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The Best Of Flip Wilson: S4 E13 - Ted Knight, The Pointer Sisters, Chuck Norris, Phillip Paley

Variety Show

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Jan 2, 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.

Full Episodes

Season 4, 17 episodes

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.

28m Sep 19, 1973

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.

28m Sep 26, 1973

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.

28m Oct 3, 1973

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.

25m Oct 10, 1973

Burns & Schreiber, Harry Belafonte,

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

25m Oct 24, 1973

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.

28m Oct 31, 1973

Henry 'Hank' Aaron, Lee Grant, Gladys Knight, Andrew Johnson,

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

28m Nov 14, 1973

Tim Conway, Richard Pryor,

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

25m Nov 28, 1973

Ed McMahon, Charlie Callas, Leonard Nimoy,

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

27m Dec 5, 1973

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.

29m Dec 12, 1973

Burns & Schreiber, The Fifth Dimension,

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

28m Dec 19, 1973

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.

26m Dec 26, 1973

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.

28m Jan 2, 1974

Steve Lawrence, Richard Pryor, Ketty Lester,

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

26m Feb 6, 1974

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.

28m Feb 27, 1974

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.

26m Mar 6, 1974

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.

28m Sep 21, 1969