Comments on: R.I.P. Soupy Sales

By: az

az — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 16:55:52 +0000

ahhhhh, circa Jean Sheppard.
a hipster to admire.

By: Todd

Todd — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 13:48:02 +0000

Soupy needs to walk if he has to carry a pickaxe, or put the pickaxe down if he needs to run. (Referencing Scott’s description of the scene.)

By: Keera

Keera — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 13:01:18 +0000

As sad as it is to miss a beloved performer, it is always delightful to read people’s memories here of the deceased and even get a bit of comedy with it. Thanks, gang! And thanks, Soupy!

By: Nicole

Nicole — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 11:45:42 +0000

Sal … I grew up in Brooklyn as well and rememberber Sonny Fox, but also remeber Key Foods. My mom would walk there every week pulling her shopping cart behind her

UH-OH — looks like we are turning into geezers right before our eyes

By: David

David — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 02:49:05 +0000

Soupy was just a little before my time, so I didn’t grow up watching him. I do enjoy classic comedy though, and know about him. The first story of his I think of is the one about the little green pieces of paper.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-OGy3Kh7yM

By: Sal

Sal — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 21:56:23 +0000

Catlover, the Sonny Fox who is currently cursing on Satelite Radio isn’t the same Sonny Fox I remember from my chioldhood in Brooklyn. I saw him in person one day at a Key Food store where he was doing an appearance.I loved KLastima,(one of his characters) and he was hip about rockmusic long before anyone else. I really miss him and Soupy.

By: June

June — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 19:52:24 +0000

Soupy was a friend of my husbands late in life and he came to my wedding! His advice to us: Get married at 8am. That way if it doesn’t work, you’ll know by noon and the whole day won’t be shot.

By: Scott

Scott — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 19:01:42 +0000

White Fang approaches a cafe Soupy is running with a pickaxe.
Soupy: “Sorry, we don’t serve miners here.”
*pie* (No pies in the clip - tsk tsk)

Shows like this, and Sandy Becker’s, gave kids growing up in the ’50s and ’60s a taste of
what vaudeville was like. Everyone in my elementary school and junior high watched Soupy. When a
Turkish diplomat came to our sixth grade assembly, the very first question for him was: “what does Pafalafika mean?”

By: Catlover

Catlover — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:42:25 +0000

To the names Soupy Sales, Sandy Becker and Paul Winchell, I will add Sonny Fox (Wonderama). I was first pleased and then shocked to hear “Sonny Fox” (not the same one) cursing it up recently on XM Radio. (I thought there were rules about common stage names.)

By: Elyrest

Elyrest — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:28:35 +0000

When I saw that Soupy Sales had died I felt a little twinge in that part of me where childhood memories live. Soupy along with Sandy Becker and Paul Winchell inhabit a 1960’s vacation playland. I’ll miss the joy he gave me as a child. I’ll also miss his quick wit that he showed so strongly on the much loved (by me) “What’s My Line” game show.