The Best of Flip Wilson Season 4

September. 20,1973      TV-PG
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5.5
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Trailer Synopsis

The best of the Flip Wilson variety show, a mix of skits, musical acts and famous guests.

Episode 19 : Pilot - Andy Williams, Jonathan Winters, Arte Johnson, Bob Hope
September. 22,1969
Andy & Flip play expectant fathers; Geraldine & Maude Frickert (Winters) are fellow travelers; Flip & Arte do a movie spoof.
Episode 18 : Tony Randall, Bob & Ray
March. 07,1974
Flip applies for a parade permit and goes duck hunting with Tony; Bob & Ray do comic interview routines incl. the slow talker.
Episode 17 : McLean Stevenson, Redd Foxx, Don Adams
February. 28,1974
Flip & Don gamble in Las Vegas; Redd Foxx does stand-up and Q&A; three guys celebrate their wives going out of town.
Episode 15 : Steve Lawrence, Richard Pryor, Ketty Lester
February. 07,1974
Freddie Johnson helps a couple (Richard & Ketty) reconcile and customs agent Geraldine gives Lawrence a hard time.
Episode 13 : Ted Knight, The Pointer Sisters, Chuck Norris, Phillip Paley
January. 03,1974
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.
Episode 12 : Jack Klugman, Roscoe Lee Browne, Franklyn Ajaye, Anthony Newley
December. 27,1973
Browne & Newley are British secret agents; Franklyn Ajaye does stand-up and Klugman's a football referee in slow motion.
Episode 11 : Burns & Schreiber, The Fifth Dimension
December. 20,1973
Rev. Leroy visits a monastery; Burns & Schreiber improvise machines and Fifth Dimension members do a dating sketch with Flip.
Episode 10 : Tim Conway, Stiller & Meara
December. 13,1973
Tim Conway's a burger clown and a baseball team coordinator; Stiller & Meara do a dentist skit and a police line-up.
Episode 9 : Ed McMahon, Charlie Callas, Leonard Nimoy
December. 06,1973
Callas does physical comedy routine; McMahon is a huckster and Flip & Nimoy are in the environmentaist Mafia.
Episode 8 : Tim Conway, Richard Pryor
November. 29,1973
Flip, Conway & Pryor do interpretive prop sketches with a chair; Flip counsels lazy friend Calvin (Pryor).
Episode 7 : Henry “Hank” Aaron, Lee Grant, Gladys Knight, Andrew Johnson
November. 15,1973
Lee shoots a commercial; baseball great Aaron does Q&A then is the subject of a testimonial dinner sketch with full cast.
Episode 6 : Robert Goulet, Carol Lawrence, Slappy White
November. 01,1973
Flip jokes about karate; Slappy White does stand-up and a soft shoe dance joining the whole cast for a burlesque segment.
Episode 5 : Burns & Schreiber, Harry Belafonte
October. 18,1973
Guests do interpretive skits with a glass; Burns & Schreiber do human computer bit and Belafonte shills for a huckster (Flip).
Episode 4 : Joan Rivers, Redd Foxx, Helen Reddy
October. 11,1973
Guests trade off doing bench skits with Flip; Redd provides inspiration for an artist (Flip) and Joan Rivers does brilliant stand-up.
Episode 3 : Richard Pryor, Ralph Edwards, Bobby Sandler
October. 04,1973
Richard Pryor does stand-up and joins Flip for sketches including This Is Your Life Geraldine Jones hosted by Ralph Edwards.
Episode 2 : Monty Hall, Sandy Duncan, William Windom, The Pointer Sisters
September. 27,1973
Cast does prop skits; Windom does a dramatic scene and Sandy, the Pointers & Geraldine join Monty on Let's Make A Deal.
Episode 1 : Buddy Hackett, Ruth Buzzi, Richard Pryor
September. 20,1973
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.

Seasons

Season 4
Season 4 1973
Season 3
Season 3 1972
Season 2
Season 2 1971
Season 1
Season 1 1970