The Best of Flip Wilson Season 3, Episode 4: Ruth Buzzi, Burns & Schreiber, The Surpremes

1

Jack Benny, Pearl Bailey

Jack Benny plays a gypsy violinist and an unwelcome boarder in the home of an arguing couple (Flip & Pearl).

2

Tim Conway, The Fifth Dimension

The Fifth Dimension tell their (sort of) origin story and the Pink Pirate (Conway) accosts Flip & Florence LaRue in Central Park.

3

Don Knotts, Melba Moore

Don Knotts does a medical convention monologue and disrupts officer Freddie Johnson’s date with Melba Moore.

4

Ruth Buzzi, Burns & Schreiber, The Surpremes

Flip & cast do park bench skits; Burns & Schreiber do their taxi routine and Buzzi & The Supremes compete to rent Flip a car.

5

Stiller & Meara, Bill Russell

Flip & Bill Russell give a clinic on billiards; Stiller & Meara have a lunchroom romance and a courtroom scene features the whole cast.

6

The Jackson 5, David Steinberg, Diana Sands

Flip pushes ice cream and tries to join the Jackson 5; Michael gives a math lesson; Steinberg burglarizes Flip & Diana Sands.

7

Ed Asner, Carol Channing

Ed Asner plays a ship's captain, cheats at cards (w/Flip, Channing & George Wyle) and gets fixed up with Carol at a resort.

8

Don Adams, Roscoe Lee Browne, The Staple Singers

Flip is guru Jiva Koolit; Freddie Johnson's girlfriend's away; three guys do jury duty and Rev. Leroy tries off-track betting.

9

Tim Conway, Burt Reynolds

Burt & Flip have a western shootout; Tim is the Pink Pirate; all do audience Q&A and Geraldine makes a movie with Burt.

10

Joan Rivers, Frank Gorshin, The Temptations

Joan does seated stand-up; a Godfather spoof shows off Gorshin’s many voices and The Temptations join Rev. Leroy’s church.

11

Dom DeLuise, Gladys Knight, Raymond Burr

Flip shows how to switch up a joke; cast does wacky soap opera; Q&A with Raymond who also visits Charley’s Diner.

12

Tony Randall, Burns & Schreiber

Window washer (Flip) advises corporate execs; Burns & Schreiber do their taxi routine and Tony's a Chinese football doctor.

13

Bill Russell, Johnny Cash, June Carter

Flip plays Bill Russell in a game of 1-on-1 (chess, that is) and Geraldine square dances with Johnny Cash.

14

Slappy White, Tim Conway

Slappy does stand-up; sketches include Pink Pirate (Conway) w/castaways (Flip & Slappy) and a convoluted con game.

15

James Coco, Barbara McNair, Jim Nabors

Coco, Nabors & Flip do theater parody; Freddie Johnson shops for a card and Geraldine battles McNair to be queen of a parade.

16

Andy Griffith, Roscoe Lee Browne

Andy Griffith and Tony Award winner Roscoe Lee Browne join Flip for a game show parody called Buzz Off and a lighthouse sketch.

17

Marty Feldman, Howard Cosell, Sandy Duncan

Marty Feldman battles the Beast In The Basket and Howard Cosell judges Sandy & Flip's cakes in the county fair bake off.

19

Phyllis Diller, The Committee

Flip seeks a loan; Phyllis does her classic stand-up and comedy troupe The Committee do hilarious sketches.

20

The Amazing Kreskin, Diana Sands, Dom DeLuise

Kreskin performs magic and acts in a sketch w/Flip & Diana Sands; Dom DeLuise battles Geraldine in the grocery store.

21

Della Reese, George Carlin, Roy Clark

Carlin & Flip report the news; Carlin does monologue on race & society and the cast does a comic courtroom scene.

22

Rich Little, Ed McMahon, Cicely Tyson

Cast does a Tonight Show spoof with Rich as Johnny Carson; Flip & Cicely’s honeymoon gets disrupted by dentists.

23

Tim Conway, Joe Namath

Legendary New York Jets quarterback Joe Namath holds his own with sketch comedy pros Tim & Flip incl. a Geraldine bit.

24

Richard Pryor, Don Knotts

Fresh from acting in Lady Sings The Blues, Richard Pryor does brilliant stand-up and skits with veteran funnyman Don Knotts.