S1 E1
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.
The Best of Flip Wilson
Season 1
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23 episodes · First aired 1970-09-17
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S1 E2
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.
S1 E3
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.
S1 E4
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.
S1 E6
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.”
S1 E8
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.
S1 E9
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.
S1 E10
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.
S1 E11
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.
S1 E12
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.
S1 E13
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.
S1 E14
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.
S1 E15
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.
S1 E16
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.
S1 E17
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.
S1 E19
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.
S1 E20
Barbara Feldon, Art Carney, Hal Frazier
Cast parodies Mission Impossible; Flip chats with Hal; sketches incl. a gangster at the veterinarian and bowling night.
S1 E21
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.
S1 E22
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.
S1 E23
Tim Conway, Robert Klein, Diahann Carroll
Flip & Tim teach poker; Freddie Johnson meets Diahann at a society party and Klein does Borscht Belt routine.