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The Best Of Flip Wilson: Series

The Flip Wilson Show debuted in 1970 and became an immediate hit.  Running for four seasons, the show featured a who’s who of TV and film stars, including Richard Pryor, Lily Tomlin, George Carlin and Don Rickles.  And the show introduced the world to Flip Wilson’s alter-ego-Geraldine!
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  1. S1 E1 - The Best Of Flip Wilson: S1 E1 - David Frost, James Brown, Sunday’s Child
    September 16, 1970
    28min
    TV-PG
    James Brown discusses dance moves; Frost interviews Geraldine & (along with Sunday’s Child) joins Rev. Leroy’s church.
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  2. S1 E2 - The Best Of Flip Wilson: S1 E2 - Bobby Darin, Denise Nicholas, Stanley Myron Handelman, Roy Clark
    September 23, 1970
    28min
    TV-PG
    Flip & Stanley each do monologues; the cast does a taxi skit and a western parody Butch Cassidy & The Suntan Kid.
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  3. S1 E3 - The Best Of Flip Wilson: S1 E3 - Lily Tomlin, Redd Foxx, The Temptations
    September 30, 1970
    29min
    TV-PG
    Lily & Flip do saloon and computer dating bits; Redd gives an English lesson and Rev. Leroy preaches with the Temptations.
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  4. S1 E4 - The Best Of Flip Wilson: S1 E4 - Perry Como, Charlie Callas, Denise Nicholas, Lola Falana
    October 7, 1970
    24min
    TV-PG
    Perry demonstrates the use of a stool; Freddie the Bachelor juggles two dates (Denise and Lola) and Callas does hilarious stand-up.
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  5. S1 E6 - The Best Of Flip Wilson: S1 E6 - Charlie Callas, Laura Greene, Pat Morita, Louis Armstrong
    October 21, 1970
    28min
    TV-PG
    Callas is a palace guard and Italian cafe patron; Louis leads Rev. Leroy’s church in “When The Saints Go Marching In.”
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  6. S1 E8 - The Best Of Flip Wilson: S1 E8 - Robert Klein, Lola Falana, Dean Martin
    November 4, 1970
    23min
    TV-PG
    Flip visits Lola at the unemployment office; Klein does his classic Broadway audition routine and Dean Martin drops by.
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  7. S1 E9 - The Best Of Flip Wilson: S1 E9 - Arte Johnson, Moms Mabley, Marcel Marceau
    November 18, 1970
    26min
    TV-PG
    Arte’s a hopeless holdup man; Marcel does his classic Mask Maker pantomime and Moms gets a Geraldine makeover.
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  8. S1 E10 - The Best Of Flip Wilson: S1 E10 - Bobby Darin, Charley Pride, Ella Fitzgerald
    November 25, 1970
    27min
    TV-PG
    Cast sings “Who?” with George Wyle on piano; Darin’s a rabid football fan, then the devil battling Rev. Leroy.
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  9. S1 E11 - The Best Of Flip Wilson: S1 E11 - John Byner, Johnny Brown, Connie Stevens
    December 2, 1970
    26min
    TV-PG
    Flip does mind-reading bit; Byner & Brown do competing impersonations and the entire cast does a Sherlock Holmes send-up.
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  10. S1 E12 - The Best Of Flip Wilson: S1 E12 - Tony Randall, Lena Horne
    December 9, 1970
    27min
    TV-PG
    Tony & Lena want to leave NYC by cab; Tony & Flip are an odd couple of inmates: Lena gets food & philosophy at Charley's Diner.
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  11. S1 E13 - The Best Of Flip Wilson: S1 E13 - Sid Caesar, Bobby Darin
    December 16, 1970
    29min
    TV-PG
    Sid plays a hip musician, Jekyll & Hyde and a slot machine; Bobby & Flip offer a vaudeville routine and the cast does a silent movie.
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  12. S1 E14 - The Best Of Flip Wilson: S1 E14 - ShaNaNa, Burl Ives, Slim Gaillard
    December 23, 1970
    28min
    TV-PG
    Santa Claus (Ives) drops by the gas station; Gaillard & Ives do The Night Before Christmas and Rev. Leroy tells ShaNaNa about Scrooge.
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  13. S1 E15 - The Best Of Flip Wilson: S1 E15 - Bing Crosby, The Supremes, David Steinberg
    January 6, 1971
    27min
    TV-PG
    Bing teaches golf; The Supremes help Freddie Johnson do holiday shopping; David does monologue and Geraldine's a bunny waitress.
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  14. S1 E16 - The Best Of Flip Wilson: S1 E16 - Steve Lawrence, Zero Mostel
    January 13, 1971
    27min
    TV-PG
    Mostel portrays a painter and a ledge-jumper; Flip defends his singing ability and Charley’s Diner serves Mostel and Lawrence.
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  15. S1 E17 - The Best Of Flip Wilson: S1 E17 - Muhammad Ali, Bobby Darin, Lily Tomlin
    January 20, 1971
    29min
    TV-PG
    The boxing champ makes poetic predictions for his Joe Frazier fight; Tomlin’s a health nut; Flip & Bobby do a vaudeville bit.
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  16. S1 E19 - The Best Of Flip Wilson: S1 E19 - Joe Namath, George Carlin, Abbey Lincoln, Johnny Mathis
    February 3, 1971
    28min
    TV-PG
    Carlin does his Indian Sergeant routine; Abbey dates Freddie Johnson; Flip & Mathis compare dogs and Geraldine works at Namath’s gym.
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  17. S1 E20 - The Best Of Flip Wilson: S1 E20 - Barbara Feldon, Art Carney, Hal Frazier
    February 10, 1971
    29min
    TV-PG
    Cast parodies Mission Impossible; Flip chats with Hal; sketches incl. a gangster at the veterinarian and bowling night.
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  18. S1 E21 - The Best Of Flip Wilson: S1 E21 - Aretha Franklin, Charlie Callas, David Frost
    February 17, 1971
    28min
    TV-PG
    Cast spoofs panel show & secret agent movies; Callas does stand-up and Aretha joins the Church Of What’s Happening Now.
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  19. S1 E22 - The Best Of Flip Wilson: S1 E22 - Ray Charles, Leslie Uggams, Don Rickles
    February 24, 1971
    25min
    TV-PG
    Flip promotes his latest LP; Uggams rents Freddie Johnson a friend (Rickles) in NYC; Geraldine fawns over Ray Charles.
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  20. S1 E23 - The Best Of Flip Wilson: S1 E23 - Tim Conway, Robert Klein, Diahann Carroll
    March 3, 1971
    28min
    TV-PG
    Flip & Tim teach poker; Freddie Johnson meets Diahann at a society party and Klein does Borscht Belt routine.
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  21. S1 E24 - The Best Of Flip Wilson: S1 E24 - Ray Stevens, George Carlin, Lena Horne
    March 10, 1971
    29min
    TV-PG
    Carlin does monologue on NYC cops; Flip fixes Ray Stevens’ TV set; Rev. Leroy visits Lena Horne at a nightclub.
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  22. S1 E25 - The Best Of Flip Wilson: S1 E25 - Lily Tomlin, Hamilton Camp, Burt Holiday, Bob Henry
    March 17, 1971
    28min
    TV-PG
    Lily does her famous Ernestine character; Camp & Tomlin have a blind date and Freddie Johnson lands in court.
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  23. S1 E26 - The Best Of Flip Wilson: S1 E26 - Tim Conway, Johnny Brown, Sandy Duncan
    March 31, 1971
    27min
    TV-PG
    Flip & Tim play pool; Sandy sells books to Freddie Johnson; Brown does impressions and Conway is a school headmaster.
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