RIP, Soupy Sales
RIP, Soupy Sales
Yawper
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/13/04
#2re: RIP, Soupy Sales
Posted: 10/22/09 at 11:37pmAwww a part of my childhood gone! RIP Soupy and Thank-You!
#2re: RIP, Soupy Sales
Posted: 10/22/09 at 11:42pm
Rest in peace, Funny Man.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kP1_F9zEF7o
Soupy, Judy. Judy, Soupy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXpVtGGl6do
#3re: RIP, Soupy Sales
Posted: 10/23/09 at 12:04am
Awwww, I'm sad about this. 
sabrelady
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/16/03
#5re: RIP, Soupy Sales
Posted: 10/23/09 at 12:15am
One of my earliest memories of television.
RIP
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wexy
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/19/05
#6re: RIP, Soupy Sales
Posted: 10/23/09 at 12:20am
I always watched his show when I was a kid.
Rest In Peace.
#7re: RIP, Soupy Sales
Posted: 10/23/09 at 8:32am
Who could ever forget "How come every time I show an F, You See A K"
and
"Go and get the pictures of dead presidents from your parents drawers and send them to me"
Bluemoon
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/28/04
#8re: RIP, Soupy Sales
Posted: 10/23/09 at 8:51amLoved the man, just loved him. I remember laughing so hard on Saturday afternoons that my sides hurt. Thanks for those moments.
#9re: RIP, Soupy Sales
Posted: 10/23/09 at 9:01amMy sister and I were among the kids who sent in those "pictures of dead presidents." Another part of my childhood gone.
#10re: RIP, Soupy Sales
Posted: 10/23/09 at 9:04amWasn't he suspended for the 'dead presidents' stunt?
#11re: RIP, Soupy Sales
Posted: 10/23/09 at 9:11am
"Go and get the pictures of dead presidents from your parents drawers and send them to me"
Was he asking kids to send him money?
Vita, dulcedo, et spes nostra
Salve, Salve Regina
Ad te clamamus exsules filii Eva
Ad te suspiramus, gementes et flentes
O clemens O pia
Bluemoon
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/28/04
#12re: RIP, Soupy Sales
Posted: 10/23/09 at 9:21amYes. He was mad that they made him and his crew come in to do a live show on New Year's Day. He did it as a joke, but you know how literal kids are. It got him in tons of trouble and eventually led to the cancellation of the show.
Bluemoon
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/28/04
#13re: RIP, Soupy Sales
Posted: 10/23/09 at 9:24am
From Classic TV:
"New Years Day 1965: he asked the kids to go get Dad's wallet and take all the "little green pieces of paper with pictures of George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Lincoln, and Jefferson on them, send them to me, and I'll send you a postcard from Puerto Rico." The show received thousands of angry phone calls, and Soupy was suspended for a week."
#14re: RIP, Soupy Sales
Posted: 10/23/09 at 9:53am
Funny, my first reponse was "Awwwww." I see Snafu and Jane share my sentiments.
Not someone I've thought of in a long time, but I sure enjoyed him when I was a kid.
#15re: RIP, Soupy Sales
Posted: 10/23/09 at 10:10am
I don't know if they were on back-to-back, but when I think of Soupy Sales, I also think of Beachcomber Bill. Anyone else remember that show?
http://www.tvparty.com/lostny2beach.html
JohnBoy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/21/06
#16re: RIP, Soupy Sales
Posted: 10/23/09 at 11:14amSoupy's show was a staple in our home. My two younger brothers worshiped him. When his show came back in the late 70s and stayed in syndication for a few years, my own sons were rabid fans. Now, some of his shows are available on DVD, and my brother's two sons, ages 6 and 4 continue the fandom! They are obsessed with him. I suppose you could say he is timeless. R.I.P. Soupy.
nearthestage
Stand-by Joined: 1/19/09
#17re: RIP, Soupy Sales
Posted: 10/23/09 at 12:02pm
Did anyone else do the 'Soupy Shuffle'? It made laugh everytime he did it.
I hadn't thought about him in years, and now I'm missing him.
Rest in Peace Soupy. Thanks for the memories, fun and joy.
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#18re: RIP, Soupy Sales
Posted: 10/23/09 at 8:19pm
With him went Philo Kevetch & Onions Oregano
I have some episodes on DVD. He brought joy to many RIP.
FindingNamo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/03
#19re: RIP, Soupy Sales
Posted: 10/24/09 at 12:41pm
Craig, I think it was "How come I see F, you see K?"
I loved Soupy when I was a kid but he had some harsh and negative criticism of Pee-Wee's Playhouse after it premiered that I could never quite forgive.
JohnBoy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/21/06
#20re: RIP, Soupy Sales
Posted: 10/24/09 at 2:26pmWhy? We're you part of the creative team on that show?
FindingNamo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/03
#21re: RIP, Soupy Sales
Posted: 10/24/09 at 2:37pm
No, JohnBoy, I simply have critical faculties and therefore was able to assess Mr. Sales's comments about another kids show that had material adults would also find funny and using the grey matter in my head, I was able to come to the conclusion that his criticisms were not only unfounded, but seemed tainted with the special kind of jealousy that arises when a performer feels as if time has passed him by.
I'm not sure if you know this, but the "part of the creative team" criteria is something you made up. Sentient beings are allowed to think about things like cultural criticism and comment on it without having been Jambi the Genie. Your POV might work with a 7th grader, however.
Jon
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/20/04
#22re: RIP, Soupy Sales
Posted: 10/24/09 at 2:40pmI remember when I was 5, I got a Soupy Sales Bow Tie (red with white polka dots, with elastic band) as a birthday present.
FindingNamo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/03
#23re: RIP, Soupy Sales
Posted: 10/24/09 at 3:22pmDid it look snazzy?
#24re: RIP, Soupy Sales
Posted: 10/24/09 at 3:57pm
I saw the show that day when he told the kids to go "tip toeing" into their parents' room, and that they'd never hear them because they were still sleeping from New Year's Eve. I think he said to look for your father's pants hanging on the door and reach into the pockets, etc.......
I couldn't believe what I was hearing!
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