<p>Meet Flip Wilson, groundbreaking purveyor of sly social satire, shaggy dog stories, with a bit of gender bending thrown in to boot.  Flip was the first Black entertainer to host a network variety show and he was a fixture on variety and talk shows throughout the 1960s and 1970s.  Extended cuts at <a href='https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=2629494960621261'>laughtracksradio.com</a>.  </p>

Meet Flip Wilson, groundbreaking purveyor of sly social satire, shaggy dog stories, with a bit of gender bending thrown in to boot. Flip was the first Black entertainer to host a network variety show and he was a fixture on variety and talk shows throughout the 1960s and 1970s. Extended cuts at laughtracksradio.com.

<p>Meet Flip Wilson, groundbreaking purveyor of sly social satire, shaggy dog stories, with a bit of gender bending thrown in to boot. &nbsp;Flip was the first Black entertainer to host a network variety show and he was a fixture on variety and talk shows throughout the 1960s and 1970s. &nbsp;Extended cuts at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=2629494960621261" rel="noopener noreferrer">laughtracksradio.com</a>. &nbsp;</p>

Flip Wilson

Randy Hodgins and Steve McLellan’s lifelong love of comedy was kindled when they met more than 40 years ago in graduate school in Seattle.  While managing family and professional work responsibilities, they hosted a one hour comedy radio program on Saturday mornings for 10 years on a small radio station in Olympia, WA and also co-authored two books on northwest popular culture – Seattle on Film (1995) and Wet and Wired (2000).  Stuck at home during the early days of the pandemic with hundreds of comedy albums, cassettes and CD’s gathering dust on their shelves, they launched Laugh Tracks Legends of Comedy in May 2020, a weekly mini-program featuring a different comedy icon, with biographical bits and a nice slice of the comedy that made them famous. From standup stars, to stellar sketch teams, to novelty music maestros -- they are all part of our Legends.

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Randy Hodgins and Steve McLellan’s lifelong love of comedy was kindled when they met more than 40 years ago in graduate school in Seattle. While managing family and professional work responsibilities, they hosted a one hour comedy radio program on Saturday mornings for 10 years on a small radio station in Olympia, WA and also co-authored two books on northwest popular culture – Seattle on Film (1995) and Wet and Wired (2000). Stuck at home during the early days of the pandemic with hundreds of comedy albums, cassettes and CD’s gathering dust on their shelves, they launched Laugh Tracks Legends of Comedy in May 2020, a weekly mini-program featuring a different comedy icon, with biographical bits and a nice slice of the comedy that made them famous. From standup stars, to stellar sketch teams, to novelty music maestros -- they are all part of our Legends.

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