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Ray Stevens, George Carlin, Lena Horne

S1 : E24

NR | 29 min | Aired: 03.11.71

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

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A variety show from the 1970s hosted by Flip Wilson that showcased skits, music and appearances by "Geraldine Jones."

Cast

Flip Wilson, Tim Conway, George Carlin

Executive Producers

Monte Kay

full-episodes (23)

David Frost, James Brown, Sunday’s Child

S1 : E1 | NR | 29 min | Aired: 09.17.70

James Brown discusses dance moves; Frost interviews Geraldine & (along with Sunday’s Child) joins Rev. Leroy’s church.
Bobby Darin, Denise Nicholas, Stanley Myron Handelman, Roy Clark

S1 : E2 | NR | 29 min | Aired: 09.24.70

Lily & Flip do saloon and computer dating bits; Redd gives an English lesson and Rev. Leroy preaches with the Temptations.
Lily Tomlin, Redd Foxx, The Temptations

S1 : E3 | NR | 29 min | Aired: 10.01.70

Lily & Flip do saloon and computer dating bits; Redd gives an English lesson and Rev. Leroy preaches with the Temptations.
Perry Como, Charlie Callas, Denise Nicholas, Lola Falana

S1 : E4 | NR | 25 min | Aired: 10.08.70

Perry demonstrates the use of a stool; Freddie the Bachelor juggles two dates (Denise and Lola) and Callas does hilarious stand-up.
Charlie Callas, Laura Greene, Pat Morita, Louis Armstrong

S1 : E6 | NR | 28 min | Aired: 10.22.70

Callas is a palace guard and Italian cafe patron; Louis leads Rev. Leroy’s church in “When The Saints Go Marching In.”
Robert Klein, Lola Falana, Dean Martin

S1 : E8 | NR | 24 min | Aired: 11.05.70

Flip visits Lola at the unemployment office; Klein does his classic Broadway audition routine and Dean Martin drops by.
Arte Johnson, Moms Mabley, Marcel Marceau

S1 : E9 | NR | 27 min | Aired: 11.19.70

Arte’s a hopeless holdup man; Marcel does his classic Mask Maker pantomime and Moms gets a Geraldine makeover.
Bobby Darin, Charley Pride, Ella Fitzgerald

S1 : E10 | NR | 28 min | Aired: 11.26.70

Cast sings “Who?” with George Wyle on piano; Darin’s a rabid football fan, then the devil battling Rev. Leroy.
John Byner, Johnny Brown, Connie Stevens

S1 : E11 | NR | 27 min | Aired: 12.03.70

Flip does mind-reading bit; Byner & Brown do competing impersonations and the entire cast does a Sherlock Holmes send-up.
Tony Randall, Lena Horne

S1 : E12 | NR | 28 min | Aired: 12.10.70

Tony & Lena want to leave NYC by cab; Tony & Flip are an odd couple of inmates: Lena gets food & philosophy at Charley's Diner.
Sid Caesar, Bobby Darin

S1 : E13 | NR | 29 min | Aired: 12.17.70

Sid plays a hip musician, Jekyll & Hyde and a slot machine; Bobby & Flip offer a vaudeville routine and the cast does a silent movie.
ShaNaNa, Burl Ives, Slim Gaillard

S1 : E14 | NR | 29 min | Aired: 12.24.70

Santa Claus (Ives) drops by the gas station; Gaillard & Ives do The Night Before Christmas and Rev. Leroy tells ShaNaNa about Scrooge.
Bing Crosby, The Supremes, David Steinberg

S1 : E15 | NR | 28 min | Aired: 01.07.71

Bing teaches golf; The Supremes help Freddie Johnson do holiday shopping; David does monologue and Geraldine's a bunny waitress.
Steve Lawrence, Zero Mostel

S1 : E16 | NR | 27 min | Aired: 01.14.71

Mostel portrays a painter and a ledge-jumper; Flip defends his singing ability and Charley’s Diner serves Mostel and Lawrence.
Muhammad Ali, Bobby Darin, Lily Tomlin

S1 : E17 | NR | 29 min | Aired: 01.21.71

The boxing champ makes poetic predictions for his Joe Frazier fight; Tomlin’s a health nut; Flip & Bobby do a vaudeville bit.
Joe Namath, George Carlin, Abbey Lincoln, Johnny Mathis

S1 : E19 | NR | 29 min | Aired: 02.04.71

Carlin does his Indian Sergeant routine; Abbey dates Freddie Johnson; Flip & Mathis compare dogs and Geraldine works at Namath’s gym.
Barbara Feldon, Art Carney, Hal Frazier

S1 : E20 | NR | 29 min | Aired: 02.11.71

Cast parodies Mission Impossible; Flip chats with Hal; sketches incl. a gangster at the veterinarian and bowling night.
Aretha Franklin, Charlie Callas, David Frost

S1 : E21 | NR | 29 min | Aired: 02.18.71

Cast spoofs panel show & secret agent movies; Callas does stand-up and Aretha joins the Church Of What’s Happening Now.
Ray Charles, Leslie Uggams, Don Rickles

S1 : E22 | NR | 25 min | Aired: 02.25.71

Flip promotes his latest LP; Uggams rents Freddie Johnson a friend (Rickles) in NYC; Geraldine fawns over Ray Charles.
Tim Conway, Robert Klein, Diahann Carroll

S1 : E23 | NR | 29 min | Aired: 03.04.71

Flip & Tim teach poker; Freddie Johnson meets Diahann at a society party and Klein does Borscht Belt routine.
Ray Stevens, George Carlin, Lena Horne

S1 : E24 | NR | 29 min | Aired: 03.11.71

Carlin does monologue on NYC cops; Flip fixes Ray Stevens’ TV set; Rev. Leroy visits Lena Horne at a nightclub.
Lily Tomlin, Hamilton Camp, Burt Holiday, Bob Henry

S1 : E25 | NR | 29 min | Aired: 03.18.71

Lily does her famous Ernestine character; Camp & Tomlin have a blind date and Freddie Johnson lands in court.
Tim Conway, Johnny Brown, Sandy Duncan

S1 : E26 | NR | 27 min | Aired: 04.01.71

Flip & Tim play pool; Sandy sells books to Freddie Johnson; Brown does impressions and Conway is a school headmaster.
Lucille Ball, Ed Sullivan, Osmond Brothers

S2 : E1 | NR | 29 min | Aired: 09.16.71

Lucy & Flips are two halves of a horse; whole cast portray Peanuts characters; Geraldine & Lucy are car hops at the drive-in.
Joan Rivers, George Gobel

S2 : E2 | NR | 28 min | Aired: 09.23.71

Flip does the shell game; Joan does stand-up and plays a cabdriver; Freddie Johnson buys jewelry from Gobel & Rivers.
Raymond Burr, Ruth Gordon, Stevie Wonder

S2 : E3 | NR | 27 min | Aired: 09.30.71

Flip, Ruth & Raymond attend the opera; Stevie plays a synthesizer as Flip recites a poem and Ruth visits Charley’s Diner.
Ruth Buzzi, Tim Conway

S2 : E4 | NR | 27 min | Aired: 10.07.71

Flip, Tim & Ruth do a park bench skit and private eye spoof; Geraldine disrupts the office at her new job.
George Carlin, Pat Boone & Family, Sugar Ray Robinson

S2 : E5 | NR | 28 min | Aired: 10.14.71

Flip sells ice cream; Flip & Carlin do TV news spoof; Boone intros his family and cast does To Tell A Lie panel show sketch.
The Supremes, Willie Tyler & Lester, David Frost

S2 : E6 | NR | 28 min | Aired: 10.21.71

Flip plays a huckster; the Supremes join Flip & Frost for secret agent and haunted castle skits; Willie Tyler does ventriloquism.
The Smothers Brothers, Melba Moore

S2 : E7 | NR | 29 min | Aired: 10.28.71

Flips intros his invisible dog; a traveling salesman hits on Melba in the old days and the Smothers Bros join Rev. Leroy’s church.
Lily Tomlin, Hudson & Landry, Dr. David Reuben

S2 : E8 | NR | 27 min | Aired: 11.04.71

Hudson & Landry do a classic routine; Tomlin’s a recovering “rubber freak” and Dr. Reuben talks to Geraldine about sex.
Dom DeLuise, Diahann Carroll, Kermit The Frog, The Muppets

S2 : E9 | NR | 28 min | Aired: 11.11.71

Flip jokes about ugly fans; Diahann kisses Kermit; a drunk muppet has hiccups and Diahann stops by Flip’s gas station.
Tim Conway, Andy Griffith, The Clara Ward Singers

S2 : E10 | NR | 29 min | Aired: 11.18.71

Flip & Andy are firemen; Tim sells luxury cars; Andy does his famous Romeo And Juliet monologue and Rev. Leroy preaches.
Carl Reiner, Sid Caesar, Lena Horne

S2 : E11 | NR | 25 min | Aired: 11.25.71

Flip does invisible dog bit with guests; Flip raises money over the phone; Freddie Johnson and Lena Horne get robbed by Sid Caesar.
Tony Randall, Phyllis Diller, Billy Eckstine

S2 : E12 | NR | 29 min | Aired: 12.02.71

Flip & Tony do a kiddie TV show; Phyllis Diller does stand-up in an outrageous outfit and Geraldine works at a boutique.
Roy Clark, Redd Foxx, Petula Clark

S2 : E13 | NR | 29 min | Aired: 12.16.71

Flip sells ice cream; a football player (Roy) flubs a commercial: Flip & Redd do a heckling bit and Petula's a letter litterer.
Marty Feldman, Melba Moore, Jimmy Osmond, Ernie Barnes

S2 : E14 | NR | 29 min | Aired: 12.23.71

Marty Feldman plays a robot butler for Flip & Melba; football star/artist Ernie Barnes unveils his official Geraldine oil portrait.
David Steinberg, Carol Channing

S2 : E15 | NR | 27 min | Aired: 12.30.70

Sketches cast Flip, David & Carol as bar patrons and spies then Steinberg does one of his intellectual monologues.
Kaye Ballard, Dan Blocker, The Clara Ward Singers

S2 : E16 | NR | 29 min | Aired: 01.06.72

Flip & Dan Blocker play bumbling bank robbers and astronauts; Kaye Ballard recalls high school and Rev. Leroy preaches charity.
Bobby Darin, Redd Foxx, Tim Conway

S2 : E17 | NR | 28 min | Aired: 01.13.72

Sonny the Janitor helps President Tim; Redd hecklers Flip at a nightclub; Bobby & Flip get fathering lessons from Tim.
Dom DeLuise, George Carlin

S2 : E18 | NR | 28 min | Aired: 01.20.72

Carlin does his Class Clown routine and a newscast spoof with Flip; Dom does pantomime and plays a cuckoo psychiatrist.
Jim Brown

S2 : E19 | NR | 27 min | Aired: 01.27.72

Football great-turned-actor Jim Brown joins Flip for sketch comedy; Geraldine delivers Jim a bucket of chicken.
Barbara Feldon, Phil Silvers

S2 : E20 | NR | 28 min | Aired: 02.03.72

Phil & Barbara are paired in three sketches as: actors in a soup commercial; a dating couple & patrons at Charley's Diner.
Sandy Duncan, Slappy White, Jim Nabors

S2 : E21 | NR | 29 min | Aired: 02.10.72

Slappy does stand-up; Flip, Nabors & Duncan do an airplane sketch and Flip’s invisible dog appears (or does he?)
Barbara McNair, Stiller & Meara, Roy Clark

S2 : E22 | NR | 29 min | Aired: 02.17.72

Roy & Barbara are selling door-to-door; Stiller & Meara do a women's lib skit and join Flip for a boxing sketch.
Joe Namath, George Carlin

S2 : E23 | NR | 29 min | Aired: 02.24.72

Carlin does his “Occupation: Foole” bit, hair poem and a newscast spoof with Flip; Geraldine ogles Namath.
Lily Tomlin, Ed McMahon, Sammy Davis Jr.

S2 : E24 | NR | 28 min | Aired: 03.02.72

Tomlin does her Edith Ann character; Flip & Sammy try car rental biz; Geraldine is a temp phone operator with Tomlin’s Ernestine.
Ruth Buzzi, Jackie Vernon, Lee Marvin

S2 : E25 | NR | 29 min | Aired: 03.09.72

Ruth Buzzi does her park bench bit and joins Lee Marvin & Flip for a King Henry VIII sketch; Jackie does his slideshow routine.
Tim Conway, Melba Moore, Bing Crosby

S2 : E26 | NR | 29 min | Aired: 03.16.72

The President (Conway) gets advice from his janitor; Flip & Melba are domestic cellmates and Bing & Tim visit Charley’s Diner.
Jack Benny, Pearl Bailey

S3 : E1 | NR | 27 min | Aired: 09.14.72

Jack Benny plays a gypsy violinist and an unwelcome boarder in the home of an arguing couple (Flip & Pearl).
Tim Conway, The Fifth Dimension

S3 : E2 | NR | 29 min | Aired: 09.21.72

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

S3 : E3 | NR | 29 min | Aired: 09.28.72

Don Knotts does a medical convention monologue and disrupts officer Freddie Johnson’s date with Melba Moore.
Ruth Buzzi, Burns & Schreiber, The Surpremes

S3 : E4 | NR | 29 min | Aired: 10.05.72

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

S3 : E5 | NR | 28 min | Aired: 10.12.72

Flip & Bill Russell give a clinic on billiards; Stiller & Meara have a lunchroom romance and a courtroom scene features the whole cast.
The Jackson 5, David Steinberg, Diana Sands

S3 : E6 | NR | 29 min | Aired: 10.26.72

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

S3 : E7 | NR | 27 min | Aired: 11.02.72

Ed Asner plays a ship's captain, cheats at cards (w/Flip, Channing & George Wyle) and gets fixed up with Carol at a resort.
Don Adams, Roscoe Lee Browne, The Staple Singers

S3 : E8 | NR | 28 min | Aired: 11.09.72

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

S3 : E9 | NR | 28 min | Aired: 11.16.72

Burt & Flip have a western shootout; Tim is the Pink Pirate; all do audience Q&A and Geraldine makes a movie with Burt.
Joan Rivers, Frank Gorshin, The Temptations

S3 : E10 | NR | 28 min | Aired: 11.23.72

Joan does seated stand-up; a Godfather spoof shows off Gorshin’s many voices and The Temptations join Rev. Leroy’s church.
Dom DeLuise, Gladys Knight, Raymond Burr

S3 : E11 | NR | 29 min | Aired: 11.30.72

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

S3 : E12 | NR | 29 min | Aired: 12.07.72

Window washer (Flip) advises corporate execs; Burns & Schreiber do their taxi routine and Tony's a Chinese football doctor.
Bill Russell, Johnny Cash, June Carter

S3 : E13 | NR | 29 min | Aired: 12.14.72

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

S3 : E14 | NR | 28 min | Aired: 12.21.72

Slappy does stand-up; sketches include Pink Pirate (Conway) w/castaways (Flip & Slappy) and a convoluted con game.
James Coco, Barbara McNair, Jim Nabors

S3 : E15 | NR | 28 min | Aired: 01.04.73

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

S3 : E16 | NR | 26 min | Aired: 01.11.73

Andy Griffith and Tony Award winner Roscoe Lee Browne join Flip for a game show parody called Buzz Off and a lighthouse sketch.
Marty Feldman, Howard Cosell, Sandy Duncan

S3 : E17 | NR | 29 min | Aired: 01.18.73

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

S3 : E19 | NR | 28 min | Aired: 02.01.73

Flip seeks a loan; Phyllis does her classic stand-up and comedy troupe The Committee do hilarious sketches.
The Amazing Kreskin, Diana Sands, Dom DeLuise

S3 : E20 | NR | 29 min | Aired: 02.08.73

Kreskin performs magic and acts in a sketch w/Flip & Diana Sands; Dom DeLuise battles Geraldine in the grocery store.
Della Reese, George Carlin, Roy Clark

S3 : E21 | NR | 29 min | Aired: 02.15.73

Carlin & Flip report the news; Carlin does monologue on race & society and the cast does a comic courtroom scene.
Rich Little, Ed McMahon, Cicely Tyson

S3 : E22 | NR | 29 min | Aired: 02.22.73

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

S3 : E23 | NR | 28 min | Aired: 03.01.73

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

S3 : E24 | NR | 28 min | Aired: 03.15.73

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

S4 : E1 | NR | 29 min | Aired: 09.20.73

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

S4 : E2 | NR | 29 min | Aired: 09.27.73

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

S4 : E3 | NR | 29 min | Aired: 10.04.73

Richard Pryor does stand-up and joins Flip for sketches including This Is Your Life Geraldine Jones hosted by Ralph Edwards.
Joan Rivers, Redd Foxx, Helen Reddy

S4 : E4 | NR | 26 min | Aired: 10.11.73

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

S4 : E5 | NR | 26 min | Aired: 10.25.73

Guests do interpretive skits with a glass; Burns & Schreiber do human computer bit and Belafonte shills for a huckster (Flip).
Robert Goulet, Carol Lawrence, Slappy White

S4 : E6 | NR | 29 min | Aired: 11.01.73

Flip jokes about karate; Slappy White does stand-up and a soft shoe dance joining the whole cast for a burlesque segment.
Henry “Hank” Aaron, Lee Grant, Gladys Knight, Andrew Johnson

S4 : E7 | NR | 29 min | Aired: 11.15.73

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

S4 : E8 | NR | 26 min | Aired: 11.29.73

Flip, Conway & Pryor do interpretive prop sketches with a chair; Flip counsels lazy friend Calvin (Pryor).
Ed McMahon, Charlie Callas, Leonard Nimoy

S4 : E9 | NR | 28 min | Aired: 12.06.73

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

S4 : E10 | NR | 29 min | Aired: 12.13.73

Tim Conway's a burger clown and a baseball team coordinator; Stiller & Meara do a dentist skit and a police line-up.
Burns & Schreiber, The Fifth Dimension

S4 : E11 | NR | 28 min | Aired: 12.20.73

Rev. Leroy visits a monastery; Burns & Schreiber improvise machines and Fifth Dimension members do a dating sketch with Flip.
Jack Klugman, Roscoe Lee Browne, Franklyn Ajaye, Anthony Newley

S4 : E12 | NR | 27 min | Aired: 12.27.73

Browne & Newley are British secret agents; Franklyn Ajaye does stand-up and Klugman's a football referee in slow motion.
Ted Knight, The Pointer Sisters, Chuck Norris, Phillip Paley

S4 : E13 | NR | 29 min | Aired: 01.03.74

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.
McLean Stevenson, Redd Foxx, Don Adams

S4 : E17 | NR | 28 min | Aired: 02.28.74

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

S4 : E18 | NR | 27 min | Aired: 03.07.74

Flip applies for a parade permit and goes duck hunting with Tony; Bob & Ray do comic interview routines incl. the slow talker.
Andy Williams, Jonathan Winters, Arte Johnson, Bob Hope

S4 : E19 | NR | 29 min | Aired: 09.22.69

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

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