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The Best Of Flip Wilson: S3 E8 - Don Adams, Roscoe Lee Browne, The Staple Singers

Variety Show

27

Nov 8, 1972

Flip is guru Jiva Koolit; Freddie Johnson's girlfriend's away; three guys do jury duty and Rev. Leroy tries off-track betting.

Full Episodes

Season 3, 23 episodes

Jack Benny, Pearl Bailey,

Jack Benny plays a gypsy violinist and an unwelcome boarder in the home of an arguing couple (Flip & Pearl).

26m Sep 13, 1972

Tim Conway, The Fifth Dimension,

The Fifth Dimension tell their (sort of) origin story and the Pink Pirate (Conway) accosts Flip & Florence LaRue in Central Park.

28m Sep 20, 1972

Don Knotts, Melba Moore,

Don Knotts does a medical convention monologue and disrupts officer Freddie Johnson’s date with Melba Moore.

28m Sep 27, 1972

Ruth Buzzi, Burns & Schreiber, The Surpremes,

Flip & cast do park bench skits; Burns & Schreiber do their taxi routine and Buzzi & The Supremes compete to rent Flip a car.

28m Oct 4, 1972

Stiller & Meara, Bill Russell,

Flip & Bill Russell give a clinic on billiards; Stiller & Meara have a lunchroom romance and a courtroom scene features the whole cast.

27m Oct 11, 1972

The Jackson 5, David Steinberg, Diana Sands,

Flip pushes ice cream and tries to join the Jackson 5; Michael gives a math lesson; Steinberg burglarizes Flip & Diana Sands.

28m Oct 25, 1972

Ed Asner, Carol Channing,

Ed Asner plays a ship's captain, cheats at cards (w/Flip, Channing & George Wyle) and gets fixed up with Carol at a resort.

27m Nov 1, 1972

Don Adams, Roscoe Lee Browne, The Staple Singers,

Flip is guru Jiva Koolit; Freddie Johnson's girlfriend's away; three guys do jury duty and Rev. Leroy tries off-track betting.

27m Nov 8, 1972

Tim Conway, Burt Reynolds,

Burt & Flip have a western shootout; Tim is the Pink Pirate; all do audience Q&A and Geraldine makes a movie with Burt.

28m Nov 15, 1972

Joan Rivers, Frank Gorshin, The Temptations,

Joan does seated stand-up; a Godfather spoof shows off Gorshin’s many voices and The Temptations join Rev. Leroy’s church.

27m Nov 22, 1972

Dom DeLuise, Gladys Knight, Raymond Burr,

Flip shows how to switch up a joke; the cast does wacky soap opera; Q&A with Raymond who also visits Charley’s Diner.

28m Nov 29, 1972

Tony Randall, Burns & Schreiber,

Window washer (Flip) advises corporate execs; Burns & Schreiber do their taxi routine and Tony's a Chinese football doctor.

28m Dec 6, 1972

Bill Russell, Johnny Cash, June Carter,

Flip plays Bill Russell in a game of 1-on-1 (chess, that is) and Geraldine square dances with Johnny Cash.

28m Dec 13, 1972

Slappy White, Tim Conway,

Slappy does stand-up; sketches include Pink Pirate (Conway) w/castaways (Flip & Slappy) and a convoluted con game.

28m Dec 20, 1972

James Coco, Barbara McNair, Jim Nabors,

Coco, Nabors & Flip do theater parody; Freddie Johnson shops for a card and Geraldine battles McNair to be queen of a parade.

27m Jan 3, 1973

Andy Griffith, Roscoe Lee Browne,

Andy Griffith and Tony Award winner Roscoe Lee Browne join Flip for a game show parody called Buzz Off and a lighthouse sketch.

25m Jan 10, 1973

Marty Feldman, Howard Cosell, Sandy Duncan,

Marty Feldman battles the Beast In The Basket and Howard Cosell judges Sandy & Flip's cakes in the county fair bake-off.

28m Jan 17, 1973

Phyllis Diller, The Committee,

Flip seeks a loan; Phyllis does her classic stand-up and comedy troupe The Committee do hilarious sketches.

27m Jan 31, 1973

The Amazing Kreskin, Diana Sands, Dom DeLuise,

Kreskin performs magic and acts in a sketch w/Flip & Diana Sands; Dom DeLuise battles Geraldine in the grocery store.

28m Feb 7, 1973

Della Reese, George Carlin, Roy Clark,

Carlin & Flip report the news; Carlin does a monologue on race & society and the cast does a comic courtroom scene.

28m Feb 14, 1973

Rich Little, Ed McMahon, Cicely Tyson,

Cast does a Tonight Show spoof with Rich as Johnny Carson; Flip & Cicely’s honeymoon gets disrupted by dentists.

28m Feb 21, 1973

Tim Conway, Joe Namath,

Legendary New York Jets quarterback Joe Namath holds his own with sketch comedy pros Tim & Flip incl. a Geraldine bit.

28m Feb 28, 1973

Richard Pryor, Don Knotts,

Fresh from acting in Lady Sings The Blues, Richard Pryor does brilliant stand-up and skits with veteran funnyman Don Knotts.

27m Mar 14, 1973