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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, N.Y. : Viking, c2013.

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Location Call No. Public Note Status
 West Sacramento Adult Biography  B WILSON    CHECK SHELVES
Description 242 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Content type text txt rdacontent
Format volume nc rdacarrier
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (page [233-234]) and index.
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.
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.
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
0670025704