The Best Of Flip Wilson
The Flip Wilson Show debuted in 1970 and became an immediate hit. The show featured a who’s who of TV and film stars, including Richard Pryor, Lily Tomlin, George Carlin and Don Rickles. And it introduced the world to Flip Wilson’s alter-ego, Geraldine!
David Frost, James Brown, Sundayís Child
James Brown discusses dance moves; Frost interviews Geraldine & (along with Sunday’s Child) joins Rev. Leroy’s church.
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.
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.
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.
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.'
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Barbara Feldon, Art Carney, Hal Frazier
Cast parodies Mission Impossible; Flip chats with Hal; sketches incl. a gangster at the veterinarian and bowling night.
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.
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.
Tim Conway, Robert Klein, Diahann Carroll
Flip & Tim teach poker; Freddie Johnson meets Diahann at a society party and Klein does Borscht Belt routine.
Ray Stevens, George Carlin, Lena Horne
Carlin does a monologue on NYC cops; Flip fixes Ray Stevens’ TV set; Rev. Leroy visits Lena Horne at a nightclub.
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.
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.
