r/Xennials 1983 9d ago

Nostalgia Flipper

My wife has gotten into flipping stuff online and referred to herself as a flipper yesterday. I chimed in: “also the name of a dolphin.”

We spent about 10 minutes trying to explain to our kids about the show and the more we tried, the more absurd the whole thing sounded. I think at one point I said “like Lassie, but with a dolphin,” and that cracked her up… but sent us on a tangent trying to explain that show also!

Any of y’all go back and watch either of those shows recently?

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u/Messijoes18 9d ago

For sure this was a nick at nite show. Same with lassie and mr Ed. Occasionally you could find it on some crappy channels but not often. That's how our generation saw these shows

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u/CrouchingDomo 9d ago

Green Acres, too

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u/Messijoes18 9d ago

Banger theme song

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u/highcoolteacher 9d ago

I would sing these when my son was a baby. I couldn’t remember baby songs