The Best of Flip Wilson

Season 4

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17 episodes · First aired 1973-09-20

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S4 E1

Buddy Hackett, Ruth Buzzi, Richard Pryor

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.

S4 E2

Monty Hall, Sandy Duncan, William Windom, The Pointer Sisters

Cast does prop skits; Windom does a dramatic scene and Sandy, the Pointers & Geraldine join Monty on Let's Make A Deal.

S4 E3

Richard Pryor, Ralph Edwards, Bobby Sandler

Richard Pryor does stand-up and joins Flip for sketches including This Is Your Life Geraldine Jones hosted by Ralph Edwards.

S4 E4

Joan Rivers, Redd Foxx, Helen Reddy

Guests trade off doing bench skits with Flip; Redd provides inspiration for an artist (Flip) and Joan Rivers does brilliant stand-up.

S4 E5

Burns & Schreiber, Harry Belafonte

Guests do interpretive skits with a glass; Burns & Schreiber do human computer bit and Belafonte shills for a huckster (Flip).

S4 E6

Robert Goulet, Carol Lawrence, Slappy White

Flip jokes about karate; Slappy White does stand-up and a soft shoe dance joining the whole cast for a burlesque segment.

S4 E7

Henry “Hank” Aaron, Lee Grant, Gladys Knight, Andrew Johnson

Lee shoots a commercial; baseball great Aaron does Q&A then is the subject of a testimonial dinner sketch with full cast.

S4 E8

Tim Conway, Richard Pryor

Flip, Conway & Pryor do interpretive prop sketches with a chair; Flip counsels lazy friend Calvin (Pryor).

S4 E9

Ed McMahon, Charlie Callas, Leonard Nimoy

Callas does physical comedy routine; McMahon is a huckster and Flip & Nimoy are in the environmentaist Mafia.

S4 E10

Tim Conway, Stiller & Meara

Tim Conway's a burger clown and a baseball team coordinator; Stiller & Meara do a dentist skit and a police line-up.

S4 E11

Burns & Schreiber, The Fifth Dimension

Rev. Leroy visits a monastery; Burns & Schreiber improvise machines and Fifth Dimension members do a dating sketch with Flip.

S4 E12

Jack Klugman, Roscoe Lee Browne, Franklyn Ajaye, Anthony Newley

Browne & Newley are British secret agents; Franklyn Ajaye does stand-up and Klugman's a football referee in slow motion.

S4 E13

Ted Knight, The Pointer Sisters, Chuck Norris, Phillip Paley

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.

S4 E15

Steve Lawrence, Richard Pryor, Ketty Lester

Freddie Johnson helps a couple (Richard & Ketty) reconcile and customs agent Geraldine gives Lawrence a hard time.

S4 E17

McLean Stevenson, Redd Foxx, Don Adams

Flip & Don gamble in Las Vegas; Redd Foxx does stand-up and Q&A; three guys celebrate their wives going out of town.

S4 E18

Tony Randall, Bob & Ray

Flip applies for a parade permit and goes duck hunting with Tony; Bob & Ray do comic interview routines incl. the slow talker.

S4 E19

Pilot - Andy Williams, Jonathan Winters, Arte Johnson, Bob Hope

Andy & Flip play expectant fathers; Geraldine & Maude Frickert (Winters) are fellow travelers; Flip & Arte do a movie spoof.