The Flip Wilson Show
The Flip Wilson Show

The Flip Wilson Show

1970 4 Seasons 96 Episodes ⭐ 4.9 Comedy

The Flip Wilson Show is an hour long variety show that aired in the U.S. on NBC from September 17, 1970 to June 27, 1974. The show starred American comedian Flip Wilson; the program was one of the first American television programs starring a black person in the title role to become highly successful with a white audience. Specifically, it was the first successful network variety series starring an African American. During its first two seasons, its Nielsen ratings made it the nation's second most watched show. The show consisted of many skits over an hour. It also broke new ground in American television by using a 'Theatre-in-the-Round' stage format, with the audience seated on all sides of a circular performance area. Wilson was most famous for creating the role of Geraldine Jones, a sassy, modern woman who had a boyfriend named Killer. Flip also created the role of Reverend Leroy, who was the minister of the Church of What's Happening Now!. New parishioners were wary of coming to the church as it was hinted that Reverend Leroy was a con artist. Wilson popularized such catchphrases as "What you see is what you get", and "The devil made me do it!".

The Flip Wilson Show is an hour long variety show that aired in the U.S. on NBC from September 17, 1970 to June 27, 1974. The show starred American comedian Flip Wilson; the program was one of the first American television programs starring a black person in the title role to become highly successful with a white audience. Specifically, it was the first successful network variety series starring an African American. During its first two seasons, its Nielsen ratings made it the nation's second most watched show. The show consisted of many skits over an hour. It also broke new ground in American television by using a 'Theatre-in-the-Round' stage format, with the audience seated on all sides of a circular performance area. Wilson was most famous for creating the role of Geraldine Jones, a sassy, modern woman who had a boyfriend named Killer. Flip also created the role of Reverend Leroy, who was the minister of the Church of What's Happening Now!. New parishioners were wary of coming to the church as it was hinted that Reverend Leroy was a con artist. Wilson popularized such catchphrases as "What you see is what you get", and "The devil made me do it!".

Seasons & Episodes

EP 1

Episode 1

Guests stars David Frost, James Brown and The Muppets.

EP 2

Episode 2

Guests stars Roy Clark, Bobby Darin, Stanley Myron and Denise Nicholas

EP 3

Episode 3

Guests stars Lily Tomlin, Redd Foxx, The Tempatations and Roger Miller

EP 4

Episode 4

Guests stars Perry Como, Charlie Callas, Denise Nicholas and Lola Falana. Flip becomes his Freddie character, trying to

EP 5

Episode 5

Guests stars Raymond Burr, Stanley Myron, The Muppets, Loretta Long and Sunday's Child. Raymond Burr joins host Flip as

EP 6

Episode 6

Guests stars Louis Armstrong, Charlie Callas, Laura Greene, Pat Morita. Flip brings out Louis Armstrong and shows his ad

EP 7

Episode 7

Guests stars Bill Cosby and Gina Lolabrigida.

EP 8

Episode 8

Guests stars Robert Goulet, Lola Falana, Robert Klein and Dean Martin. Dean Martin wanders across the hall to chat with

EP 9

Episode 9

Guests stars Moms Mabley, Marcel Marceau, Arte Johnson and Doug Kershaw. Flip and Marcel chat a bit then do a mime compe

EP 10

Episode 10

Guests stars Bobby Darin, Charlie Pride and Ella Fitzgerald. Flip is Reverend Leroy preaching against sin when Bobby Dar

EP 11

Episode 11

Guests stars Stevie Wonder, Connie Stevens, John Byner and Johnny Brown. Flip and Johnny Brown parodies Holmes and Watso

EP 12

Episode 12

Guests stars Lena Horne and Tony Randall. Flip and Tony Randall are prisoners sharing a cell with Flip annoyed by Tony's

EP 13

Episode 13

Guests stars Sid Caesar, Bobby Darin and B.B. King. Flip welcomes Sid Caesar as a hip saxophonist. Then Sid and Flip are

EP 14

Episode 14

Guests stars Burl Ives, Slim Gaillard and Sha-Na-Na. Sha-Na-Na opens with a rendition of "Blue Moon." Burl Ives recites

EP 15

Episode 15

Guests stars Bing Crosby, The Supremes and David Steinberg. Flip shops for a lady friend's gift at a store staffed by Da

EP 16

Episode 16

Guests stars Steve Lawrence, Zero Mostel and Roberta Flack. Zero Mostel is a crazed street artist who paints Flip in an

EP 17

Episode 17

Guests stars Muhammed Ali, Lily Tomlin and Bobby Darin.

EP 18

Episode 18

Guests stars Bill Cosby, Nancy Wilson and Claudine Langet.

EP 19

Episode 19

Guests stars Joe Namath, George Carlin and Johnny Mathis. Flip and Johnny Mathis sing about animals while their dogs ste

EP 20

Episode 20

Guests stars Art Carney and Barbara Feldon.

EP 21

Episode 21

Guests stars Aretha Franklin, David Frostand and Charlie Callas. Flip welcomes guest Aretha Franklin who sings "Someday"

EP 22

Episode 22

Guests stars Don Rickles, Leslie Uggams and Ray Charles.

EP 23

Episode 23

Guests stars Diahann Carroll, Tim Conway and Robert Klein. Flip and Tim engage in a high stakes poker game, then Flip as

EP 24

Episode 24

Guests stars Lena Horne and George Carlin. Flip sings, then does a Q & A with the audience. Flip and George are hip radi

EP 25

Episode 25

Guests stars Lily Tomlin, Hamid Hamilton Camp and Gaylord & Holiday. Flip invites all his guests to do a little dance at

EP 26

Episode 26

Guests stars Tim Conway, Sandy Duncan and Johnny Brown.

EP 27

Episode 27

Guests stars Tim Conway, Sandy Duncan and Johnny Brown.

EP 1

Episode 1

Guests stars Lucille Ball, The Osmond's and Ed Sullivan. Flip enlists everyone in a Peanuts parody. Ed Sullivan surprise

EP 2

Episode 2

Guests stars George Gobel, Mahalia Jackson, Joan Rivers and Michael D. Roberts. Flip starts with a shell game con on Geo

EP 3

Episode 3

Guests stars Raymond Burr, Ruth Gordon and Stevie Wonder. Flip mentions some of his stories don't make it on air. Stevie

EP 4

Episode 4

Guests stars Ruth Buzzi, Erroll Garner and Tim Conway. Flips gives advice to a confused Tim in a sketch. Then as Geraldi

EP 5

Episode 5

Guests stars Sugar Ray Robinson, George Carlin and Pat Boone & Family. Flip is a ice cream salesman serving the Boone fa

EP 6

Episode 6

Guests stars David Frost, The Supremes and Willie Tyler & Lester. Flip and David Frost discuss interview techniques. The

EP 7

Episode 7

Guests stars The Smothers Brothers and Melba Moore. Flip tries to warn Melba, an innocent South Carolina girl, about the

EP 8

Episode 8

Guests stars The Jackson 5, Lily Tomlin and Dr. David Rueben. Flip interviews Dr. David Reuben on his best selling sex b

EP 9

Episode 9

Guests stars Dom Deluise, Diahann Carroll and The Muppets. Kermit the Frog claims to be Flip, telling Diahann Carroll a

EP 10

Episode 10

Guests stars Tim Conway, Andy Griffith and Clara Ward. Flip and Andy Griffith are firefighters who can't prevent the bur

EP 11

Episode 11

Guests stars Sid Caesar, Carl Reiner and Lena Horne. Flip and Carl Reiner get economic advice from Sid Caesar's professo

EP 12

Episode 12

Guests stars Phyllis Diller, Tony Randall and Billy Eckstein. Flip's guest Phyllis Diller opens with her standup routine

EP 13

Episode 13

Guests stars Petula Clark, Roy Clark and Redd Foxx. Flip and Redd trade comedy tips in an one upmanship fashion. Flip, P

EP 14

Episode 14

Guests stars Marty Feldman, Melba Moore and Jimmy Osmond. Flip is a bookstore owner who deals with oddball customer Mart

EP 15

Episode 15

Guests stars Carol Channing, David Steinberg and The Modern Jazz Quartet. Flip explains how TV works with Carol and Davi

EP 16

Episode 16

Guests stars Ray Charles, Dan Blocker and Clara Ward. Flip is a returning astronaut who needs sex explained to him by Da

EP 17

Episode 17

Guests stars Tim Conway, Bobby Darrin and Redd Foxx. Flip opens with a funny story about prison phone calls. Flip is the

EP 18

Episode 18

Guests stars George Carlin, Aretha Franklin and Dom Deluise. Flip cracks up Dom DeLuise selling him ice cream, George Ca

EP 19

Episode 19

Guests stars Jim Brown, Johnny Cash and June Carter. Flip is Marvin looking forward to a romantic evening when Jim Brown

EP 20

Episode 20

Guests stars Barbara Feldon, B.B. King and Phil Silvers. Flip interferes with his friend Phil Silver's seduction of Barb

EP 21

Episode 21

Guests stars Sandy Duncan. Jim Nabors and Slappy White. Flip and Sandy Duncan play with Flip's invisible dog. Flip start

EP 22

Episode 22

Guests stars Roy Clark, Barbara McNair and Stiller & Meara. Flip pays tribute to cows and milk then is joined by Roy Cla

EP 23

Episode 23

Guests stars Joe Namath and George Carlin. Flip unites with George Carlin to create their newscasters presenting unique

EP 24

Episode 24

Guests stars Sammy Davis Jr. and Ed McMahon. Flip becomes Marvin who joins with Sammy Davis Jr. to run their own car ren

EP 25

Episode 25

Guests stars Ruth Buzzi, Lee Marvin, Jackie Vernon and Chi-Lites.

EP 26

Episode 26

Guests stars Tim Conway, Melba Moore and Bing Crosby. In the recurring skit about Charley's Diner Flip greets truck driv

EP 1

Pearl Bailey, The Muppets, Jack Benny

EP 2

The 5th Dimension, Tim Conway

EP 3

Melba Moore, Don Knotts, Dan Hicks & Hot Licks

EP 4

Burns & Schreiber, Ruth Buzzi, The Supremes

EP 5

Stiller & Meara, Bill Russell, Paul McCartney & Wings (video)

EP 6

Diana Sands, David Steinberg, The Jackson 5

EP 7

Carol Channing, Ed Asner, Donny Hathaway

Flip is a stowaway on a ship with Edward Asner and Carol Channing on board. Miss Channing sings "Calypso Pete." Donny Ha

EP 8

Don Adams, The Staple Singers, Roscoe Lee Brown

EP 9

Burt Reynolds, Roberta Flack, Tim Conway

EP 10

Joan Rivers, The Temptations, Frank Gorshin

Flip's guest Frank Gorshin first impersonates Marlon Brando as The Godfather, then Peter Falk as Columbo. Joan Rivers di

EP 11

Raymond Burr, Dom Deluise, Gladys Knight & The Pips

EP 12

Dionne Warwick, Tony Randall, Burns & Schreiber

Window washer Flip joins a meeting of big businessmen portrayed by Randall, Burns, and Schreiber. Dionne Warwick sings "

EP 13

Johnny Cash, June Carter, Jim Brown

Featuring Albert Brooks, Bill Russell, Johnny Cash & June Carter Opening Doze Off Commercial "Any Ole Wind That Blows

EP 14

Tim Conway, Slappy White, Rita Coolidge, Kris Kristofferson

EP 15

Jim Nabors, James Coco, Barbara McNair

EP 16

Roscoe Lee Brown, Andy Griffith, Curtis Mayfield

EP 17

Marty Feldman, Taj Mahal, Howard Cosell, Sandy Duncan

EP 18

Sammy Davis Jr., Marilyn Michaels, Ed Sullivan

EP 19

Ray Charles, Phyllis Diller, The Committee

EP 20

Dom Deluise, Helen Reddy, Diana Sands & Kreskin

Flip portrays Geraldine as she works at a supermarket checkout. Diana Sands bring psychic Kreskin with her so she can kn

EP 21

Roy Clark, George Carlin, Della Reese

EP 22

Ed McMahon, Rich Little, Cicely Tyson, Bill Withers

EP 23

Tim Conway, Joe Namath, Papa John Creach

EP 24

Don Knotts, Richard Pryor

Flip and guests are in a silent movie sketch. Oscar Brown Jr. and wife Jane sing "The Snake," "Dat Dere," and "Afro Blue

EP 25

Buddy Hackett, Ruth Buzzi, Richard Pryor, William Attmore II

EP 1

Buddy Hackett, Ruth Buzzi, Richard Pryor, William Attmore II

Flip tells about Leroy the Terrible and gives his guests a long intro. Child musician William Attmore does several routi

EP 2

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

Flip and the Pointer Sisters reminisce with the siblings singing about the good old days. Monty serves up Let's Make A D

EP 3

Richard Pryor, Booby Sandler, Ralph Edwards, Nat Purefoy

Flip tries to impress a lady with outrageous tales but Pryor, as his friend Calvin, starts telling even more outlandish

EP 4

Redd Foxx, Joan Rivers

Joan Rivers acts as a superstitious gambler who wants Flip's seat at the blackjack table which he's reluctant to give up

EP 5

Leonard Nimoy, Tonald Mingo

EP 6

Burns & Schreiber, Falumi Prince, Harry Belafonte

Flip is a street tie salesman and enlists Harry Belafonte to bring in customers. Harry then performs a soulful ballad. F

EP 7

Slappy White, Carol Lawrence, Robert Goulet

Flip does corny vaudeville routines with guests Slappy and Robert then Carol Lawrence does an old time burlesque dance.

EP 8

Lee Grant, Gladys Knight & The Pips, Andrew Johnson, Hank Aaron

Flip explains baseball to Hank Aaron then he directs Lee Grant, a supposedly ordinary housewife, in a TV ad. Hank appear

EP 9

Tim Conway, Richard Pryor & Roman K

Flip tells of a man trying to get his mother-in-law to leave. Mental illusionist Romark performs with audience participa

EP 10

Tim Conway, Stiller & Meara, Aretha Franklin

Flip opens with a Reverend Freddie story, then deals with Tim as a beserk fast food clown. Jerry Stiller is a dentist wi

EP 11

Burns & Schreiber, The Fifth Dimension

Flip, in his Reverend Leroy persona, visits old friends Burns and Schreiber who are now monks. Flip tries to include him

EP 12

Anthony Newley, Jack Klugman, Roscoe Lee Brown, Franklin Ajaye

Flip, Anthony, and Roscoe Lee do a bit about mistaken identity at a restaurant. Later Flip is a horse trainer that needs

EP 13

Philip Paley, Ted Knight, Chuck Norris

Chuck Norris's appearance is solely as the karate instructor accompanying a 9 year old black belt who interacts with Fli

EP 14

Roy Clark, Bobby Sandler, Melba Moore

Roy is a customer at Flip's greasy spoon diner. Then Roy sings two songs including "Rolling in my Sweet Baby's Arms" wit

EP 15

Dennis Weaver, O.J. Simpson, Len Glasgow, Ernie Robinson

Flip opens and closes with a heart felt speech. Flip appears Geraldine at a Las Vegas wedding chapel run by Dennis Weave

EP 16

Steve Lawrence, Richard Pryor, Kenny Livingston, Keyy Lester

Flip does a risque routine about ancient Rome and a special berry. Flip helps best friend Richard with relationship prob

EP 17

Tony Randall, Bob & Ray, Lena Horne

Don Adams depicts a compulsive gambler who asks Flip to hold $2,000 for him and not return it no matter how much he begs

EP 18

Don Adams, Redd Foxx, Mac Davis

Don Adams depicts a compulsive gambler who asks Flip to hold $2,000 for him and not return it no matter how much he begs

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