
The Best of Flip Wilson
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
17-09-1970James 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
24-09-1970Flip & 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
01-10-1970Lily & 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
08-10-1970Perry 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
15-10-1970Callas 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
22-10-1970Flip 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
29-10-1970Arte’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
05-11-1970Cast 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
12-11-1970Flip 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
10-12-1970Tony & 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
17-12-1970Sid 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
24-12-1970Santa 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
07-01-1971Bing 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
14-01-1971Mostel 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
21-01-1971The 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
04-02-1971Carlin 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
11-02-1971Cast 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
18-02-1971Cast 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
25-02-1971Flip 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
04-03-1971Flip & 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
11-03-1971Carlin 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
18-03-1971Lily 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
01-04-1971Flip & Tim play pool; Sandy sells books to Freddie Johnson; Brown does impressions and Conway is a school headmaster.
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