Who's the crew member with tha laugh at the beginning and at the 4:00 minute mark. He has a great laugh and I've been trying to find out since the 60's.
I was one of the lucky kids who came home for lunch and watched Soupy at noon. I had a Pookie Lion and loved every minute of Soupy, Pookie, White Fang and Black Tooth.
These shows were taped before a LIVE STUDIO AUDIENCE so the laughing is not only the crew but the audience too. No canned laffter here. One of Soupy's things was to always do it live and not edit out the "bloopers".
Pookie was the best. I remember one commercial they did. One of the sponsers was Sivercup bread. Pook was going to get some for Soups lunch. They showed a bunch of old clips of car, train & plane crashes then a boat wreck. When he came back to the window he & the bread were soaked. He started throwing all the wet bread at Soupy and as a 6-7 year old I almost peed laughing so hard. This was from his days in Detroit before there was any tapes Everything was done live.
And they wonder why we still smoke pot today. Especially aroung 5:15. The Animals - Boom Boom. These shows were so kool, so bitchin'. So drug induced!
Here come psychedelia.
On the other hand...
Outstanding Childrens Programming! Inocent, refreshing, sweet, and oh yeah, FUN!!!
howard Stern can thank Mr. Sales for his start. That plus all the jews who feign fighting amongst themselves, when they are in fact, just schtick. vaudeville, etc.
Soupy Sales was the original, and howard stern SHOULD kiss SOUPY SALES ASS.
I think Soupy was funnier in Detroit...but that's just an opinion. I feel very sorry for this generation of children. I haven't seen anything to match the inclusiveness, spontanaity, charm or wit from a program like Soupy Sales. Sillyness is a state of grace.
@ekuska: Mothra welcomes and sez: You are in for SUCH a treat. The more Soupy you watch, the more you will like what he does. Don't forget the gifted Frank Nastasi, the guy who is, literally, "everyone else".
Mothra agrees that the "live" vibe is what it's all about. Plus, the cat was Fuh-NEE.
wow. Since when did Mel Gibson get so funny? Actually, this is my first time seeing Soupy in action. I definitely will be watching more. love the 'live' vibe in the show and Soupy just going with what happens. Looks like a lot of kids had a lot of fun watching this show.. thanks for posting!
Remember the cheesy detective show ripoff skit Soupy use to do called "Philo Kavetch". It's no wonder the boomers developed their own counter culture with muses like Soupy. Pure creative insanity. I loved the joke about the "draft" too.
Pookie doing some hip scat singing. Jebus Cripes early TV was great before it became so predictable. And those looks on Soupy's face while pookie was riffin out almost made me pee myself too. I remember being crazy about this show when my parents lived in Danbury, Conn. Obviously i was only picking up on about one tenth of of humor since i was in 3rd grade but i still remember it was my favorite show.
I just about peed myself laughing at the first part of this! Oh, what I missed back then. His show was on ABC channel 7 in New York City. We could not get channel 7 in clearly at all and were maybe 15 miles as the crow flies from the transmitter on the Empire State building. It SUCKED not being able to get channel 7. The Animals "Boom, Boom, Boom" is a nice added feature to this. Never saw any of this. Thanks so much for filling me in on what should have been a major part of my TV viewing.
I remember they would do a skit where there would be a knock at the door & Soupy would answer & he would talk to someone we couldn't see. Once he went to the door, opened it, & there was a naked girl standing there. Poor Soupy forgot everything & certainely couldn't tell us what was there. The crew was all in on it & went into hysterics. It would be priceless to see that again. But I have to admit White Fang & Black Tooth were my favs.
I'm 56 I loved Soupy, Pookie, White Fang & Peaches with the rings...Like Christopher Walkens "The Continental on SNL"!!! I would watch every day...The "Hair Pin" joke got Soupy in trouble & "Green Pieces of Paper"!
I used to run home every day so I would not miss Soupy. I thought at the time that he was My Discovery and that no one else knew how cool this dude was. I am so sorry he is gone and I will miss him. RIP Soupy
Unbelievable. Soupy we will miss you forever. I feel sorry for the kids who didn't get a chance to grow up with your show. Simply the best. No contest. Many hugs to surviving family members. You have so much to be proud for. He was the star of our neighborhood in Mahwah NJ in the 50's and 60's. A list & will always be. When you're classified the best by your peers, there is no greater honor. God bless.
HIA Pook!, HIA Bubbie! I will always love Soupy!! Use to live in NY and was able to see Soupy at WNEW and see the show live in the Studio. A group of kids were picked everyday and ecsorted in st CH5 to watch the show, the remainer of them went up to the viewing booth. "No talking" we were told if we where in the studio.
I swear that I had one when I was a kid along with a White Fang and the tie. Also had Soupy Sales trading cards-they had a picture from the show on the front and Soupys Words of Wisdom on the back-wish I had them today!
@LFD254 on the back Soupy sez... " Blood is thiscker than water... so is toothpaste," why i remember that i dont know, but it was funny when i was a kid, the Soup' was the best!
You were the GREATEST, Soupy. You brought so much laughter into our house. All of us rolled on the floor in fits of convulsive laughter. I will truly, truly miss you.
I was a senior in high school when Soupy hit big time in LA. Such a hip show and so much fun, plus great music, I have forgotten who did the jazz scat, but that's Eric Burden and The Animals doing "Boom, Boom, Boom" My autographed picture from Soupy with Pookie hangs in my office.
Thanks and I see where it was Clark Terry singing the scat with Peterson. Soupy never talked down to the children. He assumed everyone was smart enough to get the program. I had a white Chevy Impala: of course, it was named White Fang.
Rumor has it that Soupy was the inspiration for Mr Rogers Neighborhood. Fred was so disgusted that this was defined as "Children's Programming" that he started his own laid back "Classy" children's show. True story.
Soupy once described his show as a "children's show for adults" - I think he was more of a forerunner to "Pee-wee's Playhouse" than "Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood." Love this clip!
One day in 1965 I went to junior high dressed up as Soupy replete with elastic bowtie. I can't tell you how many times that tie got snapped back in my face. Obviuosly I didn't think the idea all the way through. Thank you Soupy for so many laughs as well as the Soupy Shuffle, the only dance at which I still excel.
Growing up on Soupy and Bugs Bunny... kids today don't even know what they missed. Soupy, you will always be missed but will live forever in glorious black and white.
I remember the real early Pookie and Soupy skits. I think it was when it first started in L.A. Pookie didn't talk -- he used to spend a lot of time trying to get comfortable on soupy's shoulder, and when he made a noise, it was a high-pitched scream, (sort of). And then he had this awful hacking cough that was very deep, and very, very funny. Anyone remember that?
P.S. After watching this vid for the umteenth time, I just realized why I have this "THING" about red checkers. Even though this was in b + w, I guess I knew that tablecloth was red checkers. I geesh. There is no end to my love of Soupy and Pookie, You are both in my heart!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I love you Soupy. I love Pookie and White Fang too. Thank you for doing what you did. You are part of the material of my life. I "GOT" you. I love you. I always will. RIP.
How many comedians touched as many people with absolutely harmless fun? My brothers and I fought for the best seat in front of the TV for his show. Thanks, Soup!!
Soupy's level of humor was very smart and sophisticated and the kids, myself included, who watched the show were exposed to a comedian who was certainly ahead of his time. Some of the subtle references delightfully teased us into a higher plane of thought as we later developed through adolescence and adulthood. Thanks Soupy for all the chuckles. Good memories of the better days of television and it's power to entertain the mind. Keep 'em laughing in heaven forever.
I remember coming home at lunch time and while eating my peanut butter and jelly sandwich with milk watching soupy, he and his gang were funny as hell
Do you have the one from New Years Day where Soup tells all the kids to tip toe into their parents room and take the money out of their fathers pockets and send it to him?
He got thousands of dollars and donated it to charity~
RIP Soup and thanks so much for all the fun and laughs.
I grew up at Portage Lake, near Dexter Michigan. Never missed Soupy if I could help it. Thanks for being there Soupy, very fond memories, very funny man.
We had a summer home at Portage Lake and lived in Belleville! I grew up with Soupy too. I love him more now than I did then. RIP, you gave me my sense of absurdity.
My wife just shakes her head when I go into bad pun mode. I just tell her to blame too many hours watching Soupy. He was truly one of a kind. RIP, Soupy..
If some network exec out there is watching this-take note. Its better than anything you've goton right now so why not dig up all the old tapes of this and Chuck McCann and Uncle Floyd and all the other insanity we watched in the 60s and put it on!!!
I love Soupy! I once went to a show in NYC... thrill of a lifetime! Do you know the name of the actor who did all the other characters? Frank Nastasi!
I don't remember the Jello- but I sure remember United Dairies Milk and Silver Cup Bread. I went to see Soupy in person at Edgewater Park with my Soupy Sales birdbath member ship card and got a free minature loaf of Silver Cup bread.
This is great. I loved the Soupy Sales Show when I was a kid. I looking at now and some of the jokes are way above kids heads but it was still funny. The man was a comedy genius. Give me more please. Great job whoever posted it.
Lunch With Soupy Sales. Jello was one of the sponsors. My Mom always had my lunch and Jello ready for the show.Soupy would always shake his bowl of jello to a wobbly sound effect and I would shake my bowl of Jello right along with him. No wonder I am the way I am now.One of my top 5 favorite shows of all time.
As already said, it's Boom Boom by the Animals, first written and performed by John Lee Hooker. John Lee had a bar called the Boom Boom Room in SF unitl his death a few years ago.
I would love to see more of Soupy's black and white New York shows from the 60s. They were just amazing. He had no budget and would just make everything up himself, except for Frank playing the characters.
Corrina, AKA "Ask Swami" at Yahoo Answers turned me on to this one. I love it! Pretty hip for a kids show. Now I know where Pee Wee (Paul Rubens) Herman got his ideas from.
Still love this man, and I'm still laughing.
snakey319 3 weeks ago
@kingdorkiv do you know what song Pookie is singing?
PennyLane3132 1 month ago
@PennyLane3132 "Mumbles' by Clark Terry.
ljphilp 4 days ago
Kids today wouldn't get this, there's no violence
fastone56 5 months ago
Made me laugh in '67, and still does.
Thanks to Soup & Frank Nastasi.
audiodoc68 5 months ago
I love Soupy, he was my childhood hero. I thought I was so sophisticated because I watched him and Steve Allen.
lchastings 5 months ago
Kids today don't even know what childhood or comedy really is. I grew up outside of Detroit in 1955; best time to be a kid, ever.
trinketbox1 5 months ago
I truly love Soup & Troop (born in ' 52).
I believe there was a Talent who did all the characters by the name of Frank Latanzie. Am I right? Can any of you guys confirm?
audiodoc68 5 months ago
@audiodoc68 Frank Nastase is the man's name and he i great!
ljphilp 4 days ago
Love Pookie's face when he gets excited.
rgarcia77 6 months ago
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rgarcia77 6 months ago
boom, boom, sung by georgie fame[known for his bonnie &clyde song..
09bnunez 7 months ago
who owns the pookie.white fangs arms r they in the tv hallof fame? love u soupy R.I.P. THE KING OF SILLY.
09bnunez 7 months ago
umm.....
joshipoo16 8 months ago
Who's the crew member with tha laugh at the beginning and at the 4:00 minute mark. He has a great laugh and I've been trying to find out since the 60's.
bt3405 10 months ago 2
soupy and his gang I grew up with and yes too bad kids today dont see this stuff it is fantastic.....
bidaddyjoe 10 months ago
Dear Airshotsphotoco,
None of Soupy's kidult tv comedy shows were taped before a live audience..the laughs are from the show's crew.
TheStanbabe 10 months ago
I was one of the lucky kids who came home for lunch and watched Soupy at noon. I had a Pookie Lion and loved every minute of Soupy, Pookie, White Fang and Black Tooth.
MsCathy42 1 year ago
pookie dancing is SO cool!!!!
doctorwest65 1 year ago
3:25 - "Hey Booby! There goes the budget!"
MrUnidyne 1 year ago
Wow. No wonder we are so cool!
frogandtoad57 1 year ago
These shows were taped before a LIVE STUDIO AUDIENCE so the laughing is not only the crew but the audience too. No canned laffter here. One of Soupy's things was to always do it live and not edit out the "bloopers".
airshotsphotoco 1 year ago
LMAO, listen to the guy laughing in the crew between 3:59 to 4:03. I bet that would have been a lot of fun working on that show.
romangod6 1 year ago
The music that is featured on kids' shows these days can't compare with the amazing stuff Pookie "performed".
jordar97 1 year ago
I love the facial expressions that Soupy makes when "Pookie The Lion"puppet lip syncs to Mr.Terry's"Mumbles"song.
143AC 1 year ago
Loved this show as a kid......RIP Soupy and thanks for everything!!!
beatlejim64 1 year ago
love the pook
7santarick 1 year ago
Pookie was the best. I remember one commercial they did. One of the sponsers was Sivercup bread. Pook was going to get some for Soups lunch. They showed a bunch of old clips of car, train & plane crashes then a boat wreck. When he came back to the window he & the bread were soaked. He started throwing all the wet bread at Soupy and as a 6-7 year old I almost peed laughing so hard. This was from his days in Detroit before there was any tapes Everything was done live.
7santarick 1 year ago
And they wonder why we still smoke pot today. Especially aroung 5:15. The Animals - Boom Boom. These shows were so kool, so bitchin'. So drug induced!
Here come psychedelia.
On the other hand...
Outstanding Childrens Programming! Inocent, refreshing, sweet, and oh yeah, FUN!!!
MarsAttacksLeader 1 year ago
never foget the first time i saw pookie get a pied i thought i would die laughing! yes thankyou you tube for the fond memories
pdogone1 1 year ago
howard Stern can thank Mr. Sales for his start. That plus all the jews who feign fighting amongst themselves, when they are in fact, just schtick. vaudeville, etc.
Soupy Sales was the original, and howard stern SHOULD kiss SOUPY SALES ASS.
jws54 1 year ago
@jws54
I quite agree!!!!
Babyhowdy233 1 year ago
I think Soupy was funnier in Detroit...but that's just an opinion. I feel very sorry for this generation of children. I haven't seen anything to match the inclusiveness, spontanaity, charm or wit from a program like Soupy Sales. Sillyness is a state of grace.
peppilepiu 1 year ago 14
Love ya, Soupy! Thanks for making me laugh all these years!
ChrislovesKrystal 1 year ago
HILARIOUS!!! Even after all these years. RIP Soupy.
socaltrisha2004 1 year ago
this show was so funny and original and soupy was a genius
jaguar3uzoda 1 year ago
I feel deprived! Everything is so PC and sissy these days! I think we are more hyper-sensitive these days- about EVERYTHING.
brightbite 1 year ago
I was born in 77. I've never heard or seen this show in my life. Did they even have cartoons when this came out?
BermudaEntrepreneur 1 year ago
@BermudaEntrepreneur Cartoons existed from the 1900's. We were watching 30 to 20 year old cartoons when this show was on.
Renshen1957 1 year ago
I sure do miss this show! Pookie, you are great! RIP, Soupy!
hollywoodfinch 1 year ago
I loved this show when I was a kid. Pookie was the bomb!
motowngirl65 1 year ago
@ekuska: Mothra welcomes and sez: You are in for SUCH a treat. The more Soupy you watch, the more you will like what he does. Don't forget the gifted Frank Nastasi, the guy who is, literally, "everyone else".
Mothra agrees that the "live" vibe is what it's all about. Plus, the cat was Fuh-NEE.
Wait till you get to his pie stuff.
Mothra wishes peace to you and yours!
1mothra 1 year ago
wow. Since when did Mel Gibson get so funny? Actually, this is my first time seeing Soupy in action. I definitely will be watching more. love the 'live' vibe in the show and Soupy just going with what happens. Looks like a lot of kids had a lot of fun watching this show.. thanks for posting!
ekuska 1 year ago
Remember the cheesy detective show ripoff skit Soupy use to do called "Philo Kavetch". It's no wonder the boomers developed their own counter culture with muses like Soupy. Pure creative insanity. I loved the joke about the "draft" too.
tom6612 1 year ago
Pookie doing some hip scat singing. Jebus Cripes early TV was great before it became so predictable. And those looks on Soupy's face while pookie was riffin out almost made me pee myself too. I remember being crazy about this show when my parents lived in Danbury, Conn. Obviously i was only picking up on about one tenth of of humor since i was in 3rd grade but i still remember it was my favorite show.
tom6612 1 year ago
I just about peed myself laughing at the first part of this! Oh, what I missed back then. His show was on ABC channel 7 in New York City. We could not get channel 7 in clearly at all and were maybe 15 miles as the crow flies from the transmitter on the Empire State building. It SUCKED not being able to get channel 7. The Animals "Boom, Boom, Boom" is a nice added feature to this. Never saw any of this. Thanks so much for filling me in on what should have been a major part of my TV viewing.
singinjohnny 1 year ago
I remember they would do a skit where there would be a knock at the door & Soupy would answer & he would talk to someone we couldn't see. Once he went to the door, opened it, & there was a naked girl standing there. Poor Soupy forgot everything & certainely couldn't tell us what was there. The crew was all in on it & went into hysterics. It would be priceless to see that again. But I have to admit White Fang & Black Tooth were my favs.
RangerAlways 2 years ago
Someone put a clip of that on Youtube a while back. It was hilarious
annoyingcrap 1 year ago
If you know where I could find that clip, I will see that you are in my will.
RangerAlways 1 year ago
Its on Youtube-you have to scout around for it, but it is here
LFD254 1 year ago
I am 53. I tell the younger ones at work...if you only knew what you missed in the 60's and 70's.
SOUPY you and your "schtick" as they called it back then are forever etched in my childhood memories and I thank my lucky stars I got to be there.
His humor was meant for kids but it was played to adults as well. An Incredible style of comedy that was unique and cannot ever be duplicated now.
LOVE YOU SOUPY.
Does anyone have show intros or closings?
Also clips from Birds Do It?
pls9927 2 years ago
I'm 56 I loved Soupy, Pookie, White Fang & Peaches with the rings...Like Christopher Walkens "The Continental on SNL"!!! I would watch every day...The "Hair Pin" joke got Soupy in trouble & "Green Pieces of Paper"!
aholmes99 2 years ago
I used to run home every day so I would not miss Soupy. I thought at the time that he was My Discovery and that no one else knew how cool this dude was. I am so sorry he is gone and I will miss him. RIP Soupy
michael101202 2 years ago 2
I saw the tomb of King Tut! Simple comedy for a simpler time. God I miss those days. RIP Soupy
peloton50 2 years ago 2
Unbelievable. Soupy we will miss you forever. I feel sorry for the kids who didn't get a chance to grow up with your show. Simply the best. No contest. Many hugs to surviving family members. You have so much to be proud for. He was the star of our neighborhood in Mahwah NJ in the 50's and 60's. A list & will always be. When you're classified the best by your peers, there is no greater honor. God bless.
limousineone 2 years ago
Yes Yes Yes.
I wouldn't do my homework until his show was over.
I was 8 in 1965 and I thought I was in on the adult world because of him and his way of making it hip for adults too.
LOVE YOU SOUPY.
pls9927 2 years ago 3
This clip is hysterical. Period.
Soxogram 2 years ago 2
HIA Pook!, HIA Bubbie! I will always love Soupy!! Use to live in NY and was able to see Soupy at WNEW and see the show live in the Studio. A group of kids were picked everyday and ecsorted in st CH5 to watch the show, the remainer of them went up to the viewing booth. "No talking" we were told if we where in the studio.
What memories!!!!
pattiecake11 2 years ago
You have to love the Animals track at the end. Brilliant......
RubyDuneAZ 2 years ago
Love you Soupy --- Thank God for YouTube --- you and Pookie and White Fang and Black Tooth live on in our hearts forever.
catdogco 2 years ago 27
hahah i luv it when the little lion sings
chickengirl4ever 1 year ago
@catdogco
And of course the utterly gorgeous PEACHES, Soupy's "dream girl" lol! :)
Babyhowdy233 1 year ago
R.I.P. Soupy, always loved you
tropicvibe 2 years ago 2
I wish I had a Pookie doll!!
1Th1617 2 years ago
I swear that I had one when I was a kid along with a White Fang and the tie. Also had Soupy Sales trading cards-they had a picture from the show on the front and Soupys Words of Wisdom on the back-wish I had them today!
LFD254 2 years ago
You were a lucky kid!!! I don't remember having one ever but wouldn't that be great to get your hands on one now?? :)
1Th1617 2 years ago
All I have now is the "Spy with a Pie" LP. I've searched ebay and there's nothing there. Maybe some day.
LFD254 2 years ago
@LFD254 on the back Soupy sez... " Blood is thiscker than water... so is toothpaste," why i remember that i dont know, but it was funny when i was a kid, the Soup' was the best!
pooldude317 2 months ago
RIP, Soup. You gave a lot of baby boomers a terrific show and great memories..
lark005 2 years ago 2
I can't stop laughing...!!!
Grew up watching Soupy's show in NYC in the early 60s. Kids called each other Boobie. Can't do that now.
Susan8115 2 years ago 2
Soupy you were the greatest, you have no equal, I'll be a devoted fan forever, may you rest in peace. Thanks for the memories.
dannytoeh 2 years ago
You were the GREATEST, Soupy. You brought so much laughter into our house. All of us rolled on the floor in fits of convulsive laughter. I will truly, truly miss you.
Bruleif 2 years ago
It was just a zany kind of fun wasn't it? How can you compare "The Power Rangers" to this? lol!
SpockOfRock 2 years ago
yeah pookie and soupy especially the musical numbers...does anyone remember that pookie whistled but didnt talk at first?
zrac09 2 years ago
i remember when pookie whistled...the POOK was funny either way.
sp1xi 2 years ago
I was a senior in high school when Soupy hit big time in LA. Such a hip show and so much fun, plus great music, I have forgotten who did the jazz scat, but that's Eric Burden and The Animals doing "Boom, Boom, Boom" My autographed picture from Soupy with Pookie hangs in my office.
WestLAGuy 2 years ago
The opening jazz scat is Oscar Peterson doing "Mumbles"
LFD254 2 years ago
Actually, it was Clark Terry, playing with the Oscar Peterson Trio
chienluna 2 years ago
OK-I was close!
LFD254 2 years ago
Thanks and I see where it was Clark Terry singing the scat with Peterson. Soupy never talked down to the children. He assumed everyone was smart enough to get the program. I had a white Chevy Impala: of course, it was named White Fang.
Wegh Eh?
WestLAGuy 2 years ago
To this day, I often call people whom I like "Pookie"
LFD254 2 years ago
Rumor has it that Soupy was the inspiration for Mr Rogers Neighborhood. Fred was so disgusted that this was defined as "Children's Programming" that he started his own laid back "Classy" children's show. True story.
Warmth238 2 years ago
Soupy once described his show as a "children's show for adults" - I think he was more of a forerunner to "Pee-wee's Playhouse" than "Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood." Love this clip!
JeReviens1 2 years ago
One day in 1965 I went to junior high dressed up as Soupy replete with elastic bowtie. I can't tell you how many times that tie got snapped back in my face. Obviuosly I didn't think the idea all the way through. Thank you Soupy for so many laughs as well as the Soupy Shuffle, the only dance at which I still excel.
nevtonfug 2 years ago
You'll never see anything this good on the teletubbies or barney or anything by disney...
gonna miss ya Soupy.
louswire 2 years ago
God I loved this show as a kid and its still funny RIP Soupy for all the joy you brought the world
Robert4770 2 years ago
Where's Pachalafaka?
As well: who sang the original Pachalafaka before Soupy did a version on the flip side of The Mouse? Pooky used to "sing" the original.
Haven't heard it since way back then....
luckyshow 2 years ago
Cool it Reeba ! You'll be missed Soup , RIP.....
febbster 2 years ago
Ah, that's where I learned the word "Bubby"-- as a term of endearment, when living in small town Iowa! RIP, Bubby....
stayingup2late 2 years ago
We'll miss you Booby!! Keep the Funny!!
Putomass66 2 years ago
Soupy Sales was the man! A wonderful, funny & entertaining legacy! You done did real good, Boobie!
poindexterqueef 2 years ago
Good bye Soupy
You made a whole generation of kids (and their parents), laugh.
wxyz777 2 years ago
Growing up on Soupy and Bugs Bunny... kids today don't even know what they missed. Soupy, you will always be missed but will live forever in glorious black and white.
pmacri33 2 years ago
Better than naything kids get to watch today-all PC and sweet and proper. We'll be a nation of wimps by 2020! RIP Bubby!
LFD254 2 years ago
I grew up watching you Soupy and loved you
right from the beginning- you are so missed
keep cracking up in Heaven, Soupy- you were
one of a kind- Thanks for the laughs.
graciebullie 2 years ago
Soupy, you were so hip you brought us kids up to your level. Bye Boobie. See ya' later!
srvinfinity 2 years ago
I grew up doing the Soupy Sales Shuffle & I am a better person for it. I'm going to do it right now!
deenibeeni 2 years ago
Cool and funny, hip dresser, jazz fan--and all-round good vibe nice guy....
GraysMood 2 years ago
"Thanks for the memories" Soupy!
May a better world become of them.
smashingtime1951 2 years ago
Rest In Peace Boobie
Captnhook 2 years ago
I remember the real early Pookie and Soupy skits. I think it was when it first started in L.A. Pookie didn't talk -- he used to spend a lot of time trying to get comfortable on soupy's shoulder, and when he made a noise, it was a high-pitched scream, (sort of). And then he had this awful hacking cough that was very deep, and very, very funny. Anyone remember that?
babaradio 2 years ago
RIP Soup Sales. Thanks for all the laughs, the twisted fun and the craziness!!
yardgoods 2 years ago
"NATURALAMENTE"!! HILARIOUS!!! OMG, Soupy you will be missed by all!
Putomass66 2 years ago
RIP Soupy I always <3d you
bandwido 2 years ago
What happy memories. Rest in peace.
I had the pleasure of meeting him back in
the early 80's. He was so gracious and seemed sincerely thrilled to meet a loyal
fan. I'll always love Soupy.
spucky2 2 years ago 2
RIP Soupy... a comedy hero with a kind heart and a gentle soul. Thanks for all the laughs.
SaintSliver 2 years ago
What funny is. Thanks for my childhood introduction to what makes something funny. RIP, Soupy.
r1b2 2 years ago
I'm Crying and laughing uncontrollably at the same time!
To be a kid again . . . Rest in Peace buddy!
MRLCuda 2 years ago
P.S. After watching this vid for the umteenth time, I just realized why I have this "THING" about red checkers. Even though this was in b + w, I guess I knew that tablecloth was red checkers. I geesh. There is no end to my love of Soupy and Pookie, You are both in my heart!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
wizzlewolf 2 years ago
I love you Soupy. I love Pookie and White Fang too. Thank you for doing what you did. You are part of the material of my life. I "GOT" you. I love you. I always will. RIP.
wizzlewolf 2 years ago
How many comedians touched as many people with absolutely harmless fun? My brothers and I fought for the best seat in front of the TV for his show. Thanks, Soup!!
stidti 2 years ago
GOD BLESS YOU SOUPY
1961JOHNNYBOY 2 years ago
Soupy's level of humor was very smart and sophisticated and the kids, myself included, who watched the show were exposed to a comedian who was certainly ahead of his time. Some of the subtle references delightfully teased us into a higher plane of thought as we later developed through adolescence and adulthood. Thanks Soupy for all the chuckles. Good memories of the better days of television and it's power to entertain the mind. Keep 'em laughing in heaven forever.
Sire743 2 years ago
After almost 55 years of trying to figure out why I turned out the way I did I have my answer.Watching waaay to much Soupy Sales.
DragonWolfable 2 years ago
I remember coming home at lunch time and while eating my peanut butter and jelly sandwich with milk watching soupy, he and his gang were funny as hell
aaronb825 2 years ago
May he rest in peace. I shall say a mikva for him.
Hildy2E 2 years ago
I was in Calvary Wednesday night, I wish I'd have known he was there but thank you for the best Fox tv ever put on! RIP
wayneh143 2 years ago
Thanks Soupy for making my childhood so much fun!!!!!
conireeder 2 years ago
Do you have the one from New Years Day where Soup tells all the kids to tip toe into their parents room and take the money out of their fathers pockets and send it to him?
He got thousands of dollars and donated it to charity~
RIP Soup and thanks so much for all the fun and laughs.
shastasladybear 2 years ago
The Chi Phi brothers at the U of M were also devoted Soup-o-la fans. I hope I find some of his late-night shows. RIP, Soupy.
Poppa150 2 years ago
Soupy made me the person I am today. I love Soupy and he played the best MUSIC. SOUPY you ROCKED and will forever.
fauxfurr 2 years ago
goddamn, the first few minutes are a joy to listen to.
MNc99 2 years ago
Oh Yeah THIS is why I laugh so hard a Craig Ferguson!
MaxOrbit 2 years ago
Thanks for this kingdorkiv. Soupy with pookie was always a fav of mine and my sibs. Farewell Soupy...
sookietex 2 years ago
Man we had it good back then. What do kids get now a days? Teletubbies for heavens sake.
annoyingcrap 2 years ago
Rest In Peace Soupy!!!! I LOVE YOU!!!! My mother & I just love you!
amberbriscoe 2 years ago
I grew up at Portage Lake, near Dexter Michigan. Never missed Soupy if I could help it. Thanks for being there Soupy, very fond memories, very funny man.
BIGSPA51 2 years ago
We had a summer home at Portage Lake and lived in Belleville! I grew up with Soupy too. I love him more now than I did then. RIP, you gave me my sense of absurdity.
MaxOrbit 2 years ago
God Bless you. Thank you for so many mornings as a kid in Old-Detroit. I have so many smiles and crack-up moments to remember. R.I.P.
BLAXCOM 2 years ago
Truly a loss of a friend & a legend. Thank you Soupy. xoxo
DrBuzzieBoomBatz 2 years ago
I loved you Soupy - always will...
joaniebrewer 2 years ago
SOOO Funny... SOOO Soupy !
ScooBeeDooBeeDoo 2 years ago
you know there is a resemblance between Soupy and Mel Gibson... I think- do you see it?
poisonanne 2 years ago
My wife just shakes her head when I go into bad pun mode. I just tell her to blame too many hours watching Soupy. He was truly one of a kind. RIP, Soupy..
PCSongman 2 years ago
R.I.P. Soupy. You was a king of kings!
kingdorkiv 2 years ago
He was funNY! RIP, Soupy!
fatdanios 2 years ago
If some network exec out there is watching this-take note. Its better than anything you've goton right now so why not dig up all the old tapes of this and Chuck McCann and Uncle Floyd and all the other insanity we watched in the 60s and put it on!!!
LFD254 2 years ago 2
Great Line by Pookie after he sneezs: "Its drafty in here, and I hope they don't get me" -LOL!
LFD254 2 years ago
He was great!
mhomer4 2 years ago
I love Soupy! I once went to a show in NYC... thrill of a lifetime! Do you know the name of the actor who did all the other characters? Frank Nastasi!
judyalbright 2 years ago
MY GOSH!!! IT's Funnier now! I'm laughin' my Tookis off!!!!! Got to love the Soups and the Pooks!!
srvinfinity 2 years ago
yea....soupy goffin' and the animals..
it don't get much better then this.
mrjonrickly 2 years ago
ahhh, ad libs, simple props and REAL humor!!
LastTree 2 years ago
BOOM BOOM BOOM (The Animals-by John Lee Hooker)-Ozzi shood have some puppets on his show! I like the way they play the whole tune -no commercials 2!
musicmanregina 2 years ago
Jazz makes everything better-and OSCAR WAS THE BEST!
musicmanregina 2 years ago
I don't remember the Jello- but I sure remember United Dairies Milk and Silver Cup Bread. I went to see Soupy in person at Edgewater Park with my Soupy Sales birdbath member ship card and got a free minature loaf of Silver Cup bread.
motowngirl65 2 years ago
A puppet lion starts scat-singing jazz, and Soupy's silent, surprised face gets more and more ridiculous.
Genius.
Kemonokami 2 years ago
Better than anything on TV today
LFD254 2 years ago
AY-MEN!!
Kemonokami 2 years ago
God, I love his material and I wish my mind worked like his!
1chichimec1 2 years ago
i loved soupy - one of the best kid shows ever-thanks for posting this so our grandchildren can enjoy it too
gzombie38 2 years ago 2
This is great. I loved the Soupy Sales Show when I was a kid. I looking at now and some of the jokes are way above kids heads but it was still funny. The man was a comedy genius. Give me more please. Great job whoever posted it.
Nuendoguy 2 years ago
Lunch With Soupy Sales. Jello was one of the sponsors. My Mom always had my lunch and Jello ready for the show.Soupy would always shake his bowl of jello to a wobbly sound effect and I would shake my bowl of Jello right along with him. No wonder I am the way I am now.One of my top 5 favorite shows of all time.
tapemaster 2 years ago 4
thanks so much for this comment, tapemaster!
kingdorkiv 2 years ago
if you watch this - it's easy to see where Pee Wee Herman got all of his material - this is great stuff
spb427 2 years ago
I grew up watching this show, and it is STILL HILARIOUS! Great props for those on a budget!..the best humor, done in simplicity!!
Just goes to show...great YouTubes and funny stuff don't need to cost much!!
Yeah Soupy!
julialuvsjesus 2 years ago 4
I loved watching this show when I was a kid..most of the humor was way above our heads, but this stuff is soooo funny on so many levels...incredible.
nessie96 2 years ago
I loved mumbles....when we final got one ...lunch time TV with my mom &.. soupy....a true funny dude. Heloise and silver cup...detroit TV 1960 ish
ebenross 2 years ago
There was NO ONE like Soupy. Lots of the current stuff does not compare....
wassidy217 2 years ago 3
Loved it then, love it now.
avocadohorse 2 years ago 2
funny...funny.....FFFUUUUNNNNYYYY..
FOSEEBOY 2 years ago
The Yardbirds also did a version of Boom Boom just about that time
stratocaster94538 2 years ago
Pookie: "While you were out this afternoon, a man was here to see you."
Soupy: [concerned] "Did he have a bill?"
Pookie: "No--just an ordinary nose like yours..."
4854derrida 2 years ago
Hey! That's Spinal Tap's "Give me some Money!"
mimi2957 2 years ago
This show was great! Fond memories!
Soupy STILL makes me laugh!!!
julialuvsjesus 2 years ago 2
he's so funny
Paularn84 2 years ago
Thanks for putting this out there. Soupy is definately one of those special memories.
Humbungi 2 years ago
Does ANYONE know the name of the song that Pookie is singing? It's been driving me $#@%# nuts my whole life.
Please tell me the name and maybe who performed it. Thanks.
Humbungi 2 years ago
"Mumbles" by Clark Terry.
TDumenjich 2 years ago
Yeah, Mumbles by Clark Terry and "Boom Boom" by the Animals.
kingdorkiv 2 years ago
To be exact, its the Oscar Peterson Trio featuring Clark Terry.
Pookie rules...Thanks for the clip!!!
greenwichlirr 2 years ago
I don't know the name of the song, but I'm pretty sure it was by "Eric Burdon and the Animals", the same ones who did "House of the Rising Sun".
murray7018 2 years ago
As already said, it's Boom Boom by the Animals, first written and performed by John Lee Hooker. John Lee had a bar called the Boom Boom Room in SF unitl his death a few years ago.
rgiacco1103 2 years ago
I would love to see more of Soupy's black and white New York shows from the 60s. They were just amazing. He had no budget and would just make everything up himself, except for Frank playing the characters.
rosemhs 3 years ago
Fantastic! If you can get any more, upload more, since Soupy footage is rare!!
kodekitten 3 years ago
Corrina, AKA "Ask Swami" at Yahoo Answers turned me on to this one. I love it! Pretty hip for a kids show. Now I know where Pee Wee (Paul Rubens) Herman got his ideas from.
hecate55 3 years ago
he was the original floyd vivino
RasputinSir 3 years ago
Never liked him .. truth, beauty and jazz in 'prodigirl' and I named myself after it etc
me bollix ... what with the scoops an all
soupynorman 3 years ago
My moms used to tell me "Boy, i love you, but you gotta turn that off!" Eventually , she became a big fan.
senma99 3 years ago
Does anyone know the name of the puppet who got words mixed up when he was telling a story?
He was really funny.
itsok4me 3 years ago
the table got me, man. funny stuff.
TracyInsomiac 3 years ago