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(2013)
Flip
the inside story of TV's first Black superstar
by Kevin Cook
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Chronicles Wilson's meteoric rise through the Chitlin' Circuit of segregated nightclubs to his breakthrough on Johnny Carson's Tonight show to his hit variety show, on which he created such outrageous characters as the sassy Geraldine and flock-fleecing Reverend Leroy.
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Television personalities, African American television personalities, Comedians, Biography, African American comedians, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Entertainment & Performing Arts, Wilson, flip, 1933-1998, Television actors and actresses, Comedians, biography, Television programs, CelebritiesPeople
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Flip: the inside story of TV's first black superstar
2014, Plume
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0142180750 9780142180754
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Flip: the inside story of TV's first Black superstar
2013, Viking
in English
0670025704 9780670025701
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Table of Contents
Prologue: Killer ride
Rags. Jersey City runaway ; He flippeth! ; Look at the lights ; Circuit rider ; Miami vise ; Flip flops
Riches. Surprises ; One giant leap ; Thursday night lights ; Top of the world ; Crossroads
Liberty. Looking for the why ; Flip out ; God's fool ; Naked in the wind
Epilogue: Back to the beach.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]) and index.
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