Season 3

1. Jack Benny, Pearl Bailey

1972-09-14

Jack Benny plays a gypsy violinist and an unwelcome boarder in the home of an arguing couple (Flip & Pearl).

2. Tim Conway, The Fifth Dimension

1972-09-21

The Fifth Dimension tell their (sort of) origin story and the Pink Pirate (Conway) accosts Flip & Florence LaRue in Central Park.

3. Don Knotts, Melba Moore

1972-09-28

Don Knotts does a medical convention monologue and disrupts officer Freddie Johnson’s date with Melba Moore.

4. Ruth Buzzi, Burns & Schreiber, The Surpremes

1972-10-05

Flip & cast do park bench skits; Burns & Schreiber do their taxi routine and Buzzi & The Supremes compete to rent Flip a car.

5. Stiller & Meara, Bill Russell

1972-10-12

Flip & Bill Russell give a clinic on billiards; Stiller & Meara have a lunchroom romance and a courtroom scene features the whole cast.

6. The Jackson 5, David Steinberg, Diana Sands

1972-10-19

Flip pushes ice cream and tries to join the Jackson 5; Michael gives a math lesson; Steinberg burglarizes Flip & Diana Sands.

7. Ed Asner, Carol Channing

1972-10-26

Ed Asner plays a ship's captain, cheats at cards (w/Flip, Channing & George Wyle) and gets fixed up with Carol at a resort.

8. Don Adams, Roscoe Lee Browne, The Staple Singers

1972-11-09

Flip is guru Jiva Koolit; Freddie Johnson's girlfriend's away; three guys do jury duty and Rev. Leroy tries off-track betting.

9. Tim Conway, Burt Reynolds

1972-11-16

Burt & Flip have a western shootout; Tim is the Pink Pirate; all do audience Q&A and Geraldine makes a movie with Burt.

10. Joan Rivers, Frank Gorshin, The Temptations

1972-11-23

Joan does seated stand-up; a Godfather spoof shows off Gorshin’s many voices and The Temptations join Rev. Leroy’s church.

11. Dom DeLuise, Gladys Knight, Raymond Burr

1972-11-30

Flip shows how to switch up a joke; cast does wacky soap opera; Q&A with Raymond who also visits Charley’s Diner.

12. Tony Randall, Burns & Schreiber

1972-12-07

Window washer (Flip) advises corporate execs; Burns & Schreiber do their taxi routine and Tony's a Chinese football doctor.

13. Bill Russell, Johnny Cash, June Carter

1972-12-14

Flip plays Bill Russell in a game of 1-on-1 (chess, that is) and Geraldine square dances with Johnny Cash.

14. Slappy White, Tim Conway

1972-12-21

Slappy does stand-up; sketches include Pink Pirate (Conway) w/castaways (Flip & Slappy) and a convoluted con game.

15. James Coco, Barbara McNair, Jim Nabors

1973-01-04

Coco, Nabors & Flip do theater parody; Freddie Johnson shops for a card and Geraldine battles McNair to be queen of a parade.

16. Andy Griffith, Roscoe Lee Browne

1973-01-11

Andy Griffith and Tony Award winner Roscoe Lee Browne join Flip for a game show parody called Buzz Off and a lighthouse sketch.

17. Marty Feldman, Howard Cosell, Sandy Duncan

1973-01-18

Marty Feldman battles the Beast In The Basket and Howard Cosell judges Sandy & Flip's cakes in the county fair bake off.

19. Phyllis Diller, The Committee

1973-02-01

Flip seeks a loan; Phyllis does her classic stand-up and comedy troupe The Committee do hilarious sketches.

20. The Amazing Kreskin, Diana Sands, Dom DeLuise

1973-02-08

Kreskin performs magic and acts in a sketch w/Flip & Diana Sands; Dom DeLuise battles Geraldine in the grocery store.

21. Della Reese, George Carlin, Roy Clark

1973-02-15

Carlin & Flip report the news; Carlin does monologue on race & society and the cast does a comic courtroom scene.

22. Rich Little, Ed McMahon, Cicely Tyson

1973-02-22

Cast does a Tonight Show spoof with Rich as Johnny Carson; Flip & Cicely’s honeymoon gets disrupted by dentists.

23. Tim Conway, Joe Namath

1973-03-01

Legendary New York Jets quarterback Joe Namath holds his own with sketch comedy pros Tim & Flip incl. a Geraldine bit.

24. Richard Pryor, Don Knotts

1973-03-15

Fresh from acting in Lady Sings The Blues, Richard Pryor does brilliant stand-up and skits with veteran funnyman Don Knotts.