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Raymond Burr, Ruth Gordon, Stevie Wonder
The Best of Flip Wilson - S2 - E3
Flip, Ruth & Raymond attend the opera; Stevie plays a synthesizer as Flip recites a poem and Ruth visits Charley’s Diner.
The Best of Flip Wilson: Season 2 - 26 Episode s
2x1 - Lucille Ball, Ed Sullivan, Osmond Brothers
September 16, 1971
Lucy & Flips are two halves of a horse; whole cast portray Peanuts characters; Geraldine & Lucy are car hops at the drive-in.
2x2 - Joan Rivers, George Gobel
September 23, 1971
Flip does the shell game; Joan does stand-up and plays a cabdriver; Freddie Johnson buys jewelry from Gobel & Rivers.
2x3 - Raymond Burr, Ruth Gordon, Stevie Wonder
September 30, 1971
Flip, Ruth & Raymond attend the opera; Stevie plays a synthesizer as Flip recites a poem and Ruth visits Charley’s Diner.
2x4 - Ruth Buzzi, Tim Conway
October 7, 1971
Flip, Tim & Ruth do a park bench skit and private eye spoof; Geraldine disrupts the office at her new job.
2x5 - George Carlin, Pat Boone & Family, Sugar Ray Robinson
October 14, 1971
Flip sells ice cream; Flip & Carlin do TV news spoof; Boone intros his family and cast does To Tell A Lie panel show sketch.
2x6 - The Supremes, Willie Tyler & Lester, David Frost
October 21, 1971
Flip plays a huckster; the Supremes join Flip & Frost for secret agent and haunted castle skits; Willie Tyler does ventriloquism.
2x7 - The Smothers Brothers, Melba Moore
October 28, 1971
Flips intros his invisible dog; a traveling salesman hits on Melba in the old days and the Smothers Bros join Rev. Leroy’s church.
2x8 - Lily Tomlin, Hudson & Landry, Dr. David Reuben
November 4, 1971
Hudson & Landry do a classic routine; Tomlin’s a recovering “rubber freak” and Dr. Reuben talks to Geraldine about sex.
2x9 - Dom DeLuise, Diahann Carroll, Kermit The Frog, The Muppets
November 11, 1971
Flip jokes about ugly fans; Diahann kisses Kermit; a drunk muppet has hiccups and Diahann stops by Flip’s gas station.
2x10 - Tim Conway, Andy Griffith, The Clara Ward Singers
November 18, 1971
Flip & Andy are firemen; Tim sells luxury cars; Andy does his famous Romeo And Juliet monologue and Rev. Leroy preaches.
2x11 - Carl Reiner, Sid Caesar, Lena Horne
November 25, 1971
Flip does invisible dog bit with guests; Flip raises money over the phone; Freddie Johnson and Lena Horne get robbed by Sid Caesar.
2x12 - Tony Randall, Phyllis Diller, Billy Eckstine
December 2, 1971
Flip & Tony do a kiddie TV show; Phyllis Diller does stand-up in an outrageous outfit and Geraldine works at a boutique.
2x13 - Roy Clark, Redd Foxx, Petula Clark
December 9, 1971
Flip sells ice cream; a football player (Roy) flubs a commercial: Flip & Redd do a heckling bit and Petula's a letter litterer.
2x14 - Marty Feldman, Melba Moore, Jimmy Osmond, Ernie Barnes
December 16, 1971
Marty Feldman plays a robot butler for Flip & Melba; football star/artist Ernie Barnes unveils his official Geraldine oil portrait.
2x15 - David Steinberg, Carol Channing
December 30, 1971
Sketches cast Flip, David & Carol as bar patrons and spies then Steinberg does one of his intellectual monologues.
2x16 - Kaye Ballard, Dan Blocker, The Clara Ward Singers
January 6, 1972
Flip & Dan Blocker play bumbling bank robbers and astronauts; Kaye Ballard recalls high school and Rev. Leroy preaches charity.
2x17 - Bobby Darin, Redd Foxx, Tim Conway
January 13, 1972
Sonny the Janitor helps President Tim; Redd hecklers Flip at a nightclub; Bobby & Flip get fathering lessons from Tim.
2x18 - Dom DeLuise, George Carlin
January 20, 1972
Carlin does his Class Clown routine and a newscast spoof with Flip; Dom does pantomime and plays a cuckoo psychiatrist.
2x19 - Jim Brown
January 27, 1972
Football great-turned-actor Jim Brown joins Flip for sketch comedy; Geraldine delivers Jim a bucket of chicken.
2x20 - Barbara Feldon, Phil Silvers
February 3, 1972
Phil & Barbara are paired in three sketches as: actors in a soup commercial; a dating couple & patrons at Charley's Diner.
2x21 - Sandy Duncan, Slappy White, Jim Nabors
February 10, 1972
Slappy does stand-up; Flip, Nabors & Duncan do an airplane sketch and Flip’s invisible dog appears (or does he?)
2x22 - Barbara McNair, Stiller & Meara, Roy Clark
February 17, 1972
Roy & Barbara are selling door-to-door; Stiller & Meara do a women's lib skit and join Flip for a boxing sketch
2x23 - Joe Namath, George Carlin
February 24, 1972
Carlin does his “Occupation: Foole” bit, hair poem and a newscast spoof with Flip; Geraldine ogles Namath.
2x24 - Lily Tomlin, Ed McMahon, Sammy Davis Jr
March 2, 1972
Tomlin does her Edith Ann character; Flip & Sammy try car rental biz; Geraldine is a temp phone operator with Tomlin’s Ernestine.
2x25 - Ruth Buzzi, Jackie Vernon, Lee Marvin
March 9, 1972
Ruth Buzzi does her park bench bit and joins Lee Marvin & Flip for a King Henry VIII sketch; Jackie does his slideshow routine
2x26 - Tim Conway, Melba Moore, Bing Crosby
March 16, 1972
The President (Conway) gets advice from his janitor; Flip & Melba are domestic cellmates and Bing & Tim visit Charley’s Diner.