Frank Nastasi was a real asset to the show. He brought life to Pookie. The look of horror on Pookie's face was hysterical. At age 67, I'm not embarrassed to still laugh out loud at this. In fact, I probably find it funnier now than when I was a kid. What a grungy looking puppet, I think the original Pookie was found in a trash can. The late 70's version with the newer puppet is just as hilarious.
Timeless humor and laughter...Comic relief..When ever I need a chuckel this is the place I go. The constant set up and delivery ' is classic. Thank you..
The loose, hip atmosphere, including the sounds of the set crew breaking up, was something no show had, save for one. I have a feeling that Steve Allen was an influence on the comedic genius that was Soupy Sales; how could they not have known each other with the similar wild, spontaneous humor they generated?
Soupy had a group of fans at his live show at WNEW everyday. We sat quietly on folding chairs and watched in amazement. His crew was his laugh track. Everyone friendly and funny!! We had such good times back then. Soupy always spent time outside the studio with us and took pictures and talked and signed autographs. He was amazing!!😍🥰
I LOVED Soupy and all his buddies..White Fang, Black Tooth and Pookie. I get such a kick out of hearing his technical crew laughing it up in the background, lol. It was like a big party, every single show..such great memories! RIP, Soupy; you bring me smiles and laughter, even now in 2021. Thanks..love you! 🤗❤️❤️❤️
Sometimes age works in our favor. At age 67, I laugh more now at Soupy Sales and The Three Stooges than I did as a kid. As a youngster, a lot of the jokes and the presentation were not fully appreciated by me especially with the Stooges. So now, I find myself questioning my maturity. This stuff is hilarious.
Always loved Soupy; I was a kid in 1958, watching him on telly in Detroit. Saw him years later in Savannah -- he still looked the same, and was hilarious.
Still laughing at pookie. Me too I lived in Detroit same year you up on Soupy Sales. I nickname my son was 30 years old now Pookie when he was little. I still call him that. He laughs all the time he's seeing some of the videos. Is it true story I went to a wrestling event and one of the big Arenas and Detroit. Can't remember which one. Before the event took hold. Soupy Sales steps into the middle of the Ring. And sis okay we're going to have a Soupy Sales Shuffle contest. So bunch of kids including myself got in the ring and did the Soupy Sales Shuffle. I won. It was a cheap little plastic trophy. But I was so excited. LOL God I wish I had that trophy still. That was my favorite show. And there was a black tooth and White Fang. Great memories huh?
I was able to talk with Soupy on the phone 20+ years ago while he was co-hosting on a local radio station in Toledo. I told him a few jokes and he asked me if I wanted to go on the air with him. I declined his offer because I am a big chicken but the point is that Soupy is a very generous man willing to share the stage, as it were, with others. This is evident on his tv shows. He always let his co-stars and staff get a laugh, often at his expense and he obviously loved it that way.
Soupy was the best. Funny, silly, in-the-moment and inspired. Watched him in NYC in mid-60's. ( Also, Chuck McCann, Sandy Becker and Sonny Fox.) A few years later, I discovered the amazing nightly radio shows of raconteur/author Jean Shepherd on WOR am and my worldview was once again changed forever. Thank you gentlemen for your far-ranging warmth, humor, and philosophical influence.
Looking back, I see beyond his minor controversies (which also befell trailblazers like Lenny Bruce & later, Richard Pryor) to filter out the comedic gem that was Soupy Sales. Genius. Pure genius!
When I was in grade school, Soupy was my favorite. He also had a late nite show. Soupy did his show from the Maccabees Bldg which is across the street from the Detroit Public Library and Wayne State Univ. Sometimes he did his show on the sidewalk and would talk to people walking past. For a time, Soupy was pretty close with Frank Sinatra. I remember one show where Frank took a pie in the face. There was one show where the walls on the studio set were being pushed in. I found out later that several of the kids in my class were invited on set and they did that. One evening, my parents and I watched a show that Soupy did in the Grosse Pointe High Gym for free. Soupy was a naturally funny guy in a nice way.
My wife just shakes her head when I go into bad pun mode. I just tell her to blame too many hours watching Soupy. He was truly one of a kind. RIP, Soupy..
Unbelievable. Soupy we will miss you forever. I feel sorry for the kids who didn't get a chance to grow up with your show. Simply the best. No contest. Many hugs to surviving family members. You have so much to be proud for. He was the star of our neighborhood in Mahwah NJ in the 50's and 60's. A list & will always be. When you're classified the best by your peers, there is no greater honor. God bless.
watched his show in the evenings with my father and sister back in the late 50's.Mom thought it was foolish but we laughed our asses off for the half hour he was on.We laughed so hard we usually had tears.
@@smokiebird06me too. Every day after high school I’d race to catch the program. Don’t remember the channel but the above says channel 7! The best . I still laugh at Pookie who was and is my favorite
How many comedians touched as many people with absolutely harmless fun? My brothers and I fought for the best seat in front of the TV for his show. Thanks, Soup!!
I grew up watching you Soupy and loved you right from the beginning- you are so missed keep cracking up in Heaven, Soupy- you were one of a kind- Thanks for the laughs.
RobGems68 Wrote: That opening music that Pookie scats to is called "Mumbles", a 1964 single recorded by Oscar Peterson & Clark Terry on Mercury Records. "Boom Boom" is a 1965 record by The Animals on MGM Records in the U.S. and Columbia Records in the U.K.
Ira I spend hours on You Tube watching Soupy Sales as if I was 8 running home from School to watch him.I'm now 61 but what memories,Thank you Thank you Bill Petillo
watched it everyyday, laughed and laughed. Soupy was the greatest. And when he cracked-up , it made me laugh even more, he often laughed so much, he would be on the floor, in a fit of laughter! he was my youth and my pre-drug of choice back then!
No high tech special effects, not cartoons, just very entertaining. There is something to say for this type of show. Chuck Mc Cann in NYC had a great kids show too also with a limited budget but very entertaining. Lots of old vaudeville jokes but they work.
I swear that I had one when I was a kid along with a White Fang and the tie. Also had Soupy Sales trading cards-they had a picture from the show on the front and Soupys Words of Wisdom on the back-wish I had them today!
Hilarity, stunningly intelligent writing(ad-libs?), and a lion puppet scat singing jazz. Right there with Bullwinkle and Ernie Kovacs. Never before, never again. Thanks, YT for the archives.
I used to run home every day so I would not miss Soupy. I thought at the time that he was My Discovery and that no one else knew how cool this dude was. I am so sorry he is gone and I will miss him. RIP Soupy
i loved the soupy sales show. i wish there were more videos left. i will always credit soupy for molding my sense of humor. i love you soupy and the gang.
People, think the flower children were hip. Bullshit. Soupy and alot of cats like him were way ahead of their time. Came in at the end of the Kerouacks and the Coltranes. Pure Genius. The whole world stopped at 6:00 when Soupy came on. Everybody laughed after a hard days work. God Bless him and Pookie and White Fang and Black Tooth.
I lived for this show, afternoons on WNEW-TV, Channel 5, in the New York metro area. Had the pleasure of meeting him years later when he was filling on one of the WABC-TV morning shows prior to Regis coming to town. Told him how I really loved his show, and he was very gracious.
Great - many thanks for uploading! Watched Soupy EVERY weekday after school over WNEW ( I think). Soupy and Mr. Chuck McCann are favorites. It’s hard to distinguish between regression and personal growth, but with these guys I don’t care.
I grew up in Detroit watching Soupy Sales religiously everyday. In the 50s early sixties. My favorite was Pookie. I have a son now he's 30 years old. And when he was born I nicknamed him pookie. I still call him that today. He knows who Pookie is and his fiance does to they both laugh. Anyways there was a big wrestling show in an arena in Detroit I went as a kid to watch it and all of a sudden soupy comes in the middle of the ring . And announces he's going to have a Soupy Sales Shuffle contest all the kids could come up in the ring and start. So I went up there and it was so many kids. All of a sudden the song starts and we all started doing it. I won the contest and Soupy Sales announced me and gave me a trophy. It's just a little cheap plastic trophy. LOL. But I'll never forget that. And I wish to this day I had that trophy now. God bless you mr. Soupy Sales. You are missed. R i p
Pookie was jammin' to "Mumbles" (Oscar Peterson and Clark Terry). Pookie's take on "Boom-Boom" (the version by Eric Burdon and The Animals) knocked me out! Soupy and crew knew what clicked!
HIA Pook!, HIA Bubbie! I will always love Soupy!! Use to live in NY and was able to see Soupy at WNEW and see the show live in the Studio. A group of kids were picked everyday and ecsorted in st CH5 to watch the show, the remainer of them went up to the viewing booth. "No talking" we were told if we where in the studio. What memories!!!!
Actually, his show NEVER had an audience, there was no room for an audience and there was a liability issue. If you did go, most likely you sat in a room with monitors, like on the first floor, or the 5th floor. They had studios 1,2,3 & 5. My dad did Soupys sound effects and I used to go into the studio all the time
How I remember Rootie Kazootie I was 4 years old and watched this show before family came over from Brooklyn for ThanksGiving.1950s early T.V.was mostly Black and white and plenty of puppets
I watched Soupy in early 60s after school faithfully! Loved the show. One particular show Soupy grabbed Pookies hair and at the same time the puppet jerked quickly down ward. He accidentally yanked his hair off in his hand. Pookie popped up bald and Soupy and everyone else was laughing so hard. Loved it.
I credit Soupy, Sandy Becker, Rocky & Bullwinkle and friends plus Mad Magazine for turning me into the nutcase that I’ve been for the last 60 plus years! 😆
I would love to see more of Soupy's black and white New York shows from the 60s. They were just amazing. He had no budget and would just make everything up himself, except for Frank playing the characters.
It's sad channel 7 Detroit kept so few episodes of Soupy when he started out there. Those were treasures they let slip away. I watched him everyday in the 1950s and early 1960s. Every kid in The Detroit area did. I'm 71 now.
Lunch With Soupy Sales. Jello was one of the sponsors. My Mom always had my lunch and Jello ready for the show.Soupy would always shake his bowl of jello to a wobbly sound effect and I would shake my bowl of Jello right along with him. No wonder I am the way I am now.One of my top 5 favorite shows of all time.
We had a summer home at Portage Lake and lived in Belleville! I grew up with Soupy too. I love him more now than I did then. RIP, you gave me my sense of absurdity.
I was one of the lucky kids who came home for lunch and watched Soupy at noon. I had a Pookie Lion and loved every minute of Soupy, Pookie, White Fang and Black Tooth.
Growing up on Soupy and Bugs Bunny... kids today don't even know what they missed. Soupy, you will always be missed but will live forever in glorious black and white.
was driving through brooklyn early seventies ..late evening.. on the right with a gorgeous blonde on his arm was Soupy! Had time to yell Hi ya Boobie! and he laughed and waved great moment!
I'm 56 I loved Soupy, Pookie, White Fang & Peaches with the rings...Like Christopher Walkens "The Continental on SNL"!!! I would watch every day...The "Hair Pin" joke got Soupy in trouble & "Green Pieces of Paper"!
