Devine), seems to be about whether Coral Key Park is a boondoggle. When she thanks Hap for his public spirit, Bud and Sandy feel betrayed. Bud dreams of all sorts of dastardly fates for her from rubbing a brass lamp including crabs, alligators and skunks. Turns out Bud didn't need to dream of turning Browning off, Flipper steals her hat and then she falls in the water ending a not so good first day as she decides to second Flipper to the navy! Porter speaks his mind to Mrs. Browning over the phone and then he and Sandy have to retrieve Bud from the cave he run away to with Flipper.
Barbara Feldman (of "Get Smart" fame) makes a cameo as the Congresswoman's secretary Erma and she seems to like Coral Key and Flipper and tries to allay Sandy's fears of a possible shutdown arising from the visit.
The next day when the Congresswoman arrives for an underwater tour, Porter is away on an emergency, so the boys take her out in the skiff. Sandy shows her the marvels of the underwater park until a shark shows up. Sandy sends Flipper to deal to the shark. Meanwhile Porter calls to warn of an incoming hurricane. Sandy and Mrs Browning are oblivious underwater as Bud realizes the engine on the skiff is broken as the wind rises and it drifts far away from the surfaced divers. Flipper tows the skiff to meet them.
Flipper tries to find Porter while the boys row into the storm as Mrs. Browning bails. On the way Sandy extols the virtues of the park and Mrs. Browning admits she has some thinking to do and announces, as she is leaving, that not only will the park stay open but the concept needs to be expanded and she credits Bud and Sandy for her change of heart!
Funny line of the show: when it appears the delegation features a woman Congressman, Sandy is surprised and Bud asks "is that legal?" In today's PC world, no scriptwriter would dare say that!
Barbara Feldman (of "Get Smart" fame) makes a cameo as the Congresswoman's secretary Erma and she seems to like Coral Key and Flipper and tries to allay Sandy's fears of a possible shutdown arising from the visit.
The next day when the Congresswoman arrives for an underwater tour, Porter is away on an emergency, so the boys take her out in the skiff. Sandy shows her the marvels of the underwater park until a shark shows up. Sandy sends Flipper to deal to the shark. Meanwhile Porter calls to warn of an incoming hurricane. Sandy and Mrs Browning are oblivious underwater as Bud realizes the engine on the skiff is broken as the wind rises and it drifts far away from the surfaced divers. Flipper tows the skiff to meet them.
Flipper tries to find Porter while the boys row into the storm as Mrs. Browning bails. On the way Sandy extols the virtues of the park and Mrs. Browning admits she has some thinking to do and announces, as she is leaving, that not only will the park stay open but the concept needs to be expanded and she credits Bud and Sandy for her change of heart!
Funny line of the show: when it appears the delegation features a woman Congressman, Sandy is surprised and Bud asks "is that legal?" In today's PC world, no scriptwriter would dare say that!
