The Flip Wilson Show (1970-74) Episode Guide
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-------------------- THE FLIP WILSON SHOW
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Clerow/Bob Henry Productions
for
NBC (Thursday 7:30-8:30pm ET)(Sep 1970-Jun 1971) (season 1)
NBC (Thursday 8:00-9:00pm ET)(Sep 1971-Jun 1974) (season 2,3,4)
Executive Producer Monty Kay / Producer Bob Henry
written by Herbert Baker / Directed by Tim Kiley,
US Music Variety Comedy series 1970-74 94 episode x 60 min color videotape
Host: Flip Wilson
Regulars: The Jack Regas Dancers
The George Wyle Orchestra
The first successful network variety series with an African-American star.
Flip Wilson made his TV Debut on The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson in
1965.
Won two Emmys and ranked second in the ratings the first two years.
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NBC (Thursday 7:30-8:30pm ET)
1.1 [--] The Flip Wilson Show
17-Sep-1970 NBC Thur
guests: David Frost
James Brown
The Muppets
1.2 [--] The Flip Wilson Show
24-Sep-1970 NBC Thur
guests: Roy Clark
Bobby Darin
Stanley Myron
Denise Nicholas
1.3 [--] The Flip Wilson Show
01-Oct-1970 NBC Thur
guests: Roger Miller
Lily Tomlin
Redd Foxx
The Temptations
1.4 [--] The Flip Wilson Show
08-Oct-1970 NBC Thur
guests: Perry Como
Charlie Callas
Denise Nicholas
Lola Falana
1.5 [--] The Flip Wilson Show
15-Oct-1970 NBC Thur
guests: Raymond Burr
Stanley Myron
The Muppets
Sunday's Child
Loretta Long
1.6 [--] The Flip Wilson Show
22-Oct-1970 NBC Thur
guests: Louis Armstrong (sings "When The Saints Go Marching In")
1.7 [--] The Flip Wilson Show
29-Oct-1970 NBC Thur
guests: Bill Cosby
Gina Lollobrigida
1.8 [--] The Flip Wilson Show
06-Nov-1970 NBC Thur
guests: Robert Goulet
Robert Klein
Lola Falana
Dean Martin
1.9 [--] The Flip Wilson Show
13-Nov-1970 NBC Thur
guests: Moms Mabley
Marcel Marceau
Arte Johnson
Doug Kershaw
1.10 [--] The Flip Wilson Show
20-Nov-1970 NBC Thur
guests: Bobby Darin (sings "Smoke Smoke Smoke That Cigarette") Ella Fitzgerald (sings "Story of Love") Charley Pride
1.11 [--] The Flip Wilson Show
03-Dec-1970 NBC Thur
guests: Stevie Wonder (sings "If You Really Love Me") Connie Stevens
John Byner
Johnny Brown
1.12 [--] The Flip Wilson Show
10-Dec-1970 NBC Thur
guests: Lena Horne (sings "Rocky Raccoon") Tony Randall
1.13 [--] The Flip Wilson Show
17-Dec-1970 NBC Thur
guests: Sid Caesar
Bobby Darin
B.B. King
1.14 [--] The Flip Wilson Show
24-Dec-1970 NBC Thur
guests: Burl Ives
Slim Gaillard
Sha-Na-Na (sing "Blue Moon")
1.15 [--] The Flip Wilson Show
07-Jan-1971 NBC Thur
guests: Bing Crosby (sings "Don't Fence Me In") The Supremes
1.16 [--] The Flip Wilson Show
14-Jan-1971 NBC Thur
guests: Steve Lawrence
Roberta Flack
Zero Mostel
1.17 [--] The Flip Wilson Show
21-Jan-1971 NBC Thur
guests: Muhammad Ali
Bobby Darin
Lily Tomlin
1.18 [--] The Flip Wilson Show
28-Jan-1971 NBC Thur
guests: Bill Cosby
Nancy Wilson
1.19 [--] The Flip Wilson Show
04-Feb-1971 NBC Thur
guests: George Carlin
Johnny Mathis
Joe Namath
1.20 [--] The Flip Wilson Show
11-Feb-1971 NBC Thur
guests: Art Carney
Barbara Feldon
1.21 [--] The Flip Wilson Show
18-Feb-1971 NBC Thur
guests: Aretha Franklin (sings "You and Me") David Frost
Charlie Callas
1.22 [--] The Flip Wilson Show
25-Feb-1971 NBC Thur
guests: Ray Charles
Don Rickles
Leslie Uggams
1.23 [--] The Flip Wilson Show
4-Mar-1971 NBC Thur
guests: Diahann Carroll
Tim Conway
Robert Klein
1.24 [--] The Flip Wilson Show
11-Mar-1971 NBC Thur
guests: Lena Horne
George Carlin
1.25 [--] The Flip Wilson Show
18-Mar-1971 NBC Thur
guests: Lily Tomlin
Gaylord & Holiday
Hamid Hamilton Camp
1.26 [--] The Flip Wilson Show
25- Mar-1971 NBC Thur
guests: Tim Conway
Sandy Duncan
Johnny Brown
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NBC (Thursday 8:00-9:00pm ET)
2.1 [27] The Flip Wilson Show
16-Sep-1971 NBC Thur
guests: Lucille Ball
Ed Sullivan
The Osmond Brothers (sing "Yo-Yo")
2.2 [28] The Flip Wilson Show
23-Sep-1971 NBC Thur
guests: George Gobel
Joan Rivers
Mahalia Jackson
2.3 [29] The Flip Wilson Show
30-Sep-1971 NBC Thur
guests: Stevie Wonder
Raymond Burr
Ruth Gordon
2.4 [30] The Flip Wilson Show
07-Oct-1971 NBC Thur
guests: Erroll Garner
Tim Conway
Ruth Buzzi
2.5 [31] The Flip Wilson Show
14-Oct-1971 NBC Thur
guests: Debby Boone
Pat Boone
Sugar Ray Robinson
George Carlin
2.6 [32] The Flip Wilson Show
21-Oct-1971 NBC Thur
guests: David Frost
The Supremes
Willie Tyler
2.7 [33] The Flip Wilson Show
28-Oct-1971 NBC Thur
guests: Melba Moore
The Smothers Brothers (sing "Guantanamera" and "I Talk to the Trees")
2.8 [34] The Flip Wilson Show
04-Nov-1971 NBC Thur
guests: Jackie Jackson
Jermaine Jackson
Marlon Jackson
Michael Jackson
Tito Jackson
Lily Tomlin
Dr. David Reuben, author of "Everything You Always Wanted to Know About
Sex (But Were Afraid to Ask)."
2.9 [35] The Flip Wilson Show
11-Nov-1971 NBC Thur
guests: Dom DeLuise Diahann Carroll (sings "I Feel The Earth Move") The Muppets
2.10 [36] The Flip Wilson Show
18-Nov-1971 NBC Thur
guests: Tim Conway
Andy Griffith
Clara Ward
2.11 [37] The Flip Wilson Show
25-Nov-1971 NBC Thur
guests: Sid Caesar
Carl Reiner
Lena Horne
2.12 [38] The Flip Wilson Show
09-Dec-1971 NBC Thur
guests: Phyllis Diller
Tony Randall
Billy Eckstine
2.13 [39] The Flip Wilson Show
16-Dec-1971 NBC Thur
guests: Petula Clark
Roy Clark
Redd Foxx
2.14 [40] The Flip Wilson Show
23-Dec-1971 NBC Thur
guests: Marty Feldman
Melba Moore
Jimmy Osmond (sings "I've Got A Lovely Bunch of Coconuts")
2.15 [41] The Flip Wilson Show
30-Dec-1971 NBC Thur
guests: Carol Channing
David Steinberg
The
Modern Jazz Quartet
2.16 [42] The Flip Wilson Show
06-Jan-1972 NBC Thur
guests: Ray Charles (sings "Look What They've Done To My Song Ma") Clara Ward
Dan Blocker
2.17 [43] The Flip Wilson Show
13-Jan-1972 NBC Thur
guests: Tim Conway Bobby Darin (sings "It's Just One Of Those Songs") Redd Foxx
2.18 [44] The Flip Wilson Show
20-Jan-1972 NBC Thur
guests: George Carlin Aretha Franklin (sings "Rock Steady") Dom DeLuise
2.19 [45] The Flip Wilson Show
27-Jan-1972 NBC Thur
guests:
Jim Brown
Johnny Cash (sings "Me and Bobby McGee")
June Carter
2.20 [46] The Flip Wilson Show
03-Feb-1972 NBC Thur
guests: Phil Silvers
Barbara Feldon
B.B. King (sings "Ain't Nobody Home")
2.21 [47] The Flip Wilson Show
10-Feb-1972 NBC Thur
guests: Jim Nabors
Sandy Duncan
Slappy White
2.22 [48] The Flip Wilson Show
17-Feb-1972 NBC Thur
guests: Roy Clark
Anne Meara
Jerry Stiller
Barbara McNair
2.23 [49] The Flip Wilson Show
24-Feb-1972 NBC Thur
guests: Joe Namath
George Carlin
2.24 [50] The Flip Wilson Show
02-Mar-1972 NBC Thur
guests: Sammy Davis Jr. (sings "Mr. Bojangles") Ed McMahon
2.25 [51] The Flip Wilson Show
09-Mar-1972 NBC Thur
guests: Ruth Buzzi
Lee Marvin
Jackie Vernon
The Chi-Lites (singing "Oh Girl")
2.26 [52] The Flip Wilson Show
16-Mar-1972 NBC Thur
guests: Bing Crosby
Tim Conway
Melba Moore (sings "Never Can Say Goodbye")
2.27 [53] The Flip Wilson Show
23-Mar-1972 NBC Thur
guests: Pearl Bailey
The Muppets
Jack Benny
2.28 [54] The Flip Wilson Show
30-Mar-1972 NBC Thur
guests: Fifth Dimension
Tim Conway
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NBC (Thursday 8:00-9:00pm ET)
3.1 [55] The Flip Wilson Show
27-Sep-1972 NBC Thur
guests: Melba Moore
Don Knotts
Dan Hicks & Hot Licks
3.2 [56] The Flip Wilson Show
5-Oct-1972 NBC Thur
guests: Ruth Buzzi
Jack Burns & Avery Schreiber
The Supremes
3.3 [57] The Flip Wilson Show
12-Oct-1972 NBC Thur
guests: Jerry Stiller & Anne Meara
Bill Russell (Basketball star)
Paul McCartney & Wings (sing Mary Had A Little Lamb)
3.4 [58] The Flip Wilson Show
19-Oct-1972 NBC Thur
guests: Diana Sands
David Steinberg
Jackson Five
3.5 [59] The Flip Wilson Show
26-Oct-1972 NBC Thur
guests: Carol Channing
Ed Asner
Donny Hathaway
3.6 [60] The Flip Wilson Show
01-Nov-1972 NBC Thur
guests: Don Adams Staple Singers (sing I'll Take You There) Roscoe Lee Browne
3.7 [61] The Flip Wilson Show
08-Nov-1972 NBC Thur
guests: Burt Reynolds Roberta Flack (sings Mister Magic) Tim Conway
3.8 [62] The Flip Wilson Show
15-Nov-1972 NBC Thur
guests: The Temptations
Joan Rivers
Frank Gorshin
3.9 [63] The Flip Wilson Show
22-Nov-1972 NBC Thur
guests: Raymond Burr
Dom DeLuise
Gladys Knight & the Pips
3.10 [64] The Flip Wilson Show
29-Nov-1972 NBC Thur
guests: Tony Randall
Dionne Warwick
Jack Burns & Avery Schreiber
3.11 [65] The Flip Wilson Show
05-Dec-1972 NBC Thur
guests: Johnny Cash
June Carter
Jim Brown
Albert Brooks
3.12 [66] The Flip Wilson Show
12-Dec-1972 NBC Thur
guests: Tim Conway
Kris Kristofferson
Rita Coolidge
Slappy White
3.13 [67] The Flip Wilson Show
04-Jan-1973 NBC Thur
Guests: Jim Nabors
James Coco
Barbara McNair
3.14 [68] The Flip Wilson Show
11-Jan-1973 NBC Thur
Guests: Andy Griffith
Curtis Mayfield (sings "Superfly") Roscoe Lee Brown
3.15 [69] The Flip Wilson Show
18-Jan-1973 NBC Thur
Guests: Howard Cossell
Marty Feldman
Taj Mahal
Sandy Duncan Jack Benny makes a surprise appearance
3.16 [70] The Flip Wilson Show
25-Jan-1973 NBC Thur
guests: Sammy Davis Jr. (sings "Candy Man") Ed Sullivan
Marilyn Michaels
3.17 [71] The Flip Wilson Show
1-Feb-1973 NBC Thur
Guests: Phyllis Diller
Ray Charles
The Committee
3.18 [72] The Flip Wilson Show
15-Feb-1973 NBC Thur
Guests: Dom Deluise
Helen Reddy
Diana Sands & Kreskin
3.19 [73] The Flip Wilson Show
22-Feb-1973 NBC Thur
Guests: Roy Clark
George Carlin
Della Reese
3.20 [74] The Flip Wilson Show
1-Mar-1973 NBC Thur
Guests: Rich Little
Ed McMahon
Cicely Tyson Bill Withers (sings "Lean On Me")
3.21 [75] The Flip Wilson Show
8-Mar-1973 NBC Thur
Guests: Tim Conway
Joe Namath
Papa John Creach
3.22 [76] The Flip Wilson Show
15-Mar-1973 NBC Thur
guests: Oscar Brown Jr.
Don Knotts
Richard Pryor
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Summer Replacement: "The
Helen Reddy Show"
(28Jun73-16Aug73)
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############## season 4 1973-74 ##############
############### (final season)
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NBC (Thursday 8:00-9:00pm ET)
4.1 [77] The Flip Wilson Show
20-Sep-1973 NBC Thur
Guests: Buddy Hackett
Ruth Buzzi
Richard Pryor
William Attmore II
Flipettes
4.2 [78] The Flip Wilson Show
27-Sep-1973 NBC Thur
Guests: The Pointer Sisters (sing "Cloudburst") Monty Hall
Sandy Duncan
William Windom
4.3 [79] The Flip Wilson Show
4-Oct-1973 NBC Thur
Guests: Richard Pryor
Ralph Edwards
Bobby Sandler
Nat Purefoy
4.4 [80] The Flip Wilson Show
11-Oct-1973 NBC Thur
guests: Redd Foxx
Helen Reddy
Joan Rivers
4.5 [81] The Flip Wilson Show
25-Oct-1973 NBC Thur
guests: Harry Belafonte
Burns & Schreiber
Falumi Prince
4.6 [82] The Flip Wilson Show
1-Nov-1973 NBC Thur
Guests: Robert Goulet
Carol Lawrence
Slappy White
4.7 [83] The Flip Wilson Show
8-Nov-1973 NBC Thur
Guests: Lee Grant Gladys Knight & the Pips (sing "Midnight Train to Georgia") Andrew Johnson
Henry Aaron
4.8 [84] The Flip Wilson Show
15-Nov-1973 NBC Thur
Guests: Tim Conway
Richard Pryor
Roman K
4.9 [85] The Flip Wilson Show
22-Nov-1973 NBC Thur
Guests: Leonard Nimoy
4.10 [86] The Flip Wilson Show
29-Nov-1973 NBC Thur
Guests: Aretha Franklin
Tim Conway
Anne Meara
4.11 [87] The Flip Wilson Show
06-Dec-1973 NBC Thur
Guests: Jack Burns
Billy Davis Jr
Florence LaRue
4.12 [88] The Flip Wilson Show
13-Dec-1973 NBC Thur
Guests: Roscoe Lee Browne
Jack Klugman
Franklyn Ajaye
4.13 [89] The Flip Wilson Show
20-Dec-1973 NBC Thur
Guests: Chuck Norris
Ted Knight
Philip Paley
4.14 [90] The Flip Wilson Show
27-Dec-1973 NBC Thur
Guests: Melba Moore
Roy Clark
Bobby Sandler
4.15 [91] The Flip Wilson Show
03-Jan-1974 NBC Thur
Guests: Richard Pryor
Steve Lawrence
4.16 [92] The Flip Wilson Show
10-Jan-1974 NBC Thur
Guests: Dennis Weaver
O.J. Simpson
4.17 [93] The Flip Wilson Show
17-Jan-1974 NBC Thur
Guests: Don Adams
Redd Foxx
Mac Davis
4.18 [94] The Flip Wilson Show (final show)
24-Jan-1974 NBC Thur
Guests: Tony Randall
Lena Horne
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