RIP Soupy Sales
October 26th, 2009 | 1:08 pm est |
Comedian Soupy Sales, who died last Thursday at the age of 83, was a fixture on TV during the ’60s and ’70s known for his trademark of getting blasted in the face with custard pie. Mostly though he was just funny, which is enough to remember him for. Sales had lots of connections to the world of music too: He was signed to Reprise and Motown, he was was a huge jazz fan who incorporated lots of the style into his show, he appeared on Hullabaloo in the mid-60s and he made a bunch of novelty records. One of them, “Do the Mouse,” almost was a hit despite being pretty awful (in a good way). He also had two sons, Hunt and Tony, who played with Iggy and Bowie. Let’s take a minute to pay tribute to Sales with some videos …






His show must have been on here in Los Angeles in the 70s, because I remember watching it, too. RIP, Soupy.
A very funny man. Original.
I was one of those thousands of kids, dressed in a black V neck sweater and white pants, who dragged his father into the city to see Soupy’s live show at the Paramount theatre way back when. And then I became a TV writer. Coincidence? I think not. Thanks Soup. you too Pookie, White Fang and Black Tooth