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Topic: Soupy Sales Passes Away

#	Author	Message
1	SingleParkPassholder Fri 10/23/2009 5:44a	http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBI...dex.html Another part of my childhood goes away. For those of north of 50, especially if you were a kid in the L.A. area in the early 60's, Soupy Sales was the funniest guy out there. I thought it was somewhat appropriate that an ad for Steve Martin was on the same page as the article. RIP, Soupy, and duck!
2	SingleParkPassholder Fri 10/23/2009 5:51a	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soupy_Sales "On New Year's Day 1965, miffed at having to work on the holiday, Sales ended his live broadcast by encouraging his young viewers to tiptoe into their still-sleeping parents' bedrooms and remove those "funny green pieces of paper with pictures of U.S. Presidents" from their pants and pocketbooks. "Put them in an envelope and mail them to me," Soupy instructed the children. "And I'll send you a postcard from Puerto Rico!" He was then hit with a pie.[4] Several days later, a chagrined Soupy announced that money was unexpectedly being received in the mail. He explained that he had been joking and announced that the contributions would be donated to charity. As parents' complaints increased, WNEW's management felt compelled to suspend Sales for two weeks. Young viewers picketed Channel 5. The uproar surrounding Sales' suspension increased his popularity. Sales describes the incident in his 2001 autobiography Soupy Sez! My Life and Zany Times." "The show's set included a door in the background. During the show, Sales would answer a knock at the door and interact with an actor seen only as an arm. Occasionally, the person at the door was a celebrity, such as Burt Lancaster, Fess Parker or Alice Cooper. One time, while the show was being broadcast live from Detroit, Sales' studio crew pulled a prank on him: when he opened the door, he saw a topless dancer partially covered with a balloon. Some reports say the gag was furthered by the crew switching the studio monitors so that Soupy would think the stripper image was going out over the air. During the Los Angeles years, as Sales was ending the show, he also opened the door and saw a topless dancer gyrating with a balloon. A second, nonbroadcasting, camera captured the uncensored version, while a stagehand moved a balloon back and forth in the doorway, giving at least some indication to the home viewers what was supposed to be behind the door. Sales was forced to try to keep the show going without revealing the risque scene backstage. This event, in both censored and uncensored variations, has been featured on many blooper compilations."
3	Mr X Fri 10/23/2009 6:00a	That "take your parents' money" thing was legendary, thanks for the reminder! RIP Soupy. (Alice Cooper? Really? I did not know that!)
4	EdisYoda Fri 10/23/2009 8:18a	RIP Soupy.
5	Kar2oonMan Fri 10/23/2009 8:27a	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...Gy3Kh7yM
6	wonderingalice Fri 10/23/2009 9:10a	Ohhhhh... I loved Soupy Sales as a kid! Rest easy, funny guy... Thanks for ALL the laughs.
7	Autopia Deb Fri 10/23/2009 11:48a	You don't have to be North of 50 to remember him. I loved watching him when I was a kid. Sad news :-(
8	Marlin Perkins Fri 10/23/2009 12:12p	Goodbye Soupy...You were a sweetheart of a guy and you made the world laugh. You, my friend, made a difference.
9	A Happy Haunt Fri 10/23/2009 1:19p	RIP
10	Ursula Fri 10/23/2009 1:43p	I am North of 40 and loved him dearly. RIP, dear man.

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