R.I.P. Soupy Sales

[dantedayjob]

God rest him, one of the funniest men who ever lived... :cry::cry::cry::cry:

[Twangdaddy]

Really hilarious comic - seemed like a nice man - here's pie in your face!

[jay42]

Great life really. Condolences to Tony, Hunt, and their families.

[dgood]

First TV show I remember watching as a kid in the Bronx. My brother and I loved it, although I don't really remember that much about it now...puppets...pies...a hand...songs...it was funny.

[Big_Daddy]

http://deadrooster.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/soupy-sales-pie-face.jpg

Soupy got in trouble for a school lesson trying to teach White Fang (could have been Black Tooth) the alphabet.

He wrote a letter on the black board and asked Fang to say what it was. Fang got every letter correct except the letter F for which Fang said K. Soupy tried several times to no avail then asked: "Fang, how come every time I write F you see K?"

That got the show suspended for a week.

Then there was the time he went out the door, camera following, and at the end of the "alley" was a naked woman.

Suspended again.

He was also once suspended for a week after telling his legion of tiny listeners to empty their mothers' purses and mail him all the pieces of green paper bearing pictures of the presidents. I think he was pissed coz he had to do the show on New Year's morning.:bumpbump

Soupy was live TV at its best and I watched him religiously. RIP Soup!

[Guitar55]

Alphabet story is untrue.

The naked lady and the money stories are true.

Goodbye Funny Man.

[Big_Daddy]

Alphabet story is untrue.


OK,:confused: if you say so.

[humbuster]

"Every time , I see F, you see K" truly a classic line.

[kwaves99]

Pachalafaka, pachalafaka
they whisper it all over Turkey
pachalafaka, pachalafaka
it sounds so romantic and perky
oh I know that phrase...
will make me thrill always
for it reminds me of you, my sweet
just the mention of
that tender word of love
gives my heart a jerkish Turkish beat

I won't say c'est bon
or l'amour toujours
for they can't express what I'm feeling
even maresydoats or
other foreign quotes
don't seem to be quite so appealing
but pachalafaka! pachalafaka!
takes me back with you to passionate desert scenes
and it's there we'll stay
till the very day
we find out what pachalafaka means
we find out what pachalafaka means!

From the Soupy Sales album on ABC/Paramount 1965

[westchesterdave]

The naked woman bit is on You Tube. It is shown from the camera angle not used on TV so you can see the woman.

Loved Soupy. Saw him live once and laughed until my sides hurt (literally).

Words of Wisdom: Siesta. What you do when you go to an Esther Williams movie.

Knock on the door
Soupy opens the door
Man off stage says: "Hey Mister, you gotta help me, it's my wife she thinks she's a refrigerator"
Soupy: "Why don't you take her to a psychiatrist?"
Man off stage: "Cause I need the ice cubes!!"

Always made me laugh.

Rest In Peace.

[Deuce007]

RIP...:cry::cry::cry:

Classic Soupy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJfuWhMQ3Tc

[DC1]

http://vodpod.com/watch/591625-the-soupy-sales-show-frank-sinatra-sammy-davis-jr


dc

[lhallam]

I recall when the kids sent Soupy money and he got suspended. When he got back on the air, everyone watched his show.

There were Soupy Sales trading cards when I was a kid with all kinds of Soupy Sez jokes on them.