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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 late 1960s and 1970s. From 1970 to 1974, Wilson hosted his own weekly variety series The Flip Wilson Show, and introduced viewers to his recurring character Geraldine.
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 comedian Flip Wilson; the program was one of the first American television programs starring a black person in the title role to become highly successful with a white audience.
Richard Franklin Lennox Thomas Pryor Sr. (December 1, 1940 – December 10, 2005) was an American stand-up comedian and actor. Known for reaching a broad audience with his trenchant observations and storytelling style, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most important stand-up comedians of all time.
The character of Geraldine was intended by Wilson to "relate to women" without putting them down. [1] Wilson said he wanted Geraldine to be strong, proud, and honest in her dedication to her man; a woman who felt free to act spontaneously. [10] In contrast to other comedians who belittled women, Wilson wanted Geraldine to be "the heroine of the ...
The Brooklyn-born Handelman was a late 1960s fixture on programs such as The Merv Griffin Show, Dean Martin Presents the Golddiggers, The Barbara McNair Show, The Flip Wilson Show, The Ed Sullivan Show and The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, and films such as Harvey Middleman, Fireman (1965) and Linda Lovelace for President (1975).
Masters of Flip is a Canadian home renovation reality television series, which premiered in 2015 on W. [1] The series centres on Dave and Kortney Wilson, a then married Canadian couple who moved to Nashville, Tennessee, to pursue careers in country music and then turned to renovating and flipping houses after their musical careers faltered.
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Wyle served as the musical director for The Flip Wilson Show during the early 1970s and also served as music director and arranger for John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together. [citation needed] He served on the Board of Directors of The American Society of Music Arrangers and Composers (ASMAC) from 1979 to his death in 2003.