Muhammad Ali on the Flip Wilson Show 1971

Originally aired January 21st 1971 | Muhammad Ali on the Flip Wilson Show | I do not own any rights

[@weotalks2810]

Hard to BELIEVE A FIGHTER COULD LOOK LIKE A MODEL..RIP THE GREATEST

[@dalehall2067]

Geraldine was a hoot

[@CooJay]

He was beautiful!

[@joefrost2914]

@@dalehall2067 kmmmm

[@Rosa-lt6il]

It's hard to delieve that a fighter could look so cool. Ms. 🌹

[@ralphabreu5022]

Even though Ali knew what to say before a fight. He was a very humble and respectful man outside the ring In my mind and heart Ali will always be the champ.

[@reneemorris7197]

I Miss Flip. It is so nice to revisit his Genius.

[@mrscpjones16]

Muhammad Ali was so beautiful. Such a handsome man.

[@katbrax8622]

Everyone is laughing about her pulling out her phone from her purse, but this is what we currently do now. 😂😂💯💕😂

[@jessiejames7492]

yup. actually they had the technology back then in the 70s only they had to make the devices smaller. remember the huge phones some of us used to carry. they joked...big as bricks

[@timothymcclain4551]

I know right! Lol

[@princeofallnegros4035]

Yes. Praise Allah for his signs.

[@save_theworld]

@@princeofallnegros4035 which alla? Did alla Invent anything?

[@patriciawalters6778]

They had portable phones but they were the size of briefcases!

[@morticindavis9410]

First time I saw Ali lost for words. Both of them RIP.

[@phoenixthedevourer1716]

Trueeee he was laughing

[@lloydkline3265]

He no match for flip Wilson with words

[@beingworld]

He was asked to be mute....

[@mysteriousplankton]

Watching this time-machine brings back a lot of memories and history. Very nostalgic and wonderful.

[@samson9098]

GOD created him, handsome and brilliant, people like him is so rare.

[@lwmson]

.. and he was whooping ass too!

[@LynnRedwine800]

I am feeling so nostalgic right now. I was in the 10th grade in 1971 when this show was first aired. What's really amazing is the fact that I am still here. I am extremely grateful. Thanks for the upload.

[@ericasaffo5003]

❤❤❤

[@karlnitz1126]

I was ten

[@oscarorozco8989]

What is so amazing about you being here? You're not exactly old.

[@buckethead9894]

I was 12 and had a crush on Geraldine so as long as we are conscious we are not that old

[@bayo625]

I’m 57 years old, 🧐 first thing that props up in my mind about Flip is the skit with Belafonte ‘ Who put the rum in the coconut’ 😀

[@jkgatuguta]

Geraldine WAS a trip !!! Favourite part of the show Thanks for the upload.

[@dietpepsivanilla3095]

Loved Ali, he was still unbeaten when this taped, but I loved Smokin' Joe too. Greatest boxing rivalry of all time.

[@emilygonzalez7415]

wouldn't it be funny? if flip wilson were alive today he would say "I was the one that gave the idea for the cell phone!" Love the man RIP.

[@demetriuswilliams6469]

That dance was something else Geraldine does 😀

[@micheleotero1516]

I saw ali in 1981.in Denver Colorado. He was handsome and sexy. I was 22 Iam now 64. Rip champ

[@dianeamaral8151]

I enjoy watching this show

[@stinsonconnie]

Love FLIP-and Geraldine!!!

[@gmackinnon648]

Flio Wilson, definitely a class act. . Geraldine is the teacher one of the Best variety shows.! 😊

[@michaelduncan232]

Flip Wilson one of the best stand up comics 👏 .

[@thandie67]

This was a popular in Zambia, a country in Africa. I doubt anyone with a television missed a show. We admired this man. Edit: and by this man, I mean Mr Flip Wilson. Me Ali was a hero.

[@maddyebanks9863]

Great memories, great laughs!

[@marygoodwin2333]

Beautiful man 😍😍

[@falanajerido875]

Flip was ahead of his time we take our phone out now

[@georgehorsham8689]

This is stunningly hilarious 😃😀😅😁😃!!

[@jozzch4878]

Love Mohammad Ali

[@vangillis]

TWO BLAST FROM the Past

[@princeofallnegros4035]

Muhammad Ali had great confidence in his masculinity to publicly let another man touch on him. 😊

[@BBBYpsi]

When I was a teenager I could do Flip Wilson's Geraldine as a imitation & was pretty good at it back in the early 1970's. "What you see is what you get"

[@splendid3985]

I don't care what no one says, In the 70's Flip had a cellphone in Geraldine 's bag!!

[@jimmyjames1493]

My grandfather Alan Reynolds was a comedian: and he'd have me perform the Flip Wilson signitura routine when I was 9-11yo. He was an amazing guy married to a beautiful model. He had a drinking problem; and was struck by a car on the only day he was sober! RIP dad. I'll see you soon I reckon. I'm sorry for all the fuck ups I've ever made!

[@captainbatatatv5609]

Woooooow seem like yesterday

[@SadeWithTheReceipts]

IT'S SO IRONIC AND FUNNY THAT THERE IS SUCH A THING AS A TELEPHONE POCKETBOOK NOW. IT'S NOW 1/6/2020, AND IT CAME OUT A FEW YEARS AGO I BELIEVE.

[@robertturner9715]

The first pocket book phone

[@felixthelmocevallosmorales41]

Muhammad Ali o Mohamed Alí (nacido como Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr.; Louisville, Kentucky, 17 de enero de 1942-Scottsdale, Arizona, 3 de junio de 2016) fue un boxeador estadounidense, considerado uno de los mejores de todos los tiempos. Fue una figura social de enorme influencia en su generación, en la política y en las luchas sociales o humanitarias a favor de los afroamericanos y del islam. 81 AÑOS 74 AÑOS 07 AÑOS.

[@Pamela-zy7vc]

*now in 2022, there is a such thing as a "telephone pocketbook"🥰*

[@jerryblair61]

Filp was a great comic I loved all his show . The first black comic to have all black talent on his show Everyone copied from him Martin copied from him.

[@grandmalovesmebest]

Not all black. Lucy. Ed Sullivan. George Carlin.

[@droprecords3189]

A telephone pocket book😂

[@princeofallnegros4035]

Cellphone

[@elmeranitathames4611]

FLIP WAS TECHNOLOGICALLY AHEAD OF HIS TIME

[@dans9463]

Four years before this, the champ came to our community block party. He was at his prime. A father told his little son to go up to the boxer and say, Don't let me catch you in a dark alley. The soon to be, Rumble in the Jungle must have caused damage. If I was dictator of the land, I would outlaw boxing... for brain cell lives matter.

[@kennethjones9324]

memory lane.. :)

[@BooBop1987]

That is so funny!😅

[@irwingirven3672]

Ali was much more timid and humble back then.

[@timothytimothyarts395]

Early cell phone…

[@acalbert56]

I was walking down State Street in Chicago and stopped to fluff my hair which was very long, it actually got much longer in a few months, in a store window. When I looked up a lady had raced past me to shake a man's hand who turned out to be Muhammad Ali and two of his handlers. They surrounded him after she grabbed his hand. I had no intention of touching him but noticed he included them walking around to see if anyone recognized them but left out the part that he was recognized in the movie. He did report on tv once though that "the sisters have long hair ". I think because they like to say black women/sisters wear wigs or weaves. The Champ taking up for the sista. He will always be the greatest.

[@essiefinch1356]

Pre Cell phone

[@thegroveness]

I talk now 😭😭😭

[@srinivaspillai4622]

Mohammed Ali is never lost for words, he was smart enough when to or when not to, some gentle says he cheated on wife, I hope not, rest in peace both gentlemen, God bless.

[@jessiejames7492]

so is flip. hes brilliant. the first black entertainer to get his own show

[@brucewinfield1909]

@@jessiejames7492 Nat King Cole may have been the first.

[@jessiejames7492]

@@brucewinfield1909 thanks ,

[@lovemj6940]

he did sadly....

[@Roestradd]

🤣🤣😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂 You are the greatest next to Geraldine.....I'm suffocating

[@adrina911]

Ali was fine!

[@suzycreamcheesez4371]

RIP

[@ezekielenockelijah2034]

HOW THE HELL R YA. WHAT'S WRONG WITH MY APPROACH THIS X SAM?

[@jimberlygridder183]

I wish i looked more like Ali...That man woulda done well with the ladies if he wasnt the champ...He took alot of shots in the ring..espescially when he got older...and " was still pretty" as he would say....He was tough tho...It may be due to his looks that he didnt get the credit for being as tough as he was. To be able to endure the punishment from Joe Frazier...and George Foreman...he had to be tough as hell. He was a great champion. I wish as a poor white kid growin up that we had more role models like the black community did. White people are just all alone when it comes to that shit....everyones an individual and we dont lift eachother up or stick together with a sense of national community the way that Black Americans do. Still..Id like to think that the Champ was a role model for all people..and all Americans can learn and take inspiration from his life. It makes me wonder if it is possible to promote ethnic pride without evoking a sense of separation and competition from " the other"....whoever the other may be.

[@SimplyaLady92]

That sense of community that we have is a byproduct to the centuries of torture, servitude and current disadvantages that we face today. We didn't have role models so we became our role models. I don't think racism will ever end but I believe it will dilute and by that time it wouldn't even matter if Billy or Karen thinks my grandchildren are a good "fit " for the position because my children will sit on the board of the company and nepotism will get my grandchildren a spot that they would've previously been overlooked for. Wealthy white people don't gaf about poor whites, there isn't a sense of community because white people never needed it to survive, until maybe now. The wealth gap is so wide that poor whites and wealthy whites don't have anything that bind them but the color of their skin. I don't understand how you can be white and dirt poor in this country tbh. But I'd advice your community to "pick yourselves up by your boot straps" like how they tell us to do. Atleast yall have boots. Because we didn't.

[@jimberlygridder183]

@@SimplyaLady92 its true ...i grew up poor as fuck...and if you dont understand how someone can be white and experience that..then that is another important level of misunderstanding that exists between whites and blacks....its actually ignorant because it assumes that in this day in age white skin is a privelege. It is not. I am as far removed from the stereotypes attached to wealthy whites as any black person is...maybe moreso. But i had to grow up hearing how white boys cant fight...cant do this or that...physically demasculating stereotypes ..and then found that if I tried to adress it.. Or talk to other poor whites and try to help eachother develop positive identity. Or build eachother up....well that was called racist...and white supremacist. I learned about the history of oppression that blacks faced in this country...and it truly was abominable...but i had to learn about it...because i didnt see that in my.lifetime. i also learned that alot if white people fought and gave their lives to help end slavery...and stood with blacks in the civil rights movement. But that kind of racism is not systemic today. And thats good. But i cant help seeing the double standard that seems to exist when it comes to black folks being able to celebrate and advocate for the betterment of " their people" ...and if whites do that..get demonized and silenced. And on a deeper level ..we have to acknowledge that the very language we use to discuss race...IS INHERENTLY RACIST BY TODAYS STANDARDS...BECAUSE IT ACKNOWLEDGES GROUPS...AND SIDES...IN REFERENCE TO RACE. AND SO WHEN WE BRING UP RACE AND ACKNOWLEDGE IT.....WE ENCOURAGE COMPETITION...AND ULTIMATELY CONTENTION...BECAUSE YOU CANT ADCOCATE FOR ONE WITHOUT MARGINALIZING THE OTHER. AND YOU PERPETUATE IDEAS OF "us and them". So we need to reconfigure how we approach racial dialogue. Either we need to abolish group identity ideologies and racial supremacy talk all together.....or allow it to be practiced equally without demonizing one group for doing it while celebrating the same talk for the other. I think we need to speak more in terms of the human race. Or...maybe we should openly discuss racial differences and be allowed to without the stigma of fear and marginalization that has become a silencing tactic for whites...limiting their freedoms of speech and stifling the developments of healthy identity and self image for generations of young white folks who were born into this world and discover that at this time in history....they are reffered to as week evil..white devils who cant even speak up to defend themselves.

[@SimplyaLady92]

@@jimberlygridder183 thank you for the reply. I think our conversation has gotten off topic to the video and I love it. I'm grateful for this opportunity because it can be difficult to have these unbiased conversations especially if everyone around you agrees with you. Systematic racism exists today, there isn't any doubt about it. I'm not sure how old you are, I assumed you were older correct me if I'm wrong. You being a white male growing up in the 60s,70s,80s was more advantageous than growing up as a black person where every move you made to climb out of oppression that was placed upon you was stifled. I'm not liberal in my position on race. I'm in my 20s so I haven't lived through the brunt of overt racism however I've experienced it covertly and I didn't only learn about the historical racism of this country, the eugenics experiments on blacks, sterilization of black women in the 70s, decades of blacks being disproportionately incarcerated for similar crimes to whites, i identified with it because it could've been me. If I was born a little bit sooner, if I was a man, if I lived in a certain neighborhood THAT could've been me, solely because I'm black. That's an admittance to pain that can not be learned or taught. That isn't your fault. I said that to say, that is WHY and HOW we can come together and advocate for change. It is all we've ever had, was our voices. I don't believe in that human race sht. As long as there is someone on the top they will systematically try to place a group of people beneath them to elevate their position. White people did and do have a brotherhood, it is called the KKK. Yall just got a little out of hand with the mission statement 💀 😒. And whether you like it or not you are a part of white supremacy, you just aren't capitalizing off of it. That's one of the drawbacks of being "assigned" or "associated " with a group. You can't pick which things u want to benefit from. I don't agree w every movement of BLM or the NAACP but it doesn't matter bc I'm "black" I didn't choose blackness, I'm an American that just happens to be black. I however understand how I'm viewed in the world and it is what it is. Now, that won't effect my money or my lively hood and I DEMAND that right as an American. If it isnt bestowed upon me then I'll take it by any means necessary. If you want brotherhood then accept who you are, forget how you're viewed and get what u want out of this world.

[@jimberlygridder183]

@@SimplyaLady92This thing we call culture can be a beautiful thing in terms of aiding individuals in the realizations of rich healthy identiies and personal growth...with a sense of extended community and support. Things crucial to healthy phycological growth. But because of the stigma of the horrible atrocities blacks faced in American history...perpetrated largly by whites...actively and complicitly...people born today...white and black are still having these histories pinned on them at birth. We learn in school and from our elders.. the things that happened in history..and ..we learn about the history of blacks snd whites in this country. And we watch the old footage in awe and shock that our society was so different then than it is today. We can hardly believe it. AND IT IS THEN..that we begin to learn what we can or cannot do ...what is or what is not socially acceptable behavior for ourselves based on our skin color as it directly relates to specific history . Now we look at eachother and at ourselves differently. We begin to attach the labels..labels born out of the circumstances of yesteryear..to eachother today. We begin carrying the circumstances of the past around with us and echoing them on and on as we are confronted with this thing called race and what category we " belong to" . And more and more..its like we must aquiesce to this idea that the history of blacks and whites that existed then...Must play a major role in defining us today....and furthermore...how it has come to dictate our identities and actions. With blacks...it takes the form of a people with a culture. A culture derived from many cultures that came from Africa..yet ultimately enriched by the knowledge and connection to those who endured atrocious hardships..and abominable oppression and cruelty perpetrated against them in this country...a country that claimed liberty and justice for all. Slowly over centuries..this persisted..and took various stages as the struggle to overcome continued. This connected black people in America..and an inevitable change to black american culture would be one small facet in what is an extremely profound dynamic of a people. ..rising up out of oppression..a sense of community..with unique and uncomparable expressions of song ..art..language..and life would go on to be indelibly burned into the psyche of America as demarcations of what is arguably the richest and most influential culture in America. And so as America attempted to put this ugly scar behind her...and end these practices..the slavery ended...and the oppression eventually replaced with equal opportunies. The cultural developments..and social practices remained. And these traits are very valuable for individuals when it comes to developing healthy personal identity .continue to be a source terms of character and social freedoms that come along with that. A sense of great community and profound identity...with each new achievement by any one individual celebrated by the whole....Ahhh but for whites. The young white boy...espescially poor whites.....They have no culture to draw from...because to do so would be racist...would be evil. As if there are no positive examples in white cultural history that these young men could look to as an example of whats possible...or for a role model. No...we cannot engage in talk of anything designated " white" because you learn very quickly thats not allowed. You learn that is white supremacy talk....and they call you a Kkk member...or a Nazi. So you cannot look to race..or YOUR OWN APPEARANCE..as you try to form an identity as a youth. So you cannot explore the possibility of anything positive..in terms of " white". Furthermore...you learn that it seems to be perfectly acceptable and even encouraged..to endure comments and language that demean white boys as if matters of fact. For example it was perfectly understood based on the talk I heard at school from the time i was old enuf to remember...that " white boys cant fight". Now that may seem unimportant or juvenile....to to a young man forming identity and sense if masculinity...athletics..and that includes ability to fight or defend yourself...show strength against your peers is crucial. And so its a heavy blow to learn that you are in this inferior group of males in this strange world. You then learn that white dudes are goofy...lame...have small penises...cant satisfy their women sexually and quite simply are not cool. Very soon you develope a complex....a complex that you cant even talk about..because you would be racist if you brought it up. Now this can fester under the surface of a young mans consciousness...and manifest in some unhealthy way. Whole generations of young white males have phsycological complexes that are adversly contributing to problems in our society....and specifically fueling racism...because an open dialogue cannot even be honestly sought. And then you see all these cheezy ass white people with the fake smiles...just going along with whatever some racist black supremacist says...its because of these social forces that have been influencing them from youth. Not good.

[@jimberlygridder183]

@@SimplyaLady92 It seems you are acknowledging that one can achieve upward mobility in this world...and this country..irregardless of their race. I agree. That would not be possible if systemic racism was adversly affecting people. It is not. There are no more laws..or institutions that cater to particular races...with the exception of black institutions that openly market and advocate for blacks. And many of the views you express would be considered racist and hate speech..or at the very least extremely politically incorrect..if they were expressed.by a white person. We have achieved equality of opportunity in this country...and the only racism left is propogated by individuals. Black people are by in large aware of this...as you pointed out. You say its impossible to disassociate myself from groups like the kkk. That type of thinking will always perpetuate conflict between black and white. We didnt start out that way. Capitalism birthed the conflict between black and white because it served to exploit the pre-existing institution of slavery on a scale like never before. Africans were not used as slaves in America because of their blackness...or because of some hatred that existed...they were used because they were abundant and a cheap or free labor source was needed. They couldve been anyone...but the perfect storm.of circumstances existed.at that time that lead to the use of Africans..and Afrucan Americans. It was greed that birthed it. But what kind of a people has that kind of power over another in this power hungry world we find ourselves in....and finds the morality to give it up...even kill one another and risk their lives to end it? As many many white people did. You see thats never talked about. This is an amazing attribute that white folks dont get enough recognition for. But i say that because it serves my point that we dont HAVE to be at odds or conflict with one another as races. And its a shame that there are many black folks today that use the pretense of civil rights talk...because they know thats become a very powerful tool to try and achieve dominance..as you say..groups positioning for power over one another. There are two types of people. Those who truly want and end to the bitterness and conflict of racism....and those who use that talk of equality and civill rights long after it has been achieved already..in order to control ..silence..and aspire to positions of power..to become the opressor. What a wicked thing to use a peoples willingness to give up power..because they knew it was wrong...against them in order to wield that very power over them.instead. This is black supremacy ideology and it is right out in the open. Working in the hearts and minds of blacks today...with white people so stricken with stigma and fear over being branded as complicit to the sins of the past...that they would watch as preparations and tactics are played out that will place them in the position of the oppressed. But my view is that it does not have to be this way. We must abandon the group affiliation racial nationalism...and the attitude that says..." Do to them...before they do to you. The wealthy class fomented conflict between poor blacks and whites from the beginning because they did not want them to join together and rise up against them. Its classuc divide and conquer. They created racial conflict as a distraction and answer to.prevent the CLASS CONFLICT THAT THEY FEARED. and they are still doing it today. We the people...must stand together in the name of liberty and excercise our rights ..and have unified voices...or we will lose our rights and freedoms squabbling among ourselves....while the true opressors sut back and play us like chess.

[@debrawilliams7983]

We pull phones out now! Only for the WELL TO DO crowd then

[@dewayneduffy6032]

I like flip 😆 lol

[@clifflawrence7479]

Way to funny

[@nicidevine6670]

LMAO 🤣

[@PTsPointofView]

And people mad about lil Nas x

[@purplesword3800]

Flip was so damn funny.. One of the best variety shows ever..

[@ralphjackson8295]

He truly was one of the greatest comedians.

[@studiobauhaus7740]

Geraldine was too cringe. This was the problem with Flip Wilson and why nobody talks about him.

[@jerrevandenberg1294]

I agree 👍 100%

[@jimcowan8770]

@@studiobauhaus7740 What Are You Talking About!? Flip Wilson Was The Goat!

[@studiobauhaus7740]

@@jimcowan8770 no he wasn't ...his show was barely watchable because of that Geraldine cringe

[@jimcowan8770]

@@studiobauhaus7740 You wouldn’t know Talent if it bit you on the butt! Everyone I know around here thought it was Hilarious! In Fact,. A lot of people thought he should do the whole show as Geraldine! Oh,.& I Know Lot’s of people! Just sit down & shut up! You don’t know talent! How old are you? 12?

[@confusedwhynot]

Wow! The memories this brings up. Loved the days when you could do comedy without getting cancelled.

[@denicecreary7185]

So awesome, Flip Wilson was a great talent

[@lillianmunster4734]

Thanks Bunches for the Post I Loved The FliP Wilson show RIP My Friend Flip and Miss Geraldine Jones 🕊️❤️❤️🕊️👍⭐🌹

[@TracyAllen]

That was so weird… As “Geraldine“ reaches into her purse to get her phone, for a split second I forgot that we didn’t have cell phones back then but, then she pulls out this phone like we had back in the day with the cord 😆 ! Now as a kid watching this, I never dreamt that someday that’s exactly what I would do… reach into my purse to make a phone call. Isn’t that something🤷🏽‍♀️😎

[@MegaTamarra]

Tracy Allen 😂 I was thinking the same thing

[@holland9199]

To Think Write i thought the same thing to then i saw the receiver and remembered how LONG ago this was :) lol

[@martinpugchin630]

Yeah same here

[@bobbygreen654]

For Real, I am 67 years old & this scene makes Me Feel More Alive...I Believe That I was Born In The Right GENERATION!🙏

[@jamesfreeman2258]

Geraldine doing the little dances is pure attitude and vibe.

[@shannonvanderhoof4810]

❤❤❤👠

[@sharonpowell1969]

Ali, one good looking man

[@plumafina]

IMAGINE HE HAD CALLED IT "FLIP PHONE" instead if "Pocketbook Telephone", oh my dear Flip, wish you could have seen this.

[@renettejones478]

This was funny. Ali was so handsome

[@eggbertinkabod1121]

Bruce Lee waz duh greating

[@2dasimmons]

@@eggbertinkabod1121 2nd to Ali😍

[@cyndimcmahon5420]

Yes he was!

[@LUKERs1196]

The greatest of all times

[@jessiejames7492]

@@eggbertinkabod1121 both were!

[@drmbj]

Flip Wilson was SO CRAZY!!!!!!!

[@jessiejames7492]

He was the first afro american performer to have his own show. He was very talent and intelligent. Too bad we have goons these days .

[@maevawong6711]

How I miss these two guys. Each, the very best at what they did, and all America just loved them!

[@jeromellyndell2138]

When you think of the characters now days such as Wanda,shennenne,and madea ..flip Wilson paid the way

[@gaddovame2879]

Paved! He PAVED the way. Bless your heart.

[@michellejohnson1520]

The champ was fine!!!! Ali will always be my G.O.A.T.

[@maryjoyspohrer256]

Please explain G.O.A.T to old grandma! 💜

[@tyronesmith8250]

"Dont hurt him cause he's one of us" - Flip Wilson was for the cause and the brotherhood!!!

[@tyronesmith8250]

@joe Louis Flip Wilson was gay?...really?...The Brother was married 3 times and had 6 children and was known to have a lot of women. I never heard that before that he was gay. It does not matter though...he was still down with and for the cause...it was reflected in his work. More Power To Him!!!

[@SeniorMoostacho]

Do you mean the cause of the Brotherhood of humanity?? Or is it all about and just for the blacks?? Loved the guy for his comic genius and clearly he influenced many down the line. Medea comes to mind.

[@tyronesmith8250]

@@SeniorMoostacho The Beatiful Black Brotherhood and Black Sisterhood is excactly what is meant. There was so much struggle during that time and historically for black people to live freely and express their "humanity" because "all humanity" did not respect and treat all people with dignity and equality that everyone is deserving of. Black People had to go through so much to just live, exist and be respected as human beings because of the limited "humanity" of The Slave Masters and Their Descendants who upheld their ancestors bigoted, oppresive and discriminatory beleifs and idealisms. Yes...that is indeed what I meant!!!

[@shelleygold4923]

He was also a victim of the agenda having to dress and drag as Dave Chappelle has said

[@WhitePOWERranger1]

I think he meant American!

[@seflinokasonde2393]

Those were the days, we will never forget. RIP Champ, we will always miss you.

[@maryrosekent8223]

Dance like a butterfly, sting like a bee!

[@gregschannel4918]

My uncle produced Flip . He used to tell me stories about some of the legends he had on . Miss hearing those stories

[@gregschannel4918]

No . My uncle worked for NBC his entire career . Years later he did a short run sitcom with Flip and Gladys Knight by the name of “ Charlie and Company “

[@heartstrings7814]

@@gregschannel4918 I remember charlie and company. I watched the few episodes that were on tv before they pulled it.

[@maryjoyspohrer256]

What a wonderful legacy! I'm sure those are cherished memories!

[@powerWithinUs4055]

Flip Wilson was comedy genius. A genius. Hard to believe this was 48 years ago, though. Lord took Flip home because He loved Geraldine and wanted to see up close.

[@beneaththecrust4661]

Carole, I didn't know god rolled like that.

[@powerWithinUs4055]

Awww, no...it wasn't even Geraldine’s mystique....what you see is what you get, she had first. Computers got the term WYSIWYG from her. Wish Flip were here, everybody loved him. His emmy award winning show had every comedian and tv personality. Everybody was attracted to Flip's engaging warmth and intelligent wit. From a hard scrabble upbringing, he invented his comedy and characters. Once seen, you'd never forget Flip Wilson. Geraldine says to Rev....how do YOU know, you wasn’t there... I can hear Flip doing Geraldine’s voice in my mind.

[@siegridthomas9674]

Loved Flip Wilson...NO body like that anymore...color did NOT matter, he was wonderful!

[@daviddoyle543]

It seems a lot of his Geraldine skits we're not scripted. He just improved most of it. 😁

[@janelliot5643]

@@beneaththecrust4661 She doesn't. God didn't take Flip. Cancer did.

[@chesterwhitfield5734]

Ali was so cool, these shows should be preserved to show the youngsters what life was really like, not all bad.

[@sandrabrown5416]

100 % agree with you!!

[@RJ1999x]

Far better then now

[@robertnilla6845]

man o man flip wilson from jersey city. new jersey who was raised from a broken home and foster care.. this man proved a hard up bringing never defines a man

[@kwameaboagye121]

Flip Wilson so hilarious with his Geraldine impression. Muhammad Ali my hero. RIP Champ and Flip

[@bsshh]

Flip was Unmatched!! Genius!!!

[@nilkaestherchasededier8569]

The firts movile phone was invented by Geraldine.

[@falanajerido875]

He was ahead of his time

[@jessiejames7492]

muhammad ali is really good looking

[@Lovejessieee]

jessie james he really is

[@arrjee9474]

jessie james Was ...

[@BaKheru]

U just now figuring that out? The man told ya'll he was pretty!

[@jessiejames7492]

@@BaKheru i was emphasizing the fact...!:)

[@anithaphilip3526]

He said " I thought I could talk but I meet my match " hehehe Ali was out of words for once

[@gr8dvd]

He had words but no pause on Geraldine… he was surprisingly compliant as a mere prop. Missed opportunity… the banter between The Champ & Howard Cosell was hilarious.

[@maryjoyspohrer256]

But the comedic timing was spot on!

[@jessiejames7492]

flip wilson. what an entertainer. ! love his Geraldine character. remember watching this with the family many years ago. we all loved him...

[@michelestinnett2708]

Flip made a very pretty woman!

[@klmhookedmoore5847]

😂😂😂😂 I forgot how funny Flip Wilson was.

[@NadeemHayek]

“The world champ should be pretty as me”.. Ali

[@suhaylali2917]

Its shocking how good looking Muhammad Ali was..

[@lwmson]

Why so? Because he was black?

[@marywilliams9858]

No because he was cute from the inside out.

[@jmartin4204]

The earliest versions of the mobile phone . Flip Wilson was exceptional being with another exceptional

[@phoenixthedevourer1716]

Telefone pocket book cell phone look out

[@ot8479]

So awkward... I never saw The Champ so silent for so long!!

[@Gremllion]

For Ali to say he met his match in talking was great..Go Geraldine.Yea baby!!!

[@royaljai5009]

The greatest at a lost for words too cute 😂

[@lexdee523]

I love me some Flip Wilson, I ordered his whole Flip Wilson DVD collection. Such hours of fun and laughter.

[@btinsley1]

i saw this when it first aired. i was 9 years old. it used to come on thursday....funny i can remember that, but still can't find my keys...don't laff...it'll happen to you too ;-)

[@debrawilliams7983]

RIP to both GREATS

[@theronedawson3236]

I remember watching this show when I was in my teens. The fact that a black man had his own show was a,big deal. If Muhammad Ali didn't like seeing Flip in drag he wouldn't have done the show. Flip did many characters on the show that was just as funny as Geraldine. Remember Freddie the lover and rev.LeRoy Brown.

[@portiamatthews9654]

@ Theron Dawson, I also remember this show when I was growing up to. You are so right about it being a huge deal back then because him being a black man having his own variety show. I also remember my mom on the phone with her sisters talking about the character Geraldine Jones, lol 😂😂 😂. I don't know if you can remember the song that Flip Wilson singing a song about a peanut 😂 and a frog on a log. I can remember like it was yesterday. I was around six years old.

[@76footballlover]

You can tell and he's Islamic

[@kennethandrews8460]

I remember the big boxing glove Killer was suppose to use on Ali

[@lovin5labs]

Both were loved by white people too. I was a young teen. I never missed Wilson's show and Ali's bouts. There were many black entertainers who were very popular among all race groups. We learned that black people were no different than anyone else. Sad that segments of yesteryear and today still embrace racism.

[@CoachatCole]

He had to wear a dress though

[@Pettidee904]

Well there are pocketbook phones now!! lol love this!!

[@claydogmadman6295]

Before Martin Lawrence Shanaynay, before Jammie Fox Wanda... There was Flip Wilson's Geraldine...

[@inspirationwithgeorge]

Before Madea, there was Geraldine

[@dorothyaguilar5639]

Now this is when TV was good to watch so innocent and funny. Oh 🌿🌹 Flip Wilson 🌹🌿 was a lcon. Geraldine Jones was crazy her and her boyfriend Killer hilarious 😵. I miss those days 😭.

[@daviddoyle543]

Love me some Geraldine. 💕

[@g.moeller308]

When she reaches into her purse saying "I'm going to call Killer now" I did a double take -- "wait a minute -- can't be, no cell phones then" and she pulls out an analog phone with attached handset, but it's not wired. Weirdly anachronistic! Later, "He thinks there's such a thing as a telephone purse"