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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Library Journal Review     Publisher Weekly Review     More Content       More by this author     Cook, Kevin, 1956-     Subjects     Wilson, Flip     Comedians -- United States -- Biography.     Comedians, Black -- United States -- Biography.     Television personalities -- United States -- Biography.     Television personalities, Black -- United States -- Biography.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Cook, Kevin, 1956-       by title:      Flip : the inside st...       by call number:      792.7028 C771f     Search the Web     Cook, Kevin, 1956-     Wilson, Flip     Comedians -- United States -- Biography.     Comedians, Black -- United States -- Biography.     Television personalities -- United States -- Biography.     Television personalities, Black -- United States -- Biography.       MARC Display

Flip : the inside story of TV's first Black superstar / Kevin Cook. by Cook, Kevin, 1956- Viking, c2013. Call #: 792.7028 C771f Subjects Wilson, Flip   Comedians -- United States -- Biography.   Comedians, Black -- United States -- Biography.   Television personalities -- United States -- Biography.   Television personalities, Black -- United States -- Biography. ISBN:  9780670025701 (hc.) 0670025704 (hc.) Description:  242 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]) 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. Summary:  "When The Flip Wilson Show debuted in 1970, black faces were still rare on television, black hosts nonexistent. So how did Clerow “Flip” Wilson go from Jersey City grade-school dropout to national celebrity, heralded on the cover of Time as “TV's First Black Superstar”? Flip is a candid, entertaining biography of a consummate comedian who changed the face of American popular culture. Kevin Cook chronicles Flip'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 and hilarious characters as the sassy Geraldine and flock-fleecing Reverend Leroy. As one of the biggest stars of his time, he performed and partied with Richard Pryor, George Carlin, Michael Jackson, Elvis Presley, and other stars of the 1970s. Drawing on interviews with family, friends, and celebrities, Cook delivers the inspiring story of a complex man who broke the prime-time color barrier, blazing a trail for generations of African American performers who followed him."--From publisher. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Bedford Public Library Adult Black Nonfiction 792.7028 C771f Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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