When The Flip Wilson Show debuted in1970, black faces were rare on television, black hosts nonexistent. So how didClerow "Flip" Wilson go from Jersey City grade-school dropout to nationalcelebrity, heralded by Time as "TV's first black superstar"? Flipis a candid, entertaining biography of a consummate comedian who changed theface of American pop culture. It chronicles Flip's meteoric rise through segregatednightclubs to his breakthrough on Johnny Carson's Tonight Show to his hit variety show, on which he created ...
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When The Flip Wilson Show debuted in1970, black faces were rare on television, black hosts nonexistent. So how didClerow "Flip" Wilson go from Jersey City grade-school dropout to nationalcelebrity, heralded by Time as "TV's first black superstar"? Flipis a candid, entertaining biography of a consummate comedian who changed theface of American pop culture. It chronicles Flip's meteoric rise through segregatednightclubs to his breakthrough on Johnny Carson's Tonight Show to his hit variety show, on which he created suchoutrageous and hilarious characters as the sassy Geraldine and flock-fleecingReverend Leroy.
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Add this copy of Flip: the Inside Story of Tv's First Black Superstar to cart. $35.54, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2013 by Blackstone Publishing.
Add this copy of Flip: the Inside Story of Tv's First Black Superstar to cart. $66.73, new condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2013 by Blackstone Publishing.
