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Season 1
September 17, 1970

Season 1

01. David Frost, James Brown, Sunday’s Child

James Brown discusses dance moves; Frost interviews Geraldine & (along with Sunday’s Child) joins Rev. Leroy’s church.

September 17, 1970

02. Bobby Darin, Denise Nicholas, Stanley Myron Handelman, Roy Clark

Flip & Stanley each do monologues; the cast does a taxi skit and a western parody Butch Cassidy & The Suntan Kid.

September 24, 1970

03. Lily Tomlin, Redd Foxx, The Temptations

Lily & Flip do saloon and computer dating bits; Redd gives an English lesson and Rev. Leroy preaches with the Temptations.

October 1, 1970

04. Perry Como, Charlie Callas, Denise Nicholas, Lola Falana

Perry demonstrates the use of a stool; Freddie the Bachelor juggles two dates (Denise and Lola) and Callas does hilarious stand-up.

October 8, 1970

06. Charlie Callas, Laura Greene, Pat Morita, Louis Armstrong

Callas is a palace guard and Italian cafe patron; Louis leads Rev. Leroy’s church in “When The Saints Go Marching In.”

October 15, 1970

08. Robert Klein, Lola Falana, Dean Martin

Flip visits Lola at the unemployment office; Klein does his classic Broadway audition routine and Dean Martin drops by.

October 22, 1970

09. Arte Johnson, Moms Mabley, Marcel Marceau

Arte’s a hopeless holdup man; Marcel does his classic Mask Maker pantomime and Moms gets a Geraldine makeover.

October 29, 1970

10. Bobby Darin, Charley Pride, Ella Fitzgerald

Cast sings “Who?” with George Wyle on piano; Darin’s a rabid football fan, then the devil battling Rev. Leroy.

November 5, 1970

11. John Byner, Johnny Brown, Connie Stevens

Flip does mind-reading bit; Byner & Brown do competing impersonations and the entire cast does a Sherlock Holmes send-up.

November 12, 1970

12. Tony Randall, Lena Horne

Tony & Lena want to leave NYC by cab; Tony & Flip are an odd couple of inmates: Lena gets food & philosophy at Charley's Diner.

December 10, 1970

13. Sid Caesar, Bobby Darin

Sid plays a hip musician, Jekyll & Hyde and a slot machine; Bobby & Flip offer a vaudeville routine and the cast does a silent movie.

December 17, 1970

14. ShaNaNa, Burl Ives, Slim Gaillard

Santa Claus (Ives) drops by the gas station; Gaillard & Ives do The Night Before Christmas and Rev. Leroy tells ShaNaNa about Scrooge.

December 24, 1970

15. Bing Crosby, The Supremes, David Steinberg

Bing teaches golf; The Supremes help Freddie Johnson do holiday shopping; David does monologue and Geraldine's a bunny waitress.

January 7, 1971

16. Steve Lawrence, Zero Mostel

Mostel portrays a painter and a ledge-jumper; Flip defends his singing ability and Charley’s Diner serves Mostel and Lawrence.

January 14, 1971

17. Muhammad Ali, Bobby Darin, Lily Tomlin

The boxing champ makes poetic predictions for his Joe Frazier fight; Tomlin’s a health nut; Flip & Bobby do a vaudeville bit.

January 21, 1971

19. Joe Namath, George Carlin, Abbey Lincoln, Johnny Mathis

Carlin does his Indian Sergeant routine; Abbey dates Freddie Johnson; Flip & Mathis compare dogs and Geraldine works at Namath’s gym.

February 4, 1971

20. Barbara Feldon, Art Carney, Hal Frazier

Cast parodies Mission Impossible; Flip chats with Hal; sketches incl. a gangster at the veterinarian and bowling night.

February 11, 1971

21. Aretha Franklin, Charlie Callas, David Frost

Cast spoofs panel show & secret agent movies; Callas does stand-up and Aretha joins the Church Of What’s Happening Now.

February 18, 1971

22. Ray Charles, Leslie Uggams, Don Rickles

Flip promotes his latest LP; Uggams rents Freddie Johnson a friend (Rickles) in NYC; Geraldine fawns over Ray Charles.

February 25, 1971

23. Tim Conway, Robert Klein, Diahann Carroll

Flip & Tim teach poker; Freddie Johnson meets Diahann at a society party and Klein does Borscht Belt routine.

March 4, 1971

24. Ray Stevens, George Carlin, Lena Horne

Carlin does monologue on NYC cops; Flip fixes Ray Stevens’ TV set; Rev. Leroy visits Lena Horne at a nightclub.

March 11, 1971

25. Lily Tomlin, Hamilton Camp, Burt Holiday, Bob Henry

Lily does her famous Ernestine character; Camp & Tomlin have a blind date and Freddie Johnson lands in court.

March 18, 1971

26. Tim Conway, Johnny Brown, Sandy Duncan

Flip & Tim play pool; Sandy sells books to Freddie Johnson; Brown does impressions and Conway is a school headmaster.

April 1, 1971