Flipper (TV Series)

The White Dolphin (1996)

Gus Mercurio: Cap Daulton

Quotes 

• [first lines] 

  [Gus guides his rusty charter boat to a spot near the seashore] 

  Cap Daulton : Perfect.

  [Gus sets up his camera to shoot himself for a commercial] 

  Cap Daulton : Okay, let's do it. Ahem. Lights, camera, action... Hi, folks, I'm Captain Daulton and I'm here to talk to you about just one thing - fish. You know - those scaly creatures that go good with tartar sauce and so bad with oxygen. Anyways, you want to greet 'em, meet 'em and eat 'em and I'm the guy that's gonna fix you up - me and the Maria D. Short on scallops, no bait in your pail? Well, don't worry none, 'cause Captain Daulton ain't nothin' but...

  [Flipper splashes water all over Gus] 

  Cap Daulton : Cut!

• [a pure white dolphin surfaces next to Gus's boat] 

  Cap Daulton : Holy mother mackerel! With the salt spray in my face and the wailing wind at my back, I photographed the rare white dolphin as he frolicked in the sea.

• Dr. Jennifer Daulton : There is absolutely no such thing as a white dolphin. Admit it!

  Cap Daulton : I could do that, but it would be a darned lie. I got it all right here. I caught it on tape.

  Dr. Jennifer Daulton : You doctored it!

  Cap Daulton : And when did I do that? While I was drowning?

  Dr. Jennifer Daulton : Oh, you weren't drowning!

  Cap Daulton : I was, too. Ask him!

  Tom Hampton : Oh, he was definitely drowning.

  Dr. Jennifer Daulton : Why do you have to be so adequate at your job?

  Tom Hampton : Hey, a compliment!

  Maya Graham : Better take them when you can.