But from a documenting-its-time perspective, The Best Of The Flip Wilson Show is notable mainly for those moments when Wilson and one of his black guests make a mostly white studio audience laugh ...

By 1972, only All in the Family bested The Flip Wilson Show in the ratings. Wilson’s genius delivery, pacing, and ease before the camera (follow his eyes!) can be seen throughout his varied skit ...

BEGINNING tonight, viewers of Nick at Nite and TV Land will answer the question those sister networks are posing: Will audiences in 1997 flip for Flip? “The Flip Wilson Show,” which ran on NBC ...