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A new comedy feature,
the 'Adventures of Philo Kvetch' debuted, a detective spoof with a lineup
of characters that included Onions Oregano and Bruno the Killer Ape (played
by Frank Nastasi), henchmen for the evil crime boss, the Mask (Philo and
the Mask were both played by Soupy). On one episode, former Bowery Boy
Huntz Hall appeared as the Mask's dumbell son. Soupy Sales once remarked, "a pie in the eye was worth two in the sky" - there were a few jokesters on the show's staff as well. The
show spawned a couple of hit records, including the novelty dance tune,
"Do The Mouse." Here he is doing The Mouse on Hullabaloo:
And it
was on this series that Soupy made TV history with one of the most infamous
pranks of all time.
The publicity helped
tremendously, it
gave Soupy's image a slightly dangerous edge - for a '60's kid show host
anyway. The
Soupy Sales Show
quickly became the program of choice for the cool kids.
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"I actually saw the infamous, 'get your parent's wallet' episode, but I wonder how many remember the even better 'comeback' episode when Soupy, after being suspended for a couple of weeks, was finally allowed back on the air. "The show opened with an absolutely riotous rendition of Happy Days are Here Again with stock footage of dancing girls high-kicking and mob scenes of thousands of people cheering. It was obvious to all of us that our beloved Soupy was unrepentant and repressed youths everywhere were solidly behind him. I must dispute the thesis, read on your site, that Froggy from 'Andy's Gang' was the cause of 60s rebelliousness. It was Soupy who inspired my generation to anarchy."
"He would lip-synch songs from the albums on his show and it was wonderful. His pie fights with Pookie were the funniest things I can recall - Pookie would have his face scrunched up, full of pie, and would stare at the camera while slowly unfolding his face. It was absolutely hilarious.
"If it was Dracula, Soupy'd say, 'Say Count' and the voice at the door would immediately go, 'One, two, three...'
"And in every show, near the end, he would read the 'Words of Wisdom,' and ask 'Now, what do we mean by that?' and give some ridiculous explanation that had a real heartfelt meaning behind it. Then he would say, 'You do dat, I love you and give you a big kiss.' Our whole family loved his shows."
"Soupy was showing
flash cards with letters of the alphabet on them to White Fang, who was
naming the letters. Sorry, Shirl - according to Soupy, that gag never happened. "I got so annoyed at these stories," he wrote in his autobiography, "that I used to have a standing offer of ten thousand dollars cash to anyone who could prove that I said any of the things that people claim I've said."
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Soupy Sales - The Early Years Soupy Sales Show - Part Two Soupy Sales on TV - The Later Years Soupy Sales & The Tonight Show
Here is a scene with Soupy Sales and Tom Bosley from "Make 'em Laugh: A Young People's Comedy Concert" from "The CBS TV Festival Of Lively Arts for Young People."
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After
ABC cancelled the primetime Soupy Sales Show in 1962, Soupy headed
east to New York City to host a 
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On
New Year's Day, 1965, Soupy asked his young audience to go to Daddy's
wallet and get those, "little green pieces of paper with pictures of George
Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Lincoln, and Jefferson on them, send them
to me, and I'll send you a postcard from Puerto Rico."
The
outcry from parents led to a suspension (most people believe he was fired
outright). Soupy jokes that he inspired televangelists that now use the
same basic technique.
"Soupy
was in a class by himself," writer William R. Forstchen tells us. "My
Catholic school in downtown Newark had a gym teacher with a sense of humor,
who would play Soupy's 'Do the Mouse' while we did our warm up exercises.
TVpartier
Josh Silverstein writes, "I
remember when Soupy was returning from his suspension after the 'little
pieces of green paper' remark. For several days the station played a promo
showing taped wild celebrations with the song 'Happy Days Are Here Again'
blaring, and then they faded to Soupy as he walked in the front door of
the set, walked up to the camera, shouted 'Hi!' and ducked, avoiding the
pie. He stood up, laughed triumphantly, and Bang! got a pie in
the face anyway - afterwards saying, 'Ya sure know how to hurt a guy...'"
Soupy
watcher Gene Sorkin tells TVparty, "Soupy
produced two Reprise albums, The Soupy Sales Show released November,
1961 and Up In The Air, released in August of 1962. 
"There
were also those 'knocks at the door,' where Soupy would open it, and see
(always) one of three or four things: a little boy walking with an elephant
on some railroad tracks, a little boy running toward him, who slips and
falls - or- the eyes of Dracula, or something like that. 
"Pookie's
fairy tales would be preceded by Pookie singing the Sinatra version of
'Young At Heart,' and invariably White Fang would get mad with Soupy and
smack him in the face - next thing you saw was Soupy spitting out about
a dozen teeth! 
Shirl
Kenedy writes, "I've
always wondered if this story about Soupy Sales was truth or urban legend.
The
syndicated Soupy Sales Show was so hot it inspired a 1966 motion
picture - Birds Do It, starring Soupy, Tab
Hunter, Arthur O'Connell, Edward Andrews, Beverly Adams, Louis Quinn,
Frank Nastasi and others.
There
were Soupy Sales comic books, activity books, Wonder Books, trading cards,
coloring books, games and other assorted merchandise. There was even a
Soupy Sales magazine published in the fall of 1965.
