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!
Lucille Ball, Ed Sullivan, Osmond Brothers
Lucy & Flips are two halves of a horse; the whole cast portrays Peanuts characters; Geraldine & Lucy are car hops at the drive-in.
Joan Rivers, George Gobel
Flip does the shell game; Joan does stand-up and plays a cabdriver; Freddie Johnson buys jewelry from Gobel & Rivers.
Raymond Burr, Ruth Gordon, Stevie Wonder
Flip, Ruth & Raymond attend the opera; Stevie plays a synthesizer as Flip recites a poem and Ruth visits Charley’s Diner.
Ruth Buzzi, Tim Conway
Flip, Tim & Ruth do a park bench skit and private eye spoof; Geraldine disrupts the office at her new job.
George Carlin, Pat Boone & Family, Sugar Ray Robinson
Flip sells ice cream; Flip & Carlin do a TV news spoof; Boone intros his family and the cast does a "To Tell A Lie" panel show sketch.
The Supremes, Willie Tyler & Lester, David Frost
Flip plays a huckster; the Supremes join Flip & Frost for a secret agent and haunted castle skits; Willie Tyler does ventriloquism.
The Smothers Brothers, Melba Moore
Flips intros his invisible dog; a traveling salesman hits on Melba in the old days and the Smothers Bros join Rev. Leroy’s church.
Lily Tomlin, Hudson & Landry, Dr. David Reuben
Hudson & Landry do a classic routine; Tomlin’s a recovering 'rubber freak' and Dr. Reuben talks to Geraldine about sex.
Dom DeLuise, Diahann Carroll, Kermit The Frog, The Muppets
Flip jokes about ugly fans; Diahann kisses Kermit; a drunk muppet has hiccups and Diahann stops by Flip’s gas station.
Tim Conway, Andy Griffith, The Clara Ward Singers
Flip & Andy are firemen; Tim sells luxury cars; Andy does his famous Romeo And Juliet monologue and Rev. Leroy preaches.
Carl Reiner, Sid Caesar, Lena Horne
Flip does an invisible dog bit with guests; Flip raises money over the phone; Freddie Johnson and Lena Horne get robbed by Sid Caesar.
Tony Randall, Phyllis Diller, Billy Eckstine
Flip & Tony do a kiddie TV show; Phyllis Diller does stand-up in an outrageous outfit and Geraldine works at a boutique.
Roy Clark, Redd Foxx, Petula Clark
Flip sells ice cream; a football player (Roy) flubs a commercial: Flip & Redd do a heckling bit and Petula's a letter litterer.
Marty Feldman, Melba Moore, Jimmy Osmond, Ernie Barnes
Marty Feldman plays a robot butler for Flip & Melba; football star/artist Ernie Barnes unveils his official Geraldine oil portrait.
David Steinberg, Carol Channing
Sketches cast Flip, David & Carol as bar patrons and spies then Steinberg does one of his intellectual monologues.
Kaye Ballard, Dan Blocker, The Clara Ward Singers
Flip & Dan Blocker play bumbling bank robbers and astronauts; Kaye Ballard recalls high school and Rev. Leroy preaches charity.
Bobby Darin, Redd Foxx, Tim Conway
Sonny the Janitor helps President Tim; Redd hecklers Flip at a nightclub; Bobby & Flip get fathering lessons from Tim.
Dom DeLuise, George Carlin
Carlin does his Class Clown routine and a newscast spoof with Flip; Dom does pantomime and plays a cuckoo psychiatrist.
Jim Brown
Football great-turned-actor Jim Brown joins Flip for sketch comedy; Geraldine delivers Jim a bucket of chicken.
Barbara Feldon, Phil Silvers
Phil & Barbara are paired in three sketches as actors in a soup commercial, a dating couple & patrons at Charley's Diner.
Sandy Duncan, Slappy White, Jim Nabors
Slappy does stand-up; Flip, Nabors & Duncan do an airplane sketch and Flip’s invisible dog appears (or does he?)
Barbara McNair, Stiller & Meara, Roy Clark
Roy & Barbara are selling door-to-door; Stiller & Meara do a women's lib skit and join Flip for a boxing sketch.
Joe Namath, George Carlin
Carlin does his 'Occupation: Foole' bit, hair poem and a newscast spoof with Flip; Geraldine ogles Namath.
Lily Tomlin, Ed McMahon, Sammy Davis Jr
Tomlin does her Edith Ann character; Flip & Sammy try car rental biz; Geraldine is a temp phone operator with Tomlin’s Ernestine.
Ruth Buzzi, Jackie Vernon, Lee Marvin
Ruth Buzzi does her park bench bit and joins Lee Marvin & Flip for a King Henry VIII sketch; Jackie does his slideshow routine.
Tim Conway, Melba Moore, Bing Crosby
The President (Conway) gets advice from his janitor; Flip & Melba are domestic cellmates and Bing & Tim visit Charley’s Diner.
