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Flip : the inside story of TV's first Black superstar / Kevin Cook.
LIBRA PN2287.W477 C66 2013
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Van Pelt Library PN2287.W477 C66 2013
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cook, Kevin, 1956-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Wilson, Flip.
- Comedians--United States--Biography.
- Comedians.
- African American television personalities.
- African American comedians.
- United States.
- African American comedians--Biography.
- Television personalities--United States--Biography.
- Television personalities.
- African American television personalities--United States--Biography.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 242 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York, N.Y. : Viking, [2013]
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- 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
- Back to the beach.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (page [233-234]) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Roberta S. & Leonard S. Leibman, W'53 Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780670025701
- 0670025704
- OCLC:
- 796756094
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