Flip : the inside story of TV's first Black superstar /
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Author / Creator: | Cook, Kevin, 1956- |
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Imprint: | New York, N.Y. : Viking, c2013. |
Description: | 242 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm |
Language: | English |
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Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9133344 |
ISBN: | 9780670025701 (hbk.) 0670025704 (hbk.) |
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Notes: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [233-234]) and index. |
Summary: | Chronicles 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 outrageous characters as the sassy Geraldine and flock-fleecing Reverend Leroy. |
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