Flip Wilson Show, The TV Show

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The Flip Wilson Show was a ‘70s TV variety show that was hosted by comedian Flip Wilson.

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The Flip Wilson Show was one of the first American television shows hosted by an African American to gain a huge audience among predominately white people. In the course of its first two seasons, The Flip Wilson Show was America’s second most watched program.

The Flip Wilson Show consisted of numerous skits in the course of an hour. The show was innovative for its usage of a “theatre in the round” format, in which audience members surrounded the stage. Wilson’s most popular characters included Geraldine Jones, a sassy woman with a boyfriend named Killer who was in prison most of the time, and Reverend Leroy, a con artist preacher of the Church of What’s Happening Now!

The Flip Wilson Show also featured numerous musical guests, including the Jackson Five, Roberta Flack, Aretha Franklin, Charley Pride, Stevie Wonder, the Pointer Sisters, Gladys Knight, and Ray Charles. Other comedians and performers who appeared on the show include Richard Pryor and Sandy Duncan.

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