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The Best of Flip Wilson

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Comedy

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Genre: Comedy
Certificate: TV-PG
Origin: US

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

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Status: Returning Series
First aired: Sep 17, 1970

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67 hrs

89 episodes. About 10 weeks at an hour a night.

SERIES

The Best of Flip Wilson

19704 Seasons

Comedy

Your rating

Genre: Comedy
Certificate: TV-PG
Origin: US

About

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

Where to watch

Region

Stream

Amazon Prime Video

Amazon Prime Video with Ads

Shout! Factory Amazon Channel

With ads

Amazon Prime Video Free with Ads

Xumo Play

Tubi TV

Amazon MX Player

Availability from JustWatch via TMDB.

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E1 · Airs Sep 17, 1970
David Frost, James Brown, Sunday’s Child
James Brown discusses dance moves; Frost interviews Geraldine & (along with Sunday’s Child) joins Rev. Leroy’s church.
E2 · Airs Sep 24, 1970
Bobby Darin, Denise Nicholas, Stanley Myron Handelman, Roy Clark
Flip & Stanley each do monologues; the cast does a taxi skit and a western parody Butch Cassidy & The Suntan Kid.
E3 · Airs Oct 1, 1970
Lily Tomlin, Redd Foxx, The Temptations
Lily & Flip do saloon and computer dating bits; Redd gives an English lesson and Rev. Leroy preaches with the Temptations.
E4 · Airs Oct 8, 1970
Perry Como, Charlie Callas, Denise Nicholas, Lola Falana
Perry demonstrates the use of a stool; Freddie the Bachelor juggles two dates (Denise and Lola) and Callas does hilarious stand-up.
E6 · Airs Oct 15, 1970
Charlie Callas, Laura Greene, Pat Morita, Louis Armstrong
Callas is a palace guard and Italian cafe patron; Louis leads Rev. Leroy’s church in “When The Saints Go Marching In.”
E8 · Airs Oct 22, 1970
Robert Klein, Lola Falana, Dean Martin
Flip visits Lola at the unemployment office; Klein does his classic Broadway audition routine and Dean Martin drops by.
E9 · Airs Oct 29, 1970
Arte Johnson, Moms Mabley, Marcel Marceau
Arte’s a hopeless holdup man; Marcel does his classic Mask Maker pantomime and Moms gets a Geraldine makeover.
E10 · Airs Nov 5, 1970
Bobby Darin, Charley Pride, Ella Fitzgerald
Cast sings “Who?” with George Wyle on piano; Darin’s a rabid football fan, then the devil battling Rev. Leroy.
E11 · Airs Nov 12, 1970
John Byner, Johnny Brown, Connie Stevens
Flip does mind-reading bit; Byner & Brown do competing impersonations and the entire cast does a Sherlock Holmes send-up.
E12 · Airs Dec 10, 1970
Tony Randall, Lena Horne
Tony & Lena want to leave NYC by cab; Tony & Flip are an odd couple of inmates: Lena gets food & philosophy at Charley's Diner.
E13 · Airs Dec 17, 1970
Sid Caesar, Bobby Darin
Sid plays a hip musician, Jekyll & Hyde and a slot machine; Bobby & Flip offer a vaudeville routine and the cast does a silent movie.
E14 · Airs Dec 24, 1970
ShaNaNa, Burl Ives, Slim Gaillard
Santa Claus (Ives) drops by the gas station; Gaillard & Ives do The Night Before Christmas and Rev. Leroy tells ShaNaNa about Scrooge.
E15 · Airs Jan 7, 1971
Bing Crosby, The Supremes, David Steinberg
Bing teaches golf; The Supremes help Freddie Johnson do holiday shopping; David does monologue and Geraldine's a bunny waitress.
E16 · Airs Jan 14, 1971
Steve Lawrence, Zero Mostel
Mostel portrays a painter and a ledge-jumper; Flip defends his singing ability and Charley’s Diner serves Mostel and Lawrence.
E17 · Airs Jan 21, 1971
Muhammad Ali, Bobby Darin, Lily Tomlin
The boxing champ makes poetic predictions for his Joe Frazier fight; Tomlin’s a health nut; Flip & Bobby do a vaudeville bit.
E19 · Airs Feb 4, 1971
Joe Namath, George Carlin, Abbey Lincoln, Johnny Mathis
Carlin does his Indian Sergeant routine; Abbey dates Freddie Johnson; Flip & Mathis compare dogs and Geraldine works at Namath’s gym.
E20 · Airs Feb 11, 1971
Barbara Feldon, Art Carney, Hal Frazier
Cast parodies Mission Impossible; Flip chats with Hal; sketches incl. a gangster at the veterinarian and bowling night.
E21 · Airs Feb 18, 1971
Aretha Franklin, Charlie Callas, David Frost
Cast spoofs panel show & secret agent movies; Callas does stand-up and Aretha joins the Church Of What’s Happening Now.
E22 · Airs Feb 25, 1971
Ray Charles, Leslie Uggams, Don Rickles
Flip promotes his latest LP; Uggams rents Freddie Johnson a friend (Rickles) in NYC; Geraldine fawns over Ray Charles.
E23 · Airs Mar 4, 1971
Tim Conway, Robert Klein, Diahann Carroll
Flip & Tim teach poker; Freddie Johnson meets Diahann at a society party and Klein does Borscht Belt routine.
E24 · Airs Mar 11, 1971
Ray Stevens, George Carlin, Lena Horne
Carlin does monologue on NYC cops; Flip fixes Ray Stevens’ TV set; Rev. Leroy visits Lena Horne at a nightclub.
E25 · Airs Mar 18, 1971
Lily Tomlin, Hamilton Camp, Burt Holiday, Bob Henry
Lily does her famous Ernestine character; Camp & Tomlin have a blind date and Freddie Johnson lands in court.
E26 · Airs Apr 1, 1971
Tim Conway, Johnny Brown, Sandy Duncan
Flip & Tim play pool; Sandy sells books to Freddie Johnson; Brown does impressions and Conway is a school headmaster.

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Status: Returning Series
First aired: Sep 17, 1970

Time to finish

67 hrs

89 episodes. About 10 weeks at an hour a night.

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