The Best of Flip Wilson - Season 2

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Lucille Ball, Ed Sullivan, Osmond Brothers

1 - Lucille Ball, Ed Sullivan, Osmond Brothers

Air Date: September 16, 1971

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

2 - Joan Rivers, George Gobel

Air Date: September 23, 1971

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

3 - Raymond Burr, Ruth Gordon, Stevie Wonder

Air Date: September 30, 1971

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

4 - Ruth Buzzi, Tim Conway

Air Date: October 7, 1971

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

5 - George Carlin, Pat Boone & Family, Sugar Ray Robinson

Air Date: October 14, 1971

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

6 - The Supremes, Willie Tyler & Lester, David Frost

Air Date: October 21, 1971

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

7 - The Smothers Brothers, Melba Moore

Air Date: October 28, 1971

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

8 - Lily Tomlin, Hudson & Landry, Dr. David Reuben

Air Date: November 4, 1971

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

9 - Dom DeLuise, Diahann Carroll, Kermit The Frog, The Muppets

Air Date: November 11, 1971

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

10 - Tim Conway, Andy Griffith, The Clara Ward Singers

Air Date: November 18, 1971

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

11 - Carl Reiner, Sid Caesar, Lena Horne

Air Date: November 25, 1971

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

12 - Tony Randall, Phyllis Diller, Billy Eckstine

Air Date: December 2, 1971

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

13 - Roy Clark, Redd Foxx, Petula Clark

Air Date: December 9, 1971

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

14 - Marty Feldman, Melba Moore, Jimmy Osmond, Ernie Barnes

Air Date: December 16, 1971

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

David Steinberg, Carol Channing

15 - David Steinberg, Carol Channing

Air Date: December 30, 1971

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

16 - Kaye Ballard, Dan Blocker, The Clara Ward Singers

Air Date: January 6, 1972

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

17 - Bobby Darin, Redd Foxx, Tim Conway

Air Date: January 13, 1972

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

Dom DeLuise, George Carlin

18 - Dom DeLuise, George Carlin

Air Date: January 20, 1972

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

Jim Brown

19 - Jim Brown

Air Date: January 27, 1972

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

Barbara Feldon, Phil Silvers

20 - Barbara Feldon, Phil Silvers

Air Date: February 3, 1972

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

21 - Sandy Duncan, Slappy White, Jim Nabors

Air Date: February 10, 1972

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

22 - Barbara McNair, Stiller & Meara, Roy Clark

Air Date: February 17, 1972

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

23 - Joe Namath, George Carlin

Air Date: February 24, 1972

Carlin does his “Occupation: Foole” bit, hair poem and a newscast spoof with Flip; Geraldine ogles Namath.

Lily Tomlin, Ed McMahon, Sammy Davis Jr

24 - Lily Tomlin, Ed McMahon, Sammy Davis Jr

Air Date: March 2, 1972

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

25 - Ruth Buzzi, Jackie Vernon, Lee Marvin

Air Date: March 9, 1972

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

26 - Tim Conway, Melba Moore, Bing Crosby

Air Date: March 16, 1972

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