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The Best Of Flip Wilson: S1 E19 - Joe Namath, George Carlin, Abbey Lincoln, Johnny Mathis

Variety Show

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Feb 3, 1971

Carlin does his Indian Sergeant routine; Abbey dates Freddie Johnson; Flip & Mathis compare dogs and Geraldine works at Namath’s gym.

Full Episodes

Season 1, 23 episodes

David Frost, James Brown, Sundayís Child,

James Brown discusses dance moves; Frost interviews Geraldine & (along with Sunday’s Child) joins Rev. Leroy’s church.

28m Sep 16, 1970

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.

28m Sep 23, 1970

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.

28m Sep 30, 1970

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.

24m Oct 7, 1970

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.'

27m Oct 21, 1970

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.

23m Nov 4, 1970

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.

26m Nov 18, 1970

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.

27m Nov 25, 1970

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.

26m Dec 2, 1970

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.

27m Dec 9, 1970

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.

28m Dec 16, 1970

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.

28m Dec 23, 1970

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.

27m Jan 6, 1971

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.

26m Jan 13, 1971

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.

28m Jan 20, 1971

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.

28m Feb 3, 1971

Barbara Feldon, Art Carney, Hal Frazier,

Cast parodies Mission Impossible; Flip chats with Hal; sketches incl. a gangster at the veterinarian and bowling night.

28m Feb 10, 1971

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.

28m Feb 17, 1971

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.

24m Feb 24, 1971

Tim Conway, Robert Klein, Diahann Carroll,

Flip & Tim teach poker; Freddie Johnson meets Diahann at a society party and Klein does Borscht Belt routine.

28m Mar 3, 1971

Ray Stevens, George Carlin, Lena Horne,

Carlin does a monologue on NYC cops; Flip fixes Ray Stevens’ TV set; Rev. Leroy visits Lena Horne at a nightclub.

28m Mar 10, 1971

Lily Tomlin, Hamilton Camp, Burt Holiday, Bob Henry,

Lily does her famous Ernestine character; Camp & Tomlin have a blind date and Freddie Johnson lands in court.

28m Mar 17, 1971

Tim Conway, Johnny Brown, Sandy Duncan,

Flip & Tim play pool; Sandy sells books to Freddie Johnson; Brown does impressions and Conway is a school headmaster.

26m Mar 31, 1971