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Author Cook, Kevin, 1956-

Title Flip : the inside story of TV's first Black superstar / Kevin Cook.

Publication Info. New York : Viking, [2013]
©2013

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Location Call No. Status
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  B WILSON, FLIP    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Biographies  B WILSON FLIP W    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  B-WILSON, F.    Check Shelf
Description 242 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
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.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (page [233-234]) and index.
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.
Subject Wilson, Flip.
Comedians -- United States -- Biography.
African American comedians -- Biography.
Television personalities -- United States -- Biography.
African American television personalities -- United States -- Biography.
ISBN 9780670025701 hardback
0670025704 hardback
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