The Best of Flip Wilson - Season 1
1 - David Frost, James Brown, Sunday’s Child
Air Date: September 17, 1970
James Brown discusses dance moves; Frost interviews Geraldine & (along with Sunday’s Child) joins Rev. Leroy’s church.
2 - Bobby Darin, Denise Nicholas, Stanley Myron Handelman, Roy Clark
Air Date: September 24, 1970
Flip & Stanley each do monologues; the cast does a taxi skit and a western parody Butch Cassidy & The Suntan Kid.
3 - Lily Tomlin, Redd Foxx, The Temptations
Air Date: October 1, 1970
Lily & Flip do saloon and computer dating bits; Redd gives an English lesson and Rev. Leroy preaches with the Temptations.
4 - Perry Como, Charlie Callas, Denise Nicholas, Lola Falana
Air Date: October 8, 1970
Perry demonstrates the use of a stool; Freddie the Bachelor juggles two dates (Denise and Lola) and Callas does hilarious stand-up.
6 - Charlie Callas, Laura Greene, Pat Morita, Louis Armstrong
Air Date: October 15, 1970
Callas is a palace guard and Italian cafe patron; Louis leads Rev. Leroy’s church in “When The Saints Go Marching In.”
8 - Robert Klein, Lola Falana, Dean Martin
Air Date: October 22, 1970
Flip visits Lola at the unemployment office; Klein does his classic Broadway audition routine and Dean Martin drops by.
9 - Arte Johnson, Moms Mabley, Marcel Marceau
Air Date: October 29, 1970
Arte’s a hopeless holdup man; Marcel does his classic Mask Maker pantomime and Moms gets a Geraldine makeover.
10 - Bobby Darin, Charley Pride, Ella Fitzgerald
Air Date: November 5, 1970
Cast sings “Who?” with George Wyle on piano; Darin’s a rabid football fan, then the devil battling Rev. Leroy.
11 - John Byner, Johnny Brown, Connie Stevens
Air Date: November 12, 1970
Flip does mind-reading bit; Byner & Brown do competing impersonations and the entire cast does a Sherlock Holmes send-up.
12 - Tony Randall, Lena Horne
Air Date: December 10, 1970
Tony & Lena want to leave NYC by cab; Tony & Flip are an odd couple of inmates: Lena gets food & philosophy at Charley's Diner.
13 - Sid Caesar, Bobby Darin
Air Date: December 17, 1970
Sid plays a hip musician, Jekyll & Hyde and a slot machine; Bobby & Flip offer a vaudeville routine and the cast does a silent movie.
14 - ShaNaNa, Burl Ives, Slim Gaillard
Air Date: December 24, 1970
Santa Claus (Ives) drops by the gas station; Gaillard & Ives do The Night Before Christmas and Rev. Leroy tells ShaNaNa about Scrooge.
15 - Bing Crosby, The Supremes, David Steinberg
Air Date: January 7, 1971
Bing teaches golf; The Supremes help Freddie Johnson do holiday shopping; David does monologue and Geraldine's a bunny waitress.
16 - Steve Lawrence, Zero Mostel
Air Date: January 14, 1971
Mostel portrays a painter and a ledge-jumper; Flip defends his singing ability and Charley’s Diner serves Mostel and Lawrence.
17 - Muhammad Ali, Bobby Darin, Lily Tomlin
Air Date: January 21, 1971
The boxing champ makes poetic predictions for his Joe Frazier fight; Tomlin’s a health nut; Flip & Bobby do a vaudeville bit.
19 - Joe Namath, George Carlin, Abbey Lincoln, Johnny Mathis
Air Date: February 4, 1971
Carlin does his Indian Sergeant routine; Abbey dates Freddie Johnson; Flip & Mathis compare dogs and Geraldine works at Namath’s gym.
20 - Barbara Feldon, Art Carney, Hal Frazier
Air Date: February 11, 1971
Cast parodies Mission Impossible; Flip chats with Hal; sketches incl. a gangster at the veterinarian and bowling night.
21 - Aretha Franklin, Charlie Callas, David Frost
Air Date: February 18, 1971
Cast spoofs panel show & secret agent movies; Callas does stand-up and Aretha joins the Church Of What’s Happening Now.
22 - Ray Charles, Leslie Uggams, Don Rickles
Air Date: February 25, 1971
Flip promotes his latest LP; Uggams rents Freddie Johnson a friend (Rickles) in NYC; Geraldine fawns over Ray Charles.
23 - Tim Conway, Robert Klein, Diahann Carroll
Air Date: March 4, 1971
Flip & Tim teach poker; Freddie Johnson meets Diahann at a society party and Klein does Borscht Belt routine.
24 - Ray Stevens, George Carlin, Lena Horne
Air Date: March 11, 1971
Carlin does monologue on NYC cops; Flip fixes Ray Stevens’ TV set; Rev. Leroy visits Lena Horne at a nightclub.
25 - Lily Tomlin, Hamilton Camp, Burt Holiday, Bob Henry
Air Date: March 18, 1971
Lily does her famous Ernestine character; Camp & Tomlin have a blind date and Freddie Johnson lands in court.
26 - Tim Conway, Johnny Brown, Sandy Duncan
Air Date: April 1, 1971
Flip & Tim play pool; Sandy sells books to Freddie Johnson; Brown does impressions and Conway is a school headmaster.