Soupy Sales passed away today at the age of 83 in a NY hospice according to AP. The funny TV show was best known for the 20,000 pies that he took to his face. He will also be remembered for something he did in 1965. He wasn’t happy about having to work on New Year’s Day, so he told his viewers (kids) to go into their parents’ bedroom and take out the green pieces of paper with people with beards on it and send them to him and he would send them a post card from Puerto Rico. Needless to say some of the parents complained and he was suspended for 5 days because of it. What a brilliant ad lib!!! They so don’t make them like him anymore.
His death really saddens me because I grew up watching him in NY and he always made me laugh. So watch him take a few pies to the face in the video above and have a laugh in his honor.
He will be sadly missed. My uncle David Brackove worked with him in Germany on BFBS and said he was a perfect gentleman. RIP
Sandra x
[ # 369992 ] Comment from Robert A [October 23, 2009, 8:12 am]
I grew up watching Soupy and had the pleasure of meeting him every year at Ocean City’s Doo-Dah Parade and Show. Was even lucky enough to get hit by a pie a few times by this comic genius. He will be truly missed. God Bless Soupy Sales.
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