Flip : The Inside Story of TV's First Black Superstar Paperback - 2014
by Cook, Kevin
- Used
Description
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- Title Flip : The Inside Story of TV's First Black Superstar
- Author Cook, Kevin
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Condition Used - Very Good
- Pages 256
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Publishing Group, New York, NY, U.S.A.
- Date 2014-02-25
- Bookseller's Inventory # 303054-6
- ISBN 9780142180754 / 0142180750
- Weight 0.45 lbs (0.20 kg)
- Dimensions 8 x 5.3 x 0.6 in (20.32 x 13.46 x 1.52 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Library of Congress subjects Comedians - United States, Television personalities - United States
- Dewey Decimal Code B
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Summary
When The Flip Wilson Show debuted in 1970, black faces were still rare on television and black hosts nonexistent. Then came Flip—to instant acclaim. His show dueled Marcus Welby, M.D. for the top spot in the ratings. His characters and catchphrases fixed themselves in America’s consciousness, and he helped launch new talent, including Richard Pryor and George Carlin. But how did Clerow Wilson, a motherless Jersey City grade-school dropout, become the celebrity heralded on the cover of TIME as “TV’s First Black Superstar”? Drawing on interviews with family, friends, and celebrities, Kevin Cook offers an inspiring salute to a self-made star who fell from grace, but not before blazing a trail for generations of entertainers to come.
