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The Best of Flip Wilson — Storyline

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

Cast & Crew

The Best of Flip Wilson — Series Details

The Best of Flip Wilson — Episode Guide

Season 1

• E1: 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.
• E2: 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.
• E3: 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.
• E4: 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.
• E6: 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.”
• E8: 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.
• E9: 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.
• E10: 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.
• E11: 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.
• E12: 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.
• E13: 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.
• E14: 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.
• E15: 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.
• E16: 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.
• E17: 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.
• E19: 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.
• E20: 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.
• E21: 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.
• E22: 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.
• E23: 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.
• E24: 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.
• E25: 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.
• E26: 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.

Season 2

• E1: Lucille Ball, Ed Sullivan, Osmond Brothers (1971-09-16) — Lucy & Flips are two halves of a horse; whole cast portray Peanuts characters; Geraldine & Lucy are car hops at the drive-in.
• E2: Joan Rivers, George Gobel (1971-09-23) — Flip does the shell game; Joan does stand-up and plays a cabdriver; Freddie Johnson buys jewelry from Gobel & Rivers.
• E3: Raymond Burr, Ruth Gordon, Stevie Wonder (1971-09-30) — Flip, Ruth & Raymond attend the opera; Stevie plays a synthesizer as Flip recites a poem and Ruth visits Charley’s Diner.
• E4: Ruth Buzzi, Tim Conway (1971-10-07) — Flip, Tim & Ruth do a park bench skit and private eye spoof; Geraldine disrupts the office at her new job.
• E5: George Carlin, Pat Boone & Family, Sugar Ray Robinson (1971-10-14) — Flip sells ice cream; Flip & Carlin do TV news spoof; Boone intros his family and cast does To Tell A Lie panel show sketch.
• E6: The Supremes, Willie Tyler & Lester, David Frost (1971-10-21) — Flip plays a huckster; the Supremes join Flip & Frost for secret agent and haunted castle skits; Willie Tyler does ventriloquism.
• E7: The Smothers Brothers, Melba Moore (1971-10-28) — Flips intros his invisible dog; a traveling salesman hits on Melba in the old days and the Smothers Bros join Rev. Leroy’s church.
• E8: Lily Tomlin, Hudson & Landry, Dr. David Reuben (1971-11-04) — Hudson & Landry do a classic routine; Tomlin’s a recovering “rubber freak” and Dr. Reuben talks to Geraldine about sex.
• E9: Dom DeLuise, Diahann Carroll, Kermit The Frog, The Muppets (1971-11-11) — Flip jokes about ugly fans; Diahann kisses Kermit; a drunk muppet has hiccups and Diahann stops by Flip’s gas station.
• E10: Tim Conway, Andy Griffith, The Clara Ward Singers (1971-11-18) — Flip & Andy are firemen; Tim sells luxury cars; Andy does his famous Romeo And Juliet monologue and Rev. Leroy preaches.
• E11: Carl Reiner, Sid Caesar, Lena Horne (1971-11-25) — Flip does invisible dog bit with guests; Flip raises money over the phone; Freddie Johnson and Lena Horne get robbed by Sid Caesar.
• E12: Tony Randall, Phyllis Diller, Billy Eckstine (1971-12-02) — Flip & Tony do a kiddie TV show; Phyllis Diller does stand-up in an outrageous outfit and Geraldine works at a boutique.
• E13: Roy Clark, Redd Foxx, Petula Clark (1971-12-09) — Flip sells ice cream; a football player (Roy) flubs a commercial: Flip & Redd do a heckling bit and Petula's a letter litterer.
• E14: Marty Feldman, Melba Moore, Jimmy Osmond, Ernie Barnes (1971-12-16) — Marty Feldman plays a robot butler for Flip & Melba; football star/artist Ernie Barnes unveils his official Geraldine oil portrait.
• E15: David Steinberg, Carol Channing (1971-12-30) — Sketches cast Flip, David & Carol as bar patrons and spies then Steinberg does one of his intellectual monologues.
• E16: Kaye Ballard, Dan Blocker, The Clara Ward Singers (1972-01-06) — Flip & Dan Blocker play bumbling bank robbers and astronauts; Kaye Ballard recalls high school and Rev. Leroy preaches charity.
• E17: Bobby Darin, Redd Foxx, Tim Conway (1972-01-13) — Sonny the Janitor helps President Tim; Redd hecklers Flip at a nightclub; Bobby & Flip get fathering lessons from Tim.
• E18: Dom DeLuise, George Carlin (1972-01-20) — Carlin does his Class Clown routine and a newscast spoof with Flip; Dom does pantomime and plays a cuckoo psychiatrist.
• E19: Jim Brown (1972-01-27) — Football great-turned-actor Jim Brown joins Flip for sketch comedy; Geraldine delivers Jim a bucket of chicken.
• E20: Barbara Feldon, Phil Silvers (1972-02-03) — Phil & Barbara are paired in three sketches as: actors in a soup commercial; a dating couple & patrons at Charley's Diner.
• E21: Sandy Duncan, Slappy White, Jim Nabors (1972-02-10) — Slappy does stand-up; Flip, Nabors & Duncan do an airplane sketch and Flip’s invisible dog appears (or does he?)
• E22: Barbara McNair, Stiller & Meara, Roy Clark (1972-02-17) — Roy & Barbara are selling door-to-door; Stiller & Meara do a women's lib skit and join Flip for a boxing sketch
• E23: Joe Namath, George Carlin (1972-02-24) — Carlin does his “Occupation: Foole” bit, hair poem and a newscast spoof with Flip; Geraldine ogles Namath.
• E24: Lily Tomlin, Ed McMahon, Sammy Davis Jr (1972-03-02) — Tomlin does her Edith Ann character; Flip & Sammy try car rental biz; Geraldine is a temp phone operator with Tomlin’s Ernestine.
• E25: Ruth Buzzi, Jackie Vernon, Lee Marvin (1972-03-09) — Ruth Buzzi does her park bench bit and joins Lee Marvin & Flip for a King Henry VIII sketch; Jackie does his slideshow routine
• E26: Tim Conway, Melba Moore, Bing Crosby (1972-03-16) — The President (Conway) gets advice from his janitor; Flip & Melba are domestic cellmates and Bing & Tim visit Charley’s Diner.

Season 3

• E1: Jack Benny, Pearl Bailey (1972-09-14) — Jack Benny plays a gypsy violinist and an unwelcome boarder in the home of an arguing couple (Flip & Pearl).
• E2: Tim Conway, The Fifth Dimension (1972-09-21) — The Fifth Dimension tell their (sort of) origin story and the Pink Pirate (Conway) accosts Flip & Florence LaRue in Central Park.
• E3: Don Knotts, Melba Moore (1972-09-28) — Don Knotts does a medical convention monologue and disrupts officer Freddie Johnson’s date with Melba Moore.
• E4: Ruth Buzzi, Burns & Schreiber, The Surpremes (1972-10-05) — Flip & cast do park bench skits; Burns & Schreiber do their taxi routine and Buzzi & The Supremes compete to rent Flip a car.
• E5: Stiller & Meara, Bill Russell (1972-10-12) — Flip & Bill Russell give a clinic on billiards; Stiller & Meara have a lunchroom romance and a courtroom scene features the whole cast.
• E6: The Jackson 5, David Steinberg, Diana Sands (1972-10-19) — Flip pushes ice cream and tries to join the Jackson 5; Michael gives a math lesson; Steinberg burglarizes Flip & Diana Sands.
• E7: Ed Asner, Carol Channing (1972-10-26) — Ed Asner plays a ship's captain, cheats at cards (w/Flip, Channing & George Wyle) and gets fixed up with Carol at a resort.
• E8: Don Adams, Roscoe Lee Browne, The Staple Singers (1972-11-09) — Flip is guru Jiva Koolit; Freddie Johnson's girlfriend's away; three guys do jury duty and Rev. Leroy tries off-track betting.
• E9: Tim Conway, Burt Reynolds (1972-11-16) — Burt & Flip have a western shootout; Tim is the Pink Pirate; all do audience Q&A and Geraldine makes a movie with Burt.
• E10: Joan Rivers, Frank Gorshin, The Temptations (1972-11-23) — Joan does seated stand-up; a Godfather spoof shows off Gorshin’s many voices and The Temptations join Rev. Leroy’s church.
• E11: Dom DeLuise, Gladys Knight, Raymond Burr (1972-11-30) — Flip shows how to switch up a joke; cast does wacky soap opera; Q&A with Raymond who also visits Charley’s Diner.
• E12: Tony Randall, Burns & Schreiber (1972-12-07) — Window washer (Flip) advises corporate execs; Burns & Schreiber do their taxi routine and Tony's a Chinese football doctor.
• E13: Bill Russell, Johnny Cash, June Carter (1972-12-14) — Flip plays Bill Russell in a game of 1-on-1 (chess, that is) and Geraldine square dances with Johnny Cash.
• E14: Slappy White, Tim Conway (1972-12-21) — Slappy does stand-up; sketches include Pink Pirate (Conway) w/castaways (Flip & Slappy) and a convoluted con game.
• E15: James Coco, Barbara McNair, Jim Nabors (1973-01-04) — Coco, Nabors & Flip do theater parody; Freddie Johnson shops for a card and Geraldine battles McNair to be queen of a parade.
• E16: Andy Griffith, Roscoe Lee Browne (1973-01-11) — Andy Griffith and Tony Award winner Roscoe Lee Browne join Flip for a game show parody called Buzz Off and a lighthouse sketch.
• E17: Marty Feldman, Howard Cosell, Sandy Duncan (1973-01-18) — Marty Feldman battles the Beast In The Basket and Howard Cosell judges Sandy & Flip's cakes in the county fair bake off.
• E19: Phyllis Diller, The Committee (1973-02-01) — Flip seeks a loan; Phyllis does her classic stand-up and comedy troupe The Committee do hilarious sketches.
• E20: The Amazing Kreskin, Diana Sands, Dom DeLuise (1973-02-08) — Kreskin performs magic and acts in a sketch w/Flip & Diana Sands; Dom DeLuise battles Geraldine in the grocery store.
• E21: Della Reese, George Carlin, Roy Clark (1973-02-15) — Carlin & Flip report the news; Carlin does monologue on race & society and the cast does a comic courtroom scene.
• E22: Rich Little, Ed McMahon, Cicely Tyson (1973-02-22) — Cast does a Tonight Show spoof with Rich as Johnny Carson; Flip & Cicely’s honeymoon gets disrupted by dentists.
• E23: Tim Conway, Joe Namath (1973-03-01) — Legendary New York Jets quarterback Joe Namath holds his own with sketch comedy pros Tim & Flip incl. a Geraldine bit.
• E24: Richard Pryor, Don Knotts (1973-03-15) — Fresh from acting in Lady Sings The Blues, Richard Pryor does brilliant stand-up and skits with veteran funnyman Don Knotts.

Season 4

• E1: Buddy Hackett, Ruth Buzzi, Richard Pryor (1973-09-20) — Flip & Pryor are in tenement politics; it’s parent’s night at school; Pryor does stand-up and the whole cast winds up in the hospital.
• E2: Monty Hall, Sandy Duncan, William Windom, The Pointer Sisters (1973-09-27) — Cast does prop skits; Windom does a dramatic scene and Sandy, the Pointers & Geraldine join Monty on Let's Make A Deal.
• E3: Richard Pryor, Ralph Edwards, Bobby Sandler (1973-10-04) — Richard Pryor does stand-up and joins Flip for sketches including This Is Your Life Geraldine Jones hosted by Ralph Edwards.
• E4: Joan Rivers, Redd Foxx, Helen Reddy (1973-10-11) — Guests trade off doing bench skits with Flip; Redd provides inspiration for an artist (Flip) and Joan Rivers does brilliant stand-up.
• E5: Burns & Schreiber, Harry Belafonte (1973-10-18) — Guests do interpretive skits with a glass; Burns & Schreiber do human computer bit and Belafonte shills for a huckster (Flip).
• E6: Robert Goulet, Carol Lawrence, Slappy White (1973-11-01) — Flip jokes about karate; Slappy White does stand-up and a soft shoe dance joining the whole cast for a burlesque segment.
• E7: Henry “Hank” Aaron, Lee Grant, Gladys Knight, Andrew Johnson (1973-11-15) — Lee shoots a commercial; baseball great Aaron does Q&A then is the subject of a testimonial dinner sketch with full cast.
• E8: Tim Conway, Richard Pryor (1973-11-29) — Flip, Conway & Pryor do interpretive prop sketches with a chair; Flip counsels lazy friend Calvin (Pryor).
• E9: Ed McMahon, Charlie Callas, Leonard Nimoy (1973-12-06) — Callas does physical comedy routine; McMahon is a huckster and Flip & Nimoy are in the environmentaist Mafia.
• E10: Tim Conway, Stiller & Meara (1973-12-13) — Tim Conway's a burger clown and a baseball team coordinator; Stiller & Meara do a dentist skit and a police line-up.
• E11: Burns & Schreiber, The Fifth Dimension (1973-12-20) — Rev. Leroy visits a monastery; Burns & Schreiber improvise machines and Fifth Dimension members do a dating sketch with Flip.
• E12: Jack Klugman, Roscoe Lee Browne, Franklyn Ajaye, Anthony Newley (1973-12-27) — Browne & Newley are British secret agents; Franklyn Ajaye does stand-up and Klugman's a football referee in slow motion.
• E13: Ted Knight, The Pointer Sisters, Chuck Norris, Phillip Paley (1974-01-03) — Ted Knight's a news anchor; Flip gets flipped by Phillip Paley (9-year old karate kid) with Chuck Norris; the Pointers join Rev. Leroy.
• E15: Steve Lawrence, Richard Pryor, Ketty Lester (1974-02-07) — Freddie Johnson helps a couple (Richard & Ketty) reconcile and customs agent Geraldine gives Lawrence a hard time.
• E17: McLean Stevenson, Redd Foxx, Don Adams (1974-02-28) — Flip & Don gamble in Las Vegas; Redd Foxx does stand-up and Q&A; three guys celebrate their wives going out of town.
• E18: Tony Randall, Bob & Ray (1974-03-07) — Flip applies for a parade permit and goes duck hunting with Tony; Bob & Ray do comic interview routines incl. the slow talker.
• E19: Pilot – Andy Williams, Jonathan Winters, Arte Johnson, Bob Hope (1969-09-22) — Andy & Flip play expectant fathers; Geraldine & Maude Frickert (Winters) are fellow travelers; Flip & Arte do a movie spoof.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many seasons does The Best of Flip Wilson have? 4 season(s) with 89 episodes.

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