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Soupy Sales
Age: 83
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Birth Place: Franklinton, North Carolina, USA
Born: Jan. 8th, 1926
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Soupy Sales' Main TV Roles
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TRIVIA:
- 2000 - Had surgery to repair damage to his vocal cords.
- Numerous celebrities have been on the receiving end of Soupy's pies over the years, including, on one memorable occasion (c. 1965), 'Frank Sinatra' (qv), 'Sammy Davis Jr.' (qv) and 'Trini López' (qv), all on the same program, in the same sketch.
- Father of 'Hunt Sales' (qv) and 'Tony Fox Sales' (qv), who have played in bands with such rock notables as 'David Bowie (I)' (qv), 'Todd Rundgren' (qv) and 'Iggy Pop' (qv).
- In a 1964 incident that nearly ended his career, Sales jokingly told his young viewers on his syndicated show to "take some of those green pieces of paper with pictures of George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Lincoln and Jefferson on them" from their parents' wallets and send them to him, and he would send them a postcard from Puerto Rico. Several young viewers did send Sales some money, but all were returned. He was suspended from television for a week, but the incident made his show "cool" and boosted his ratings when he returned to the air.
- 1995 - Broke his leg, which has since limited his walking ability.
- Once claimed to have been hit in the face with 25,000 pies in the course of his career.
- A prank was played on him by the studio crew during a live broadcast of one of his shows. Upon opening a prop door on his set, a nude dancer was gyrating in front of him as a recording of "The Stripper" was playing over the studio loudspeakers. While the woman was out of camera shot for the television feed, the studio monitors were rigged so Sales could see the nude dancer on them, giving the impression that she was being broadcast live on his children's show. Convinced that his career was over, yet still laughing with his crew, he asked that they cut to a commercial. Only then was he told that the nude dancer wasn't shown on the live feed. He later joked, "All I really wanted from her was her autograph." The clip from the show has circulated in several videotape collections of "bloopers" and out-takes.
- Recorded a novelty song entitled "Do the Mouse", which, oddly enough, became a modest hit single.
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