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The Soupy Sales Show
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Sales' afternoon children's program featured characters like White Fang and Black Tooth (big dogs whose paws, coming into the frame from off-camera, were all one could see of them, and they communicated via grunts that Sales then repeated in English), people who'd knock at the door (an arm often their only visible attribute), Pookie the Lion, Onions Oregano, and Philo Kvetch (a detective). Lots of gags and puns; the punch lines were often punctuated by a pie in the face for Sales. During the mid-'60s, the program aired on WNEW-TV (5) in New York City, but was seen nationwide via syndication.
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There are 6 comments for this item.

Posted by CynthiaK at 7:29 am (PDT) on Sat April 8, 2017   
I loved to watch this show. We kids used to imitate Soupy doing his puppet conversations. I've also seen some of the funny outtakes which were a bit raunchy at times but mostly funny.
Posted by unclekipsy at 12:47 pm (PST) on Wed January 7, 2015   
I could dance a "mean" Soupy-Schuffle" when I was a kid !
Posted by Kids TV Kid at 12:41 pm (PST) on Mon November 25, 2013   
The head puppeteers and comedy asistants on Soupy's shows were:
Clyde Adler(ABC TV Network:10/3/1959-3/25/1961-1/29/1962-4/13/1962-
1979) and Frank Nastasi(9/7/1964-9/11/1966).
Posted by Kids TV Kid at 2:21 pm (PDT) on Tue April 9, 2013   
I remember first seeing Soupy Sales on "Lunch With
Soupy Sales" saturday afternoons on The ABC TV Network
from October 3, 1959 to March 25, 1961 and "The Soupy
Sales Show" friday nights on ABC TV from January 29,
1962 to April 13, 1962.
Posted by 81f4f18914David Watterworth at 2:27 am (PST) on Fri November 23, 2012   
The Soupy Show was, without a doubt, one of the funniest shows ever! I am 61 and I still laugh when I see clips of it! Soupy was a brilliant comedian. No one else could have pulled off some of the things he did!
Posted by Duff at 12:51 am (PDT) on Thu October 8, 2009   
I was in the studio audience for one show in, maybe, 1965.

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