Soupy Sales - Complete Show 1965 - Part 03

I used to watch Soupy Sales every afternoon after school. I remember when he got thrown off the air for a week. He was promoting some fund raiser. He told all the kids to get their dad's wallets while dad was napping and take all the pictures of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln out and mail them in to the show. Evidently many kids took his advice.

soupy had a slightly twisted-unbalanced-punk vibe here...RIP
howard stern had a great reminiscence about worshipping soupy as a kid...think it's on youtube

I remember a show where Soupy and Frank were looking out a window and kept asking each other, "How HIGH are we?" And then cracking up. One answer was something like "I think we're about almost there..." And the crew guys laughing at the inside-er joke about whatever they were on. This was way more than a kiddie show and way more went on there than anyone will admit. My father only laughed at 2 things - the Stooges and Soupy. People anymore don't know or appreciate schtick. RIP Soupy, Dear.

Thanks for posting!!!

RIP Soupy. At that time, you were the man. Actually saw him sing "Do the Mouse" at the Paramount Theater in NYC. Watched him every day after school. He was pretty hip for kiddie TV and had quite a college following as well. He will be missed.

I would love to know the name of the song and band that was played during the closing credits.

Good bye, Soupy..we will miss you so much.

Love ya Soup!

oh c'mon...i watched when i'd get home from work and was in my mid twenties. i loved soup's wacky humor and shared a few reminiscent laughs about his show just the other day with a pal.

Most of his audience was comprised of teenagers. The jokes were silly and inappropriate for small children. We would come home from high school and watch him every night. Watching him now made me remember how much fun it was and how he much he made us laugh. The difference between then and now is that we were innocent, naive and amused with simple things. Kids today are far too sophisticated and jaded to find humor in his wonderful silliness. we loved him. RIP