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Format sounds familiar....

posted 13 years ago by alanr4447a
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A widowed park ranger has a blond late-teen son plus a "tween"age son as well. The story really revolves around the family's "unofficial pet" who actually roams wild in the park but likes to stay close to the family (especially the younger son), and helps them whenever trouble arises. Some episodes feature a Germanic-family woman scientist around the park.

In one episode, a man who is a look-alike of the park ranger commits a robbery, thus framing the real ranger for the crime.

I'm talking, of course, about 1964's "Flipper"!!

[–] mudrat 11 years ago

There's a very good reason for that - 'Skippy' creator Lee Robinson has stated in interviews that after he saw 'Flipper', he wanted to create a similar program with an Australian theme, and thus 'Skippy' came into being. :)

[–] In_Theaters 10 years ago

And don't forget Daktari, filmed in Africa, in between both!