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	Flip Wilson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Wilson re-tells the story of Christopher Columbus from a slightly 'urban' perspective, with Columbus finally convincing the Spanish monarchs to fund his voyage by noting that discovering America means that he can thus also discover Ray Charles.
		On his show, Wilson was known for creating characters such as "Reverend Leroy" (pastor of "The Church of What's Happenin' Now"), a 'dead-on' satire of not a few African-American pastors.
		Wilson was born in Jersey City, New Jersey, and died of liver cancer in Malibu, California.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Flip_Wilson (403 words)

	The Flip Wilson Show - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Flip Wilson Show was a variety show that aired in the U.S. on NBC from September 17, 1970 to June 27, 1974.
		The show starred fl comedian Flip Wilson; the program was one of the first American television programs starring a fl person in the title role to become highly successful with a white audience.
		Wilson was most famous for creating the role of Geraldine Jones, a sassy, modern woman who had a boyfriend named Killer (who, when he was not in prison, he was at the pool hall).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Flip_Wilson_Show (488 words)

	The Flip Wilson Show
		Flip Wilson based his storytelling humor on his background in fl clubs, but adapted easily to a television audience.
		Flip wrote Geraldine's material himself and tried not to use her to demean fl women.
		She expected respect and was devoted to her unseen boyfriend, "Killer." It also helped that Flip had the legs for the role, and did not burlesque Geraldine's build, though NBC Standards and Practices had asked him to reduce Geraldine's bust a little.
	www.museum.tv /archives/etv/F/htmlF/flipwilsons/flipwilsons.htm (923 words)

	Wilson, Flip
		Flip Wilson was among a group of rising fl comics of the early 1970s, of such notoriety as Bill Cosby, Nipsey Russell and Dick Gregory.
		The show benefited from his intensive production efforts, unprecedented for a fl television performer; he wrote one third of the show's material, heavily edited the work of writers, and demanded a five-day workweek from his staff and guests to produce each one-hour segment.
		Wilson, however, denied this claim, strongly denouncing suggestions that his race required that his art purport anti-bias messages.
	www.museum.tv /archives/etv/W/htmlW/wilsonflip/wilsonflip.htm (1006 words)

	The Flip Wilson Show - Nostalgia Central (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Wilson picked up his 'Flip' nickname while serving in the US Air Force, reputedly because his spontaneous comedy routines were said to 'flip out' his colleagues (well, it was the 1950s).
		The show was an instant smash, with Wilson discovering a sizeable crossover audience for his upfront and unashamedly fl humour.
		Wilson invented Geraldine in the 1960s and developed her into one of the funniest gender-bending acts ever seen on TV.
	www.nostalgiacentral.com /tv/comedy/flipwilsonshow.htm (410 words)

	BobbyDarin.net/BobbyDarin.com - Bobby Darin & Flip Wilson
		In 1997, TVLand acquired the rights to several Flip Wilson Shows, and three of them guest starred Bobby.The friendship of Bobby and Flip was very evident when they were performing together, and the comedy still holds up today.
		Sadly, the world lost the beloved Flip Wilson when he passed away from liver cancer on November 25, 1998, at the age of 64.
		Bobby's appearance on "The Flip Wilson Show" Nov. 20, 1970.
	www.bobbydarin.net /bdflip.html (423 words)

	tvdvdreviews.com -- Best of The Flip Wilson Show: Volume 1 DVD Review
		When Flip Wilson's variety show premiered on NBC in the fall of 1970, it became an unlikely smash hit.
		The Flip Wilson Show was a trailblazer in breaking the color barrier, but as this DVD shows, the years have not been kind to its particular brand of humor.
		These episodes were culled from the show's entire run and have been edited down to 22 minutes, including the closing credits.
	www.tvdvdreviews.com /flip.html (727 words)

	Jet: Flip Wilson considers return to show biz; 'Nick at Nite' airs marathon of his old shows
		Flip Wilson, who maintained the rights to his show, recently sold them for $10 million to the cable television channel.
		Wilson, 63, said that in the 23 years since he was on prime-time television he has flown thousands of miles in hot-air balloons, driven around the country on motorcycles, did scuba diving and traveled all over the world studying philosophy.
		Wilson, who is divorced and has three adult children, said he is sometimes amazed at just how many people still remember his show.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1355/is_n15_v92/ai_19722942 (553 words)

	E! Online News - Comic Flip Wilson Dead (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		In its first season, The Flip Wilson Show was the nation's No. 2-rated program, behind only the ER of its day, Marcus Welby M.D. "He will be sorely missed not only as a friend but as a comedy genius," said fellow comic Milton Berle.
		The latter was uttered by Wilson's alter ego, Geraldine.
		Wilson, who won custody of his children in a mid-1970s divorce, largely disappeared from the tube in the decade following his show's demise.
	www.eonline.com /News/Items/Pf/0,1527,3965,00.html (400 words)

	CNN - Flip Wilson -- what you saw was what you got - November 26, 1998
		Wilson, the first successful fl host of a TV variety show, died of liver cancer Wednesday at his Malibu home with his daughter, Michelle, by his side, said Angie Hill, the comedian's assistant.
		Wilson effectively retired from the entertainment business after the failed sitcom to raise his children out of the spotlight.
		Wilson said in 1993 he was enjoying the good life, which included recreational and spiritual passions ranging from hot-air ballooning and long ocean cruises to studying the works of philosopher Khalil Gibran, author of "The Prophet."
	www.cnn.com /SHOWBIZ/TV/9811/26/flip.wilson.obit.02 (966 words)

	African American Registry: Flip Wilson, a gifted comedian
		While in the Pacific, Wilson entertained his buddies with preposterous routines, upon his return to civilian life he had to settle for a day job as a bellhop along with part-time showmanship.
		With The Flip Wilson Show in the early 1970’s, he became the first Black American to have a weekly prime-time television show under his own name.
		Wilson made the cover of Time Magazine in 1972 and made his dramatic debut on the Six Million-Dollar Man in 1976.
	www.aaregistry.com /african_american_history/624/Flip_Wilson_a_gifted_comedian (267 words)

	Flip Wilson -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Wilson was one of many children in a destitute household.
		Wilson, one of 18 children in a destitute household, was placed in reform school and in foster homes at an early age, and he ran away from them several times.
		Wilson led his country into World War I and became the creator and leading advocate of the League of Nations, for which he was awarded the 1919 Nobel Prize for Peace.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9399738 (839 words)

	Comedian Flip Wilson Dies at 64
		Wilson died Wednesday, November 25, 1998 of liver cancer at his Malibu home with his daughter, Michelle, by his side, said Angie Hill, the comedian's assistant.
		Wilson had undergone surgery Oct. 2 at St. John's Hospital and Health Center in Santa Monica for a malignant tumor that was close to his liver.
		While other fl performers played down their ethnicity, Wilson reveled in characters such as the Rev. Leroy, pastor of the ``The Church of What's Happening Now.'' Wilson said he was based on a preacher he listened to as a child.
	www.bobbydarin.net /aparticle.html (675 words)

	The Dick Van Dyke Show (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Dick Van Dyke Show centers around the life of a New York comedy writer who lives in suburban New Rochelle with his attractive wife, their cute son and a pair of brash next-door neighbors.
		(The show was created at a time when it was often unclear what many TV dads did for a living.) Another unique feature of the series is its keenly insightful behind-the-scenes glimpse at a television comedy show.
		Carl Reiner, the show's creator and original writer, based many of the episodes on his experience as a writer for the comedy series Your Show of Shows.
	www.tvland.com /shows/dvd (360 words)

	The Flip Wilson Show (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Flip Wilson was one of the funniest comedians of the 70s.
		Flip had everyone down with the "special handshake" and the show featured some of the best scripts and sketches ever devised for a weekly comedy show.
		Flip was the type of "smartass" that didn't offend and the type you loved to have at a party.
	www.jumptheshark.com /f/flipwilson.htm (1314 words)

	The Flip Wilson Show
		Flip seems to be a passing thought in other show's bio's, with none of his own.
		Flip (he got the nickname because he flipped people out with his outlandish stories) was a very well known standup comedian and frequent Tonight Show guest (he was discovered by Johnny Carson and Redd Foxx) when NBC picked him to host a variety hour - and the public took to him, and the series, immediately.
		The show was the number-two rated program (after All in the Family) in the nation for the first two years it was on the air - and a solid top twenty show when it left the air.
	www.tvparty.com /flip.html (1647 words)

	Zap2it - TV news - Rutgers Students to Flip for Scholarship
		Wilson also created a wide variety of African-American characters, though some of those characters were attacked by civil rights leaders for playing into racial stereotypes.
		Wilson's most famous creation was the well-dressed sassy Geraldine, who popularized catch phrases like "What you see is what you get" and "The devil made me do it." Many critics still view Geraldine as one of the most important fl female figures on television from the time.
		It was Wilson's publicist and friend Kathleen Fearn-Banks who convinced him to establish the scholarship as a way of using his money to impact the fl community.
	tv.zap2it.com /tveditorial/tve_main/1,1002,271\|81770\|1\|,00.html (326 words)

	Comedy College: Lessons in Laughter - Flip Wilson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Born Clerow Wilson into a New Jersey family of 18, Flip got his nickname while in the air force.
		His mock-Shakespearean clowning had fellow soldiers saying, "he flippith his lid!" Though he recorded some albums for adults only, Flip was never too "blue." His 1967 album, Cowboys and Colored People, was nominated for a Grammy, and The Flip Wilson Show premiered on television in 1970.
		Flip Wilson managed to find the middle ground, and in doing so, emerged a star.
	comedycollege.publicradio.org /archive/wilson_flip.shtml (174 words)

	Flip Wilson travels eclectic path in life (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		It's too long time no see for Flip Wilson, and it's great to see him again, at 8 tonight on Nickelodeon's Nick at Nite.
		The Flip Wilson Show was the Seinfeld of its time (1970-74 on NBC), and in tonight's three-hour marathon, you'll see why.
		Tonight's marathon leads with the show's premiere in September 1970 and guest starring David Frost and the Muppets.
	www.chron.com /content/chronicle/ae/tv/9798/archives/0818flipwilson.html (520 words)

	The Flip Wilson Show TV Show - The Flip Wilson Show Television Show - TV.com
		Comic Flip Wilson was the first fl performer to achieve major popularity as host of his own variety hour.
		The Flip Wilson Show was an enormous hit, during it's first two seasons.
		Although music and guests were an important part of the format, Flip's comedy was the real focus point of the series.
	www.tv.com /flip-wilson-show/show/1769/summary.html (148 words)

	The Flip Wilson Show - zonExplorer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The show featured weekly guest stars as well as Wilson's own characters, the most noteworthy of whom were "Reverend Leroy," the genially bombastic pastor of the "Church of What's Happening Now," and "Geraldine Jones," a thoroughly sassy and proud African American woman played by Wilson in a miniskirt.
		Wilson cavorts shamelessly and hysterically as Geraldine during an interview with David Frost and in a skit that features TV legend Ed Sullivan, acting (well, sort of) as a lounge lizard in garish '70s garb (including purple pants and a leather vest).
		Wilson's career never again reached the peak he attained in the early 1970s, but these programs show how truly hilarious he was at the time his character Geraldine Jones had the whole country saying, "The devil made me do it!" --Robert J. McNamara
	www.celtic-one-design.com /php/B00004UD5U.htm (306 words)

	TVShowsOnDVD.com - Flip Wilson Show, The - Flip Wilson #3-4
		Joining Flip in the first episode is Lily Tomlin, fresh from her popularity on "Laugh-In".
		No Flip Wilson show would be complete without an appearance by Geraldine, who flirts mercilessly with Mohammed Ali.
		Flip and Johnny Mathis open the third episode by showcasing their dogs in a toe-tapping duet about the zoo.
	www.tvshowsondvd.com /releaseinfo.cfm?ReleaseID=424 (254 words)

	BBC - Comedy Guide - The Flip Wilson Show
		Bill Cosby was the first fl actor to be cast prominently in a major US TV show (I Spy), Diahann Carroll (Julia was the first fl actress and Flip Wilson became the first fl TV comedy superstar.
		Born Clerow Wilson on 8 December 1933 in New Jersey, the comic spent his early years in poverty, in a series of foster homes, after his mother abandoned his drunken father and their 24 (sic) children.
		Particular favourites were his characters Reverend Leroy, of the Church of What's Happening Now, a dishonest, somewhat lecherous gospel preacher; Freddie Johnson, a swinging bachelor; Danny Danger, Private Detective; and, most memorably, Geraldine Jones, a sassy, liberated lady who flirted teasingly before warning of her boyfriend 'Killer'.
	www.bbc.co.uk /comedy/guide/articles/f/flipwilsonshowth_7772740.shtml (407 words)

	Ask Morty Classic TV Schedule The Flip Wilson Show
		Highlights include a Flip Wilson-Erroll Garner duet; a skit with Tim Conway as president of the US and Flip as the White House janitor; and a Geraldine skit with Flip, Tim, and Ruth Buzzi.
		Highlights include a German professor sketch with Flip, Carl Reiner, and Sid Caesar, who reprises a character he made famous on "Your Show of Shows"; a Flip-Lena Horne duet; and a comedy sketch with Horne, Caesar, and Flip as recurring character Freddie Johnson.
		Flip, Bing Crosby, and music director George Wyle argue over Flip's singing ability -- or lack thereof -- Melba Moore sings "Never Can Say Goodbye"; Tim Conway and Flip appear in a sketch as the president and the White House janitor; and Flip and Crosby sing a duet.
	www.mortystv.com /flip_wilson.shtml (2146 words)

	Flip Wilson / Geraldine Doll Mint In Box (Celebrity Dolls & Toys) at Krazy Cat Collectibles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		This is a printed cloth doll that features Flip Wilson on one side and his alter ego Geraldine on the other.
		It was made using Flip Wilson's real voice.
		This talking Flip Wilson Doll was manufactured by Shindana, a division of Operation Bootstrap, Inc. in 1970.
	pages.krazycatcollectibles.com /cgi-bin/google.fcgi?itemKey=1922439237&store=/stores/krazycat&catId=Memorabilia-TV-Sitcom&itemNo=846449 (179 words)

	Flip Wilson @ Filmbug
		As a comedian, Wilson was known for creating such characters as Reverend Leroy (pastor of The Church of What's Happenin' Now) and Geraldine, who was famous for the catch phrase, The devil made me do it.
		Wilson was born in Jersey City, New Jersey and died of liver cancer in 1998, in Malibu, California.
		Tell us what you think of Flip Wilson in the Filmbug forum...
	www.filmbug.com /db/344730 (219 words)

	Flip Wilson - Flip Wilson/[DVD] - at Rhino
		First appearing in households nationwide September 17, 1970, The Flip Wilson Show won two Emmy awards before going off the air in June of 1974.
		Episode 1: Joining Flip in a hilarious skit called “The Health Nut” is Lily Tomlin, fresh from her popularity on Laugh-In.
		Of course, no Flip Wilson show would be complete without an appearance by Geraldine, who flirts mercilessly with Muhammad Ali to close the show.
	www.rhino.com /store/ProductDetail.lasso?Number=976016 (489 words)

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