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Used to be Singpilot...
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Sioux Falls, SD is what the reg says on the bus.
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Soupy Sales.... Gone but not forgotten.
I'm old enough to remember him on early TV.
White Fang, Black Tooth, Pookie. Made taking a pie in the face his trademark. A lot of the humor was ad lib and over the heads of most kids watching, but taught all of us the double entendre. In spite of all the stuff that would never be allowed today (racist again), the only thing he ever really got in trouble for was asking all of his faithful kiddie followers to go empty Mommy's purse and mail him all the pictures of the presidents that were on little green slips of paper. In an interview once, he said his sense of humor came from growing up the only Jewish kid in a small North Carolina town. His parents ran a dry goods store, and made their small fortune from selling bed linens to the KKK. So many gags are still as funny as the day he did them. The opening credits where he rearranged a movie marquee to read 'The Soupy Sales Show', the salesman who would keep selling him a string of stuff until he ran out of money. You never saw anyone else, just their hands. He did everything in a pullover sweater and a bow tie. They just don't have anything like that anymore. RIP. Last edited by fingpilot; 10-24-2009 at 12:11 PM.. |
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i'm just a cook
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: downtown vernon,central new york
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rest in peace soupy, we'll miss you.
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10-24-2009, 05:36 PM
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Location: Kentucky
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He was originally from the next town over from me. I remember some of the shows from when I was a kid. They may have been reruns.
The pies in the face were great. RIP Soupy
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10-24-2009, 07:35 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: N. Phoenix AZ USA
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Another of the old gang heads West.
RIP
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10-25-2009, 05:12 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Capistrano Beach, Ca.
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Great memories from watching his show--the ad lib and double entendres were way ahead of the times and made it enjoyable for the older crowd. Bad jokes and puns? Absolutely, and they still work today and are hilarious:
"Want some Honeymoon Salad? "What's Honeymoon Salad?" --pause-- "Lettuce alone." Funny, irreverant, harmless, entertaining. RIP, Soupy.
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