The Flip Wilson Show

[Shawn]

I watched a little bit of this with my Grandmother this weekend, I had never seen the show before. One of the episodes had Tim Conway and was a scream.

This show will be on at 5pm weekdays now.

[Dan Gould]

I didn't catch this over the weekend but I have strong memories of watching this show as a kid and really enjoying it.

I kind of wonder whether it will live up to the memories-in watching some Laugh-In episodes, I remember thinking I was laughing a lot less than I remember. Of course, part of my enjoyment of that particular show was the co-host DAN Rowan.

[Shawn]

One of my favorites as a kid was the Carol Burnett Show. I watched a marathon of that this past winter and was happily surprised that it has held up pretty well over the years. Of course...improvisation doesn't date.

[Aggie87]

Caught a few minutes of this also. Flip and George Carlin were newscasters and doing a GREAT job - as good as the classic bits from the SNL news skits.

What was it about Flip and dressing in drag?

[RDK]

Jeez, I had this on much of the weekend. Great stuff, though some of it's very dated. Very representative of early 70's culture, though. And some musical acts that you just don't see on network TV anymore.

[danasgoodstuff]

I enjoyed some Flip this weekend too. They didn't wast any $ on sets, did they?

[BERIGAN]

Man, I watched this all the time as a kid! I only saw a few shows, but what was funny is I twice saw Sammy Davis Jr, was he a regular????

[JSngry]

Always dug Flip.

Gotta check out his very first album - it's subjects are rather "adult".

And funny as hell!

[BruceH]

I used to watch this a lot with my grandfather. He would sometimes explain stuff I didn't get. Whatever happened to Flip Wilson?

[Soulstation1]

flip died a couple years ago.

i saw him on the howard stern show

flip was talking about some "penis pump device" he was using.

those stage sets on the flip wilson show were real cheap, flip died a rich man

trivia

what was geraldine boyfriend's name?

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[BruceH]

Spike?

[Soulstation1]

nope

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[JSngry]

Killer.

[Bill Nelson]

In high school, the next day after each Flip Wilson Show, we'd be re-playing our fave Flip bits. Among us public school blacks and whites, Flip really brought us together. (I really dug the Reverend Lee-roy of The Church of What's Happenin' Now.) Flip did one heluva balancing act -- and on prime time TV. The pressure must've been incredible cause nobody, especially Bill Cosby, had pushed it further to the edge like this. IMO, Cosby was not nearly as bold, imaginative, or funny.

[Soulstation1]

ella was on this morning's flip wilson show

man, she was wearing a terrible wig

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[RainyDay]

I dug Flip but Richard Pryor's short-lived hour variety show was the stuff. I've seen reruns not too long ago on some channel.

Does anyone get the Trio channel? They've been rerunning a show that the critics HATED that I liked quite a bit, Cop Rock. Never understood why this show was so vilified unless it was just the typical reaction many folks have to musicals. (I remember my stepbrother writing off West Side Story as not believable )

[RDK]

I agree, RD - Cop Rock got a bum rap. I don't think the show ever would have lasted long due to the nature of its "gimmick," but it was really well done and took a whole lot of undeserved shit for trying something different.

Richard Pryor's show, btw, just came out on DVD...

[RainyDay]

RDK: I may be the only person who owns a television that doesn't have a DVD player. I bet there are people without teevees that have DVD players. One day when it's slow around here, I'll tell my long boring story about how I came to own a CD player. It starts with the Tower of Power's "Mr. Toad's Wild Ride".