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Location: Right now? | Another funny guy gone ...
R.I.P., Soupy
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Location: Hot Springs, S.D. | No offense, and I'm sorry he died, but I could never stand him. Even as a kid I thought his show was just stupid, not funny. But, he DID bring a lot of smiles to some people, so I guess you could call it a life well lived. |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Read the Story...
Uh? So did Soupy play geeetar? I only remember seeing him on things like Hollywood Squares, Roasts, and other shows where 'stars' stroke each other.
But my Great-Aunt Alma thought he was funny! :rolleyes: |
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Location: East Tennessee | A pie in the face always made me smile. :D RIP |
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Location: Texas | White Fang, Black Tooth, Pookie… that was really a very weird show for impressionable young minds.
Those old shows had a resurgence of new fans every few years on college campuses for quite a while too. (insert punch line here)
And it is not totally off-topic, since his sons were musicians who played with lots of well-known acts, including Todd Rundgren on the "Runt" LPs…
RIP Soupy… |
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Location: Right now? | I LOVED White Fang, Black Tooth and Pookie ... of course I was only an embryo, listening from my mamma's belly ...
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Location: ms | Was that his sons that had a band? I think they play with David Bowie for a while. |
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Location: Texas | Originally posted by gulfcoast:
Was that his sons that had a band? I think they play with David Bowie for a while. Yes, Hunt and/or Tony Sales played with Todd Rundgren, David Bowie (Tin Machine,) Iggy Pop and Paris (Bob Welch's band after he left Fleetwood Mac) and probably others. |
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Location: Texas | Originally posted by WillaMuse:
I LOVED White Fang, Black Tooth and Pookie ... of course I was only an embryo, listening from my mamma's belly ...
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Willa Yeah, me too, I must have watched it in reruns… ;)
BTW Willa, what are you doing here? Aren't you supposed to be at the Jam? |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Hate to rip on a dead guy but he was big on TV when I was young and then on radio in my teens and I thought the guy was a total ass wipe. Doesn't mean I'm glad he's dead, just means that I'll miss him about zero. Sorry, just my opinion. |
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Location: Upper Left USA | And in his final hours they played:
"Hang on Soupy, Soupy hang on..."
He blazed a lot of early media trails. Taught some people how to get out of an over binding contract! |
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| The very first time I was in a "real" recording studio to cut a demo with a band, Soupy Sales had just been there to record a promo for his show.
"Wow," I remember thinking, "now THIS is the big time!" |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | For me he was like all comics.
I found some of his antics hilarious and some not so much. |
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Location: Midland, MI | I don't have anything bad to say about Soupy Sales. But, I liked Flip Wilson better. |
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Location: Right now? | Well, he DID act stupid, but that's what made him funny ... he used to get in trouble sometimes for his double entendres.
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OT: R.I.P., Soupy Sales ...