The Best of Flip Wilson Season 2, Episode 16: Kaye Ballard, Dan Blocker, The Clara Ward Singers

1

Lucille Ball, Ed Sullivan, Osmond Brothers

Lucy & Flips are two halves of a horse; whole cast portray Peanuts characters; Geraldine & Lucy are car hops at the drive-in.

2

Joan Rivers, George Gobel

Flip does the shell game; Joan does stand-up and plays a cabdriver; Freddie Johnson buys jewelry from Gobel & Rivers.

3

Raymond Burr, Ruth Gordon, Stevie Wonder

Flip, Ruth & Raymond attend the opera; Stevie plays a synthesizer as Flip recites a poem and Ruth visits Charley’s Diner.

4

Ruth Buzzi, Tim Conway

Flip, Tim & Ruth do a park bench skit and private eye spoof; Geraldine disrupts the office at her new job.

5

George Carlin, Pat Boone & Family, Sugar Ray Robinson

Flip sells ice cream; Flip & Carlin do TV news spoof; Boone intros his family and cast does To Tell A Lie panel show sketch.

6

The Supremes, Willie Tyler & Lester, David Frost

Flip plays a huckster; the Supremes join Flip & Frost for secret agent and haunted castle skits; Willie Tyler does ventriloquism.

7

The Smothers Brothers, Melba Moore

Flips intros his invisible dog; a traveling salesman hits on Melba in the old days and the Smothers Bros join Rev. Leroy’s church.

8

Lily Tomlin, Hudson & Landry, Dr. David Reuben

Hudson & Landry do a classic routine; Tomlin’s a recovering “rubber freak” and Dr. Reuben talks to Geraldine about sex.

9

Dom DeLuise, Diahann Carroll, Kermit The Frog, The Muppets

Flip jokes about ugly fans; Diahann kisses Kermit; a drunk muppet has hiccups and Diahann stops by Flip’s gas station.

10

Tim Conway, Andy Griffith, The Clara Ward Singers

Flip & Andy are firemen; Tim sells luxury cars; Andy does his famous Romeo And Juliet monologue and Rev. Leroy preaches.

11

Carl Reiner, Sid Caesar, Lena Horne

Flip does invisible dog bit with guests; Flip raises money over the phone; Freddie Johnson and Lena Horne get robbed by Sid Caesar.

12

Tony Randall, Phyllis Diller, Billy Eckstine

Flip & Tony do a kiddie TV show; Phyllis Diller does stand-up in an outrageous outfit and Geraldine works at a boutique.

13

Roy Clark, Redd Foxx, Petula Clark

Flip sells ice cream; a football player (Roy) flubs a commercial: Flip & Redd do a heckling bit and Petula's a letter litterer.

14

Marty Feldman, Melba Moore, Jimmy Osmond, Ernie Barnes

Marty Feldman plays a robot butler for Flip & Melba; football star/artist Ernie Barnes unveils his official Geraldine oil portrait.

15

David Steinberg, Carol Channing

Sketches cast Flip, David & Carol as bar patrons and spies then Steinberg does one of his intellectual monologues.

16

Kaye Ballard, Dan Blocker, The Clara Ward Singers

Flip & Dan Blocker play bumbling bank robbers and astronauts; Kaye Ballard recalls high school and Rev. Leroy preaches charity.

17

Bobby Darin, Redd Foxx, Tim Conway

Sonny the Janitor helps President Tim; Redd hecklers Flip at a nightclub; Bobby & Flip get fathering lessons from Tim.

18

Dom DeLuise, George Carlin

Carlin does his Class Clown routine and a newscast spoof with Flip; Dom does pantomime and plays a cuckoo psychiatrist.

19

Jim Brown

Football great-turned-actor Jim Brown joins Flip for sketch comedy; Geraldine delivers Jim a bucket of chicken.

20

Barbara Feldon, Phil Silvers

Phil & Barbara are paired in three sketches as: actors in a soup commercial; a dating couple & patrons at Charley's Diner.

21

Sandy Duncan, Slappy White, Jim Nabors

Slappy does stand-up; Flip, Nabors & Duncan do an airplane sketch and Flip’s invisible dog appears (or does he?)

22

Barbara McNair, Stiller & Meara, Roy Clark

Roy & Barbara are selling door-to-door; Stiller & Meara do a women's lib skit and join Flip for a boxing sketch

23

Joe Namath, George Carlin

Carlin does his “Occupation: Foole” bit, hair poem and a newscast spoof with Flip; Geraldine ogles Namath.

24

Lily Tomlin, Ed McMahon, Sammy Davis Jr

Tomlin does her Edith Ann character; Flip & Sammy try car rental biz; Geraldine is a temp phone operator with Tomlin’s Ernestine.

25

Ruth Buzzi, Jackie Vernon, Lee Marvin

Ruth Buzzi does her park bench bit and joins Lee Marvin & Flip for a King Henry VIII sketch; Jackie does his slideshow routine

26

Tim Conway, Melba Moore, Bing Crosby

The President (Conway) gets advice from his janitor; Flip & Melba are domestic cellmates and Bing & Tim visit Charley’s Diner.