The Flip Wilson Show

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The Flip Wilson Show TV Milestones Series Editors Barry Keith Grant Jeannette Sloniowski Brock University Brock University TV Milestones is part of the Contemporary Approaches to Film and Television Series A complete listing of the books in this series can be found online at wsupress.wayne.edu General Editor Barry Keith Grant Brock University Advisory Editors Patricia B. Erens Robert J. Burgoyne Dominican University Wayne State University Lucy Fischer Tom Gunning University of Pittsburgh University of Chicago Peter Lehman Anna McCarthy Arizona State University New York University Caren J. Deming Peter X. Feng University of Arizona University of Delaware TV MILESTONES SERIES Meghan Sutherland WILSON SHOW THE Wayne State University Press Detroit © 2008 by Wayne State University Press, Detroit, Michigan 48201. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced without formal permission. Manufactured in the United States of America. 12 11 10 09 08 5 4 3 2 1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Sutherland, Meghan. The Flip Wilson show / Meghan Sutherland. p. cm. — (TV milestones series) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN-13: 978-0-8143-3252-8 (pbk. : alk. paper) ISBN-10: 0-8143-3252-8 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Flip Wilson show (Television program) I. Wilson, Flip. II. Title. PN1992.77.F595S88 2008 791.45’72—dc22 2007033339 ' The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984. For Betty and Henry, whose warmth and love of thought exceed their keeping, and my telling in turn. This page intentionally left blank ...