The Resource Flip : the inside story of TV's first Black superstar, Kevin Cook
Flip : the inside story of TV's first Black superstar, Kevin Cook
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The item Flip : the inside story of TV's first Black superstar, Kevin Cook represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library.
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- Summary
- The rags-to-riches story of a groundbreaking, beloved entertainer When The Flip Wilson Show debuted in 1970, black faces were still rare on television, black hosts nonexistent. So how did Clerow "Flip" Wilson go from Jersey City grade-school dropout to national celebrity, heralded on the cover of Time as "TV's first black superstar"? Flip is a candid, entertaining biography of a consummate comedian who changed the face of American popular culture. Kevin Cook chronicles Flip'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 and hilarious characters as the sassy Geraldine and flock-fleecing Reverend Leroy. As one of the biggest stars of his time, he performed and partied with Richard Pryor, George Carlin, Michael Jackson, Elvis Presley, and other stars of the 1970s. Drawing on interviews with family, friends, and celebrities, Cook delivers the inspiring story of a complex man who broke the prime-time color barrier, blazing a trail for generations of African American performers who followed him
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- Unabridged.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (1 audio file (8hr., 04 min.))
- Isbn
- 9781470881290
- Label
- Flip : the inside story of TV's first Black superstar
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- Flip
- Title remainder
- the inside story of TV's first Black superstar
- Statement of responsibility
- Kevin Cook
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- Flip
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- the inside story of TVs first black superstar
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- Downloadable audiobooks
- trueWilson, Flip, 1933-1998
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- The rags-to-riches story of a groundbreaking, beloved entertainer When The Flip Wilson Show debuted in 1970, black faces were still rare on television, black hosts nonexistent. So how did Clerow "Flip" Wilson go from Jersey City grade-school dropout to national celebrity, heralded on the cover of Time as "TV's first black superstar"? Flip is a candid, entertaining biography of a consummate comedian who changed the face of American popular culture. Kevin Cook chronicles Flip'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 and hilarious characters as the sassy Geraldine and flock-fleecing Reverend Leroy. As one of the biggest stars of his time, he performed and partied with Richard Pryor, George Carlin, Michael Jackson, Elvis Presley, and other stars of the 1970s. Drawing on interviews with family, friends, and celebrities, Cook delivers the inspiring story of a complex man who broke the prime-time color barrier, blazing a trail for generations of African American performers who followed him
- Summary
- An account of the popular entertainer's rags-to-riches story traces his rise through the segregated nightclub circuit, to his breakthrough on Johnny Carson's Tonight Show to his hit variety show, describing the creations of his popular characters and his barrier-breaking work with forefront 1970s stars
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- Cook, Kevin
- Dewey number
- 792.7028092
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- Read by Mirron Willis
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- the inside story of TV's first black superstar
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- Flip : the inside story of TV's first Black superstar, Kevin Cook
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- Edition
- Unabridged.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (1 audio file (8hr., 04 min.))
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- Flip : the inside story of TV's first Black superstar, Kevin Cook
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- Edition
- Unabridged.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (1 audio file (8hr., 04 min.))
- File format
- unknown
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- online
- electronic
- Governing access note
- Digital content provided by hoopla
- Groove width / pitch
- not applicable
- Isbn
- 9781470881290
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- (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book)
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Subject
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- African American television personalities -- United States -- Biography
- trueAfrican-American television personalities -- United States -- Biography
- trueArts and Entertainment -- Movies and Television
- trueBiographies
- trueComedians -- United States -- Biography
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- trueDrug addiction
- trueLife stories -- Arts and culture | Performing arts | Actors and actresses
- trueTelevision personalities -- United States -- Biography
- trueWilson, Flip, 1933-1998
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