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    Clerow "Flip" Wilson Jr. (December 8, 1933 – November 25, 1998) was an American comedian and actor best known for his television appearances during the...
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    The Flip Wilson Show is an hour-long variety show that originally aired in the US on NBC from September 17, 1970, to June 27, 1974. The show starred American...
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    character and the most famous recurring persona of comedian Flip Wilson. Geraldine was played by Wilson in drag, as a sassy and liberated Southern woman who...
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  • American rapper Flip Simmons, Australian actor and musician Flip Wilson, American comedian Flip (Little Nemo), a cartoon character Flip, the title character...
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  • manager of the comedian Flip Wilson. The two formed the record label Little David Records, which featured comedy albums by Wilson, George Carlin and others...
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    YouTube "Episode Detail: Carol Channing, David Steinberg - The Flip Wilson Show". The Flip Wilson Show Episodes on NBC. TV Guide. Retrieved 9 August 2012. "Episode...
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  • Muppets Take Manhattan, in addition to an appearance with Ernie on The Flip Wilson Show on September 14, 1972, on which he sang "Clink, Clank", a song about...
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    Children, Here's Lucy, The Brady Bunch, The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour, The Flip Wilson Show, Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, The Dean Martin Show, The Simpsons,...
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    Records subsidiary of Atlantic Records, with comedian Flip Wilson as co-owner. Kay and Wilson signed Carlin away from RCA Records and recorded a Carlin...
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    Noah Beery Jr., and Mickey Rooney. Blocker also appeared on NBC's The Flip Wilson Show comedy hour. Director Robert Altman befriended Blocker while directing...
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  • Records was a record label started in 1969 by up-and-coming comedian Flip Wilson and his manager, veteran jazz producer Monte Kay. The label focused mainly...
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  • Tim, Flip Wilson January 22, 1968 2 2 Leo G. Carroll, Robert Culp, The First Edition, Muriel Landers, Sheldon Leonard, Tom Smothers, Flip Wilson January...
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  • popularized by Flip Wilson's drag persona Geraldine, first appearing in September 1969, then regularly in the early 1970s on The Flip Wilson Show. The phrase...
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  • Flip Wilson won in 1971...
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  • many television stars from the 1960s and 1970s, among them Scott Baio, Flip Wilson, Maureen McCormick, Ron Palillo and Ruth Buzzi. Patrick Swayze's leading...
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    Bandstand (February 21, 1970), The Ed Sullivan Show (May 10, 1970), and The Flip Wilson Show (November 4, 1971), among many other broadcasts. The upbeat lyrics...
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    1974 The Dean Martin Comedy World Himself (Guest) 2 episodes 1974 The Flip Wilson Special Himself (Guest) TV Special 1974–1975 The $25,000 Pyramid Himself...
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  • 2 popular programs: The Flip Wilson Show on NBC and The Mod Squad on ABC. "The rumor was that they put it against Flip Wilson and The Mod Squad because...
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  • Brockington M. Emmet Walsh as Wally Cantrell Stockard Channing as Mona Mondieu Flip Wilson as Coach 'Jock' Delaney Debbie Allen as Ola Dee Dee Bridgewater as Brandy...
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  • guests. It followed a TV special featuring Elton John, Bette Midler, and Flip Wilson as guests. Cher premiered at 7:30 p.m. on Sunday, February 16, 1975,...
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    musical adaptation of Pinocchio that featured Danny Kaye as Geppetto and Flip Wilson as the Fox. She also guest-starred in a first-season episode of The Muppet...
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  • September 18, 1985, to May 16, 1986. Created by Allan Katz, the series stars Flip Wilson and Gladys Knight. Charlie & Co. is regarded as CBS's answer to The Cosby...
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    preacher. Rock's comedy influences are Bill Cosby, Redd Foxx, Dick Gregory, Flip Wilson, Richard Pryor, Steve Martin, Pigmeat Markham, Woody Allen, Bill Maher...
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    1970s, Pryor wrote for television shows such as Sanford and Son, The Flip Wilson Show, and a 1973 Lily Tomlin special, for which he shared an Emmy Award...
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    Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, The Muppet Show, Laugh-In and The Flip Wilson Show. She also starred in her own television specials. In 1975, Falana's...
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    (seasons 1, 3, 5–6) Tiny Tim (seasons 1–3, 5) John Wayne (seasons 1–2, 5–6) Flip Wilson (seasons 1–4) Henny Youngman (seasons 2, 5–6) The writers for Laugh-In...
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    helmed the 1973 summer replacement series for The Flip Wilson Show (Reddy had become friends with Flip Wilson when she worked the Chicago club circuit early...
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    comedy routines to Flip Wilson. Wilson was impressed by her routine and in turn, sent her a cassette recorder and a dozen roses. Wilson also invited Hemphill...
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    Monster (occasionally), Betty Lou (occasionally), various characters The Flip Wilson Show (1970) – Big Bird, Oscar the Grouch What's My Line? (1973) — Big...
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  • Schlein Flip van der Merwe (born 1985), South African rugby union footballer Willie Williams (murderer) (1956–2005), American mass murderer Flip Wilson (1933–1998)...
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