Hard to believe that all four are gone now. Thanks for the laughter and music. Those were the days of childhood innocence for me. Flip made you forget the significant fact that he was one of the few Blacks who had their own show. He was cool and commanded the stage.
Watch Seinfeld and Eddy Murphy Comdians in Cars interview and they will reminisce as well regarding Black stars of any kind at that time - it was like they only allowed one at a time ( Eddie’s take)
@@christineferrario1700 Flip showcased all the black comedians and entertainers. He coaxed funny performances out of people who were not comedians too.
This was my favourite TV show when I was a kid. I adored Flip Wilson ... so multitalented & multitasking ... loved all his monologues & crazy characters.
I'm enjoying watching my dear friend Flip Wilson shows I'm so blessed to have had him for a special friend in my life 20yrs ago I was fortunate enough to go on his last cruise before his death and it was my first cruise Flip will be forever in my heart he was a special soul he taught me so much God knows I appreciate Flip Wilson THANKS for the laughs Flip you will never be forgotten and always loved my friend rest well.
Helen Reddy just passed away Sept. 29 2020. Everyone of these stars in this show are gone. Boy is my generation gettin' old. These TV shows may seem weird to younger people but it is what we grew up with and lived. s snapshot of "life" almost 50 years ago from this date. No one younger has much clue Helen Reddy did an iconic very important song back then "I Am Woman [hear me roar, in numbers too big to ignore]" or that Flip Wilson was the top comedian in the 1st half of 1970's, the first African American to have hos own variety show [I loved that guy, he was so funny back then]. the other two comedians were at the top of their game, Joan Rivers...and Redd Foxx had his own show on the same network NBC, Sandford and Son. Redd was funnier than hell. Here on this show was no racism, yelling and screaming at each other on TV 24/7. It was all inclusive as it could be back then, but we did have an idiot for president covering up the Watergate break in. Oh well....Flip Wilson's TV show and humor made it easier to get through the school or work week back then. I have fond memories of mom and brother and I watching this top rated show almost every week for about 4 years. Thanks Flip, we all miss you man. Total class.
Wow! Watching this show just sends me back to Kansas City in the 70s 11yrs old laughing and enjoying watching Flip Wilson's show growing up,clueless as to what would be going on in 2022,Lord how I miss those days.
Yes, she did. She left Hollywood, went back to Australia and donated her $. Fame & Hollywood scene wasn't for her. She did a few concerts before she passed.
-This was the show that Helen was introduced on by Flip Wilson right before she had her own summer replacement show called The Helen Reddy Show. The Helen Reddy Show was in the summer of 1973 before she was made the permanent host of The Midnight Special a couple of years later because of her huge popularity and success!
Never knew about this show until I think 1999.I really love watching it. Now I'm going to binge because I think I'll be seeing some for the first time. Thank you.
Today they swear all they want but some would probably take offense to Geraldine or the "A banana for your monkey" joke. They should make people sign a "let it go" contract before they can watch any comedy.
Oh, how I love Joan Rivers. A gifted, compassionate, generous, and caring woman. Moreover, she ALWAYS lifts my spirits through her humor and through her human spirit. Here's to you Ms. Rivers! I will never forget you and will carry your humorous sensibility forever.
I went to a church that locked us in with long poles on the door 🚪. Threatened us and made us give. I only had change. All the $ I had. The lady preacher said , , ,if ya just give change you are stealing your chair. Someone with real money could be sitting in your chair. I was praying 🙏 hard to get out the locked doors. Finally they let us out and I never went back. ..I think that preacher lady got the idea from the Flip Wilson show
Hang on... that’s a pretty broad brush you’re painting with. Labeling an entire generation is a slippery slope and time often heals old wounds. 60’s and 70’s kids were struggling from the Vietnam war and finding their way. All that said, you should watch the Helen Ready biopic on Netflix. Helen was amazing and had respect for herself and got taken by her husband to the cleaners. Some packages look all wrapped nicely but what’s inside is sad, scarred and damaged.,Careful judging books by their covers, but you knew that already.
Helen had a unique, genuine quality to her voice and she made it look so easy to sing. A natural talent. When music was happy, about love or about a lost love.
Where did you find a complete, unedited one hour Flip Wilson Show? I keep hoping someone will release the entire series on dvd. I'd love the episode from 1972 with Sammy Davis Jr, Lily Tomlin and Ed McMahon.
This is one of a handful of episodes from the “Flip Wilson Show” best-of DVDs. They’re still around on eBay and Amazon. I would love to see the whole entire series, unedited, on DVD or streaming.
She was definitely cute, thin face, high cheek bones, some of those jokes she told her entire career and they were always funny, her comedic timing and delivery was superb, on my Mt Rushmore of greatest female comedians.
I miss good comedy shows. I understand the adult jokes now, but I used to laugh at the physical pratfalls. Intelligent jokes relatable to life, without filth.
Rest In Peace, everyone. You're gone, but not forgotten. Thank God for You Tube.
This brought back fond memories of watching clean, funny, and uplifting comedy shows with my family. Thanks for sharing this treasure.
There was some ribaldry in there, but no cursing.
Hard to believe that all four are gone now. Thanks for the laughter and music. Those were the days of childhood innocence for me. Flip made you forget the significant fact that he was one of the few Blacks who had their own show. He was cool and commanded the stage.
Watch Seinfeld and Eddy Murphy Comdians in Cars interview and they will reminisce as well regarding Black stars of any kind at that time - it was like they only allowed one at a time ( Eddie’s take)
Agreed. Thursday night was the best because Flip was on TV. Then was the Ironside TV show, but Flip was the joint. He always had good stuff.
@@christineferrario1700 Flip showcased all the black comedians and entertainers. He coaxed funny performances out of people who were not comedians too.
I always looked forward to his show, especially Geraldine.
This was my favourite TV show when I was a kid. I adored Flip Wilson ... so multitalented & multitasking ... loved all his monologues & crazy characters.
I'm enjoying watching my dear friend Flip Wilson shows I'm so blessed to have had him for a special friend in my life 20yrs ago I was fortunate enough to go on his last cruise before his death and it was my first cruise Flip will be forever in my heart he was a special soul he taught me so much God knows I appreciate Flip Wilson THANKS for the laughs Flip you will never be forgotten and always loved my friend rest well.
The instantly recognizable brilliant voice of Helen Reddy. Thank you for the music.
have you seen the movie 'I Am Woman'? That was an awesome movie!! The Helen Reddy Story.
Rest peacefully Redd Foxx, Flip Wilson, and Joan Rivers.
Helen Reddy just passed away Sept. 29 2020. Everyone of these stars in this show are gone. Boy is my generation gettin' old. These TV shows may seem weird to younger people but it is what we grew up with and lived. s snapshot of "life" almost 50 years ago from this date. No one younger has much clue Helen Reddy did an iconic very important song back then "I Am Woman [hear me roar, in numbers too big to ignore]" or that Flip Wilson was the top comedian in the 1st half of 1970's, the first African American to have hos own variety show [I loved that guy, he was so funny back then]. the other two comedians were at the top of their game, Joan Rivers...and Redd Foxx had his own show on the same network NBC, Sandford and Son. Redd was funnier than hell. Here on this show was no racism, yelling and screaming at each other on TV 24/7. It was all inclusive as it could be back then, but we did have an idiot for president covering up the Watergate break in. Oh well....Flip Wilson's TV show and humor made it easier to get through the school or work week back then. I have fond memories of mom and brother and I watching this top rated show almost every week for about 4 years. Thanks Flip, we all miss you man. Total class.
Helen God bless her, she has the greatest voice ever! And what a beautiful person as well. Xx love you
When tv 📺 was excellent!
Wow! Watching this show just sends me back to Kansas City in the 70s 11yrs old laughing and enjoying watching Flip Wilson's show growing up,clueless as to what would be going on in 2022,Lord how I miss those days.
Memories and laughter such a gift.
Feel sorry for those who were not around back then but I thank God I was.
Great show! Thanks for sharing this great video! Helen was the whole package, talent and beauty!
Fabulous ! Simply Fabulous - Helen is a DREAM :-)
Love Helen Reddy. Her beautiful ❤️ voice. She's gorgeous. I like her song," Iam woman".
RIP, Helen Reddy - you Were Woman! Roar in Heaven..
I used to love this show when I was a kid. I remember there was a stuffed talking Flip Wilson doll that said some of his most popular lines. LOL.
Great show, no twirking and embarassing moments with little kids around
Helen Reddy......always a queen...LOVE you ever....
These are what we call “ THE GREATS “
I miss this man...truly underrated and I loved this show as a kid....Geraldine was classic Flip Wilson.
I Miss the 70s, brings back so many lost memories when I was just a kid.
I loved his shows...absolutely couldn't wait each week. He was BRILLIANT.
I LOVE THE FLIP WILSON SHOW, AND FLIP WAS REALLY A CRAZY FUNNY MAN, AND THAT IS WHY I LOVE FLIP WILSON. REST IN PEACE FLIP!!!
Helen had a voice that was instantly recognizable. She had some really good songs.
Yes, she did. She left Hollywood, went back to Australia and donated her $. Fame & Hollywood scene wasn't for her. She did a few concerts before she passed.
Thanks for posting this. The Flip Wilson Show is a classic!
I loved the Flip Wilson show he was so funny
RIP to one of the most funniest men in the history of comedy!
Great show
Loved the theme song, recall watching this when I was about 9 years old with my mom .
Nobody could be sad good as he was! Geraldine Jones ! Cool best looking guy dressed as a woman ever! Believable$
-This was the show that Helen was introduced on by Flip Wilson right before she had her own summer replacement show called The Helen Reddy Show. The Helen Reddy Show was in the summer of 1973 before she was made the permanent host of The Midnight Special a couple of years later because of her huge popularity and success!
Flip he's the man big time !!!!
Nice to know
Beautiful lady with a nice voice.
I liked her song, "IAM woman ,hear Mr roar.
Without flip wilson there never be a funny kevin hart. Flip was one of the greatest unassumed comedians ever.
Wait...you're saying there's a FUNNY version of Kevin Hart?
Kevin Hart doesn't come anywhere near close.
Never knew about this show until I think 1999.I really love watching it. Now I'm going to binge because I think I'll be seeing some for the first time. Thank you.
I need More of Flipp Wilson.......Point me in the right direction........#Thanks
Flip Wilson show was a classic 👌 funny show ever ! RIP Flip Wilson 💔😢
Awesome! Thank you!!!
Comedy without the nasty language. Don' t make em like this anymore. Loved Flip Wilson show back in the 70's .
fucking awesome shit ~
Today they swear all they want but some would probably take offense to Geraldine or the "A banana for your monkey" joke. They should make people sign a "let it go" contract before they can watch any comedy.
Ah, the good old days of great comedy.
I LOVE YOU FLIP WILSON, YOU WERE AN AWESOME MAN, AND I LOVE ALL YOUR GUEST THAT PLAYED ON YOUR SHOW!!!
Best sitcom ever
Good voice Helen
Oh yes
I never saw comedy from Joan Rivers like this one. Only talk shows. She is funny.
RIP 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🌹 🌹 🌹 🌹
Flip has always been black excellence and black history forever to me🥰❤️🖤💚rest in power brotha❤️🖤💚
helen is gorgeous and what a voice
Yes she is and does have. Beautiful
Beautiful voice
Oh, how I love Joan Rivers. A gifted, compassionate, generous, and caring woman. Moreover, she ALWAYS lifts my spirits through her humor and through her human spirit. Here's to you Ms. Rivers! I will never forget you and will carry your humorous sensibility forever.
Just don't mention Arabs to her!
Awww Helen Reddy! Such a talented lady. Just watched “I Am Woman” movie..... really good. Rent on RUclips.
I loved Helen Reddy she had a great voice and I loved her singing..
All these stars are now dead. Used to love this show when I was a kid. ACTUALLY GOT TO MEET FLIP AT THE CENTRAL PARK JAZZ CONCERT.
RIP to them comedy legends
Jive and cool clothes. No cursing.
I went to a church that locked us in with long poles on the door 🚪. Threatened us and made us give. I only had change. All the $ I had. The lady preacher said , , ,if ya just give change you are stealing your chair. Someone with real money could be sitting in your chair. I was praying 🙏 hard to get out the locked doors. Finally they let us out and I never went back. ..I think that preacher lady got the idea from the Flip Wilson show
@@nancyhoward7005 the Reverend Pussyfoot Johnson, too damn funny.
R.I.P.
Flip Wilson
&
The Dean Of Black Comics
Mr. Redd Foxx, with the Ali shirt on
Ms. Joan Rivers
and Muhammad Ali
As well
With Redd in character too! Made me laugh so hard.
Joan Rivers was a hoot! I loved her one liners most.
this duo NAILED IT on men and women - 'Sanford' will always shadow my thoughts ...thanks for sharing
R.I.P. Helen Reddy (and everyone else in this episode).
wow i didnt realize as a little kid how pretty Ms Reddy was then....
yep, i had a big crush on her when i was 10, 11 years old.
@@laz0rama Helen, Joan Baez, Carli Simon, just to name a few cuties and hotties, also Bobby Joe Gentry....IJS
RIP Helen Reddy
Great show!!!
Redd & Flip two of the best to ever do it...and both are Sagittarius's.
Saggitarius the best comedians.
RIP to the best performers who made the 🌎 laugh and sang their hits with true meaning of the times.
They bringing them clothes back flip was sharp
Joan Rivers pretty in pink 💗 pink 🎀
Joan and her signature boa, that was one of her props, pink, black, white, everytime i see a boa I think of Joan and her comedic genius.
I use to watch this with my Grandmother Jones 😁
That is a wonderful statement ,so true !!!
Great Lineup! 6/2019
"Do you object to a black cat passing in front of you?" 👌
ty for posting, need some laughs
Females during that time period actually had respect for themselves.
Nice clean white women no tattoos, pearcing, and butt-plugs, ect
Hang on... that’s a pretty broad brush you’re painting with.
Labeling an entire generation is a slippery slope and time often heals old wounds. 60’s and 70’s kids were struggling from the Vietnam war and finding their way.
All that said, you should watch the Helen Ready biopic on Netflix. Helen was amazing and had respect for herself and got taken by her husband to the cleaners. Some packages look all wrapped nicely but what’s inside is sad, scarred and damaged.,Careful judging books by their covers, but you knew that already.
“Norman’s Tabernacle Choir” - Redd
@@christineferrario1700What are you carrying on about??
JOAN Rivers, you legend! Such a way at looking at situations. Unique
Seeing shows like this made me want to grow up and have a variety show.
Helen had a unique, genuine quality to her voice and she made it look so easy to sing. A natural talent. When music was happy, about love or about a lost love.
Helen Reddy was a cutie
Helen Reddy's brief acting career😀
Flip Wilson TV show was the best
Ed
Helen Reddy has a great voice. Joan Rivers does have some good one liners.
I liked the comedy of that time and before. Henry Youngman. Bob Hope, Rodney Dangerfeild
Exactly what SNL can never do: write a well-rounded sketch that has a real ending!
This was the final season of the flip Wilson show
The Rev. Pussyfoot Johnson, too damn funny, Pussyfoot OMG.
Elvis’s favorite at the mic.
I watched as a kid under duress ... I have no recollection .. those were noT so good of times for me growing up in Alabama
So sorry you through rough times.
WOW I just remembered I went to grade school with Henry Reddy anyway I loved Helen Reddy
Ed
Great show. Flip called "Gladys K Night and the Pips".
Karen Carpenter and Helen Reddy both had amazing soothing voices.
Is it just me, or isn't Helen Redy mesmerizing.
She absolutely is!
Yes she is. I was fortunate to see her in concert 23 times. Her vocals were amazing.
That drummer in George Wyle's band sounded like John Guerin.
waiting on 'Geraldine"
In this tough times ( Jacksonville Massacre ) this is soulfully medicinal . Don’t give up : VOTE.
Where did you find a complete, unedited one hour Flip Wilson Show? I keep hoping someone will release the entire series on dvd. I'd love the episode from 1972 with Sammy Davis Jr, Lily Tomlin and Ed McMahon.
This is one of a handful of episodes from the “Flip Wilson Show” best-of DVDs. They’re still around on eBay and Amazon. I would love to see the whole entire series, unedited, on DVD or streaming.
If I could tell Joan now.. I'd say never get plastic surgery as it will kill you. Listen to me.
She was definitely cute, thin face, high cheek bones, some of those jokes she told her entire career and they were always funny, her comedic timing and delivery was superb, on my Mt Rushmore of greatest female comedians.
Generations long ago were so much better at being funny. Today that talent is mostly gone. They just aren't good at it anymore.
I miss good comedy shows. I understand the adult jokes now, but I used to laugh at the physical pratfalls. Intelligent jokes relatable to life, without filth.
Flip was hip!
The hippest!
No bad, flip isn't with us anymore, he and Robin Williams would have been a great classic 😁
I would have loved to see Joan Rivers imitate Judge Judy 😊
Aaah, when TV was good and not overly PC.
No wonder Joan Rivers had so many plastic surgeries in here she looks older .. I watch the this show cus Helen Reddy. (February 7, 2020
I thought Joan was naturally beautiful: thin face, high cheekbones, lots of natural hair ...IMHO
Nice, but I prefer the first 2 seasons of Flip does it for me! they had the Laugh-In like dancers More lively etc. Of course Geraldine etc!
and the fashions were groovy!
41:52 WTF!? He’s shaking hands! :-o