Quicksand Fans

captain scarlet wrote:I seem to remember a scene from "Flipper" in which Porter Ricks had to rescue another Ranger who had fallen into rather watery quicksand trying to rescue a bear cub that had fallen in earlier; are you sure that's not the scene you remember?

Gentle Ben "Code Name: Disaster" @
1967 TV - Clint Howard, Dennis Weaver, Beth Brickell
A children's show about the adventures of an orphaned black bear, Ben, and the people who are now his family. Flood waters threaten life in the Everglades and cause an old man to be trapped by quicksand. The ranger gathers the area men to assist in the rescue of trapped animals, but when an old guy from the area tries to help, he is excluded from the work and feels rather down. Later, when he comes across a bear cub caught in a pool of quicksand, he walks out on a limb and pushes the bear to safety with a stick then falls in himself. He goes all the way under (from his falling) and pops up shoulder deep where he remains for much of the episode. He sends his scruffy little dog named Spunky to fetch help, and the dog (of course) enlists the aid of Mark and Ben (the bear) who lend him a stick. (The quicksand has a nice gunky layer of somewhat thick stuff on top, but it's watery underneath.)