Test4VitalSigns Posted October 23, 2009 Share Posted October 23, 2009 Yet another celeb dies in 2009... http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/TV/10/23/s...ales/index.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeaveMyThingAlone Posted October 23, 2009 Share Posted October 23, 2009 Not to sound insensitive, but....I thought he already had Regardless, RIP Soupy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-D-RocK- Posted October 23, 2009 Share Posted October 23, 2009 I remember "What's My Line?".......he was quite the character. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ouchithurts Posted October 23, 2009 Share Posted October 23, 2009 This is not an urban legend. It really happened on The Soupy Sales Show. From Wikipedia: QUOTE On January 1, 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. 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladirushfan80 Posted October 23, 2009 Share Posted October 23, 2009 Sad day indeed... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tick Posted October 23, 2009 Share Posted October 23, 2009 R.I.P. Soupala. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lerxt1990 Posted October 24, 2009 Share Posted October 24, 2009 Goodbye Soupy. Loved him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeddyRulz Posted October 24, 2009 Share Posted October 24, 2009 QUOTE (ouchithurts @ Oct 23 2009, 12:28 PM) This is not an urban legend. It really happened on The Soupy Sales Show. From Wikipedia: QUOTE On January 1, 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. 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. I'd heard that before, but CLASSIC! Unfortunately his name has become synonomous with lame faux-celebrity. Perhaps it was the silly-sounding name itself, and the fact that he hasn't done anything significant in 40 years. RIP Soupy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rushgoober Posted October 24, 2009 Share Posted October 24, 2009 I had a cup of soup today in his honor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tick Posted October 24, 2009 Share Posted October 24, 2009 QUOTE (rushgoober @ Oct 24 2009, 06:43 PM) I had a cup of soup today in his honor. I went into sales in his honor ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troutman Posted October 24, 2009 Share Posted October 24, 2009 RIP Soupy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyBlaze Posted October 25, 2009 Share Posted October 25, 2009 I wonder what happened to his sons Tony & Hunt who were in the band Tin Machine with David Bowie and Reeves Gabrels in the late 80s-early 90s. [Good first album actually]. Anyways, R.I.P. Soupy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeddyRulz Posted October 25, 2009 Share Posted October 25, 2009 QUOTE (JohnnyBlaze @ Oct 25 2009, 12:29 AM) I wonder what happened to his sons Tony & Hunt who were in the band Tin Machine with David Bowie and Reeves Gabrels in the late 80s-early 90s. [Good first album actually]. Anyways, R.I.P. Soupy Sharp! I'd forgotten those were Soupy Sales' kids in Tin Machine with David Bowie! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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