Comments on: Soupy Sales: January 8, 1926 – October 22, 2009 Requiescat in Pace

By: Matt Helm

Matt Helm — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 23:20:01 +0000

My brother sent me a link to a photo of him last week. I hadn’t seen him in years and wouldn’t have recognized him if he didn’t tell me it was him. If my brother is reading this .. You killed Soupy!!! It is sad though. This guy was a part of my childhood watching him on the 70s Soupy Sales Show, and a gazillion sitcoms and variety shows.

By: Republibot 3.0

Republibot 3.0 — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 21:54:55 +0000

I never met him, but I saw him once, live. Inexplicably, he was at a big SF convention a few years back, in the autographing section. He had his little booth, and he just looked old and crotchety and sad and kinda’ bad, really. I’d actually been staring right at him for a while, and actually didn’t recognize him, until one of my friends came up to me and said “Oh, you’re checking out Soupy, are ya?”
“What?”
“Soupy Sales.”
“What about Soupy Sales.”
“You’re checking him out.”
“Wait, let’s stop and try starting again, speaking only in complete sentences: Hello [insert name], how are you doing?”
“I’m fine. Have you seen Soupy Sales? He’s in attendance.”
“G’wan! Really? Why?”
“Dunno. Ask him, he’s right over there!”
So I was heading over towards him, and then I noticed Erin Grey had the booth right next to him, so I went over and talked to her instead. She had tiny, little old lady hands, you know the kind that seem way too small to be on a human, and are completely engulfed in your own meathooks when you go to shake it.

By: Republibot 3.0

Republibot 3.0 — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 20:40:49 +0000

His boys were in Tin Machine with David Bowie. One of them played guitar with sex toys.

By: Rufus

Rufus — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 19:17:35 +0000

I thought Soupy was a riot.

By: Floyd

Floyd — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:22:58 +0000

I was never much into Soupy Sales though I did (and do) like the idea that Frank Sinatra, et al. would get a pie in the kisser.

Would Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, Tom Cruise Christian Bale et al. do that? Some will go on Nick and get slimed, but doing it for kids is not as self-deprecating as letting an adult throw a pie in your mug. Of course they wouldn’t which confirms what we all know — NO ONE equals Frank Sinatra… he could kick your ass, but instead he’ll joke along and take a pie.

By: Republibot 3.0

Republibot 3.0 — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:01:13 +0000

I havent’ seen it in 30 years, but I used to love “Birds Do It” (1966). I immediately started casting about for a DVD or some version of the movie on Youtube when I heard he died, but can’t find anything. Evidently the movie was pretty bad, but my memories of it are pretty gleeful, though, of course, I was 10 at the time.

As I recall, Groucho had a cameo in it.