The Best of Flip Wilson (1970)

Seasons

Season 1 (1970)

Season 1 (1970)

Season 2 (1971)

Season 3 (1972)

Season 4 (1973)

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Episodes:

• Ep. 1: David Frost, James Brown, Sunday’s Child (1970-09-17)

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

• Ep. 2: Bobby Darin, Denise Nicholas, Stanley Myron Handelman, Roy Clark (1970-09-24)

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

• Ep. 3: Lily Tomlin, Redd Foxx, The Temptations (1970-10-01)

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

• Ep. 4: Perry Como, Charlie Callas, Denise Nicholas, Lola Falana (1970-10-08)

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

• Ep. 6: Charlie Callas, Laura Greene, Pat Morita, Louis Armstrong (1970-10-15)

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

• Ep. 8: Robert Klein, Lola Falana, Dean Martin (1970-10-22)

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

• Ep. 9: Arte Johnson, Moms Mabley, Marcel Marceau (1970-10-29)

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

• Ep. 10: Bobby Darin, Charley Pride, Ella Fitzgerald (1970-11-05)

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

• Ep. 11: John Byner, Johnny Brown, Connie Stevens (1970-11-12)

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

• Ep. 12: Tony Randall, Lena Horne (1970-12-10)

  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: Sid Caesar, Bobby Darin (1970-12-17)

  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: ShaNaNa, Burl Ives, Slim Gaillard (1970-12-24)

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

• Ep. 15: Bing Crosby, The Supremes, David Steinberg (1971-01-07)

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

• Ep. 16: Steve Lawrence, Zero Mostel (1971-01-14)

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

• Ep. 17: Muhammad Ali, Bobby Darin, Lily Tomlin (1971-01-21)

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

• Ep. 19: Joe Namath, George Carlin, Abbey Lincoln, Johnny Mathis (1971-02-04)

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

• Ep. 20: Barbara Feldon, Art Carney, Hal Frazier (1971-02-11)

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

• Ep. 21: Aretha Franklin, Charlie Callas, David Frost (1971-02-18)

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

• Ep. 22: Ray Charles, Leslie Uggams, Don Rickles (1971-02-25)

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

• Ep. 23: Tim Conway, Robert Klein, Diahann Carroll (1971-03-04)

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

• Ep. 24: Ray Stevens, George Carlin, Lena Horne (1971-03-11)

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

• Ep. 25: Lily Tomlin, Hamilton Camp, Burt Holiday, Bob Henry (1971-03-18)

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

• Ep. 26: Tim Conway, Johnny Brown, Sandy Duncan (1971-04-01)

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

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