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  • @dumpster3403 I grew up in the Detroit area in the 50's & 60's....This brings back memories of my running home from school at lunch time to have lunch with Soupy! White Fang and Black Tooth were my favorites but I've been unable to find a clip with Willie the Worm who lived in a tiny trailer on Soupy's table. He would poke his head, (someone's finger), out of his trailer window, sneeze and say, "I'd like to say Happy Birthday, to Bobby, Jimmy, Sue and Lisa"....Thanks for the memories.

  • Happy birthday, Soupy Sales!

  • ur boy was fucking out of his mind,so cool!!

  • this show was awesome!!!!!!!!!!!

  • hello all, high school history teacher, was teaching about the evolution of TV and the different shows that came about in each decade, i talked about soupy sales,and showed some videos and then talked about the banana spilts and then my show i grew up with Wallace and Ladmo, then entire class was laughing and having a great time. one student raied his hand and said,"we got shit for tv now" not one student disagreed i was proud to teach the class this and other great shows. take care all.

  • @gwg5640... "Mumbles" by Clark Terry and Oscar Peterson is available on iTunes.

  • What is that first song during the open in the window? Does anyone know????

  • @gwg5640 Mumbles by Clark Terry

  • I always loved Soupy as a kid. We could only pray for a show this funny, hip and imaginative today.

  • It always cracked me up that we only ever saw White Fang's paw.

  • ruu ruu ruu *pant pant pant* Ruuuu!

  • SOUPY WHATS YOUR REAL NAME? AND WHAT DOES YOUR NAME REALLY MEAN.. FOR REAL. WHY THE INDUSTRY 'JEWS' TOLD YOU TO NAME YOURSELF.

  • @noodlesmealey dude you are 1 emotionally disturbed person, and a racist,and an asshole. sad thing is, youre not even aware of it.go get help

  • @noodlesmealey dude you are 1 emotionally disturbed person, and a racist,and an asshole. sad thing is, youre not even aware of it.go get help your the reason israel has to have at least100 plus deliverable nuclear warheads, 1 to drop right on your house, i hope

  • @noodlesmealey --- im not going to get emotional about this but history is very long and those who have NO idea what is going on are bound to repeat it. do you know anything about ' the khazar conspiracy?' the lost tribe of dan.....perhaps. this has NOTHING to do with racism.. but the talmud does.

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  • this is sooo wierd!!

  • I RAN FROM SCHOOL TO CATCH SOUPY SALES BACK IN THE 60S...WAS A KID OF 8 YEARS OLD WATCH HIM ON BLACK &WHITE PHILCO T.V.  THAT WAS THE MAKE OF THE T.V.WE HAD BACK IN THE DAY NO COLOR T.V THEN WOW !!! R.I.P. SOUPY U ALWAYS MADE ME LAUGH AS A KID THESES CLIPS BRING BACK THOSES DAYS

  • @09bnunez DITTO!

  • ah choo!

  • oh man my dad used to do this all the time when I was little I thought it was so funny...oh daddy I miss you so much, things like this make me wish you were still here </3

  • What's the song Pookie sings at the beginning? Was it just for the show, or was it a real song?

  • @mikebee02 Oscar Peterson & Clark Terry - Mumbles.

  • Yo, wouldn't it be great if Soupy came back and threw pies at the contestants and judges of American Idol?

  • White fang scared the shit out of me when I was a kid. It was kind of an autistic abominable snowman.

  • @castingtherunes He STILL frightens me...but(t) then, so does me wife.

  • Soupy Sales, the coolest guy ever. Growing up in Detroit in the 50's, he his well remembered. Same in the world as in the studio. Had a jokefest with him one early evening as the boys from Visitation High School were rolling down the John Lodge freeway on the way to the Fisher Theater. We spot Soupy in a Lincoln Continental in the lane next to ours. He rolls his front windows down,acknowledges us and starts clowning and going through his 12 O 'Clock Comics routines. It's a riot. Love you. RIP.

  • R.I.P. ...~Me

  • A scat sing'n  sock puppet !

  • some girls wanted a pony..I wanted a banjo because of my friend Soupy Sales..

  • RIP Soupy. You were the best!

  • as a teen, Soupy and his family were neighbors...used to hang out and jam with his boys, Hunt & Tony. 

  • Cool! Pookie was the first hand-puppet jazz rapper on TV!

  • Clenn Beck

  • Is it me or doesn't Soupy Sales look like Mel Gibson???

  • @JarheadPatriot0311 - Soupy was Jewish. That statement would piss Mel the Bigot off.

  • @TCall2004 LOL! That wasn't my intent but if it riles up that anti-semite,that's good!

  • @JarheadPatriot0311 He does and they should make a movie about Soupy with Mel in the lead roll. Maybe it will lighten his life up a little.

  • @joraider08 I doubt it though friend cause Soupy was a Jew like me and Mel hates our people.

  • Brother, did i love Soupy groin' up in the 60's in Memphis! He was just a funny guy!

  • I LOVE Soupy Sales...he was cool. I watched him all the as a kid. I still remember the words to "Do the Mouse'!

  • After he was suspended from air for a few times, the shows were recorded on tape. I know that some of the tapes were never erased and were taken home by one of the video tape operators, so a lot of the shows are still around. I wish the guy would just return them to be enjoyed again.

  • I felt very privileged to have been in the studio a few times when the show was on the air. My father used to do the sound effects right on the studio floor. I was even mentioned on air a few times. One of my best memories is when Soupy had removed the blanks from the gun that was used for the sound when Soupy was hit in the face with a pie. When the gun just clicked then crew broke out laughing. I still remember most of the crew and how Soupy interacted with them.

  • @rty1955  Sir, it is a privilege to have your posts and commentary on this site. Like so many people who've shared their experiences here... Soupy was a large part of my childhood. I can't imagine what a wonderful time you must've had actually being in the studio during production. Best regards... D.

  • @dumpster3403 I enjoyed the times I went into the studios. I was fascinated with broadcast. When I was 10 a camera operator placed me behind the camera during a taping of "Romper Room" I was petrified when the red light on the camera went on in the viewfinder and when the director asked me something on the headset I didn't answer because I thought I would make too much sound in the studio.

  • @rty1955 Your dad was a dude! i REMEMBER WHEN A NUDE WOMAN WAS KNOCKING AT THE DOOR AND HE ANSWERED IT AND THE STAGE CREW WENT BERSERK! he got in trouble for telling the children to send the little pieces of paper with the faces on them from their dad's wallet and send them in to him. He got in trouble for that but he was so cool!!

    Wahpoose.

  • @mikenelli57 OMGosh!!!hahahaI didn't hear about that -too funny..pbftf. I was 3 when I started watchin my fweind x)

  • @lissiwill He did some other "gems", which I won't repeat. Truly a TV pioneer! I'll miss him! Mike

  • @mikenelli57 inliving Black & White!!!lol treasures...

  • @mikenelli57 He also said, "me and my wife love to play baseball. I kiss her between the strikes, and she kisses me between the balls". And, "my wife doesn't make a very good cherry pie, but she sure can make my banana cream". The paper with the faces on it should be sent to me", got his show cancelled! Too phunny were his facial expressions! I miss the "Soupman"!!!

  • @mikenelli57 The only thing soupy genuinly said was the "little bits of green paper", everything else is urban legend. He says this himself on another youtube video.

  • @rty1955

    I've been a Soupy Sales fan since his show started in 1962. One thing I am dying to find out is who was the crew member who had that deep loud laugh at the 2:00 and 2:20 time in this video. That guy's laugh cracks me up every time I here him.

  • Loved this show as a kid...thank you Soupy for everything!!!

  • Is it just me, or does Soupy Sales look just like a less beefy Gerard Butler.

  • I don't think I ever missed an episode of "Lunch with Soupy Sales" as a kid! I just loved it. What I remember most about White Fang, though, was no matter what, at the end of his "speaking" back to Soupy, he always ended with, what sounded most like (but in his inimitable voice) "Uh.....Well" (I can't find a way to spell this phonectically!) & always ended with what sounded like "Bleh-Oh-Deu!" (I still continue to imitate White & Black Fang & can still do the Soupy Shuffle and I'm 61!)..Lyneee

  • I have a feeling the funniest bits are off camera as well lol--miss ya, Soupy.

  • love this show till this day..once saw soupy in brooklyn with the hottrest blonde u can imagine..yelled out Hi Boobie and got a big smile back!

  • genius

  • what year is this? jammin tho lol

  • Soupy was Pee Wee Hermans influence obviously.

  • Love Soupy Sales.

  • there is a great Soupy Sales channel here that will have to stop uploading videos if it doesn't get more subscribers. Tons of episodes. So if you love Soupy please subscribe! (I'm not affiliated, I just dont' want to see the channel go)

    Please type in the dots/slash where shown: tiny(dot)cc(forward slash)mzghk

  • @hemiola111 What is the Soupy channel URL please? Thanks

  • Jacksy and Fruitpound.

  • He was a huge part of my childhood, and was cool and hip enough to appeal to me as a teen - and to millions of us! R.I.P. Soupy.

  • It's "Mumbles" by Oscar Peterson

  • does anyone know what song this is?

    Id love to have it

  • I don't know how Soupy managed to keep a straight face, with Frank Nastasi (as White Fang) only 3 feet away from him, and making all those noises.

  • He looks like a combination of Gerard Butler and Mel Gibson.

  • Ha Ha! I loved this guy even if the Fang dog things kinda scared me! My parents always seemed like they suspected Soupy of being a little subversive somehow. Great memories!

  • Even when the jokes were bad the show would still put me into spasms. It was their mannerisms and their execution that was pure genius. And I'm probably not even analyzing it correctly. Thats why the show was really funny. You can't figure it out. It was just hysterical. The way White Fang screams at 1:53 reminds me of Howlin Wolf's blues growls that make your hair stand on end.

    Fang would have been a great urban blues singer.

  • @tom6612 It was because somehow - in a way you couldn't really express - you knew the whole show was deliciously subversive. You sensed there was some really cool inside joke somewhere and you either got it or you didn't and if you didn't then the show wasn't funny at all. It was audaciously adult humour in a child's package and, as children we knew that and relished in it.

  • @upquist1 --- Yes upquist. You definitely hit on something with that point about the show being subversive. The other big draw was the music. Soupy was a jazz aficionado so the tunes were top notch. But White Fangs voice was just pure genius. He could read the phone book and it would be interesting.

  • that lion puppet is awesome

  • Ol' Pookie sure could pucker

  • Boy, this is about as sureal as Ernie Kovacs, and this is a kids show.

  • I used to have "lunch with Soupy," which always included "Jello---it wiggles!"

    Loved you, Soup-man. This was the show my parents would watch along with us...

  • My God those days were terrible....you had to get up off the couch to change the channel.But I didn't have to change it if Soupy was on....loved the guy.

  • I love this clip. I remember watching Soupy when I was a kid. Still remember the Soupy Shuffle, too! Glad we have YouTube so we can still watch this icon of American TV!

  • R.I.P.Bro

  • my dad says mel gibson looks like soupy sails and should play him in a movie

  • what a nightmarish idea

  • lol- hey it wasnt my idea-hes just saying he thinks he looks like him

  • @doktorsawade

    hahaha- definitely scary!

  • Hello 1TH1617.

    Al Kelly was the master of Double Talk. He would show up on Carson's Tonight Show as some kind of "expert". He would then go on for about 5 minutes and completely befuddle the audience throwing in just enough real words to almost make sense. It was hilarious. Kelly a little guy, maybe 5' 1" or 2" and also seemed to have no lower teeth. So his physical appearence was also a comedic advantage.He was on just often enough to stay fresh.

  • Why isn't there any skits with Black Tooth on youtube? I remember White Fang and Black tooth always on Soupy's show together. Next to Bugs Bunny this was the best entertainment for a kid to grow up on.

  • This was our after school entertainment , 1960's style. High tech for those years were things like a record player , Transistor radio or a tape recorder. Soupy was cool in those years.

  • In loving memory of Milton Supman, better known as Soupy Sales.

    Gone but never, ever forgotten.

  • Who was Al Kelly??

  • Mumbles was done by and is a well known lick done by Clark Terry, not Oscar Peterson...

  • Fun part of being a kid in the 50's was seeing ya on the old black and white tv set....Loved your Soupy Sales shuffle(slide dance)....Thanks for the fun...RIP Soupy

  • Hey songbird I was refering to that other moron 2242bzo who made a dumb comment so to him again and you, no kidding...really!

  • There was an incident where Soupy supposedly flipped the bird to audience (live) Held up hand started eliminating fingers as he said this is for th producer,this for the director this for mommy and daddy, and this is for you.

  • If you check Wikipedia...he never did anything derogatory. Just Rumors. Kids would be busted telling a dirty joke and blame it on Soupy. RIP...you are a True Comic Genius Soupy

  • Funny stuff! Soupy was ahead of the game in these days. We rushed home from school to watch and laughed together the next day. Sad that he is gone but he left many terrific memories!

    White Fang is hilarious!!!!

  • Soupy Sales was the real deal.

  • "Sales died on October 22, 2009, at the age of 83, at Calvary Hospice in the Bronx, New York. Sales had a history of health problems, and he was under hospice care for a week prior to his death. According to writer/columnist Mark Evanier, comedian Tim Powers reported that a fan left a cream pie on Sales' Hollywood Walk of Fame star." (Wikipedia)

    He will be missed, enjoyed his shows when I was a kid.

  • This guy was great.

  • Soupy Sales in NOT dead!!!!!!!

    OMG!!!!! Yes he is!!!! I did not know till right now!!!! The world has lost such a great talent. RIP Soupy

  • RIP Soupy

  • Soupy and Frank Nastasi are back together again, this time forever. Their "shtick" will be happily received in the Hereafter as good, clean, honest, humor, which brings a smile to my face to this day. A comedian does not ever have to push acceptable limits to make someone laugh. All that is required is to be sufficiently talented to elevate average material to greatness.

  • When I was a kid I really hated this show. It didn't make any sense to me at all. Only decades later did I have any interest in it.

    What I learned for the experience was that just because I didn't get something didn't mean there was nothing to get. So good on you, Soupy - you crazy ad-libbing lunatic genius.

  • You moron it was all in jest!

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  • You mean EVEN THIS becomes an opportunity for a classic YT flaming event?

    Geez.

    We all had the grandma who told us "if you can't say something good then don't say anything at all"...

    Thank God she never had the internet and YT, eh?

  • Negative comments suggest people are just plain jealous.

    Soupy has a star on the sidewalk bet you don't or you wouldn't be knocking one who does.

  • He gave those of us who were growing up in that era, being groomed to conform, conform, conform, some blessed relief. Burlesque for kids - what a concept. I have such fond memories of his show - does anyone else remember Pafalafaka? RIP Soupy, and thanks for the laughs.

  • I sent away for that single!!!! I wish my kids had someone like Soupy to watch. Having had the pleasure of meeting him many years ago, he was kind and selfless. Peace Mr. Sales and thanks again.

  • What Pookie said.

  • what made soupy so funny was there was no scripts it was all ad-lib

  • ....and you have a you tube page with 7 subscribers...hummm ...Soupy made some people happy....which is more than your parents did when they imposed little you on the rest of us. Making some one smile is a lot more valuable than your tired efforts to diminish this kind man's memory.

    Forgive yourself and the rest of us...and go to a sader page where you thrive.

  • Rest in Peace, Bubby. Hit St Peter with a pie on your way through the gates.

  • i miss lunch with soupy...

    rip soupy!!

    i feel i've lost a family member.

    sad...

  • Soupy Sales is making them laugh up in Heaven now. Rest in peace Soupy.

  • I will always love you Soupy and White Fang, Forever in my heart cracked my ass up since I was 13. My condolences to your family and respect to a wonderfull, creative, loving, and creative man of this time: from a kid in Miami I loved him. He was ONE OF A KIND.

  • I love reading all of your warm, wonderful comments. I grew up with Soupy, and didn't know it then, but I loved him dearly.

    He was the first to corral and bring in the subtle "behind the scenes" feeling by looking off camera, getting laughter and commentary from the "peanut gallery", He had no equal.

    We loved you, Soupy. Rest well. And teach them all The Mouse up there.

  • wow---brings back lots of memories watching those skits---thanks for posting----RIP SOUPY

  • Soupy Never betrayed the kids or sold us out!

    He was the best!

    and don't forget he was the rage of th nation with a huge audience.Pretty good Mr.D.J.

    Rest ion peace old pal!

  • It doesn't matter what a foul ball thought about Milton........he was the Soup man...just l;ook at 'em he was so cool!

    Rest well soupy ....you knew we loved you. Thanks for the words of wisdom, lunch and bringing us White Fang , Black Tooth, Peaches.. Pookie....and Reeeba Baby!

    Bless you Soupy !

  • Soupy had a special magic that people of all ages were attracted to. He was warm and gentle and smart and funny, On all the times was I lucky enough to see him in person, he always had time for his fans. The world lost a gentle soul, and heaven is a happier place!!

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  • Loved him. In a very remote way - he reminds me of Gerard Butler. Of all people! Is it something in his eyes? Don't understand it - but I see it. Lol! RIP, SS!!! xo

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  • I hope Soupy gave St, Peter a pie in the face for me. Pest in peace friend, you're missed

  • hey2242bzo, why don' t you die scumwit....

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  • rip soupy , part of my childhood is gone . thanks for the memories

  • I remember seeing him in Palisaides Amusement Park when I was  8 or 9 yrs old,, and he had thousands of kids(me included) on their feet doing the Mouse,, RIP Soupy,, another Icon of my childhood gone

  • Still a great show. I used to watch it when it came out in color. Getting smashed in the face with cream pies. Soupy Sales will be missed.

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  • keep those stupid coments bout death..have sum class..rip ss

  • You are a total waste of life!

  • Please stop all the negative comments.

    To all of us who grew up in the 60's in the metropolitan NY area, Soupy was the best. Simply put - he made us laugh.

    So did so many other great children's entertainers - Sonny Fox, Sandy Becker and of course the great Chuck McCann.

    In the past couple of days, everyone I have spoken to from my generation is very sad. End of an era.

    Thanks Soupy

    And remember: "People who live in glass houses should dress in the basement."

  • Amen my friend, he was a big part of my childhood. He made being a kid even more fun. And " show me a guy who draws lines on the water & I'll show you an ocean liner". RIP Soup......

  • Yes, Yes, I agree. I lived in NY at that time, Went to WNEW Ch.5 everyday during the summer, and watched Soupy's show live in the studio. I was part of the "gang". Sandy Becker was at the same studio, and also very friendly to us.

    Soupy was the greatest. I will miss him

    always!!

  • 2242bzo: fuck U asshole. u should die! Soupy Sales had more talent in the tip of his finger than U have in your whole body. brain included!

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  • Ignore him...just go to his page and report him.

  • How?

    Just tell us how and I bet a hundred would report him.

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  • Hey every body this guy who has SEVEN VIEWERS ...keeps erasing comments on HIS youtube page....lol what a laugh1

  • have you nothing better to do on a sunday afternoon...?

  • Thank you Soupy for all the fun and laughs. Shall we all do a group Soupy Sales Shuffle? You made us SOOO Happy! My heart ackes and I miss you. Be free and enjoy the new BIG SHOW.

  • rip soupy sales-

  • RIP Soupy

  • He was once suspended for a week after telling his legion of tiny listeners to empty their mothers' purse and mail him all the pieces of green paper bearing pictures of the presidents.

  • rest in peace soup. rest in peace.

  • Hey Soupy - my favorite 60's memories are of you and your group of lunatics. May you find great adventure on your new journey. We love you.

  • Soupy, I grew up watching you, you were my

    first big crush, I really loved you! And my

    generation will miss you, Soupy, you were

    the coolest!!! I miss you...

  • My favorite was Soupy teaching Pookie to spell with flash cards. "Pookie, why is it that every time I hold up F, you see K?"

  • Priceless!!!

  • One of the last of the nice guys.

  • Relax Jerkoff.....

  • Like what is your problem?

    And for the record, Hell is just a fairy tale.

  • So long Soup!

    I grew up with you and laughed for reasons I didn't know until I was much older.

  • Funny or Retarded??? That is the question

  • whoops... OSCAR Peterson.... "old timers" moment.

  • The song at the beginning is... Mumbles by Carl Peterson. Soupy was a shining star when I was just a little kid.... NOW, he will forever be a shining star in the heavens. RIP Soupy Sales

  • So long booby!!!!

  • Adios Soupy.

    I used to watch your show every single day.

  • May the king rest in peace. Long live the king. You changed my life, Soupy and I shall miss you.

  • i wish i was a kid agian and watching you on tv..thanx for the memories and the laughter..Frank Z

  • Yea SOup was the BEST send those green papers to me!

    I took my wife to the ballpark ...

  • Thank you Soupy for all the laughs. I will always remember you. God Bless You.

  • Thanks for laughs Soupy.

  • Goodbye Soupy .

  • Soupy Im sure you have a place in the hereafter thanks for all the laughs rest in peace

  • A funny, funny man with the spirit of a child. Thank you Soupy.  There's a pie waiting for you in Heaven.