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the inside story of TV's first Black superstar

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An edition of Flip (2013)

Flip

the inside story of TV's first Black superstar

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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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Viking
Language
English
Pages
242

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Subjects
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, Celebrities
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Flip Wilson
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Flip: the inside story of TV's first black superstar
2014, Plume
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Flip: the inside story of TV's first Black superstar
2013, Viking
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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.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]) and index.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
792.702/8092, B
Library of Congress
PN2287.W477 C66 2013

The Physical Object

Pagination
242 p., [16] p. of plates
Number of pages
242

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL27142844M
Internet Archive
flipinsidestoryo0000cook
ISBN 10
0670025704
ISBN 13
9780670025701
LCCN
2012039994
OCLC/WorldCat
796756094

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