← The Best of Flip Wilson

Season 4

17 episodes · 1973

  1. 1Buddy Hackett, Ruth Buzzi, Richard Pryor

    20 Sep 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.

  2. 2Monty Hall, Sandy Duncan, William Windom, The Pointer Sisters

    27 Sep 1973

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

  3. 3Richard Pryor, Ralph Edwards, Bobby Sandler

    04 Oct 1973

    Richard Pryor does stand-up and joins Flip for sketches including This Is Your Life Geraldine Jones hosted by Ralph Edwards.

  4. 4Joan Rivers, Redd Foxx, Helen Reddy

    11 Oct 1973

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

  5. 5Burns & Schreiber, Harry Belafonte

    18 Oct 1973

    Guests do interpretive skits with a glass; Burns & Schreiber do human computer bit and Belafonte shills for a huckster (Flip).

  6. 6Robert Goulet, Carol Lawrence, Slappy White

    01 Nov 1973

    Flip jokes about karate; Slappy White does stand-up and a soft shoe dance joining the whole cast for a burlesque segment.

  7. 7Henry “Hank” Aaron, Lee Grant, Gladys Knight, Andrew Johnson

    15 Nov 1973

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

  8. 8Tim Conway, Richard Pryor

    29 Nov 1973

    Flip, Conway & Pryor do interpretive prop sketches with a chair; Flip counsels lazy friend Calvin (Pryor).

  9. 9Ed McMahon, Charlie Callas, Leonard Nimoy

    06 Dec 1973

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

  10. 10Tim Conway, Stiller & Meara

    13 Dec 1973

    Tim Conway's a burger clown and a baseball team coordinator; Stiller & Meara do a dentist skit and a police line-up.

  11. 11Burns & Schreiber, The Fifth Dimension

    20 Dec 1973

    Rev. Leroy visits a monastery; Burns & Schreiber improvise machines and Fifth Dimension members do a dating sketch with Flip.

  12. 12Jack Klugman, Roscoe Lee Browne, Franklyn Ajaye, Anthony Newley

    27 Dec 1973

    Browne & Newley are British secret agents; Franklyn Ajaye does stand-up and Klugman's a football referee in slow motion.

  13. 13Ted Knight, The Pointer Sisters, Chuck Norris, Phillip Paley

    03 Jan 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.

  14. 15Steve Lawrence, Richard Pryor, Ketty Lester

    07 Feb 1974

    Freddie Johnson helps a couple (Richard & Ketty) reconcile and customs agent Geraldine gives Lawrence a hard time.

  15. 17McLean Stevenson, Redd Foxx, Don Adams

    28 Feb 1974

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

  16. 18Tony Randall, Bob & Ray

    07 Mar 1974

    Flip applies for a parade permit and goes duck hunting with Tony; Bob & Ray do comic interview routines incl. the slow talker.

  17. 19Pilot - Andy Williams, Jonathan Winters, Arte Johnson, Bob Hopefinale

    22 Sep 1969

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