The Best of Flip Wilson
TV ShowReturning Series

The Best of Flip Wilson

1970
4 seasons
89 episodes
Comedy

The best of the Flip Wilson variety show, a mix of skits, musical acts and famous guests.

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Seasons

  • Ep 1

    1.David Frost, James Brown, Sunday’s Child

    17-09-1970

    James Brown discusses dance moves; Frost interviews Geraldine & (along with Sunday’s Child) joins Rev. Leroy’s church.

  • Ep 2

    2.Bobby Darin, Denise Nicholas, Stanley Myron Handelman, Roy Clark

    24-09-1970

    Flip & Stanley each do monologues; the cast does a taxi skit and a western parody Butch Cassidy & The Suntan Kid.

  • Ep 3

    3.Lily Tomlin, Redd Foxx, The Temptations

    01-10-1970

    Lily & Flip do saloon and computer dating bits; Redd gives an English lesson and Rev. Leroy preaches with the Temptations.

  • Ep 4

    4.Perry Como, Charlie Callas, Denise Nicholas, Lola Falana

    08-10-1970

    Perry demonstrates the use of a stool; Freddie the Bachelor juggles two dates (Denise and Lola) and Callas does hilarious stand-up.

  • Ep 6

    6.Charlie Callas, Laura Greene, Pat Morita, Louis Armstrong

    15-10-1970

    Callas is a palace guard and Italian cafe patron; Louis leads Rev. Leroy’s church in “When The Saints Go Marching In.”

  • Ep 8

    8.Robert Klein, Lola Falana, Dean Martin

    22-10-1970

    Flip visits Lola at the unemployment office; Klein does his classic Broadway audition routine and Dean Martin drops by.

  • Ep 9

    9.Arte Johnson, Moms Mabley, Marcel Marceau

    29-10-1970

    Arte’s a hopeless holdup man; Marcel does his classic Mask Maker pantomime and Moms gets a Geraldine makeover.

  • Ep 10

    10.Bobby Darin, Charley Pride, Ella Fitzgerald

    05-11-1970

    Cast sings “Who?” with George Wyle on piano; Darin’s a rabid football fan, then the devil battling Rev. Leroy.

  • Ep 11

    11.John Byner, Johnny Brown, Connie Stevens

    12-11-1970

    Flip does mind-reading bit; Byner & Brown do competing impersonations and the entire cast does a Sherlock Holmes send-up.

  • Ep 12

    12.Tony Randall, Lena Horne

    10-12-1970

    Tony & Lena want to leave NYC by cab; Tony & Flip are an odd couple of inmates: Lena gets food & philosophy at Charley's Diner.

  • Ep 13

    13.Sid Caesar, Bobby Darin

    17-12-1970

    Sid plays a hip musician, Jekyll & Hyde and a slot machine; Bobby & Flip offer a vaudeville routine and the cast does a silent movie.

  • Ep 14

    14.ShaNaNa, Burl Ives, Slim Gaillard

    24-12-1970

    Santa Claus (Ives) drops by the gas station; Gaillard & Ives do The Night Before Christmas and Rev. Leroy tells ShaNaNa about Scrooge.

  • Ep 15

    15.Bing Crosby, The Supremes, David Steinberg

    07-01-1971

    Bing teaches golf; The Supremes help Freddie Johnson do holiday shopping; David does monologue and Geraldine's a bunny waitress.

  • Ep 16

    16.Steve Lawrence, Zero Mostel

    14-01-1971

    Mostel portrays a painter and a ledge-jumper; Flip defends his singing ability and Charley’s Diner serves Mostel and Lawrence.

  • Ep 17

    17.Muhammad Ali, Bobby Darin, Lily Tomlin

    21-01-1971

    The boxing champ makes poetic predictions for his Joe Frazier fight; Tomlin’s a health nut; Flip & Bobby do a vaudeville bit.

  • Ep 19

    19.Joe Namath, George Carlin, Abbey Lincoln, Johnny Mathis

    04-02-1971

    Carlin does his Indian Sergeant routine; Abbey dates Freddie Johnson; Flip & Mathis compare dogs and Geraldine works at Namath’s gym.

  • Ep 20

    20.Barbara Feldon, Art Carney, Hal Frazier

    11-02-1971

    Cast parodies Mission Impossible; Flip chats with Hal; sketches incl. a gangster at the veterinarian and bowling night.

  • Ep 21

    21.Aretha Franklin, Charlie Callas, David Frost

    18-02-1971

    Cast spoofs panel show & secret agent movies; Callas does stand-up and Aretha joins the Church Of What’s Happening Now.

  • Ep 22

    22.Ray Charles, Leslie Uggams, Don Rickles

    25-02-1971

    Flip promotes his latest LP; Uggams rents Freddie Johnson a friend (Rickles) in NYC; Geraldine fawns over Ray Charles.

  • Ep 23

    23.Tim Conway, Robert Klein, Diahann Carroll

    04-03-1971

    Flip & Tim teach poker; Freddie Johnson meets Diahann at a society party and Klein does Borscht Belt routine.

  • Ep 24

    24.Ray Stevens, George Carlin, Lena Horne

    11-03-1971

    Carlin does monologue on NYC cops; Flip fixes Ray Stevens’ TV set; Rev. Leroy visits Lena Horne at a nightclub.

  • Ep 25

    25.Lily Tomlin, Hamilton Camp, Burt Holiday, Bob Henry

    18-03-1971

    Lily does her famous Ernestine character; Camp & Tomlin have a blind date and Freddie Johnson lands in court.

  • Ep 26

    26.Tim Conway, Johnny Brown, Sandy Duncan

    01-04-1971

    Flip & Tim play pool; Sandy sells books to Freddie Johnson; Brown does impressions and Conway is a school headmaster.

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