tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5466454387904829989.post4038782818092479002..comments2023-05-27T17:56:00.381-04:00Comments on A Geek's Journal-1976: Wednesday, April 14th, 1976Bookstevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09797445163866512849noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5466454387904829989.post-25379901568503910762022-04-10T05:33:48.258-04:002022-04-10T05:33:48.258-04:00This is a strong veer away from anything you wrote...This is a strong veer away from anything you wrote on this day, but tonight aired a tv special I definitely (but vaguely) recall watching back then, "Flip's Sun Valley Olympiad" on CBS hosted by Flip Wilson. It mixes winter sports like ice skating with music and comedy with guests Richard Pryor, Minnie Riperton, Peggy Fleming (who I vaguely recall), and Alex Karras (whom I recall as a Charles Nelson Reilly-looking man who spoke normally). I (who was 5) remember seeing the promo for it and wondering "who's that peculiar looking blonde-haired black woman?" and later catch it enough to get to know Wilson's character of Geraldine.Rajhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14817768602839199122noreply@blogger.com