Kevin Cook
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
"Chronicles Flip 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 characters as the sassy Geraldine and flock-fleecing Reverend Leroy. Drawing on interviews with family, friends, and celebrities, delivers the story of a complex man who broke the prime-time color barrier."--Provided by publisher.