Soupy Sales was a comedian that was part of my childhood  One funny thing I remember about him was that he was able to mix childhood humor with a little adult humor in good taste, so that he was able to pull it off very well.    

Sales died Thursday night at Calvary Hospice in the Bronx, New York, said his former manager and longtime friend, Dave Usher. Sales had many health problems and entered the hospice last week, Usher said. At the peak of his fame in the 1950s and ’60s, Sales was one of the best-known faces in the nation, Usher said. “If President Eisenhower would have walked down the street, no one would have recognized him as much as Soupy,” Usher said. At the same time, Sales retained an openness to fans that turned every restaurant meal into an endless autograph-signing session, Usher said. “He was just good to people,” said Usher, a former jazz music producer who managed Sales in the 1950s and now owns Detroit-based Marine Pollution Control.

Soupy was 83.

delete reply starfishred wrote on Oct 23, ’09 me to sad sigh

edit delete reply lauritasita wrote on Oct 23, ’09 I’ll miss him.

delete reply starfishred wrote on Oct 23, ’09 me to

delete reply skeezicks1957 wrote on Oct 23, ’09 I had forgotten all about him. So sorry for the loss of another hallmark of a simpler time. He gave lots of giggles when I was little too.

edit delete reply lauritasita wrote on Oct 23, ’09 I liked his “mouse” routine.

delete reply madisonpooface wrote on Oct 23, ’09 Oh I know what you mean. He was more my very early adult hood so I could really appreciate his insanity.

edit delete reply lauritasita wrote on Oct 23, ’09 I loved how he made me laugh.

delete reply nemo4sun wrote on Oct 23, ’09 i was really sad when i read this this morning 🙁 i did not know his sons were musicians who played with david bowie until i read the article

edit delete reply lauritasita wrote on Oct 23, ’09 nemo4sun said i did not know his sons were musicians who played with david bowie until i read the article I didn’t know this until this morning either, actually. I wonder if they’re good.

delete reply nemo4sun wrote on Oct 23, ’09 honeybee is sleeping on the couch by the puter right now so i can’t play music i’ll try later to see if i can look them up on youtube and post something 🙂

delete reply caffeinatedjo wrote on Oct 23, ’09 Soupy always seemed like an all around nice guy.

edit delete reply lauritasita wrote on Oct 23, ’09 The great thing about him was that he was able to entertain both kids and their parents together.

delete reply caffeinatedjo wrote on Oct 23, ’09 I do not remember exact shows he was in, but I remember watching him on certain game shows (I think it was game shows) and just thinking, again, how nice he seemed. And he was one of those comedians who did not need vulgarity to be universally funny.

delete reply nemo4sun wrote on Oct 24, ’09 lauritasita said I didn’t know this until this morning either, actually. I wonder if they’re good. i did a post on them today 🙂

edit delete reply lauritasita wrote on Oct 24, ’09 I’ll check it out.

delete reply forgetmenot525 wrote on Oct 25, ’09 Nemo I keep reading about this, he was obviously very important to lots of people but I’ve never heard of him, always sad to see the end of an era.

edit delete reply lauritasita wrote on Oct 25, ’09 Loretta, he was not internationally known at the time. He was mostly known in New York where he had his kids show everyday