The Best of Flip Wilson
(1970)Streaming Episode Guide
Season 4
Pilot - Andy Williams, Jonathan Winters, Arte Johnson, Bob Hope
Episode 19 - 9-22-1969
Andy & Flip play expectant fathers; Geraldine & Maude Frickert (Winters) are fellow travelers; Flip & Arte do a movie spoof.
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Tony Randall, Bob & Ray
Episode 18 - 3-07-1974
Flip applies for a parade permit and goes duck hunting with Tony; Bob & Ray do comic interview routines incl. the slow talker.
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McLean Stevenson, Redd Foxx, Don Adams
Episode 17 - 2-28-1974
Flip & Don gamble in Las Vegas; Redd Foxx does stand-up and Q&A; three guys celebrate their wives going out of town.
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Steve Lawrence, Richard Pryor, Ketty Lester
Episode 15 - 2-07-1974
Freddie Johnson helps a couple (Richard & Ketty) reconcile and customs agent Geraldine gives Lawrence a hard time.
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Ted Knight, The Pointer Sisters, Chuck Norris, Phillip Paley
Episode 13 - 1-03-1974
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.
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Jack Klugman, Roscoe Lee Browne, Franklyn Ajaye, Anthony Newley
Episode 12 - 12-27-1973
Browne & Newley are British secret agents; Franklyn Ajaye does stand-up and Klugman's a football referee in slow motion.
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Burns & Schreiber, The Fifth Dimension
Episode 11 - 12-20-1973
Rev. Leroy visits a monastery; Burns & Schreiber improvise machines and Fifth Dimension members do a dating sketch with Flip.
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Tim Conway, Stiller & Meara
Episode 10 - 12-13-1973
Tim Conway's a burger clown and a baseball team coordinator; Stiller & Meara do a dentist skit and a police line-up.
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Ed McMahon, Charlie Callas, Leonard Nimoy
Episode 9 - 12-06-1973
Callas does physical comedy routine; McMahon is a huckster and Flip & Nimoy are in the environmentaist Mafia.
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Tim Conway, Richard Pryor
Episode 8 - 11-29-1973
Flip, Conway & Pryor do interpretive prop sketches with a chair; Flip counsels lazy friend Calvin (Pryor).
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Henry “Hank” Aaron, Lee Grant, Gladys Knight, Andrew Johnson
Episode 7 - 11-15-1973
Lee shoots a commercial; baseball great Aaron does Q&A then is the subject of a testimonial dinner sketch with full cast.
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Robert Goulet, Carol Lawrence, Slappy White
Episode 6 - 11-01-1973
Flip jokes about karate; Slappy White does stand-up and a soft shoe dance joining the whole cast for a burlesque segment.
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Burns & Schreiber, Harry Belafonte
Episode 5 - 10-18-1973
Guests do interpretive skits with a glass; Burns & Schreiber do human computer bit and Belafonte shills for a huckster (Flip).
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Joan Rivers, Redd Foxx, Helen Reddy
Episode 4 - 10-11-1973
Guests trade off doing bench skits with Flip; Redd provides inspiration for an artist (Flip) and Joan Rivers does brilliant stand-up.
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Richard Pryor, Ralph Edwards, Bobby Sandler
Episode 3 - 10-04-1973
Richard Pryor does stand-up and joins Flip for sketches including This Is Your Life Geraldine Jones hosted by Ralph Edwards.
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Monty Hall, Sandy Duncan, William Windom, The Pointer Sisters
Episode 2 - 9-27-1973
Cast does prop skits; Windom does a dramatic scene and Sandy, the Pointers & Geraldine join Monty on Let's Make A Deal.
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Buddy Hackett, Ruth Buzzi, Richard Pryor
Episode 1 - 9-20-1973
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.
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Season 3
Richard Pryor, Don Knotts
Episode 24 - 3-15-1973
Fresh from acting in Lady Sings The Blues, Richard Pryor does brilliant stand-up and skits with veteran funnyman Don Knotts.
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Tim Conway, Joe Namath
Episode 23 - 3-01-1973
Legendary New York Jets quarterback Joe Namath holds his own with sketch comedy pros Tim & Flip incl. a Geraldine bit.
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Rich Little, Ed McMahon, Cicely Tyson
Episode 22 - 2-22-1973
Cast does a Tonight Show spoof with Rich as Johnny Carson; Flip & Cicely’s honeymoon gets disrupted by dentists.
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Della Reese, George Carlin, Roy Clark
Episode 21 - 2-15-1973
Carlin & Flip report the news; Carlin does monologue on race & society and the cast does a comic courtroom scene.
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The Amazing Kreskin, Diana Sands, Dom DeLuise
Episode 20 - 2-08-1973
Kreskin performs magic and acts in a sketch w/Flip & Diana Sands; Dom DeLuise battles Geraldine in the grocery store.
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Phyllis Diller, The Committee
Episode 19 - 2-01-1973
Flip seeks a loan; Phyllis does her classic stand-up and comedy troupe The Committee do hilarious sketches.
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Marty Feldman, Howard Cosell, Sandy Duncan
Episode 17 - 1-18-1973
Marty Feldman battles the Beast In The Basket and Howard Cosell judges Sandy & Flip's cakes in the county fair bake off.
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Andy Griffith, Roscoe Lee Browne
Episode 16 - 1-11-1973
Andy Griffith and Tony Award winner Roscoe Lee Browne join Flip for a game show parody called Buzz Off and a lighthouse sketch.
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James Coco, Barbara McNair, Jim Nabors
Episode 15 - 1-04-1973
Coco, Nabors & Flip do theater parody; Freddie Johnson shops for a card and Geraldine battles McNair to be queen of a parade.
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Slappy White, Tim Conway
Episode 14 - 12-21-1972
Slappy does stand-up; sketches include Pink Pirate (Conway) w/castaways (Flip & Slappy) and a convoluted con game.
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Bill Russell, Johnny Cash, June Carter
Episode 13 - 12-14-1972
Flip plays Bill Russell in a game of 1-on-1 (chess, that is) and Geraldine square dances with Johnny Cash.
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Tony Randall, Burns & Schreiber
Episode 12 - 12-07-1972
Window washer (Flip) advises corporate execs; Burns & Schreiber do their taxi routine and Tony's a Chinese football doctor.
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Dom DeLuise, Gladys Knight, Raymond Burr
Episode 11 - 11-30-1972
Flip shows how to switch up a joke; cast does wacky soap opera; Q&A with Raymond who also visits Charley’s Diner.
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Joan Rivers, Frank Gorshin, The Temptations
Episode 10 - 11-23-1972
Joan does seated stand-up; a Godfather spoof shows off Gorshin’s many voices and The Temptations join Rev. Leroy’s church.
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Tim Conway, Burt Reynolds
Episode 9 - 11-16-1972
Burt & Flip have a western shootout; Tim is the Pink Pirate; all do audience Q&A and Geraldine makes a movie with Burt.
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Don Adams, Roscoe Lee Browne, The Staple Singers
Episode 8 - 11-09-1972
Flip is guru Jiva Koolit; Freddie Johnson's girlfriend's away; three guys do jury duty and Rev. Leroy tries off-track betting.
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Ed Asner, Carol Channing
Episode 7 - 10-26-1972
Ed Asner plays a ship's captain, cheats at cards (w/Flip, Channing & George Wyle) and gets fixed up with Carol at a resort.
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The Jackson 5, David Steinberg, Diana Sands
Episode 6 - 10-19-1972
Flip pushes ice cream and tries to join the Jackson 5; Michael gives a math lesson; Steinberg burglarizes Flip & Diana Sands.
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Stiller & Meara, Bill Russell
Episode 5 - 10-12-1972
Flip & Bill Russell give a clinic on billiards; Stiller & Meara have a lunchroom romance and a courtroom scene features the whole cast.
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Ruth Buzzi, Burns & Schreiber, The Surpremes
Episode 4 - 10-05-1972
Flip & cast do park bench skits; Burns & Schreiber do their taxi routine and Buzzi & The Supremes compete to rent Flip a car.
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Don Knotts, Melba Moore
Episode 3 - 9-28-1972
Don Knotts does a medical convention monologue and disrupts officer Freddie Johnson’s date with Melba Moore.
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Tim Conway, The Fifth Dimension
Episode 2 - 9-21-1972
The Fifth Dimension tell their (sort of) origin story and the Pink Pirate (Conway) accosts Flip & Florence LaRue in Central Park.
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Jack Benny, Pearl Bailey
Episode 1 - 9-14-1972
Jack Benny plays a gypsy violinist and an unwelcome boarder in the home of an arguing couple (Flip & Pearl).
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Season 2
Tim Conway, Melba Moore, Bing Crosby
Episode 26 - 3-16-1972
The President (Conway) gets advice from his janitor; Flip & Melba are domestic cellmates and Bing & Tim visit Charley’s Diner.
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Ruth Buzzi, Jackie Vernon, Lee Marvin
Episode 25 - 3-09-1972
Ruth Buzzi does her park bench bit and joins Lee Marvin & Flip for a King Henry VIII sketch; Jackie does his slideshow routine
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Lily Tomlin, Ed McMahon, Sammy Davis Jr
Episode 24 - 3-02-1972
Tomlin does her Edith Ann character; Flip & Sammy try car rental biz; Geraldine is a temp phone operator with Tomlin’s Ernestine.
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Joe Namath, George Carlin
Episode 23 - 2-24-1972
Carlin does his “Occupation: Foole” bit, hair poem and a newscast spoof with Flip; Geraldine ogles Namath.
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Barbara McNair, Stiller & Meara, Roy Clark
Episode 22 - 2-17-1972
Roy & Barbara are selling door-to-door; Stiller & Meara do a women's lib skit and join Flip for a boxing sketch
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Sandy Duncan, Slappy White, Jim Nabors
Episode 21 - 2-10-1972
Slappy does stand-up; Flip, Nabors & Duncan do an airplane sketch and Flip’s invisible dog appears (or does he?)
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Barbara Feldon, Phil Silvers
Episode 20 - 2-03-1972
Phil & Barbara are paired in three sketches as: actors in a soup commercial; a dating couple & patrons at Charley's Diner.
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Jim Brown
Episode 19 - 1-27-1972
Football great-turned-actor Jim Brown joins Flip for sketch comedy; Geraldine delivers Jim a bucket of chicken.
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Dom DeLuise, George Carlin
Episode 18 - 1-20-1972
Carlin does his Class Clown routine and a newscast spoof with Flip; Dom does pantomime and plays a cuckoo psychiatrist.
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Bobby Darin, Redd Foxx, Tim Conway
Episode 17 - 1-13-1972
Sonny the Janitor helps President Tim; Redd hecklers Flip at a nightclub; Bobby & Flip get fathering lessons from Tim.
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Kaye Ballard, Dan Blocker, The Clara Ward Singers
Episode 16 - 1-06-1972
Flip & Dan Blocker play bumbling bank robbers and astronauts; Kaye Ballard recalls high school and Rev. Leroy preaches charity.
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David Steinberg, Carol Channing
Episode 15 - 12-30-1971
Sketches cast Flip, David & Carol as bar patrons and spies then Steinberg does one of his intellectual monologues.
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Marty Feldman, Melba Moore, Jimmy Osmond, Ernie Barnes
Episode 14 - 12-16-1971
Marty Feldman plays a robot butler for Flip & Melba; football star/artist Ernie Barnes unveils his official Geraldine oil portrait.
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Roy Clark, Redd Foxx, Petula Clark
Episode 13 - 12-09-1971
Flip sells ice cream; a football player (Roy) flubs a commercial: Flip & Redd do a heckling bit and Petula's a letter litterer.
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Tony Randall, Phyllis Diller, Billy Eckstine
Episode 12 - 12-02-1971
Flip & Tony do a kiddie TV show; Phyllis Diller does stand-up in an outrageous outfit and Geraldine works at a boutique.
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Carl Reiner, Sid Caesar, Lena Horne
Episode 11 - 11-25-1971
Flip does invisible dog bit with guests; Flip raises money over the phone; Freddie Johnson and Lena Horne get robbed by Sid Caesar.
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Tim Conway, Andy Griffith, The Clara Ward Singers
Episode 10 - 11-18-1971
Flip & Andy are firemen; Tim sells luxury cars; Andy does his famous Romeo And Juliet monologue and Rev. Leroy preaches.
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Dom DeLuise, Diahann Carroll, Kermit The Frog, The Muppets
Episode 9 - 11-11-1971
Flip jokes about ugly fans; Diahann kisses Kermit; a drunk muppet has hiccups and Diahann stops by Flip’s gas station.
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Lily Tomlin, Hudson & Landry, Dr. David Reuben
Episode 8 - 11-04-1971
Hudson & Landry do a classic routine; Tomlin’s a recovering “rubber freak” and Dr. Reuben talks to Geraldine about sex.
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The Smothers Brothers, Melba Moore
Episode 7 - 10-28-1971
Flips intros his invisible dog; a traveling salesman hits on Melba in the old days and the Smothers Bros join Rev. Leroy’s church.
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The Supremes, Willie Tyler & Lester, David Frost
Episode 6 - 10-21-1971
Flip plays a huckster; the Supremes join Flip & Frost for secret agent and haunted castle skits; Willie Tyler does ventriloquism.
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George Carlin, Pat Boone & Family, Sugar Ray Robinson
Episode 5 - 10-14-1971
Flip sells ice cream; Flip & Carlin do TV news spoof; Boone intros his family and cast does To Tell A Lie panel show sketch.
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Ruth Buzzi, Tim Conway
Episode 4 - 10-07-1971
Flip, Tim & Ruth do a park bench skit and private eye spoof; Geraldine disrupts the office at her new job.
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Raymond Burr, Ruth Gordon, Stevie Wonder
Episode 3 - 9-30-1971
Flip, Ruth & Raymond attend the opera; Stevie plays a synthesizer as Flip recites a poem and Ruth visits Charley’s Diner.
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Joan Rivers, George Gobel
Episode 2 - 9-23-1971
Flip does the shell game; Joan does stand-up and plays a cabdriver; Freddie Johnson buys jewelry from Gobel & Rivers.
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Lucille Ball, Ed Sullivan, Osmond Brothers
Episode 1 - 9-16-1971
Lucy & Flips are two halves of a horse; whole cast portray Peanuts characters; Geraldine & Lucy are car hops at the drive-in.
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Season 1
Tim Conway, Johnny Brown, Sandy Duncan
Episode 26 - 4-01-1971
Flip & Tim play pool; Sandy sells books to Freddie Johnson; Brown does impressions and Conway is a school headmaster.
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Lily Tomlin, Hamilton Camp, Burt Holiday, Bob Henry
Episode 25 - 3-18-1971
Lily does her famous Ernestine character; Camp & Tomlin have a blind date and Freddie Johnson lands in court.
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Ray Stevens, George Carlin, Lena Horne
Episode 24 - 3-11-1971
Carlin does monologue on NYC cops; Flip fixes Ray Stevens’ TV set; Rev. Leroy visits Lena Horne at a nightclub.
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Tim Conway, Robert Klein, Diahann Carroll
Episode 23 - 3-04-1971
Flip & Tim teach poker; Freddie Johnson meets Diahann at a society party and Klein does Borscht Belt routine.
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Ray Charles, Leslie Uggams, Don Rickles
Episode 22 - 2-25-1971
Flip promotes his latest LP; Uggams rents Freddie Johnson a friend (Rickles) in NYC; Geraldine fawns over Ray Charles.
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Aretha Franklin, Charlie Callas, David Frost
Episode 21 - 2-18-1971
Cast spoofs panel show & secret agent movies; Callas does stand-up and Aretha joins the Church Of What’s Happening Now.
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Barbara Feldon, Art Carney, Hal Frazier
Episode 20 - 2-11-1971
Cast parodies Mission Impossible; Flip chats with Hal; sketches incl. a gangster at the veterinarian and bowling night.
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Joe Namath, George Carlin, Abbey Lincoln, Johnny Mathis
Episode 19 - 2-04-1971
Carlin does his Indian Sergeant routine; Abbey dates Freddie Johnson; Flip & Mathis compare dogs and Geraldine works at Namath’s gym.
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Muhammad Ali, Bobby Darin, Lily Tomlin
Episode 17 - 1-21-1971
The boxing champ makes poetic predictions for his Joe Frazier fight; Tomlin’s a health nut; Flip & Bobby do a vaudeville bit.
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Steve Lawrence, Zero Mostel
Episode 16 - 1-14-1971
Mostel portrays a painter and a ledge-jumper; Flip defends his singing ability and Charley’s Diner serves Mostel and Lawrence.
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Bing Crosby, The Supremes, David Steinberg
Episode 15 - 1-07-1971
Bing teaches golf; The Supremes help Freddie Johnson do holiday shopping; David does monologue and Geraldine's a bunny waitress.
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ShaNaNa, Burl Ives, Slim Gaillard
Episode 14 - 12-24-1970
Santa Claus (Ives) drops by the gas station; Gaillard & Ives do The Night Before Christmas and Rev. Leroy tells ShaNaNa about Scrooge.
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Sid Caesar, Bobby Darin
Episode 13 - 12-17-1970
Sid plays a hip musician, Jekyll & Hyde and a slot machine; Bobby & Flip offer a vaudeville routine and the cast does a silent movie.
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Tony Randall, Lena Horne
Episode 12 - 12-10-1970
Tony & Lena want to leave NYC by cab; Tony & Flip are an odd couple of inmates: Lena gets food & philosophy at Charley's Diner.
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John Byner, Johnny Brown, Connie Stevens
Episode 11 - 11-12-1970
Flip does mind-reading bit; Byner & Brown do competing impersonations and the entire cast does a Sherlock Holmes send-up.
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Bobby Darin, Charley Pride, Ella Fitzgerald
Episode 10 - 11-05-1970
Cast sings “Who?” with George Wyle on piano; Darin’s a rabid football fan, then the devil battling Rev. Leroy.
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Arte Johnson, Moms Mabley, Marcel Marceau
Episode 9 - 10-29-1970
Arte’s a hopeless holdup man; Marcel does his classic Mask Maker pantomime and Moms gets a Geraldine makeover.
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Robert Klein, Lola Falana, Dean Martin
Episode 8 - 10-22-1970
Flip visits Lola at the unemployment office; Klein does his classic Broadway audition routine and Dean Martin drops by.
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Charlie Callas, Laura Greene, Pat Morita, Louis Armstrong
Episode 6 - 10-15-1970
Callas is a palace guard and Italian cafe patron; Louis leads Rev. Leroy’s church in “When The Saints Go Marching In.”
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Perry Como, Charlie Callas, Denise Nicholas, Lola Falana
Episode 4 - 10-08-1970
Perry demonstrates the use of a stool; Freddie the Bachelor juggles two dates (Denise and Lola) and Callas does hilarious stand-up.
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Lily Tomlin, Redd Foxx, The Temptations
Episode 3 - 10-01-1970
Lily & Flip do saloon and computer dating bits; Redd gives an English lesson and Rev. Leroy preaches with the Temptations.
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Bobby Darin, Denise Nicholas, Stanley Myron Handelman, Roy Clark
Episode 2 - 9-24-1970
Flip & Stanley each do monologues; the cast does a taxi skit and a western parody Butch Cassidy & The Suntan Kid.
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David Frost, James Brown, Sunday’s Child
Episode 1 - 9-17-1970
James Brown discusses dance moves; Frost interviews Geraldine & (along with Sunday’s Child) joins Rev. Leroy’s church.
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