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The Best of Flip Wilson

Season 4

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Broadcast date

20-09-1973 • 17 episodes

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Episodes of this season

1. Buddy Hackett, Ruth Buzzi, Richard Pryor

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.

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

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

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3. Richard Pryor, Ralph Edwards, Bobby Sandler

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

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4. Joan Rivers, Redd Foxx, Helen Reddy

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

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5. Burns & Schreiber, Harry Belafonte

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

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6. Robert Goulet, Carol Lawrence, Slappy White

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

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

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

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8. Tim Conway, Richard Pryor

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

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9. Ed McMahon, Charlie Callas, Leonard Nimoy

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

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10. Tim Conway, Stiller & Meara

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

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11. Burns & Schreiber, The Fifth Dimension

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

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

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

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

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.

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15. Steve Lawrence, Richard Pryor, Ketty Lester

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

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17. McLean Stevenson, Redd Foxx, Don Adams

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

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18. Tony Randall, Bob & Ray

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

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

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

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