# This past weekend's Flip Wilson Marathon

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [July 5, 2004, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-past-weekends-flip-wilson-marathon/253709 "2004-07-05T22:22:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2004, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-past-weekends-flip-wilson-marathon/253709/1 "2004-07-05T22:22:32Z")

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I didn’t watch it all. I did catch the eps with George Carlin. Wow! Not funny. Or, at least, not aging very well.

It did prove to me that Lily Tomlin has never been funny (IMHO).

I was especially interested in the musical performances:

I was able to see the Paul McCartney & Wings video for “Mary Had a Little Lamb”. Evidence that Paul wasn’t just growing corn on his farm.

Also, the Osmond Brothers performing “Yo-yo”.

All the boy bands of the 80’s & 90’s should bow down to these guys and their bitchin’ choreography. I’ll try to ignore the “Elvis-like” black sequin jumpsuits w/contrasting sashes.

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**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2004, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-past-weekends-flip-wilson-marathon/253709/2 "2004-07-06T12:38:26Z")

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I REALLY liked the African guy playing the little hand held…thing… (how’s that for an obscure reference).

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**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2004, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-past-weekends-flip-wilson-marathon/253709/3 "2004-07-06T13:03:58Z")

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I saw the Jackson 5, when Michael was black! 😃😉

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**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2004, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-past-weekends-flip-wilson-marathon/253709/4 "2004-07-06T13:47:20Z")

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Flip Wilson: _extremely_ talented.

Flip Wilson’s writers: not so much.

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**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2004, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-past-weekends-flip-wilson-marathon/253709/5 "2004-07-06T14:21:31Z")

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I saw a bit of it. Occasionally I chuckled slightly.

But, for the most part, I wondered: “Were we REALLY that desperate for entertainment back then?”